Wedding Cruises Cruising is becoming a highly popular way to get married and offers a really special way to celebrate.

A cruise wedding means you can have your wedding ceremony, reception and honeymoon at sea

and also allows your friends and family to join you on the trip of a lifetime.

On a wedding cruise, romance abounds and the facilities on-board, the exquisite dining and the

attention to detail from the cruise staff certainly cater for this atmosphere. On top of this, the cruise

line usually takes the headache out of the wedding planning for you.

Many couples choose to have their wedding ceremony on the cruise ship, but some will have their

wedding on-shore. Either way the staff on the ship will take care of all the regulations and special

parts of wedding planning such as the wedding cake, the reception music, photographers, flowers

etc.

Holding your wedding on a cruise will ensure you have memories that will last a lifetime. Some ships

may have a chapel on board where you can choose to hold your wedding. Others will allow you to

use one of the beautifully decorated and furnished rooms on-board.

Cruise wedding packages are available and often include:

A unique wedding ceremony

Help from a wedding coordinator

Organisation of cake, drinks, photo albums, flowers and wedding certificates

Extra services such as photography, live music, pre-wedding pampering and customised

receptions can also be added to your package as required

Most cruise lines require the ceremony to be held while they are in port or within 3 miles of land.

This stipulation allows the wedding license to be valid. Azamara, Celebrity and Princess Cruises also

offer weddings at sea led by the Captain.

After your wedding you may also choose to have your honeymoon at sea and the cruise line will

have a host of extras to help make it memorable including Captain-hosted receptions, photos,

bathrobes, upgrades, champagne and honeymoon cruise certificates.

If you are looking for a wedding with a difference, consider getting married on a cruise and you'll

have memories to last a lifetime.

Adam Christie writes for Cruise118, a cruise agency offering cruises aboard Island Cruises and many

other cruise lines.