Hi everybody :)

I'm new to this wedding malarkey, but after 14 years together and 3 kids we have finally decided to do the deed next year! :) We want it in Cyprus definitely, we certainly can't afford a wedding over here!
I have been reading through this thread and getting very excited!
We have fallen in love with The Garden of Eden (which includes a wedding planner) and plan on having the ceremony and reception there, then we were looking at either getting an all inc holiday separate (Which from what I can see will be about 5k for the 5 of us! :/) or booking a villa for 2 weeks (about £700) and getting flights seperate, but then obviously we have the added cost of eating/spending money, I am just really worried about budget. We will have about 5k all in, inc holiday for the 5 of us so it will be very tight, for the flights alone for the 5 of us, I've been quoted £1600! So...do you think this is doable?? I'm a bit unconvinced. I need to do loads of research and stuff. So jealous of all of you who are all booked and ready :)

Emma xx

Thankyou! I bet you're soo excited, been reading your posts!! Cant wait to read all about it :)

The only problem with the time of year I have is that we are pretty much governed by school hols, not only for my 3, but others in the party too, some are taking exams this year so it has got to be out of term time, so its either April time in the Easter hols, or the extortionate Peak summer time! Looking forward to the challenge of making it happen xx

Yeah I was thinking the same, April it is going to be I think xx

Thanks, I will do, this site is v. addictive xx

hi emma and welcome!!

we're a family of 5 (one under 2, so cheap flights) and it's cost us £1000 to rent a villa for 10 days, about £1200 for flights from glasgow to paphos, then we'll need money for food and to spend etc

then you've got the wedding itself to pay for. we found that an actual hotel wedding was costing a lot. i think if we could book it again, we'd book an all inclusive holiday in a hotel, but then get married at a town hall and hold the reception out of the hotel. saying that, our villa is going to be great :D

we've not used a wedding planner. we've arranged it all ourselves, which is something i could not have done without this forum!!!!!

we are having a blessing back home 13 days after our wedding in cyprus and it's going to be cheap, but it's going to be fantastic!!! it's actually made me think, we could've had this wedding at home for under 2k!! and it would have been amazing!!

there are only going to be 14 people (including us) in cyprus, but 180 at the blessing. originally, we were just going to take the kids and get married ourselves, but people wanted to come. a lot of people didn't realised how expensive cyprus was though and since said they couldn't come, which is fine. we know it's an awful lot of money

if you need any help or advice, give us a shout!!

Hi Emma and welcome too!
We got a villa for 14 days for £600 (total) We booked a full year ahead so we got a great deal.
It is very doable it's down to research and knowing the best time to book flights etc.

Kisywisy
Our fees for the ceremony and marriage certificate will be paid the day after we arrive, when we officially book and show documents.


Found my shoes!!!!

Yes Melissa, I was thinking about booking our wedding date either with the town hall or the Cyprus fort (635 euro) and then booking the holiday side of things so many weeks beforehand so we get a cheaper deal on our holiday, I can then get in contact with hotel and arrange the wedding reception!

The wedding planner Ive been in touch with says this can be done!

Sarah xx

Quite abit cheaper aswel which means I can spend more on the wedding itself xx

Its working out cheaper for us to go In June rather than sept xx

If there isnt much difference in price I might stick to Sept gives us more time to save xx

Not long got back from town and we now have all our spending money in euros and got the last few other bits, just gota pack now xx

Getting soo stressed right now, both our suitcases are FULL to the brim & we havent even got everything in yet.. including my bouquet, tiara, jewellery, bathroom stuff, H2B's wedding clothes etc.. I dont know what the hell to do, i feel like crying

I need it all lol we are going for two weeks so i would rather have too much than not enough..
Just found out my dad has space bags so will give them a try tomorrow see if they work xx

the space bags should be good! x

So my gorgeous ladies, I've been reading with interest this thread and how relieved am I feeling about our own wedding now??!! So relieved to see it can be done with relatively little stress in cyprus!
Our online explorations today have lead us to the conclusion (so far) that an all-inclusive hotel that we can use wedding planner through (seen some through our usual tour operator) may be our best bet. Initially we wanted to save money and where we can, we will, but we plan on it being our wedding and honeymoon in one so we really want to spend under £3,000- our families who will join us will pay their own flights and hotels so we've just got our flights, accommodation and the document side to do- plus flowers etc. My mum wants to buy dress and to be honest, I don't mind about a cake since we're having a reception in the uk and mums making that for us. Realistically, we're having help as far as some costs are concerned but if people are paying to join us we can't expect a great deal. Is £3k a realistic budget with 14 guests? For a meal after the ceremony plus photographer? x

We're looking at Paphos at the moment, for end of April/ beginning of May next year, how about you? I'd love to have her details if possible please. Can't believe your wedding is so close, properly jealous! xx

Welcome Emma .

So that's another two booked with us now ..
Heidi can't you pay for another case as that's what I'm doing ...

B2b I couldn't wait I had to book !!

I was told by TC it was £25 but I've not looked yet ..

9days eek!

Been looking through prices and have decided to book our holiday for a week all inclusive 28th August-4th September 2013, going to inform Jo so she can make arrangements to book our wedding date!

Will be back just intime for the kids going back to school so there'll be more chance of h2b's family coming

Sarah xx

Sounds Great News Sarah xx

Emma - eating out is quite reasonable. The best thing are the meze's which can be really cheap. Our local taverna where we are staying charges 8euros (£6.50) per meze and they just keep coming with dishes until you are ready to burst.
All inclusive is great if you want to stay close to the hotel and not have to worry about anything.
3000euros sounds reasonable for the wedding package. Would you be taking 40 guests though?
My only gripe with wedding packages is there hardly seems to be any photos at all included. 40 photos is not that many really. If you are certain you want a package ask how much they are charging for the photographer and ask if you have to have that in your package or if it can be taken out. Maybe look round for a better deal where you get more photos. Our photographer is 450euros and will take as many photos as she can throughout the course of the day and night. Then she will put them all onto a disk for us to do what we want with.

JulieW - 3k should go a long way in Cyprus. It all depends on how you spend it and whether you shop around. Our wedding for 43 people includes ceremony at Paphos Town Hall, 2 hour champagne/canapes sunset yacht cruise, wedding bus transport with champagne, bmw convertible for the bride and attendants, meze banquet (our menu is below) with wine, dj, venue flowers, 3 tier cake and photographer. It also includes 2 weeks in a 3bdrm villa with pool and flights for 5 people. We did our final calculations at the weekend and in total it has cost us £5,300 (half the price of what we would have spent in the UK without a honeymoon) - the only part we haven't included is spending money. Our biggest expense was the 2 hour yacht cruise which costs £1500 but that does also include the wedding bus and bmw as it's all under 1 company, so we got a good deal.

Salad and dips
Halloumi and Lountza
Chicken souvla
Cyprus Sousage
Pork kebab
Sheftalia
Fried chips & herb potatoes
Βeef Stifado
Lamb kleftiko
Fried mushroom
Fried marrow with eggs
fresh fruit
Creme Caramel
Blackcurrant cheesecake
Kalo prama
Chocolate torte
Tea, coffee, fresh fruit juices and wine
Pork souvla

OMG ladies...
we fly out tomorrow & get married a week today

Yes I am, I just gota get today out of the way :) bet work will drag today, its bound to :(

Omg so exciting, yey x

Nope haha im starting to stress out/panic big time lol

on the plus side my aunty & uncle came over earlier with our wedding present.. it was in a tiny box and i opened it to find 100 euros, so pleased