When Honeymoons Become ‘Buddymoons’ - Field Notes - NYTimes.com

Would You Bring A Friend On Your Honeymoon?

The day after their wedding in Fort Valley, Ga., in March 2011, Erin and Scott McDonnell got into her mother’s car and headed to New Orleans for their honeymoon.

In the driver’s seat: her mother. And the car was part of a caravan containing more than a dozen relatives and friends who, instead of tying cans to the couple’s bumper after the reception, went with them.

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