Do I need a wedding planner for a wedding abroad?

You can organise a wedding abroad yourself, but it means managing a venue, a local authority and several suppliers in another country, often in another language, and without being there to check. A planner earns their place on exactly that: someone who deals with the venue, the ceremony arrangements and the suppliers, and who is on site on the day. If your guest list is more than a handful, or the date is fixed, most couples find it is the part they are glad not to have done alone.

What does a UK wedding planner for abroad weddings actually do?

You work with a UK-based team to choose the venue and date, agree a costed proposal and plan the details. In the country, a coordinator handles the venue, arranges the ceremony with the local authority, works with the caterer and suppliers, runs a rehearsal and a run-through, and is there on the day. Before and after, your guests get the information they need and a private website to reply on.

How much does a wedding planner for a wedding abroad cost?

Planning is part of our package prices rather than a separate retainer: 2 of our 29 packages include the planner, and each package page says what is included. Our packages run from £3,735 to £17,299. Flights, accommodation and local authority fees sit outside, and our cost page lists exactly what.

How far ahead should we start planning?

For peak dates, twelve to eighteen months ahead gives you the widest choice of venues. Many couples plan in less, and it can work, but the most popular venues and weekends go first. If your date is fixed, start with the date; if it is flexible, we will tell you honestly which months have the most choice.

Where do you plan weddings?

Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Malta and Spain. We would rather know a handful of places properly than list twenty we have never worked in, and we will tell you straight if what you want is outside what we do.

Can we plan it all from the UK, without visiting first?

Yes. Many couples do. We plan by phone, email and video call, you see the venue through photographs and video, and your coordinator is there in person. If you would like to see a venue first, ask us and we will tell you what is possible.

Do you work with couples from outside England?

Yes. We plan weddings abroad for couples across the UK and Ireland. Our flying-from pages show airports and flight times from towns and cities across both.

UK Wedding Planner for Weddings Abroad

Looking for a wedding planner for a wedding abroad usually means choosing between two things: someone in the UK who cannot be at the venue, or someone at the venue you cannot easily talk to. Weddings in the Sun is built to remove that trade-off. We are a UK-based team, in Nottingham, planning destination weddings in Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Malta and Spain for couples across the UK and Ireland, with a coordinator in the country who deals with the venue, the local authority and the suppliers in person.

That means you can settle a date, a budget and a guest list with someone you can ring, then leave the details on the ground to someone who is physically there, speaks the language and is on site on the morning. It is the difference between a planner who sends emails and one who opens the door.

Wedding packages

In 5 countries

£3,735+

Package prices from

28 priced packages

2–800

Guests catered for

From the two of you upwards

2 of 29

Packages include a planner

Each package page says what is included

What a wedding planner abroad does for you

This is what sits behind a package, in the order couples usually need it:

Choosing the venue and the date, from your guest count, budget and month, so you see venues that genuinely fit rather than every option.
Arranging the ceremony with the local authority, and telling you exactly which documents to bring and by when. Legal and symbolic ceremonies are both available.
The wedding meal and the drinks, with the venue’s caterer, priced for your numbers.
Table setting, linen and the core styling, with any extra décor itemised separately so you can see what each thing costs.
A rehearsal and a run-through with your suppliers before the day.
A coordinator in the country on the day itself, so you are not answering the caterer’s questions in your dress.
Information for your guests, and a private invitation and RSVP website where they reply, choose their meals and share photos.
A costed proposal and a clear payment plan: a deposit holds the date, then you pay at your own pace as long as the balance is cleared before the wedding.

Flights and transfers you book yourself (almost always cheaper than buying them through a planner), accommodation you pay to the hotel or villa directly, and local authority fees go to the municipality. Our cost page lists what sits inside a package and what does not, so there is no surprise at the second meeting.

Why a UK team and a coordinator on the ground

With a UK-based team you get

Someone to ring, in your time zone, in plain English
Prices and payments in pounds
A planner who knows what UK guests expect and what UK couples worry about
One point of contact from first enquiry to the last detail

With a coordinator in the country you get

Someone who deals with the venue and the municipality in person, in their language
A person on site on the morning of the wedding
Local knowledge of suppliers, transfers and what works in the heat
A rehearsal that happens in the actual venue

Where we plan weddings abroad

Pick a destination for the real packages, prices and guest numbers, and what planning a wedding there involves.

