Welcome to the Buddymoon Era
MOVE OVER, HONEYMOON: "BUDDYMOONS" ARE REDEFINING POST-WEDDING TRAVEL
The post-wedding group escape is becoming one of travel's fastest-growing trends and resorts like Round Hill are built for it.
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica - May, 26, 2026 - If you've just said 'I do," you may not be ready to say googbye to your closest friends just yet. That's the idea behind the "buddymoon," a post-wedding group escape that is redefining how couples celebrate, and where they do it.
Rather than heading off alone immediately after the ceremony, many newlyweds are extending the celebration with a smaller, more intentional getaway alongside their loved ones. Think slow mornings, shared dinners, sunset cocktails, and meaningful time together before everyone returns home.
“The buddymoon speaks to something deeper in how couples are redefining romance and luxury travel,” said Josy Karabolad, sales & marketing director at Round Hill Hotel & Villas. “For many couples today, celebrating a marriage with the people who helped shape it feels less like a compromise and more like an extension of the meaning behind the wedding itself. Guests still want privacy and romance, but they also want meaningful time together and experiences they can share with the people closest to them."
More than a trend: why couples are choosing this
Weddings are a whirlwind. Between the ceremony, toasts, and dancing, couples often say they barely had a chance to be with the people they love most. The buddymoon creates space for exactly that – a pressure-free extension of anywhere from a few days to a week, with no agenda beyond connection.
The trend is emerging against a backdrop of broader changes in how couples approach weddings and post-wedding travel. Destination weddings continue to rise in popularity, with more than half of travel advisors reporting increased demand for travel-centered celebrations, according to Fora’s inaugural 2026 Wedding & Honeymoon Trend Report. As weddings become more immersive, multi-day experiences, it is a natural evolution for some couples to keep the journey going beyond the ceremony itself.
At Round Hill Hotel & Villas, the resort’s iconic private villas are a natural fit for this kind of post-wedding escape. Set across a lush hillside overlooking the Caribbean Sea, the villas offer something rare: the ability to be genuinely together and genuinely private at the same time.
Multi-bedroom villas feature expansive indoor-outdoor living spaces, private pools, dedicated staff, and separate guest accommodations, creating an environment where couples can balance romance with togetherness. Newlyweds have their own sanctuary. Their guests have theirs, and everyone shares the parts worth sharing.
Buddymoon itineraries at Round Hill can include private villa dinners prepared by an in-villa staff, catamaran excursions along the Jamaican coast, couples’ spa treatments, group yoga at sunrise, and long, unhurried in-villa breakfasts overlooking the turquoise sea. Villas range from two- to six-bedrooms with two-bedroom villas starting at $2,500 per night. All villas include private villa staff, cooks and daily in-villa breakfast.
For more information or reservations, visit www.roundhill.com.
About Round Hill Hotel and Villas
Boasting a rich history of welcoming distinguished guests with authentically warm, genuine island hospitality, Round Hill Hotel and Villas has been setting the standard for luxury in Montego Bay since 1953. Nestled on 110 verdant acres of former pineapple groves, the resort’s ocean-view rooms and suites have been thoughtfully designed and inspired by Ralph Lauren. Guests can savor local Jamaican cuisine at the Seaside Terrace restaurant, sip carefully crafted cocktails at three distinctive bar concepts and even dine in-villa for the ultimate in private dining. Offering an idyllic base from which to explore the area, guests can raft down tropical rivers,
zip line through lush island foliage or dance the night away on a private sunset cruise. For younger guests, the resort offers a supervised children’s program and on-site nanny services. The Round Hill Spa features Elemis aromatherapy products as well as an extensive treatment menu infused with natural and indigenous influences. Five tennis courts, an open-air yoga pavilion and a state-of-the-art fitness center boasting sweeping ocean views from panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows ensure guests can maintain their active lifestyles while vacationing in
paradise. For more information, visit www.roundhill.com.