Get to Know the Wedding Pro Each week, we shine the spotlight on local companies in the wedding industry, allowing you, our reader, to get up close and personal with some of the best wedding vendors in town. Here, you can learn more about the people behind some of the businesses you may be using to make your wedding day perfect! This week, we have the privilege of showcasing Dubai Wedding Planner, Elfi Bösinger, who…
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Diary of A Real Bride It’s a stressful time for our real bride Loren Penney, who’s currently in the midst of the often baffling and sometimes frustrating search for her wedding dress. Having visited several boutiques in both Dubai and the UK in her pursuit of ‘the one’, it’s crunch time, and our Loren is certainly feeling the pressure. We personally think she looks fab in all the dresses she tried on below, but when…
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Childcare Options During A Wedding After a small break following the birth of her baby (A big congrats from us!), we are super excited to welcome back BCME expert panel member and founder of Cloud 9 Weddings & Events, Mennat Al Hammami. This month, Mennat discusses a topic that can often be controversial when deciding upon your guest list: the inclusion of children. However, it needn’t be this way. Using her recent experience, as well…
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Prenuptial Agreements – What to include Recently, Dee Popat, our BCME expert panel member and Head of Family Law Department at James Berry & Associates, gave us the lowdown on the situation regarding prenuptial agreements, including their advantages and disadvantages. Below, in part two of Dee’s expert post, she carefully explains some of the things that you may wish to consider if you are going down the prenup route, and how to ensure that your prenup can adapt…
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Diary of a Real Bride, Anna Lucas: The Summer Lull This month, our real bride Anna is experiencing something that we can all relate to, both in terms of wedding planning and general day to day life in the UAE. There comes a point when you simply need to take a break, relax and sit back for a month or so, ready to start again with a bit more energy. The summer is the perfect…
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Romantic Eid Staycations in the UAE and Oman | BCME’S 2016 Picks With the start of the month of September, the temperatures begin to fall and summer gradually comes to an end. This year, September also sees the occasion of Eid Al Adha, which is forecast to begin on the twelfth of the month. With Arafat Day falling on the eleventh, many of our readers will find themselves in the position of having a week…
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Get to Know the Wedding Pro Each week, we shine the spotlight on Bride Club ME vendor club members, allowing you, our reader, to get up close and personal with some of the best wedding vendors in town. Here, you can learn more about the people behind some of the businesses you may be using to make your wedding day perfect! This week we have the privilege of showcasing Satyen Babla, Founder and Chief Choreographer…
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Diary Of A Real Bride After meeting our new ‘real bride’ Loren last month, we were keen to find out how she’s getting on with the wedding planning process – especially considering that she has never really considered herself to be ‘bride-y’! In her second installment, we join Loren as she searches for the perfect wedding venue, and discover where she and her fiancé have decided to get married. Read on to find out all…
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How To Plan For Retirement As A Couple With so much going on in your life, it can often be hard to plan ahead for the next month, let alone for years into the future. However, your retirement, although it feels like a long way off, will most likely creep up on you in what feels like little more than the blink of an eye. Saving as a couple will ensure that when you both…
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Get to Know the Wedding Pro: The Address Dubai Mall Each week, we shine the spotlight on local companies in the wedding industry, allowing you, our reader, to get up close and personal with some of the best wedding vendors in town. Here, you can learn more about the people behind some of the businesses you may be using to make your wedding day perfect! This week, we have the privilege of showcasing Hussain Mithaiwala,…
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