Australians are choosing more cost-effective countries for their with overseas travel back on the agenda after the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living digging into budgets. or signup to continue reading Data from ING insurance shows one third of Aussies said if they were to honeymoon over the next 12 months, they would do so . More than 20 per cent said a honeymoon could be cheaper than in Australia.
And thirty per cent would prefer to spend more on their honeymoon than their wedding. The research, which surveyed 1,053 Aussies, found one in ten would consider a "friendsmoon" where they invite their friends on their honeymoon and a quarter would consider having a destination wedding to double as a honeymoon. Abi and Matt (surnames withheld) said financial stress weighed on them while planning their nuptials.
The Sydney couple, both in their 20s, are planning to honeymoon in Bali, Indonesia so they could go overseas but cut costs. "We both enjoy travel a lot. While we're looking to stretch our budget for our honeymoon as much as we can, cost of living has meant that we can't truly splurge on this trip, but we did stretch on things like the accommodation where we could make it more memorable," the couple said.
Abi and Matt are having a large wedding which will cost them up to $60,000 but they have budgeted a comparatively low $8,000 for their honeymoon. To make their honeymoon more affordable, they looked at luxury escapes but leveraged their frequent flyer points to get a .