Just got married in Malta

SNOWBALL1986

Hi
I am also getting married in Malta we are using a wedding planner but I want to get as many suppliers myself as we are on a tight budget I would be so thankful of any information you might have
Thanks in advance
Kate

noveltea

What wedding planner are you using snowball? I am looking at the options out there at the moment. Thanks

Jillygo

Hi Incy,

Just wondering if you could PM me some details of who you went with etc?

Thank you!

sam1234

hi im really interested in getting married abroad on a tight budget, i have seen u seemed to have gotten a good deal, any tips on how to organize my wedding in malta whilst keeping the costs low, thank you

Pinkf

Hello.
Happy new year everyone...
My finance and I are planning to get married in Malta next June we'd contacted a couples of wedding planner, we're working on a small budge. So please any suggestion is welcome

Pinkf

clumsyklutz wrote: »

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.

Hi I'm organising my wedding for June 2016, it will be great if you could share what do u have so far. I just got engage christmas eve. I don't know hot to start. We'd really appreciate
Thanks a mil

Pinkf

Hi Incy wincy I'm delighted your wedding was a dream I think that is everybody wish, I'd really aprreciate If you could share your suppliers, photographer and florists.. I know it was long time ago I suppose they could still offer the same or even better quality service..

Thanks a mil

Pinkf

Yes that sounds great
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Pinkf

Hi Incy wincy I just joinded to contact you, Your wedding sounds so perfect and u know thats is everybodys wish.
Im getting married in Malta in June we have a venue but still not sure if going for St Julians or Valetta and also if could you send me a few contacts like the florist, photographer etc
We will thank you for ever
Thanks a mil
Pinkf

frazzo

Pinkf wrote: »

Hi Incy wincy I just joinded to contact you, Your wedding sounds so perfect and u know thats is everybodys wish.
Im getting married in Malta in June we have a venue but still not sure if going for St Julians or Valetta and also if could you send me a few contacts like the florist, photographer etc
We will thank you for ever
Thanks a mil
Pinkf

Hi Pinkf,

Hope your wedding went well in malta. We are thinking of June 2018 and would love to hear about your experiences. Can I PM you?

noveltea

If your on facebook join the page "help I am getting married in malta".Its a great source of information with current and past brides sharing information.

MichelleM712

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.

I would love any details of the people you used for your wedding! It sounds amazing

MichelleM712

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
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Hey hun, i'd love any advice or details prices etc you have on getting married there or arranging it? X

BowlChic

Getting Married in Malta in Aug 2018.
Your wedding sounded wonderful and well planned by you. Could I have some of your contacts for photographer and florist. They may still be offering their service seven years on.
Many Thanks,
C

Caitnb

BowlChic wrote: »

Getting Married in Malta in Aug 2018.
Your wedding sounded wonderful and well planned by you. Could I have some of your contacts for photographer and florist. They may still be offering their service seven years on.
Many Thanks,
C

Hi BowlChic,
I'd love some advice from you now that your date is rolling close! It would be super if you could send me a PM of info and contacts that you've gathered if you don't mind me asking. Thank you 😊

Fizgig Bandicoot

After reading this thread I'm seriously considering getting married in Malta. We will probably have about 120 people so trying to not spend a fortune. Did anyone have a wedding in a villa or a farmhouse? I did read the whole thread but have forgotten some of the details!

noveltea

You should totally check out "Help I am getting married in Malta " on Facebook. Its a great help. People would have pictures of the villas/farmhouses they used on that. I only had 20 at my wedding in Malta so would not be that helpful.