You don’t need to marry overseas to infuse your favourite travel destinations into your wedding day. There are many great wedding ideas that will help you share your love of travelling the world with your guests. Here are our tips for a travel-inspired wedding celebration on home turf.
Wedding invites for globetrotting couples
Cement your globetrotting theme early by investing in a travel-inspired wedding invitation design. From passports and boarding passes to first-class tickets, your travel invites will get guests really excited about your worldly wedding theme.
Now that the design of your wedding invites is sorted, it’s time to work on their wording. Get the wording of your invitations just right by reading this essential guide.
Vintage décor from the road less travelled
Vintage-inspired weddings are always on trend, so why not combine your love of travel with this forever fabulous theme to reveal some truly beautiful, timeless wedding décor touches?
Travel blogger Michelle Weigold did just that at her own wedding with stunning results. Here she explains on her blog, The Great Wide Somewhere, how you can get the look by searching for wedding décor in some very unusual places:
“To acquire this display we went to many yard sales, borrowed from friends, and even found one of the trunks in a neighbor’s trash pile. I had envisioned a big entry display in my head, and these vintage finds (arranged artistically as they are) were the perfect welcome pieces.”
A new direction for your wedding signage
Give your wedding signage the ultimate travel makeover by ditching the usual and pointing guests in the direction of your favourite travel destinations. If your guests are just as well travelled as you are, you could even point to the towns and cities that your guests have travelled from to celebrate your wedding with you.
Destination: wedding reception tables
If you and your partner are regular globetrotters, you can share your travel hotspots from the past and the destinations you plan to travel to in the future courtesy of themed displays for your reception tables.
As well as naming your wedding tables after these extra special places, you could up the aesthetic further with some carefully placed flags. Personalise your travel-inspired table decorations by adding photographs of you and your partner in these destinations – it’s a great way to make use of those holiday snaps!
Quirky guest book ideas for travel lovers
There are many quirky ideas that make the average wedding guestbook more of a joy to sign. Give this wedding staple a travel twist by getting your guests to write postcards instead! It’ll incorporate your love of travel creatively, and your guestbook postcards can be displayed in the most beautiful way at home so they can be treasured forever.
For something even more different and memorable, provide a globe for guests to sign and enjoy an iconic home accessory that means the world for years to come.
Bagging up your favours with travel in mind
Create your very own baggage claim by packaging your wedding favours in these delightful mini suitcase boxes. Sporting a beautiful vintage theme that works well at weddings big and small, these unique, handmade favour boxes are perfect for packing the favours that thank your guests for attending your big day.
Every inspirational theme begins with an inspirational venue! Get in touch with our team today to discover why Holmewood Hall is the perfect venue for your local destination wedding.
