Greatest Places to Get Married
Million of people are married each year. If you've attended any one of these marriages, chances are that the wedding was held in the function room of a hotel, banquet facility or perhaps even in your or your parent's backyard. Doesn't it seem that each function room is the same?
We thought that there have to be more exciting places in the world to be married other than a function room so we set out and asked our guest contributors, the ones that have visited these exotic, unusual and cool destinations, to advise us on the most interesting places in the world to get married. Thus, GreatestPlacestoGetMarried.com was born.
For couples that are adventurous and love the outdoors, we offer you cool outdoor places to get married like Yosemite national park, Vermont during the Fall foliage season, Santa Fe and Marigot.
For the tried and true romantics, we offer you Provence, the French Riviera and the Loire Valley in France in addition to Tuscany, Venice and Florence in Italy. But, we amaze with our selection of Inverlochy Castle in Scotland and a beach wedding in Costa Rica.
If you're interested in exotic wedding destinations, read up on Santorini, Skibo Castle in Scotland or the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego.
If you want to make a statement and it's the unusual and unique wedding you're looking for, try Belize, Cyprus and, yes, Casablanca.
Finally, most couples opt for the Summer to get married. It's warmer and it makes it a bit more convenient for travel and an outdoor wedding reception. However, we give you three enticing reasons to buck the norm and choose Winter for your wedding season: Lake Tahoe, Hedingham Castle in East Anglia, and Crested Butte in Colorado.
Travel Tips
Be smart when you travel. Guard your valuables securely and don't advertise them to pickpockets. The best way to do this is to buy a travel money belt. We bought one from WalletBe.com, a manufacturer of men's and women's wallets. They also produce some nice travel accessories. The travel money belt is inexpensive, like their wallets, but also produced of high quality soft nylon that doesn't stick to your body and thus doesn't produce beaded sweat like all the other money belts we've tried. It's perfectly sized and has just enough pockets to fit just about any item you might want to carry with you as you hike Yosemite, walk the cobblestone streets of Provence or the beaches of Bali. We were very happy with the money belt - it was our first experience with WalletBe.
Still Looking for that Special Someone?
If you’re visiting this site, you are most likely planning a marriage and honeymoon. However, there are small percentages of our visitors that are not planning a marriage; instead, they are researching the greatest places in the world to get married because they want to be ready when they do find that special someone and can escape to one of the many interesting honeymoon destinations we highlight herein.
If you are still in search of the right man or woman to spend the rest of your life with, let us help you with some websites that specialize in dating and/or matchmaking. It is important to note that these sites have worked for many people, but not all. One that works for one may not and, in fact, has not worked for another.
Matchmaking Services
Matchmaking services are becoming acceptable ways of meeting people these days. A matchmaking service is a paid service that is hired to match your personality, values, likes and dislikes with other like-minded people. It is not online dating. Matchmaking services assume an active role – sort of like the best friend or special aunt in the old days – in finding you a partner. The idea is that sometimes others know us a bit better than we know ourselves. The websites that are highlighted indicate that we are familiar with them and their services.
Online Dating
Online dating services are the trendy - and easier - alternative to finding a date, companion, husband or wife these days. A couple of years ago, no one wanted to admit that they needed help in finding their mate, especially online. It was akin to admitting failure when all of the friends we had found their spouses the regular way. But, once one person tried it, another tried and it has since grown to be a multi-billion dollar business used by millions each day.
Why are online dating services so popular?
Because unlike a bar or club setting, online dating services allow you to talk from a safe setting and to pace communication according to your own comfort level. Online dating services expose you to a lot of pictures and profiles; it’s sort of like a lineup card but isn’t a bar or nightclub scene the same thing? Think of the relationship forged between Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in You’ve Got Mail!
In addition, we are sometimes stuck in a networking circle from which we find it difficult to escape. And to join a photography club or book club can demand a lot of time – time that we may not have – and to risk that time giveaway for the hope that your soulmate might be in the same class is not attractive to most people.
Have an idea or story on your favorite place to get married? Please email us places@greatestplacestogetmarried.com.