Practical guides and tips for your destination wedding
From budget-friendly Sri Lanka and Turkey to Switzerland and Dubai at the top - we group all 24 destinations by price level and show how to budget per guest.
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From the first idea to the wedding day - our 8-step checklist guides you through the entire planning process.
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Everything you need to know to plan the perfect beach wedding abroad.
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Complete guide to legally valid weddings abroad - rules, documents and costs for 24 countries.
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Complete comparison of 24 destinations for weddings abroad - compared by budget, romance, beach, food and legal simplicity.
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Plan your elopement abroad. Best destinations, costs and step-by-step guide.
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Complete month-by-month and country-by-country season guide for destination weddings.
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Honest comparison of DIY, hybrid and full-service planning for destination weddings.
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Complete guide to choosing a destination wedding photographer: local vs fly-in, destination by destination, what to look for in portfolios and quotes, and 15 questions to ask before booking.
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The complete guest guide for destination weddings. Costs by country, packing lists, dress codes, gift etiquette, and practical tips for every destination.
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Compare villa, château, vineyard, beach, hotel, restaurant and historic venues for a destination wedding: what each gives you, what it does not, and what to ask before you sign.
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Combine your destination wedding and honeymoon and fly long-haul once instead of twice. Ten wedding-to-honeymoon combinations by region, with planning tips.
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Plan a multi-day destination wedding with a welcome dinner, guest activities and a farewell brunch: 2, 3 and 5-day formats, dress codes, logistics and what to ask suppliers for.
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Should you marry legally abroad or have a symbolic ceremony and legalise at home? Honest comparison with costs, paperwork, pros and cons per destination.
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Tuscany, Lake Como, the Amalfi Coast or Puglia? A neutral decision guide comparing cost, guest count, logistics and vibe per region.
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What 62 couples budgeted for a wedding in Italy in 2026, broken down by guest count and region, and what really drives the cost.
Read more →Legal guide to getting married in Italy as a foreigner: Nulla Osta, documents, timeline and whether the marriage is recognised at home.
Read more →An honest yes-and-no answer on whether getting married abroad is selfish. It turns on the expectation, not the place - plus three rules that make the same wedding fair.
Read more →A curated portfolio and five-star reviews say almost nothing. Here are the three checks that actually work before you pay a deposit to a supplier you have never met.
Read more →Your venue cancelled or changed the terms a few months before the date? A calm, practical plan for what to do this week - and how to find a new venue without losing your date.
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Do you need to visit your wedding venue in Italy before booking? No - here is how to vet a villa remotely with a live video walkthrough, independent eyes and the right contract.
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Is a wedding in Italy really cheaper? The truth about VAT, wire fees and the costs nobody warns you about.
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Month by month in Italy: temperature, rain risk, crowds and availability. Dodge the August heat and Ferragosto - and book September early.
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Villa, borgo or agriturismo? We break down the Italian venue types - what each means, capacity, cost and the hidden fees the sales pages skip.
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How many guests actually say yes to a wedding in Italy? What decides it, plus a concrete guest-journey checklist.
Read more →Is a wedding coordinator in Italy worth it? A neutral guide to when you need one, the difference from a venue coordinator, and what a planner costs.
Read more →Civil ceremony at the comune, a symbolic ceremony, or marry legally at home first? A neutral Italy guide to the Nulla Osta and whether to tell your guests.
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What you buy when you say Lake Como is three things. Two of them exist elsewhere in Italy. Here is where, and what couples in our briefs budgeted for Lake Como and Tuscany.
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If you rented the whole venue, you already bought the beds. A guest fee is then a rebill, not a contribution. Here is how to settle the question before it becomes a conflict.
Read more →The whole party sleeping in one place for three nights is the most common thing couples ask us about Portugal. Here is the room arithmetic that decides whether it works.
Read more →Four of the sixteen couples who have written to us about Portugal ask about the paperwork, and all four are planning small weddings. Here is the answer they actually needed.
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Seventeen couples have written to us about Portugal. Their budgets run from 850 to 50,000 EUR, and the guest count explains more of that than anything else.
Read more →Twelve of the sixteen couples who have written to us about Portugal have not chosen a region. That is the right order, because the choice turns on things most people consider last.
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Two people per room is a floor, not a plan. Our largest Croatian enquiry covers eighty-four people and forty-six rooms, not forty-two.
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Two of eight Croatian enquiries named a city, and they asked for opposite things. The month you marry decides this, not the view.
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Nine couples have written to us about Croatia. They run from 87 to 694 EUR a guest, and the difference is almost entirely about one thing: whether the guests' beds are counted in.
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22 couples have written to us about Greece. They range from 31 to 800 EUR per guest, so the median only helps once you know what moves your own figure.
Read more →The island is the hard part. Where guests should fly, who runs the boats, where the real timetable is, what happens when the wind stops a sailing, and a day plan that gets everyone there in time.
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What the 14 couples who sent us a Turkey brief asked for, what a Turkish municipality requires for a legal wedding, which months work, and what to put in your brief to get useful replies.
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Ten couples have written to us about Spain. Here is what the Spanish authorities say about a legal wedding, where couples look, when they want to marry, and what lets a supplier give you a real answer.
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Ten couples have written to us about France. Here is what the French government says about a legal wedding, where couples look, when they want to marry, and what lets a supplier give you a real answer.
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Crete is the Greek destination couples ask us about most. Here is what the Municipality of Heraklion requires for a civil wedding, how the island divides, which airport fits which part, and what a supplier needs from your brief.
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Six couples have written to us about Mykonos or Santorini. Here is what Greek official sources say about a civil wedding for non-residents, how the islands differ, when the wind is strongest, and what lets a supplier give you a real answer.
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A wedding abroad raises more questions than one at home. Here is how to answer them on one page: what goes on it, when it should be ready, languages, passwords and what to leave off.
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What to ask your guests, what the kitchen needs and in which language, what an EU venue must be able to tell you about allergens, and how to plan the tables from a distance, in the order it needs doing.
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