So the day has finally arrived. The one that you have been planning for over a year. And no I am not just talking about the day you go on your cruise, I am talking about the day of your wedding.

You see more and more people nowadays are planning their wedding abroad, and a holiday on a cruise is very popular. You only have to look at all the information on the P and O cruises site about weddings to see what I mean.

But having got married myself last year (in the UK, not abroad), this really got me thinking about the differences of getting married on ship. There are the obvious things  – the fact that the marriage ceremony can be performed by the captain while looking out to sea; your family sharing your honeymoon with you; and the facilities and wonderful food available on ship. But at the same time, there will be some similarities – you will still need to organise many of those little bits that go with the wedding –things like the photographer, the menu choices, the guest list, the cake.

And so, not to be the bearer of doom and gloom, but my thoughts led me onto the ‘what if the worse should happen’ scenarios. Things like the ships photographers falling overboard (ok maybe not that extreme!) or a problem with the cake, which, let’s face it, could be quite difficult to rectify when you are 1000s of miles out to sea. Or even an outbreak of Norovirus (although if you read this blog, you will know the risk of this is less than the media would have you think).

Your wedding on board ship

Unfortunately, sometimes wedding nightmares do happen, like this poor couple’s wedding cruise experience, They had booked a wedding package with Carnival Cruise Lines, however, at 7 a.m. on the day of their wedding, there was a bomb threat and the wedding was delayed. In the end, the reception including the buffet was cancelled as there wasn’t enough time.

Ok so this is a particularly shocking story, but the fact is that with a major event like a wedding there is always a risk (however small) of things going wrong. We all know that there is wedding cover available should we choose to use it when we are on land. But what you might not be aware is that you can also get additional wedding cover with your specialist cruise insurance. Cover can include wedding gifts, photographs, ceremony clothes, wedding rings, flowers and cakes.

So sorry to add something else to consider if you are planning your wedding on board ship, but specialist wedding cruise insurance could be something that could be really useful….

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