DH and I decided that we wanted to get married overseas. We chose Santorini in the Greek Islands. It took two years to plan and originally we only had 12 guests which was parents, siblings and best friends. Everyone was told that they had two years to save for their airfare and accommodation and they had to organise their own travel plans around our wedding date. My parents contibuted $1000 to each of my bridesmaids.
It turns out SO many people thought it was a great excuse for a holiday! We ended up with 31 guests! They all flew in at different times while we were in the islands, some stayed with us and some on their own and everyone just did their own thing. It was the best holiday because there were so many of us there!! Everyone was happy to pay for themselves because it was their holiday too - the wedding was just the excuse! My parents went all out on the wedding day though and paid for a delicious meal and grog on the night. It was pure magic.
We organised the whole thing with a Santorini-based wedding planner who was an absolute angel. She organised absolutely everything so my wedding day was mostly stress free. You will find most of the bigger resorts in Thailand will have a wedding/events planner on staff.
Here is a little album to get you in the wedding mood!!
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