We got engaged at the Taj Mahal on the 10th of November 2015. We were planning to get married on our 10-year anniversary in October 2018. After several conversations with pretty useless venues in the UK, accompanied by extortionate prices we changed our minds. We started to seriously discuss our pipe dream of getting married in Paxos (pretty certain something would come to trip us up!), we then decided to get married on our holiday, 8 weeks before we were due to leave!
So that’s where Sam and Stuart came to our rescue! That evening we found the Paxos wedding website and sent through an email of interest. We had decided it would be a good idea to have a wedding planner on the island to help us with the local preparation, organisation and logistics (considering our complete lack of Greek!). We sent the email on Friday evening and by Saturday morning Sam had already emailed back and was just as excited as us that we were getting married in just 8 weeks. From that point onwards she and Stuart were hugely supportive, giving us options of what was available and guidance for how previous weddings had worked well. We were free to design the day completely as we chose; nothing was too difficult for them to do – the whole experience was so easy and stress free – people couldn’t believe how relaxed we were especially considering the time scales.
The communication we had from Sam and Stuart was first class! So much better than anything we had experienced in the UK. During the week leading up to the wedding they introduced us to everyone involved; the florist, photographer, venue, registrar and even the mayor. They were so accommodating even when we added 2 more people to the wedding and decided we needed help transporting everyone around the island! (We thought they were joking went hey said there are only 5 taxis on the island . . .).
The day itself was perfect. We would not have changed a single thing. Spiros’ photos were so beautiful: natural and captured the joy shared by all the guests throughout the day. Ben’s bar was fantastic; the food tasted wonderful and they lit small bonfires on the beach – a truly beautiful setting to end an incredible day.
We can’t explain how much we would recommend Sam and Stuart. They made our dream possible and without them it wouldn’t have become a reality.