Danielle Tate

Top 5 Honeymoon Travel Tips For Brides

In the passport of life, marriage and name change are two very big stamps! On your actual passport, you’ll get a stamp for your honeymoon (should you travel outside the U.S.) But, the name on that passport can cause problems if you aren’t prepared. Read on for our Top 5 Honeymoon Travel Tips for Brides.

1. Maiden Voyage – Book your honeymoon travel and reservations in your maiden name. It will take 2 weeks for your marriage certificate to be issued. And, you’ll need that to file for your new driver’s license and U.S. Passport. It will take the State Department 5-6 weeks to send out your new passport.

2. Invest in Insurance – Worried you or your spouse will make a name mistake somewhere along the way? Invest in travel insurance to protect yourself from potential change fees or being required to re-purchase your ticket. TSA is no joke when it comes to name change.

3. Destination Wedding Do’s – Make sure that the Social Security Administration will accept your marriage certificate. Call 800.772.1213 to get the scoop on whether you’ll need to translate and/or authenticate your marriage license before it is legal in the U.S.

4. Stock Up – Request 2-3 additional certified marriage certificates while you’re at your destination. They’ll help streamline the name change filing process when you get home. And, save you the nightmare of long distance logistics around obtaining additional copies once you’re home

5. Save Time – Change your name with MissNowMrs. Our app or easy online name change service will help you go from Miss to Mrs. in a matter of minutes!

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Now that you know our honeymoon travel tips for brides, you can stop worrying. The entire MissNowMrs team wishes you bon voyage. You can can look forward to a lifetime of love, happiness, and a marriage that grows stronger with every passing year.

Kim Kardashian’s Name Change Plans

Have you heard about Kim Kardashian’s name change plans? Whether you’re Kim Kardashian engaged to Kanye West, or the average American bride, married name change is a big decision. Do you take your spouse’s name, hyphenate, take your maiden name as a middle name or just use your married name socially? With so many options and various state laws allowing or disallowing certain naming choices, it can be down right daunting to decide which names is right for you.

According to the Huffington Post, Kim Kardashian has decided to take Kanye’s last name, but keep her maiden name as a middle name. I’m curious how she came to this decision. Did she do some soul searching or try to find the ideal balance between her “brand” and the family she has started with Kanye? I think she should play the Married Name Game to see what the patent-pending algorithm determines as the best fit for her life. If any of you out there know her…please share this post with Kim!

Curious about what your ideal married name change option might be? Give the quiz a try. It’s fun, fast and very informative! If you’re thinking about changing your name, the MissNowMrs app and online service can save you 13 hours of hassle!

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5 Tips For Including Pets in Your Wedding

Everyone loves their pets, and more and more brides are finding ways to include them in their engagements and weddings. I love the originality and the inclusion of something meaningful and personal in their a wedding!

Pets can be difficult to “pose” in photos, but portraits are a great way to include them in your Big Day. Finding a photographer familiar with animals as subjects will make your shoot much less stressful. I suggest factoring photographers’ levels of experience and openness to including pets into your decision making process for your engagement/wedding photographer.

Including your pet in your wedding is another big decision to make. One bride’s thoughts are “Our dogs are like family that’s why we wanted them included. We are going to try to incorporate them into the wedding probably wearing some sort of here comes the bride sign or something.” If you feel the same way, read our five tips below to ensure success.

5 Tips for Including Pets in Your Wedding
1. Make sure that your ceremony site allows pets on site.
2. Consider your pet’s temperament before adding them to your wedding. Are they comfortable in large groups? Obedient under pressure?
3. Do any of your family members or bridal party have an allergy to your pet (that would make for uncomfortable photos)?
4. Who will be “in charge” of your pets during and after the ceremony? You & your spouse will have many other obligations during your Big Day!
5. Practical Attire: consider the safety of your pets if you dress them up for your wedding. If they hate and/or eat costumes regularly, you may have to compromise with fancy collars

Considering these 5 tips should save you stress and help you decide if including pets your wedding is a good idea, or possibly better for photo ops before and after!

Create a FREE Wedding Photo Album!

Do you still need to make a wedding photo album? Digital cameras have revolutionized wedding photos and wedding photography as we know it. Instead of being presented with an album of 50 photos of your wedding (developed from film), today’s brides are typically given a CD with 1000+ images of their Big Day. Seeing your wedding from every angle is awesome…but it can be hard to find the time to create an album with that many photos to choose from.

WedPics to the rescue!! This month only, you can upload your photos into their free wedding photo app and create a FREE photo album (or if you used the WedPics app at your wedding you already have photos to choose from). Select which photos you want placed where in a custom 8×8 inch album from Pictures.com. Type in your address, pay a small shipping fee and you’ll have a gorgeous book commemorating your amazing love and wedding!

Hopefully this free album is the motivation you need to transfer your honeymoon photos from digital to quality print! An album will make a great new coffee table book or a gift for your parents! Newlyweds…how long did it take you to create an album of your wedding? Let us know in a comment!