The destination wedding journal
Honest advice,
real prices.
What a destination wedding really costs, when to book what, and everything we wish couples knew before they started — written by our planners, with the prices our venues and vendors quote today.
Budget · 8 min readHow much does a destination wedding cost?
Real 2026 prices from the six countries where we plan weddings — what a wedding for 30, 60 or 100 guests actually costs, what the money goes on, and the costs couples forget.Read the article
Bali · 8 min readHow much does a wedding in Bali cost?
Real 2026 prices for weddings in Bali — totals for 20 to 100 guests, what each part of the day costs, what venues really charge, and the costs that don’t appear on the first quote.Read the article
Planning · 6 min readHow far in advance should you plan a destination wedding?
When to start, when to book what, and when to tell your guests — a month-by-month timeline for planning a wedding abroad, from 18 months out to the week itself.Read the articleWhere our numbers come from.
Every price in the journal comes from the venues and vendors we work with in Bali, Mallorca, Italy, Greece, Portugal and South Africa — the same figures behind the cost estimator on each destination page. We never add markups, so the prices you read are the prices our couples are quoted.
We update them as quotes change, and every article says which year its prices are for. If you’d like real numbers for your own date and guest list, book a free call — or start with our planning packages.