The Ultimate Guide to the World's
Best Wedding & Honeymoon Destinations (Paperback)
Review: Great overview... good starting place for trip-planning...
This book has provided me with a fantastic starting point
for honeymoon-planning... As someone who has had a fairly
extensive and diversified travel "portfolio",
I have found this book to be very helpful in providing
me with ideas for new and exotic places to visit. It's
not packed with too much information, but gives enough
of an overview to let you know whether you would like
to pursue more details or if the hotel is not quite what
you are looking for...
One drawback: not a great book if
you are looking for a low-budget vacation, as most of
the hotels included in it are quite pricey... If you are
looking for a more economical vacation, I would recommend
something like "Hip Hotels: Budget".
Picture-Perfect Worry-Free
Weddings: 72 Destinations and Venues (Paperback)
Review: A must have for people interested in Destination
Weddings
As a Master Bridal Consultant with the Association of
Bridal Consultants, I was very honored to be asked by
Ms. Warner to contribute to this great book. I find that
the accuracy with which she reported on Destination Weddings
here in Eureka Springs, AR. was wonderful! She has truly
covered some of the most beautiful wedding sites anywhere!
With the right consultant/coordinator, a destination wedding
can be one of the most beautiful and memorable events
of a lifetime!
Review: A must have for people
interested in Destination Weddings
As a Master Bridal Consultant with the Association of
Bridal Consultants, I was very honored to be asked by
Ms. Warner to contribute to this great book. I find that
the accuracy with which she reported on Destination Weddings
here in Eureka Springs, AR. was wonderful! She has truly
covered some of the most beautiful wedding sites anywhere!
With the right consultant/coordinator, a destination wedding
can be one of the most beautiful and memorable events
of a lifetime!
Review: Want a head ache-free
and economical wedding?
This book is great for those who are looking for an easier
way to organize a wedding. I read most of Diane Warner's
books on weddings. This one in particular gives you locations
and "close intimate" stories of the bride and
groom. I found it to be indispensable while organizing
our wedding. Other very helpful books by the same author:
"Beautiful Wedding/Decorations & Gifts on a Small
Budget" "The Best Wedding Ever" "How
to have a Big Wedding on a Small Budget"
Romantic Wedding Destinations:
Guide to Wedding & Honeymoons Getaways Around the
World (Paperback)
Book Description
Midwest Book Review
Romantic Wedding Destinations is a comprehensive resource
of the world's most romantic wedding destinations. Jackie
Carrington takes you through the step-by-step process
of planning a faraway wedding. Readers can choose from
exotic and romantic destinations within the continental
United States, Hawaii, Bermuda, the Caribbean, Canada,
Mexico, Europe, Africa, and the South Pacific. Insightful
information for each locale includes travel highlights,
locations for romantic ceremonies, current marriage license
requirements, climate, maps, transportation arrangements,
important contacts, and a directory of wedding professionals
who provide custom venues. A unique resource, Romantic
Wedding Destinations is highly recommended for anyone
contemplating getting married somewhere special with that
someone special.
Excerpted from Romantic Wedding Destinations
by Jackie Carrington. Copyright (c) 1997. Reprinted by
permission, all rights reserved
From Introduction:
Many couples are surprised to find the cost of a destination
wedding is usually no more than the cost of these services
in their home town. The biggest savings are in the reception
and the headaches of panning a wedding for a large gathering.
Many chapels, hotels and destination wedding consultants
offer simple wedding packages for as little as $250 that
can be arranged on short notice.
Review: This is the best guide to destination
weddings
This is the best book for uncovering and discovering non-traditional
wedding ideas. The extensive research that Jackie Carrington
did on the subject simplifies an otherwise overwhelming
event! The book is well-written and provides relevant
and useful information such as, obtaining a marriage license,
actual phone numbers, wedding consultants, travel tips
and more. Romantic Wedding Destinations is a great book
to buy if you're planning a wedding or know someone who
needs a little wedding guidance!
Review: A "must get"
This book is so detailed and thorough that is makes selecting
a destination to marry seem so easy! Jackie Carrington
wrote this book so well. This book is a "must get"!
Review: Couldn't have done it without
We weren't sure where to get married and didn't know the
first thing about how to plan a wedding away from home.
This book told us everything we needed to know: travel
packages, legal requirements, foreign travel, tips for
creating romantic moments, ways to avoid stressful situations,
who to call, and even those places that are just for lovers!
If you are planning a wedding away, I wouldn't be without
this book!
Review: of Wedding books
Romantic Wedding Destinations... gives sound advice and
the appendix has helpful phone numbers. This book should
prove helpful for those dreaming of marrying in a new
and exotic place. This is a must for anyone planning a
wedding away!!!
Review: Not very helpful
I bought this book, and promptly returned it because it
seemed so out of date, and also had no specific suggestions
for great honeymoons, as the title also indicated. While
it may be a good guide for specific information regarding
places if you've already made up your mind to go there,
this was not the glossy- dream book with helpful facts
I expected.
Review: Disappointingly Lacking
Unfortunately, this book is little more than a compilation
of legal requirements for marriage in different places
(easily obtainable). The bulk of the book is dedicated
to US locations, with a few mentions of other countries.
