FEATURE:
Unusual weddings abroad

The average cost of a UK wedding is rumoured to be a whopping £25,000.  With more couples choosing to tie-the-knot abroad and get more for their money, we take a look at some unusual options to make your special day an extraordinary experience.

Dreaming of a white wedding? £3286 per couple

Choose to marry in Lapland and enjoy a romantic wedding ceremony in breathtaking scenery. Exchange vows in an ice chapel complete with a reindeer sleigh ride, or at the fell of Kaunispää, one of Lapland’s many beautiful natural attractions and a stunning setting to celebrate your big day. Read more about 2009 Lapland weddings.

Love hearts New York, £986 per couple

Located on Fifth Avenue and 27th Street, just seven blocks from the Empire State Building, is 230 Fifth – New York’s hottest rooftop garden, penthouse lounge and bar. Marry alfresco in the stunning rooftop garden with unobstructed views of the Empire State Building or choose to exchange your vows in the trendy lounge area on the 20th floor. Read more about New York weddings.

Freeway of love, £380 per couple

A limousine will arrive at your hotel to take you to the marriage licence bureau, and then you’ll be driven to the Graceland Storybook Chapel where you’ll step into a vintage pink Cadillac with Elvis as your chauffeur. Once you’ve been driven around the tree-lined block, exchange your vows either in the car or inside the chapel. Read more about Las Vegas weddings.

A sea of romance, £1078 per couple – renewal of vows

Stay at the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island and renew your vows in the world’s only glass underwater chapel, located five metres below the waves in the Ithaa Undersea Restaurant. Fall in love all over again surrounded by an entrancing underwater world. See a selection of Maldives wedding locations.

Love makes the world go round, £1524 per couple

Offering a bird’s-eye-view over the beautiful city of Vienna, this wedding ceremony is performed in the moving Jugendstil car of a giant ferris wheel, and is completed when it reaches its highest point. The civil ceremony will be performed in German by a civil registrar and translated into English by a local interpreter. Find out more on 2009 Vienna weddings.

 

Prices as of 2009

 

More Information

For further information or weddings abroad please call 01306 747007, e-mail weddings.sales@kuoni.co.uk or visit our website www.kuoni.co.uk/weddings.

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