We organized a wedding which took place on the 31st of May in Salamanca for the beautiful couple Tatiana and Thomy. Tatiana is from Russia and she works in finance business and Thomy, from Peru is working as a chef. They live in the United States but decided to marry in Spain near to their closest ones so they contacted our office and asked for help in creating the wedding of their dreams.

It was a wedding in castle Buen Amor which is a magnificent building with towers and wide gardens where the ceremony took place. The castle has beautiful iron constructions which we decorated with white flowers and it turned out to be perfect for the romantic ceremony. We also had iron chairs decorated in the same way as the altar and it suited the castle’s medieval style well.

Tatiana was dressed up in the castle and, as you can see from the video, this moment was peaceful and full of happiness; she was like a real princess from a fairytale castle. Her wedding dress was light with a beautiful heart shaped neckline and some transparent fabric in it. She also had a belt with decorations and sleeves. It was amazing! She chose a romantic white and silver hair piece and her wedding bouquet had flowers in pink and mauve colors. Thomy was wearing a black and blue tuxedo with a white shirt and a bow tie. So the guests knew where the ceremony was, we had wooden signs with white characters. Wooden signs also acted as a beautiful decorations. The couple couldn’t have been happier at the end of their wedding in castle Buen Amor, it was exactly what they had been dreaming of.

Credits

Video: Buenas Photos
Organisation: Natalia Ortiz

In this next post, we want to explain and detail the cost of a destination wedding, as we know it is hard to find this type of information when couples want to celebrate their wedding in a different country.

It is a difficult topic if you don’t know the specific requisites that are necessary to establish a base budget, but once you have one, everything will be a lot more simple and you will be able to enjoy the preparations.

Aspects to take into account if you are going to celebrate a destination regarding costs:

• Firstly it is important to forget the idea that destination weddings are more expensive than other weddings. In fact, it’s usually the opposite: think – the number of guests will be smaller (not everyone is going to travel so many kilometres for a wedding of an acquaintance), and so the costs lower considerably.
• As an intimate wedding, and thus more economical, you can dedicate more money to designing the wedding of your dreams: floral decoration, details for your guests, wedding dress or the selection of an exclusive location.
• More than a wedding, it is a celebration that will last for several days, at least 2 or 3, and can be extended for up to a whole week. In this time you can do a whole host of actives with your loved ones, you can stay in an exclusive villa and enjoy an authentic holiday.
• In relation to the previous point, you can organise your honeymoon in the same country as the wedding. You will start your honeymoon as soon as you get married, without worrying about bags and travelling the day after your big day.
  

Now that we have reviewed the advantages of organising a destination wedding, what do you say if we make a list to prepare the base budget? Let’s see point by point:

Locations for weddings

The first cost which you have to keep in mind is that of the location of the wedding. There are some which offer you a complete package with ceremony, banquet and party, and for others you are simply just charged rent.

Ceremony and banquet

For the latter case of location, in which you just pay rent, you have to organise the ceremony and the banquet. The price depends on if you are inside or outdoors, if there is anything to add or no decoration, and, above anything, the price of the menu per person for the banquet. Note: don’t forget to add the price of the wedding cake. We recommend 150g of cake per guest.

Rent

Being a destination wedding, the guests will need some sort of accommodation. If it is a small wedding, there are more options to enjoy your stay in a villa or a boutique hotel all together.

Music

Music is the fundamental element of the wedding entertainment and will be present in several different moments: ceremony, cocktails and banquet (optional) and dancing. You must think how important this aspect is for you and hire the musicians according to the style you want and the DJ hours that you will need.

Photography and video

What is more important than the memories of your wedding day? If there is something that you can’t skimp on, it´s the photography of your wedding. Take into account whether you want a video, there are some photography studios that also offer this service.

Transport

On the one hand, you should add the price of transport for guests from your country to destination country, and on the other, from the airport to the place where you will celebrate the wedding. In Natalia Ortiz Weddings and Events we can hire a private plane with space for 50 people who will arrive all together.

Stationery

Regarding stationery you have to take into account the invitations, the menu, and the seating plan. Additionally, you have to add the card with directions to the location, dress code or even thank you cards.

Styling

Although the dress comes with you from your country, on the day of the wedding you should hire a stylist who will do the makeup and hair of the bride and if you wish, of some of the family.

Decoration

The decoration of a wedding is very important since it will determine the style of the event. Some locations are already very decorative and reflect your own style, while others need more work. We recommend dividing the decoration into various points in the budget, dedicating most of it to floral design.

Wedding planner

And last but not least, the hiring of a wedding planner who knows the country where the wedding will be in detail, and who can help you with each and every one of the previous points so you only have to enjoy yourself. In addition, they could organise activities for the days before and after the wedding, as much for the couple as for the guests.

To know in more detail about the prices of each one of these services, you can visit this page or write to use at info.svadbavispanii.ru.

Spain is one of the most in-demand countries for couples to celebrate their destination wedding, and there is a definite area which is perfect for the dream wedding: the Costa del Sol. In Weddings and Events by Natalia Ortiz we have a lot of experience in this area of Spain, as we have carried out a lot of very special weddings here throughout the years, during which we have learnt a lot and gained more and more experience. As a result, although our headquarters are in Madrid, nowadays we have professional wedding planners in the Costa del Sol specialised in this area of the country who will help us with everything you need to make your wedding a success.

