For the trade
A Hindu, Sikh or Gujarati destination wedding is not a Western wedding with more guests. It is a four day, multi event programme with fire, food and family constraints that most resort wedding coordinators have never had to price. This is the desk you call when you have taken one on.
In our experience these are, in order, where South Asian destination weddings come apart. Every one of them is preventable at contract stage and expensive afterwards.
We shortlist properties on the operational criteria above rather than on photography, and we ask the questions in a form the resort has to answer specifically.
Vendor fee caps, fire approval, curfew, catering standard, backup space, attrition and force majeure written into the contract rather than promised in an email.
Visa timelines by nationality, routings from Indian cities, and the documentation elderly guests will need at both ends.
Pandit ji, granthi or maharaj travel and accommodation, plus protocol requirements handled with the property directly.
Jain, satvik, pure vegetarian and no onion no garlic specified per event and signed off by the executive chef, not the wedding coordinator.
The whole guest operation: block management, group air across departure cities, payments, changes and reconciliation.
We are not a design studio and we do not want your décor budget. If you are a planner, the aesthetic, the client relationship and the day itself remain entirely yours. We sit underneath, on the travel and contract side, and we are as visible or invisible as you want us to be.
Much of what the desk knows is published openly. Send these to your clients or use them yourself.
What resorts charge to bring your own vendors on property.
Approvals, surfaces and what properties actually permit.
Transport, accommodation and protocol requirements.
Requirements and timelines for Indian passport holders.
