Can’t decide between burgers, tacos, waffles, fish and pizza? Why not get them all? With food truck weddings you can make all your foodie dreams come true this season. It’s a bohemian, free spirited style and everyone can walk around with their little tappas and socialise with eachother. The more things more away from
traditional weddings the more we’re discovering all these whimsical wedding themes.
Cherry Glamping: Where luxury meets nature. Be immersed in nature and fi ll your lungs with fresh air and contentment. Sit down, unwind and take in all the beautiful views Elgin has on offer. Leave your busy city life at home and come and set your soul to rest while being surrounded by loved ones and nothing but festivity.
WEDDINGS AND FUNCTIONS
This space is the perfect place to embrace its surroundings making spectacular backdrops for your wedding photos. If its a forest wedding you’re after, then look no further because we’ve got the perfect place for you and your guests. There is no venue fee if guests stay over, only a per head fee for guests not staying over.
Lotus food Truck
A regular at the Vineyard Oval Night market and just as happy to be, as they say on their FB page: “Where ever u want us to be”, these guys serve up fragrant and flavourful Asian street food-inspired dishes such as marinated calamari salads, Thai prawn salads, Asian noodles and their famous ribs.
Mon Amis – French Afrik Food Truck
Mon Ami first caught my eye for purely aesthetic reasons (love their shabby chic style), but turns out they make great food too! Here you will find artful salad cups with your choice of topping, prego steak rolls, quesadillas, wraps, seared tuna steaks and of course the classic burger.
El Burro
Mexican on the move! Tacos, quesadillas, nachos – you name it. Fresh and authentic.
The Soft Machine
Ice Cream. Need I say more? Soft serve and sorbets made with the best quality and freshest natural ingredients.
Limoncello
I was lucky enough to sample some of Chef Luca’s delicious food when Limoncello was still an “old-school” restaurant, and was glad to hear that it hadn’t closed, just moved! You can find the Limoncello food truck frequenting Oudekraal beach and hanging around various trendy events in the CBD, like First Thursdays. Grab a calzone or sample some of the many other Nepalese delicacies on offer. Tweet them to find out their latest location.
Cafeteria
A regular at the Neighbour Goods Market on Saturday mornings, you can have your pick of wholesome comfort foods at Cafeteria. Try the pan-fried banana bread served with double thick Greek yoghurt, fresh berries and cinnamon sugar or for something savoury, their slow roasted leg of lamb, mmm…
Meisies Kitchen
A popular choice for weddings – which is evident when looking at this cute-as-a-button food truck, these gals serve up “simple and innovative, fresh home-cooked meals served with a smile!” They offer breakfasts, pastas, salads, prego rolls, sandwiches, pitas and wraps or whatever your heart desires for private functions.
Rawsome Cafe
The healthier version of traditional street food, but with plenty of spunk – just check out their trailer! RAWsome uses biodegradable cups, containers and cutlery and also makes use of local ingredients as far as possible. Great food from people that care about our environment too.
Sugary Sensations
With offerings like Banana & Nutella waffle sticks, Caramel & Chocolate Whoopie Pies, and Crepe Cakes smothered in chocolate sauce, you will be in a sugar coma of utter joy. For those of you out there with a serious sweet tooth, this food truck is just for you!
Lady Bonin's Tea Parlour
To satisfy your inner gypsy, pay a visit to Lady Bonin’s Mobile Tea room. Sample teas from all over the world inside this charming caravan. Black, White, Oolong, Green, Yellow and Puerh, hot or iced, whichever way you choose to enjoy this drink, make sure to savour it
Something Different
Food Trucks
Cruising need to knows
Popular cruise locations
The Caribbean is most popular just be aware of residency requirements before booking.
Your Wedding Can Be in Port or at a Destination Venue
A legal marriage all depend on the country you’re in. You can also have a shipboard wedding at another port, or choose a destination beach or resort venue to add the exotic scenery of Mexico, the Caribbean, The Bahamas, or Hawaii.
Make Sure Your Marriage Is Legal
You need a marriage license wherever your ceremony is held. This is when a wedding coordinator will be essential because they will help you understand the requirements at the port where the ceremony will take place.
Pick a Ship That Suits Your Style
Every cruise ship has its own personality so choose one that matches your own style and the style you’ve always wanted your wedding to be in.
Consider Booking Early
Book early to avoid disappointment because cruise weddings have gotten more and more popular. A good idea is to arrive to the port a day early to ensure that everything is in order.
Let Your Guests Know in Advance
Be sure to let your guests know in advance so they can make arrangements to take time off work because essentially it is a holiday away for them too.
Pick a Good Cruise Length
Pick a cruise itinerary that doesn’t rush your whole experience as newlyweds but also one that isn’t too long or too expensive for your guests. A 4-7 day cruise gives you enough time for the ceremony and doesn’t take too much time away from your guests holiday time.
