Overseas weddings have increased in popularity but require a good deal of planning and attention to detail, in order to ensure a stress free, successful and enjoyable wedding day. There are many reasons why a couple may decide to pursue an overseas wedding. Such as when one party is serving in the military abroad, when a parent or other family member lives overseas or sometimes just because they want to get away from all the stress of inviting people to a wedding back home. If they are getting married abroad for the last reason, it is a good idea to get married near the honeymoon location.

Obviously a hot sunny climate is preferred for most overseas weddings but you need to do your research to make sure that you are not planning your big day during the monsoon or earthquake season.
Consider using a professional wedding planner or specialist travel agent to help organise your big day.

Hiring a reputable wedding planning company or using a travel agent that specialises in overseas weddings will help ensure that your wedding goes smoothly. Using these types of specialist organisations will prove invaluable in arranging an overseas wedding as they will know all the best locations for the wedding ceremony and the reception, which caterers can be trusted, which local photographer to use and a thousand other little details that may get overlooked if you try to do it yourself. Even knowing which flower shops offer the best arrangements, which local hairdresser to use or where to order the best wine can make all the difference.

A busy bride will have more than enough to handle with choosing her wedding gown, getting passports and making travel arrangements. A qualified overseas wedding planner can take a large share of the burden off her shoulders and allow the bride to actually enjoy her wedding day (and honeymoon)!

A reliable wedding planner will ensure that your special day runs smoothly without incident.

Getting married abroad creates memories that will last forever and you will want everything to be perfect. Minor mishaps can help keep things light and fun, but major foul ups like the cake not arriving on time or the food being undercooked can ruin things for everyone and turn your overseas wedding into a nightmare. Allowing a wedding planner to iron out all the details so that you can focus on what’s really important—like the honeymoon and marriage—will make the memories happy and positive.

Browse Overseas Wedding Locations in our wedding services directory.

Alan Vaufrouard
http://www.articlesbase.com/weddings-articles/organising-an-overseas-wedding-674287.html

7 Responses to “Organising an Overseas Wedding”

1. Gloria says:

   February 14, 2011 at 10:15 pm

   Can I take time off to go organise my wedding overseas?
   I am getting married in November 2010, in California (my fiancee is from there) I live in Australia, we have agreed to get married over there, so his family can be part of the special ocasion (at least give that to his family) my family wil fly there also, this way he will come to Australia and live here (its only fair). I need time to plan everything and find a church and venue, the catholic church requires 6 months notice and we must attend the retreat and marriage counsilling sessions. I am really worried as to how I am going to plan everything and get things done, I am stressing. I was thinking of asking work for 6 months off unpaid, even if I dont come back to this project I would like to remain in the company and be able to apply for other projects when I come back. DOes anyone know if in Australia they allow this?? if so what do I have to do? also if anyone can help me in any suggestions to what I can do best in this situation?

   Thank you sooo much I greatly appreciate it.
2. Perse says:

   February 15, 2011 at 4:17 am

   This is really a question for your human resources department.
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3. Ashley D says:

   February 15, 2011 at 4:19 am

   you need to ask the company you work for, not us.

   if i had to GUESS? probably not. i dont know of any place that would let someone effectivly quit just to plan a wedding
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4. Tame Jane says:

   February 15, 2011 at 4:21 am

   I can’t imagine any employer that would allow that unless you had a huge amount of vacation time stored up. Legally, they don’t have to let you take the time off, paid or otherwise.
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5. michelle g says:

   February 15, 2011 at 4:23 am

   Only your company can tell you what policies they have about unpaid leave but you might be able to cut the amount of time you want off.

   Go talk to your parish priest and ask your fiance’s family to find a nice church in the area. It’s possible for you to attend the retreat and the pre-marriage course in Australia and then be married in the US. You’re going to need a letter from your Australian priest stating that according to the parish records you’re free to marry (i.e no previous record of a marriage). He might also be able to recommend a US church, especially if he belongs to an order and there’s a church under his order’s guidance in your fiance’s area. You can contact the priest in the US via email and phone calls and book the church that way as well. You don’t have to meet him face to face to make the booking and if you’ve got your parish priests blessing there shouldn’t be any problems.

   Use and abuse the internet. Search for reception venues (ask the US parish’s secretary if she can recommend any, you might be surprised). Contact these places via email and ask about their costs, policies, what’s included/excluded etc etc. Get a short list together of venues that you like. Then use and abuse your fiance’s family. Tell them what sort of place you’re looking for and ask them to go to the shortlisted venues and take lots of photo’s and talk to the co-ordinators. They can then get back to you about each place. If you’ve got the money then you could take a couple of weeks off and go over to make the final decision or you can trust his family’s opinion.

   Do the same with decor people, hair/make up and bakeries. You can email them and ask them to send you some more examples of their work, send them your ideas and ask if they could do it. Maybe ask them to do it and send you photo’s. And your fiance’s family can go taste the cakes. Ask the venue who they recommend, ask his family for recommendations and you can even ask online forum’s for recommendations. People on the forum’s especially can give you some good and honest reviews if you ask them.

   Dresses, tuxes etc you can get in Australia. If I’m not mistaken there are some chain stores that have shops in both Australia and the US so if you want matching bridesmaids they can go shop there.

   This way you’ll need only a month (maybe) before the wedding so that you can go over and see the decor people’s table mock up in person and discuss it with them. You can then also meet the priest and discuss the ceremony etc. Go see the reception venue and talk to the co-ordinators. Get your hair and make up trials done. And basically use that month to hammer everything into place.

   Oh, and if you want a honeymoon right after the wedding then you’ll need a few extra weeks.

   You can do this, it’s going to take some doing and you’re going to have to rely on his family and do a whole lot of emailing and international calling but it’s possible.

   Good luck.
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   Was in a slightly similar situation and this is what I did. And was married in a parish where I wasn’t registered and we did our pre-marriage course in another country.
6. Nikki says:

   February 15, 2011 at 4:25 am

   As a wedding planner I would advise my clients to ask your employer their policies on taking such a long leave of absence. You could also opt to hire a wedding planner in California that could do the foot work for you. Wedding Planners are experts at negotiation and setting up dates/ meeting with the needed officials. This would possibly be a less stressful option for both you and your fiance. Do the research and maybe take a week or so off and go to California to interview wedding planners I am sure you can find an affordable planner.

   Nikki Geter
   Owner/ CEO
   Liquideventplanning
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   http://www.Liquideventplanning.com
7. Mrsmeans410 says:

   February 15, 2011 at 4:27 am

   you may be able to just take a leave of absence i dont know the laws in Australia but it may work ask personell
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