2011

Hi Carole We wanted to write to thank you and all your staff for making our wedding perfect. Right from the start everyone was so helpful and friendly. Everything was organised perfectly and a great day was had by all. All our guests commented on how beautiful the day was and most importantly how good the food was !!! We really couldn't of asked for more. What a setting to have your wedding with the perfect weather and clear blue sea :-) Considering the large group, i must admit we worried that someone may get missed on the pick ups but that also went smoothly. The wedding yacht was decorated just how we imagined and the colour scheme looked fantastic. The DVD and Photo Album are just perfect and great memories for us to keep. I must admit we weren't looking forward to the day trip to Antalya, but it was a comfortable and enjoyable trip. It was nice to see a bit more of the surrounding areas and everything went fine. Again, we would like to thank you all for making our day so perfect, memorable and truly the best day of our lives. All the best for 2012. Feel free to use a couple of our pictures on your website. Russell & Joanne Mount Yacht June 20th 2011

Hi Carole We opted for the beach wedding as we had 2 small children & there was a little play see saw that kept them busy during the ceremony. The beach setting was perfect & times nicely with the sunset so the pictures were captured with enough daylight & then moved into perfect sunset pictures. We didn't find ourselves too hot & bothered during the ceremony as the timing of the evening is just right. We did go in June, so presumably it may be hotter moving into July/August. Overall we had a very nice day & the pictures of our wedding are perfect especially those with the beach/sea in the background. 21st June 2011 Matt and Yasameen

Hi Carole Just wanted to thankyou for making our wedding day so fantastic! We can't believe it was 2 months ago already! From the moment we first contacted you enquiring about having our wedding in Turkey you couldn't have been more helpful. We decided on the beach option which was absolutely perfect. Our guest list kept getting bigger & bigger & in the end we brought 66 guests with us, who all said what a great day & beautiful setting it was. We told you our colour scheme & when we saw everything set up were so happy as it was even better than we could have imagined, the ceremony itself was really emotional & the photographs & DVD are just what we had hoped for. The bellydancer was a great ice- breaker she had everyone up dancing & the food was exceptional. Fifteen of us went to your hairdresser for hair ups, nails & some for make up, it was a wonderful start to the wedding day as we were all pampered together & all the girls were so pleased with the finished results. The only thing that is a shame is that it's all over now! I wouldn't hesitate to recommend you & your team to anyone thinking about marrying in Turkey, you made it so stress free. We will be back mid October so hopefully we can meet up with you then. Thanks again Carole Loren & Craig x Beach Wedding 24th June 2011

Hi Carole Thank you so much for creating such a magical day when my daughter got married in Turkey on 27th June 2011. Our group of 21 guests all agreed that it was the most amazing wedding they had ever been to, my granddaughter thought it was like a fairytale wedding and my daughter said it was a dream come true. I must say contact with you was excellent, the wedding package was superb and we were able to customise it our way for a very stress free experience. My daughter thought the journey to Antalya was a long but trouble free trip and she was excited when they returned because she knew all was well and that the wedding day would soon be upon us. We spent the next few days relaxing at the beautiful Club Tuana Hotel where you kindly came along to meet us to go over all the details for the wedding day. When we arrived on the wedding day the weather was great and the venue looked beautiful and we were so delighted to see that you had been able to match our colour scheme perfectly. What a perfect setting on the shores of the stunning lagoon with the beautiful mountain backdrop. How wonderful it was to have the wedding on the beach followed by champagne, great food, a fabulous cake and then dancing the night away to great music alongside the lagoon. The pictures are out of this world and all the magic and fun has been superbly captured on the DVD so we will always be able to recall those happy memories. You made a special day absolutely perfect and it certainly was the best day of our lives. The day itself was expertly planned and everything was handled in a very professional way. Everyone was so helpful and friendly, what great service from an excellent team. I don’t think we’ll ever forget the joy of that day. An unforgettable wedding – highly recommended. If any future brides would like further details or help with the UK side of things feel free to email me at bm002e5781@blueyonder.co.uk Thanks again. Brenda Mills.