Group Rates Make Cruise Weddings Affordable
Book accommodations as a group so that your wedding guests get better prices. You can even plan group activities and get specials.
Make Planning Easy With a Comprehensive Package
A good thing to look for would be all the different packages offered by the different cruise liners. Some would end up making your life so much easier taking all the stress off your shoulders.
Pick a Package That Matches Your Style and Budget
When deciding on a package you could even go as far as picking one according to your desired wedding style. Each ship has a completely different look and feel so be sure to look into this when deciding.
Dress for the Occasion
Any other time you spend on the ship will definitely be casual but be sure to dress for a wedding get out your formal attire to make some extra effort. Make sure your wedding dress is easy to get to as well as your tux. Some ships even offer on board tux rentals for you!
Capture Memories with a Wedding Photographer
Your cruise ship can supply a professional photographer to take photos and videos creating some lovely sentimental albums of your special day.
Enjoy Family Togetherness and Alone Time
A cruise ship wedding is the perfect opportunity to spend some time with family and friends. That being said, there are also endless activities everyone can enjoy without being in one anothers space too much.
It Isn’t Just for Newlyweds
Cruises are a great way to bring together friends and family while you renew your vows too.
Relax and Enjoy Your Life Together
With the ceremony comes the stressful part so when that’s all over it’s time to relax and settle in to the newly wed life in style on a beautiful cruise!
It’s cheaper than you’d think.
Cruise weddings start somewhere around $795. You’ll be able to create the wedding of your dreams for far less than the national average – a whopping $30,000 per wedding.
It’s a 2-in-1 deal.
A cruise wedding is a super cost-effective solution. You don’t have to worry about hotel rooms or any sort of transport – your nuptials and honeymoon have been merged into one lovely cruise.
You don’t have to plan as much.
Planning a wedding at a far destination can be pretty stressful. But, when you’re planning your wedding at a ship’s destination, a lot of your standard wedding related questions are already answered.
Professionals will help you plan it
A lot goes into planning a wedding, let an expert help you out (for no extra charge) relieving some of the pressure off your shoulders. Most cruise lines, especially the larger ones, offer dedicated wedding planners to make your wedding day a breeze.
Glamping - Where luxury meets the outdoor world
Anyone who owns a horse will understand that having your horse be a part of your wedding day will honestly just be the best thing ever! You’ll be surprised how many different ways there are to turn your wedding into a ‘horsey’ wedding and we absolutely love them all to bits. It is the perfect element to turn your beautiful boho wedding into the perfect fairytale. Horses are very regal animals and represent a sort of gracefulness and elegance making them the perfect addition to your wedding. It’s dramatic, it’s different and it’s a must-do for any horse lovers.
It’s all about the entrance:
Be your most dramatic self and start with a bang by entering in the most unique way possible. We recommend a horse and carriage dressed in your wedding colours and textures and draped in your favorite flowers. You could even go as far as matching the colour of the horses pulling the carriage to your wedding colours!
Another grand entrance we love would be to ride in side saddle on a horse of your choice, colour and breed. How about a big black Fresian to compliment your white or off-white wedding dress and make you stand out the way you deserve to? Put some flowers in the horses hair or ‘dress’ him / her up the way you want to to match your style.
A magical photo shoot:
You will have the most amazing boho / fairytale wedding photos if you choose to incorporate some horses in to your photos. You can sit on them, stand between them in a field, stand next to a horse and interact with it, the possibilities are endless! A good tip would be to get to know the horse a couple days before your wedding day so you both feel comfortable around each other to get the best photos. If you want to sit on the horse for your photos then make sure the horse has been properly groomed so you don’t end up with a black dress or you could get a boho looking rug to sit on and it’ll add to your boho theme.
Wedding venue - stable yard:
Having your wedding at a beautiful stable yard will create such a nice atmosphere and you and your guests will be surrounded by horses - perfect!
Turn it into a show:
How about putting on a bit of a show while your guests are arriving? You could use anything from dressage to lippizaners putting on a show. In our opinion, even having a herd of horses in a field that guests can interact with is a show on its own and your guests will absolutely love it. How about someone doing a show jumping course for your guests to watch? Any of these will be amazing because horses in general are just such good entertainment to watch.
Pony rides for the kids:
Keeping the children busy on the day has always been quite a tricky task so why not hire someone to do some pony rides? It’s perfect and the kids will be perfectly safe with an adult who knows what they’re doing and has done this sort of thing before. It’s the perfect entertainment and it will add to the fairytale theme of your boho theme.
Horse / pony - ring-bearer:
This is one of our absolute favourites! Dress a horse or a pony up to match your weddings theme and maybe add some flowers you have used in your venue into their manes or tails to match your theme and let them be led in by either a flower girl or one of your wedding party members while they have your rings strapped to them somehow. Make sure you pick a horse that has a good temperament and won’t spook and run off with your rings still attached to them, now that would be an absolute disaster! So choose wisely for the sake of your wedding.