Cyprus wedding planner

10 packages from £8,199 · up to 550 guests

Greece wedding planner

16 packages from £3,735 · up to 800 guests

Malta wedding planner

1 package from £9,995 · up to 600 guests

Spain wedding planner

1 package from £6,210 · up to 100 guests

Italy wedding planner

1 package from £4,999 · up to 200 guests

Or by resort: Paphos · Rhodes · Zakynthos · Crete

How planning your wedding abroad with us works

Tell us the date and the rough numbers

That is genuinely all we need to start. A free, no-obligation conversation by phone, email or video call, with real venues and a real price back within one working day.

Get a costed proposal

One document with the venue, the ceremony, the catering and the coordination priced for your numbers, with the things we do not control named separately. You accept it online.

Hold the date

You sign your contract electronically and pay a deposit to hold the venue and the date. After that, pay at your own pace as long as the balance is clear before the wedding.

We plan, you enjoy it

Your UK planner stays your point of contact through the details; your coordinator in the country deals with the venue and suppliers, and is there on the day.

Included with every package

Your own digital invitation & RSVP website

Every Weddings in the Sun package comes with a private wedding website for your guests: your colours and photos, guest replies, menu choices, children and plus-ones, and a shared photo pinboard. Guests overseas reply from their phone, and you see who is coming, what they are eating and who has not answered.

See how it works

More: wedding RSVP website, digital wedding invitations, destination wedding website.

Before you choose a planner

How to choose the best wedding planner abroad

The questions to ask any planner, and what the answers should sound like.

Who can plan my wedding abroad?

Every option compared honestly: yourself, the venue, a travel company, a local planner or a UK planner.

What a wedding abroad costs

Real package prices by country, and what sits outside them.

Is it legal, and what paperwork?

Whether it counts at home, and what every country asks for.

How many guests can we bring?

What genuinely fits each party size.

Every package and price

All of them, with the price on the card.

Do I need a wedding planner for a wedding abroad?: You can organise a wedding abroad yourself, but it means managing a venue, a local authority and several suppliers in another country, often in another language, and without being there to check. A planner earns their place on exactly that: someone who deals with the venue, the ceremony arrangements and the suppliers, and who is on site on the day. If your guest list is more than a handful, or the date is fixed, most couples find it is the part they are glad not to have done alone.
What does a UK wedding planner for abroad weddings actually do?: You work with a UK-based team to choose the venue and date, agree a costed proposal and plan the details. In the country, a coordinator handles the venue, arranges the ceremony with the local authority, works with the caterer and suppliers, runs a rehearsal and a run-through, and is there on the day. Before and after, your guests get the information they need and a private website to reply on.
How much does a wedding planner for a wedding abroad cost?: Planning is part of our package prices rather than a separate retainer: 2 of our 29 packages include the planner, and each package page says what is included. Our packages run from £3,735 to £17,299. Flights, accommodation and local authority fees sit outside, and our cost page lists exactly what.
How far ahead should we start planning?: For peak dates, twelve to eighteen months ahead gives you the widest choice of venues. Many couples plan in less, and it can work, but the most popular venues and weekends go first. If your date is fixed, start with the date; if it is flexible, we will tell you honestly which months have the most choice.
Where do you plan weddings?: Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Malta and Spain. We would rather know a handful of places properly than list twenty we have never worked in, and we will tell you straight if what you want is outside what we do.
Can we plan it all from the UK, without visiting first?: Yes. Many couples do. We plan by phone, email and video call, you see the venue through photographs and video, and your coordinator is there in person. If you would like to see a venue first, ask us and we will tell you what is possible.
Do you work with couples from outside England?: Yes. We plan weddings abroad for couples across the UK and Ireland. Our flying-from pages show airports and flight times from towns and cities across both.

Talk to a planner about your wedding abroad

Tell us the date and the rough numbers. We reply within one working day with real options and honest pricing.

Your name

Your partner’s name

Phone / WhatsApp

When would you like to marry?

Preferred year — 2027

Roughly how many guests?

Ceremony type

Anything you’d like us to know?

Your budget

A rough band is fine — it lets us send you venues you can actually book.

What is the most you would be comfortable spending in total? (optional)

A rough figure is fine. It helps us suggest options that genuinely fit.

A few details about the dayoptional, skip anything you are not sure of

How many of your guests are children?

How old will the children be on the wedding day?

Would you prefer a BBQ or a sit-down meal?

A BBQ is usually the more affordable option.

Would you like hair and make-up for the bridesmaids?

How many bridesmaids?

How many groomsmen?

Décor from our brochure

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A UK wedding planner for your wedding abroad