What are the costs of getting married abroad?

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Me and my partner we planning on getting married abroad in 2020 about may time when the kids are off for a week, so that it slightly makes it cheaper for us if we stay for the 2 weeks.
We’ve asked all the family and they are all happy to come along so I will have around 50/60 guests attending? Just wondered if anyone has done it themselves and know how much just the wedding and holiday has cost, as dresses and suits can be done as cheap or expensive as you want.

How long is a piece of string?

All depends on where you go, venue, menu, all sorts

What PP said. A 5 star hotel in southern Italy is going to be a lot different from Vegas and different again from a pub wedding in France.

Well less cost for you and more cost for all your guests. You’re essentially outsourcing the cost of the wedding to them instead by making them spend hundreds coming to your wedding so you can spend less on hosting. I’m sure they’ll all say it’s fine so as not to upset you, whilst many will worry about how they will afford it, or will forgo the holiday they’d have actually liked because the can only afford one and the money has gone on you wedding.

The wedding could cost literally anything, depending on the country, the hotel, what you like. It’s such a broad question there’s just no way to answer it

Could be a lot, or a little, depending on the destination and type of wedding you want.

If you are budget conscious then keep a careful eye on exchange rates. We got married abroad before the brexit vote, and luckily the pound strengthened between booking and paying for everything, so we saved a lot of money. But you need to be prepared in case it goes the other direction.

Agree with everything everyone else has said. Lots of people seem to get married in places like Cyprus, because it’s easier legally than in other European countries.

You need to factor in the technicalities of getting married abroad, and probably employ a good wedding planner from the country if you want to get married somewhere where a lot of paperwork will be involved.

Also, be prepared for some of your 50/60 guests to drop out. We attended a destination wedding last year and the costs were eye watering. DP and I ended up spending £1k each for a week’s all inclusive at a destination we never in a million years would’ve chosen to go on holiday (and obviously gave up 5 days’ holiday too). It did leave us feeling a bit bitter to be honest, but we kept the peace because it was DP’s sister. If I remember correctly, they spent about £10k just on the wedding day/ceremony/food etc.

Just be mindful that a lot of people will be up for it now, but might not be when they realise how much it will cost them in time and money!

A couple I know had one of those. They had to pay for a holiday and then wedding on top. They went for two weeks so actually I think it wasn’t much cheaper.
£2000 for s/c accommodation, plus two weeks spends for all food/drinks/days out. A wedding (15 guests), included food, private beach hire (all the wedding chairs, red carpet, flower arch, “alter”, buffet, open bar for an hour, dj, cake) cost about £3000.

We went, we wish we didn’t bother. But that’s a whole other post and not what you asked.

Three years ago we got married on the beach in Tenerife
The wedding itself was well under a €1000 Euro pthat was two celebrants and the food and drinks bill for 25 guests in a local restaurant

I paid £4;400 for 10 family members for a week in a 4 star hotel, half board and flights for a week
Other friends lived here or were happy to travel here for a week holiday

My husband paid for the two of us for two weeks in same hotel..l£1700.
We had a small civil ceremony at the registry office before so I gotta here , with a meal for us and 4 guests..cost about £120
My two wedding dresses came to about £80 in the sales
Was lovely and as you can see, didn’t cost a fortune

Got married in Cuba. The cost of the holiday was over £5k. My dress was £60, the actual wedding was £600. Although we had two members of family we never expected anyone to attend due to cost.

Got married abroad as we lived there at the time. Our wedding was 5 grand and it was a fantastic day. We had around 35 guests.

We got married in St lucia and the when to Barbdos for Honymoon the hotel and flights cost us €6,000 euro at the time.
the wedding with the dinner was around €1,000 there was olny 4 of us and they payed for there own travel.We then when to the local pub when we came back had a few drink and a bit of finger food.
Would'nt do much different olny thing would not buy a wedding dress.

Married in Cyprus 3 yrs ago at an all inclusive 5 star hotel resort. 15 ppl including us and it was around £7K including the holiday £5K excluding the holiday but including my dress which was about £1300. We had to pay for the meal, and some all inclusive drink bands for guests that weren't staying at the hotel. We also had a wedding cake, Flowers, dj, photographer etc.

If you start looking and contacting hotels they have brochures with prices and different packages. I mean they even offered fireworks!