Many wedding plans have been interrupted by the Icelandic volcano which has resulted in travel chaos across Europe.

One couple who are due to get married this Saturday is uncertain if all of their family and friends are going to be able to make their wedding.  The sister of the bride-to-be (the bridesmaid) who lives in Australia has only able to get as far as Bangkok at the moment and the grooms family who is from England are left patiently waiting to see if they can travel over to Northern Ireland for the wedding.

Yesterdays Irish News reported how one newlywed couple had to get married last Saturday even though dozens of their friends couldn’t make the wedding because of the flight shut down.  The groom who is a pilot with FlyBe and originally from Bristol had told the Irish News how some people were suggesting he should borrow a plane and take his wife away somewhere as the cancelled flights also wreaked havoc on their honeymoon.  The couple was planning to fly out of Belfast to a sun-drenched Mediterranean honeymoon which they had spent three weeks researching.

The couple whose wedding should have had 90 guests was whittled down to a more intimate number after around 25 wedding guests were left stranded at airports across Europe.  The couple praised the managers of the Malone Lodge Hotel in Belfast were the wedding reception was held for not charging them for any of the cancelled meals. The couple was reported to have a fantastic day despite the hassle

 ‘We would have loved for those people to have been there but we still managed to have a marvelous day and we were incredibly touched by all the efforts made by everyone’

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