wedding abroad how much??

[Mumoftwox]

has anyone been married abroad and can tell me in detail how much it costs thankyou X

How long is a piece of string? It depends where, when, how many guests, how long your staying for, what costs your covering, if your having a wedding planner etc etc it’s no different in cost range than having a wedding in your home country. We got married abroad and it cost less than we would have paid for the U.K. wedding we wanted but the U.K. wedding would have had about 80 for ceremony and increased to 150 with exclusive use of venue, 3 course meal, hot evening buffet etc. The abroad wedding we went for was less than 20 people, a week away, very small intimate venue and 3 course meal. I could have saved more by changing date as we went peak season and I could have got a cheaper dress, rings and skipped party in U.K..

22,000 euros.

yeah I'm just meaning from peoples experiences how much has it cost them and what was included and where as I know the price would differ depending on where what etc..

Ours was £6000 approx.
This included the wedding planner fees.
2 weeks holiday, wedding in the middle.
Dress, suits and bridesmaid dresses.
Flowers, photographer for 4 hours.
Hair and make up.
Venue hire, 3 course meal and unlimited drinks for 40 guests.

We got married on a Greek Island, but that was 10 years ago.

That was in France, 2 nights accommodation for 30 people, wedding planner, catering for 3 meals, booze for two days, DJ, flowers, photographer, celebrant, hair & make up. 50 guests overall.

It definitely would have been cheaper had we not paid for the accommodation for most of our guests.

It depends on what you want. If you have a huge budget and can afford to fly everyone out there then go for it. If you have a small budget be prepared for not many people being able to go. Bear in mind that your guests may have to fork out thousands to attend and take precious annual leave. I’d do it for my sister and my best friend, but nobody else.

wow that's pretty amazing! how did you go about booking it all?

Could I ask why you want to get married abroad? Usually people do it in a place that is very special to them. To just want it ‘abroad’ seems strange to me. Are you doing it because you only want a very small wedding?

10k

I'm just trying to weigh up different options and was wondering if it would be cheaper abroad than in Scotland for a nice place as everything seems so expensive!

lots of people. especially those with dc will not be able to make it so you might save money by not having loads of guests.

I got married in Jamaica in 2004 for less than 2k.

If you are doing it to save money, then how will it affect your guests?
You may get a cheaper venue, but less people will come because they will have travel costs.
You can do it cheaply in the UK. It depends on your priorities.

Given where the pound is vs the Euro and other currencies, it will only get a lot more expensive. Destination are a big ask for guests. The only one I’ve been to was in Argentina and that was because the bride was Athenian.

We were looking at this, but we're not going to do it. The costs were rising anyway because the pound is falling, and flights and hotel stays were getting silly for us and our guests.

Thinking about Brexit and the exchange rate further changing what we need to pay made it stressful, too.

We had a fairly set idea of what we wanted and where, as we wanted it where I'd lived for a while, but I don't think it's generally as cheap as it used to be anyway.

I got married abroad in Cyprus. I did it because I didn't want to have to invite lots of people and we just had immediate family and close friends there. A few other people basically invited themselves along and we ended up with a party of about 25.

I remember totting up at the time that I spent about £15- 20k all in including rings £2-3k (not including my engagement ring), two weeks holiday in Cyprus and a week's holiday honeymoon in Mauritius that I think cost about 3k. We had another party in the UK to celebrate with everyone.

10 years ago though. Cyprus was expensive then. It will be worse now.

Id recommend it but its not a cheap option if you want a big bash. It does guarantee the weather and means that you have a beautiful day.

I had another friend get get married around the same time in Mauritius and he took his whole family and spent 14k paying for everybody AI I think he had a party of about 9 or 10.

I've been lucky enough to go to two other weddings abroad other my own. One was when my holiday abroad coincided with my co-workers wedding abroad so I scored an invite it was fab it was a massive do. Another was a much smaller child-free wedding in Italy that cost as an absolute fortune to take my family with us as babysitters for the kids. Absolutely stunning celebration though beautiful location and the food in an Italian restaurant afterwards was just amazing. I should imagine that both of those days were expensive though for the bride's and groom's parents.

We got married in Greece 3 years ago. We go abroad every year anyway and chose a resort that we would normally go to so the cost on top of the actual 2 week holiday was only around £1500 for everything.

Included in that £1500 was:
An in resort wedding planner to arrange everything.
The ceremony and legal side
Flowers
Wine for toasting
Cake
A meal for our guests
Hair stylist for me
All of our outfits (not expensive though)
Honeymoon suite for the wedding night

We wanted a small wedding and our guests paid for themselves, they only came for 1 week out of the 2 we were there.

Hi! Are you able to give me some details?

It'll be cheaper for you than getting married at home and massively more expensive for your guests who will then have to pay for flights, accommodation, transfers, travel insurance, childminders, petsitters and spending money and give up annual leave and have their holiday destination decided for them.

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