Wedding Abroad ?

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Me and dp want to get married however he wants to get married abroad and I do not.

I feel it just wouldn't feel like a wedding, no body would come because they would have to pay for flights, outfits, hotels etc etc.

He doesn't want to do a wedding here because they are all the same yada yada...

Anyone have any stories of abroad weddings or have experience of being a guest?

Trying to work out the beat way too go

We got married abroad and couldn't recommend it more. We got married in rhodes and had an evening reception in a taverna with live music. We invited 30 people and 28 came. Everyone said it was amazing and still talk about it years later.

It depends on what u book. We had a wedding planner who was based there and there was loads of different packages and options you could customise with. Others booked through tour operators which is more of a one size fits all affair.

If u want to ask me any questions please get in touch, I honestly think it was the best decision we made.

I got married abroad, but I have been to so many country house weddings in the UK that I’ve had to pay for 2 nights at their hotel at some eye watering amount, plus had to take leave that I wasn’t convinced it was much of a better option and there was nowhere local at a reasonable price. I’ve been to s few weddings abroad and as others have said if you go somewhere like Lindos then it will be like every other wedding they churn out and a bit like the UK but with sun. I’ve been to one there and it was lovely so it didn’t matter.

Some people will go abroad and some people won’t, so long as you accept that and there are no hard feelings then it is no problem. I certainly understood when many people couldn’t come, I would have been less understanding at people not coming to a UK wedding but the price for them might not have been a huge difference, this is daft wedding logic but just the way it is.

I went to a wedding in Rhodes as a guest. It was awful. I felt so sorry for the bride.

Wedding day lasted 3 hours. Bride cried in the evening as she felt so flat. There wasn’t anyone special about the wedding. Hotel guests were encouraged to look up from the pool and clap ‘another bride’.

It cost us a fortune.

DD got married abroad last year, as that was the 'condition' of her DH (he has a big rowdy family and dreaded them all being at a wedding, so thought/ knew going abroad would naturally limit it).

It was magical; they married on a pier over azure seas, with 10 guests plus their children as bridesmaid & groomsman. An intimate wedding meal and then everyone enjoyed a 2 week holiday in a lovely location (we even managed to get on with DH's ex-wife!).

Do consider it. My only advice would be to make sure your reception is private - it's horrible when you see deflated brides hanging by the bar afterwards, or trying to enjoy their evening in a shared restaurant. Even if there's a small number of you, most places abroad (we went to south Mexico) will do it really well.