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That's a tough one. I can understand how people can associate their vacation as a honeymoon if they never taken one. However, anytime after 1 year is kind of pushing it, IMO. But what's considered as a honeymoon is really arbitrary. If you use the time spent as a newlywed as a guideline, it's anywhere from a few months to up to 4 years.

"The time frame during which a married couple may be considered to be "newlyweds" may vary by source, but for social science research purposes it may be considered as lasting up to four years into the marriage." - Wiki

I think you just have to choose a time frame and put it in writing.

I call BS on a delayed honeymoon over 6 months. This is coming from a person that wasn't even living with her husband until after 1.5 years of marriage. If a couple travels a full year after they were married then that's an anniversary trip.

I had no idea honeymooners get special treatment/discounts.

We stayed and ate at a bunch of places where staff/owners talked to us enough to find out that we were on our honeymoon, and they offered us warm congratulations and a big smile, but nothing else. I was totally happy with that. They were mostly small inns/restaurants that were kind of off-the-beaten path for international visitors, so maybe that's the difference?

A discount? Seriously, people ask for that?

We didn't go on our honeymoon for about 2 years after our wedding because we were poor (and we paid for a lot of our wedding) and wanted to go to Europe backpacking and it took us longer to save the miles and money! I'm not sure we would have asked for a discount, but it can be legit!

We didn't get discounts on our (very real) honeymoon! A free dessert at one place, a bottle of champagne from the airline, and a surpise room upgrade, but I would NEVER have outright asked for a discount.

We went on our honeymoon about a year after we were married due to work schedules. We didn't expect anything or said it to expect a discount. But even 7 yrs later when ppl ask me about where I went on honeymoon, I tell them the place we went a full year later bc I consider it the honeymoon trip.

Within a year! You can call it a honeymoon however if you wait over 12 months then you shouldn't get any discounts, it is just a vacation.

Maybe a year. We had our honeymoon immediately after our wedding and I don't think we got many discounts at all.

Uh, we didn't go on our honeymoon until 6 months later. 6 weeks after our wedding, we moved into our condo and we're tight on funds. The main reason it was even possible for us to do a honeymoon is because we used hotel points for stay. If we didn't, we probably wouldn't have gotten to have one. I agree with @yin: that every couple should be celebrated regardless of when their honeymoon takes place.

You can call whatever you want a honeymoon, but I wouldn't ask for a discount that long after the wedding (not that I would ask for one at all ). We went on ours right away and no discounts. The hotel we stayed at for two nights after the wedding did upgrade us to a beautiful suite and I was really touched by that. Never would have expected it!

I agree that any couple should be celebrated regardless of when their honeymoon is.

Mine was immediately after, however, one of my good friends could not take hers right away because money was tight as she was in school at the time she was married. While in school her mom was diagnosed with cancer and ultimately passed away. She was able to take her honeymoon with the money she inherited.....a couple years after she was married.

I would personally not call a trip my honeymoon after 1 year after being married.

I've never heard of hotels giving discounts for celebrating special events, just upgrades or doing something special for the guest. IMHO, I think if it's something the hotel can do cheaply, it should just do it and come out of your marketing budget.

We once checked in super late at a Radisson Blu on my husbands birthday and a slice of chocolate cake had been delivered with Happy Birthday on the plate in jelly drizzle (we didn't mention it at front desk, it was in his loyalty profile). It was such a thoughtful gesture I remember it years later and I'm sure I've told many people about how thoughtful that was. It cost the hotel all of $3-5 for the cake and the time for someone to deliver it to our room.

I think people can call it a honeymoon for as long as they want, but they shouldn't expect discounts for it. We delayed our honeymoon (married in March, traveled in Dec/Jan) because off peak work times between my husband and I only aligned during the Christmas holidays. To us it felt like a honeymoon but I think if it had been longer than a year it probably would have felt more like an anniversary trip.

Confession, I DID drop the "H word" to gain favor one time before the trip... we were trying to get a reservation at really swanky restaurant in the Philippines months in advance of our trip and when they said they were full I pleaded with the honeymoon card and they reserved us a table. I would do it again, it was the best meal I ever had!!!

I'd say a year.

We got married in May, but didn't take a honeymoon until next March.

I think up to a year...but I never expect a discount!

We traveled for DH's birthday and the staff gave DH a nice cupcake and a card signed by the staff, that small gesture was very sweet and I'm sure affordable!

I think whenever you can, from the next morning to 5 years can be a honeymoon! But for the purposes of a lodging discount I would do a year max and require a marriage certificate copy.

We did a full year, but didn't ask for any discounts. We paid for a honeymoon package. DH couldn't take any more time off the year we got married (he had to travel back to TN from CO for his dad's wedding, our wedding, his sister's wedding, and Christmas), so we did our honeymoon on our one year. But like I said, no asking for discounts.

@mrbee: We traveled 9 months after we got married because of work obligations on my end. Those tourists may be being dishonest in any event, but I do think you can take your honeymoon whenever you take it and still call it that!

A year, because once that year hits you go from honeymoon to anniversary!