For years now, the Great Indian Wedding has travelled across the world, mesmerising exotic destinations overseas with its colour, grandeur and charm. But if recent trends are any indication, couples are now ditching international destinations and opting for exotic locations closer home instead, for the perfect, dreamy wedding.
Weddings in metros aren’t as alluring as they used to be. Delhi-based writer Rayman Gill wasn’t even considering getting married in the capital. “Delhi is too expensive and crowded; it just didn’t make sense.” Instead, she chose to marry in a picture-perfect setting in Panchkula, which is an hour’s drive from Chandigarh. It was at a private resort there, with the Shivaliks at the foothills of the Himalayas on one side and the banks of the River Ghaggar on the other, that Rayman found what she was looking for. With tonnes of birds for company, it was straight out of a fairytale. What she loved most about her wedding was that it had a feel of not being in the city. She says, “Weddings are usually about showing up, eating and leaving. Having it far away from the metros added a community feel, since most friends and family stayed in the hotel itself.”
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Bangalore filmmaker Atul Kattukaran couldn’t agree more. He says, “The advantage of a destination wedding is that nobody goes home — everybody is always there and we can do late nights and there is no cut-off time, since we are living there for those few days.” After tonnes of research, Atul chose Willingdon Island in Kerala to kick-start his married life. He transported all his friends and family there, where they had the whole resort to themselves, that too, during the peak season between Christmas and New Year. What Atul loves about lesser-known destinations is that there is a whole lot of flexibility in doing things, unlike in certain private establishments in the city, which tend to be a little “stuck up”. The highlight of Atul’s wedding was the lip-sync video — in one take, he gathered all his 150 guests around the pool and they all lip-synced to the song ‘Are you going to be my girl?’ and had the time of their lives.
‘Wanted’ guests
Atul won’t have had the wedding any other way. “In a metro, you often have unwanted people turning up for your wedding. You don’t really want that.”
Nandini Vaish, a Public Relations Manager for an Indian multinational, echoes similar sentiments. Having first-hand experience with her elder sisters’ weddings, she says, “If you have a wedding in the city, there are just too many people to call. Plus, the family never gets involved; they are too busy running around catering to out-of-station guests and taking them around.”
With a destination wedding, Nandini was clear she wanted to have a captive audience. And she did, with 40 people at her wedding in Bhimtal in Uttarakhand. She did consider having the wedding in Goa, but it was turning out to be expensive, as the wedding was November-end, when prices peak in Goa.
However, Goa is still a popular option for those looking to tie the knot in style. Price-wise, it’s all about timing. Like Aakarsh Kishore, a Client Services Manager who grew up in Mumbai, and chose Goa over Lonavala. It was working out more reasonable since he was getting married in July, and with the monsoon settling in, Lonavala was getting crowded and expensive. Although he didn’t have any contacts in Goa to begin with, he was familiar with it, since he had been there eight times before he got married. And its proximity to Mumbai was an added advantage.
Not as expensive
Destination weddings have now become a cheaper option than getting married in the city, and definitely a lot cheaper than going international. Like for Aakarsh, who provided accommodation for all his wedding guests for two nights. He says, “It wouldn’t have been cheaper in Mumbai; a lot more people would have come.”
There is also the practical side of things, Rayman reasoned. “My in-laws are both in their 60s and live in Chandigarh. I wanted a destination wedding, but not too far away, so that it would not be difficult to coordinate things with them.” The wedding also worked out more economical than if they had arranged it in Delhi, she adds.
Nandini’s little hill station wedding too wasn’t an expensive affair at all. She didn’t even have a make-up artist; she got her friends to do the make-up. What she really spent on was getting a wedding photographer down from Kanpur. And Nandini can’t stop raving about her wedding. “We had a blast,” she recalls. “There was a local band that was so talented and awesome. And we had a poolside party at the hotel — there was even a karaoke party after the wedding with friends and family.”
