Minimoons on the rise as latest dumb travel trend

Just as the New York Times real estate section can’t resist creating an acronym for every sliver of neighborhood — DUMBO, Nolita, etc and so on — the travel industry can’t pass up a catchy nickname. In recent years, we’ve suffered through mancations, girlcations, staycations, momcations, culminating in the shockingly awkward edufuncations.

Prepare for a spate of Sunday travel section trend stories about the minimoon. That is, a short honeymoon. It’s the economic crisis, donchyaknow. From the shockingly banal Travel Daily News:

[R]esearch has revealed that minimoons – trips of less than two weeks – are increasingly replacing traditional fortnight-long honeymoons as cash-conscious newlyweds keep an eye on their budgets.

The Hotels.com poll of Wedding Ideas magazine readers found that over three-quarters (77%) of couples are planning to take a honeymoon lasting less than two weeks. In fact, 30% are planning to go away for just one week or under. This group of ‘minimooners’ said budget constraints (74%) and worries about work commitments (56%) dictated the shorter length of their holiday.

It is not only the length of stay that is changing, the research found that couples are flexible about when they leave for their honeymoon. Whilst 57% of those questioned plan to head off straight after their wedding, over a quarter (28%) are considering waiting for a few weeks or months after the wedding before they go away; and a further quarter (26%) said they would be happy to take a short break after the wedding and wait until they have the money for a longer holiday.

At least it’s better than the abhorrent babymoon. That’s the last vacation a couple takes before the bitch spits out her screaming spawn. As if parenthood means The End of Everything Good in the World.

I hate the travel industry.

Minimoons – The new honeymoons – Travel Daily News.