Wed in Central Park's Blog (25)

Donna and Matt came to New York City this February to get married in Central Park. It was an elopement. They did not tell people they were coming over here to get married, they just surprised them with the news when they got home.

They are both from Derby in the UK. They have had the same group of friends for a long time and met around thirteen years ago, had a…

Katie and Reece brought their closest friends and family from Birmingham, England over to New York City for their wedding. They braved the New York City Winter temperatures and theirs was our final wedding of 2013, held on 30^th…

Lauren and Andrew came over from Middlesborough in the UK along with their family to get married in Central Park this November. They have been together for seven years, they met in a pub and became friends from there and slowly become more. Andrew asked Lauren to marry him in Central Park whilst they were staying in New York in November 2009.

Marriage is…

Diane and Ian came from Scotland to New York to get married in Central Park in August. They had met through a mutual friend in 2009 and had been living together in Edinburgh for three and a half years before their wedding. They had got engaged on Christmas Night in 2012, at home.

They decided quite quickly that they wanted to get married abroad and New York is…

Tanya and Greg got married in Central Park towards the end of September. They are both from Kentucky. They met while working together in early 2012 and it was love at first sight.... sort of. They quickly became friends and hung out for several months before properly getting together as a couple. Tanya had to work far away for eight months but they persevered and she…

Tammy and John travelled from their home town of Cleveland, Ohio this September to get married in Central Park. They met in 2005 at work and were friends for many years. In 2010, they began spending a lot more time together and realized very quickly that they wanted to be together. Since they had both been married before and have five children between them, they took…

Lewis and Sylvia came to New York City to get married this August. Sylvia is French and Lewis is British and they live together in the UK. They met in June 2009, at Lewis' work in the UK where Sylvia had an internship at the time. Lewis proposed to Sylvia on her 21st birthday, “it was simply magical,” said Sylvia, “that night it was quite chilly outside and he forced…

Jenny and Simon brought their friends and family over from the UK at the beginning of August to get married in Central Park. They had got engaged when Simon proposed over breakfast in bed in a hotel in Edinburgh. Getting married was important to them because they see is as the biggest commitment that two people can make to each other.

They love to travel…

Try not to worry about the weather. If you have chosen to have an outdoor wedding then you are at the mercy of the weather. There are a few sheltered spots in Central Park where you can hold a wedding, under Bethesda Terrace being the one I would suggest, but if it rains you will still get wet on the way. If you are getting married in the Winter, it will be cold, dress accordingly. If you are a small group, the…

Katherine and Richard brought their family and friends from Burton upon Trent in Derbyshire to get married in Central Park this June. They have two children together; Sam (four years old) and Max…

Helen and Owen started dating when they were seventeen and have been together ever since. This June, they brought their close family and friends all the way from their hometown of Liverpool to New York City in order to get married in Central Park.

Owen and Helen had talked about getting married to they went to the…

Laura is from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and her groom, Iain, is from Ealing, London. They met in November 2007 when they were both traveling in New Zealand. Laura and Iain got engaged in Peacehaven, Brighton on a weekend away. They had been together for five years, and lived together for four years before marrying in March 2013. Getting married was important to them…

Alice and Jim travelled from Exeter in the UK for their beautiful, snowy Winter Central Park wedding. Alice moved to Exeter to attend University in 2009, and got to know Jim as she regularly went into his video game store, Game. They did not get together straight away, but as…

Dave and Sian are from Wales in the UK, and met in 2010. They said they knew almost straight away that they would get married. They had chatted about eloping to do it, but not made any solid plans. Dave's brother had a destination wedding in Greece with several family members and that had put them off slightly, they did not want the stress of planning and organising to…

This lovely Australian couple, Carly and Sean, met at High School although they did not begin seeing each other exclusively until almost eight years ago. Sean had proposed one night when they were both in their pyjamas about to go to bed. Carly started to head towards the stairs and Sean had placed the ring box in her path.

Carly and Sean had given only…

I run a Central Park wedding planning business. A big concern for lots of couples, particularly those who are not from the area is what the weather will be like. Anyone who wants to get married in the great outdoors, enjoying all nature has to offer, is at the mercy of the weather.

Spring

Spring comes quite suddenly in…

Kathryn and Gareth are from Lancashire in England. They met at a local club and had been together for ten years before they got married. Gareth asked Kathryn to marry him on her birthday in December of 2009, and of course she said yes.

Kathryn and Gareth both agreed that they wanted a small wedding. They did not want to spend a lot of money and were not…

Sam and Steve got engaged in February 2012. They had met in 2001, and dated for a short while before an amicable break up and stayed in touch as friends. They both had other relationships but they said that none were 'the one'.  Then, in 2011, something changed for them both and they started to spend more time together, Sam said “it wasn't long before we both realized…

When planning Las Vegas weddings, a rather frequently asked question from people from outside of the US is what are the legal requirements? What paperwork and ID do I need to bring? If I get married in Vegas, am I only legally married in Vegas? Or the US? How do I make it legal in my country? Here is everything you need to know about the legal requirements to get married in Las Vegas:

The fee…

In my business of planning weddings in Las Vegas I am often asked what my suggestions are to get the most out of a Las Vegas wedding.

1) The Weather – Before making the hotel reservations for your wedding in Las Vegas, check the normal weather for that time of year. Daytime in July and August can bring hot sun and occasional heavy storms, but evenings are a nice temperature.…