Planning Your Wedding - travel, currency and other services
OK, so you've decided you want to get married in Las Vegas. You've set the date, chosen your chapel using this very website, you know exactly the dress you want. Now it's just everything else you need to think about. But never fear, we've done a lot of the rooting around for you so all you need to do is read on for our round-up of companies and services to help you out with the practical details of planning your wedding.
Dieting
It's one of the inevitables of getting married - losing weight. Easier said than done, we know, so why not try one of the following.
Tesco Diets is the UK's biggest online dieting and healthy eating service. They offer a personalised and individual approach to weight loss, and provide you with a service that's convenient, discreet, and tailored to suit you and your lifestyle. Tesco eDiets offers 13 personalised online programs including the Atkins Nutritional Approach™, Type 2 Diabetes, Low Fat, and Cholesterol-Lowering plans. Members choose a plan and complete a personal profile questionnaire to determine how to best tailor the programme for their unique needs. Each meal plan is custom-tailored for the member's distinct food preferences and lifestyle, and personalised shopping lists are provided to make things as simple as possible. Find out more.
We all know how hard it is to diet but imagine how easy it would be if you had your own personal chef who planned your meals, measured out the portions and did all the cooking for you. Well now you can - Diet Chef will send you a hamper full of chef-prepared ready meals for dinner, soups for lunch, granola for breakfast and healthy snacks for those hungry moments. All you need to do is put the meals in your microwave, enjoy and watch the weight fall away. They have carefully counted the calories of all the Diet Chef meals so you will be averaging less than 1200 calories a day which means that most people will be burning fat at a rate of 800 calories a day. They also use low GI ingredients so you will feel full for longer and won't feel hungry. Diet Chef is also affordable at £6.79 per day which is probably not much more than you're spending on food anyway. Find out more.
Travel
So how will you get to Las Vegas? Well, with so many web-based tools you can book flights, hotels (and a hire car if you want) independently. I've always used Expedia as I find them hard to beat in terms of flexibility, range of hotels and price. You can choose to fly direct to Las Vegas or change to reduce the price, and you can compare hotels of specific star ratings, or across the board. You can even book a combined holiday with them to see if the price ends up cheaper for you. Find out more.
Virgin Holidays supply package holidays to Las Vegas including hotels and direct flights from Gatwick or Manchester. They also offer 2 centre holiday options so can include a honeymoon destination too e.g flying on to Hawaii straight from Las Vegas. The holidays include car-hire too. Find out more.
Before you leave for your wedding
Order foreign currency from Travelex. The Travelex UK Online Price Promise means that no one can beat Travelex's online foreign currency prices. It's the best price guaranteed or they refund the difference, and it's commission free. They compare rates on a daily basis to ensure they are continually offering the best price. They operate at major airports and seaports throughout the country and customers benefit from a commission free service when they pre-order online and all they have to do is select a location and pick up their currency before they depart. Find out more.
Get your dress there safely with Personal Porter™ who provide a global door-to-door luggage delivery service. By picking up and delivering luggage from & to the address of the customers choice, the service allows travellers to embark on their journey with hand luggage only, whilst Personal Porter™ ensures the safe and reliable delivery of their luggage. Perfect for anyone who needs luggage such as a wedding dress delivered safely, securely and reliably. Find out more.
Transport
Sort out your Airport Parking. Airparks is one of the leading airport parking and airport hotel with parking providers in the UK. It offers parking at 25 UK sites from only £2.99/day and operates a best price guarantee. Its range of product includes on-site, off-site, meet and greet parking as well as airport hotels with and without parking options. Its easy to use website confirms your booking in just three easy steps and offers savings of up to 60%. Parking at Gatwick in the summer is from £4.50/day or about £30 for a week as part of an advanced deal. Find out more.
Travel to the airport by coach. National Express offer Britain's only scheduled coach network reaching around 1000 destinations in England, Scotland and Wales including all airports. National Express Coach carries more than 16 million passengers each year offering customers the best value way to travel throughout the UK, to airports and into Europe. Find out more.
Book a taxi transfer to the airport. Onward Travel Solutions Ltd is one of the leading Taxi and Executive Car transfer companies in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of transfers from airports, ports, rail stations and, to any individual post code via taxi, executive car, minibus or coach and are pretty competitive when it comes to price. Find out more.
Airport hotels and services
Book a hotel at the airport before you fly. Flight at some ungodly hour, or just want to make sure you get there refreshed? I usually use Expedia to book airport hotels due to the range of properties covered and the ability to compare rates. Find out more.
Book a place in a VIP lounge at the airport. Start your holiday in style and enjoy the experience of VIP travel by pre-booking an airport lounge with Lounge Pass from as little as £13.50. With 130 airport VIP lounges worldwide, including 20 UK airports, add an extra touch of luxury and make your travel experience a lot more comfortable. Find out more.