getting married in lapland

[sadiespringe]

my son and his fiance had booked to go to Lapland to get married in Levi on 9 Jan 06, the tour operator Canterbury Travel has told them today that it is cancelled due to not enough people on the flight. We were wondering if we could arrange everything ourselves, flights available for 7 Jan 06 to Helsinki but not sure of internal flights also if anyone has been married in Lapland and has info on arranging paperwork etc it would be helpful as travel company have let them down with that also

[Buenchico]

The only source of reliable information regarding the actual marriage ceremony (and the associated paperwork) has to be the Finnish Embassy:
http://www.finemb.org.uk/en/

Levi is served by Kittil� Airport (15km, 9 miles). The airport's website http://www.ilmailulaitos.fi/airport_kittila states that the only scheduled airline using the airport is Finnair. (Although there are also [expensive] air taxi services available).

The Finnair website shows inclusive return fares from Heathrow from �291 (with long waits in Helsinki) or, if you've found some cheap flights to Helsinki, Finnair can get you from Helsinki to Kittil� for 133 Euros (about �93) return:
http://www.finnair.com/

If you need to sort out some accommodation, then contact the Finnish Tourist Board in London. Their web site is here:
http://www.visitfinland.com/web/uk/index.nsf but you'll probably need to phone them: 020 7365 2512

Hoping that this might help,

Chris