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Just got married in Malta

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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,420 ✭✭✭Dionysus


    Dee 2011 wrote: »
    Hey Incy Wincy or any one else who can help a stressed bride to be (i'm only engaged two weeks and already stressed!)

    We are looking at having our wedding in Malta late next year 2012 for about 40-50 guests and would love any help at all regarding venue's contacts prices etc:confused:

    Thank you
    Stresed out Dee 2011

    I was in Malta last summer. While in Valetta, there was a wedding on in a church called TA' Giezu Church. From the outside it was gorgeous, with steps all the way down to it from St John's Cathedral. Malta can be hit or miss, but this area was stunningly beautiful. They had put a red carpet down the narrow city street and there was confetti everywhere. The church was on the left coming down the steps. About 15 metres passed it on the right was a restaurant/pub with a lovely front where guests were standing and sitting around talking next to a wall. Behind the low wall was the sea. Superb, classy location for after wedding drinks. A classy wedding for 40-50 people could be had in the Palazzo Parisio and Gardens in Naaxar, some 10km from the church above.

    Palazzo Parisio and Gardens

    Bain taitneamh as.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2 Dee 2011


    Thanks Dionysus sounds fab going to hit google straight away, thanks again!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 Kazsean


    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,

    Just read your post and love it, Congratulations!
    I was thinking of getting married in Malta but after reading your experience you have convinced me. I would be so grateful if you send me contacts of the photographer, Hair, make up, car hire and cake if possible.

    Thanks so much :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 joannetd


    hi imcy wincy your wedding sounds fantastic i was wondering if you could share more info with hoping to get married in malta june 2013


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,370 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    we are getting married abroad this year (not Malta) and we were told that we should do the civil side here and then the church part there as for the rest of our lives, it makes it so much easier with the marriage cert etc. Then again, we would have had to travel over for a court appearance to civilly marry!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6 cailin13


    Hi, has anyone else had any good experiences of weddings in Malta to share?
    We're at early planning stages for August 2013 and would welcome any suggestions on venues / planners V diy.

    thanks


  • Registered Users Posts: 29 cheyni


    Hi all,

    So we got married in Malta in October and it was amazing. We booked it all without a wedding planner so If anyone would like any info/ideas feel free to PM me..

    Cheyni
    x


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12 shelhart


    Hi All,
    Had decided on a wedding planner until I found this site, any info from those who have done it themselves would be great..... cheyne..... incy wincy......! Looking to have a small wedding (25 guests) in Malta July 2013 :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 29 cheyni


    Just mailed you Shelhart x
    shelhart wrote: »
    Hi All,
    Had decided on a wedding planner until I found this site, any info from those who have done it themselves would be great..... cheyne..... incy wincy......! Looking to have a small wedding (25 guests) in Malta July 2013 :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2 cmac12


    Hi

    I am getting married in Malta this May (2012) and would really be grateful for any recommendations that anyone has for florists, photographer and car hire in the Valetta area? Even advice on which florists, car hire providers or photographers we should avoid.

    Any tips that anyone has would also be much appreciated. As the wedding is fast approaching an early response would be extremely appreciated.

    Thanks everyone!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 29 cheyni


    cmac12 wrote: »
    Hi

    I am getting married in Malta this May (2012) and would really be grateful for any recommendations that anyone has for florists, photographer and car hire in the Valetta area? Even advice on which florists, car hire providers or photographers we should avoid.

    Any tips that anyone has would also be much appreciated. As the wedding is fast approaching an early response would be extremely appreciated.

    Thanks everyone!


    Just sent you a Pm cmac xx


  • Registered Users Posts: 2 cmac12


    Cheyni

    Thanks for your pm. Got your message and is really useful. Thanks so much for coming back to me so quickly.


  • Registered Users Posts: 29 cheyni


    cmac12 wrote: »
    Cheyni

    Thanks for your pm. Got your message and is really useful. Thanks so much for coming back to me so quickly.

    Your very welcome - glad to be able to help .. X


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 monkey buns


    cheyni wrote: »
    Hi all,

    So we got married in Malta in October and it was amazing. We booked it all without a wedding planner so If anyone would like any info/ideas feel free to PM me..

    Cheyni
    x

    hi cheyni we would love any idea's and info you have, as we are strongly thinking of getting married in Malta next year. Thanks a mill


  • Registered Users Posts: 29 cheyni


    hi cheyni we would love any idea's and info you have, as we are strongly thinking of getting married in Malta next year. Thanks a mill
    Just Pm'd you xx


  • Registered Users Posts: 31 1holly1


    Hi cheyni any chance you could give me any info also? Trying to decide if malta's the place for us! Thanks


  • Registered Users Posts: 29 cheyni


    1holly1 wrote: »
    Hi cheyni any chance you could give me any info also? Trying to decide if malta's the place for us! Thanks
    Pm'd you too 1holly1 :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2 mir08


    Hey cheyni,

    just pm'd you....

