Planning Your Wedding on a Boat - Pros and Cons

Your wedding day should be one of the mostaboard a boat.
special and most memorable days of your life, soThough the pros of having a boat-bound wedding
if you feel that you need to step outside ofare undeniably good, the potential cons can far
tradition in order to make the experience all thatoutweigh them. You have to be prepared for
it can possibly be - then you should go for it, butwhatever the open sea might throw at you, be it
be prepared for the possibility of facing somerain, sleet or violent storms - the sea is
adversity if you opt to go for something that isn'tunpredictable and just like planning any type of
wholly traditional.party, you have to be willing to play whatever
One particular wedding location that's increasing inhand the weather deals you.
popularity is aboard a boat. Having your weddingSea sickness is another big potential downside to
aboard a boat can be an incredible experience, thehaving a wedding aboard a boat. Even though the
beauty of the open water coupled with gourmetconditions of the water may be reasonably calm
food and entertainment out in the sun with a coolsome or several of your guests or wedding party
sea breeze is an occasion that neither you normay succumb to the woes of sea sickness at
your guests will ever forget.some point during the venture - and that point
Pros of having your wedding aboard a luxurymay or may not occur directly in the middle of
cruise ship.your ceremony.
By having your wedding on a ship, you canIf the water is rough for the entire time that you
combine your wedding and honeymoon allowingare on it sea sickness and misery could abound
you to immediately begin the vacation celebrationthrough your entire voyage, which will still certainly
as soon as the wedding is through. You'll eliminatemake your wedding celebration memorable, but
the need for dual planning - once the initial decisionprobably not in the way you would have liked.
is made and the guest list is submitted, the crewPlanning a wedding in any location that can have
aboard the cruise ship will take care of everythingunpredictable circumstances is always a gamble;
elseit's up to you and your mate to decide how much
What comes as a surprise to most people is thatyou're willing to gamble on the day of your
having your wedding in this fashion can actuallycelebration. If it's of the utmost importance to the
save you some money. By booking the weddingtwo of you to hold your day outside on the open
and honeymoon together you'll get a better dealwater, then by all means take the risk and hope
than you would have by booking them separatelyfor the best, but if the worst case scenario is too
and since your wedding will be aboard a cruisemuch for you to bare dealing with on what is
ship, it's likely that your guest list will besupposed to be the most wonderful day of your
substantially shorter.life, you may want to have second thoughts
As far as planning and preparation go, you'll haveabout planning your wedding on a boat.
far less to do with planning your wedding aboardKeep in mind, once you get out there, there will
a boat which can eliminate the majority of stressbe no turning back - you can't magically move the
and many of the headaches that are commonlyboat inside if the weather turns sour, that should
associated with the usually monumental task ofbe your biggest concern when considering an
the planning.unconventional location for a wedding.
The cons associated with having a wedding