Is anybody getting married Abroad this year

Zane97

Much cheaper and hard to organise?

clint_silver

Robbie G wrote: »

Much cheaper and hard to organise?

depends how many guests.
what country youre having it in.
what your budget is.
time of year.

and compare that to the same thing here.

If 2 people go to the registry office here and have a nice meal afterwards Im sure it would be pretty cheap.

If you brought 200 people to an island off goa on christmas day to eat unicorn steaks it might not be the same thing. If ya get me.

lazygal

I know from friends who planned it there'll be a larger than normal refusal rate. Especially those with children, there's no way we'd go to a wedding abroad now we have a baby due to the expense and hassle. I think you need to give plenty of notice, like six months, so people can plan and save, book holidays from work etc. It's a big ask nowadays to get people to fly to another country for a wedding, especially if its a place they wouldn't be interested in going to otherwise.

On a practical level, I've heard it can pay dividends to employ a wedding planner to avoid any legal or logistical hiccups. It does not always work out cheaper for the couple hosting the wedding and will be significantly more expensive for your guests.

eviltwin

Do your research. Its not that different to a wedding here, you can do it cheap or you can go all out depending on what you want. Remember that a lot of places require blood tests or that you are resident in a location for a certain number of days prior to a wedding. Check flights, make sure you can get there easily enough.

A wedding planner is probably the way to go, some do pre priced deals but if you are making it to your own requirements make sure you get the cost in full before you commit yourself to anything.

Consider your guests as well, if you really really want X to be there be sure they can afford to go. We had originally planned a foreign wedding but changed because a few people I really wanted to be there were unable to afford to go.

cailinoBAC

I would definitely not assume it’s going to be cheaper. We got married ‘abroad’ because we live abroad, but a lot of people come down to Spain to get married. Usually it’s because they really want to get married here, because it will not work out cheaper. (of course you’ll find people saying they had a cheap wedding, but you can have those in Ireland too).

tHE vAGGABOND

Cheaper for you, but a pain for your guests to pay for flights, hotels, car rental bla bla

Been to a couple of weddings abroad, and while the bride and groom may have saved money, they are generally in middle of nowhere, so a pain to get to and expensive to get to..

Its not the celtic tiger years anymore, so people are not really throwing money at these kinds of things as much as we were, as folks dont have the money...

Berty

Not cheaper really. Per head prices can be similar and you still have all the normal things like dress, suits, gifts etc.

We are going to Spain in 2014 and it probably will be no more or less than here but we can have a small wedding over there with our friends and family. Here we'd have +1s coming out our ears. :rolleyes: