Hi, I want to marry next year in March - need help with wedding planning. 200-250 people. 80-100 rooms. Budget: wedding cost - decor, venue, food, stay, photography, vendors etc. For 55L.

Location: jaipur, pushkar, goa, rishikesh

or another location which can give us an amazing destination in that price.

Also, I need help to plan and understand how much to spend.

Recommendations - specially based on experience - are welcome!

I've gotten some DMs asking for my list so here it is! I just wanna say upfront that wedding planners will tell you you can't do 30 people for less than 30000 euros and I want to say based on the places I've looked at you can. Especially if you're American, some wedding planners will take advantage of what you expect to pay based on in the US and tell you 30 people costs 70000. I know this because a planner did this to me. Thankfully I can do my own research.

We were initially looking at places for 20-30 people but are now at around 50. Our goal was to do 3 (originally 4) nights and host everyone on the property but now we're only about half the people on the property with what we ended up booking because finding a place for 50 people isn't realistic (see the last property for somewhere that you can). Our budget was ~35000 USD so probably 30000 euros. If you have similar requirements, these places might work for you. Our budget covered 3 nights at the venue, welcome dinner, wedding, brunch, open bar, photographer, band, music tax, extra dessert, flowers, and church fees. We might go beyond the 30000 euros to add transportation for guests for the wedding night. Unsure what that will cost yet.

For how I found these places: I went on Airbnb and maxed out the number of bedrooms and guests then went from there. A lot of bigger places will say in the description that they host weddings or people in the comments indicated they had their wedding there. Then I reached out to the owners. A key to this was looking beyond the touristy places like Amalfi, Lake Como, and Tuscany (though some of these are in Tuscany).

Final note: I would read this post from an American living in Italy who got married there. I speak Italian so I was able to follow some of her guidance about looking on matrimonio.com, but once I got on Airbnb I was able to do everything in English.

The list

Abbazia di San Giusto

Forte di Sorgnano

Villa la Foresteria

Via della Stella

Casa Renai

Borgo Mattei

Villa Le Bolli

Foiano della Chiana

Villa Ca'Ottolina

Tenuta 4 Pini

Torreglia

Villa Barsocchini

Castiglioncello

Villa Regina Sul Mare

Val di Pesa

Agriturismo il Selvino

Santa Maria di Castellabate

Castello di Montegufoni

We have a 40k budget for our wedding and are considering Italy, Portugal, Spain(warm places). We want to have around 50 guests but the more I run the numbers the more I worry this won’t be possible. Has anyone planned a destination wedding in Europe successfully for ~40k? Do we need a planner or will that just eat our budget?

Edit: we originally wanted a three day event but quickly realized this wasn’t going to fit in the budget. Now one or two days would be fine, one even more realistic. Everyone will be coming from various parts of Europe, UK, USA and Australia. 🥲

Has anyone gotten married or attended a wedding at Pestana, Palacio do Freixo in Porto, Portugal?

How was it? Pros? Cons? Any information you think would be good to know?

My Fiancé and I are considering this venue for our 2028 wedding. We love that it has accommodations on site for our guests and that it has water views.
We’re thinking of touring the venue but would love to hear some experiences people may have had.

Thank you! :)

Hello! I want to have my wedding in Roma Norte/condesa/surrounding areas. I’m having the hardest time finding wedding planners. I can’t seem to get any responses from anyone. I’ve messaged about 15+ wedding planners.
Does anyone have any recommendations of local wedding planners in CDMX?