Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
Apr 10th 2013, 6:10 am
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Re: Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
We have friends getting married in Ireland in June, looked at cost and it's going to cost around £2500 to go for the weekend (flights, accommodation and beer money). They seemed surprised when we said we aren't going.
I find living out here, people expect you to 'just' fly anywhere because you live in Dubai and drive a Ferrari, live in beach villa etc...
I find living out here, people expect you to 'just' fly anywhere because you live in Dubai and drive a Ferrari, live in beach villa etc...
Apr 10th 2013, 6:12 am
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Re: Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
They went on holiday there and think its "lovely".
Having not been yet I cannot comment. 1st thoughts are is a bloody Greek island there are loads of them, most cheaper...
I went to Cuba once, lovely place but I wouldn't get my family to go there. (Though it would probably be cheaper)
Having not been yet I cannot comment. 1st thoughts are is a bloody Greek island there are loads of them, most cheaper...
I went to Cuba once, lovely place but I wouldn't get my family to go there. (Though it would probably be cheaper)
Apr 10th 2013, 6:23 am
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Re: Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
Same problem with Flying to Athens, 5 hours away from here. Then I think Greece are trying to pay off their national debt using Olympic Airways. I flew all the way to Vegas for less than 600 quid, how can a 5 hour flight be more expensive?
Apr 10th 2013, 6:24 am
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Re: Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
I agree with ya BE1976. I find it selfish when a couple says
THE HAPPY COUPLE "hey we are getting married in June we would love you to come"
ME "oh wow of course i can come i wouldnt miss it for the world"
THE HAPPY COUPLE "cool well we are all booking our flights this week"
ME "no probs which destination did you have in mind? Spain,Greece or maybe even cyprus?(trying to figure out how much is in my bank and if i can afford it)
THE HAPPY COUPLE "no silly we love each other to much to go to normal places. We are getting married on the moon"
ME "Get f#*ked"
On not such a nice note my little sister who is a bit of a diva was engaged and due to be married to a bit of a twat. Wedding everything all arranged my dad sweating buckets because they decided on florida! They where pretty volatile and would finish about 3 times a year. Huge sigh of relief from the family when they called it off 4 months before the big day
THE HAPPY COUPLE "hey we are getting married in June we would love you to come"
ME "oh wow of course i can come i wouldnt miss it for the world"
THE HAPPY COUPLE "cool well we are all booking our flights this week"
ME "no probs which destination did you have in mind? Spain,Greece or maybe even cyprus?(trying to figure out how much is in my bank and if i can afford it)
THE HAPPY COUPLE "no silly we love each other to much to go to normal places. We are getting married on the moon"
ME "Get f#*ked"
On not such a nice note my little sister who is a bit of a diva was engaged and due to be married to a bit of a twat. Wedding everything all arranged my dad sweating buckets because they decided on florida! They where pretty volatile and would finish about 3 times a year. Huge sigh of relief from the family when they called it off 4 months before the big day
Between me and my then girlfriend i think we priced it over 3k for the both of us. Thought it very very selfish at the time considering my sis didnt work and he was pretty much on minimum wage. Grandparents etc couldnt make it either because of cost
So yeah i think it a little selfish
I do think a small intimate wedding abroad in a place that means something to the couple in which everyone can afford to attend is fine though.
Apr 10th 2013, 6:27 am
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Re: Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
Yeah he was paying. Most of us would cover our on flights,Villas etc but he was paying for him,mum and my sis and her man including suits,dress,flights,ceremony etc
Between me and my then girlfriend i think we priced it over 3k for the both of us. Thought it very very selfish at the time considering my sis didnt work and he was pretty much on minimum wage. Grandparents etc couldnt make it either because of cost
So yeah i think it a little selfish
I do think a small intimate wedding abroad in a place that means something to the couple in which everyone can afford to attend is fine though.
Between me and my then girlfriend i think we priced it over 3k for the both of us. Thought it very very selfish at the time considering my sis didnt work and he was pretty much on minimum wage. Grandparents etc couldnt make it either because of cost
So yeah i think it a little selfish
I do think a small intimate wedding abroad in a place that means something to the couple in which everyone can afford to attend is fine though.
Apr 10th 2013, 6:41 am
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Re: Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
Yeah he was paying. Most of us would cover our on flights,Villas etc but he was paying for him,mum and my sis and her man including suits,dress,flights,ceremony etc
Between me and my then girlfriend i think we priced it over 3k for the both of us. Thought it very very selfish at the time considering my sis didnt work and he was pretty much on minimum wage. Grandparents etc couldnt make it either because of cost
So yeah i think it a little selfish
I do think a small intimate wedding abroad in a place that means something to the couple in which everyone can afford to attend is fine though.
Between me and my then girlfriend i think we priced it over 3k for the both of us. Thought it very very selfish at the time considering my sis didnt work and he was pretty much on minimum wage. Grandparents etc couldnt make it either because of cost
So yeah i think it a little selfish
I do think a small intimate wedding abroad in a place that means something to the couple in which everyone can afford to attend is fine though.
