Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:14 pm Post subject: Re: Koh Samui Weddings
Thanks for your input......and yes I am quite aware of what is going on in Thailand and the rest of the world. From what I have read Samui was untouched(maybe you have mixed up Samui with Phuket) I am sending this question to someone who lives in Samui who can give me hands on knowledge of the area.....not just an opinion.
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sibayla wrote:
Hi Jessica,
My partner Brian, myself and our 5 month old daughter are on our way to Thailand on Jan 28. I have been to Thailand many times but this time we would like to organise a beautiful Samui beach-style wedding. I will be in Bangkok for at least a week (for this is also a buying trip) before we head down to Samui. Our budget is not huge nor are our requests. I would love a buddist ceremony of sorts and some sort of celebration on the beach. We don't really have guests coming. Any input you have would be appreciated!
Jamie
Have you net seen the news in the past few days? I would seriously consider finding a new location! Koh Samui is a mess from the tsunami! I don't think it will be all back on track in a couple weeks time, and with the aftermath and disease that this sort of natuaral disaster breeds by default certinally not the place to be taking a 5 mnth baby!
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: The perfect place for an intimate Thailand Wedding
Hello Wicha......
Where is your Place located in Northern Thailand and what is the name of the resort? What is a good way to contact you if we are interested in visiting your resort?
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Wicha wrote:
My English husband and I have a small resort in the a beautiful, peaceful mountainous area of Northern Thailand, just over an hour North of Chiang Mai.
We can accommodate around 22 people but there is additional accommodation nearby if needed.
We have already arranged and hosted a wedding for an Australian couple in January, and that was very successful, and an American couple will be tieing the knot here in December.
While we have not specifically set out to do weddings, both ourselves and our staff love the excitement of hosting and arranging these occasions. We would be happy to have one or two every year.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:30 pm Post subject: Getting married on Koh Chang
Has anyone got married on Koh Chang before? I realise I need to register the marriage in Bangkok, but we'd like the ceremony to be Buddhist and take place in Koh Chang (it seems to be easier on Koh Samui and in Chiang Mai, but I've seen no reference of weddings on Koh Chang). Does anyone have any information on getting married on Koh Chang?
If so, does anyone have any recommendations for places to stay on Koh Chang?
Thanks for your input......and yes I am quite aware of what is going on in Thailand and the rest of the world. From what I have read Samui was untouched(maybe you have mixed up Samui with Phuket) I am sending this question to someone who lives in Samui who can give me hands on knowledge of the area.....not just an opinion.
Hi
I have just returned from a month in Kohsamui, we were married at Big Johns in Lipa noi, a quiet area of Kohsamui. I could not recommend it enough, the day was perfect they organised a ceremony on the beach for us, we are not religious and had a master of ceremony with our own vows to marry us. We spent 4 days in Bangkok legalising our marraige and registering it at an amphur office, which went without a hitch, the only problem was trying to find the office in the sweltering heat but hey we loved the whole experience.
If you want to know anything else let me know, as I said earlier I could not recommend Lipa Noi enough it was perfect, they also arrange a buddhist ceremony if that is what you are after. Kohsamui was untouched by the tsunami thank goodness, our travel plans were untouched concerning flights etc during this period.
I hope this is of any help, when I was trying to plan our wedding last year I found it very hard to get information so I would like to share our experience to help other couples get hitched on Kohsamui without a hitch.
Check this website out and if you contact them they are very helpful
http://www.samuiwestcoast.de/wedding/wedding_english.htm
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:55 am Post subject: wedding in Hua Hin
Hello everyone
I would like to get married in Hua Hin, Thailand but cannot find any wedding organisers for this area. Also I am trying to find out whether the legal stuff has to be done in Bangkok or would they be in resort.
Any help would be great. If you know of a company that can provide wedding packages for Hua Hin, let me know.
Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: samui weddings
CONGRATULATIONS!!...And thank you so much for your information, it makes me feel quite reassured to hear from someone who has just done what I want to do, and had it work out so well. I did however want to know a little more specific information on the various steps of filing forms in Bangkok. Some people offer a service, but it seems expensive, and we are on a relatively tight budget. I would really like to do it myself...well not just myself, I'll be with my fiance and our 6 month old baby. Is doing it ourselves something you would reccommend? What exactly are the steps we need to take to make it official? Any light you could shed on this would be most helpful in how we plan our trip. Thanks again.
Thanks for your input......and yes I am quite aware of what is going on in Thailand and the rest of the world. From what I have read Samui was untouched(maybe you have mixed up Samui with Phuket) I am sending this question to someone who lives in Samui who can give me hands on knowledge of the area.....not just an opinion.
Hi
I have just returned from a month in Kohsamui, we were married at Big Johns in Lipa noi, a quiet area of Kohsamui. I could not recommend it enough, the day was perfect they organised a ceremony on the beach for us, we are not religious and had a master of ceremony with our own vows to marry us. We spent 4 days in Bangkok legalising our marraige and registering it at an amphur office, which went without a hitch, the only problem was trying to find the office in the sweltering heat but hey we loved the whole experience.
If you want to know anything else let me know, as I said earlier I could not recommend Lipa Noi enough it was perfect, they also arrange a buddhist ceremony if that is what you are after. Kohsamui was untouched by the tsunami thank goodness, our travel plans were untouched concerning flights etc during this period.
