flight tickets check hotel reservations check chauffeured car through the course of the honeycation check euros in the wallet checkcorporate lawyer ranjith gunashekaran went through his checklist just as he and his bride hr professional sumitra kannan took the cab to the airport along with their three friends no they werent tagging along to see them off they were joining the newlyweds in their honeymoon sounds bizarre maybe but its definitely a fad thats catching up friendmoon or honeymooning with friends is predicted as one of the biggest travel trends of 2020 so what prompts youngsters to take their friends along on a vacation which is traditionally a couples preserve i think it could be because most couples either live in or at least holiday together before taking the plunge so i dont think they feel the need to spend us time after marriage says chennaibased interior designer anitha subramaniam who friendmooned in tawang we speak to couples who went on buddymoon to find out more about this trendsplitting the honeymoon billwhen we decided to friendmoon in rome we also had costcutting in mind we went with three of my friends and two of my wifes friends it was a good chance to get to know each others buddies you could say we were also anxious about starting a new life together and since we split the cost for the private bungalow 8seater car and food we ended up saving a lot pranav kumar noidabased architectwe thought it would be fun roadtripping with friends and cost effective too especially since we were going to eastern europe we had planned it in such a way that wed be together while travelling from one place to another and i could spend time with my husband while exploring the cities girija jamdar punebased entrepreneur timing matterswe are three couples who got married around the same time they waited for our wedding to get over and we all decided to friendmoon in bali we booked private villas to have our personal space and partied and did adventure sports together zahra motorwala kothari mumbaibased media professionalsay yay to a postnuptial partyi recently planned a wedding event in goa the groom is based out of hong kong and the bride was joining him there soon after so he wanted to plan a postwedding trip to gokarna where theyd be joined by their childhood friends since he hadnt met his pack in a long time he wanted to make the best use of the time he had here that was his grand honeymoon plan arjun thomas mangalurubased wedding curatorthey did it tooin 2015 jennifer aniston and justin theroux went on a honeymoon to bora bora with their friends including courteney cox chelsea handler jason bateman and jimmy kimmel johnny depp and amber heard also took their gang of friends on a cruise after their private bahamas wedding in 2015 both the couples have now splitgoing on a friendmoon keep your friends posted about