I would never ever expect someone else to pay for my wedding. If i couldnt afford to get married i wouldnt put a ring on a womans finger in the first place
Sorry to hijack your thread a bit there mate
Apr 10th 2013, 6:53 am
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Re: Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
My sentiments exactly.
Apr 10th 2013, 6:55 am
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Re: Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
They don't have to be so horribly expensive as loads of places in the UK offer cheap "foreign" wedding package deals these days.
That doesn't help those of us that live out of the UK though and have to make our own way there instead of getting the cheap flight and accomodation deal.
That doesn't help those of us that live out of the UK though and have to make our own way there instead of getting the cheap flight and accomodation deal.
Apr 10th 2013, 8:07 am
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Re: Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
I briefly offered soon-to-be Mrs. Ethos the possibility of an overseas wedding but she immediately nixed the idea, saying it wasn't polite to ask guests to fork over all the expenses.
So we're having an unglamorous wedding in a pretty village church with a marquee in Mrs. Ethos's parents' garden. Most of the guests can drive down or take the train in a day, although they will probably stay overnight as there's an excellent range of hotels nearby. Mrs. Ethos' mother has already booked a small coach to ferry guests to/from the hotels.
We do have a number of overseas guests, mostly from the US, and my parents are putting them up.
I don't see any reasons for weddings to become complicated, extravagant affairs. It's just one party and the more extravagant it is the more you forget the real reason why there's a wedding in the first place.
So we're having an unglamorous wedding in a pretty village church with a marquee in Mrs. Ethos's parents' garden. Most of the guests can drive down or take the train in a day, although they will probably stay overnight as there's an excellent range of hotels nearby. Mrs. Ethos' mother has already booked a small coach to ferry guests to/from the hotels.
We do have a number of overseas guests, mostly from the US, and my parents are putting them up.
I don't see any reasons for weddings to become complicated, extravagant affairs. It's just one party and the more extravagant it is the more you forget the real reason why there's a wedding in the first place.
Apr 10th 2013, 8:11 am
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Re: Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
I briefly offered soon-to-be Mrs. Ethos the possibility of an overseas wedding but she immediately nixed the idea, saying it wasn't polite to ask guests to fork over all the expenses.
So we're having an unglamorous wedding in a pretty village church with a marquee in Mrs. Ethos's parents' garden. Most of the guests can drive down or take the train in a day, although they will probably stay overnight as there's an excellent range of hotels nearby. Mrs. Ethos' mother has already booked a small coach to ferry guests to/from the hotels.
We do have a number of overseas guests, mostly from the US, and my parents are putting them up.
I don't see any reasons for weddings to become complicated, extravagant affairs. It's just one party and the more extravagant it is the more you forget the real reason why there's a wedding in the first place.
So we're having an unglamorous wedding in a pretty village church with a marquee in Mrs. Ethos's parents' garden. Most of the guests can drive down or take the train in a day, although they will probably stay overnight as there's an excellent range of hotels nearby. Mrs. Ethos' mother has already booked a small coach to ferry guests to/from the hotels.
We do have a number of overseas guests, mostly from the US, and my parents are putting them up.
I don't see any reasons for weddings to become complicated, extravagant affairs. It's just one party and the more extravagant it is the more you forget the real reason why there's a wedding in the first place.
Apr 10th 2013, 10:34 am
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Re: Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
Is there a difference for second (and following) marriages? I had planned to marry in Jakarta, civil wedding, her family mainly there, some in UK, but my family mainly in the UK and some in Dubai......it complicates things. There seems to be no 'middle' ground finances wise. A real wedding one place, a second, spiritual one the other family location.....
Apr 10th 2013, 10:43 am
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Re: Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
Makes one wonder what life would be like had I fallen in love with a Sharon.
I knew a Sharon in Dubai. She and her husband bought a villa and the first thing they did was to put in a pool. With its own swim-up pool bar.
I wasn't around long enough to enjoy it but the one thing to be said about sharons is that they know how to have fun.
I wasn't around long enough to enjoy it but the one thing to be said about sharons is that they know how to have fun.
Apr 10th 2013, 11:08 am
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Re: Expensive Weddings in far flung places........
I'm going to one in Bali at the end of the month.....
It works out at about 8,000 AED in flights for me and the Mrs (with a 2 day stop over in KL). The wedding hotel for 2 nights is another 2,000 AED and then we have general spends, beer tokens (a lot needed) and hotels for the other 6 nights to add on to that.....
Hadn't really thought about it until this thread .... ouch!
It works out at about 8,000 AED in flights for me and the Mrs (with a 2 day stop over in KL). The wedding hotel for 2 nights is another 2,000 AED and then we have general spends, beer tokens (a lot needed) and hotels for the other 6 nights to add on to that.....
Hadn't really thought about it until this thread .... ouch!