Mini-Moon

When I first heard the term it was much like brides-to-be using the term "STD" freely (which is save-the-dates if you don't know). The funny thing is that my plan for our honey moon happened to be a mini-moon, before I even knew the proper term. A mini-moon is basically a scaled back honeymoon that is just a couple of days rather than a week or more and costs a heck-of-a-lot less.

A mini-moon is budget friendly, since you will only have to miss a couple of days of work and you skip the cost of week-long expenses. Apparently this is becoming more and more popular during this economic crisis, and as couples hold off to save up for the honeymoon of their dreams. The cool thing about the mini-moon is that you can still take off a week for vacation time from work, only have a couple of days out of town, then spend the rest of the time home, resting, settling into your place as a married couple.

The other great thing about the mini-moon is that if your families want to contribute to your wedding, but can't pay for an extravagant trip, they could fit all or a good part of the bill since it will only be a few hundred dollars (if that much).

A mini-moon doesn't even have to be out of town. You can easily rent a suite in an upscale part of town and splurge on room service, the spa, and great restaurants. Just as long as you are away from your normal stresses and can enjoy one another, a mini-moon can basically be anywhere.

I am not sure where our mini-moon will be. FH really wants to be at a beach, and I want to go where I haven't been yet. We are thinking Florida might be the best route, and perhaps California. Of course my opinions may change in the next couple of months as we finalize our plans. I guess I am not so particular about where we go, just that we are together, having fun, and enjoying each other as newly weds.

I do have ideas about our future honeymoon though. After seeing the movie A Good Woman (?? I think), I fell in LOVE with the Amalfi located in Italy. I am also enamored with Fiji, Greece, and the Dominican Republic. Another romantic thing to do would be spending a week in the mountains in a cabin. There is still so much of the world to see, and I am excited about seeing it with FH :-).