The father-of-the-bride department closed unexpectedly a couple years ago, so this elopement has been fully self-funded. Donations to this nonprofit are appreciated ✨

Like it says in our header, personally, we’re not wedding people. Immediately no. We’re instead opting for a honeymoon world tour. We will be going to the Ritz Carlton Turtle Bay Resort in Hawaii for 7 nights, then Singapore for 3 nights as a solid stopover, and then we will be headed to the St. Regis Maldives for 7 nights! A donation to this fund goes directly to our Singapore accomodations, the iconic Miss Marina Bay Sands hotel!

Once upon a time, we had two carry-on suitcases. A couple months ago, during a treacherous work-travel extravaganza, one of them caught a flat tire and now turns every airport walk into an arm workout. The other one busted at the seams after we repacked it on the way home from Hawaii. Fair to say we took home too many macadamia nuts.

We asked Bibby if she could be in charge of the crew while we’re on our honeymoon world tour. Unfortunately, she reminded us that as a one-eyed tabby, she cannot walk dogs, feed the household, or provide adult supervision. She can, however, demand to be fed and demand human attention from her nanny. Donations to this fund help pay for their nanny while we’re gone.

Like it says in our header, personally, we’re not wedding people. Immediately no. We’re instead opting for a honeymoon world tour. We will be going to Hawaii for 7 nights, then the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore for 3 nights as a solid stopover, and then we will be headed to the St. Regis Maldives for 7 nights! A donation to this fund goes directly to our Oahu accomodations, the quaint and demure Ritz Carlton Turtle Bay resort.

Contribute to our honeymoon world tour airfare! Yeah, probably bad for the environment and our carbon footprint, but we can’t all be perfect. We’re using points wherever we can, but apparently airlines still expect real money sometimes. A donation to this fund goes directly toward the flights we can’t cover with points.

Contribute to our excursion fund!! Will we do a private charter snorkel in Hawaii even though Sam doesn’t snorkel because she can’t swim? (Read: Nick splashes around with the fish while Sam relaxes on the boat and drinks like a fish.) Maybe. Will we rent personal watercraft in the Maldives? Maybe. Will we go to Universal Studios in Singapore? Also maybe. We don’t know yet. We’ll figure it out and report back. A donation here helps make the questionable vacation decisions possible.

If you’re on vacation and didn’t get a facial or massage, did you even go on vacation?