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Just got married in Malta

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  • Registered Users Posts: 320 ✭✭clumsyklutz


    Sfmk9 wrote: »
    Hi,

    Would it be possible for you to send on information about you photographers, flourists, wedding car services etc as we are looking into getting married in Malta and would like something similar to what you had for your wedding. It would be a huge help :-)
    Thanks
    Steve

    If you PM me I'd be happy to help


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,623 ✭✭✭Dancor


    The radison in St Julians is closed from November 2014 - September 2015.

    Absolute bastards. They took a our booking for July 2015 so now we are without a venue and places are filling up quickly for summer 2015.

    They told us at the time they were going to be renovating but that it will be done on a room to room or floor to floor basis.

    We're now back to square one after having this booked almost a year.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 annkells


    Hi Incy Wincy,

    Not sure if you are still online but we are getting married in St Julians, Malta on the 25th Oct 2014. While I know Malta fairly well I would really appreciate some of the suppliers you had for your big say as it sounds great.

    How do I go about giving you my contact details.

    Many thanks, Ann


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 bibi7


    Incy Wincy wrote: »
    Hey

    I joined this forum a few months back sharing ideas about weddings abroad and photographers etc....well the wedding is over and done with and for anyone who is thinking about getting married abroad, think Malta!! I am not just saying this now but we are still waiting to wake up from a dream..even my dad said this morning he feels like it was all a dream the way it all ran so smoothly and how it was so romantic and magical...

    I want to share our experience and hopefully get some more couples to experience the dream day without putting themselves under enormous financial strain.

    To get married in Malta starts with getting your usual letter of freedom from your parish priest. There was no fuss about a pre-marriage course, it was entirely up to us. We are together since school so have ironed most things out at this stage. Anyway Malta is quite religious with a 97% attendance at mass but the whole pre-marriage course was deemed unnecessary.

    For the legal side of things...We contacted the Marriage Registry Office in Valletta and they guided us through the whole process. Basically the forms were available online and they just needed to be stamped and signed by a commissioner for oaths. Then we sent them back with birth certs, copy of passports and witnesses copies of passports. A small fee and it was sorted.

    For the religious side of things...we contacted the Archbishops Curia in Valletta and sent on our letters of freedom and communion and baptismal certs.

    To book the venue and the chapel I made a short trip over (2 days) and organised and booked the chapel, hotel, florist and photographer. This was a cheap ryanair flight last February and it made all the difference as you need to see a church/chapel and venue before booking anywhere you choose.

    A small chapel in St. Pauls bay was chosen where the sacristan took care of the organist and the flowers for less than 100 euro. Contact was kept throughout the months leading up to the big day.

    The Radisson in Golden Bay Malta was chosen and again the link person emailed with up to date menus, cake options and decoration ideas.

    The florist was first class, he was recently involved in the flowers for the pope's visit to Malta..and even though he was used to doing flowers for weddings up to 1900 people, our group of 32 made no difference, we still got a great service and for 130 euros I got an orchid flowing bouquet, 6 orchid button holes and an orchid corsage for the bridesmaid...I dread to think what that would have cost me here...anyways....

    The photographer specialises in Irish weddings in Malta and is also trying to break into the Irish market and set up an office in Dublin. My husband is a hobbyist photographer and still cannot get over the service we received and as for the photos, they are excellent....he has friends who are photographers and said the same service would have cost us 2,000 euros here when all we paid was 200 for 4 hours work and all our 300 photos on cd ...yes I know photographers differ but this guy was clever, he took photos without us knowing, his attention to detail was unbelievable...he was just a natural photographer and nothing was staged or fake looking.

    The wedding car cost 30 euro, the wedding cake was 75 euro (100 cupcakes and a large top cake), corkage was 5.50, champagne corkage was 8.50, chapel flowers 30 euro..guests included a florist and a chef who both were shocked at the prices and what we got....

    I am probably going into too much detail here but if you are 30 something and want an intimate, romantic wedding in a sunshine guaranteed location then I highly highly recommend Malta....we are both 35 and always said it would be abroad so 32 family members and friends joined us for the best day of our lives....in total we got married for less than 3000 and some guests think we paid at least 20,000 for what we got....a chapel in a fishing village, a five star silver service meal to die for and an evening of romance, fireworks and chinese lanterns....if anyone out there wants business names or finer details I would be more than happy to pass them on.....I mean it, I would not offer them unless I was 100% guaranteed they were reliable and good value for money.

    Aside of the cost, absolutely nothing went wrong on the day, the food at the hotel was the best i have ever tasted, the staff were anticipating my needs all evening, the balcony was lit up with citronella candles as I told them about the irish and mosquitos!!! the bridal suite was fantastic and the whole experience will be with us forever.

