When we started looking we (probably rather stupidly) fell in love with the maldives, but the problem is i now have my heart set on it!!! I'm always the sensible one looking at ways to cut costs and keeping spending down, but now h2b's being the sensible one and saying how he desperatley wants to start a family after we get married and we should save for that instead!!
My argument (coming from my heart not my head) is that this is probably the only chance we'll ever get to go to the maldives and even tho it will go on the credit card i get some shares tax free released in february next year which will pretty much cover the cost of it!! And even if we start trying straight away it still might take several years for me to get pregnant!!
I'm doing so much DIY for the wedding to keep costs down so i feel like i really deserve to treat myself!!!
What do you ladies think and what would you do???
At the moment we're just leaving it til closer to the time, desperatlely hoping that costs might come down if we book it last minute!!!

id be carefull hun,the interest rate on credit cards at min are stupid,id seriously think if its worth it.the maldives looks lovely and can see why you d want to go tho,just think if u can manage the interest rate on ur credit card first.xx

I really really really wanna go for it......hopefully I can talk HIM round!!!

I would go for it! If I had any idea how things would turn out for me I would do so much differntly! Tescos have a 0% interest credit card for 12 months .... the best way of getting an interest free loan! Get those womanly wyles going! ha hq

to be honest i have a niggling feeling that maybe mil2b has put doubts in his head - she's a full on worrier - like, as if it's her full time job to have summit to worry about, and when we first mentioned it her first words were "don't they suffer tsunamis there?"..........grrrr

DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

when u have kids holidays go out the window for the first yr or so for many couples it will be your last holiday as a couple before starting a family and after all teh hassle of a wedding u both deserve it.

p,s tell him if he doesnt let u go u wont marry him lol xx

do it you only live once ;) xx

From personal experience I wouldnt do it. Because you may get in to the habit of just putting things on the credit card becuase its so easy. Plus that money will come feb next year but u may be pregnant by then and want to spend it on baby stuff. I dont think its worth it just for a few weeks of sunshine. Yes it would be lovely, but wouldnt you rather invest in your children and future?

we are looking at going to koh samui ......mr lala had the stupid thought that we were only going to have a one week honymoon.......as i pointed out to him the fact that i will have done everything on my own for this wedding and will have been on my own for the majority of this year ....i deserve a 2 week honeymoon and thats what i`m having !!!!!!

i won

i would steer clear you don't want to start married life with a debt, we never used one and have never had one and it will stay that way

i'm split we were going to get a credit card to pay for our honeymoon but got declined and i'm so glad it did. we are skint at the mo paying for bits for the wedding part of me can't wait till its over to actually have my own money back! lol
i too love the maldives but it is crazy expensive; would the credit card cover the whole cost? and just be 100% sure you can afford to pay it off. but then it will be the only time you will have a holiday like that!

decisions decisions decsisions!!

xx

oh no! poor pidge! bet you were glad you had the money to pay for it x

i'd say go for it i did everything backwards lol had kids first now getting married and our honeymoon is a big problem, i would like to go without our children but my youngest is 3 and she wont stay anywhere without me so its looking like a dream holiday may be out the window, ive never been abroad and thought my first time abroad on my honeymoon would be perfect but if i have to take my 3 girls with me i doubt i'll be able to afford to go!! so i would say go for it it could be the only chance you have for a dream holiday as long as you can pay it back i can't see a problem, good luck hun xxx

pidge thats awful u need a second one now!!!