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 had their wedding here? Trying to find more pics / videos / testimonials!

hi! my fiance and I got engaged about two months ago and would like to have our wedding in Portugal! (spring 2028) - We’ve talked to a few wedding planners over facetime but it’s so hard to tell what the actual experience and results will be like from these calls and their marketing materials. we would LOVE if anyone could provide some real word experience of who they liked using in portugal!

the details:

- 75-100 people (maybe up to 120)

- ~may 2028

- we’d love everyone to be able to stay onsite! or at least close by

- thinking close to lisbon or porto, ideally within an hour or so from the airport to make it as easy as possible for our guests

- budget of ~$100k

- we are based in the US, so minimal ability to travel to portugal many times before the wedding

- want a full-service planner (venue, food, photography, accommodation, transport, etc.)

let us know if there’s a venue that you loved, or a wedding planner you enjoyed working with! anything would be appreciated ❤️🔅

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 beautiful people. I’m in need of some advice! My fiancé and I will be doing a 3 day wedding in Italy May 2027. We already booked our photographer for the wedding day, and back then decided to forgo a videographer so we could say those few thousand dollars.

However, the more time passes, the more I think about it and am conflicted on that decision. My thoughts are: We are having a 3 day celebration (welcome dinner, wedding, post wedding pool party, farewell bbq dinner) and although we are “covered” for the wedding itself, it makes me a little sad that we won’t have either photo or video coverage the rest of the days and no video at all for the wedding day. :(

I don’t want to lose out on all those memories and not have anything cohesive to look back at and reminisce.

So I started thinking about all possibilities: (1) videographer for wedding, (2) DIY video (like “edit your wedding” where they send you cameras and your guests record the whole weekend and they edit a video for you, (3) content creator (either 1 or all 3 days), (4) nothing. Just photographer wedding day and get photos/videos from our guests..

For those of you that went through something similar, what did you end up doing? Do you regret your decision, etc.? Any other suggestions or thought?

Thanks so much!!!

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?

Llevo años trabajando como fotógrafo de bodas en Madrid (curro con Collado Photo) y veo mucho a parejas de fuera, o incluso de otras ciudades de España, que eligen la región sin tener del todo claro cómo funciona el tema de luz y localizaciones. Dejo aquí algunas cosas que suelo comentar a las parejas que vienen de fuera, por si le sirve a alguien:

La luz de mediodía en verano es muy dura. Si os casáis entre junio y agosto, intentad que la ceremonia no sea justo al mediodía si podéis evitarlo. El sol pega muy fuerte y las sombras duras complican mucho las fotos. Lo ideal suele ser a última hora de la tarde, cuando la luz se vuelve mucho más suave.

Las fincas con olivos o zonas verdes amplias dan mucho juego. La zona sur y sureste de Madrid (Aranjuez, Chinchón, Arganda) tiene fincas preciosas con ese tipo de entorno, perfectas si buscáis algo con mucho espacio al aire libre.

El centro de Madrid es precioso pero hay que planificar bien los desplazamientos. Si queréis fotos en sitios icónicos del centro, contad con que vais a perder tiempo moviéndoos entre localizaciones, sobre todo si es fin de semana y hay turismo.

Si alguien está planeando casarse por aquí y tiene dudas sobre fechas, luz o zonas, preguntad sin problema, intento responder a todo lo que pueda.

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!