Marrying abroad more popular than ever

Getting married abroad is a booming business and more British people than ever before are considering it for their big day, according to reports.

Gibraltar is a particular hotspot, as is the Caribbean and Indonesia.

Many believe that Gibraltar is popular because of its British laws and the fact that you only have to be in the country for 24 hours before getting married.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono famously tied the knot on the island and this in itself is something of a tourist industry, you can even buy a copy of their marriage certificate.

It seems that many holiday destinations are seeing how lucrative hosting foreign weddings can be.

Not only do a large amount of people often come along, all needing hotels and somewhere to eat, but there is also the chance that the happy couple will frequently come back.

"If you get married here then at some point in your life - maybe when you have a couple of kids - you will want to come back," Peter Canessa, head of tourism in Gibraltar, told the BBC.

Picking an exotic location to get married is increasingly becoming a global trend with celebrities back on the wedding bandwagon.

Along with John Lennon, Mick Jagger also picked a foreign ceremony with Jerry Hall. Recently Kate Moss and Peter Doherty were also rumoured to have been considering a spiritual ceremony in Bali.

For those looking to hold an official ceremony, Gibraltar is an obvious and desirable option. Other ceremonies have led to confusion in British courts, notably when Mick Jagger declared his union with Jerry Hall as being invalid because it wasn't a legitimate ceremony.