DH and I got married in Scotland in 2005 and it was fantastic. I had tried to organise a wedding with our families here but it got so complicated (who's talking to who, where can we sit them, do we have to invite such and such and my relationship with my family was quite fractured at the time). We told both sides that we were getting married in Scotland and most of them were fine with it. We were really lucky to have friends based in London that travelled up to Scotland and one friend travelled from here and another couple made a detour on their travels. We wanted to spend the money on a trip to Europe and it worked out really well. Our Scottish wedding certificate is gorgeous. Gosh, I just rambled a bit didn't I.

I learnt how to do my wedding makeup before I left and I foolishly thought that I could book a hairdresser for the day but luckily a friend knew a few hair tricks and they did it for me. Our groom took the majority of our wonderful photos.

Your destinations sound wonderful and I'm sure it will be absolutely perfect.