‘Buddymoons’ are the trendy way newlyweds are celebrating their love with friends

Forget a romantic getaway — these honeymooners are inviting their best buds to join their post-nuptial vacations.

The honeymoon of yore used to be rife with romantic anticipation, but these days, newlyweds may have spent years cohabitating before officially tying the knot. Now, couples are opting for “buddymoons,” bringing friends and family with them to celebrate their union with a trip of a lifetime to share.

“Weddings and the traditions around them are definitely changing,” Zoe Burke, editor of the wedding planning site Hitched, told UK publication The Times. The company, which conducted a recent survey of couples, found that one in five “newlyweds” would consider a “buddymoon.”

She added, “Let’s face it, you have the rest of your life to be just the two of you, so why not max out the rare time where you have all your loved ones around you?”

The tag #buddymoon has lately scored more than 482,000 views on TikTok, as buddymooners flaunt their lavish vacations to Nova Scotia, Croatia and the Amalfi Coast.

“Honeymoon is out,” one creator captioned their ski trip to the French Alps. “Buddymoon is in.”

After the June wedding of Grand Prix dressage rider Alex Harrison-West, 26, and Johnny Clarke-West, 43, the couple invited their moms and pals on a week-long stay in Positano, Italy. Meanwhile, in August, “Bachelor in Paradise” stars Hannah Godwin, 28, and Dylan Barbour, 29, traveled to Mykonos on their “buddymoon” with 13 pals after their France wedding.

“Since we were already having a destination wedding, we thought, ‘Well, if all of our closest friends are already in Europe, why not keep the party going?’” Goodwin told The New York Times.

Since married couples “spend all [their] time together anyway at home,” Harrison-West thought of the bonanza as a “thank you” to their loved ones for their support, he told The Times.

To host a successful buddymoon, experts recommended planning experiences and activities that no one has done before: pasta making, cooking classes, wine tasting. And, perhaps most importantly, be sure to have a conversation about expenses and cost before jetting off.

But even a buddymoon can call for some alone time – it’s “important to do some of your own things,” Michael Bennett, the founder of the Seattle travel agency Explorer X told The New York Times.

However, relationship expert Lori Zaslow told Fox News that the “bachelorette party and bachelor party all in one” isn’t as ideal as it seems. She argued that it “takes away” from the “bonding and the intimacy” between husband and wife.

Instead, “your first honeymoon should be a honeymoon,” she insisted.