Wedding couples follow in Rooney's footsteps

This year's most spectacular celebrity wedding of Wayne Rooney and Colleen McLoughlin in Italy has sparked off a massive increase in the number of couples choosing Italy as their preferred destination to tie the knot. Other celebrities such as Tom Cruise have also chosen to get married in Italy, but are lavish and stylish Italian weddings the preserve only of the rich and famous?

One specialist wedding company My Wedding Italy (myweddingitaly.com) is now proving that you don't have to be a celebrity to afford a celebrity style wedding in Italy. With wonderful locations and venues that include vast country houses and private castles My Wedding Italy are arranging unforgettable Italian weddings and for a budget that is surprisingly around half the cost of a similar wedding in the UK.

My Wedding Italy which has offices in London and Rome was set up by friends Elisa Males and Elisa Bellito. Both are fluent in Italian and English and married their partners in Rome within a month of each other last summer. It was after organising their own weddings that they were prompted to set up a specialist business to take the stress away from other English speaking couples wishing to marry in Italy. During the year and a half which led up to their own weddings the girls gained a great amount of experience in discovering and dealing with the very best venues, caterers, photographers and musicians. They also learned how to conquer all the legal issues which affect a wedding taking place in Italy.

Organising a wedding anywhere is highly stressful but to attempt the task in another country brings with it a whole host of additional problems. Language barriers, local bureaucracy and finding the right location and suppliers are just a few of the things that can add up to one big headache. My Wedding Italy handles every element of the wedding arrangements and so leaving couples free to relax and enjoy the wedding of a lifetime.

Both girls are Romans and know the city and the country inside out. In Rome itself they offer two spectacular wedding ceremony venues; Campidoglio Hall situated on Capitoline Hill overlooking the Roman Forum and The Caracalla Hall, a former convent and close to the famous Caracalla Roman Baths. Both venues are truly outstanding.

My Wedding Italy offers an extensive selection of reception and accommodation venues. These include wonderful Roman villas, country houses and some of the most enchanting castles to be found anywhere in Europe. The company take care of the catering and entertainment for the wedding which can include anything from solo musicians or groups to full orchestras and even a spectacular firework display.

To find out just how cost effective it is to have your wedding in one of the most romantic cities in the world visit the company's website at myweddingitaly.com.