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As any bride knows, wedding planning can be stressful. When the wedding is taking place overseas, there are a whole new set of worried to deal with. That being said however, the payoff to all this hard work is a fabulous and memorable day for bride and groom as well as for the family and friends.
There are four main concerns that you need think about when you are planning a destination wedding that requires any overseas traveling.
1. Residency Requirements
This means that some countries will require you to live in that country if you are planning on getting married there. It is very important to investigate this before you decide this is the country that you want to get married in. The best way to handle this if it is a problem is to have the family wedding there and then the actual wedding at a courthouse or something like that.
2. Documentation
This means that you will need to have all of the documents like the birth certificates, marriage licenses, and if there has been a divorce, you will also need to take those records. This is because most of the countries that you will be traveling to will require all of these documents before you can get married. All of these documents need to be turned in at least a week before the marriage in case they will have to be translated in the language of the country you are getting married in.
3. Wedding Planners
Using a wedding planner from the country that you are planning on married at is not a good idea. This is because it is hard to email and make phone calls over thousands of miles with someone you have never met. Plus you could have to deal with a language barrier that could cause a lot of problems. It is a better idea to get a wedding planner that is local and is willing to travel with you to that country if and when you need her to. The wedding planner may also need to be bilingual.
4. Etiquette
This means letting everyone that you want to come to your destination wedding know about where the wedding is going to be at. This includes all of the wedding party, family, and friends. This is so that everyone can start to save up the money to pay for the airfare, hotel, and anything else that is involved in the wedding. Or if you have the money to do it, pay for the airfare and hotel rooms for only the people that are in your wedding party and some of your family members.
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