Weddings abroad

Many newlyweds are facing a dilemma: to arrange a lavish wedding, or spend all your money on an amazing honeymoon? But few know that there is a third option, which allows one shot to kill all the rabbits. This is a wedding abroad! Choose: painting in a Scottish castle or a Venetian palazzo, in a Paris cathedral and the royal palace of Bali, a paradise island on the beach or the ruins of the Acropolis ... But the most interesting - to play a wedding abroad, do not need to be children of oligarchs or robbing banks. Although it sounds like science fiction, but actually can meet even smaller budget than for a wedding in Russia!

That is not the first Russian tour operator Honeymoon doing incredible things to do - the official wedding abroad. Today our guest of General Director of the Russian tour operator Honeymoon Hope Galeev, the first tour operator rosiyskogo honeymoon.A barrel of honey
There are so many perfectly suitable for wedding sites, which of them can make a real map of the world for love!
Right to be called the most romantic city in the world, of course, should be given to Paris - here the very air is impregnated unknown essence from which the hearts of lovers begin to beat at twice the pace. In Venice, a city of Casanova and Othello, weddings are held in an old palazzo Dzenobio - the newlyweds arrive at the palace on two gondolas, and the ceremonies the noble lord in the costume of the doge. Verona is famous house of Juliet, Prague - Charles Bridge, which is also called the bridge for a kiss, a high-Vienna - home of the wedding waltz ... In Greece and Cyprus lovers can admire the rock of Aphrodite, Las Vegas - iconic city for "crazy" wedding in Bali can arrange a wedding in the palace of the royal family or even ride an elephant in a safari park. Honeymooners are dressed in traditional Balinese costumes, and celebrate your wedding will be the entire village!
To place Polynesian wedding ceremony the bride and groom arrive in a canoe or a palanquin on the shoulders of soldiers in full war paint, and conducts the ceremony himself village elder. In Thailand, for the happiness and welfare of lovers pray three budistskih monk, and the couple put Love Tree. In Mauritius, Maldives and Seychelles are regularly held wedding ceremonies under water, on the Yucatan peninsula (Mexico) - the ceremony according to ancient customs of the Maya in South Africa can pronounce the marriage vows on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, alone with penguins and whales ... You can even go to a wedding trip around the world - every time I come to a new country to play a wedding on the various national traditions. Beauty!For fun or in earnest?
Registration of marriage abroad can be a real or symbolic. In the first case, painting is absolutely official, and issued you a certificate of marriage will be valid both in Russia and around the world. These weddings usually take place in formal institutions (city hall, mayor, city council), but many countries have the opportunity to register "on the field" (in the palace, a castle in the garden, on the coast, on a yacht, in general, where your heart desires ). Orthodox churches around the world offer to hold a wedding, which is also perfectly legal and has the same effect as if you were married in Russia.
In the second case, the registration will be satisfied only "beauty" and has no legal effect. Paintings in this case can proceed very unusual: for example, can be a wedding, stylized Indian or Buddhist rites, ride on elephants or together with "priest" to dive under the water scuba diving ... Sure, a symbolic painting - it's just a godsend for a honeymoon or wedding anniversary. And as for those couples who would love to become husband and wife, but would not wish to communicate with the semi-official organ, in any form!Where are we going?
Set of countries where the citizens of Russia can hold the official registration of marriage, is rather limited. In Europe is Austria, United Kingdom (Scotland), Italy, Iceland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece, Crete and Cyprus. Outside Europe, your marriage can be registered in the U.S. (Las Vegas), the Caribbean region (on the islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Barbados, Dominican Republic), Indonesia (Bali), the Seychelles, the island of Mauritius and Sri Lanka. Orthodox wedding ceremony can be held in Italy, France, Israel, Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus.
This is the set of countries, Russian tour operator that offers wedding travel, if you want to spend the official list in any other country, you will not have to engage in self-registration of all documents, all documents you prepare for the employees of our company, as is borne in mind that nuances legislation and bureaucracy in some countries are such that the foreigners there to get permission to marry on their own is extremely difficult or even impossible. If you want to do a wedding abroad yourself, but you're afraid of legal delays, then it is easier not wag their nerves and to sign at home and in your chosen country to make a symbolic painting. By the way, especially the big problems with the registration of marriages to foreigners in some Muslim countries: in this case, perhaps, the only option - to register at the Russian consulate (the so-called consular marriage). But then again, why is it so difficult?
Place for a symbolic wedding can be almost any country in the world, but the most popular suggestions - Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Bali, Seychelles, Maldives, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Mauritius, Fiji, the islands of French Polynesia (Tahiti , Bora-Bora), Mexico, Thailand, Jamaica, India, South Africa. In general, such a service for tourists is very common - in particular, it provides many of the hotels on the islands and nearly all the European castles
If you have decided to hold an official wedding ceremony in 2011, we have prepared for the top 10 destinations for weddings abroad in terms of price and kachastva, and also where the least legal provolchek. Read our article "Ten romantic ideas for wedding 2011. Best in terms of price and quality "and you'll find answers to questions such as what the pros and mnusy in organizing weddings in one country or another, the cost of a wedding if you go to dvoem and how much it will cost you a guest at your weddingMoney Talks
The price range for a wedding abroad - $ 650-3500. True, we must bear in mind that the amount of wedding tour usually includes only the legal services and the ceremony of marriage, ie, for visas, airfare, hotel room, transfers, costumes, hair care and make-up, decoration ceremony site, photo and video, the wedding dinner, live music, and so must pay separately. But even in this case, if you do a wedding, for example, in the Czech Republic, Slovenia or Cyprus, it is really packed in $ 2,5-4 thousand to a couple - for the whole trip in general. The average budget for a wedding in Russia is now known to about $ 5-7 thousand!
If the ceremony takes place on site, he often gives a present so-called "wedding package. It includes the decoration of the ceremony location, services, wedding coordinator, bridal bouquet and boutonniere groom, hairdresser and make-up, dinner for two and a wedding cake, champagne and fruit in room. Bali, Thailand, the Maldives and the Polynesian islands in the cost of the ceremony included the national wedding clothes, makeup, flower garlands, etc. And some five-star hotels on the islands of holding a symbolic wedding ceremony in general offer for free.Bureaucratic horrors from A to Z
Proper paperwork for the official painting abroad - it is a very "delicate" time. After all, if God forbid something would go wrong, the consequences can be very sad!
On this occasion remember axiomatic story about Mick Jagger's wedding, which took place in Bali. Since 20 years have passed, Mick and his wife had four children, and when his wife filed for divorce and start figuring out thorny issue of property division - found that painting was purely symbolic, and therefore, in terms of legal marriage-and was not. Here too, as they say, so lucky lucky! ..
Thus, a foreign marriage registration authority may require the following documents:

