Wedding planner shares life-changing tip she wants all brides to know: ‘Don’t change your name until after the honeymoon’
- A wedding planner advises newlyweds to wait to change their legal names
- She insists on women always booking their honeymoon in their maiden name
- Many people face issues at the airport if they have a discrepancy on their tickets
- ‘The name on your plane ticket needs to be the same as your passport,’ she said
- Processing times for a legal name change can take 2-8 weeks in Australia
A wedding planner shared a crucial tip that most newlyweds overlook when planning their post-ceremony festivities.
Victoria, from New Jersey, showed her 291,000 followers a video of a woman who was almost turned away at the airport for a discrepancy with her official name.
‘When you show up to the airport to leave for your honeymoon and realise your new last name isn’t what’s on your passport,’ the woman wrote.
A wedding planner shared an extremely crucial tip that most newlyweds overlook when planning their post-wedding festivities
Victoria’s advice applies to all people who are considering changing their names after their wedding – even to those who want to hyphenate and combine two names.
‘Do not change your last name until after your honeymoon,’ she said. ‘Do not make this mistake and get stuck.’
It is recommended to book the trip in whatever name is on your passport and apply for a legal name change after you are back from the vacation.
In Australia, if you are changing to your partner’s surname, or adding their surname to yours, you do not need to go through a formal name change application process.
But that is only valid if you got married on Australian soil.
Foreign marriage certificates will not be accepted, and you will then need to apply for an official change of name.
Processing times can range from two to eight weeks if you got married outside the country, with fees starting from $195 for a standard service in New South Wales.
Victoria, from New Jersey, showed her 291,000 followers a video of a woman who was almost turned away at the airport for a discrepancy with her official name
An air hostess revealed that mismatched names were common in people who were travelling to their honeymoon.
‘I work at the airport in Aruba and this happens all the time,’ she said.
‘Couples really need to think these things through before booking their flights.’
Many married people took to the comments to share why haven’t changed their names yet
Many took to the comments to share why haven’t changed their names yet.
‘I’m just going to wait until my passport expires, which is eight years after my wedding,’ one woman said.
‘I still haven’t changed my name because of the hassle, and it’s been three years.’
‘It took me five years to change it legally – but I started going by my partner’s name immediately after the wedding.’
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