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Plan Carefully When Having Your Wedding Abroad

By RomanticHeart | March 8, 2010

It sound like the most perfect wedding day. Jetting off to some exotic country, escaping the worries of life back home and marrying the person you love. Thousands of people get married in another country every year and most have a great time doing it. However, there are often factors that need to be taken into consideration when tying the knot in another country. Here are the three things that should be top of your organisational list.

Cost. Wedding are always going to be an expensive thing to do, but weddings abroad are often in a whole league of their own. Forgetting transportation for the moment, there are added costs for things such as accommodation for everyone and the provision of food for the duration of the trip. You may not be putting people up in a castle hotel, but costs still add up. It is always best to try and save up more money than you actually need so that you can then cover unforeseen costs and it will be one less thing you have to worry about.

Family. This is probably the primary concern for most people when thinking about weddings in another country. Most couples simply cannot afford to pay for everyone to get over, so people often have to find their own way. Depending on which county you choose that could be very costly, and some people may not be able to travel for medical reasons. It is worth discussing your wedding plans with your family and close friends before you decide to book things in another country as you may find it is just not practical.

Laws. Every country lives by a different set of laws and if you don’t respect those of the country you are getting married in, you wedding could be over before its begun. In your home country it might be fine to get married in bars, fields or castle wedding venues, but abroad you might find that the wedding is only legal if it takes place in a church or similar. Further more, it can sometimes be difficult to find the right person to conduct your wedding in the country of choice as they may have different religions to your own.