Hi Carole Thank you for all you did for me and Ekaterina to prepare for our wedding blessing in the beautiful area of the blue lagoon in Olu deniz , Turkey. From the day we decided to use your company, all our correspondence emails where answered so promptly and from when you came to meet us at our hotel, you just made us feel so at ease from sorting out our bouquets , to hairdressing, color schemes , music and the cake etc, and David the minister talking us through every aspect of the ceremony was just a first class service throughout , you even gave us a mobile phone incase we needed you for anything which was a reassuring touch in itself. Me and Ekaterina was married in Bryansk , Russia on the 19th march 2011, and we thought to have a follow up wedding blessing on the 28th June 2011 would just be the icing on the cake , which it was, it was fantastic everything went so beautifully , the ceremony and the words that David the minister said was just great, and the fact he made it all work with our own renewal vows too. As for this area on sugar beach, you cannot begin to imagine an area so tranquil and beautifully set against the mountain backdrops, perfect for any wedding. On the day Ekaterina and her bridesmaid where taken away around 2 O clock in the afternoon to the hairdressers, to have there make up and hair done, Ekaterina said "I was so pleased with the service and the proffesionalism of the team it was second to none, and the fact I had taken my own hair extensions and they made this work for me was just great " Myself and the rest of the guests were picked up in a nice air conditioned mini bus around 45 minutes before Ekaterina was due to leave with her father and bridesmaid in a nicely decorated car, the ceremony was beautiful, food was the best I have ever tasted in the 5 times I have traveled to turkey and the entertainment of the belly dancer was a great touch too, and brought my family so many laughs when she got us all to participate in it also. The photographer and videographer did a fantastic job, and what was provided in the album we received will be treasured forever. Thank you Carole for the best wedding blessing imaginable. Look forward to looking at our testimonial on your web site all our love KEVIN & EKATERINA PS We look back on this day through the many photos we have , and I know that one day in the future we will come back and renew our vows again here x. If any one wishes to know or ask any questions please feel free to email myself or Ekaterina on the below email addresses. KEVIN & EKATERINA nesbit34@hotmail.co.uk ekaterina88@hotmail.co.uk

Hi Carole We are sorry for the late reply, we have been all wrapped up with getting Christmas and New Year out of the way. How is everything over there? We cant believe that its been almost 8 months since our fabulous wedding day. Every moment of the wedding day was everything and more that we ever could have dreamed of. We cannot fault the service that we recieved from yourself and the team that you have there aswell. Every niggly question that i had, i would email and would get a reply within 12 hours! At first me and Adam was a bit aprehensive about booking with a company that we have never met before, but after speaking to you and being able to communicate with you so easily, we could not say no. We initially booked our wedding through First Choice, then came across your website once we had booked with First Choice. Afetr discussing prices etc with you, we cancelled with First Choice and booked with you. I can imagine that ammount of money we have saved will be in the thousands! The trip to Antalya is definatly an experience ha! If i can give any advice... it would be to wrap up, it gets so cold going up and down those mountains! This takes a full day from around 6am until around 4 - 5pm depending on where you are. Teresa made this journey barable for us, blasting out ABBA all the way there and all the way back having a good sing along haha! She is a lovely lady and we wouldnt have been able to do that day without her. She knows Antalya and the mountains like the back of her hand. We couldnt have wished for a better day. Carole you advised us to have our wedding at 5pm or after because of the heat, but us being as stubborn as we are, wanted the wedding at 3pm. We met half way and had the wedding at 4pm, looking back you are definatly right! Even though the wedding was at the beginning of May and the heat isnt that intense, it was so hot on the beach! Even so... it was still fabulous! The wedding grounds are stunning and people are constantly saying that the wedding pictures are amazing. The setting for the photos is gorgeous! The ceremony is a traditional Turkish ceremony where the Bride and Groom sit down facing the guests and say their vows. We both had a few tears in our eyes whilst saying our vows! The meal at the wedding was a buffet of BBQ food which you chose yourself, such as steak, fish, chicken, rice, potatos and a gorgeous salad. Everyone at our wedding has said that it is the best meal that they have had all holiday! You do get to chose your own wedding cake aswell on the trip to Antalya, Teresa shows you a selection of Tukrish cakes to chose from. We took our own wedding tooper with us, and she arranged for it to all be done. A few days after the wedding we met up again with you Carole to finalise everything and get our wedding license. I cant belive how fast everything went... from the first time i emailed you to now me writing my testinmonial. I would 1000000000% recommend you and your team to anybody that wants to get married in Turkey. My husbands mum and dad enjoyed it so much.... that they have arranged there wedding through you for next May, so we get to go back and enjoy the wedding as a guest now. If anyone has any questions then please feel free to email me or Adam kristie_adamtaylor@hotmail.co.uk and we will try and help you out as much as we can. Thanks again Carole for everything that you have done for us, we hope that you have enjoyed your Christmas ans Happy New Year! All the best.... Kristie and Adam Taylor :-) xxxxxxx