    Hi,
    I'm planning a wedding abroad. I'd love to hear more about your wedding in Malta and photographer details etc. Would it be possible to email you about it.
    Thanks,
    Bibi


  • Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭Already exists


    My sister is planning on getting married abroad next summer and is considering Malta as a location. Does anyone have any experience of planning a wedding in Malta? Or can anyone recommend any companies for planning weddings abroad, specifically Irish companies as a lot of her searching so far is bringing her to uk companies?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 602 ✭✭✭Big Vern


    Hi
    My girlfriend and I are planning on getting married in Malta in Sept 2015, trying to keep it as small as possible will be about 50/60 guests. Church, meal and DJ n dancing afterwards.

    We have started to look into venues etc. We also came across this website:
    http://www.idoweddingsmalta.com/

    We had a Skype chat with the wedding planner, Martina. Has anyone booked their wedding with them?

    Any other advice or websites would be appreciated.
    Thanks in advance!


  • Registered Users Posts: 4 dazza1986


    Hi inchy

    I'm looking to get married well have s civil ceremony in 2016 I find your post very interesting .You seemed to cut out the middle man booked all yours yourself which I find much cheaper and more in control id be truelygratefully if you could pass on any contact details you may still have .

    Thank you
    D


  • Registered Users Posts: 4 dazza1986


    Hi inchy

    I'm looking to get married well have s civil ceremony in 2016 I find your post very interesting .You seemed to cut out the middle man booked all yours yourself which I find much cheaper and more in control id be truelygratefully if you could pass on any contact details you may still have .

    Thank you
    D


  • Registered Users Posts: 4 dazza1986


    Hi inchy

    I'm looking to get married well have s civil ceremony in 2016 I find your post very interesting .You seemed to cut out the middle man booked all yours yourself which I find much cheaper and more in control id be truelygratefully if you could pass on any contact details you may still have .

    Thank you
    D


  • Registered Users Posts: 4 dazza1986


    Hi inchy

    I'm looking to get married well have s civil ceremony in 2016 I find your post very interesting .You seemed to cut out the middle man booked all yours yourself which I find much cheaper and more in control id be truelygratefully if you could pass on any contact details you may still have .

    Thank you
    D


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2 bev bettison


    hi I am looking to organise a wedding blessing in malta in sept 2015 we only want a very small affair but all the venues seem huge any ideas anyone.


  • Registered Users Posts: 320 ✭✭clumsyklutz


    hi I am looking to organise a wedding blessing in malta in sept 2015 we only want a very small affair but all the venues seem huge any ideas anyone.

    I'm currently organising our wedding,if you'd like to pm me, I'd be happy to give you a list of what we have so far.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2 bev bettison


    just had a quote for a symbolic ceremony at the villa we are booking and then a trip around the Valletta war museum 1400euros seems like a lot. Do you know how I can contact the person that conducts the blessings myself anyone. Thanks


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 gersymaun


    Hi Your wedding sounds like a dream. I wish to get married in Malta and would love your advice on venue flowers photographer etc. My wedding is only going to consist of the 2 of us 1 bridesmaid and best man and my daughter would you say it would be a suitable location for such a small wedding party?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3 Sfmk9


    Hi,
    Does anybody have any info regarding photographers in Malta? I am looking to see if there is any recommendations.
    Thanks


  • Registered Users Posts: 43 thatgirl1


    Sfmk9 wrote: »
    Hi,
    Does anybody have any info regarding photographers in Malta? I am looking to see if there is any recommendations.
    Thanks

    We're using gino galea, couldn't recommend him highly enough, went to visit him when we were in malta, absolute gent, very reasonable prices and best of all he says he can have the photos ready within one week of the ceremony as we'll be heading back.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 katesoneyoga


    Incy Wincy wrote: »
    Hey

    I joined this forum a few months back sharing ideas about weddings abroad and photographers etc....well the wedding is over and done with and for anyone who is thinking about getting married abroad, think Malta!! I am not just saying this now but we are still waiting to wake up from a dream..even my dad said this morning he feels like it was all a dream the way it all ran so smoothly and how it was so romantic and magical...

    I want to share our experience and hopefully get some more couples to experience the dream day without putting themselves under enormous financial strain.

    To get married in Malta starts with getting your usual letter of freedom from your parish priest. There was no fuss about a pre-marriage course, it was entirely up to us. We are together since school so have ironed most things out at this stage. Anyway Malta is quite religious with a 97% attendance at mass but the whole pre-marriage course was deemed unnecessary.

    For the legal side of things...We contacted the Marriage Registry Office in Valletta and they guided us through the whole process. Basically the forms were available online and they just needed to be stamped and signed by a commissioner for oaths. Then we sent them back with birth certs, copy of passports and witnesses copies of passports. A small fee and it was sorted.

    For the religious side of things...we contacted the Archbishops Curia in Valletta and sent on our letters of freedom and communion and baptismal certs.

    To book the venue and the chapel I made a short trip over (2 days) and organised and booked the chapel, hotel, florist and photographer. This was a cheap ryanair flight last February and it made all the difference as you need to see a church/chapel and venue before booking anywhere you choose.

    A small chapel in St. Pauls bay was chosen where the sacristan took care of the organist and the flowers for less than 100 euro. Contact was kept throughout the months leading up to the big day.

