I am working with a lot of honeymoon couples (no I am NOT planning another honeymoon :-) and I love to have first hand stories and also some unique suggestions for them. If you took your dream honeymoon or could plan it exactly as you'd choose, where did you/would you go? I personally went to Tahiti/Bora Bora/Moorea on my first honeymoon and I loved it but I think if i were to get married again I might choose something less relaxing/beach-like and slightly more cultural or active. Would love to hear your suggestions!!
Reply to this I have a honeymoon fantasy about being in a cosy old style gusesthouse room with an open fire with heaps of snow falling outside and feet of it already on the ground. The Alps I am thinking.
But with the difficulties we are having with getting married in Germany, we will likely be getting married in Denmark instead. There are far fewer requirements there for getting married. Maybe there will be plenty of snow there when we eventually get married. When I think about gettting married, I always have Winter and snow in mind. We thought we were going to get married a few years ago so I have already bought a Winter outfit to wear for the wedding. I dont know where the perfect Winter honeymoon spot would be in Denmark. With all the getting married delays I decided to wait until it is certain before I start looking for someplace.
It may be worth it for you to look for honeymoon spots in Denmark, because when people get married there they have the option of getting an international marriage certificate so they are legally married in all countries. Probably, Americans are also entitled to get married in Denmark.
Mel
Reply to this Thanks Mel,
I didn't know that about Denmark, that's really great to know! I wonder if it's the only country that does that, i'll have to look into it. I know people have mentioned having problems with that when doing a destination wedding. Definitely worth it to look into honeymoon spots in Denmark.
A honeymoon in the Alps sounds so beautiful!! People here do that on a much less grand scale with the Poconos or the Rockies. But the Alps would make for an amazing honeymoon and great to consider for those who aren't big beach and warm weather people!
Reply to this Denmark is currently one of the most openminded countries of Europe. You just have to show up with your birth certificates and I think your passports to get married. Homosexual couples can get married there too in the same way as heterosexual couples.
A lot of people get married in Rome. Maybe that means it is also easy to do there. Irish people with huge families sometimes do this so they dont have to hold wedding celebrations for the entire extended family, as expeced if they if they get married in Ireland.
I dont know if couples can get an international marriage certificate if they marry in Rome and it is probably a church concession thing so wouldnt suit everybody....
And there are lots of people who get married on the beach in the Carribean. I dont know how that works and if they can get an international wedding certificate.
Reply to this That's so cool about Denmark, great to know that people of any orientation can get married there as well. I will have to check into Rome too - tons of my honeymooners go to Italy anyways so a wedding in Rome, if they have a international marriage certificate that would be great!
My friends got married in Aruba (they actually went on a cruise and invited us all along and got married when it stopped in Aruba). I'm not sure what the certificate is like, but I suspect the regulations for people getting married in the Caribbean are a little less stringent (when it comes to the marriage transferring to their home country) because so many people from the US especially go there to get married.
Reply to this My sister is married to an American man. She got married twice There were actually 2 ceremonies, 2 sets of invitations, 2 wedding dresses..... I was a bridesmaid at the ceremony in Ireland. She was able to have the second wedding because she was legally married in the US but single in Ireland. :D
So anybody who loves weddings could travel around the world having several. :D
Reply to this Hahah very true!! I am actually not sure what the policy is in the US about if you get married overseas. I don't think you would need another ceremony back here but it might depend on where you got married and that country's criteria. I knew people that did the opposite - he was Irish so they got married over in Ireland but they live in the U.S. Not sure what they had to go through once they were back here though.
Reply to this I dont think you would actually have to go through another ceremony. I think it would be a matter of filling in a few forms and a few more if your spouse is of another citizenship. My sister could have just filled in the forms to become legally married in Ireland but she decided to have the whole wedding.
I have a friend in France who told me the last time I was there that she is married to her ex. I was astonished and asked 'what if her current boyfriend and father of her baby wants to marry her'. She said he can, because she is not legally married in France. Her ex is English but both of his parents are from India. Everytime his mother would phone or visit she would endlessly go on about them living together without being married. They had a Hindu wedding which greatly pleased his mother. I dont know if it is legal anywhere. :D India maybe?
Reply to this Love your comments girls...get married once...which means also one engagement...and get re-engaged after...to a gold-digger...found out on time...safe bet! I actually prefer the engagement trip...not easy to bring the suprise ring in a stuning place...without her thinking it's going to be...this time...first was on a private boat in Halong Bay, second was in the middle of the desert....arriving by horses to a champagne sundowner follow by the stars, etc...
Dream honeymoon....that's tuff...been to a lot of places...but would say a round the world of the most romantic islands...Venice...Santorini...Manhattan...Harbour Island...and the list goes on...but hey...why get married...I've ended up being a sinic...some see marriage as commitment and security...I'm for the commitment...against the blank cheque...sorry to say so...but when you cross a professional gold-diggers...you end up believing more in love...less in ...the paper....just my little thought on the subject.
And by the way, I'm happily living with a great girl now...not speaking of marriage...just of sharing amazing years together....
Have fun!
Reply to this why get married
Appart from because you know this is your soul mate, there is the fact that you have to pay a lot more income tax if your are not married. Me and my boyfriend could have a lot of fun with that tax money we lose every month because we are not married. Damn paperwork!
Reply to this First, i like the around the world tour of islands - that would be fantastic - and all different types too!
As for why get married (and let me preface this with I am a young divorcee so I could be very bitter), I think that depends on the two people. Some are fine not having the legal commitment and that works for them and that is wonderful. However, one of the biggest things for me, outside of the soul mate as Mel mentioned, is the legalities. If you are not married, and something happens to you when you don't have a will or haven't willed out certain things, your things will not go to your significant others, they will go to your next of kin - parents, siblings etc. For me personally, I would want it to go to my significant other if I'd been basically married to them but just not legally. Similarly, for health records and information, it is often not released to anyone but family. Therefore, your significant other have something awful happen to them health wise, you might not be allowed in the hospital, would not have any say over anything that happens with them, etc. Granted, I'm speaking from a US point of view. This might all be very different in other countries.
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