I was planning a destination wedding in Europe (Spain
or Italy), and was terribly disappointed to find the only
European reference was the UK. I was also expecting a
guide in terms of possible ceremony sites and descriptions,
but the "guide" merely offers a brief description
of the region, climate chart, how to get there, and other
travel/regional information that I could also obtain easily
elsewhere. Yet no mention of local wedding traditions,
for example. Some of the sections contain one or two local
wedding services, not very helpful for me. I found all
the info I needed to plan our wedding and honeymoon in
Florence, free on the web. I recommend instead "The
Good Honeymoon Guide : Includes Where to Get Married Abroad"
by Lucy Hone, which I found to be a very pleasurable read
as well as inspirational (helped me to decide on Italy,
although Bora Bora looks really nice). Lucy Hone's book
was very informative & descriptive about specific
locations and their ceremony offerings, with a great variety
of locations around the world (and photos). I also liked
"100 Best Romantic Resorts of the World" by
Katharine Dyson, but not nearly as much.
Let's Elope : The Definitive
Guide to Eloping, Destination Weddings, and Other Creative
Wedding Options (Paperback)
From Library Journal
Here's a guide for couples willing to break some traditional
rules. Behan and Shaw, who eloped with his wife in 1997,
offer a short history of elopement and talk about reasons
modern couples elope: stress reduction, finances, and
the desire to be unique. They define elopement today as
anything other than the big, traditional wedding and discuss
options ranging from minimally planned escape elopements
to some of the hybrid wedding-elopement choices like surprise
weddings, dinner-party weddings, destination weddings,
and theme weddings also covered extensively in Robin Kring's
Storybook Weddings (Meadowbrook, 1998). Sidebars feature
happy couples discussing their elopements, while a quiz
helps readers identify which elopement option is right
for them. Sections on communicating the big decision to
others and elopement etiquette are quite helpful. More
than half of the book discusses where to wed, offering
tips on web sites, wedding packages, and favorite, romantic,
and exotic locales. For all collections.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Can't cope? Elope!
Admit it. You always thought eloping sounded
kind of romantic, right? Too bad everyone expects you
to have The Big Wedding -- the kind you always thought
you wanted. So now that you're engaged and knee-deep in
wedding planning, why are you secretly wishing you could
just fly off to a tropical island and say your I do's
in your bathing suit?
Well, you can! There are many different
ways to elope -- and not all of them involve running off
in the middle of the night. These days, "eloping"
is anything other than a traditional wedding -- from a
steps-of-city-hall ceremony with just the two of you,
to a fun-filled "destination wedding" with your
family and closest friends.
Let's Elope is filled with creative ideas
for exchanging your vows in a memorable, personalized
way that won't necessarily cost you a fortune -- or your
sanity. Let's Elope includes:
* A brief history of weddings -- and why people first
began to elope
* A quiz to help you decide if eloping is right for you
* Inspiring anecdotes from real-life couples who chose
to opt out of a traditional wedding
* Elopement etiquette, including how to break the news
to your family and friends
* Information on how to plan destination weddings, country
weekend weddings, and surprise weddings
* Up-to-the-minute addresses, phone numbers, and Web sites
for the world's top elopement spots
* Tons of ideas about what to do with all the money you
saved!
Review: Not as good as "Beyond Vegas"
I bought this book as soon as my fiance and I were engaged,
excitted about the prospect of eloping. Reading it will
get you excited about eloping, show you that it can be
done, and give you some general ideas as to how to start
the process, but when it comes down to it, the book does
not offer that great of advice.
I highly recommend that you consider buying "Beyond
Vegas" by Lisa Tabb and Sam Silverstine instead of
"Let's Elope." We ended up buying both of them
in the end, and actually using the information in BV to
plan our wedding in Scotland. Unlike with Let's Elope,
the authors actually got married in all of the destinations
discussed in there books, and give all the pointers you
need, not just what can be found on the official country
registrar web sites.
Have fun with it. But don't buy two books
when one will do.
Review: Fabulous Elopment Book
When You Don't Know Where to Begin
The book gives creative and fun ideas for couples looking
for something different. I would highly recommend the
book to any couple not sure about a traditional wedding.
I loved that it also gave resources such as web sites
and phone numbers.
Review: a good start.
Eloping has always sounded like a good option but i never
really gave it any credit untill i read this book. This
book is filled will enough information to get you to believe
that eloping can be done and also provides you with enough
examples of peoples who went throught with it. For some
one, like me, who is just starting with the idea this
is a great book. Its filled with stories, successes, and
hints on what to do and avoide - as well as some initial
resources to start your research with. For those who have
already excepted the idea and have done some research
you will not find any thing new.
Review: Great book if you are uncertain
about eloping and how to
This book was a great for helping to make the decision
of whether to elope or not. If you still want the "big
wedding" there are lots of creative ideas in this
book of how to include your family etc. It even has information
on places to elope! If you are considering a destination
wedding, elopement or even just a non-traditional wedding
with less stress read this book.
Review: Not for those already sold
on eloping
I bought this book hoping for some research on wedding
locations. Instead, this book spends a bit of time in
each chapter reminding you of the benefits of eloping
and querying you to make certain you want to elope.
I know I don't want a wedding. I was just
hoping for some well-researched advice on locations where
I could get married and have my marriage legal in the
US. Felt too much like a traditional wedding book to me.
Review: Very helpful for non-traditional
wedding planners
This book was very helpful for dealing with the issues
of a non-traditional wedding. I would highly recommend
it.
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