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A Lake Como wedding usually means a private villa on the water, a ceremony on a terrace or in a garden, and dinner as the light turns gold over the mountains. Most international couples plan it over 12–18 months with a planner’s help, and the result is one of the most romantic settings anywhere in […]

Here is the honest headline for international couples: almost no one gets legally married in France. French law asks that at least one of you lives in the commune where you marry for around 40 days beforehand, so the vast majority of destination couples complete the paperwork at home and hold their real celebration — […]

A Borgo Egnazia wedding is Puglia at its most polished. The resort is a purpose-built white-stone village near Savelletri di Fasano, with 63 rooms, 28 villas, a world-class spa and service to match. Weddings here are genuinely five-star — and they’re planned like five-star productions. The venue rewards couples who start early and plan properly. […]

Getting married in Puglia is simpler than most couples expect. You can hold a legally binding civil ceremony here as a foreign couple, or handle the paperwork at home and celebrate with a symbolic ceremony at a masseria — and most couples plan the whole thing from abroad in nine to fifteen months. This guide […]

The best wedding venues in Puglia fall into three families: masserie (historic fortified farmhouses), trulli estates in the Itria Valley, and villas or private estates along the coast. Which one is right for you comes down to guest numbers, the season, and the atmosphere you want your weekend to have. We plan weddings across Puglia […]

A destination wedding in Puglia typically costs somewhere between €25k and €150k. Most of the couples I work with land in the middle of that range. The final figure depends far more on a few key decisions than on Puglia itself. Your guest count, your venue, and how many days you celebrate matter most. And […]

There’s a reason couples keep falling for Puglia. Sun-bleached masserie, ancient olive groves, whitewashed towns and a coastline that runs from the Adriatic to the Ionian — it’s one of the most romantic corners of Italy. As destionation wedding planners specialising in Puglia, we’ve spent years building relationships with the region’s best venues, vendors and hidden […]

By Lauren Portia | Lauren Portia Events — Destination Wedding Planner specialising in Italy, France & the UK If Tuscany is Italy’s glamorous older sister, Umbria is the quietly confident one who steals the show without even trying. As a wedding planner in Umbria, I’ve seen this region capture the hearts of couple after couple. […]

By Lauren Portia | Lauren Portia Events — Destination Wedding Planner specialising in Italy, France & the UK There’s a moment that happens with almost every couple I work with who choose Puglia. They arrive — usually a day or two before the wedding — step out of the car at their masseria, and just […]

Considering France vs Italy for a destination wedding is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make. Both countries offer stunning venues, incredible food, and romantic settings—but they deliver very different experiences. As destination wedding planners who coordinate destination weddings in Italy and destination weddings in France, we’re breaking down what you need to know. Destination […]