Attending a wedding Italy as a guest

PearlJ

Just wondering guys, my friend is getting married in Italy next year, probably Lake Garda region.

Hubby and I thinking of going for maybe 4 days, ball park, how much would we be looking at to attend and how does the present thing work when attending a wedding abroad?

Thanks in advance

tinkerbell

I'm not trying to be rude but why can't you go and check the cost of flights, accommodation, car hire etc online yourself and then factor in an allowance for food, drink, etc? Nobody here can give you a ballpark figure when they don't know what kind of hotels you stay in, what part of Lake Garda it is, where the wedding is on, when the wedding is on, etc.

PearlJ

That's why I said, 'Ball Park'.

But thank you for your kind and helpful response :rolleyes:

Deub

Between 1000€ and 2000€ per person including flights

cadaliac

We got married in Spain and on the invitations we said "your presence is our present" or something to that effect.
People still gave us cards with momey in them.
You should budget ~ €2k for 4 days for the two of you. Italy ain't cheap.

irelandrover

We got married in Italy.

Flights will be 100-150 per person.
Hotel about 100 a night.

We had an open bar for the wedding and provided food for the whole day. I think this is standard enough.
So then you just have lunch and dinner for 3 days. Probably 120 euro per day.

most people gave 100-150 euro as gifts.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Spendy!!

Flights approximately €200pp in late August/early September assuming you fly to Verona, reasonable hotel €150 per night. It's an affluent area/region. FWIW I didn't particularly think a lot of it, the scenery is stunning but that's nearly all of what it has to offer. Unless it was close friends/family I wouldn't attend a wedding there again, that's just my opinion of the place.

lawred2

PearlJ wrote: »

Just wondering guys, my friend is getting married in Italy next year, probably Lake Garda region.

Hubby and I thinking of going for maybe 4 days, ball park, how much would we be looking at to attend and how does the present thing work when attending a wedding abroad?

Thanks in advance

we got married in Positano...

we did our best to specify no gifts as attendance was more than enough but that didn't stop most of them giving something..

We made sure that everybody was well fed (seven course meal) and nobody paid for a drink all night

lawred2

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

Spendy!!

Flights approximately €200pp in late August/early September assuming you fly to Verona, reasonable hotel €150 per night. It's an affluent area/region. FWIW I didn't particularly think a lot of it, the scenery is stunning but that's nearly all of what it has to offer. Unless it was close friends/family I wouldn't attend a wedding there again, that's just my opinion of the place.

what exactly were you hoping for?

tinkerbell

PearlJ wrote: »

That's why I said, 'Ball Park'.

But thank you for your kind and helpful response :rolleyes:

I was actually trying to be helpful. There is no point asking people for ballpark figures with the extremely vague information you have given as it is impossible to give you a ballpark. Why can't you just check out the info yourself since you have all the information (which you haven't supplied us with), ie the wedding venue, the dates, what type of hotel you like to stay in, what kind of meals you go out for, do you prefer to do on the cheap or go for 5 star, etc.

It will take you 5-10 mins to check out flights and accommodation yourself... That'll give you a far more informative answer than asking on here with such vague info. Someone on here could tell you €500 all in and then you the bride and groom you'll attend based on that, and then when you go to book it could turn into out to actually cost €2k, in which case you may be considering not to go then.

Tarzana2

The OP also asked about gift etiquette when going to a foreign wedding, which is something it can be good to gather opinion on. You were a tad harsh, IMO.

PearlJ

tinkerbell wrote: »

I was actually trying to be helpful. There is no point asking people for ballpark figures with the extremely vague information you have given as it is impossible to give you a ballpark. Why can't you just check out the info yourself since you have all the information (which you haven't supplied us with), ie the wedding venue, the dates, what type of hotel you like to stay in, what kind of meals you go out for, do you prefer to do on the cheap or go for 5 star, etc.

It will take you 5-10 mins to check out flights and accommodation yourself... That'll give you a far more informative answer than asking on here with such vague info. Someone on here could tell you €500 all in and then you the bride and groom you'll attend based on that, and then when you go to book it could turn into out to actually cost €2k, in which case you may be considering not to go then.

I don't have any other details. I just thought other people would have an idea if they have gone before.

I don't get why you are so antagonistic.

tinkerbell

Tarzana2 wrote: »

The OP also asked about gift etiquette when going to a foreign wedding, which is something it can be good to gather opinion on. You were a tad harsh, IMO.

I didn't mention anything about the gift etiquette - my reply was in relation to the cost of attending the wedding. Gift etiquette is an entirely different matter. It wasn't my intention to come off as harsh at all!

PearlJ wrote: »

I don't have any other details. I just thought other people would have an idea if they have gone before.

I don't get why you are so antagonistic.

I'm not being antagonistic at all, you started a thread asking about this and I replied wth an honest answer, trying to be helpful and you respond with a :rolleyes: For this kind of a query you need specifics, not just "friend getting married in Lake Garda, how much will it cost to attend". It can vary dramatically depending on the hotel and the time of year that you are going. So if you don't have further details at the moment you'd be better off to wait til you know the specifics and then people can give you a better idea of cost...

As for gift etiquette for an abroad wedding, a card is more than enough. It's gonna cost an arm and a leg for you to attend so that is present enough in my opinion.

Weddings abroad are bloody expensive to attend. It's just not worth the money unless it is for an extremely close family member or say a best friend.

willow tree

I remember Peter from weddings by Franc saying etiquette is no present, just a card for weddings abroad as you're already putting so much cost etc on guests. I did get my friend a €100 voucher a couple of months after as a gesture to mark it even though they specified no presents. Enjoy! Weddings abroad are fab :-)

Sherlof3

We suggested 'your presence is our presents' but most people gave us presents similar to what you would expect in Ireland. We put on food and drink for the three days so i think they were pleasantly surprised at not having to spend anything (apart from flights and accommodation obviously). If you can't afford a gift I'm sure they wouldn't expect one, but if they are good friends maybe think about getting something, even if it's a few weeks / moths after you come back.