Getting Married in Italy
vjones276
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Dear All,
My fiance and I are thinking of getting married in Italy as it all looks alot cheaper that the UK, is somewhere that we love, and we won't feel too guilty about not inviting the cast of thousands that our parents would like!
Does anyone know of people that have done an "Italian Job", or have recommendations of companies to use (or not to use)?
Vx
My fiance and I are thinking of getting married in Italy as it all looks alot cheaper that the UK, is somewhere that we love, and we won't feel too guilty about not inviting the cast of thousands that our parents would like!
Does anyone know of people that have done an "Italian Job", or have recommendations of companies to use (or not to use)?
Vx
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My fiance and I are also looking at Italy at the moment as it looks amazing.
We're thinking of Lake Garda, have u got any ideas on location yet?
I don't know of anyone who has done it but may be able to share some info i have found out (tho not at lot yet!)
S.x
Def recommend getting married abroad so far so good, my only worry at the moment is getting my dress over there but going with First choice and they are being very helpful!
I was just wondering if you could give me a few details about your wedding in Italian. Mainly how much everything costs!!!! We are trying to work out if we could afford to get married there at the moment. I would be really grateful for any help you could give me.
I married in Tuscany, and used a great coordinator www.weddingsintuscany.info.
Hope this can help you.
Liisa
We're getting married in Venice in August and it is much cheaper than getting married here. We're having a gondola ride, drinks & canapes in St Marks Square and a reception at a 5 star restaurant, all for less than £5k. (We're having a party back home for the rest of our family and friends too.) Our wedding planner Italia Romantica has been great. (They were reccommended to us by a family friend.)
Good luck!
Emma x
lm getting married on the amalfi coast in Italy. It is absolutely gorgeous, l went there for vacation and loved it. l was worried about planning it myself so l invested in a wedding planner she has been great. l would recommend her amalficoastdivineweddings.com.
She deals with lots of destination weddings so she has been very understanding.
I'm getting married in Serravalle (halfway between Pisa and Florence) September 22nd. We're using Mascia @ Happening Wedding planners. www.happening.it We asked for somewhere serviced by the budget airlines and where we could accomodate guests and hold the reception in the same place.
Things are cheaper in Italy expecially because of the strong £. The 20% tax and 10% wedding planner fee means that whatever your quoted in euros is about the same as pounds. However I think you get allot more for your money.
Plus the food is fantastic
we have found www.weddingsinitaly.it they are fantastic! no matter how high is your budget - they simply suggest you and you are free to decide.
we've just returned from our honeymoon and wedding in Puglia, Southern Italy. From start to finish the whole experince was just amazing and I would whole heartedly reccomend anyone to have their wedding in Italy. The Italian weather, people, food, drink, culture and architecture were something I had always dreamed of for my wedding setting.
I used Luna Rosa wedding planners who were just fab. They guided me though everything from the legalities to florists and would bend over backwards to accomodate every little request. Their website is www.discovery-travel.co.uk and I can recomened Emma who was my right hand woman from start to finish.
Happy planning girls!
A x
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We are getting married in a small catholic ceremony ceremony in October in Sorrento on the Amalfi Coast in Italy.
We started using one of the big UK tour operators (Thompson/Thomas Cook) to book our wedding and soon found that they were more interest in organising the wedding they wanted rather than what we were looking for. They even told us we had to be there four days early so we basically booked more accommodation with them!!
An Italian friend of a friend who lives in the region kindly put me in touch with a lady who organise weddings for Italians and she is quite simply amazing. All the details are perfect and exceptional quality and she has negotiated local rates on pretty much everything. I feel so happy and confident now, everything is exactly as I had dreamed!
Anyway, I'd be delighted to share my experiences or pass on information to anyone that might like help - please feel free to e-mail me
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Good luck and best wishes!
Julia
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Anyone got any other ideas? Gettin stressed out....
What's your budget like? I might be able to make a couple of suggestions for Rome.
Would love to say that the budget is expanse but unfortunately its not! Have about 6k for most things (flights and hotel will probably be more) but think that should be ok as we are only having between 30-40 guests.
Agree that I really need to have set an exact date by sept this year so that gives people plenty of notice to get things arranged.
Thanks for your help, v
My personal favourite was St Bartolomeo all Isola, but it depends what kind of style you want. Are you looking for something quite ornate, or would you prefer something plain?
Check this site out: www.italyweddings.com. They have a range of gorgeous options in Tuscany and will work with a budget starting from around £1,800 (3500 euros).
I'll be having a look at your other suggestions though-oooo I'm all excited!x
is that church St. Bartolomeo all Isola in Rome also?
really like ornate churches cause they look so different to the ones at home.
Also take a look at:
Santa Maria in Trastevere (lovely gilded, sparkling church in a very hip district)
Santa Maria in Aracoeli (although it's a really long walk up a steep staircase)
Sant'Andrea in Quirinale (another one of my favourites - lovely oval shape full of marble carvings)
Those were my faves out of the ones I reviewed for the guidebook, anyway.
I'm getting married through Lake Garda Weddings in August 2007 - we're going to meet the co-ordinator in a few weeks to get ideas for reception venues, etc. I read in a travel book that Malcesine can get quite over-run with tourists in the summer which is worrying us a bit. What was it like when you went out there? Where are you thinking of having your reception?
Hi, girls!
im so excited, Im also getting married in Rome, my future husband has done his proposal to me there, its such a wonderful and romantic city so we decided to get married there.
I have already found a make up artist and hair stylist in Rome, we have had the trial session as we were on vacation this year, and she is simply fantastic, highly professional, makes you feel very relaxed, gives you the tips on the style and skin care, im really happy I have found her, if anyone needs her name is Anna, and the web site is http://www.annartstyle.com/ ,
I know the most important things in organising are a great photographer and make up and hair, so if anyone can give me some tips on great photographers in Rome? with modern reportage style I will be very happy!
Hi Anna,
for my wedding in Costiera Amalfitana I've chosen Alessandra www.alessandrapezzati.it
She's from Rome, but she travels a lot around all Italy to shoot wonderful weddings. She's not very expensive (around 1000 euro), and she was amazing in catching the best moments of our lives. I hope it can help
Sara