Is it odd to take our honeymoon on our 1 year anniversary?

absolutely not weird. Many people hold off on taking honeymoons for a few reasons. Not able to take the time off of work (because you've taken the week surrounding the wedding to make sure everything is ready to go). And because of money issues. Weddings are very expensive (as I'm sure you know already). lol.

I'd recommend seeing if you guys could afford a hotel room for a few nights after the wedding (mini-honeymoon) just to relax, enjoy the time together and unwind from the wedding before heading back to the real world. If it's possible for you guys to do so.

We're going to end up doing the same thing. Around our wedding was just before a busy time at work for both of us, so wasn't a good time to go away for a couple of weeks. We had originally planned to delay the honeymoon just a few months, to right after the busy period. However, I changed jobs in the meantime, and can't take time off the new job when we'd planned the delayed honeymoon. I will be able to take time off a bit before our first anniversary, so we've decided to go then. Better late than never, I say! It might not be the most common, but you're certainly not the only one taking a very delayed honeymoon. Have a great time!

Nope, not at all. It may be a little late, but the point of a honeymoon is to celebrate your marriage and take some time to be together, just the two of you. So if that's your mindset, then its still your honeymoon! :)

Because of some family and financial issues, my fiance and I won't be taking our honeymoon right away either. We will probably plan a trip like you for our 1st anniversary. It's definitely not odd, I think its great that you are making it a priority to go, no matter how long you have to wait. That is an important time to bond and just be alone. I hope you and your husband have tons of fun! :)

Well, my girlfriend is taking a delayed honeymoon (not quite as much as a year). I think it's great that you guys are going for your anniversary. My hubby and I try to go on a 'honeymoon' every year (or I guess it's an 'anniversarymoon'). Whatever you call it doesn't really matter. People take delayed honeymoons all the time, due to job conflicts, finances, or just plain preference. Enjoy your time together (:

I think that's a truly wonderful idea. Good for you being sensible with your money.

A friend of mine did something similar. Immediately after the wedding, she and her new husband spent the night in a nice hotel in their town. They didn't go on their honeymoon until close to a year later, when she was finished with graduate school. By then, they had saved enough money to take the trip they wanted, without doing the tacky thing and registering for a honeymoon.

we did that.. we couldn't afford one right after our wedding because we bought a house that year too...also his family came down from ottawa for our wedding (he hadn't seen his family in 6 years) so we didn't want to leave right after the wedding...we stayed and spent time with his family =)

so for our 1 year anniversary we went on a little honeymoon (still not the one we wanted- but atleast we did something!)

It's not a honeymoon, it's an anniversary vacation.

It's not strange. It's actually smart - you are better off saving and waiting a year instead of going into debt for a vacation.

its not strange at all.. if thats when you can afford to go, then thats when you go...

people wont think its weird or strange at all..

looking back, i wish i waited.. it would have been more memorable and we could have gone for a longer period of time...

I'm happy for you, I'm still waiting for mine, going on 5 years now!