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Turkey – The Ideal Wedding Venue
Long hot days under clear blue skies, warm balmy moonlight
filled nights, unbelievable red sunsets as the sun dips below
one of the offshore islands, magnificent dawns. This is
Turkey the land of beauty, the land of romance, the land of
Aphrodite the goddess of love. The history and archaeology
of Turkey is littered with references and monuments to
Aphrodite and perhaps the best known of these is the
ancient city of Aphrodisias, which was built to honour the goddess
some 5,000 years ago and whose ruins are located about 150km
from Kusadasi. Little wonder then that Turkey has become so
popular as a wedding venue for couples looking for a special place
to mark the most important day of their lives together.
Apart from its romantic appeal Turkey has also much more to offer
as an ideal wedding venue. Compared to Ireland costs are
relatively cheap and of course all your family, friends and guests
can share your special day by combining your wedding with a great
value holiday in one of our selected properties.
Travel4U Wedding Services
Travel4U is the handling agent in Turkey for Sunway
Holidays and are a sister company of the Palmin Hotel
Group which owns Palmin Hotel, Sea Pearl Hotel and Palmin
Sunset Plaza Hotel all three of which are being sold exclusively
by Sunway for 2010.
Travel4U also act as wedding coordinators here for Sunway.They can
Organize all the administrative and legal aspects of civil marriages
of foreigners in Turkey as well as wedding receptions in our own
hotels.
Legal and Administrative Formalities and Civil Wedding
Travel4U can assist couples who wish to arrange a civil wedding in Turkey including arranging medicals and blood tests, obtaining necessary permissions from Turkish authorities, arranging services of official registrar, translation of documents, notary services etc. Couples will themselves need to make the necessary applications to the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin and obtain the necessary approvals for the issue of letters of freedom by the Irish Embassy in Ankara and Travel4U will be able to arrange for the collection of these documents on their behalf [non Irish nationals will need to consult their own government or diplomatic authorities about the applicable procedures].
For 2009 Travel4U have set a fixed fee of €1,500 per wedding for these services including the registrar’s fee and expenses, the cost of the necessary medical and blood tests, necessary translation of documents, collection of documents from Ankara, attendance of an official translator at the actual wedding ceremony and any necessary ancillary services.
Palmin Hotels Group Wedding Packages
The following prices are valid for weddings in any of our 3 hotels booked after 1st May 2009. For weddings in 2010 please request price confirmation at time of enquiry.
Fixed charge
There is a fixed charge of €500 to cover the cost of restaurant decoration, table decoration including flowers, gold and white chair covers, live music [up to midnight] and preparation of champagne reception venue, if required.
Reception dinner
For our standard type menu the charge is €30 per adult and €20 per child up to 11 years old. A typical menu would be
Soup
Fan of melon
Roast beef or chicken or vegetarian dish
Mashed potato and chips
White rice
Selection of fresh vegetables
Profiterole or tiramisu
Please note however we can cater for almost
any menu requirement the couple may require
and any cost variation will be discussed and
agreed in advance.
Wedding Cake
A complimentary 3 tier wedding cake
Appropriate to the number of guests
attending is provided by the hotel.
Champagne Reception
The champagne reception, if required, is usually arranged in a separate area from the main reception and the necessary preparation and decoration is included in the fixed charge. We just charge for the actual number of bottles of champagne actually ordered or used and allow a discount of 20% from our normal wine list prices. The bride and groom will be asked in advance to choose the actual champagne brand from the selection available which range from very reasonable priced Turkish champagnes to very expensive imported champagnes.
Photography
There is a professional photography company which operates inside our hotels and provides a full photography and video service for all our weddings. Their current charges are as follows subject to a minimum charge of €300 excluding video.
Video recording - Supplied on DVD
3 HOURS - €250
6 HOURS - €350
9 HOURS - €500
Photos
13cm x 18cm - €4.00 each
15cm x 21cm - €5.00 each
20cm x 30cm - €15.00 each
30cm x 40cm - €20.00 each
Upon purchase of photos of any size clients will also receive a Data CD with the pictures you have chosen
Prices valid at May 2009 and subject to change and confirmation at time of booking.
Florist
Here in Turkey floral arrangements, bouquets etc can be arranged at short notice and we generally advise our couples to wait until they are in Kusadasi to make their selection in conjunction with one of our recommended florists. It is not possible to give any accurate information on cost as the range and choice varies so much. However purely as a budgetary indicator we estimate the average spend of our most recent couples would have been in the region of €850
Hair dressing and make-up
We have professional hairdressers and health and beauty centres within each of our hotels. For special occasions such as weddings they can draft in extra personnel from other hotels and so can cater for fairly large numbers. While it is not practicable here to give full price lists for all their services the following current prices may give an indication of the general range
Manicure €12
Pedicure €16
Wash and blow dry €14
Wash, cut and blow dry €22
Bride’s hair arrangement [full trial run 1 or 2 days before and actual wedding hairdo] €50
Bridesmaid’s hair €30
Bride’s face makeup €20
Transport
We can arrange car, taxi, minibus and full coach hire as required.
Contact us
weddings@travel4u.com.tr
To book flights and accommodation please contact
www.sunway.ie
Phone (01)2311800
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