If you haven’t yet sorted out your wedding insurance, then sit back, relax and enjoy the following tale of a couple who, like you, had no wedding insurance. Sarah and Michael had organised their dream wedding. It was to be a fantasy wedding in Cyprus, with a beautiful ceremony in a quaint little chapel, and then a reception on board a private yacht. They decided not to take out wedding insurance as they already had travel insurance, and felt that health insurance, home insurance and credit card protection would all be enough to plug any gaps should the worst come to the worst.

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They arrived at their hotel, excited, tired and rather hot. Their condition wasn’t helped when they were told that the hotel hadn’t quite got the booking right, and that they’d be sleeping in a twin room rather than the double they’d booked. They dejectedly humped the beds together before going to have a look at the venue. The venue had no idea who they were, and no recollection of any booking. After some frantic verifying of details it transpired that the venue had booked them in for next month, not this month, and already had a wedding party in so were unable to offer them the venue until the following week.

It couldn’t have got much worse, except that it did. There was a fire on board the private yacht and it was no longer available for the reception. Some couples would have got the hint and decided that perhaps fate was trying to tell them something. Some couples would have called their wedding insurance company and had them cover the cost of rescheduling everything. As it was, Sarah and Michael had to use the deposit they’d saved up for their first home and accept that their first few months of married life would see them still living in separate homes. Now, about that wedding insurance policy you didn’t think you needed…

Article written by Adam. See his profile.