For guests
Guest questions
The questions wedding guests ask us most often, answered without the sales voice.
The Cruise Bride coordinates the sailing, the cabins and the guest travel. The cruise line runs its own wedding program where one is offered.
Tell us about your celebration
A cruise wedding specialist replies personally, usually within one business day.
Most guests invited to a cruise wedding have never cruised. The questions below are the ones we answer every week, and none of them are silly.
If yours is not here, contact us directly. We would rather answer a question twice than have someone miss the ship.
The numbers couples ask for first
- $0.0k–$0k
- Typical cruise-line ceremony package, before the reception
- $000–$000
- Per guest, per night, inside cabin at double occupancy
- 00–00 mo
- Lead time we ask for when a group is coming with you
- $0
- What our planning costs you — the cruise lines pay us
Questions couples ask
Answers before you commit to anything
For a ceremony at sea or ashore, yes — you sail with the ship. For a dockside ceremony you can attend as a non-sailing guest and go home the same evening.
Not remotely. Ships are large and days are your own. Most cruise weddings have two or three group moments and everything else is optional.
Yes, satellite internet, sold as a package. It is far better than it was five years ago and still slower than home.
Tell the couple early and tell us. Interior cabins, shorter sailings and shoulder-season dates change the number substantially, and a payment plan spread over months is normal.
More for guests
- How to book your cabinWhat to do, in order, when a couple invites you to their cruise wedding — and what not to do first.
- Passports and documentsThe one thing that stops guests from boarding — sorted out early, in plain language.
- Choosing a cabinInterior, oceanview, balcony or suite — what the difference actually buys you on a wedding sailing.
- What to packA short, honest packing list for a wedding at sea, including the things people forget.
- What it will cost youAn honest breakdown of what a guest actually spends between the deposit and the last night.
- Get help as a guestTalk to a person about the couple's sailing, your cabin or your documents.