destination wedding italy : key questions to ask

What Questions to Ask When Planning Your Destination Wedding in Italy.

Destination weddings are some of the most beautiful and happiest occasions a couple can experience together. But you do need to go into the planning of a destination wedding with eyes wide open.

 These are some of the questions to ask with once you've narrowed down the number of places you will consider to host your destination wedding:

Getting Started

• Is there a dedicated wedding planner on site? Can she be reached by email?
• What services does your wedding planner provide? Is there a fee?
• How much time would we need to reserve our wedding in advance? 

Questions to ask about the ceremony and reception:

• Will there be other weddings taking place during the same time as ours?
• If we want our wedding on the beach, what is the set-up?

Calculating the Cost of a Destination Wedding
Get a price estimate — and see if you can negotiate a better deal:

• Do you offer a set destination wedding package, or do we choose the elements individually?
• Can you email a price list to me? Do you expect those prices to change by the date of my wedding?
• If I want to bring friends and family members, do you offer a discount on the price of rooms?

Destination Wedding Details:

• What if we want a ceremony that honors a particular religion; can someone of that faith be provided?
• On the other hand, what if we want a ceremony that does not bring in religion? 
• What do you do if I schedule an outside ceremony and reception -- and it rains? 

Destination Wedding Legalities:

Italy is one of the easiest countries in the world for a couple coming from overseas to have a globally recognized legal marriage. There are no residency requirements as there are for France, although the certification required varies depending on your country of origin, so ask:

• What are the legal implications of getting married in Italy?

For the Folks Who Can't Attend Our Destination Wedding
Help them to be there in more than spirit:

• Can you make a webcam available during the ceremony?
• How long will it take to get our pictures back, and can they be quickly posted on an online album?
• What type of Internet access is available at your property?

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Destination Weddings in Italy

It 's time to prepare for this big event, your wedding in Italy!
The things to do for a wedding are many: contact the pastor for premarital course, chose the wedding dress, the location ad so on...
In this guide to get married in Italy you will find a lot of recommendations, tips and resources to better enjoy the wedding day.

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If you're thinking about getting married in Italy you are in the right place: weddings in italy helps you planning your Italy Wedding in the most exclusive italian wedding locations.

Italy is undoubtedly the world's most romantic location.

What other country can boast of cities such as VENICE and FLORENCE or dramatic settings such as the RIVIERA, TUSCANY, CAPRI, POSITANO, SORRENTO, AMALFI, SICILY and the LAKE DISTRICT?

Italy offers hundreds of wedding sites in historic halls in every municipality, town and city that are very attractive when you are planning on getting married abroad.

Vespa Wedding in Italy. Courtesy of photographer Antonio Sanzari

Religious weddings can be celebrated in magnificent Protestant and Catholic churches or Jewish Synagogues where the ceremony will be held in accordance with both the proper civil and religious requirements and the marriage will have legal recognition in your country. With Protestant, Catholic and Jewish wedding ceremonies therefore, you can concurrently be united with both a civil and a religious ceremony.

France, England, Spain, Portugal and several other European countries, instead, have a thirty to forty day residency requirement - or more - before you can apply for permission to marry with a legal ceremony.

There is no residency requirement to marry in Italy. This allows foreigners to tie the knot and honeymoon in any location without long bureaucratic delays. In some cases you can arrive and get married in Italy within two days.

A civil marriage performed in Italy has legal recognition throughout the world. The certificate you are given is multi-lingual and can be issued in several different copies. All that you must do is register it in your home country, in which case the marriage laws applicable in that state, province or country will apply.

Catholic weddings can be celebrated as a religious blessing, where you arrive already legally married, or a priest can perform both a Catholic and a civil ceremony simultaneously. 

For couples wanting to skip the paperwork altogether there is another option: That of having a romantic Symbolic ceremony with all the trimmings. A symbolic marriage ceremony follows traditional lines, but will not hold any formal religious or civil legitimacy. Having the restrictions removed allows you to get married just about anywhere except for an official civil hall or church. Many couples opt for this solution as it grants them complete freedom to celebrate both ceremony and reception in the location of their own choosing.  

Your Italy wedding party can be either very small or very big and can be organized it in one of many historic parks, restaurants or even famous Italian cafés in renowned piazzas.