Symbolic vs civil ceremony? A civil ceremony is legal – the marriage is officially recognised by the government & you can register it in your country. A symbolic ceremony is NOT a legally recognised marriage, instead it’s essentially a commitment service. Both types of ceremonies will bring the friends and family closer together to celebrate and witness the beautiful union between the newlyweds. Neither type is better than the other, they are just different and both require different considerations when planning. Here’s what you need to know about symbolic and civil destination wedding ceremonies to help you decide which ceremony is best for you. If you want to have a legal or symbolic ceremony. No matter which country you come from, you have to gather a bunch of papers which they will need special stamps called apostille and then translate your papers in Greek by an authorized source before you send them to me so I can start on my end the Greek part of the paperwork. But that first part, before the papers get in to my hands, will cost you around 500 euro to 1000 euro  (depending where you come from) which you are called to pay. After you will get legally married here, it takes 1 month before your wedding planner will be able to send you the Greek marriage certificate in Greek, which needs to be translated back in English and you will pay for that as well. So, although you will be married, it will take you another month before you will be able to register it to your country because our Town Hall registry is really busy and there is no way to get it sooner than this. So, if you wish to avoid all these expenses, headache and bureaucracy, the solution is a symbolic wedding which will be exactly the same in terms of ceremony. You miss nothing and you gain the money you would spend to prepare your paperwork. So your guests will never know the difference and of course exists Confidentiality between you and our agency