I hope this is of any help, when I was trying to plan our wedding last year I found it very hard to get information so I would like to share our experience to help other couples get hitched on Kohsamui without a hitch.
Check this website out and if you contact them they are very helpful
http://www.samuiwestcoast.de/wedding/wedding_english.htm
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: samui weddings
sibayla wrote:
CONGRATULATIONS!!...And thank you so much for your information, it makes me feel quite reassured to hear from someone who has just done what I want to do, and had it work out so well. I did however want to know a little more specific information on the various steps of filing forms in Bangkok. Some people offer a service, but it seems expensive, and we are on a relatively tight budget. I would really like to do it myself...well not just myself, I'll be with my fiance and our 6 month old baby. Is doing it ourselves something you would reccommend? What exactly are the steps we need to take to make it official? Any light you could shed on this would be most helpful in how we plan our trip. Thanks again.
Hi
First of all we had to get an affirmation of freedom to marry from the british consulate which we downloaded and filled in ourselves before we left for thailand, (day 1)you then take this affirmation to the consulate in Bangkok with your passport to be signed and stamped, the next day you can pick it up.
(day 2) You have to then have the affirmation translated to Thai, there are plenty of translation offices underneath the sky train stop at the embassy (can't remember the name of the stop). They say that it can take up to 3 days for the translation but we collected it 3 hours later.
(day 3) You then take the documents to the dept of consular affairs, this is quite a bit out of town and given the bangkok traffic set aside the best part of a day for this.
If you pay double you can recieve the document a couple of hours later, there is a restaurant you can wait instead of going back into town!
(day 4) Then the final step is taking the documents to be registered, we registered in Bangkok in sukkhumvit road (excuse the spelling) you can also register it on kohsamui (in Nathon) but because it was so close to xmas the office on the island was on holiday. The thai wedding certificates are really pretty we were given 2 and an english translation also.
Having it registered means you are legally married in the UK, you can get a sworn translation also but it is very expensive and there is no real need to have one, as long as the marraige has been registered it is legal in both countries.
We were a bit worried about doing it ourselves, but I also contacted the british embassy when we were planning to do this and they answered any doubting questions. It was a fab experience doing it ourselves and it was also much cheaper, I think altogether it cost 4,100 baht each about £57.
I would recommend getting to the british consulate early in the morning as it is really busy a lot of people getting married, we couldn't believe it!
Reading over this it does sound long winded but it did go very smoothly, I think if you still have doubts over doing it yourselves I would email the british consulate, they were very helpful with us
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:00 am Post subject: Koh Samui...
For anyone considering coming to Thailand; Koh Samui was on the other side of Thailand from the Tsunami and completely untouched.
Phuket actually is up and running again and desperately looking for tourists to return.
The only problem with the Eastern resorts in Thailand is that there is extremely high booking rates (about 95% in some places) as people have swithed from the west coast to tthe East after hearing exaggerated tales of the damage caused, so make sure you've got some where to stay.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:55 pm Post subject: weddings thailand
Hi,
I'm interested in getting married april 2006 in Phuket. Is this a good idea - will it have recovered from the tsunami?
I'd be grateful for any recommendations on hotels that do weddings or wedding organisers. I've not been able to find any info on getting married in Phuket.
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:33 am Post subject: wedding in thailand
Hi. I'm getting married in Thailand too! We were thinking of tying the knot in Ko Tao in March. Thanks for the information on getting the documentation in Bangkok, thats incredibly helpful!
We were thinking of having a vaguely Christian ceremony. We have a resort that we would love to have it at, but they dont actually do wedding packages. Does anyone know how I can find a priest or master of ceremonies or someone who can legally marry us in Ko Tao or even Koh Samui? I dont even know where to start looking.
Also has anyone been to Ko Tao or Koh Samui in March. I understand that its the hot season, but it is unbearably hot, humid and rainy or is it just hot in a good way?
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:53 pm Post subject: getting married in thailand
were planning on getting married next march, we are just wondering what special requirments that you need before u go and while u are there. We have been to thailand once b 4 and have now got the bug, i am really looking forward to it, i just want to make sure that i know what i have to do about the legall side of this.
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:44 am Post subject: weddings in thailand
We have booked a traditional thai blessing with monks at central samui beach resort hotel for oct 05, just wondering if anyone has seen such a wedding take place at this hotel. We are going to registry office prior to coming to thailand just for legal bit as it sounds too complicated and time consuming to register in bangkok first.
Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Koh Samui Thailand
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:58 am Post subject: wedding in thailand
Hi,
we are arranging beach weddings here at Big John Samui Resort now for 7 years. To really make it safe, we recommend to appear at the Ministry of Foreign affairs in person. Now they offer an "express service" so you will be able to collect your papers within the same day, if you apply in the morning. I find 500 pounds form KUONI for the arrangements incredibly expensive.
All the fees for embassies and officials will not exeed 10 000 baht and normally run very smoothly, especially for UK citicens.
We do not believe in pre arranged packages as from our experience people have different needs and budgets to match. Though anything imaginable we will try to arrange.
You might have a beautiful sunset beach wedding ceremony with either a priest or a Master of Ceremony for as low as 8000 baht and an exiting spiritual Buddhist ceremony for 12 000 baht.
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