For anyone considering a wedding in Italy - regarding photographers/djs/flowers etc etc.....I really think you need to consider why you are having the wedding in Italy.
Do you want a real Italian wedding - as if so then go for locals as much as possible - it all adds to the occasion and will also make the local community more interested in your special day. I loved the fact that with our celebration the entire week before, everywhere we went everyone seemed to know we were the couple getting married at the weekend. The local florist did the flowers, the local photographer did the photos...and it was lovely to have them there with us. I bought the confetti from a local shop (the almond type!) and they ordered in a whole amount for us from Sulmona - then a couple of days before the wedding we all sat around and made up the little gift bags.
For our wedding service we had the groom handed over by the mother which is common practice too - whilst my father handed me over. The service was in italian - many of our english guests did not speak Italian but they loved to hear and see the whole thing. People still say to me several months on how wonderful the whole thing was and how our wedding had stood out from many they had been to in England or elsewhere. For us certainly it was truly magical.
I really felt like I had an Italian wedding - not an English wedding in Italy - and I think there is a big difference between the two. I wanted everything at my wedding to be as italian as possible - otherwise I might as well have got married back in England. Also it is good I think to be involved in at least some of the planning. Some of these agencies take over so much it seems to take the soul out of the whole thing - like buying a 'cut out and keep' wedding day.
In areas like Abruzzo also, it is good to give some work to local people.
Just a thought for those contemplating their big day, going by my experience.
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