Save money on your dream wedding abroad

Overseas weddings have gained enormous popularity over recent years. Research from Mintel found that one in six (16%) British weddings are being held abroad.

That’s an estimated 51,300 overseas weddings. A main reason for people tying the knot abroad is that key wedding features such as; venues, caterers and florists are cheaper than in Britain.

Karen Thornton-Brown, International Wedding Planner at WeddingsAbroad.com states, “With the average wedding in the UK now costing £25k, couples realise that they can make huge savings by marrying abroad. As much as 70% can be saved when compared with a like for like wedding to the UK.”

But with high street banks charging a small fortune for foreign money transfers – are brides and grooms really making a saving?

Charging upwards of £25 just to transfer your money, banks can also charge commission and take overseas delivery charges. Just sending deposits to the aforementioned could take a £120 chunk out of your wedding fund.

James Hickman, Managing Director at Caxton FX explains, “It is important to raise awareness about this, more so as the pound continues to weaken. People don’t realise that there is a cheaper and trustworthy alternative to using a High Street Bank for wedding money transfers. FastPay not only offers bank-beating exchange rates, there are no transfer fees either.”

Caxton FX FastPay enables currency payments to be made around the world, at any time. Live rates offer an opportunity to take advantage of currency volatility and FastPay customers are also able to track progress of their payments online.

FastPay is a vital tool to make your happily ever after ever cheaper.

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