    The Radisson in Golden Bay Malta was chosen and again the link person emailed with up to date menus, cake options and decoration ideas.

    The florist was first class, he was recently involved in the flowers for the pope's visit to Malta..and even though he was used to doing flowers for weddings up to 1900 people, our group of 32 made no difference, we still got a great service and for 130 euros I got an orchid flowing bouquet, 6 orchid button holes and an orchid corsage for the bridesmaid...I dread to think what that would have cost me here...anyways....

    The photographer specialises in Irish weddings in Malta and is also trying to break into the Irish market and set up an office in Dublin. My husband is a hobbyist photographer and still cannot get over the service we received and as for the photos, they are excellent....he has friends who are photographers and said the same service would have cost us 2,000 euros here when all we paid was 200 for 4 hours work and all our 300 photos on cd ...yes I know photographers differ but this guy was clever, he took photos without us knowing, his attention to detail was unbelievable...he was just a natural photographer and nothing was staged or fake looking.

    The wedding car cost 30 euro, the wedding cake was 75 euro (100 cupcakes and a large top cake), corkage was 5.50, champagne corkage was 8.50, chapel flowers 30 euro..guests included a florist and a chef who both were shocked at the prices and what we got....

    I am probably going into too much detail here but if you are 30 something and want an intimate, romantic wedding in a sunshine guaranteed location then I highly highly recommend Malta....we are both 35 and always said it would be abroad so 32 family members and friends joined us for the best day of our lives....in total we got married for less than 3000 and some guests think we paid at least 20,000 for what we got....a chapel in a fishing village, a five star silver service meal to die for and an evening of romance, fireworks and chinese lanterns....if anyone out there wants business names or finer details I would be more than happy to pass them on.....I mean it, I would not offer them unless I was 100% guaranteed they were reliable and good value for money.

    Aside of the cost, absolutely nothing went wrong on the day, the food at the hotel was the best i have ever tasted, the staff were anticipating my needs all evening, the balcony was lit up with citronella candles as I told them about the irish and mosquitos!!! the bridal suite was fantastic and the whole experience will be with us forever.

    Hi Incy Wincy,

    Planning on a wedding abroad this year, came across your post, sounds amazing and exactly what I'm looking for. Would love all the finer details if you still have them handy?!

    Cheers
    Kate


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 Dnew1975


    We are thinking of getting married in Malta in July, 2015. We got engaged there last May and there was a wedding at Hola beach club which looked amazing. Please could anyone send me details of local suppliers or any advice. I am an event manager so thinking of doing it myself than using a wedding planner. Thanks


  • Registered Users Posts: 602 ✭✭✭Big Vern


    anyone have any idea of the cost of hiring a DJ for a wedding in Malta?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3 scubaloops


    Hi

    We are also thinking of getting married in Malta but not sure where to start. Has anyone any up to date info, recommendations of venue????
    Thanks


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  • Registered Users Posts: 27 emszylou


    Hi,

    Your day sounds absolutely magical. I am the very early stages on planning a wedding in Malta. I was looking into wedding planners but you make it sound so easy.
    I realise this post was from 2010, but if you still sign into this, I would really appreciate some advice. I am playing a very small wedding with 20 people in total including myself and partner.
    Can I ask how did the guests travel from the church to hotel? Was it easy to get around?
    I would also love your florist and photographers details if possible?
    I would appreciate any information you can give me.
    Also, myself and my partner always get Chinese lanterns and set them off on special occasions. Your wedding sounds perfect!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 skazi89


    Hey I just read you post And it sounds amazing!! Just what we're looking for. We have about 40 people going and I was worried that it was too small a group for anything too fancy. It'd love some of you on contacts, like photographer and florist! thanks so much or your post!!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭shamnspace


    hi has anyone any idea how long it takes to get the marriage cert from malta my wife and I gog married there on 6 apr this year we orderered ours online earlier this week and we got an email back saying the paperwork from the church hadnt arrived yet is this normal after 2 months? we really need the cert to renew my wifes passport asap to travel to a wedding in UK on aug 1st thanks in advance


  • Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭shamnspace


    my wife is lithuanian and her passport expires in july so im not sure how that works out if we dont get the marriage cert soon so we can renew it anyways thanks for the links


  • Registered Users Posts: 661 ✭✭✭ncur


    Ah right, ok. Perhaps DFA can advise if you ring them?


  • Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭shamnspace


    sound will do that thanks


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 AlbaRose


    Hello Incy Wincy, your post is great, it really gave me an idea of what to expect. Would you mind sending me a PM of some of the contact details? it would be a great help
    A


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 BecBon


    Hi guys,

    I am so happy to have found this thread.


    We are getting married in Malta next July - booked a beautiful venue :)

    We just need to sort out a DJ, photographer and florist.

    Any recommendations would be SO gratefully received - it is so hard getting objective info and I would much rather support a smaller business that has been recommended by someone to somewhere found on Google searches!!

    Thanks in advance to anyone whp has time to respond :)


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1 anetka


    Incy Wincy it sounds like you had a fab wedding in Malta do you still have any of your contacts please? Best Regards


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