Would you go to a destination wedding in Italy?

[Camde]

We’re looking at potentially having a wedding in a villa in Italy.

Accomodation would be included, so people would just have to pay for flights.

Will people resent us, or would you be happy to do a weekend in Italy for a wedding?

Harshly. Is that an actual wedding or pretend wedding.
For the former, would be chuffed.
For the latter, wouldn't

I would go if I could get the time off, but lots of people wouldn't.
Basically, book it if you want it but you can't expect anyone to definitely go and you can't be annoyed at all if anyone says no thanks.

I think it depends what stage of life you are at and income bracket and jobs of your guests tbh

Yes, I'd love to.

💯 just come back from Italy stunning!
if I was in the market to get married again this is where it would be 🇮🇹

If you choose to have a destination wedding you have to accept people will choose not to come
because it’s not just flights it’s that plus taxis etc and outfits / presents
time off work as you can’t just do sat-sun
we would but we have older kids and flex but only for very good friends / family
otherwise we would not go

Ha yes I went to a destination wedding on the French riviera only to realise during the 'ceremony' that the couple had in fact been legally married a month, and happened to get married about 5 mins from our house in England! So basically went to France with all their friends for a party. Tbh I didn't mind we had a lovely time but it is rather different.

I would definitely go! My brother got married in Rome and there was a huge turn out. Good luck!

It depends. How far would the wedding venue be from the airport?

I love Italy and would be delighted if it wasn't too hot.

I wouldn’t want to because it would use up my holiday budget for that year. Unless it was somewhere I was interested in anyway and I could turn it into a holiday at the same time, I’d probably make up an excuse about work or something tbh. I’m not a massive fan of weddings and they just aren’t a priority. Doesn’t mean I don’t care about the person etc.

If money was no object then yes, would love it!

Definitely. But I absolutely love Italy and would take any opportunity to go.

A lot of the time you can't legally get married in another country unless you or your parents live there.

Also in France, the legal part is always at the town hall. So if you go to a wedding ceremony in France with music, readings and so on (whether it is a religious ceremony or not), the couple is always already married. Some of them do the legal ceremony at the town hall first and then go on to the church but to be honest the part in the town hall is very boring and I always prefer it when I'm not invited to that part.

If your friends didn't have an address in France they wouldn't have been allowed to do the legal part there, and even if they were allowed it would be a massive faff.

Do you have wealthy friends, or will they have to save especially to be able to come to your wedding? If the latter, then I wouldn’t do a destination wedding.

I know (used to live in France), that's kind of why I was surprised as they had been working in France for a few years before the wedding although had pretty much moved back at time of wedding. So I assumed we were going to an actual wedding not a wedding party. As I said I didn't actually care, the setting was gorgeous and much more exciting than the mairie but I found it quite funny we'd travelled across Europe to go to a wedding when they in fact got married around the corner from our local coop 😂

It depends where in Italy, how easy it is to get to, and how much the flights would cost. For many people, you may be pretty much deciding where they will be going on holiday that year.

For me Rome would be more tempting than a villa in the countryside. Rome is an exciting destination with lots of things to do for everyone. Also easy and cheap flights. A villa in the country would be less tempting because of travel costs and time, and less to do when there. Also, it isn't a holiday I would want for myself.

I wouldn’t resent you, have whatever wedding you like. But I also wouldn’t go. With young children I don’t have the spare annual leave.

(I would resent you if you got annoyed at me not going though)

I’d love to…. Can I come please? I don’t need a plus one

Yes I have been to a few. I make it a holiday so it suits me! And I love Italy

Yep. A friend got married around Lake Como. One of the best weddings I have ever attended

If it fitted in with work and I could get cheap enough flights, yes absolutely. Italy is always fun and accommodation being covered is a big plus. Could easily spend more on travel and accommodation for a UK wedding if in peak season. Budget airlines go to Italy - if you time it right it's cheaper (and potentially faster!) than eg train to Bath + taxi + night in some so-called "spa" hotel.

Ps. If you pay their flights too, the cheap flights to Italy everyone’s talking about - I’m sure there’s be no issue.

Love to

I live in France and could have got married in either France or the UK. Having originally planned to get married in the UK we switched to France after realising that it was practically impossible to find a venue where we could continue after 11pm and not have a cash bar for guests. So I completely understand why people might choose to get married in France because French weddings are just better IMO.

Absolutely, love a destination wedding