Product Description

Make your wedding the celebration of a lifetime anywhere in the world! A destination wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime experience and a wonderful adventure, not just for the bride and groom, but for everyone involved. A wedding away from home, however, can be a major undertaking. Where do you begin? Right here, with Destination Bride, an indispensable guide that will take you through all the details of planning a destination wedding. As the president and founder of her own international wedding consulting firm, author Lisa Light is a respected authority on destination weddings. Inside Destination Bride, Light details everything you need to know to prepare for a destination wedding. Her two user-friendly sections--Part I, which describes the logistics of planning an out-of-town wedding, and Part II, which provides countless ideas for destinations and venues--make the entire process manageable and stress-free. In-depth chapters include:
• Clear steps for selecting the location of your dreams and hiring reliable service providers who will make your dreams a reality
• Must-have advice for setting a wedding budget--and sticking to it • Helpful checklists and sample spreadsheets to keep you organized, focused and ready for the big day
• Words of wisdom for making seamless travel arrangements and coordinating an unforgettable ceremony
• Detailed, site-specific information on some of the most exciting wedding locales in the world, from the most well-known spots to the best-kept secrets
• Maps, color photos, overviews and important facts regarding international marriage laws and customs
• A comprehensive wedding resource appendix that no destination bride should be without

With her expertise and insider knowledge, Lisa Light empowers couples to plan with confidence, from picking the perfect spot to avoiding last minute surprises. So, if you are planning—or even considering a wedding away from home, don’t do it without Destination Bride! Kirkus Reviews November 1, 2005 Destination weddings are all the rage these days, and international wedding consultant Light shows readers how to make their day special and beautiful, regardless of location. From Europe to the Caribbean, the world is truly the wedding industry's oyster. But while it may seem romantic to say "I do" on a white sandy beach or in an ancient Scottish castle, destination weddings involve a lot of planning and easily forgotten details. Light starts with the big steps, helping couples to actually choose their ideal location, set an appropriate budget and make travel arrangements for themselves and their guests. Then she moves on to details that a lovestruck couple might overlook, such as factoring currency exchange rates into the wedding budget, considering wedding customs that might be unsuitable for another culture and the fact that marriage licenses differ in foreign countries. She provides inspirational stories from her own clients, profiling romantic success stories from all over the world, and also offers scores of practical tips, such as detailed, site-specific information for several of her favorite spots. Light is much in-demand as the authoritative voice about an explosively popular nuptial trend, and her book offers the best of her advice-at a fraction of the price!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #160437 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Kirkus Reviews, November 1, 2005
Light is the authoritative voice...and her book offers the best of her advice—at a fraction of the price!

Customer Reviews

It didn't go into details about hiring vendors
I wish this book would have went into more details about hiring vendors for destination weddings as many brides have a preference on the type of video or photography they want for their wedding.

Hiring wedding vendors for a destination wedding is like a box of chocolates, "You never know what you're gonna get!" After you leave the wedding location, depending on the culture, you may not receive your video for a very long time or at all. To guarantee good cinematic services, take your videographer with you. Seriously!

You can affordably do this by adding an additional room to your hotel reservations for both the photographer and videographer to share, assuming they are both the same sex. Most hotels will offer the bride and groom one additional room for every 10 rooms they book for their guests. Inquire with your hotel for this option. Most videographers will shoot your wedding for little or no additional costs as long as the couple pays for the airfare and hotel accommodations. I wish the author would have hit on this a bit more.

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Perfect travel book for weddings and beyond!!
I love this book! It's not only great for planning a wedding but gives great suggestions for honeymoon destinations or just a great vacation for any special occasion. I picked this book up in the store and couldn't put it down. It gives excellent tips and suggestions on planning your destination wedding from start to finish. It includes time charts, checklists and literally does not miss one step along the way. SO USEFUL! This book is so great! The only problem is trying to pick which amazing destination to settle on!

Very highly recommended.
A 'destination wedding' is something special: an opportunity for both bride and groom to travel to another locale to wed - anywhere in the world. Use DESTINATION BRIDE: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO PLANNING YOUR WEDDING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD as the stepping stone to achieving a smooth non-local wedding. Chapters touch upon all the basics; from communicating with guests and organizing the ceremony to choosing the right location, researching its resources, and making travel arrangements for guests and family. But there's more than generalities about weddings on the go: final sections cover the specifics of countries around the world from Africa and Asia to Europe, and include specific recommendations for places which lend to weddings and establishments which cater to them. Very highly recommended.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch