Planning a wedding in Ibiza

Don'y say that!!! We have 85 ....?

I sent save the dates out 7 months ago, and I'm sending the invites out next week.

I sent my Save the Dates about a 7/8 months ago, about a year from the wedding date. Invites will go as soon as we have confirmed the church. We have a pile of half made invites waiting for their inserts... boo ☹️

Hows everyone elses plans going? xx

I get so confused with who is who on here, but im pretty sure Ibizalovin is Tam?! If so we've emailed a few times lol (Deborah boyce).

Haha Deb youre right I also seem to not remember who is who! woops!

Anyways how you getting on? x

Hehe!

Well we got a puppy this month, so my focus has shifted onto him....aswell as our savings plan!! But apart from that Im going to ask for some prices for flowers this week I think. What hotel are you staying in Tam? Im staying in apartments in Figueretas with the rest of my guests for the week, but will book somewhere for the wedding day/night for us near Amante. Then we're going to the Hacienda for the last 2 nights! Im going to wait a few months before contacting Zeta with questions etc, dont want to start annoying her too early lol. By the time mine comes she'll only have 1 or 2 weddings left of the season anyway.

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Hi all, just thought i'd add to the thread if you dont mind.

We have booked to get married on the 18th September at Cas Mila, we are staying at the Insotel Club Tarida Beach.

So many things are conspiring against us going ahead - my fiance had cancer last year, this was treated and thats when we made the plans to get married, on our favourite little island. But in December, we found out that the cancer had spread and now he is having treatment for brain tumours.

All plans are on hold, all money is tied up in trips to the hospital and paying bills as i cant work as he needs care and attention at home. Deposits for other things need paying and i dont want to explain the situation to everybody we have booked with. My fiance might not be able to fly to Ibiza because of the head trauma and pressure in a plane, if we get to go at all!

My family have decided they cant cope with flying in a plane - so my parents and sister cannot be there for my wedding!

Ohh its just one thing after another! Sorry about the rant, i just cant believe my dream wedding is so close but so far x

Rachel so sorry to hear about the horrible things you are facing at the moment. The thing that first comes to mind is whether you might be able to drive to the island. It is quite a journey but you could make it a lovely road trip and have an amazing time togther. Can your H2B travel if he is being treated?

Ibiza is amazing but if you want your family with you how about having a UK wedding and then a blessing on the island - maybe just the two of you or a very small intimate group of friends. Just a small and personal ceremony celebrating your love

Alternatively could you not delay from September I am sure suppliers would understand?

Rachel I'm really sorry to hear about your problems - what a nightmare. Have you talked to Cas Mila about delaying the booking? It's not as though you want to cancel...you just might need to push the date back. I'm sure they would be willing to reschedule so you don't lose any money. Poor you. Sounds like you could do without the stress of organising a wedding at the moment, so maybe you can delay it until everything is sorted? Best of luck to you.

Thanks for the replies - i think that is the way we will go forward - try and drive over there (he can travel but not drive) and just have our close friends there. I hope to God this treatment is working - nothing we want more than to return to normal life and get married!

Thanks for listening, these things are sent to try us i guess!

I hope your plans are all going well and hope you have a wonderful day xx

(I’ve also put this in general but hope the fact most of you have seen Amante will be able to offer good advice, I’ve also emailed Zeta for advice – yes I really am stressing!!)

After the drama of being bumped (supposedly) from the church we are now having serious issues with arranging any church or service. We have now managed to agree with St Miquels they can fit us in but only for a 12 o’clock service, our first choice was a 4 o’clock service because of the heat!

Bearing all this in mind I wanted to get your input on my days schedule should we decide to have a 12 service:

12:15 – Service starts. Following Catholic tradition the service will be approximately 45 minutes

1:00 – champagne served outside the church maybe a few photos taken (is an hour too long to have people hanging around?)

2:00 – coaches to Amante leave

2:30 – Coaches arrive at Amante and drinks and canapés start for approx an hour

3:30 –cash bar opens and people can mill around sit on the beach take in the views (is 2.5 hours too long to leave people to their own devices)

6pm – dinner is served

Does anyone have any experience of guests waiting in excess of 3 hours between arriving, having canapés and then eating?

Alternatively I thought about offering more substantial canapés that keep people happy for longer so we can eat dinner later? Though this is then even more time hanging around, and at least if we eat earlier the party can start earlier.

Any advice or wise words will be totally appreciated as I’m really struggling to put the planning into context 4 hours earlier than we had thought we'd have to

Thinking about the impact on or guests in the heat and of course budget around extra food has to be our biggest consideration...☹️

Hi Tam,

I have my own worries about my schedule at Amante. Im getting married mid october so it's more an issue of where the sun will be for lighting for pictures and so it doesnt get too chilly for dinner since we're right at the sea!

When I met Zeta and booked up she recommended starting an hour earlier than I want. So I'll see what Ana Lui thinks nearer the time. Since we're having totally different wedding schedule's I cant be much help but i'll tell you what I'd like mine to go like! With yours I would probably not have them left to their own devices so long at Amante before dinner. But that's probably because some of my guests (mother in law!) moan about weddings that do that. I think it's a scottish thing. We're all about the food! Here's what I would like my schedule to go like:

1.30pm - Guests arrive at Amante and have welcome drink

2pm - Ceremony

2.30pm - Ceremony ends

2.45pm - Cut the cake ( as we're taking the dessert of the menu at Amante and serving the cake instead)

3pm - Drinks and Canapes

4pm - Dinner

7pm - Move upstairs for first dance etc

One thing that i've been wondering is. You know at weddings here, you have the meal in the day then at night you have a buffet? I'm worried that everyone will get hungry if they're just drinking all night with no more food to come! But it doesnt seem to be something that anyone does in ibiza. To be honest i'll probably get hungry aswell!

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Really sorry to hear about your troubles rachel.

I think driving would actually be a great idea. the portsmouth - bilbao ferry with brittany ferries is very relaxing, and it's an easy drive (around 6hrs) from there to barcelona to catch the next ferry to ibiza.

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the porstmouth bilbao ferry does take 25hrs, but the timing is great (midday on one day, to 1pm the following day) and it's more like a cruise, with great restaurants etc. on board.

the barcelona ferry is much shorter (9hrs) and the reclining seats are very comfortable, but you may want to splash out on a cabin anyway - it's a special trip after all ;-)

good luck with everything, especially his health.

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Tam - why don't you just bring the dinner forward?

that would work out great as you will have much more time to party before the music gets turned down......

Thanks for the reply - i think i will have a look to get an idea of prices etc!

Dont mind how long it takes us to get there, as long as we do! Many thanks.

The portsmouth - bilbao is usually £300 - £400 in spring, probably a little more in September.

barcelona - ibiza will be cheaper.

obviously you also have the option of dover - calais etc. but it's a much longer drive and also not as cheap as you might think - the tolls all add up and fuel in france is very expensive too.....

B what about the heat for people sitting on the 'beach' at Amante - do you think it'll be ok in June? love the idea of more party time ? how long do we have you for?