Choosing to get married abroad can be difficult if you feel that your relatives would be upset to not share your special day with you.
But, remember, this is your day, no one else's, so make sure you have the wedding you want, and don't just try and keep your relatives sweet. This should be the one day where you get to call the shots, after all, isn't that the bride's prerogative!
Below are some great reasons to get married abroad - perhaps they'll help you decide where you'd like to marry!
- You'd like to escape the relatives
- You're on a budget
- You're dreaming of combining your wedding and honeymoon into one
- You're paying for it and don't want “helpful” advice from Mum & Dad
- You'd like to get married outside
- You want to marry where you first met (on holiday)
- You'd like to marry underwater
- You fancy having Elvis serenade you as you exchange vows
- You're a citizen of another country and are going home to get married
- You'd like to marry at sea
- You'd like a safari wedding
- Your parents are no longer together and you don't want them in the same room together
- You're eloping
- It's your second marriage and you don't want to repeat what you did before
- It's a spur of the moment decision
- You don't want to copy all the other weddings you've been to
- You'd like a tropical wedding
- You'd like guaranteed sunshine
- You fantasise about being Cinderella
- You'd like a beach wedding
- You want to marry where you went for first steamy weekend away
- You want to marry where he proposed
- You want to marry where he should have proposed
- You want to marry where you proposed
- Imagine the fun on the pre-visits....
- You could name your children after the place you got married (Florence...Brooklyn)
- You are a wannabe WAG (move over Colleen)
- Well that's your anniversary trip sorted for the next 40 years!!
- It's your third marriage and you've run out of money
- Friends and relatives pay for the wedding / honeymoon – so a free wedding!
- Escape the unpredictable British weather
- Avoid the same old wedding food
- Escape the “rules” of traditional weddings
- You want to run into the sea with your wedding dress on
- You'd like a cruise wedding
- You'd like your wedding transport to be a sleigh
- You'd like to get married on skis
- You're a hopeless romantic
- You want to marry at a famous landmark
- You love the wedding traditions of another country
- You want to consummate your marriage in an unusual place....
- You're learning a foreign language
- You want your money to go that little bit further
- You're going on holiday so you might as well exchange vows while you're there
- You'd like to get married in a bikini
- You'd like to marry in a palace
- You're gay (some countries offer gay marriage)
- You can't be bothered with lots of paperwork (marry in Vegas)
- You'd like a bungee jump wedding
- It's your day, so you'd like to marry exactly where you want to!
