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I was just wondering if anyone has ever planned a wedding in another town other than the one they live in.
I have lived in Milton Keynes my whole life apart from the last 3 years as I've been at university in Manchester. My other half is also from Milton Keynes.
After my exams I shall be going to live in Milton Keynes, but it is very likely that we will move to Manchester in September or thereabouts.
I will be getting married in Milton Keynes as this is where many of my friends are, and both our families. We are getting married Summer 2006. Therefore apart from this summer, we will not be living in the town we are getting married in.
The important things like churches, reception venues etc will need to be planned this summer anyway, so I will be in Milton Keynes for that. However do you think it would be difficult to plan the rest whilst in Manchester, it's about 3 hours by car, so only weekend visits are possible.
Obviously I wouldn't change my plans of where to live because of a wedding, but I would like advice from people who have had to plan a 'long distance wedding' so to speak!
I live in Liverpool and am getting married in Scotland. It has been a bit fiddly doing it remotely but I haven't come across any major problems yet.
Your contact person at your venue should be able to help with recommendations plus there's always the net. Get as many recommendations from people as you can and get phoning around.
If you plan a weekend where you are getting married, you could try and line up a few meetings whilst you are there.
My sister got married abroad and the co-ordinator at their hotel sorted most of it. And a great wedding it was too!
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my best mate met married an american and had their "official wedding" there due to legal reasons, but a few days later flew back here to have another ceremony. but she had been moved permanently to the US six months before the wedding so the ceremony, reception, party etc for the wedding here was all organised over the phone and net, with me as her BM and her parents and stuff helping out.
it was a little stressful for her but not overly crazy i dont think. we managed ok!
Hi and welcome to groovy.
We are planning a wedding away from where we live, we live in Wendesbury West Midlands and both of us dream of a medieval style wedding and all the venues we had considered previously where in Coventry, Derby and Cheshire but the Venue our heart is set on is in Dumfrieshire Scotland so about 2 and half hours away.
Once the major bulk booking of things is done the smaller things will be easier to work round. The getting down to view venues and talk to organisers ect are the big things and from a distance a pain to sort out as obviously its hard to get down all time. My advice would be search the net and ring for brouchures take your time to make a short list of places you want to actually look at then make a weekend of it. Another sudjestion is when you are ready to go and view venues make a list of questions you want to ask as you just know 10 mins after you leave youll think of something thats really important and something we did was a tick list of what we wanted and wished from the venue and as we look round see how many of our wish list is ticked off.
A lot of the time we have found scouring the net is a great way of shortening your list down also getting opinions of people that have previously been to weddings ect and venues is a good way to find out about service and quality of food ect.
Good luck and you'll find there really really friendly and very helpful on here
My wedding is taking place only 45 mins from where I live, so I apologise that I cant offer and tips or advice.
Apart from visiting venues and florist however - you will arrange the majority of things from home, or in your local area for things like dresses, invitations, favours, that kind of thing.
Good luck, and speak to you again soon!
Karen x
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My cousin went to university in London, but got married in NI. As long as your family and friends are prepared to help if necessary I think it'll be fine.
I live in Bournemouth but got married in Bognor Regis as that is where I am from and I wanted to get married at the same church as my parents. It's about and hour and a half away so not too bad. Most things can be done at the weekend and I arranged a few appointments together. I think we averaged going down once every month or there abouts but as my parents live there it wasn't a problem. My mum was a complete star and really helped out with things.
It isn't a problem organising a wedding in another town. You have family and friends there and I'm sure they'll help you out so it will be fine.
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I live in Co Durham and got married in S.wales 350 miles away and a 5-6 hour car journey !!!
Both me and hubby are from s/wales but moved up north 6 years ago. we planned all our wedding up here but thankfully had alot of help from our parents in wales.
we just went home to wales whenever we could on weekends etc to organise stuff & everything was bought down there aswell so I had to go back and forward for dress fittings etc...
The only thing which was actually done in the north was my favours & table plan which I made in my livingroom.
The church had to declare me on the documentation as still living at home with my parents (otherwise we would not have been able to get married out of our parish in n/east) we had to have the banns read in a church in our parish here aswell as the village where we are from in wales & thankfully we only had to be present for 1 of the readings in wales and the other 2 my mum & nana went to. we went to the 3 up north.
dont worry you will be fine.
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I live in kent, but got married at the same church as Theresa in bognor. I think that it makes your wedding planning a bit more focussed, I found it easy to go down for a weekend and blitz specific things, ie. reception venues, or B&B's. Also having grown up in bognor, my local knowledge of down there was far better, I wouldn't have known where to start up here.
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We live in London but married in my home town in Ireland. Really there is nothing to it. Once you have the venue picked, there is nothing more to it.
One thing that was a great help to me was advise and pointers from family and friends who had already got married and so could advise on which florist to go for, etc.
If you are having any difficulties, let us know and I am sure amoung all of us, we will find ways around any problem!
I shouldnt think it would be too hard planning a wedding in another town, especially as you know the area. With the net and email etc its easy to keep in touch with people and get quotes and stuff like that.
You might need to register at your parents address for your marriage license?
sorry havent had time to read all of thread - i am getting married in a different country! and its FINE! you may need a few weddingy weekends but thats half the fun - piece of advice though - get your dress from somewhere near where u live - i have and its helped a lot.xxx
to Groovy. I'm sure once you've got the venue booked things should fall into place. Make sure the wedding co-ordinator at the venue knows you live away from the area and keep in touch with her regularly.
Ang xxx
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I'm getting married in a country on the other side of the world and I can't get everything I need. I'd say the thing that's been the most helpful so far is me accepting that I cannot get everything I want and have the perfect dream wedding. The cakes they make here, for example, are so ugly and gaudy and terrible with a trillion layers of frosting and neon colors. No kidding!
Secondly, I'm really thankful for the people back home who have helped me to get some of the things I need and take them all the way out here!
And God bless internet shopping!
I was going to get married in The Bahamas. Originally I wanted to have a private destination wedding and invite only our parents but (although she was asked not to do so) my Mom kept inviting other people, my siblings, my Aunts etc. She kept telling me who else was coming. At first I was annoyed because my plans weren't working but then I started realizing how much I really did want all of these people at my special day and how hard it would be to get them all to The Bahamas. I realized it would be a financial burden on some of them when I was asked about hotel prices ect. The Bahamas is very expensive. So much for eloping. Now, because my fiance told me he'd rather have a home town wedding and because everyone wanted to be there, I'm having a down home church wedding with at least 150 guests. I'm really looking forward to it.
I am having the most beautiful reception site I ever thought possible, beside the ocean.
I almost did get married away though and did a lot of research. There are people who specialize in catering to out of towners who want to get married in that area. Some of them offer packages, where they will do a lot of the work and planning for you before you get to the area. The Bahamas has packages where they will plan and arrange the entire wedding for you and you just show up. It was going to be fun but a little lonely so I'm glad for the turn things have taken.
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