Hi Carole To All who read and are thinking of getting married in Turkey. Got to the experts, the proper wedding planners. Thompsons/Thomas Cook do holidays and flights and bus transfers well. Carole at Weddingsturkey does weddings really well. She/they are the experts. We got married in May on the beach at Olu Deniz, having been to Elaine's niece's wedding, organised by Carole, the previous year. That was a fantastic day and we really enjoyed the day. So we decided to get married there ourselves and trusted Carole to organise and plan everything. Did she disappoint us? No, everything went smoothly and we had a fantastic day. All paperwork was correct and everything efficiently done. Not the slightest problem or hitch , we could not have asked for more. Would we recommend Weddingsturkey and Carole and her team? Absolutely yes. No hesitation. If you wish to get in touch to confirm this is our honest opinion, then feel free. Enjoy your wedding! Steve and Elaine Antcliffe

Hi Carole Thanks for your email and we are happy that you have had a busy and successful season. Please find our testimonial below and we will definitely look you up the next time we are in Fetihye We just wanted to say thank you for making our day so special. Let me start by saying that it was a pleasure working with you to plan our special day. It is one thing to see your work online and in pictures, but it another to see it in person. You made all the planning a smooth and painless experience, and that was exactly what we were wanting . Everything was exactly the way we imagined and we couldn't be happier.. We will always treasure our ceremony on the beach, thanks to you and your team. Many thanks to all of you in helping our dream come true and for making it possible Regards Nicola Crawford 12 May 20011 wedding

Hi Carole Re: Wedding 21st May 2011 We just wanted to drop you a line in thanks for all you and your team did for us, and how easy and smooth you made the day and how painless the preparation was. Beginning with the trip to Antalya with Jamie and Theresa, who were both helpful and informative whilst still being professional and actually taking care of everything for us, we just followed them around while Theresa did all the work. Then we were shown the setting for our wedding on the blue lagoon, it was breathtaking, couldn't of wanted anywhere more beautiful or tranquil. On the day of the wedding all the stress was taken out of our hands by your fantastic team, we were picked up by yourselves and delivered to the already decorated and prepared venue, the ceremony was carried out and translated for us against the backdrop of the lagoon it was perfect. The seriousness of the occasion was dumbed down a bit when we all, including Susie the translator and the registrar all got a fit of the giggles, which relaxed us completely through the rest of the ceremony, which does not take long, but is still very romantic. following the service the bar was available for us and our guests and the DJ (English) played our chosen selection of oddities for us, we tested him but he managed to come up with all the rubbish we wanted to hear and dance to, which after the consumption of alcohol (lots) we did!!!! We had asked for English style BBQ food and we got exactly what we wanted, steaks, baked pots, chicken etc all done beautifully and with plenty for everyone. Anyone considering marriage abroad couldn't do any better than Turkey, and Carole and their team, thank you so much for making the best day of our lives the easiest. thanks again Mr and Mrs Archer (Mo and Steve) please feel free direct anyone to us via email should they require a recommendation.

Hi Carole Sorry it’s taken so long to write this testimonial I honestly don’t know where the summer went and it doesn’t seem like two minutes since the wedding in May. Since we’ve got back I’ve been passing on your details to whoever would listen as I honestly don’t think they will find a better venue or wedding planner anywhere in Turkey.! I can say that everyone who came along and shared the day with us had a fabulous time. The setting on the beach was gorgeous and it looked amazing with the decorated gazebo and the way you had put the candle holders along the red carpet. The whole thing was magical. We couldn’t fault the food, it was really fresh and there was an excellent choice,in fact it was just a shame that we didn’t manage to eat it all. The cake was also really delicious and moist.We also thought the DJ did a really good job and was pleased that we decided to have him rather than playing our own CDs as he somehow managed to pick the right songs for the setting somehow. To sum up I don’t think there was anything I would change at all. It was great that I basically just turned up and everything had been arranged. It was stress free, I didn’t have to do much at all other than decide on what food to have and what outfit to wear (that’s another story)! You take a leap of faith sometimes when you let someone else take the reins but I can honestly say that there was nothing to worry about at all,you were very professional from start to finish The team you have working for you are lovely girls and nothing was too much trouble for them, they didn’t have to give us lifts back into town after our meetings but they did and it was very much appreciated. I just want to express our thanks again. Jenny & Nathan are still talking about their wonderful wedding and holiday.If anyone is thinking of using your services then I can’t recommend you highly enough. Jan Clowes ( Jenny & Nathan) – 25/5/2011)

