Destination Wedding Insurance: Why You Still Need Wedding Insurance
What do Bali, Thailand and Fiji have in common? Or Queenstown, Hawaii or the Mediterranean?
Chances are, if you’ve been to one of these places, you’ve been there for a wedding.
Especially Fiji, where one study found that 49% of foreigners marrying there were Aussies.
We get asked many questions about getting married overseas, and there is a lot of ground to cover.
Let’s do it.
Why do some Australians opt to marry overseas?
There are plenty of reasons some of us choose to marry overseas.
The most cited, however, is cost.
According to ASIC, the average cost of a wedding in Australia in 2024 ranged between $36,000 and $51,000, and there is no denying it: that is a lot of shekels.
Jump on a four-hour flight to Nadi, a short car ride later, and you’re standing on the sand in front of one of Fiji’s many postcard-perfect resorts.
From there, a wedding comparable to what you might have planned in Melbourne will cost less. Much less.
The venue, staff, food and grog.
Of course, new costs are associated with marrying overseas, such as travel and accommodation – especially for guests – though the fundamental marriage cost is typically much lower for the couple.
And anyway, you and your friends and family are jetting off for a week to get married. How good is that?! Especially if you ticked, say, Venice as the destination.
And here we have another top reason Australians opt to marry overseas.
Nobody doesn’t look forward to a week of eating, drinking and partying. If you’re going to tie the knot, go all in and take the closest with you to Bali.
Of course, some Australian couples marry overseas because of family or heritage. If your partner is from the UK and their family is predominantly based there, you might find yourself getting married there.
Some couples marry at a particular destination because it means something to them.
The beach in Brazil where they first met. The South of France, where they backpacked for a summer.
And of course, some Australians marry overseas to control their weddings’ numbers and size because nothing culls the number of fourth cousins more than a wedding thirteen hours away.
For whatever reason, more and more Australians are choosing to tie the knot in a country other than Australia, and who are we to argue?
What is destination wedding insurance?
Destination wedding insurance is not travel insurance. Wedding insurance will cover you for the wedding event itself and related liabilities that relate to the wedding.
Travel insurance will cover you for flight cancellations and medical expenses.
Does destination wedding insurance cover my wedding?
Absolutely.
The costs associated with a wedding postponement, the costs associated with a wedding supplier failing to deliver etc. You can find a full list of wht our destination wedding insurance covers here.
Can Wedsure insure my overseas wedding?
Yes we can.
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