Zante 2012

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? I'm a little scared for you!

We've had a really productive wedding weekend - we sat down on Friday night, with cocktails (although I forgo to get Del Boy umbrellas. Sigh.) and went through our lists of stuff we've got left to do. We then went out on Saturday afternoon, AND BOUGHT MR B'S CLOTHES!!!!!!!!!!

He all of a sudden decided he didn't want linen any more, so got a pair of grey trousers (from Burtons of all places - quite thin material, so he should keep cool) a very cool designer white shirt, with black and white checks under the collar, below the button bit and under the cuffs - reduced from £60 to £30! He also ordered a grey/silver waistcoat from our local tailors. He already has shoes he's never warn, also with a slightly checkered pattern so will match the shirt. He looked so handsome! ?
His stuff all came in about £45 under budget!

I'm currently ordering bits to make our invites from too. Which are also coming in under budget!

Busy busy times. Now going to send off some emails to the hotel manager in zante, Frances, a local caterer and our reception venues. I feel another cocktail coming on! ?

I've been looking at bridesmaid dress for my matron of honour and bouquets/button holes etc. picked the invites for the party back home, so its just save/save/save now lolx the men are having black trousers and white shirts so i'll get them soon i'm thinking if we can save and get something each month for the wedding plus put something away to actually pay for it by the time we fly out in August we should be ok!!!

Did you find any dressed Rachel? Anything to flash? ?

Have any of my fellow 2012ers joined the FB group. Here's a link telling more! Be good to 'meet' you over there.

Cant find the link honxx

Ha ha, that's because I didn't post it. DOH! Hopefully, here it is;

https://hitched.co.uk/chat/forums/t/280528.aspx

Hi,

I can't get the link to work

x

OK, pop along to Wedding Planning, and look fr the thread entitled 2012 brides facebook (or something similar. There is a link in there to add one of the members, who will then add you to the group. Good luck!

Hi this is my ist time on here as i have only just found this website.

me and my hb2 are getting married in july 2012 at the bardiola (i think thats spelt right) in tsilivi cant wait

we have booked with thomas cook, i have done everything apart from the documents which is a bit scary sa thomas cook dont realy help much but i am getting there the only thing that really bothers me is i dont know and wont know the date of my wedding as thomas cook cant tell us untill we fly out in july ☹️

has any 1 used thomas cook wedding packages and if you have what have u thought

hope every1 is enjoying all the planning ?

hope your enjoying the weekend thanks soon to be mrs hankins that still sounds funny

Hi

Congratulations I'm booked with a greek wedding planner so already know my date 2 September 2012 at the Alexandra Beach and all the paperwork is taken care of sorry I cant be of any helpxx

Hi Shankins, welcome to the site, and congrats on your upcoming wedding.

I'm getting married on the 14th June in Tsilvili......coming round way too quick!!

I have booked through Thomson and we were given our date within 3 or 4 weeks of booking it ( we were advised it could have been up to 6 weeks). We were also told we must have this date confirmed before we could plan anything.....including family and friends going out as if the date could not be confirmed within our 2 week hol then they would move our holiday and the wedding, however would not refund for any family members or other plans we had made. When did you book? We were e-mailed by the wedding co-ordinator 3 days after booking too. Our wedding docs do say that we may have a very slow response between November - May due to it being closed season. The reason i chose Thomson was because my brother and now wife got married in Rhodes through Thomas Cook last year and it was a trauma from start to finish. Ensure that you have the docs showing your extra luggage allowance for your dress as my sister in law spent the full holiday thinking that she wouldnt be able to get it home as Thomas Cook never provided anything to show this and had failed to put it on the computer! English side they were brill and ;let her take it however they said that the doc would need to be shown on her return flight. Once over in Greece things went a lot smoother for them though (however it was a Thomason rep that dealt with them on the day) and they had a lovely day.

Are you on Facebook? MrsBtoB and i are in a hitched group on there which is full of tips.