    * An application form;
    * Birth certificate;
    * A certificate of divorce (if you were already married);
    * A certificate of change of name (if you changed the name);
    * Certificate of death of a spouse (if you're a widow, widower);
    * For persons under 18 years - parental consent to marriage;
    * Internal passport;
    * Passport.
Sometimes all this is added a certificate of marital status, statement of criminal records, proof of residency / registration, health certificate, police certificate, certificate of employment, proof of income, an international insurance policy, marriage contract, etc. In some countries, the witnesses (again, with a package of documents for each)
For a wedding to baptismal certificate, marriage certificate, divorce certificate (in case of second marriage) and a certificate that you were not married before, sometimes - to allow for the wedding of the Ukrainian Church and certificate of no blood relationship between the newlyweds. In some countries need witnesses.
In the case of cooperation with the agency term of documents is at least 30 working days, but the sooner you apply - the better.
All documents must be sworn (apostille - a special stamp) or legalized for that particular country, and also translated into a foreign language and certified by a notary. Apostille may be placed only in the countries that signed the Hague Convention (most of them), all other countries have consular legalization. Some countries (eg Czech Republic) can do a translation, without the Apostille. Sometimes some of the documents can only be obtained directly in this country - so you'll have to go there for 3-4 days before the wedding.
It is very important nuance: Potsdam as you get your hands on a marriage certificate, it is also a must to put an apostille or receive consular legalization. No apostille your certificate will be valid in Russia! Also, getting a marriage certificate must be translated into Russian and to assure translation by a notary. Since overseas you can not change the name and put a stamp on marriage in your internal passport, after returning to Russia testimony must be attributed to the passport office (and there, accordingly, you will put a stamp and if necessary, obtain a passport with a new name).
Apostille (legalization) and translation of the marriage certificate at the Russian consulate abroad can take about 5-14 working days, and in some countries - even 1-6 months (in this case the evidence you will be sent by mail).