The Wedding Night

Depending on your travel arrangements and the time of your wedding, you may want to consider booking a hotel for the first night or two between the wedding and your honeymoon trip. This can give the two of you time to catch your breath, talk about the excitement of the wedding, and anticipate the fun of your honeymoon for a short period, helping to prevent the whole event from becoming a blur.

Some couples opt for a wedding night hotel close to the airport, especially desirable if you have an early departure or just would like the chance to catch a little more shuteye or leisurely enjoy your first breakfast together as husband and wife. Others opt for the cozy comfort of a B&B or the elegance of a luxury hotel that can pamper you with room service breakfast the next morning.

You’ll also need to ask yourselves some nuts and bolts questions to help make the transition from wedding to honeymoon. For example:

• Who will handle the wedding gifts?
  
• Who will handle your wedding gown and items?
  
• How will you transfer from the wedding site to your hotel?
  
• How will you get from the hotel to the airport to start your honeymoon?

More to read in this section:

• Where should we go?
• Top Honeymoon Destinations Around the World
• How do we decide?
• Caribbean Quiz
• Budgeting for Your Honeymoon
• High versus Low Tourism Season
• Tourism Seasons
• Savings Tips for Your Honeymoon
• Calculating the Cost of Your Honeymoon
• The Wedding Night
• How Long to Honeymoon
• Choosing a Honeymoon Home Base
• Emergency Situations on Your Honeymoon
• FAQ: Honeymoon Questions to Ask Each Other
• FAQ: Questions about Cruises
• FAQ: Questions for Each Other About Cruises
• FAQ: Questions About Resorts
• FAQ: Questions About All-Inclusive Resorts
• FAQ: Questions About B&Bs dominiums and Villas
• FAQ: Private Yacht Charter Honeymoons

Lovetripper.com editors John Bigley and Paris Permenter are a husband-wife team of travel writers. Longtime residents of central Texas near Austin, the couple has authored 27 guidebooks. Their travel coverage has included destinations from Malta to Morocco, Cyprus to the Cayman Islands. Both Paris and John are members of the Society of American Travel Writers.