Bryn and I were married on the beach in Koh Samui. It was the most fantastic day of my life. I couldn’t have hoped for anything better. Everyone had a brilliant time. It was very hot and sunny which was perfect.
Anna and Natalie are extremely efficient and know Samui so well which is why I would recommend them to anyone to organise an amazing wedding. Their personalised service is the best you could ask for. I have met both of them and now know them very well through the wedding process. They are very kind and knowledgeable about Thailand. They get on really well with the staff at the hotels which is very important.
They went through the different food options, flower options, superb drum parade, etc....and organised Thai Dancers, fireworks and lanterns for later in the evening when it was dark. The lanterns are particularly special and you watch them float out across the ocean one after the other, so I would definitely recommend lanterns. Fireworks are expensive, but also worth it.....
They organised all of our accommodation and told us which hotels would best suit us and our guests (we live in Yorkshire, so most of our 30 guests were from UK and approximately 5 came from Australia). Being from Yorkshire, some of our guests didn’t want to spend much, so people stayed in 2/3 different hotels. The hotels are in a great location at the top end of Chaweng Beach, which is not in the busiest section of the beach, but I prefer the area as it is quieter than further down the beach it is still central and only a 5 minute walk to the main shops.
Bryn has 2 children, so Natalie and Anna organised for us to have the ‘suite’ at our hotel which had 2 bedrooms and was absolutely lovely.
The staff at both the hotels they chose were so friendly. They are happy to do anything for you – always with a smile. The food is the best food we’ve ever had (and we travel a lot). We had massages on the beach every day out the front of the hotels.
We had gone for a very simple colour scheme. We were lucky Anna and Natalie had controlled everything, because we probably would have ended up with red, pink and purple table cloths as Thai's love colour and lots of it! Natalie and Anna made sure we had everything in simple colours which I had requested. The food included a large seafood bbq. The dessert was beautiful and nearly everyone’s favourite! Crepes with grand Marnier sauce, cooked fresh in front of you.
Natalie and Anna organised our hen and stag days. The girls and guys went on separate boat trips to different islands and went snorkelling for the day, and then met up at the end of the day before dinner and had organised for everyone to have massages (they are cheap on the beach £5 each). Natalie and Anna recommended restaurants and bars for us all to go to and spas to visit. We chose to move to a slightly more upmarket hotel for our honeymoon which was amazing and quite nice to do as a change.
Natalie recommended a jeweller, Anthony, to design our wedding rings. He is based in Melbourne, Australia and everyone comments on our rings all the time. Not sure if you already have your rings, but if you don’t, Natalie would be happy to pass on his details. Anthony also designed Natalie and her husband’s rings. We have never met Antony, and did everything over email and spoke to him a few times. He’s lovely. He is fully insured and posted the rings to us. He has lots of designs on his web-site which gives you some great ideas. They are stunning and we couldn’t be happier.
I’m sure you will love it and will fall in love with Thailand and its people like we did, as they are what makes it really special.
Jill (& Bryn)