Claire from Wed in Central Park organizes weddings for couples getting married in New York City's beautiful Central Park. She regularly hears from couples who are choosing a destination wedding in this awesome city. There are many reasons why couples choose to have a destination wedding, here Claire's top ten reasons to have a destination wedding.

memories – of course the bride and groom will remember the wedding as a very special day, but all those family weddings at home tend to merge into one big wedding memory for the guests – make your special day unique for your guests, too – and go somewhere different and do something different! A different location allows for more creativity with the venue, food, activities and attire. You could even add some local wedding traditions of the destination!

simplifies the guest list – if you have a wedding at home this can often lead to feeling the obligation to invite every body you know, and everybody your parents know! A bride and groom don't want to spend their entire wedding day doing the rounds, and chatting with distant relatives, isn't it better to spend the most important day of your lives with the most important people? The more distant acquaintances are least likely to be able to make a destination wedding, so this keeps the guest list nice and short.

costs – a destination wedding can turn out to be the economical option because it tends to keep the guest list smaller. If you just take your close family and friends with you, that can keep to budget down. Many hotels and travel agents offer packages for special event groups. 

reduce needless anxiety – don't waste time and effort worrying about who should sit with whom at the wedding breakfast or all the other details that the guests may not even notice! A destination wedding often involves fewer guests so should allow the couple to spend more time thinking about important things, like sharing their wedding day with their loved ones.

it keeps the groom happy – it's his day too, you know! And boys get excited about going to new places, and they can be involved in organizing the events the couples do with their guests, this is far more interesting for the guys than picking out colors or wedding favors.

combination – going away for a wedding can combine a family reunion, sightseeing, family bonding, romantic travel a fun vacation with all the most important people in your life and your big event all in one, and this makes it something special for everyone involved.

gets a professional involved – a destination wedding often involves hiring someone to help out with the organization side of things. This takes a lot of stress off the couple, and allows them time to relax and enjoy the scenery.

minimize possibilities of feuds – these days, the bride and groom are often from different places, and choosing one home town over another may cause difficulties within families. If the destination is somewhere different for both dies of the couple, this levels things, and will make that location a special place for the future.

provide a more easily accessible location – if the bride and groom are from different home towns, and perhaps live and work in a third town, guests will have to travel to attend the wedding anyway. It might be that it is easier to choose a destination that could serve as a midpoint or a place with more available accommodations that is easier to get to.

everyone really gets to know each other – this is a great way for the bride and groom's separate families to spend intimate time together and really bond and become part of each other's families. Because weddings away from home tend to take a few days rather than a few hours the whole party can spend a lot more time enjoying the event.

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Central Park was begun in 1858, when the majority of homes in Manhattan were much further downtown than the park, but the city designers realised that the residential part of the city would rapidly grow further north. Although it looks very natural, a lot of excavation had to take place to get it looking like that. The park was constructed throughout the American Civil war and completed in 1873. Once the park was completed, large mansions were built along the Avenues running up either side of it. You can still see a lot of those beautiful buildings now, they're mostly embassies or museums now.

Central Park Conservancy offers permits for couples who want to get married in the park. Wed in Central Park is a new organisation set up to help non-New Yorkers get everything they need to get married in Central Park, to leave the bride and groom more time to enjoy themselves and celebrate their union! There are several locations you can choose from around the park. Check out the Wed in Central Park website for more information on their location suggestions http://www.wedincentralpark.com/wedding-locations/. People are getting married in the Park all year round. Although, obviously the park is a much more popular wedding location in the warmer months.

Wed in Central Park was set up at the beginning of 2012 by Claire, who lives on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. She volunteers as a Greensward Guide in Central Park, giving directions and information to tourists, so she knows it very well. She and her husband got married there in July 2011 and she was struck by what a lovely, relaxed day it had been for a wedding.

Claire had exhaustively researched the officiants available in the city. She had wanted a non-religious ceremony, but a friend who had got married in the beautiful Shakespeare Garden in Central Park had recommended a multi-faith ordained officiant who would help to write their vows. One of their New Yorker wedding guests knew a few local photographers, so Claire met with several before choosing her favourite. Claire and her husband-to-be spent a while walking around the park, taking photos and considering location options within the park. Their family back in the UK wanted a video of the event so she met with videographers. You can find out more about the team on their page. http://www.wedincentralpark.com/about-us/

Claire realised how daunting it might be for a foreigner to find out all the legal paperwork required to get married in New York, and also for someone not from New York City to have the time to find a reliable and high-quality photographer, or to walk around the park checking out each location individually. There are some location suggestion on their website http://www.wedincentralpark.com/wedding-locations/. After doing all that hard work and gaining all that knowledge she decided she was in a unique position of knowing the park so very well as a guide, and having the time to start a business, so she decided to launch Wed in Central Park.

The most important thing about the service Wed in Central Park offers is the complete assurance to their couples that their people are incredibly high-quality and that there will be no hitches on the day and nobody will let you down. The service they offer is a choice of either one of two standard packages. The first is answering any and all questions you may have along with setting up all the paperwork and booking the officiant and photographer. The second is a more hands-on package where you have an organiser on-hand throughout the day to escort you. Their prices are extremely competitive. These are listed with prices on http://www.wedincentralpark.com/customisable-wedding-packages/. They will also organise a wedding completely tailored to the bride and groom's needs. This might involve flowers, cake, makeup, hairdresser, a musician, a fully catered picnic in the park, or anything else they need. Claire is currently involved in planning for a wedding party of twenty people from the UK, and they need advice on a hotel and venue for a meal afterwards, she can easily help with all that.

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2. EDUCATION

GOOD – All communications, materials and correspondence are thoughtful, tactful and smart with proper spelling and grammar.

BAD – Communications and correspondence are filled with spelling mistakes, bad grammar and slang.

3. EQUIPMENT

GOOD – They have all the professional equipment needed to provide the services they offer.

BAD – They try to require that YOU provide such things as the sound system, microphones or other equipment needed for services the DJ claims they offer.

4. RESPONSIVENESS

GOOD – They respond quickly to phone calls and emails.

BAD – They are difficult to reach and slow to answer

5. ATTITUDE

GOOD – They are upbeat, friendly and positive

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GOOD – They are dressed appropriately in all their presentations and pictures for the type of event you have a need for (formal for weddings, sharp and hip for club-style parties, fun and bright for kids parties, beachy for luaus and picnics, etc.).

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