Non-Traditional Weddings

More and more couples are looking for something different and we get a lot of requests for unusual weddings. Here are some of the best, not-of-the-norm…

Bedouin wedding in the Jordan desert

We have been following the expolits of the Honeymoon testers as they renew their wedding vows around the world attempting to break the Guinness World Record.  Last week, the winners of the Ultimate Job in Ireland clocked up wedding number 41!

Mark and Denise Duffield-Thomas, aka The Honeymoon Testers,  renewed their vows in Jordan’s Wadi Rum desert, read more…

Alternative Wedding – Humanist Ceremony

We keep hearing stories of late on how civil ceremonies are on the rise and how people are moving away from the traditional church wedding. That may be the case, but the civil marriage registrars only work Monday – Friday, and some of them can be rather staid, particularly if held in the registry read more…

Classic Combi Wedding Alternative!

In our preparation for traveling to Finland for the World Wife Carrying Championships, I have been trying to source a decent campervan to bring us all the way there.  Through my searching, I have pretty much talked to every campervan rental company in Ireland!  One really interesting one I stumbled on was LazyDays.ie – they read more…

Weddings around the World

As you know, we are following with interest the Honeymoon Testers who are travelling the world, checking out the best honeymoon locations and reporting back on their experience. Along the way, they have decided they are also going to try to break the Guinness World Record of the most times to renew their wedding read more…

Follow the Honeymoon Testers around the globe!

I did document the winners of the Ultimate Job in Ireland, Denise and Mark who are the official Honeymoon Testers of RunawayBrideandGroom and they have begun their journey and are faithfully documenting it all.   What caught my eye today, was the fact that they are trying to break a Guinness World Record attempt by read more…

Big Proposal

Good to see romance is alive and well in Wicklow!  Caught this pic on boards.ie recently…

Inventive, you have to give him that!  He must have been pretty sure she would say yes…otherwise he’d have to move off the street!
Do you have an interesting proposal story to share? Tell us all in the comments!

Real Wedding on a budget: Ciara & Kieran

Next up in our Real Wedding Series, is Ciara Fitzgibbon from Cork who managed to have a budget wedding of €5,000 without sacrificing any of her big plans. I think you’ll find her story inspiring! Over to Ciara….
My husband and I got married last July, outdoors under a blue sky in sunny Cork. read more…

A Wedding with plenty of Drama!

Cork Brides take note!!  One of the top wedding venues outside of Cork city, the Carlton Hotel in Kinsale is opening their doors to invite you to join them for a wedding fair with a difference…… not the usual stands, fashions shows and leaflets…..this will be a full on “fake wedding“!

Everybody loves a good wedding, read more…

Tie the Knot

This takes tying the knot to a whole new meaning!!  For our Friday Fun post today, check out how far balloon twisting has come….the wedding would be sure to go off with a bang! :P

And the bridesmaids….

An expert at work:

And after!

VBlog Episode 6: Kilts & Colour Schemes

This week, our Bride-to-Be Liz talks about the Colour Scheme for the wedding, setting the date and discussing the ceremony type with the priest.

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