Iceland Wedding Help

I am no help because I am not having an international wedding, but I just wanted to say that Iceland is my favorite place ever! There will not be much of a language barrier, almost all Icelanders also speak English. What city/town are you getting married in?

Never heard of this before but I'm a HUGE fan of Iceland. FH and I are going there for our honeymoon in just a couple weeks There are a couple of girls on here who went there for their honeymoons as well...and I know I'd be more than happy to share anything from my experience once we get back. I know that's not helpful with the wedding part of it per se, but just throwing that out there in case it's of any help.

In any case, good luck! Sounds like an amazing idea!

Thanks, ladies!

Any information on cool places to visit, good restaurants, or hotels would be much appreciated. We're probably doing an outdoor ceremony somewhere in the countryside and then head back to Reykjavik for a reception.

I fell in love with Iceland as a wedding location when I saw portraits on Pintrest. Soooo gorgeous!

Welcome to the WeddingWire Community @Alex!

I've visited Iceland on a family vacation - loved it, there's absolutely no place like it. Is this going to be just the two of you?

There are some discussions on honeymooning in Iceland from past couples ~ you could check them out for restaurant, etc help! Definitely keep in mind that alcohol is incredibly expensive over there, which you'll have to factor in.

- https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/booked-our-honeymoon-to-iceland/cad35579990b12d7.html

- https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/randi-or-anyone-who-has-doneis-planning-an-iceland-honeymoon/4869165799f07ef7.html

- https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/iceland-honeymoon-experience/340a05e4c1acf4ce.html

Go ride Icelandic Horses at Ishestar! I used to work there. Icelandic horses are a very special breed

And Steikhusid is seriously the BEST nice restaurant. The best meal I have ever had was there. Cafe Loki is a great place to go to try the old traditional foods.

Seriously though Iceland is my favorite place ever, I could go on and on and on. I

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Sounds like a lot of fun. Just make sure to check with your VIPs for their best dates before you book since it's international travel.

I've never been to Iceland, but I've heard amazing things about the geothermal spa, the Blue Lagoon.

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We plan on inviting around 20 -30 people, but we really don't expect many to come. Which is fine with us, we understand it's a lot to ask but if you want to make the trip then we want you there. However, we have a lot of friends that love to travel so I think more will RSVP than we think.

We were thinking of taking our guests either on a sightseeing tour the day after the wedding or to the Blue Lagoon as a thank you. That's way more fun than a favor

We honeymooning there in 3 weeks! Cant wait to experience it all. Your wedding photos will be amazing!

I am so excited for you! My fiance and I got engaged in Iceland last April and we're heading back in February to make our Save the Date film. (Here's a link to our engagement film if you're interested: https://vimeo.com/128756629)

I second the idea to do an Icelandic horse tour. We did ours through Íslenski Hesturinn – The Icelandic Horse. I would highly recommend finding a tour company that has horses who can tölt. It's a unique gait that Icelandic horses have and it's so much fun!

If you're up for an adventure and are planning on staying in Iceland for your honeymoon, you should consider driving the Ring Road. You can see a lot of the country this way. We did it in about eight days and had an amazing time! If you don't have that much time, I recommend at least taking a day trip along the South and seeing Skógafoss, the black sand beach outside of Vík (you might even see puffins) and Jökulsárlón. We also enjoyed a day driving around the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. There, you can see Kirkjufellsfoss and Djúpalónssandur. There's a beautiful black church in Búðir that I've seen quite a few weddings at (if that's your style).

We're planning our destination wedding right now too (November 10th, 2016). It's not in Iceland, but I would just recommend choosing vendors that you love since you'll be spending quite a bit of time with them. We ended up choosing our photographer because we loved her work AND we loved her too! She's staying with us for two nights, so it was important for us to find someone we'd enjoying hanging out with.

Oops, sorry for the double post! Here are a couple more pictures from the South.

You might do well to hire a photographer from the states and fly them over. I know blackravenimagery.com will work for travel fees cause she is trying to get more destination weddings for her portfolio.

Tara and Randi... will you be there at the same time???

Lisa K - When in February will you be there?

I really do not have any suggestions.. Google has been my friend and we went to Barnes and Noble and picked up an Iceland book, to see suggestions of what to do in various months. We should be heading there in February for our honeymoon (FH is having some issues with getting the time off, there is a new policy which he can't put the dates in until January, which is frustrating).

I just looked at our Iceland book and it says that May is the Reykjavik Arts Festival (two weeks of local and international theatre performances, film, dance, music, and visual art). www.listahatid.is has the program.

We'll be there from February 13th-18th. I'm hoping the northern lights make an appearance.

What dates are you planning for your honeymoon? Hopefully everything works out with your fiancé getting the time off, that is frustrating!

We will be there their November28th until December 5th

I don't know, but that sounds awesome! I have. Friend who just went there and photos are amazing....he did say most everyone knew English.

Our wedding is the 13th.. I think we will be leaving around the 17th but I'm not sure quite yet. I hope that the northern lights make an appearance as well!!

One of my bridesmaids is MOH in another wedding in Iceland in 2 weeks. If you have specific questions, I can ask both the bride & our mutual friend. I know the wedding is in Reykjavik & they have excursions to see the Northern lights and go to hot springs, but I don't know much more yet.

Lisa K -- So how did you get to the airplane? My FH and I were discussing honeymoon plans and he stated that he wants to go see it. Is there any tours that include it or would we have to rent a car to get to it?

Also.. I know you are hoping that the northern lights make an appearance (while you are there). Do you have any plans on how you hope to see them?

Pinky Winter Promise - The plane is on Solheimasandur, which is a black sand beach not too far before you reach Vik. It's about two hours outside of Reykjavik, so you will have to rent a car to get there. I think it's nice having a car in Iceland in general though because you can explore more than just Reykjavik and you can explore at your own pace instead of with a bus full of other people. The road itself says not to drive it unless you have a 4x4, but we did it just fine in our little campervan. It might be a different story in February though because of snow. I think we'll be renting a 4x4 when we go just in case of snow anyway. We followed this guy's directions and had no problems finding it (http://expertvagabond.com/airplane-crash-wreckage-iceland/).

I just found a Super Jeep tour (my mom did a different super jeep tour this May and loved it) through Reykjavik Excursions that says it stops at the plane. I'm sure there are other companies that do it too.

I think our plan is to keep an eye on the aurora forecast and self-drive to the areas that have good visibility. From what I understand, it's similar to stargazing and you want to get away from the city lights for the best chances of seeing them. Our airfare package came with a northern lights tour as well. It's called Warm Baths and Cool Lights, but I'm not really sure what to expect from it!