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Hi Cherryblossom
I'm doing everything overseas too.... We just moved to Toronto from the UK but we're getting married in Spain. I'm going to do all my dress/bridesmaids shopping in Canada as am too chicken to do that unseen, but have done loads of research about everything else online. The Spanish way is to do everything in the week before the wedding, but I'm not laid back enough to do that!
In the end, the language barrier convinced me to hire a wedding planner in Spain and life has been a lot easier since we did!
When is your wedding? Which country?
I'm planning my wedding long distance, but not as much as you are! Still, we've done some things sight unseen... its nervewracking but at the same time, I think if I were in the town my wedding will be in, I wouldn't ever be able to stop doing wedding stuff!
Yes! I'm in New Mexico for grad school, planning a wedding 800 miles away in Missouri. I got a lot done over my winter break, and planning on going back for spring break... Luckily, my mom is helping out a lot!
Im planning my wedding long distance (live in Virginia getting married an hour outside of Atlanta) but not to the extent that you are! My FMIL is able to go to the location a couple of times a month and send me pictures etc. I have also been there many times before and got to see our venue over NYE.
Yes!! I am planning my wedding in Florida from Virginia! We aren't able to go to our location until the day of our wedding...but we are getting married at Disney World so there's really no reason to go earlier :) All I have to say is having the right planner is a HUGE help. They really know how to take care of long distance brides!
Planning from abroad definitely makes you resourceful. Thank God for the internet, right? I planned the first half of our Philly wedding from Asia. Luckily I was able to take advantage of the cheap prices of goods in Asia - I used a printer in Beijing to print the invitiation suite that I designed on Microsoft Publisher and also bought chopstick favors at a local market.
I would have one week of "rest and relaxation" every 2 months while I was posted abroad, so I would use that week to spend 3-4 days in America (the rest were lost up in the air) to visit sites, meet vendors, etc. In order to make most of those days, I did a lot of research on line, set up all of my appointments, and hoped I wouldn't be a walking zombie with my jet lag.
Yes!!! I, too, am planning my wedding from a different location. We live in Texas and our wedding is in California. Thankfully I have my sisters and my Mom to do a lot of the stuff for me there in CA. But it's difficult. They're 1600 miles away, so it's not like I can just hop in the car and help them with things or make decisions on the spot. Thank goodness for camera phones and email!! I gave them the vision we were going for and they ran with it. They have made the wedding planning experience easy for us, and I'm so thankful for that. But I kind of wish I could be there in person. My FH and I are flying back at least 2 times in the next 5 1/2 months to get stuff done, but it's only for the weekend and then we have to come back.
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Yep! It's challenging, but sometimes I think it's for the best, or else I would be in our chapel and reception venus everyother day checking out little details and irritating my vendors!
yep!! it was so much better in my opinion, and easy to plan from work ;) I don't like to shop, I don't like the bubbly snots at the bridal stores, and I find it's easier to compare online than drive all around town. The only thing i did in person was pick out rings with my hubby, but even with that we waited over a month and chose someone local and small in his hometown - the big jewelry stores were maddening! We definitely took a less traditional route b/c without that, we would have eloped. haha!
I am planning a wedding in Vermont from Virginia! Choosing a venue from a distance was really tricky! I asked lots of questions, but we have not been able to see any of them. We reserved the date on our favorite based on what we know, and luckily, my FMIL offered to drive a couple hours to check it out for us! We will go up for a tasting before the big day, but it is a bit nerve-racking. My plan is to do my many DIY projects at home and drive up for that weekend. I am so impressed with everyone planning from overseas!!
I'm currently planning a Los Angeles wedding from Seoul, Korea. Although, I have to say that I have a FAB wedding planner back in the states that's guiding me and doing all the work for me. The biggest challenge so far has been the dress. I'm flying back a week before the wedding so I don't really know how that would work.
I planned my entire wedding from Colombia. It's very different from local planning! MrsBearCub planned her wedding from Chile, you should check out her blog posts!
By no means am I planning from as far away as some of you, but 400 miles is enough to pose some of the same types of challenges. I booked a venue, dj and photographer without seeing/meeting them. I was fortunate to be in town for a weekend and crossed off the florist and cake. I am lucky in that the invites and dress shopping could be done here, although I don't know how the dress will come out of it's long car ride, and there is probably no way my FI won't see the dress before the wedding. Oh well.
I live in TX and am getting married in NC (where I'm from and where we met). It's tough but totally feasible thanks to the internet. Thanks Al Gore! lol.
Eek...gotta love long distance planning :P
I am American, FI is Danish, we live in Sweden, and are planning an Italian wedding. I have traveled to the US for dress, shoes, bridal portraits, and stationary (still have to figure out how and when to bring the dress to this side of the ocean!). I found our Italian photographer online after doing extensive research and corresponding through email. The dj comes recommended by the venue and again just communicated through email correspondence. Florist and string quartet is local Italian and I have seen one event they both did (which was amazing)....but all correspondence is going through FMIL and FFIL due to language barriers (contributing slightly to my stress level).
I think that is all the big stuff...it is pretty stressful at times but I just have to think ahead to what an amazing time it will be and it puts a smile on my face!! :)
We're getting married about 8 hrs away inour hometown. We were the last ones to see our venue in person when we saw it 2 months after booking. I'd found it online and sent out parents to check it out. They all gave it the thumbs up (and sent along some photos) so we wrote our first wedding check!
Certain parts of planning long distance have been hard, like not having your family around to help our or bounce ideas off of, but it also helps cut out the "too many cooks int he kitchen" problem I've heard lots of other girls complain about.
Having our families there for the wedding was THE single most important part, so instead of trying to get all of them to come to us, we realized it was MUCH easier to go to them.
I planned my wedding in Philadelphia from Seattle. I saw my reception site once before I put the deposit down. I didn't have a taste test but luckily the food was great. I came into town one day to pick out the cake. I bought my dress in Philly because I was living there at the time. Then I moved and took my dress with me and got it altered in Seattle. Never got a bridal shower. :( I communicated to the wedding party via facebook. Not the best way, but only way I thought was best.
Yeah, I know I had trouble being across the country but wow overseas? I gotta applaud you gals who did it overseas.
I planned most of my Indianapolis wedding from LA (I was stationed there for job training and FI was in Atlanta) and am now finishing things off from Dallas (relocation for job, but at least FI is here now too!).
My mom has been a lifesaver - I couldn't have done this without her! After I'd find things online, she'd go check out vendors and take pictures for me. She's been to multiple meetings with vendors that I just couldn't resonablely fly back to attend. She even did our tasting for us (lucky her)! I won't have my wedding anywhere but Indy though so you do what you have to do to make it happen!
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I live overseas and have done all my wedding planning entirely through the internet! I found my venue online (although my parents went to see it before I booked) I found all my vendors online through weddingwire and reviews. I bought my dress, rings, bridal jewelry, and save the dates online all site unseen. I would love to hear from other brides planning weddings in an unconventional way.