Planning Answers
Yes, UK couples can marry in Mexico, and the marriage is generally recognised at home afterwards. What catches people out is that the beach ceremony is usually not the legal one. Mexico’s legal marriage is civil, conducted through the local Registro Civil, and the paperwork is set state by state.…
Mexico is the long-haul destination UK couples ask about most once they have ruled out Europe, and the first question is always the same: what does it actually cost once you add the flights, the ceremony and the fact that half the family wants to come. The honest answer is that the ceremony side is…
Ask ten Italian venues for the best month and you will get ten answers, because each one is selling its own calendar. Ask a UK couple who married there and the answer narrows fast. For most couples flying from Britain, the choice comes down to two windows: late May to mid June, or September into…
Yes, UK couples can have a legally binding civil ceremony in Italy, and a marriage that is valid under Italian law is recognised in the UK without any second ceremony at home. That is the short answer. The longer answer is that the paperwork is done in the UK before you fly, it takes weeks rather…
Greece is not one climate. It is two seas and a few hundred islands, and the month that flatters Santorini is not the month that flatters Corfu. For most UK couples the choice still narrows to two windows: late May into June, or September into the first half of October. The better question is which…
Yes. UK couples can have a legally binding civil wedding in Greece, and GOV.UK’s guidance is that a marriage abroad is recognised in the UK when it followed the local process and would have been allowed under UK law. The honest part is the paperwork. It starts at home, it runs through a Greek town…
Greece is two wedding markets under one flag. The headline number that reached the press this summer describes one of them, and most UK couples are shopping in the other. Here is what the published 2026 data says, in the currency it was published in.
Written and checked by the I Do Abroad team · Last updated 10 November 2026 · Sources listed at the end of this page Prices are quoted in the currency each source used (Georgian lari, GEL, and US dollars). Convert on the day you book, not the day you read this. Georgia, the country, is…
For UK couples weighing up a wedding in France. Written by I Do Abroad. Last reviewed 20 October.
Written and checked by the I Do Abroad team · Last updated 10 November 2026 · Sources listed at the end of this page France is the destination UK couples fall for first and ask about last. The château, the long lunch, the light in September. Then someone on a forum says “you can’t actually…