Rent a castle

Remember the Tom Cruise Katie Holmes Italian castle wedding? I remember because I was maintaining a celebrity blog at the time and had to write about it. The whole thing seemed so over-the-top to me.

But if you have money and can afford to rent a castle in Italy for your wedding why not?

Personally I can’t think of any reason I might need to rent a castle, but it’s nice to know in case I ever needed to rent one, castles can be rented. There are castle rental companies that can help you find castle rentals. You can find them by simply doing a Google search, typing rent castle as your search string.

You can also check out Forbes.com’s 10 Castles you can Rent

Forbes quotes Freda Katrizky, the publisher of Chateaux Prives, as saying:

“A castle embodies luxury, romance and chivalry and is laden with history and tradition.”

But finding a castle to rent might not be as easy for the rest of us as it is for people with Tom Cruise’s fame and fortune. You could probably buy a house with what it costs to rent a castle for a weekend.

The ability to rent castles: one of the perks of being rich and famous….

Image: Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom

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