Hope to get to know you

I joined the FB group too, not sure if its the same one though!!!

I must have my sunday thick brain in can't seem to find this facebook site!!!! lol HELP

REMOVED - BE GONE NOSY STALKERS! ?

Hi Mrs BtoB just added you thanks.

Karen

You should be added now

Thanks alot

Karen

Hi and thanks sorry i havnt been on hear for a few days internet have been down and then i had my little girls birthday so been abit crazy lol

i booked it in june 2011 holiday and wedding when i booked it they said i could have the 17th or 18th of july as my wedding day but when i had my wedding pack/info through they say they cant tell us a wedding date untill we get there . im not to worried about luggage allowance as i have paid for the extra 5kg before i new that they gave you more for a wedding so i have 80kg between us and i am not having a big heavy wedding dress and the same with my 2 girls they are only having small litttle dress dont want them to over heat lol ,thomas cook have been good when i have emailed them they do get back to me not the same day (but you cant have everything lol). yes i am on facebook where in tsilvili are u getting married hope all your planes are coming together nicely and your finding everything you want

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and can any one tell me how to do the wedding count down at the end of all the posts thanks

Hi All

I'm a Zante bride - September 2012.

We did anticipate arranging the wedding ourselves with the help of the family that run the accomadation that we will be staying in but don't feel like we are getting anywhere.

We have told the family that we want to get married on the 5th September and they have said this is ok and they will speak to the registrar but are we suppose to get some official cofirmation that our wedding is booked? They haven't asked us about a time, surely they would need ths to book our wedding?

I emailed them over a week ago asking for prices for various extras and also details of the photographer/hair/make up people that they recommend as surely these will need to be secured in advance and I would really like to speak with them before hand so we know what we will be getting and feel happy with it. I haven't yet had a response to my email.

I am also finding it difficult to find someone to translate our documents into Greek as they have said this need to be done before they are sent over. I have emailed 4 or 5 people in the UK that I found through the Greek Consulate but haven't heard anything back, this is at least 3 weeks ago.

I know the Greeks are very laid back but at the minute I feel as if i have a holiday booked and not a wedding and am starting to wish that we had used a wedding planner or chosen somewhere else entirely different ?

Do you ladies have things like your photographer, hair, make-up arranged already? I may be worrying unneccesarily but we are only there 3 days before we get married and a week in total so it seems an awful lot to arrange in such a short time.

Hi

Sorry your having so much trouble we've gone with Francis from Tsilvili Travel a Greek wedding planner and she does everything even paperwork I've got my date and time the location I've chosen my package and hair and makeup etc, I dont know what to suggest perhaps get a wedding planner just for the ceremony and legal part and organise your own reception?? I am sure Francis does thisxx

Hi Rachel

Thanks for your resply.

I have heard lots of people mention Francis so I will drop an email and see what she thinks - the family were very good at responding when we were first interested in booking now it seems to take them longer and longer each time we send a question (and believe me I am no bridezilla this is the first time I have sent any wedding related questions to them). Even if they have it all under control I would rather they just email me and say this is what you need to do and when.

My OH keeps telling me to be patient - he knows I am the most impatient and organised person in the world ?

I've sent them another email today asking for a response and asking them if it would be easier for them if I got a wedding planner. Think if I don't hear anything in the next week this is the route I am going to take.

All the best with your wedding x

Jo

Hi

i have gone with thomas cook and i to have to sort all my documents out i have a leaflet for a company that will do all the documents i did ring him and he is really nice he explained alot to me i will give you the contact details if you want them i did look online for some others that do all the documents side of thing but i could not get a reply from alot of them i hope you get it all sorted it make you worry when you dont hear from anyone for a while. good luck with everything

stacey ?

Hi Stacey

Thanks for your reply - I would be really really grateful if you could share the contact details with me.

I've heard from the family and they have given me some contacts for photography, hair/make-up and flowers and I've even managed to contact some of them and get some replies so feel much more happy about things now. Just need to speak to them again and get confirmation of our wedding date and time.

