Imagine exchanging vows amidst breathtaking scenery, far away from the chaos of your home cities! Destination weddings are currently the trend worldwide. They offer unparalleled adventure and celebration to the newlyweds and their families. However, planning an ideal destination wedding that matches both your vibe and budget is the most challenging job. With numerous breathtaking locations worldwide, couples can easily get confused.
So, to tailor that the chosen venue ensures seamless logistics, breathtaking ambience, and cherished memories, here is a list of pull-proof things to keep in mind.
Budget
While planning a destination wedding, the first factor that should be completely marked is the budget. A wedding itself has multiple hidden costs, including taxes, service charges, and more, so crafting a well-planned budget for the destination wedding that fits your capacity is essential. For instance, while you’re dreaming of a secluded beach wedding in Goa, the budget exceeds your limits. Then, all you need to do is plan effectively and cut some of the “not so essential” things from the list of itineraries, use the buffer budgets kept for each criterias or use some discounts.
Fix your date and location
The next important step in planning the destination wedding is locking a date. Once done, you can start checking out the array of locations as per your choice – be it mountains, valleys, beaches, or more. Citing the above example, for your matrimonial celebration, you can also go for similar-looking ones at a lower cost if a location goes out of your budget. Moreover, accommodation facilities, restrictions, desired choice of food, transportation to the venue, and other factors are also hugely essential for the ceremony.
Finalise your Wedding Planner
Once you have finalised the kind of set-up you want for your wedding and the maximum budget you can afford, you can also choose your wedding planner. And that clears the most of your worries. However, choosing from local wedding planners can be helpful as they can use their connections with local venues, accommodations, and vendors.
Reccee of the location along with your wedding planner
Days before your wedding, you can visit the location with your planner to check the list of things face-to-face and taste some local cuisine options for catering services.
Check local marriage laws, culture and traditions of the place
When planning a destination wedding, the local customs and traditions should always be respected alongside the legal procedures. If visiting any foreign country, translated documents and other legal documents are major requirements.
Restrictions and accommodations of the place
When planning a destination wedding, common restrictions like large gatherings for celebrations, the ‘no music after 11:00 p.m.’ rule, or the ‘no alcohol’ policy should be checked properly. Moreover, the venue’s guest intake capacity, which is preferable for your guest list, is another important thing that should be checked.
Weather of the place according to indoor and outdoor events
You must want to avoid spoiling your wedding with unfavourable weather. So plan accordingly! Keep your wedding dates in such a schedule that the ceremonies like Haldi is set on a sunny bright morning to mehendi nights in an inside location, for instance.
Transportation to the venue
Although Google Maps can now take you to every corner of the world, choosing an extremely remote location may not always be convenient and easy for your contact agents and locals, apart from the guests, to reach. Moreover, book your flights, trains, or other transport mediums as early as possible.
Check the food selected for the events menu beforehand
Ensure culinary delights by selecting catering options aligned with your and your guests’ expectations. And always taste them beforehand.
Book your suppliers and vendors beforehand
After finalising the venue and the date, book a wedding officiate or priest, hire a photographer, videographer, and makeup artist, and choose the right kind of hampers for your guests.
Finally, it is important to create a wedding day itinerary and check out each of the requirements — from the couple’s attire to food—beforehand, ahead of the main events.