    How's the rest of you Malta brides getting on?
    We're going next summer, all going well....:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 29 cheyni


    mir08 wrote: »
    Hey cheyni,

    just pm'd you....

    How's the rest of you Malta brides getting on?
    We're going next summer, all going well....:D

    Just replied to it :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 anna.pshv


    Hi All!

    We are looking to have a wedding in Malta this year. Any advice/info would be really appreciated!
    Thanks a lot in advance,
    Anna


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  • Registered Users Posts: 29 cheyni


    anna.pshv wrote: »
    Hi All!

    We are looking to have a wedding in Malta this year. Any advice/info would be really appreciated!
    Thanks a lot in advance,
    Anna

    Just pm'd you regarding getting married in Malta :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6 lorlorc


    Hi Ladies,

    I am getting married in Malta in 3 weeks and I was wondering if any of you had a casino theme at your wedding (roulete tahbles/ blackjack tables etc) or a photobooth? I am trying to find suppliers but no joy :(

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    Thanks!


  • Registered Users Posts: 29 cheyni


    lorlorc wrote: »
    Hi Ladies,

    I am getting married in Malta in 3 weeks and I was wondering if any of you had a casino theme at your wedding (roulete tahbles/ blackjack tables etc) or a photobooth? I am trying to find suppliers but no joy :(

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    Thanks!

    Not had that theme but have a supplier for photobooth as a mameber of my "im getting married in Malta" group on fb... Here is their link

    https://www.facebook.com/PhotoBoothMalta
    Hope this helps
    x


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6 lorlorc


    cheyni wrote: »
    Not had that theme but have a supplier for photobooth as a mameber of my "im getting married in Malta" group on fb... Here is their link

    https://www.facebook.com/PhotoBoothMalta
    Hope this helps
    x



    That's brilliant! Thanks for your help Cheyni!


  • Registered Users Posts: 540 ✭✭✭deeks


    cheyni wrote: »
    Hi all,

    So we got married in Malta in October and it was amazing. We booked it all without a wedding planner so If anyone would like any info/ideas feel free to PM me..

    Cheyni
    x

    Hi Cheyni,

    Looking at the possibility of getting married in Malta in 2014. Any info / advice you could give would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks.


  • Registered Users Posts: 29 cheyni


    deeks wrote: »
    cheyni wrote: »
    Hi all,

    So we got married in Malta in October and it was amazing. We booked it all without a wedding planner so If anyone would like any info/ideas feel free to PM me..


    Cheyni
    x

    Hi Cheyni,

    Looking at the possibility of getting married in Malta in 2014. Any info / advice you could give would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks.

    Mailing you now deeks


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1 Caitnig


    Hi Incy Wincy, would it be possible to get some contact details for photographer, florist, music and fireworks. I'm just at the beginning of planning and at the moment I think all the wedding planners are trying to hike prices up. Would live to be able to get our wedding for under 5k, we are only having 40 or so guests and the planners are quoting 6-7k? Any help you could offer would me much appreciated as I'll be the first in a very large family to brave getting married abroad! Kind of nervous about screwing it all up! Eeek

    Thanks so much
    Cait x


  • Registered Users Posts: 47 PicturePerfect


    Hello Ladies!
    At the moment I have NO idea where I'm getting married yet. Living in Ireland, from The Netherlands myself so would love to just get somewhere completely different. And then I stumbled across this post... Loving the idea of Malta, loving the positive comments above, loving the budget factor... So... would love some further information in a pm with whatever you can give me as it may just finally make up my mind about where to do it (Ireland, Netherlands, tropical island ;)).
    Thanks in advance for the info!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2 MrsBeef


    deeks wrote: »
    Hi Cheyni,

    Looking at the possibility of getting married in Malta in 2014. Any info / advice you could give would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks.

    HEY!!

    I am also looking at may 2014 for getting married in malta? I will not need a legal ceremony tho and only want to book a blessing as the legal side will be done here in the UK. I want something intimate and personal but do not want to spend an absolute package as I am having an evening do back here as well!!

    ANY info would be great, I have emailed a few hotels but no replies as yet :(

    Thanks, Mrs B x


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  • Registered Users Posts: 29 cheyni


    Hey Mrs B

    Just a quick note as im running out the door. I run a group on fb for brides getting married in Malta. Always someone on there to answer any questions you may have and offer advice along with documents detailing vendors/recommended websites etc and loads of photos from previous brides weddings including our own..

    Just type in f-book search "Im getting married in malta" and it should bring you there..

    Regards
    Cheyni
    MrsBeef wrote: »
    HEY!!

    I am also looking at may 2014 for getting married in malta? I will not need a legal ceremony tho and only want to book a blessing as the legal side will be done here in the UK. I want something intimate and personal but do not want to spend an absolute package as I am having an evening do back here as well!!

    ANY info would be great, I have emailed a few hotels but no replies as yet :(

    Thanks, Mrs B x


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