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Destination Weddings

A destination wedding is two events. The wedding, and the trip everyone takes to get there.

Marina plans the second one, and she knows the people who make the first one beautiful. As an affiliate of GSC World Travel, a Virtuoso® member agency, she sources the venue and the resort, vets the local vendors, manages every room your guests book, and designs the honeymoon that follows.

A couple on a private terrace at a luxury resort, the kind of property Marina sources for destination weddings and honeymoons
Where Marina Comes In

Most couples fall in love with a place first

Then the questions start. Which resort actually knows how to run a wedding, and which one just has a lawn. Who photographs there. Where sixty guests sleep, at what rate, and who answers their emails. What happens to the two of you after everyone flies home. That is Marina's work.

The venue and the resortYour ceremony venue and your guests' hotel are not always the same address. Marina sources both, pulls quotes from the resort wedding departments, and compares what each package actually includes.
The vendor networkPhotographer, florist, hair and makeup, officiant, music. Marina recommends vendors through her own network and her trusted partners on the ground, checks references, and hands you a shortlist you can actually choose from.
The room blockMarina negotiates the group rate and sets up the booking link, then keeps a live tracker of who has booked and who has not, so you always know your real headcount.
Your guests, handledMarina becomes the person your guests email instead of you: questions, changes, cancellations. Your guests pay her nothing. Booking through her costs them the same as booking direct.
Getting everyone thereFlights, transfers, and the movement between the hotel and the venue on the day, planned as one group rather than sixty separate problems.
The honeymoonIncluded. Once the wedding is handled, Marina designs the honeymoon as its own trip, with its own itinerary and the VIP amenities she secures for clients.
Worth Being Clear About

Marina is your travel advisor, not your day-of planner

She does not run the rehearsal, the timeline, or the reception floor. For that she will recommend a wedding planner or work with the resort's on-site coordinator, and she will make sure that person and your travel plan are talking to each other. What Marina owns is everything that gets your people there, houses them, and sends the two of you off properly afterward.

The Investment

What your wedding planning fee covers

Destination wedding planning starts at $1,000 USD, and the honeymoon is included. One fee, paid by the couple, before planning begins · Scaled to the size of your group and the destination · Your wedding guests pay no fee · Non-refundable
Marina quotes your fee on the discovery call, before you commit to anything. It reserves her time and is separate from the cost of the wedding, the travel, and anything you pay your vendors directly.
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The Timeline

How a Destination Wedding Comes Together

  1. Twelve to eighteen months out. Discovery call, destination shortlist, and the first venue and resort options.
  2. Ten to twelve months out. Venue secured, room block negotiated, and your guest booking link goes live.
  3. Eight to ten months out. Vetted vendor shortlist delivered and introductions made.
  4. Six months out. The guest booking push begins and headcount tracking starts.
  5. Three months out. Your honeymoon is designed and booked.
  6. Thirty days out. Final payments, travel documents, transfers, and the group movement plan for the day.
  7. The week of. Marina is monitoring every booking and reachable throughout.

More reading: the honeymoon guide, luxury travel, and how much a travel advisor costs

Where are you getting married?

Tell Marina the place you keep coming back to, and she will take it from there.

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