cheapest way to get married abroad

LEJC

Vicky...the poster you are quoting and asking advice from made her post in May 2007...and has not contributed to MSE since january this year so its very unlikely that she pops into the wedding forum still...Hope someone else may be able to advise you what documentation you need or you could always pop along to a travel agent who may be able to help...

neenaww

Most travel agents have dedicated wedding teams and can work to most budgets. Even if you dont book with them it's a good place to start for ideas of when and or where to go plus they will tell you everything you need to know re paperwork, translations if required, how long you have to be in the country etc. Then if you like you can look into booking direct with hotels etc. Personally I'd stick with the package for piece of mind for such a special day!
HTH and good luck! X

LEJC

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tris85_2

Hi there,

Me and my fiancee and looking at getting married in Rhodes in 2013. Does anyone have any tips about getting married abroad, we are pretty certain we will go with Thomas Cook as we have friends in the company.

fawny

Hi Tris85,

I'm getting married at St Pauls Bay in Lindos next Sept :jall booked through a wedding planner in Lindos. Where is Rhodes are you thinking of? Have you been before? Remember it's very hot out there so you won't need a traditional wedding dress but a destination one or a lovely summer dress from the high street shops would be great too. If you want to ask anything i'll try & answer your questions.

tt4

hi im thinking of re new our vows with my 3 kids abroad but dont no where need some where cheap can you help

simshar

Wedding fees and licence, flights, colonial house for ceremony, outdoor marque reception, 3 course meal for 20 guests, drinks inc alcohol, wedding cake, luxury cars and a weeks honeymoon all for under £6 grand.

ps - honeymoon is in an all inclusive hotel.

Big Smiley Face

guests have to pay for their own travel and accommodation but we got a great package deal.

:T:j:beer:

DJones_2

Hi my fiancee and I are hoping to get married abroad but we dont know where to start.
We want to get married some where warm within a 3-5 hour flight of the uk due to illness in the family.
Can someone point us in the right direction and nice places to tie the knot.
Thanks all

k88aab

DJones wrote: »

Hi my fiancee and I are hoping to get married abroad but we dont know where to start.
We want to get married some where warm within a 3-5 hour flight of the uk due to illness in the family.
Can someone point us in the right direction and nice places to tie the knot.
Thanks all

Hi DJones, me and my oh booked our wedding last year for October 2013, and knew we wanted to go abroad but had no idea where we wanted to go. We went and got lots of brochures and had a look through them and on the internet, trip advisor was quite helpful. We decided on Cyprus in October so it would be cooler as we have a little girl to consider and it just seemed the best all rounder for what we wanted, not too far to travel for family and friends, no need to have documents translated either. When I went to one travel agent she said the laws had just changed for marrying in Greece and it sounds like there would be hidden costs etc so that put us off! We've booked through a travel agent and have a wedding co-ordinator in Cyprus to help us - included in the wedding package fee. Each country has different requirements i.e how many days you have to be in the country before they will marry you for visa requirements, whether you need a stat dec to declare you are free to marry to be done by a solicitor in this country, so that's an added expense - we do need these doing and haven't got any quotes yet, but have spoken to people that have had them done and depending where you go cost between £50 - £120 - just have to shop around, translation of documents if required. When I was looking into different countries some countries required the bride and groom to have a medical and blood tests before the wedding - not sure exactly what for. There are quite a lot of things to consider - hope this helps a little!

terrywaite

We got married in Dubrovnik last year and found this site excellent for helping us save a few bob. We set up an account with the Post Office fx service which provides the best exchange rates with zero fees. Saved a fortune when paying our wedding planner, hotel and local wine company.

We used Dubrovnik Luxury Weddings, a local wedding planner who were superb and I would highly recommend using a local wedding planning service.

We avoided buying our wine through the hotel where we had the reception as it was extortionate. Instead we used a local wine wholesaler who we found through an internet search. they were excellent and can be found if you search vino.hr.

With regards the entertainment we saved a few bob there too. I have many years experience in DJ'ing and music programming (and run (mypartymix.co.uk) so I simply did a 3.5 hour mix of music that the guests had requested via the RSVPs, loaded it onto an iPod and we just played it on the day. A friend is in a band so he did an acoustic set before the mix and then everyone took to the dancefloor, after the first dance of course!