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by Nantley Forde, Nan

There's a growing trend in weddings and it's the destination wedding.

More and more couples are packing up their family and friends and taking off to somewhere fabulous to get married.

It's your special day and you deserve the best. Beautiful Vancouver, Canada is the ideal place for your destination wedding.

Where you want to get married is limited only by your imagination. For an outdoor wedding choose a luxuriant rainforest park, a coastal beach or a mountain top for your event.

The most popular and favorite outdoor places to get married are Stanley Park surrounded on three sides by water or at the highest point in the center of the city, the hill top Queen Elizabeth Park.

Some of the picnic sites need to reserved ahead of time and you can do that through the Vancouver Parks Board but in general to host your nuptials in a park surrounded by blossoms or on an ideal ocean-side beach you are free to do so as long as you follow a few simple rules.

• first come, first served
• 50 people or less
• no chairs, tents, awnings or tables
• no alcohol
• no rice or confetti

To get a marriage license in Vancouver it costs $100 (cdn) and it is non-refundable. Only one of you needs to apply for a marriage license but you will need to know the full name, date of birth and place of birth of the other person. You both need to be 19 or older or you'll need parental consent. And, the ceremony must be witnessed by at least two other people as well as the marriage commissioner or religious representative. Our laws also allow same sex marriages.

After the ceremony take your wedding photos surrounded by stunning vistas and natural beauty. In this lush, green city you won't need to spend a lot of money on flowers maybe only a bouquet for the bride and a boutonniere for the groom.

For indoor weddings choose from an intimate boutique hotel, restaurants with stunning views, a private yacht, a heritage site or some other special venue or attraction. There are plenty of alternatives and people to help you including Vancouver wedding planners, decorators, florist, caterers and photographers.

After you say I do get the most out of your trip and plan to stay enjoy your honeymoon in Vancouver. You'll find many special packages for newly weds.

Planning for your destination wedding will not just be about the location, it will revolve around cost as well. There are several types of cost involved in your destination wedding. You will have travel expenditures. You will of course have the typical wedding costs. Then, there are the expenditures associated with hotel rooms. You can have your dream destination wedding by heeding these couple savings tips.

Savings on travel expenditures
Save money by asking those guests that will be flying from the same location to make their travel plans as a group. Your guests can save as much as 10% on airline travel when you ask for the airline's group rate when booking the flights. When choosing on the wedding date, think about when peak season is for your destination and choose your wedding date so that it falls in their off season because many airlines have lower fares at those times.

Saving Money On Resorts
Some all-inclusive resorts will offer a free wedding if you stay at the resort. Ask about this specific feature when you call resorts. If you are utilizing a travel agency, you may be given packets of brochures for resort destinations. Check them over carefully for this feature and other similar savings.

Discounts Through Wedding Planners
Some websites and even hotels offer wedding planners as a feature to their guests. Check the hotels at your selected destination to see if they have "wedding planner services". If they do, they often give huge discounts and even free wedding plans. Destination wedding websites will also have wedding planner services that can save you money and time on the ceremony. Make sure you know how many guests are included in any package deal offered by a wedding planner. If you are lucky, the first and last thing you plan may be which hotel to book, and the hotel wedding planner will take over and you will have the destination wedding planning done for you. Now, not only have you saved money, you've saved yourself some stress from planning too.

Apartment, Villa, Hotel
Once you have chose your destination, you can check around to see if there are any alternative accommodations for your guests that may save them money, like villas, or apartments in the area that may be willing to rent for a weekend or a few days. Most popular destination locations are used to these requests. These places oftentimes have special rates for wedding guests.

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