Zante 2012

Hi

Congratulations I'm booked with a greek wedding planner so already know my date 2 September 2012 at the Alexandra Beach and all the paperwork is taken care of sorry I cant be of any helpxx

Hi Shankins, welcome to the site, and congrats on your upcoming wedding.

I'm getting married on the 14th June in Tsilvili......coming round way too quick!!

I have booked through Thomson and we were given our date within 3 or 4 weeks of booking it ( we were advised it could have been up to 6 weeks). We were also told we must have this date confirmed before we could plan anything.....including family and friends going out as if the date could not be confirmed within our 2 week hol then they would move our holiday and the wedding, however would not refund for any family members or other plans we had made. When did you book? We were e-mailed by the wedding co-ordinator 3 days after booking too. Our wedding docs do say that we may have a very slow response between November - May due to it being closed season.  The reason i chose Thomson was because my brother and now wife got married in Rhodes through Thomas Cook last year and it was a trauma from start to finish. Ensure that you have the docs showing your extra luggage allowance for your dress as my sister in law spent the full holiday thinking that she wouldnt be able to get it home as Thomas Cook never provided anything to show this and had failed to put it on the computer! English side they were brill and ;let her take it however they said that the doc would need to be shown on her return flight. Once over in Greece things went a lot smoother for them though (however it was a Thomason rep that dealt with them on the day) and they had a lovely day.

Are you on Facebook? MrsBtoB and i are in a hitched group on there which is full of tips.

Hope to get to know you

I joined the FB group too, not sure if its the same one though!!!

i must have my sunday thick brain in can't seem to find this facebook site!!!!   lol   HELP

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Hi Mrs BtoB just added you thanks.

Karen

You should be added now

Thanks alot

Karen

hi and thanks sorry i havnt been on hear for a few days internet have been down and then i had my little girls birthday so been abit crazy lol 

i booked it in june 2011 holiday and wedding when i booked it they said i could have the 17th or 18th of july as my wedding day but when i had my wedding pack/info through they say they cant tell us a wedding date untill we get there . im not to worried about luggage allowance as i have paid for the extra 5kg before i new that they gave you more for a wedding so i have 80kg between us and i am not having a big heavy wedding dress and the same with my 2 girls they are only having small litttle dress dont want them to over heat lol ,thomas cook have been good when i have emailed them they do get back to me not the same day (but you cant have everything lol). yes i am on facebook where in tsilvili are u getting married hope all your planes are coming together nicely and your finding everything you want 

and can any one tell me how to do the wedding count down at the end of all the posts thanks 

Hi All

I'm a Zante bride - September 2012.

We did anticipate arranging the wedding ourselves with the help of the family that run the accomadation that we will be staying in but don't feel like we are getting anywhere.

We have told the family that we want to get married on the 5th September and they have said this is ok and they will speak to the registrar but are we suppose to get some official cofirmation that our wedding is booked?  They haven't asked us about a time, surely they would need ths to book our wedding?

I emailed them over a week ago asking for prices for various extras and also details of the photographer/hair/make up people that they recommend as surely these will need to be secured in advance and I would really like to speak with them before hand so we know what we will be getting and feel happy with it.  I haven't yet had a response to my email.

I am also finding it difficult to find someone to translate our documents into Greek as they have said this need to be done before they are sent over.  I have emailed 4 or 5 people in the UK that I found through the Greek Consulate but haven't heard anything back, this is at least 3 weeks ago.

I know the Greeks are very laid back but at the minute I feel as if i have a holiday booked and not a wedding and am starting to wish that we had used a wedding planner or chosen somewhere else entirely different

Do you ladies have things like your photographer, hair, make-up arranged already?  I may be worrying unneccesarily but we are only there 3 days before we get married and a week in total so it seems an awful lot to arrange in such a short time.

Hi

Sorry your having so much trouble we've gone with Francis from Tsilvili Travel a Greek wedding planner and she does everything even paperwork I've got my date and time the location I've chosen my package and hair and makeup etc, I dont know what to suggest perhaps get a wedding planner just for the ceremony and legal part and organise your own reception?? I am sure Francis does thisxx

Hi Rachel

Thanks for your resply.

I have heard lots of people mention Francis so I will drop an email and see what she thinks - the family were very good at responding when we were first interested in booking now it seems to take them longer and longer each time we send a question (and believe me I am no bridezilla this is the first time I have sent any wedding related questions to them).  Even if they have it all under control I would rather they just email me and say this is what you need to do and when. 

My OH keeps telling me to be patient - he knows I am the most impatient and organised person in the world

I've sent them another email today asking for a response and asking them if it would be easier for them if I got a wedding planner.  Think if I don't hear anything in the next week this is the route I am going to take.

All the best with your wedding x

Jo

hi 

i have gone with thomas cook and i to have to sort all my documents out i have a leaflet for a company that will do all the documents i did ring him and he is really nice he explained alot to me i will give you the contact details if you want them i did look online for some others that do all the documents side of thing but i could not get a reply from alot of them i hope you get it all sorted it make you worry when you dont hear from anyone for a while. good luck with everything

stacey  

Hi Stacey

Thanks for your reply - I would be really really grateful if you could share the contact details with me.

I've heard from the family and they have given me some contacts for photography, hair/make-up and flowers and I've even managed to contact some of them and get some replies so feel much more happy about things now. Just need to speak to them again and get confirmation of our wedding date and time.

Thanks again

Jo x

hi Jo 

thats good i know the Greek way is alot more relaxed about doing thing.

like i said i have gone with thomas cook and i wont know my wedding date or time untill i get to greece for our wedding/holiday.

the photography, hair/make up i cant sort out untill i get there but the flowers are in with the package so they only thing i need to do with the will be choose the colour when we have a meeting with the wedding planner when we get to greece 

the contact details are 

Androulla Veliotou Ltd 

Approved greek Consulate

translator

Approved foreign & Commonwealth Office Interpreter 

123 Warren Drive south

Tolworth

Surrey 

KT5 9Q H 

tel 02083376093 

mob 07802988098

email AV@blueyonder.co.uk 

he sounds really nice and is very helpful i got his details from thomas cook 

i thing im bit wary of is the certificate of no impediment because of how long it is valid for 

i hope this helps and you hear about your date soon the waiting is horrid its not to bad for me know i have made myself not worry about it i know i will be away for 2 weeks and 1 of those days i will be getting married

take care 

stacey x