Romantic Wedding Destinations [Paperback]

Jackie Carrington (Author)

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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. -- Midwest Book Review

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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.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Innovanna Pub Co; 3 edition (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888759127
• ISBN-13: 978-1888759129
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,683,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointingly Lacking, September 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Romantic Wedding Destinations (Paperback)

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.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent choice of locations, March 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Romantic Wedding Destinations (Paperback)

My fiance and I were in search of a unique and romantic location to marry away from home. This book gave us numerous locations to consider. It was a huge time saver and provided all the contacts we needed. I highly recommend it to anyone thinking of a destination wedding or even an interesting location to honeymoon.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not very helpful, December 14, 2000

By	"renelaw" (Ft. Thomas, KY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Romantic Wedding Destinations (Paperback)

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.