Welcome to the site Jade.

We got married abroad - in Vegas - and then had a blessing in our local park, conducted by a friend of ours, which close friends and family came to, and then a reception after that. Is that something that could work for you?

Thank you for the replies. Brilly that sounds like a great idea and thanks for the congrats;good luck for your wedding :).
Little Kettle; that is definately something to consider and I will talk to my h2b about it. :D

We got engaged in 2005 and somehow a few years went by and we'd still not set a date, mainly because of cost. One day someone suggested marrying abroad and I looked into it, and couldn't believe how much cheaper it worked out than doing it here. So we are getting married in Lindos (Rhodes), Greece in June next year. We are doing the same as brilly and having a reception back here (about a month later) so that everyone else can come to that (I have a massive family, there’s no way we could have afforded for them all to come). Close family and a few friends are coming, I would have been gutted if any of them couldn’t come but we started planning with nearly 2 years to go so they all had quite a bit of notice so luckily they are all able to come. I’m also thinking of having a videographer and playing that at the UK reception but if not then we will just have a slideshow of the pictures xx

Thanks Rachymoo for the advice; I've heard that those companies aren't great too for the wedding side anyway. Just need to look around and find one that we both like so I can persuade him ;) Oh and thanks for Sarah for the congrats :)

That sounds great. :D

My H2B and I are getting married in Malta, originally we had decided on Cyprus and for several reasons some including costs, we changed to Malta, we had a few issues as Maltese Government will not send the date til 6 weeks before we fly which is majorly weird, but means we have booked ourselves there for a week and fam will come too... and then have a separate honeymoon! I have a huge family and looked at both getting married here and abroad, and to get married abroad just had so many more positives like weather, something different, away from home, will stop some family arguing, most of the family will be staying in the same hotel, so always together and no one is missing out! These are just a few reasons... but I would look around your areas, and also look at abroad, pick your favourites for both, then discuss as a couple which one would suit you best...

I was surprised to hear how many of my family have booked onto the holiday, mainly because we warned everyone to save up. Talk to your closest family and friends also and see what their opinion is... then reflect on that also. But just remember it is your day..
hope this helps x

Thanks everyone for the ideas :)

Hi jade!!

We have just returned from getting married in Kos! We booked through Thomson and found it so much easier than trying to just talk to people over the internet/on the phone & they also helped a lot with translating documents too!

Xxxxx