Thanks again

Jo x

Hi Jo

thats good i know the Greek way is alot more relaxed about doing thing.

like i said i have gone with thomas cook and i wont know my wedding date or time untill i get to greece for our wedding/holiday.

the photography, hair/make up i cant sort out untill i get there but the flowers are in with the package so they only thing i need to do with the will be choose the colour when we have a meeting with the wedding planner when we get to greece

the contact details are

Androulla Veliotou Ltd

Approved greek Consulate

translator

Approved foreign & Commonwealth Office Interpreter

123 Warren Drive south

Tolworth

Surrey

KT5 9Q H

tel ****

mob ****

email **@**********.**.**

he sounds really nice and is very helpful i got his details from thomas cook

i thing im bit wary of is the certificate of no impediment because of how long it is valid for

i hope this helps and you hear about your date soon the waiting is horrid its not to bad for me know i have made myself not worry about it i know i will be away for 2 weeks and 1 of those days i will be getting married ?

take care

stacey x

Hi,

Am not sure quite how to use site yet!! so sorry if am posting in the wrong place!! I am getting married at the vardiola on the 12th aug 2012, joined a few threads but this one seems to have more members, so though i would give it a go if i can work out how to use it lol

Hi and welcome I get married 2 Sept 2012 at Alexandra Beach this is a good thread, so congratulations and welcome!!!xx

Thanks Rachel,

Thought i would give you all a bit of info about us-

me and stewart have been together 7 years after meeting on a weekend away in amsterdam!! Stewart proposed in oct 2010 during a weekend away in paris. I am 33 and stewart is 31. First marriage for both of us, but i have one daughter from a previous replationship. We booked the wedding last feb through the bridal consultant (lisa). There are 30 of us going over there and the majority of us are staying at the contessina hotel. I have not got alot left to do now, its really just the h2b who needs to sort what he is wearing but am not going to stress about that. It's lovely to read everyones stories on here and very exciting that we do not have long now

From excited bride to be

Claire

Thought i best add - first and hopefully last lol

I'm 43 and my OH Lee is 40 we've been together 7 years its his first wedding my third!! that sounds terrible but all i can say is this is my last as Lee really is my soul mate we've known each other all our lives he said he always 'fancied' me but I never noticed him!!! I have four children 21/20/16 and Freddy who will soon be 2 who is Lee's only child.

Getting married abroad was Lee's idea and I must say I am pleased that we are having a beach wedding I am getting excited now we've gone all inclusive at the Planos Bay its got a waterpark etc there's 20 of us going but not all stopping at the same hotel.

We wanted beach wedding and beach bbq and thats what we've got we are also having greek dancers and disco for entertainment we've gone with Frances from Tsilvi Travel but Lisa from Bridal consultant is doing all our paperwork (think the two firms work together) well enough from me I'm sure you'll have a lovely dayxxx

Hi

just join today, my name is jenny getting married 2014, long time yet, but like your idea of a beach wedding

may I asked how much was your beach wedding, ?

we are both 50 and i have been married twice and gunny once,

my daughter is getting married next yr april so we have decided 2 wait so she can have a lovly day as it is her first

please let us know how your wedding goes and I am sure it is going 2 b love?ly

Hi Jenny

All in with paperwork /wedding ceremony/chair sashes on chairs at ceremony/full decoration of beach bar area tables chair sashes laterns on tables etc/wedding cake/champagne/food/horse and carriage/bouquet and groom buttonhole/greek dancers and a disco and my hair and makeup being done its worked out at £3300.(Thats for 20 people). But Frances does lots of different packages at different prices. Hope this helps. Rachel

Hi Rachel
Thank u 4 ur quick reply, that is really good value for money, and it might b a bit more for us when we marry but got lots of time to save i bet u r getting excited, good luck with your up and coming wedding and please post some pic if you can, by the way how do u post pic or put pic to profile?