Archive for May, 2010

When it comes to preparing for your wedding, there is no doubt you want to have the perfect day and the perfect event. That is what every bride dreams of. But there are a lot of things that need to go right to make it happen, and those are things you may not want to be burdened with. In addition to having to plan the wedding from the onset, if you also have to make sure everything is happening when it needs to happen on the wedding day – that a minister is in place on time, and that the entertainment will show up and play the songs you need them to play in the order you need them to play them – your special day may be more stressful than blissful.

There is a way to remove much of that stress. Consider letting someone else do the work and even getting an early start on your honeymoon at the same time by having your wedding aboard a cruise ship. While you may have only thought that a cruise ship can take care of the honeymoon plans after the wedding, they are also completely skilled in hosting the big event itself. Most cruise ships have their very own wedding planner and staff that can take your budget into account as well as what you want in your wedding experience and make it all happen, while you enjoy the changing scenery aboard the decks of the ship as you visit fabulous wedding destinations.

If your concern is how much it will cost, it’s not as much as you would think. The cost for a wedding planner on land is usually a few thousand dollars. The same services aboard a ship can cost less than a thousand dollars. But, what about all the guests you want to invite, do they need to buy a cruise as well? No. Luckily, cruise lines understand that all the people you know do not want to go on a wedding and honeymoon voyage with you, so they will allow guests to come onboard for the wedding itself, and the reception, then go ashore when it’s all wrapped up, as you take off on your wedding cruise.

Since cruise ships have a major staff at their daily disposal who are accustomed to being part of a high-quality entertainment venue, they can often effortlessly pull together a wedding you will never forget with all the details you had only dreamed off. Many cruise lines offer affordable wedding packages including Disney Cruises, Carnival Cruises, and Princess Cruises. If you select to go with Princess Cruises, they also have a number of extra special packages chock full of additional flowers, a stringed quartet and a variety of extravagant extras that will make you feel like you are royalty on your special day.