It’s something that many people dream about, but not everyone knows how to really make it work. If you are thinking about having a destination wedding, that is certainly an exciting proposal that you are going to want to consider seriously. In particular, you’ll need to think about what you can do to make it as successful as possible, and to keep the stress at bay as much as you can. With that in mind, let’s discuss now some of the main elements you will need to bear in mind when you have a wedding in a holiday setting.
The Destination
It goes without saying that for a destination wedding, you need to choose a good destination! There is a lot that will need to go into this decision, including where you are actually likely to be able to bring people out to, and what you are going to do about transport and so on. You’ll need to consider costs and many other factors besides, so it’s not something to rush through. But you will also want to be happy with where it is, and know that it’s somewhere you both love, so that is something to think about as well.
Management Of The Day
The day itself needs to be managed as well as possible if you are going to really enjoy it, keep the stress to a minimum, and get everything to work out as you would hope. This can be really challenging at any time and for any wedding, but it is especially so when you are having a wedding abroad. So it’s vital that you get the necessary help for this, which can be as simple as having a close friend look after events, or it can mean hiring some wedding day management for the professional touch.
Transporting People
One of the challenges of a destination wedding is figuring out how people are going to get where you want to get married. For some people, it might be especially difficult to do this – such as the elderly, or those who can’t afford the plane ticket. For the latter, you might budget for some help for that, but the former can’t really be helped in the same reliable way. So this is the kind of thing you just need to think about when you are planning this kind of wedding. You don’t want to find that you can’t invite some essential people.
Insurance
Because there is just so much that can go wrong with a destination wedding, you will want to insure it. If you think about the many problems that can arise with travel of any kind, and the many issues that can crop up on any wedding, then you can probably imagine how the combination of these two things can be high-risk. With insurance, you can at least hope to recuperate your costs and hold the wedding on a different day, without having to pay out twice. You should consider this a vital expense, therefore.
