When you have your heart set on an exotic location for your wedding, you will be forced to make a number of long distance decisions. If you've decided to have the ceremony on the beach or in a garden, you'll be adding an extra dimension to the planning. For the Hebrew couples planning Jewish destination weddings, a wedding rabbi with years of experience has some good advice.
You need to find if there's a local rabbi who can officiate for you. If you are going somewhere remote, finding a rabbi anywhere in the vicinity could be a problem. You might invite your rabbi to fly out and conduct the ceremony. It will be more meaningful with someone you know performing the service, but you will have to pay all his expenses.
Outdoor ceremonies are beautiful, but weather has a way of changing the most detailed plans. The Chuppah canopy is one of them. You will have to make some kind of arrangements in advance for moving it in case of inclement weather. Setting up the canopy, and the wooden planks, is labor intensive. Taking them up at the last minute may not be feasible. In that case you need to have a hand held one ready.
You must provide a specific place for all the ritual wedding elements. You need to have your wedding ceremony treasures picked up and placed at your table or by the wedding cake. Be sure you have a pull string bag and someone assigned to pick up the breaking glass. This is an important symbol of your commitment.
You must make provisions for your ketubah. It will need protection during your flight. Placing it in heavy plastic and packing it carefully in your checked luggage should do the trick. If your ceremony is being performed on the beach, you can use a treated canvas ketubah. This way you won't risk damage from water spray or sand. You need to bring some wire or ribbon to secure it to the easel in case a strong wind tries to topple it.
If most of your guests are flying in for the occasion, you want them there in time for the ceremony. If possible, you should book the flights for the day before. For those who have to arrive the day of the service, booking them flights for early in the morning is the best idea. Your wedding planner should make the arrangements for transportation from the airport to the hotel.
You can get wedding insurance. This is something you need to put in your budget. It will protect you if anything unforeseen happens, like a change of plans, a caterer who doesn't show up, or a deposit you have to forfeit.
Hopefully this is the only wedding you will ever have. Everything should be as perfect as possible. Careful planning will help. Planning for all the things that might happen is as important as planning for all the things you want to happen.
You need to find if there's a local rabbi who can officiate for you. If you are going somewhere remote, finding a rabbi anywhere in the vicinity could be a problem. You might invite your rabbi to fly out and conduct the ceremony. It will be more meaningful with someone you know performing the service, but you will have to pay all his expenses.
Outdoor ceremonies are beautiful, but weather has a way of changing the most detailed plans. The Chuppah canopy is one of them. You will have to make some kind of arrangements in advance for moving it in case of inclement weather. Setting up the canopy, and the wooden planks, is labor intensive. Taking them up at the last minute may not be feasible. In that case you need to have a hand held one ready.
You must provide a specific place for all the ritual wedding elements. You need to have your wedding ceremony treasures picked up and placed at your table or by the wedding cake. Be sure you have a pull string bag and someone assigned to pick up the breaking glass. This is an important symbol of your commitment.
You must make provisions for your ketubah. It will need protection during your flight. Placing it in heavy plastic and packing it carefully in your checked luggage should do the trick. If your ceremony is being performed on the beach, you can use a treated canvas ketubah. This way you won't risk damage from water spray or sand. You need to bring some wire or ribbon to secure it to the easel in case a strong wind tries to topple it.
If most of your guests are flying in for the occasion, you want them there in time for the ceremony. If possible, you should book the flights for the day before. For those who have to arrive the day of the service, booking them flights for early in the morning is the best idea. Your wedding planner should make the arrangements for transportation from the airport to the hotel.
You can get wedding insurance. This is something you need to put in your budget. It will protect you if anything unforeseen happens, like a change of plans, a caterer who doesn't show up, or a deposit you have to forfeit.
Hopefully this is the only wedding you will ever have. Everything should be as perfect as possible. Careful planning will help. Planning for all the things that might happen is as important as planning for all the things you want to happen.
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