Hi Carole From start to finish, the whole experience with Caroles Weddings was simple and stress free. Whilst on holiday in Sept 2010 we arranged to meet up with Carole to briefly go over the dates. We then went over in April 2011 and took the trip to Antalya to do the legal stuff. (Which may I say; was a lovely and interesting day out). Until our arrival in May, everything else was done by e-mail. The communication from Carole was excellent. Our wedding day was on 26th May 2011. We had around 23 guests which was intimate but enough for the boat, the weather was perfect, the boat was decorated beautifully and the food was gorgeous. The staff and crew were amazing. Robert and I didn’t want what we call the pomp and all that comes with it like top tables and speeches and such, we wanted a more relaxed approach and even though all of that was on offer, it was no trouble at all for our wishes to be accommodated. They say your wedding day should really reflect you as a couple and after enjoying our holidays to Turkey over the past 10 years, especially the numerous Gulet’s we spent time on, we thought the Gulet was right for us. Everybody has dreams of their wedding day and how it will run and ours turned out to be the dream and more and it really did reflect us. Our guests felt it was one of the best wedding they’d ever been to and are still in awe of the whole experience. My Sister wanted to renew their vows again because it was so beautiful. “It really was the perfect day.” We met up with Carole a few days later to complete the final stage of registering the marriage and were presented with a disc with around 400 photo’s and the video of the day and the most beautiful album full with large photo’s (All airbrushed, “Marvellous”) On returning to the UK, we watched the video and cried buckets as we relived the dreamy day all over again. “Carole, we can’t thank you and your team enough for the most perfect day of our lives so far. We can’t speak for the Beach venue but the boat was awesome. You were awesome. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts” Ley & Robert Yacht 26th May 2011

Hi Carole We have been back home and happily married now for two months, I thought it was about time that I sent my thanks for all the hard work that you did for us! We got engaged on the 14th February 2010, and within a week our wedding with you was booked! You made everything so easy, within a few emails we had our date set for our wedding! There was so little we needed to do before we came to Turkey, just choosing a dress and deciding on a colour scheme! We already had a date to sort the paper work before we arrived in Turkey, and although not the most fun day, it was easy. On the way back we also stopped off and choose our flowers and cake, all of which we were very pleased with. When we saw the beach venue we were so pleased, it really is a very beautiful setting! Unfortunately we were very unlucky with the weather, and it rained on the days leading up to our wedding. When I woke up on the day of our wedding to discover it was still raining my heart sank. But, I rang you and you put me at ease – we would be getting married – rain or no rain! You arranged for a lovely make up lady to come to our hotel, I was delighted with the results and the price! At 5.30 the rain stopped and the sun came out, I can’t tell you how happy I was! Our 38 guests were all collected by bus from their different hotels, and I was picked up in a lovely car to be taken to the venue. Think I probably started to get nervous at this point! When I walked down the beach to the music we had chosen I was so happy, everything looked so beautiful! The ceremony went without a hitch, and then the party began! You organised for us to have canapés on the beach with the champagne. They were lovely and very much appreciated by the guests. We then had the confetti drop, before sitting down for the meal. The food was lovely, and enjoyed by all. The cake in particular was delicious with nearly all guests saying it was the nicest wedding cake they had ever eaten! For entertainment we had the belly dancer, DJ and fire show. The belly dancer was fantastic and got everyone up dancing, even my Grandad had a go! The DJ played great music all evening, and also had everyone up dancing. The Fire show came towards the end of the evening and I can defiantly recommend him! In all our wedding day was amazing, and we wouldn’t have changed a single thing about it! Thank you carol for an unforgettable day! Best wishes, Mr & Mrs Meagor Beach wedding – 30th May 2011