You’re going to the chapel and you’re going to get married… you know the song! Getting engaged is an exciting and scary experience and can throw you into a planning frenzy. When most people start organizing a wedding, they rarely think about what they want, but start thinking about a wedding to impress everyone else. Allow me to stop you right there. Put down the pen, step away from the list and think. Think about who is getting married: you. Think about who the wedding should be for: you. This isn’t about your mother or great aunt who can’t get to the church because there’s no transport. Your wedding day isn’t about seating two hundred in the church and hosting a huge event for two hundred and fifty people, complete with owls bringing the rings.
Your wedding day is an event, yes, but it should be about what works for you and your fiancé. You’ll learn very quickly that everyone and anyone will have an opinion on where you should get married, when you should get married and what song you should glide down the aisle to. It’s for these reasons that many people are choosing to flee and get married abroad. Well, perhaps not flee – you’re not eloping. However, the people who will assume an invitation for your wedding will quickly learn that you are having your wedding the way you want it. You may come across some resistance; other people will be cranky that you didn’t make your day convenient for them to attend. So here are five supremely perfect reasons you should get married abroad:
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The Place
Exotic locations, warm weather, beautiful memories created in the form of Wedding Photographers (should you choose it as your destination).
The Specially Selected Invite List
It’s really appealing for most people to just invite people they truly want. So no second or third cousins invited out of familial obligation, just the best friends and family members you love the dearest.
The Weather
A wedding abroad can mean no panic about rain on the big day. You can choose to have an outdoor wedding and not worry that the June weather may send you a tornado and hail stones that will rip the marquee out of the grass. There’s little to no worry about whether you’ll get sunshine.
Destination weddings are – strangely enough – cheaper. You also get a built-in holiday out of it, which is just a bonus!
The Memories
You’re going to have a truly unique experience and it’s not something any other holiday will be able to replicate. The weddings of friends you’ll attend will also be incomparable to your own, so you have that to hold like a gem!
Destination weddings are usually run by package providers who are there for you to make your big day everything you wish it to be. Get married in the way you and your fiancé wish and the rest will simply fall into place.
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