Weddings
We help you to realize your wishes by providing
the opportunity of designing the perfect setting for your dream
destination wedding.
Personalized services catering for special needs is what our
organization is all about and we look forward to creating a
lifetime of memories for you. The services we present are 100%
custom designed. We can help with as much or as little of your
wedding as required, from organizing the entire event or just
dealing with the necessary paperwork. We can advise what we feel
are your best options, but you make the final selection. So,
leave the hassle of organizing your wedding to us. We can assure
you that your day will be everything you dreamed of and more.
Transport
We can provide private transfers on arrival and departure and
limousine or car service from your hotel to the ceremony and
return. It is also possible to have any other cars on request,
such as minibuses for guests.
Romantic horse and carriage rides can also be arranged to begin
at your hotel and take you to the ceremony and afterwards take
you on a panoramic ride around town.
Flower
We arrange bouquets that range from the classic
romantic round posy with small roses to customized requests.
These include matching buttonhole for the groom, sprays and
buttonholes for the guests as well as posies for the bridesmaids.
Our religious and civil ceremonies include arrangement of a
floral composition for the altar or for the table, nosegays as
well as any other floral decoration of your choise.
Music
All ceremonies can include live musicians such as violinist,
organist, guitarist, mandolinist as well as singers. For the
reception we can arrange either live musicians or a DJ. The
music of course is chosen by you.
Beauty Service
Hairdressing and all beauty services are available
with a trial 2/3 days before your big day. Both the hairdresser
and the beautician come to the hotel the morning of the ceremony.
Photographic Service
Our photographers are professional and experienced.
Our package includes the minimum of 30 colour photos 20x25 cm, a
small album and all negatives. Other options are available on
request (eg black and white photos, leather bound albums etc).
Reception
Menus for receptions can be either typical local cuisine or to
suit your culinary requirements and those of your guests. We
feature classic Italian wedding cakes or you may have any cake
of your choice on request.
The basic wedding package
includes the following services:
- Town Hall registry fees
- Consular fees for translation of the ‘No Impediment
Certificate’
- Interpreter (banns and wedding ceremony)
- Posy for the bride and buttonhole for the groom
- Assistance
Registry and Consular fees vary from city to city and so the
price for the basic wedding package will vary accordingly. Once
you have decided where you wish to be married, the price for the
basic package will be forwarded and any other extra services
required will be quoted on request. I am of course available for
any queries you may have.
Civil ceremony
Civil ceremonies by law must take place in a Town
Hall or a property purchased by the local government only. The
readings of the civil vows are conducted in Italian and are
about 15 to 20 minutes long, but you can enrich the wedding
however you prefer. After the reading, the rings are exchanged
and then the witnesses sign the wedding act as do the bride and
groom.
Please note that according to Italian law a divorced woman or a
widow cannot remarry unless 300 days have passed from the date
of the Decree Absolute or decease of the previous spouse.
The minimum stay required is 4 days before the marriage can take
place.
Town Hall ceremonies are conducted Mondays to Fridays between
the hours of 9.00 am and 12.00 pm and must be booked in advance.
The following documents
are required by the local Registrar:
- No impediment certificate (Nulla Osta) issued by the relevant
authorities.
- Full birth certificate
- Photocopies of valid passport
Religious ceremony
In Italy a Catholic ceremony can only be performed in a Church
and can only be celebrated when both bride and groom are
Catholic. If one of the parties is of a different religion, a
Catholic wedding is still possible as long as you attend the
required pre-marital classes and have the paperwork approved by
the religious authorities in Italy. In the case of one of the
parties being divorced, the Catholic Church will not allow you
to remarry in church. You must have an annulment recognized by
the Catholic Authorities.
The following documents
are required for a Catholic wedding:
- Declaration from your Pastoral Advisor that both bride and
groom are active in the Catholic Church and seriously intend
having a religious blessing
- Certificate of Baptism
- Certificate of First Comunion
- Certificate of Confirmation
All the above documents must be sent to the Bishop in the city
of residence to obtain the ‘Religious Non Objection Declaration’.
Once these have been returned to you, they must be forwarded,
together with all the documents listed for the civil ceremony to
the local Bishop’s See in Italy to obtain the Italian ‘Religious
Nulla Osta’.
We require a month as the absolute minimum to give the priest
and archbishop in Italy time to review the paperwork.
