A COUPLE from Oxford have been forced to postpone their dream wedding in Mexico because of the swine flu outbreak.

Carey Williams and Andy Blackman, of Rowan Grove, Greater Leys, were due to fly out to Cancun on Tuesday.

The couple, both 29, had planned the ceremony — due to take place on Monday — for almost a year and were looking forward to spending two weeks in the sun with 12 family and friends.

Miss Williams said: “We put so much effort into it in the past 10 months and now all of a sudden we’re not going – it’s heartbreaking. We looked around for months, all over the world trying to find the right hotel, that catered for everything.

“It was so perfect, and now we’ve got to start all over again.

“We were due to fly from Gatwick on Tuesday morning at 9.15am, but we were told the night before.”

The couple said they had been promised a refund on their holiday by tour operator First Choice, but stood to lose the money they had put down for the wedding itself.

Miss Williams added: “I first heard about swine flu in Mexico on Friday, when my bridesmaid texted me about it.

“I didn’t really believe it, I thought it was all hype, but as the days went on I couldn’t stop thinking about it and the wedding wasn’t even in the front of my mind.

“We just can’t believe that it has happened there, of all the places in the world, and with such bad timing.

“We’re now thinking of waiting until next year.

“We’re exhausted with the emotion of it at the moment.”


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