Planning Your Wedding Trip: Combining Marriage Registration and Honeymoon
How to efficiently combine your international marriage registration with a memorable honeymoon experience.
By Sarah Johnson
With extensive experience in the field of international marriage law, I have witnessed many couples overcoming the challenges of getting married over different countries. One such promising initiative that I encourage the most is the "Wedmoon" which is better understood as an intelligent and romantic way of doing things. You know what is wedmoon? This is a smart and romantic way of combining your legal marriage registration with your honeymoon into one seamless trip.
We, at VOWLY, help couples realize this dream. With this guide, I will take you through the various ways to plan both a cheap and fun wedding trip that is completely unforgettable.
The Smartest Way of Saying 'I Do' The Benefits of a Wedmoon
Joining your wedding with a honeymoon is more than a trend. This is a common-sense solution that has many good sides. Rather than planning two separate expensive events, you can transform them into one fantastic adventure.
Major advantages are:
- Great Cost Savings: It is predicted that bundling flights, hotels, and services will save you 20-40% compared to wedding and honeymoon trips separated. Some couples may successfully save almost $10,000 because of this.
- Cumulative delay time: If you are a busy warrior of the office with only a few well-deserved days off, this package allows you to achieve more with less. Just take care of all the required legal things, then you can spend the rest of the time just lying on the sun.
- Much less Stress: One trip merely is not nearly as complex as doing two trips. One streamlined process for logistics, communication, and payment makes life fun.
- Better Connection: Kicking off your honeymoon just at the moment you say "I do" means you'll be in a bubble of new happiness with no worries. It creates a connection that is more profound and doesn't involve post-wedding tasks or traveling for another day.
Proper Step to Pick Your Dream Resort A Practical Framework
A successful wedmoon mainly depends on an ideal destination. It should be easy to fulfill legal requirements, and at the same time, offer the honeymoon setting you like.
Quick and Fast Choices
For couples with tight schedules, some countries are so efficient in arranging marriages that you can get legally married, and then get a honeymoon within 7 to 10 days.
Places like Las Vegas, Nevada are well-known for their quick moves. Their low-cost marriage licenses are the best. Also, Iceland has a relatively simple legal procedure, even for the non-residents, and it naturally is a beautiful place to get married. The choice would be a location that does not require residency and where you can have a fast track waiting time for your marriage license.
Friendly Places for All Couples
Same-sex couples from countries that do not recognize their marriage can manage to get one through a wedmoon. It is one of the strongest methods to get legal acknowledgment and at the same time have vacations to celebrate your love. The exact place is the one that not only gives you a great honeymoon but also clearly states the law about same-sex marriage.
No matter where you go, you will need to provide specific documents from your home country to ensure your marriage is international. While every destination has different requirements to provide, there are some essential documents you must submit in almost all cases:
- Valid Passports
- Birth Certificates
- A Single Status Affidavit or a Certificate of No Impediment to prove that you are free to marry
- Divorce certificates or death certificates, if applicable
Normally, these documents need an Apostille or an embassy to be authorized abroad which is an important condition to be fulfilled for the worldwide recognition.
Gorgeous and Cheaper Wedmoons
Wonderful is a wedding trip that is not expensive at all. Many couples host a complete Wedmoon that includes legal documentation, ceremony, and accommodation as low as $3000 USD.
Countries in Southeast Asia, for example, Thailand or Vietnam, provide such options. The living costs and prices for the local services might be over 50% cheaper than in Europe or in the Caribbean.
However, one needs to assess the negatives. You may face longer visa processes depending on your nationality or have to do more legwork to find trusted local vendors. The important thing is that you should weigh the price against the convenience.
Your Wedmoon Roadmap A Step-by-Step Plan
Time management is the key to a pleasant journey. Every couple's experience is different, yet a proposed general timeline can help keep you on course.
1. The Base (6-12+ Months Out)
- Legal Counsel: It is an incredibly important first step. Identify what the legal requirements are for your nationalities in terms of where you choose.
- You have Your Destination: Its final step then will be to declare your place for both marriage and honeymoon.
- Collect Documents: You have to begin the procedure of getting and authorizing the paperwork like birth certificates and nullity of marriage affidavits. It may take several months.
2. The specifics (3-6 Months Out)
- Plane and Hotel: Book plane tickets and a room.
- Securing Eager Vendors: Confirm with your wedding planner, photographer, and officiant.
- Plan Legal Appointments: Confirm your appointment at the local marriage registry.
3. Before the Trip (Immediately post-ceremony)
- Legalize Your Certificate: Get your marriage certificate, and next start the Apostille or embassy legalization process. This is very important for your home country to accept it and also for you to change your name, update your visa, and tax purposes.
Turning Complexity into Clarity with VOWLY
Planning a Wedmoon at the start of your lives together is a thrill and it is a well-organized, intimate journey that is available at a lower price than conventional methods of attaining marriage legality, as well as an unforgettable honeymoon. It is all about planning and particularly the legal papers.
Eager to discover which state will be the venue for your wedding trip? Take full advantage of the VOWLY Smart Marriage Wizard which is an exclusive tool tailored to your specific needs or calculate your precise costs without any delays. Our aim is to make your international marriage simple and easy as never before.