For all those people out there who are having something different for their big day check out the Alternative Wedding Event. It gave me some inspiration for our own big day.
You should also check out One Of A Kind Weddings on facebook and on take a look at www.oneofakindweddings.net
After one very successfull wedding fair in The Guinness Storehouse last year this time the fair is heading to Cork. Check out their press release below
I was more taken back about the CSO figures that more and more people are using civil marriages instead of church marriages.
Want your wedding your way – then the Alternative Wedding Event is for you!
Getting engaged and planning your wedding should be a happy time but for many couples it turns out to be an agonising one, as they compromise their way to the big day. As such, following the success of the first Alternative Wedding Event, in February 2011 (partnered with the Guinness Storehouse), One of a Kind Weddings have partnered with the Hayfield Manor Hotel to bring the Alternative Wedding Event to Cork. This quirky and cool wedding event is happening on Sunday 2nd October 2011. It is the first of its kind in Cork – an event aimed specifically at Couples wanting to create a wedding as unique as they are – whether they are gay, straight, catholic or no faith!
Recent changes to legislation allowing people to marry in venues other than churches and registry offices, as well as the introduction of the Civil Partnerships bill, have influenced a shift in attitudes of Irish couples to their big day. In fact, recent CSO figures suggest that civil marriages are set to outstrip church weddings within the next year.
Despite these changes, most wedding events and packages still expect that couples will be happy to jump aboard the wedding conveyor belt to carry on down the traditional route of church and hotel. As such One of a Kind Weddings was established to bridge this gap and help couples create the wedding of their dreams.
“When people fall in love and decide to get married they start off with a picture in their head of what they want their day to be like. However with the amount of information out there sometimes they lose their way and get caught up planning the wedding that everyone expects them to have” says Linda McAllorum, Perfect Irish Weddings. Linda is a wedding planner with more than five years experience. Her partner, Andrea Carroll, is a highly experienced environmental consultant, writer and blogger (Peachy Green Life) on green issues. Together they formed One of a Kind Weddings to help people rediscover the potential in their big day and create the wedding of their dreams.
Some people want to get married in a castle, on a beach or in a garden, have their union blessed by a celebrant or create a Halloween themed banquet. The Alternative Wedding Event will give you all the inspiration and contacts you need to make this dream come true. The event will be held on Sunday 2nd of October between 12 noon and 5pm. The venue itself (The Hayfield Manor Hotel) is also a fabulous wedding venue and perfect for a sumptuous and extravagant wedding or civil partnership. On the day there will be seminars, workshops and discussion forums, as well as competitions and spot prizes. Much more than the average wedding fair this event will help you understand the options for weddings in Ireland – much more than the traditional church and hotel routine. Tickets are 7 Euro on the door, but can also be bought at a discount price online atwww.oneofakindweddings.net (2 for 10 Euro).
For more information contact:
One of a Kind Weddings (www.oneofakindweddings.net)
- · Andrea Carroll (086-3968988)
o andrea@oneofakindweddings.net
- · Linda McAllorum (087-2951578)
o linda@oneofakindweddings.net