Comments on: The Skinny on Getting Married in Paris http://www.parisianevents.com/parisianparty/the-skinny-on-getting-married-in-paris/ tales of an american wedding planner in paris Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: parisian party » Top 5 Pointers for Eloping in Paris http://www.parisianevents.com/parisianparty/the-skinny-on-getting-married-in-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 parisian party » Top 5 Pointers for Eloping in Paris Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:45:25 +0000 http://www.parisianevents.com/parisianparty/?p=10#comment-1019 [...] at all in France, you will first need to have a civil wedding here. That comes with a whole slew of rules and regulations, which is why most foreigners who come to Paris to get married choose to have a religious blessing [...] [...] at all in France, you will first need to have a civil wedding here. That comes with a whole slew of rules and regulations, which is why most foreigners who come to Paris to get married choose to have a religious blessing [...]

]]> By: kim http://www.parisianevents.com/parisianparty/the-skinny-on-getting-married-in-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-36 kim Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:33:55 +0000 http://www.parisianevents.com/parisianparty/?p=10#comment-36 Hi Melanie, I personally have never heard of anyone waiving it. Did your friend who was married in St Paul de Vence have a close connection to the Mayor of that town? That’s all that I can think of. The thing is, it really is like running a gauntlet- there are so many people you have to get through before you actually “see the wizard” (as it were) you would have to have some sort of “in” in order to get to him directly. I understand you not wanting to go through the 2 ceremonies, but in fact, if you wanted a traditional wedding in France, you would have to go through 2 anyway! Here, you’re not allowed to have a church ceremony without having first had a civil ceremony, plus they don’t really “do” non-church weddings (like in the States, where you can marry on a boat, a historical home, etc). You either have a civil ceremony, followed by a church ceremony, followed by the reception, or you have just the civil ceremony followed by a reception. Most of my clients have the civil ceremony in their home country before their symbolic ceremony here- there are a couple of Anglo phone churches who will also offer a blessing ceremony if you’d prefer a religious celebration. Hi Melanie,

I personally have never heard of anyone waiving it. Did your friend who was married in St Paul de Vence have a close connection to the Mayor of that town? That’s all that I can think of. The thing is, it really is like running a gauntlet- there are so many people you have to get through before you actually “see the wizard” (as it were) you would have to have some sort of “in” in order to get to him directly. I understand you not wanting to go through the 2 ceremonies, but in fact, if you wanted a traditional wedding in France, you would have to go through 2 anyway! Here, you’re not allowed to have a church ceremony without having first had a civil ceremony, plus they don’t really “do” non-church weddings (like in the States, where you can marry on a boat, a historical home, etc). You either have a civil ceremony, followed by a church ceremony, followed by the reception, or you have just the civil ceremony followed by a reception. Most of my clients have the civil ceremony in their home country before their symbolic ceremony here- there are a couple of Anglo phone churches who will also offer a blessing ceremony if you’d prefer a religious celebration.

]]> By: Melanie http://www.parisianevents.com/parisianparty/the-skinny-on-getting-married-in-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Melanie Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:59:21 +0000 http://www.parisianevents.com/parisianparty/?p=10#comment-35 What a wonderful blog! I'm desperate to get married in Paris but we can't do the 40-day residency thing BUT, we only want to get married once rather than having a symbolic exchange. Friends of our who got married in France had the 40 day residency waived on the grounds of compassion by the mayor. They were married in St Paul de Vence. In your experience, have you ever seen the 40 day residency waived for a wedding in Paris? What a wonderful blog!

I’m desperate to get married in Paris but we can’t do the 40-day residency thing BUT, we only want to get married once rather than having a symbolic exchange. Friends of our who got married in France had the 40 day residency waived on the grounds of compassion by the mayor. They were married in St Paul de Vence. In your experience, have you ever seen the 40 day residency waived for a wedding in Paris?

]]> By: Caroline http://www.parisianevents.com/parisianparty/the-skinny-on-getting-married-in-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Caroline Sun, 13 May 2007 22:01:37 +0000 http://www.parisianevents.com/parisianparty/?p=10#comment-13 I have a question you might be able to answer... first thank you for the detailed information regarding how to get married in France. What of the list of requirements changes if one of the parties to be married has a French passport (but isn't currently residing in France--though that is do-able)? Secondly, do you help plan weddings outside Paris (like 30 minutes outside the city by car?) Thank you! Caroline I have a question you might be able to answer…

first thank you for the detailed information regarding how to get married in France. What of the list of requirements changes if one of the parties to be married has a French passport (but isn’t currently residing in France–though that is do-able)?

Secondly, do you help plan weddings outside Paris (like 30 minutes outside the city by car?)

Thank you!

Caroline

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