Local or international, these are the stuff memories are made of, after all.
Also see: http://www.sheindressau.com/grey-bridesmaid-dresses
Weddings in metros aren’t as alluring as they used to be. Delhi-based writer Rayman Gill wasn’t even considering getting married in the capital. “Delhi is too expensive and crowded; it just didn’t make sense.” Instead, she chose to marry in a picture-perfect setting in Panchkula, which is an hour’s drive from Chandigarh. It was at a private resort there, with the Shivaliks at the foothills of the Himalayas on one side and the banks of the River Ghaggar on the other, that Rayman found what she was looking for. With tonnes of birds for company, it was straight out of a fairytale. What she loved most about her wedding was that it had a feel of not being in the city. She says, “Weddings are usually about showing up, eating and leaving. Having it far away from the metros added a community feel, since most friends and family stayed in the hotel itself.”
Source: http://www.sheindressau.com
Bangalore filmmaker Atul Kattukaran couldn’t agree more. He says, “The advantage of a destination wedding is that nobody goes home — everybody is always there and we can do late nights and there is no cut-off time, since we are living there for those few days.” After tonnes of research, Atul chose Willingdon Island in Kerala to kick-start his married life. He transported all his friends and family there, where they had the whole resort to themselves, that too, during the peak season between Christmas and New Year. What Atul loves about lesser-known destinations is that there is a whole lot of flexibility in doing things, unlike in certain private establishments in the city, which tend to be a little “stuck up”. The highlight of Atul’s wedding was the lip-sync video — in one take, he gathered all his 150 guests around the pool and they all lip-synced to the song ‘Are you going to be my girl?’ and had the time of their lives.
‘Wanted’ guests
Atul won’t have had the wedding any other way. “In a metro, you often have unwanted people turning up for your wedding. You don’t really want that.”
Nandini Vaish, a Public Relations Manager for an Indian multinational, echoes similar sentiments. Having first-hand experience with her elder sisters’ weddings, she says, “If you have a wedding in the city, there are just too many people to call. Plus, the family never gets involved; they are too busy running around catering to out-of-station guests and taking them around.”
With a destination wedding, Nandini was clear she wanted to have a captive audience. And she did, with 40 people at her wedding in Bhimtal in Uttarakhand. She did consider having the wedding in Goa, but it was turning out to be expensive, as the wedding was November-end, when prices peak in Goa.
However, Goa is still a popular option for those looking to tie the knot in style. Price-wise, it’s all about timing. Like Aakarsh Kishore, a Client Services Manager who grew up in Mumbai, and chose Goa over Lonavala. It was working out more reasonable since he was getting married in July, and with the monsoon settling in, Lonavala was getting crowded and expensive. Although he didn’t have any contacts in Goa to begin with, he was familiar with it, since he had been there eight times before he got married. And its proximity to Mumbai was an added advantage.
Not as expensive
Destination weddings have now become a cheaper option than getting married in the city, and definitely a lot cheaper than going international. Like for Aakarsh, who provided accommodation for all his wedding guests for two nights. He says, “It wouldn’t have been cheaper in Mumbai; a lot more people would have come.”
There is also the practical side of things, Rayman reasoned. “My in-laws are both in their 60s and live in Chandigarh. I wanted a destination wedding, but not too far away, so that it would not be difficult to coordinate things with them.” The wedding also worked out more economical than if they had arranged it in Delhi, she adds.
Nandini’s little hill station wedding too wasn’t an expensive affair at all. She didn’t even have a make-up artist; she got her friends to do the make-up. What she really spent on was getting a wedding photographer down from Kanpur. And Nandini can’t stop raving about her wedding. “We had a blast,” she recalls. “There was a local band that was so talented and awesome. And we had a poolside party at the hotel — there was even a karaoke party after the wedding with friends and family.”
Local or international, these are the stuff memories are made of, after all.
Also see: http://www.sheindressau.com/grey-bridesmaid-dresses
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