Hi Everyone, only 5 weeks on Wednesday til we get married. It's coming round fast now, im very excited.

I was having a read through one of the discussion forums about weather and how busy Ayia Napa will be in May. It's the 2nd we fly out and get married on the 9th. Will the weather be warm enough to sunbath, swim in the pool etc ? And will all the bars be open ? My family are coming out to but there staying in Protaras (The Brillant Apartments), will all the bars etc be in open there ? My Dad has concerns that Cyprus is going to be expensive for eating and drinking out, they usually go to Turkey and i would be very surprised if Cyrpus is as expensive as there, although it has been 6 years since we were last there. Can anyone advise ?

Vicky

Any one got any good idea's for things to do after the wedding and the meal, any places worth going to, we don't want a meal as we are having one after the wedding and as we are going to be in our glad rags a book trip is a no, thanks

Hi Janwal,
We booked the rising star through direct holidays, i know you can book through airtours as well but we found these more expensive and they are excatly the same flights etc as direct...book early though as they get booked up very quickly. Your wedding will come round quickly, mine has!!

My children will be 11, 4 1/2 and 3 1/2 and they sound really good for all of them.

mandy

Hi Vicky

Congratulations. How are you feeling with only 5 weeks to go? You must be so excited!
I wish you the best time ever and PLEASE come back and give us all a full report of the day, would love to hear everything! Congratulations once again and hope you're not feeling too nervous.

Janine xx

Dear all

Can anyone recommend a lovely resturant on the beach to hold 60 people, need reasonably priced and good food!

Also i am looking for a photographer, flowers, and evening pub that will do a disco or something....

Any suggestions are welcome!

Thanks

Kerry

Hi Janine, i actually can't believe it's only 5 weeks away now. I am very excited and just can't wait to stop work and go. It's seems all i can think of these days is Weddings...... must be driving people insane, he he he. The last things i have to do is pick up my dress and flowers, im taking silk flowers over with me, was a bit worried about getting them over there as i knew exactly what i wanted.

When i get back i will put my pictures on so you can have a wee look at our day. Have you thought of were you wanted to get married in Cyprus, have you been there before ?

Anyway better get back to work...........

Vicky

xx

Hi everyone

I am getting married on 12th June 2007 - (something like 10 weeks i think). In Paralimni Town Hall. We are staying in the Malama Holiday Village. I have booked the wedding through Olympic Weddings.

Does anyone have any experience of Olympic Weddings ? We dont know whether to have our meal after the wedding at the Malama or at a local resturant ?

Vic24 asked in an earlier post about the weather and whether the bars etc will be open - did you get any answers coz i would also like to know.

I am so excited now !

Mandy

Hi Mandy

I have done a few weddings with Olympic & found them quite good the reps work really hard Yvonne / Natalie & Karen.

Paralimni Town Hall is very nice & big inside

kev

Hi all

Congrats on your forthcoming marriages!

I am a wedding co-ordinator in Cyprus (Ayia Napa) I use to work for first Choice, Libra and Weddings in Style - and know all the wedding companies and coordinators on this side of the island!!

If you need any assistance or advice, even if its just about colour coordination - I've seen them all!!! I have plenty of pictures of wedding couples, wedding and reception venues, flowers, cakes and transport, so if I can help to put your minds at rest, please do not hesitate to ask

Good luck

Kerry xx

Hi All,

Not been on here for ages, wedding plans full steam ahead, 8 weeks today to the big day.

I am also a Capo Bay bride to be, 1st June 2007 @ 17:45 is our wedding date and time.

Just finished sorting out favors and had my first dress fitting. Still not sorted out suit for HTB we have set a deadline of next weekend to get it all booked.

Will the temperature have dropped by 17:45 or will it still be blazing sunshine? Not sure of the sunset times in Cyprus so any advise greatly appreciated as all the men are panicking about whether to wear jackets.

Better get back to work, these chat sites are addictive.......

Hi Welly172

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding, sorry can't help you out with your questions. I am planning to get married in May 2009 considering Capo Bay too as we have not booked anything yet, hope you will write a report on your day when you get back to help us B2b's with our planning. Good luck and Best Wishes with everything.

