You’ve done it! You’ve found the man or woman of your dreams, and you are getting married. And what’s more, you’ve decided to get married abroad! Destination weddings are so incredible, and those people that attend them often comment that they are the most memorable weddings that they have ever been to. But once you start looking at the practicalities, that smile may just fall from your face. It’s complicated.

Many brides and grooms believe that they have to organize every single detail of their big day, and find it very difficult to hand over any responsibility to anyone else. But if you are planning on having a destination wedding, it is even more vital that you engage the services of a trusted and reputable wedding planner, and we have five brilliant reasons to persuade you why:

1. Always begin with research.

You have a job to do and a life to be leading – you don’t have time to be researching a completely new country! But for a wedding planner, this type of research is almost second nature, and they would be doing this if the wedding was at home anyway. This means that they are good at it, and they won’t consider it an inconvenience.

2. It’s all about who you know.

And chances are, you don’t know anyone in the country of your destination wedding. But your wedding planner either will, or will very soon, and will be able to liaise between you and your vendors through different languages if that’s what it takes.

 3. No complications for you.

Getting married abroad at a destination wedding is spectacular, but requires a bit of legal maneuvering to make sure that your marriage is legal. Your wedding planner will be able to sort that out for you without you breaking a sweat – and organize any currency changes for you as well.

 4. You still keep the decisions.

A wedding planner doesn’t make decisions, but implements them. With all of the stressful administration that a destination wedding can bring sorted by them, you will have all the fun of deciding the exciting things, like color schemes, bridesmaids’ dresses, and the menu.

 5. Nothing is your problem.

Whilst you are abroad, you will be able to sit back and relax, knowing that everything is taken care of – and if anything does happen that isn’t to plan, your wedding planner will be able to deal with it, not you. You just have to relax, and commit yourself to the love of your life.