How important is a honeymoon to you v. putting that money down on a house or Town house?
Original post by BellaEyes
Which would you do? I would definitley want to go on a honey moon BUT I try to look a the bigger picture and perhaps taking that extra expense and putting it towards a DP on something we can call our own would be more important.I mean if you can do both that's great, but what about the group of us that can't? Share your thoughts!
BellaEyes
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Re: How important is a honeymoon to you v. putting that money down on a house or Town house?
Posted by October Bliss
The way I look at it, yes it's a HUGE expense, which is probably better spent on a house. However, if I look at the HM that way, I should be looking at the wedding that way as well. After all, I'm spending a heck of a lot more money (triple) on the wedding so I can feed OTHER people, as opposed to the HM, where 100% of the $$$ is spent on us. Selfish I know, but, heck weddings are really the only time it's ok to be selfish.
As a second consideration, and much more important - we are planning on starting a family ASAP. I do not foresee the time, or the money to take this kind of vacation in the near, or even somewhat remote, future. For us, it's kind of now or never.
Totally understandable. Everyone's situation in different. Unfortunately, FH and I are not as fortunate to do both right now. We are already struggling with the mid size wedding we are planning now and thank god my family and his father are helping. I figure if we bought something early next year then I can start planning on having a family in that year or the year after. I'm so stressed even thinking about this..but this is all we can do.. right now..
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Re: How important is a honeymoon to you v. putting that money down on a house or Town house?
Posted by BellaEyes
Which would you do? I would definitley want to go on a honey moon BUT I try to look a the bigger picture and perhaps taking that extra expense and putting it towards a DP on something we can call our own would be more important.I mean if you can do both that's great, but what about the group of us that can't? Share your thoughts!
We chose both a small wedding (under 70 people) and an afternoon brunch AND an affordable but fantastic honeymoon to afford a DP on a house. Only problem is, we can't afford anything on Long Island! We could but who wants to strap themselves? We don't see a point.
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I'm getting married in November and we're not going on a honeymoon and any money we get from the wedding is going to a house...but I have a baby and another due in August so a house is more important for us right now. It depends on where you are in your life...I think a vacation sounds great though if you can take it!!!!!!! If your worried about down payment ona house then just downsize yourhoneymoon a little!!! Good luck!
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I would definitely go on a honeymoon, but keep it low cost. There are a lot of fantastic places you can go without spending a fortune.
But definitely keep that house in mind... the honeymoon will only last you a few days, but a house will last you years... maybe even a lifetime.
