Getting Married Abroad

MrsBeef

Where is the cheapest place to get married abroad??

Now, not to sound tight or anything but I have a small budget and quite liked the idea of getting married abroad to save costs. But having since looked around they all seem very ridiculously expensive for what they are offering!!

This is what I want:

a nice hotel near a beach
a blessing ceremony (not a legal one)
chance to have photographs
flowers for bride and bridesmaids
hair and make up done
option to have a buffet afterwards

me, H2B and about 15 guests...........


why is it soooo difficult argh!!

This is my second time around and I do not want a massive big fuss, just me, my H2B and something personal, intimate and beautiful!!

I looked at cyprus and malta..... but had no luck with replies from wedding organizers or hotels etc....

anyone help? x

hoodwinked

have you tried Turkey?


someone i know got married there in a hotel on the beach.

Misticles

I'm also looking for a relatively cheap wedding abroad but I have come to realise that it will not be as cheap as I thought

Turkey is quite a cheap place over all so hoodwinked could be onto something there.

tinkerbell

Something also to consider OP is that a wedding abroad may be cheaper for you to host than a wedding here but it'll cost a hell of a lot more for your guests.

Misticles

tinkerbell wrote: »

Something also to consider OP is that a wedding abroad may be cheaper for you to host than a wedding here but it'll cost a hell of a lot more for your guests.

I thought about this but the way I see it is that the people who I really want there will be be able to afford it with enough notice. To me it's eliminating, the your mammy's best friend who's daughter babysat you type of people.

cian112233

Have you tried southern Italy?

My best friend got married in the cilento region in souther italy and it was brilliant. we stayed at the wedding venue on the beach and it was probabley my best holiday and time at a wedding ever! all the locals were so nice and most spoke english or tried. As far as i know the whole wedding was relatively cheap compared to ireland and the wedding was at a 4 star hotel. the name of the planners were amore weddings and they even booked our accomodation. http://amoreweddings.ie/

hope this helps

Cian

tatli_lokma

hoodwinked wrote:

have you tried Turkey?


someone i know got married there in a hotel on the beach.

Misticles wrote: »

Turkey is quite a cheap place over all so hoodwinked could be onto something there.

As someone who has a lot of experience with Turkey, you need to be really careful if you plan a wedding there. Getting a 'blessing only' may prove difficult as there are not many Christian priests. You might have luck in somewhere like Kusadasi, but personally that resort is primarily a holiday resort, so during the season the hotels will be packed and out of season the service won't be great.

Getting flowers will be tricky too, as due to the heat they don't really do fresh flowers and the bouquets tend to be very twee by Irish standards.
Make up for Turkish brides tends to be heavy and like what you would wear to a nightclub! they don't do blushing brides.

Having said all that, if you get a good wedding planner they can help you with it. But you will need a very good wedding planner, preferably Irish, who understands what an Irish bride wants on her wedding day and can clearly express this to the locals (i.e speaks fluent Turkish and has a list of suppliers who can provide what is needed).

It is a beautiful setting but can be quite a stressful place to organise a wedding.

Paddy De Plasterer

There is no such thing as a cheap weeding abroad. You can have a cheap one here, just find some quiet place at the right time.

tatli_lokma

Paddy De Plasterer wrote: »

There is no such thing as a cheap weeding abroad. You can have a cheap one here, just find some quiet place at the right time.

I disagree - you can have a cheap wedding anywhere - it just depends on your expectations - what you want to include, what you are prepared to exclude.

For example a wedding in Ireland costs minimum €150. To get this price, it involves registry office, not buying a new outfit, not buying new rings, not having flowers, not having a meal of any sort afterwards. From there the price goes up, depending on what you feel you want to include to make your day special. Realistically I think most people would include the things I mention, even as a bare minimum if the outfit was from a department store, and the meal was just for the pair of you. So €300-500 quid would be a realistic, rock bottom price. From there the price goes up depending on what extras you want and how many guests you want.

For the same price you could probably have the same basic wedding abroad (i.e no extras, just the couple a registrar and witnesses), or for not much more if you get cheap flights. You could choose to look at it as the price of your normal summer hol, plus the wedding, so then it could be literally a few hundred quid.

It all depends on what you have on your list of 'must haves'. From there you can compare prices for home and away. Some items will be cheaper here, others there. You just have to remember to factor in two things - 1) things might be cheaper there, but easier to organise here so convenience might win over stressed out abroad!
2) cheaper for you might be more expensive for your guests, so you should factor this into the equasion.