Janine

Welly, here's the weather stats for Larnaca for 1 June 2006 - it gives a good idea of temperature variance durinf the day and sunrise/sunset etc.

You can play around with dates, daily/weekly/monthly etc.

HTH, Marion

thanks for the link.

Think it is going to still be very hot by 17:45 looking at those stats, I thought the temp would have cooled more than that by 6pm.......

you are so lucky with your dates and times. i had my heart set on capo bay but due to a death in the family i didn't answer my phone for a couple of days and my wedding planner was desperately trying to contact me to tell me all the dates i wanted were flying out. i ended up grabbing a slot a 2pm on july 10th. we are going to bake, it also put the price for guests up considerably as all the teeney boppers are off school after exams.
but we can't wait, most people i wanted can come and are all really excited, cyprus sounds fantastic and jenny has sent me loads of pictures as i went a bit bridezilla for a while and wanted to know everything that was planned. all looks fab and professional, my only worry is the heat with dress etc. boys are hiring suits specifically for weddings abroad, really light fabric, probably just wear them for photos!!
what favors have you decided on, have you picked to have a dj or anything and will you/bridesmaids be doing your own hair or make up on the day?

Hiya fantazmic,

I am having a hair trial over here on 18th April and will take loads of photos with me for a hairdresser over their to do.

For favours we are having Miniature perfumes and after shaves, mini love hearts and a scratch card in some really nice little bags I found on the internet (they are meant to be cake bags but we have used them for our favours.

the price for our guests is also more expensive as it is Spring bank Holiday half term week but we have a few guests that wanted to come that worked in schools plus both our nephews are at a tricky age to take out of school outside school holidays.

We haven't decided on the disco yet as we have been told they have to stop playing at 10pm as there are rooms over the location we are having our reception (the pavillion was taken so we are having the Bay View Terrace we can stay on terrace until 11pm) as we aren't getting married until 17:45 it will be 7 before we start eating and probably nearly 9 before we finish so not sure if it is worth the money for an hours dancing???

No bridesmaids so not got that to worry about.

Where are you hiring suits from? We have not done this yet and are going to sort it this weekend.

Any more question setc please pm me as I am sure we are boring everyone else on this post with too many details.. :-)

There seems to be so many people who were married at the Capo Bay, has anyone got any feedback on the Avanti hotel in Paphos?

I am leaving in 6 weeks time and getting married at St Georges Chapel, i was thinking about having my reception at the Avanti but cant find many reviews!

help please

Hi ally23 we got married last september & we stayed at the avanti village which is just across the road from the avanti hotel. My mother in law & father in law stayed at the avanti hotel. My family stayed at the village with us but were half board so they had to go to the hotel for food which they really enjoyed. We did get a free meal at the hotel one of the nights which was cavery & it was lovely.
We didn't have our wedding meal there we had it at a restaurant but after our meal we actually went over the to the hotel & spent the rest of the day & evening there, there was another wedding there aswell & a singer on so we had a really good time.
Sorry i couldn't give you any info on the wedding meal i just wanted to let you know that it was a nice hotel & the food was nice in the hotel. good luck. I wish it was us all over again.

stacey

Hi Ally23

Piped at a wedding at the Avanti Hotel last year & was invited for the sit down meal. The ceremony was outside at the rear of the hotel in a Gazebo & the meal was setup outside as well absolutely brilliant, the surroundings was great as well as the food service spoton

Kev

disaster
hold off any bookings for the capo bay.
has anyone else been sent the new updated photos of the outdoor wedding venue at the capo bay.they have got greedy and gone and plonked a whole load of sun beds all around the venue. we will have to walk past complete strangers topless, half naked etc and a load of noisy kids!!
am furious ,hopefully some complaints from clients and cancelations of bookings might get them to reconsider this move and re-create the picturesque wedding setting promised and received by previous clients.
they have a sunbed reservation system which means that some poor sods will witness nearly twenty weddings in their 2 week stay!!