Abroad wedding for very small number of guests...

We got married in lapland last winter and I will say getting married abroad is the way to go! If your looking to pay for people to attend your budget will be eaten by that alone! We gave two years notice for guests to save and were surprised to have 15 people attend (especially as it was a cold destination!) we only invited immediate family and close friends. Our budget was a bit bigger but we also went away over new year which hiked the cost. If you don't have teachers/ children on the guest list I would advise going before the official holidays. if not I would look at april as opposed to August to lower your costs. Europe will reduce the cost holiday wise and some airlines offer discounts for group bookings so may be worth getting everyone to book through you. I would start with figuring out what type of wedding you want, I wanted winter wonderland so lapland was the obvious choice for us. If you want chateu/villa Italy or France are ideal, beach I would look at Greece. Make sure you check how long you need to be in a country before you can legally get married there too. Enjoy planning!

Hi

We are getting married in Lindos in Rhodes next year. It is stunning- think mamma mia.

You can have as big or as small of a wedding here to suit pretty much any budget.

We have used Lindos Weddings, really recommend them

xxx

I'm another Lapland bride and agree paying for your guests travel and accommodation soon would add up on your budget. You could consider giving as much notice as possible so people can pay for their own and make a holiday of it. Alternatively consider somewhere which has cheap flights and isn't too far away so people can have a mini break if they prefer. Possibly book a large villa do people have accommodation provided but pay for their own flights?

Some places hold wedding services but it isn't legal and you would need to do the legal bit before or after at a registry office in the uk. I'm sure Spain isn't legal.

At La Mata Hpwever the Mississippi Queen is a lovely place and is available to book for wedding receptions. I eat there a lot. It's a beautiful paddle steamer converted. In the trees with views down to the beach. Find them on Facebook or google. You can probably have some sort of wedding service on the top deck too. Flights to Alicante only take just over 2 hours and Ryan Air or Easy Jet usually cheap.