Looking at getting married in Zante in 2020. Looking for practical help/advise

lincroft1710

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

That's ok if Zante is your idea of a good holiday within your budget and you would be happy sharing your holiday with a load of extended family and the couple's friends!

I would literally never book a holiday to Zante, not everybody likes sun sea and sand, I get ill in too hot weather!

Everybody who was invited liked the idea, within everyone's budget and everyone got along with everyone else. Apart from the wedding and 2 evening meals, people tended to do their own thing although often doing things in small groups.

Perhaps we were just lucky!

Red-Squirrel_2

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Everybody who was invited liked the idea, within everyone's budget and everyone got along with everyone else. Apart from the wedding and 2 evening meals, people tended to do their own thing although often doing things in small groups.

Perhaps we were just lucky!

Hopefully, or perhaps the people who weren't 100% happy just kept quiet about it, that happens a lot!

unforeseen

dickdasdedly wrote: »

Hi
Thanks for all your replies it’s been interesting to see your views.
I’ve take on board the pros and cons of marring abroad. As someone said it’s the 2nd go on the merry go-round for both of us and a registry office wedding doesn’t sound appealing to either of us. The people that would be attending are immediate family and close personal friends who we have spoken to about this and are up for coming and to budget for that is partly why we are waiting to next yr. Our kids are grown up and though we couldn’t afford to pay for them to come we would try to help with the cost if needed.
Also I wouldn’t be annoyed if anyone I asked didn’t want to come for whatever reason. Its all down to personal choice and ours is to get married abroad. The friends that we`d ask are friends we go on holiday with every 2nd yr anyway so there isn’t a problem there as Zante is a place we’ve spoken about going to before. So we have already given some thought to the practicalities of people attending the wedding. As someone has said we would have a reception at home for the extended family and friends and people who didn’t wouldn’t or couldn’t attend. An evening reception with buffet and beer. :beer:.

All that being said what I was asking for is practical advice and things to look out for. Such as wedding insurance, didn’t know there was such a thing or companies somebody may have used and anything else that could be useful.
But thank you all for taking the time to reply.
Richard W

So really, you are going on holiday with the people you normally go with and decided to get married while you're there.

Not as first mooted.

dickdasdedly

unforeseen wrote: »

So really, you are going on holiday with the people you normally go with and decided to get married while you're there.

Not as first mooted.

I think thats over simplifying it and not really how it is. The post was just giving an incite to what we are looking at doing but asking for practical advise /help.

Red-Squirrel_2

dickdasdedly wrote: »

I think thats over simplifying it and not really how it is. The post was just giving an incite to what we are looking at doing but asking for practical advise /help.

There is a board on this forum just for wedding stuff, on here you get opinions!

dickdasdedly

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

There is a board on this forum just for wedding stuff, on here you get opinions!

Thanks for your help. Didn't see that board originally. i will re post it there.

unforeseen

dickdasdedly wrote: »

........ The post was just giving an incite...........

I'm not sure whether that was an intentional typo

Pollycat

dickdasdedly wrote: »

Thanks for your help. Didn't see that board originally. i will re post it there.

If you do post on the Weddings board, I'd be sure to make the point about guests being happy to travel to a resort of your choosing at a date of your choosing to ensure you don't get the same discussion about getting married abroad.

lincroft1710

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

Hopefully, or perhaps the people who weren't 100% happy just kept quiet about it, that happens a lot!

Is anyone ever 100% happy on holiday or at weddings. As I said everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and I have no reason not to believe that.