Plan your destination wedding

Planning a destination wedding isn't harder than getting married at home — but it does require you to tackle things in the right order. The most common mistakes we see aren't about choice of country or venue; they're about timing: guests get booked in too late, currency swings eat the budget, or paperwork for a legally valid ceremony goes missing on the day itself. This guide cluster is built to prevent exactly that.

We always start with the checklist — a month-by-month plan from 18 months out to the week after. Once the timeline is in place, you move on to budget and costs: what a destination wedding actually lands at in Greece, Italy, Spain or Portugal for 20, 40 or 80 guests, including travel and accommodation for the couple. The third guide helps you choose the right month — weather, peak season, local public holidays and price differences all matter enormously. Finally we compare DIY vs a local coordinator, so you know where you can save and where it ends up costing more in the long run to organise it yourselves.

Together the four guides give you a concrete working plan: what to book in which month, what each part costs, when it needs to happen, and who is responsible. Read them in order and you'll have a planning structure that works regardless of destination, guest count or budget level.

Start here if you...

• ...have just decided on a destination wedding and don’t know the first stepOpen the checklist →
• ...want to know the realistic cost before going furtherSee price examples →
• ...already chose the country but aren’t sure when in the year to bookCompare months →