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: #82560 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

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

About the Author
Lisa Light is the founder and president of her own international wedding consulting firm. In addition to offering wedding services, her company also produces television segments on wedding-related topics.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant! Expert! Excellent!
This is a must-have book for anyone planning or contemplating a destination wedding -- or any wedding for that matter. There is oodles of information packed between the covers of this book -- everything from sites to how to comply with marriage license laws and waiting periods in certain countries. It also covers issues like currency and voltage! It's a beautifully laid-out book with easy-to-follow type and lots of color photos. There's even Internet resources, maps and airport information. It will pay for itself many, many times over. A great book for planning or just dreaming.

So-So
Have you ever opened a book only to find that only a few of its pages pertain to you? Only about 115 pages or so of this book have valuable information; the remaining 250 or so pages discuss various destinations and resort suggestions in each one. If you are planning a wedding in, for instance, the Bahamas, you'll find there are only three and a half pages which discuss the Bahamas. At the same time, none of the information is new - all of it is information the resourceful bride can glean online - for free.

Of the useful information, the author covers the planning process, but again, none of this information seemed more than common sense (make sure you have internet access and a cell plan with good international rates). As someone else noted, many of the web addresses were incorrect.

Not a bad book by any means, but not as useful as I was hoping it would be.

Finally! All You Need to Plan A Destination Wedding!
This is the perfect book for anyone planning a destination wedding. Lisa Light is an expert on destination weddings, and she tells you everything you need to know, step-by-step, from choosing a location, to all of the details of travel, design, budget, customs, marriage requirements, AND she lists and describes incredible locations and venues in countries all over the world! This book is worth its weight in gold in terms of the information, advice, tips and guidance it offers...all in a down-to-earth, fun style that really convinces and inspires you. Having this book is like having a first-class wedding planner in your corner, one who knows all of the ins and outs of making a dream event come true, anywhere in the world!