Included in the countless advantages which the Costa del Sol offers, you will find:

• A marvellous climate
• A variety of beaches
• Charming towns
• All styles of villas and hotels for accommodation
• Food
  

If you are thinking about celebrating your wedding in the Costa del Sol, keep reading as we will show you the best places to get married in this beautiful area of Spain:

Marbella

Marbella is a town in the province of Malaga and one of the most in-demand holiday destinations, due to its exclusive atmosphere, beautiful beaches and luxury hotels and villas. If you dream of a wedding on the beach, Marbella is the ideal place.

Malaga

One of the biggest advantages of Malaga is its international airport, so you can fly directly from nearly any part of the world. In addition, our wedding planners in the Costa del Sol have the possibility to offer you a small private plane so you and your guests can travel on the same plane.

Granada

Granada is one of the most historic cities in Andalucia, where you can find the emblematic Alhambra, a place which you won’t stop visiting, made up of palaces, gardens and fortresses, which served as accommodation for the monarch and the court of King nazari of Granada. Can you imagine celebrating your wedding with views of this special place? Our wedding planners in the Costa del Sol inform us of all of the places for weddings with views in which you can celebrate your wedding.

Additionally, Granada is a town with an infinite number of activities and sights to offer your guests, so it is an ideal place to organise the most complete weekend wedding.

Alhambra, Granada

Almeria

Pre-wedding photos are becoming more and more in fashion, because as well as being a precious memory, having them takes away any fear by knowing more about your wedding photographer, so that on your wedding day you can have fun without any type of tension. El Cabo de Gata in Almeria is a perfect place to organise a pre-wedding photoshoot.

Almeria has also been the scene of multiple Western films, and so we recommend reliving this era in a fun way: you could dress in Western clothes and take precious photos which become an original and unique memory.

And you, what place in the Costa del Sol would you choose for your wedding?  Write to us at info@svadbavispanii.ru and together we can design the wedding of your dreams.

When we imagine a hotel for weddings, inexplicably, a big hotel comes to mind, with hundreds of bedrooms and big lounges with a somewhat cold and impersonal atmosphere. For this reason, many couples reject this option when searching for wedding locations. However, we must not forget that in Spain there is a large number of hotels which are perfect to celebrate weddings with charm, specialised in unique weddings that are full of magic. In this post, we have given information so that you learn more about this type of hotel, and that you take them into account in the run up to your big day. I´m sure that we´re going to surprise you!

To continue, let´s review the strong points and advantages that wedding hotels in Spain can offer us, which are not few and far between:

Reduction of costs:

There is a belief that open air weddings are cheaper, but this is not always the case. We must take into account the fact that open air spaces are not as well conditioned as an interior space and so it is necessary to hire other services: a tent for the sun or rain, furniture, catering, decoration… it all adds up, and in the long run increases the total cost.

Zero worries about the weather

One of the biggest worries of couples who decide to get married in the open air is the weather: will it rain? Will it be windy? Will it be too hot? None of this will cause worry if you celebrate your wedding in a hotel. Plus point!

Accommodation for guests

Another advantage of this type of hotel is that they include accommodation for guests. A big plus if we take into account that you won´t have to move at any time as the bedrooms are in the same hotel where you celebrate the wedding. It´s certain that boutique hotels have less bedrooms than tourist hotels, and in that case, your closest guests, such as family and friends, can always stay there.

Nature

Although the wedding is inside, most of these hotels for weddings in Spain have very well-kept and beautiful garden areas which, if the weather permits, you can always enjoy. Have a drink calmly admiring the views, a little aperitif before the banquet, a chill out corner, etc. Just because you are not celebrating your wedding outdoors doesn´t mean you can´t enjoy nature and gardens.

Services and installations

When celebrating your wedding in a hotel, you will have all of the necessary facilities for an event of such as this: services, air conditioning, heating and its own kitchen.

Decoration

It is not the same to have a space already decorated in a style that you like as to decorate an outdoor area, because decorating an outdoor area will always be more expensive since it is a blank canvas that must be designed. Therefore, you must choose a hotel that suits your taste, whether vintage, with modern touches, industrial … the possibilities are endless!  

And as a picture is worth more than a thousand words, here are two of our most special projects, both carried out in hotels with a lot of charm, but of different styles.

On one hand, the Hotel Maria Cristina. It is a very emblematic hotel in the city of San Sebastian and the favourite destination for many Hollywood celebrities who went to spend their holidays at the start of the 20th century, in total luxury.

And, in contrast, here is our work carried out in the Torre del Visco, a boutique hotel situated in Teruel, with a lot of history. It is a restricted space as it has only 16 bedrooms, but has impressive charm. Additionally, it is immersed in nature.

As you can see, there is a large variety of wedding hotels in Spain, capable of harbouring your dream wedding as and when you want and, of course, with all the commodities. If you want to know more about the budget, advantages and options for this type of wedding, write to us at info@svadbavispanii.ru and we will show you all the possibilities. We will wait for you!