Any wedding planning thing is expected to culminate in a "honeymoon trip", i.e., most simply defined as a "holiday taken by a newly married couple".
Allwords.com offers a disputed etymology of the word, honeymoon. It says:
"Etymology: Disputed. Theories (in order of likelihood): Compares, in a cynical fashion, a full moon to the love of a newly married couple, which is sweetest (as honey) before it begins to wane. (16th century) Refers to a tradition of giving a newly married couple mead (a honey-based alcoholic drink) to be consumed during the first month of marriage.
Cynical or not, the meaning of a honeymoon all depends on the way the couple would like to look at it. Up to them to make it the start of a sweet and blissful married life or to make it the start of a sweet and blissful married life that will eventually turn sour.
....but then again....the recipe for a failed marriage does not specifically include a honeymoon....
if you're getting tired calling it by its English name, try going French~ lune de miel
(and enjoy the French kisses!!!) 
'gonna grab the baby pink and aqua blue suitcase cakes and hie off to Bali, Indonesia!
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