Wedding Locations Portugal

[mrsOtobe]

Had a nosey at your photos - looks like you had a brilliant time. And your dress looked fab!

[Claire]

@ mrsOtobe, I went to Koh a few months ago and had a great time.


We did the Cocktail lesson first, which is great fun.
We all got to make 2 cocktails each, and then had a 3 course meal (Thai). There was so much food, and it was so tasty!

[mrsOtobe]

@Claire - brilliant, that's exactly what we're doing! Great to hear you had a good time!

[ruanelou]

Hi Girls , just started planning and we are thinking of going to portugal ! just wondering did your hotels / caters make negotiations on the menus and prices got a few prices and locations and to be honest i dont really like the set menus the hotels have given us and some of the prices are high. So girls just wondering did anyone get the hotel to make a few changes with the menus and move on the prices.

[bri2be]

hiya, its really difficult to be honest- i found that the prices are fairly fixed- however the venues we looked at are open to other menu suggestions for sure.

[ruanelou]

Thanks for your reply not long til your wedding yeah i was getting that impression alright but with recession alot of irish hotels and suppliers are coming down in prices its hard to understand why in portugal they wont make some discounts etc. there is one or two places i have my eye on going over to see them soon. I love reading all the tips on this site it has really helped me. Does anyone have recommendations for hairdressers in albuferia also beatuicans as i might try a few when i over.
Hows everyone plans coming along?

[bri2be]

ya, its frustrating cos it hard to bargain! ya, only 11 weeks for me now! exciting. dont have any info on hairdressers or beauticans in albufiera, sorry. when are you getting married?

[bri2be]

ya, its frustrating cos it hard to bargain! ya, only 11 weeks for me now! exciting. dont have any info on hairdressers or beauticans in albufiera, sorry. when are you getting married?

[ruanelou]

we have no date set yet will make one when we go over but thinking late Aug /early sept 2011, so have lots to do but i really like portugal have been over 6 times so far & like the idea of a wedding abroad the funny thing is you just resume that it will cost much less because when you go out to eat in portugal it costs much less than Ireland.
11 weeks bet you cant wait you will be busy with all the little things that have to be done, is there many traveling with you for the wedding?

[mrsOtobe]

HI ruanelou, our venue isnt a hotel Im afraid - we looked around a good few hotels but never got as far as negotiating prices etc. We're using a caterer and have found him to be really flexible - basically we just gave him a budget and he came back with suggestions for what he could do for the price. He's been happy to do whatever we want and we did manage to get a bit of discount on his first quote too. Id say the hotels should be flexible enough on the menu choice, not sure how much so on the prices