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eleruen
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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 Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: White wedding not in a church or wedding hall-possible? |
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Hi,
I will be marrying a Korean man next year and we are tearing our hair out over how and where to have our wedding.
First, our finances will only stretch to one wedding-Korea (three times cheaper than the UK), so we are being quite picky.
We both hate wedding halls because
1)too comercialised
2)we hate microphones
3) we only get the place for 1.5 hours max
We hate Korean churches because
1) we hate microphones
2) the buildings are too modern
3) we both hate the idea of churches anyway
We found a traditional building that houses tradition weddings, which is one option (and then we can rent a pub somewhere afterwards). This is outside and provides a more romantic atmosphere.
But we are also trying to look for a place that will hold a white wedding outside. My fiance says he has heard of a place, but can't remember the name....
Can anyone help us out?
Thank you very much!!!  |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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I would like to chime in with eamo. A park or a beach would be an awesome place as well. We got married outside over in a little park inside of a university campus. It had a Buddhist theme~ very tasteful. Well, a year later they bulldozed it all down and built some stupid building.
Best of luck! |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I had mine at the shilla Hotel in Seoul. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
| I had mine at the shilla Hotel in Seoul. |
Ding dong! There you go. Shelter from rain, seating, catering, maybe even some fancy decor.
How are your in-laws handling this, by the way? |
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eleruen
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject: thank you so far |
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We have been looking for a park but can't find one that does weddings
will consider the one at Namsan though....
We really don't like hotels...again very comercialised with microphone and all that. Thank you for the suggestion.
His parents simply adore me...and it was his mother who find the traditional wedding place. His mother is just disappointed that we have completely rejected the idea of a Korean church. His father isn't religious so he doesn't care when or how we marry.
I am also glad that Songsu agrees with my Bridezillaness...I mean we both like and hate the same aspects of Korean weddings.
more suggestions....pls..... |
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eleruen
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject: btw |
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we are also looking for somewhere that does proper wedding vows.
I went to a wedding in a hotel once and the MC just gave this really long boring speech....then suddenly they were married! no wedding vows!
Thank you again |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: Re: btw |
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| eleruen wrote: |
we are also looking for somewhere that does proper wedding vows.
I went to a wedding in a hotel once and the MC just gave this really long boring speech....then suddenly they were married! no wedding vows!
Thank you again |
You'll have to organize that section of the ceremony yourself. Exchanging vows isn't really done by Koreans. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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The real marriage takes place when you register at City Hall or wherever.
I am available for weddings. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject: Re: btw |
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| eleruen wrote: |
we are also looking for somewhere that does proper wedding vows.
I went to a wedding in a hotel once and the MC just gave this really long boring speech....then suddenly they were married! no wedding vows!
Thank you again |
That ceremony actually isn't what makes them married here in South Korea. The one and only thing that does is completing and submitting the Registration of Marriage form. There's no assignment of that governmental function to anyone else, not even to the couple's church minister. In short, the marriage license and the marriage certificate here are one and the same thing.
I checked the Walker Hill website and they offer three kinds of weddings: Hall, Theater, and Garden. Go to http://www.sheratonwalkerhill.co.kr/eng/index.html and click on "skip intro" then hover your cursover over "wedding" near the lower right, finally click on "garden wedding." They offer two packages for that. I would think that most, if not all, of the bigger hotels in the country will offer something similar.
You should contact a wedding planner after you and your future husband decide on a few key elements. Here is one resource listing some tips for "the perfect wedding." It's LDS-themed so feel free to ignore the bits in there about temples.
Another thing to remember is that if you wish to have an actual clergyperson to perform the ceremony and neither you nor your fianc� is a member of the clergyperson's denomination, you may be out of luck. You'll have to find a denomination that peforms interfaith marriages outside the faith, so to speak.
Edited to add: When you parley with the planner, I think the first two questions you should have are: "Have you done any international marriage ceremonies?" and "Does your usual printer have the ability to print bilingual invitations?" Don't just accept a verbal answer for those questions--insist on seeing an album. |
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teachergirltoo
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| I went to a western wedding here recently. Since by Korean law the two people are already married my friends asked a respected older gentleman friend of theirs to give a marriage talk during the ceremony. It was really nice. He spoke for about 20 minutes, and then did the traditional vows and pronounced them husband and wife. Afterwards, the Indian restaurant in Itewon (the one up the hill) made a beautiful wedding dinner for everyone (my friends wanted something other than Korean food), and a cake too, and everyone lingered for a few hours talking. Anyways, it was really nice. |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:29 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, wedding halls are tacky and cheesy. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:25 am Post subject: |
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| kermo wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
| I had mine at the shilla Hotel in Seoul. |
Ding dong! There you go. Shelter from rain, seating, catering, maybe even some fancy decor.
How are your in-laws handling this, by the way? |
Here's a quick pic:
Loved it. We had a small wedding and it was held in the Yongbin-gwon at the Shilla (the mini-castle off to the side) |
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eleruen
Joined: 18 Dec 2004
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:14 am Post subject: thank you thank you thank you |
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wow, lots of ideas are flowing....
We have visited the websites of some of the places suggested...and will visit there in the coming weeks.
Keep those ideas flowing, we need all the help we can get!
Thank you all so much, from both of us  |
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