Wedding Planning, Wedding Tips
How to Pack for Your Destination Wedding
Feb
If you think planning for your destination wedding is hard, the challenge doesn’t stop there as actually having to pack for your travel is another part of the puzzle. From the bride and groom’s point-of-view, it isn’t just any ordinary trip and it is more than just any other flight that the couple has had before.
Going to the wedding location can entail intense detailed planning on the part of the couple, as there are wedding items which need to be transported and not everything can be packed into a box and shipped via courier. Everything from the bride’s white dress, the groom’s shoes, and even the important wedding elements such as the rings and the marriage documents, are to be kept safe to ensure that the wedding ceremony goes on smoothly.
Get to know how to properly pack for your destination wedding and find out which wedding items can go to your carry on and which ones can be checked in.
FOR YOUR CARRY ON:
Wedding Rings. As one of the most important items needed to complete the wedding ceremony, the wedding bands are to be kept safe en route to the destination. It would be too risky to keep it in your checked luggage as there might be no replacement available in case the suitcases get lost in transit or when the luggage arrives at the airport delayed.
Legal Documents. Same with the wedding bands, the marriage licenses or certificates along with the other needed documents for getting married abroad are essential for the wedding day’s execution. Hence, make sure that you get to hand carry it along with you from your house to your hotel room and leave no room for any errors or for forgetting it.
Wedding Outfit.
Take it from numerous past brides and many horror stories from brides all over the world, always hand carry your wedding dress. You can have it neatly hung and inform the airline upon check-in if you can choose to have seats near a storage cabinet or a designated pram area. Don’t even think about having it shipped priority first-class via mail or stuffing it into a hard case suitcase to be checked in, as you’ll regret it the moment you see your dress damaged, ripped, stained, or even worse, if you don’t see your dress right before the big day.
TO BE CHECKED IN:
Wedding Favours and Gifts.
It could be the bridal party’s gifts or the presents you have prepared for the two sets of parents, you should have these items packed well and checked in. Wedding favours carried in bulk may be assembled at the hotel room with the help of the bridesmaids to make it easier for travel. Ask the help of your bridal party and family members as well if they can do you a favour and carry some of the wedding items so you don’t have to carry all the burden of excess luggage fees.
Large Toiletries and Bulky Make-up Items. Don’t forget to bring your skincare essentials and night routine must-haves, especially since it is the last stretch right before the big day. It would be best to check in bottled cosmetics in its original boxed packaging to prevent it from breaking or spilling to the other wedding items in your bag. Add in your curling iron or your hair dryer into the suitcase as well!
Decoration and Accessories. Items for the sand ceremony? Framed photos of your beloved family members? Personalised guest book? Have it all packed well into your suitcase as it all needs to be checked in. Indeed these are still important wedding items but you’ll be needing all the baggage allowance for other more important wedding day elements such as the documents, the dress, and even the wedding rings.
