wedding abroad

nadey

Hey everyone

Im wondering could anyone give me any advice and share their experiences if they have been to any weddings in spain please

Myself and my fiance would love to have a small wedding in spain with only 30 guest of our family and one or two close friends

Heres what im worried about would a venue and church hold a wedding for such a small group of people?

Are we expected to pay for familys flights and accommodation?

Any advice or your experience would be great

Thanks

Berty

Ok well, I'm currently in the process of doing this in Nerja in Spain with about 26 adults and 13 kids so I'm in about the same boat.

We are doing Cork-Malaga which is about €200 per adult including a bag return. Accomodation can be anything from €20 a night to having your own villa.

We are using a wedding planner but have not decided which one. We are going to Nerja in October this year to see venues and the like and meeting two planners over there and paying them €100 for their time. If you book them then the €100 is deducted from their overall fee.

We are planning for a September 2014 wedding over there.

The dates for churches open for 2014 in May 2013 and you can put a date down by paying a planner €150(deducted from their overall fee).

BTW, expected to pay for family. Not a chance. If they want to be there then so be it and we won't put pressure on them but they will all go to be fair. One side of the family are of limited income but really want to go. My sister is even coming home from Australia for it. She was coming home in 2014 anyway but said that she would organise it to be in Spain instead. Don't worry about family. It's nice for them to be there but remember you're getting married not them.

maura1982

Hi all,

myself and my better half are looking into a wedding abroad...however after looking through many threads and websites..we are left confused by it all.

Could someone please point us in the direction of a wedding planner abroad that they recommend that could kick us off at least. We havent decided yet on where we want ..but all we know we'd like some sun!!!

Thanks for the help.!!!

Berty

I suggest Maura you visit the weddings abroad section of weddingonline.ie

They have so many discussions on every location it's not even funny.

I'm probably the only bloke registered on it.

pink100

do you have to pay for your wedding party as in bridesmaids and groomsmen, I am planning wedding and all the wedding planners are so expensive. confused now as I was trying to keep cost down and private in going abroad.

Peregrinus

One of the main points in going abroad is to keep costs down, and this means keeping the wedding small - you expect relatively few guests to travel to another country for a wedding.

But if you're having a wedding abroad to keep costs down and do things simply, what's all this nonsense about bridesmaids and groomsmen? One bridesmaid/matron of honour, and one best man; that's all you need, and it's all that's appropriate in a wedding that's supposed to be private and simple.

The bridesmaid and the best man will be really close friends or near relatives of the bride and groom - people who would very much want to be at the wedding, and who would expect to pay for themselves. So they will pay for themselves, at least as far as travel goes. You might offer to pay accommodation.

scudzilla

We got married in Greece 4yrs ago, saved an absolute fortune.

Most of my family/friends are in Wales, i explained to them that if we had the wedding in Ireland it would cost ferries/hotel/spends etc and the weather would be pants, for the price of a cheap package holiday they could have a week in Greece for under 300quid each, they all agreed, 25 people came.

We had a wedding planner in Greece who did everything for us, our package cost 4,000Euro which included :-

All paperwork and wedding planner
All flowers (Brides bouquet, pinholes, 6 bouquets for the boat)
Transport for all guests from hotel to boat
Limo for bride from hotel to boat
3hr boat cruise around Turtle Island where we got married
Champagne/Wine and soft drinks on boat
Translator for the service
DVD of ceremony
200 Pictures from photographer (ended up with closer to 300)
Transfer from boat to restaurant for all guests
Horse drawn carriage from boat to restaurant for wife and i
5 Course meal at restaurant with wine
Live band
Wedding cake

All that for 4grand, we were the only people who got that package that year, they bumped the price up to 5k the next year as i guess they made a loss, still cheap as chips though.

Every one of the guests agreed it was and still is the best wedding they've been to, the location was just something else