Has anyone been married abroad?

merryclear

Getting married abroad is a good way of keeping your budget under control as things are much better value for money in Greece than the UK.
I would say a lot of your guests are probably going to go on hols anyway this year so you are just giving them the option of putting that together with your wedding day. Plus I thought everyone seemed so relaxed and chilled out as they were on holiday and not worrying about work etc :j
From my experience of a friends wedding this year on Lefkas in the Ionian Islands the whole organising experience was stress free, the venue was stunning and private (would not have got the same thing in the UK for same price) waterside ceremony and reception together in same place. The whole thing was under £3k including wine, fees, food and speedboat for the brides arrival! Search for Lefkas Weddings on fb

Person_one

duchy wrote: »

People will say enthusiatically -Oh yes we'd love to go to XYZ destination for your wedding -but when it comes to booking suddenly the excuses start.

Excuses? You need an excuse to not want to spend a fortune to go on somebody else's holiday? :eek:

celyn90

We got married in an ice hotel in Finland; the cost of the wedding was really cheap (a couple of hundred euros for the venue, same for photographer and normal resturant prices for the food). We paid to fly the guests out and paid their hotel bills.

claire16c

I got married abroad in the US. Most of our friends & family came. The wedding co-ordinator contacted everyone for me so it was so easy to arrange. Plus there were no weird rules about where you couldn't get married I.e outside

CupcakeLisa

i got married in new york....was amazing! i done it for less than your budget and had a further two week honeymoon in florida!

jm2926

We got married in Vegas and it was fantastic.

http://www.littlechurchlv.com/

Lots of options to get exactly what you want, custom flowers, limos etc. Grounds were great for pics, they couldn't have been more helpful.

lil.smartie

Another Vegas wedding here! Love the area and if you have kids, go to one of the Station Casinos they have cinemas, bowling alleys & Kids quest all on site

Kate

crissy73

How did you get on Lucy,did you decide if you are getting married abroad or not.

Floydster_2

We got married in Jamaica in a garden setting with pictures on the beach, it was amazing we stayed at couples swept away would highly recommend it.

colleensims

Floydster wrote: »

We got married in Jamaica in a garden setting with pictures on the beach, it was amazing we stayed at couples swept away would highly recommend it.

Same here We got married in April 2011 in Jamaica. Rose Hall Suites, Montego bay! It really was the best day of my life!!

We didnt invite family:o as some people could not afford it but we brought a dvd home and everyone was happy! Our photos were out of this world!! White sands, Blue sea and sky!

For the wedding and holiday/honeymoon it cost around £6000 including premium seating on plane, all food, wedding meal, decorations, cetificates, service, witnesses if needed, pastor etc pretty much everything except cost of dvd and photos, although the photographer was included.

I would do it all again tomorrow if I could!!!.....With my husband of course:D