July 26th, 2018 by OYO Team

One of the biggest fears of friendship goals is missing out on that Goa trip before getting hitched. If things are looking that way for you, there is a solution. No, it is nothing that would magically postpone your wedding or help you win a free group tour to Goa. The idea is to club it up. Yes, we are looking at a destination wedding in Goa here.

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Goa is on the bucket list of every friends group. The people who hardly get permission for night outs have a Goa trip with friends on their bucket list. The people who have travelled all over Asia have a Goa trip on their bucket list. You may or may not have already checked that off. But imagine a beach wedding in Goa. With all the shacks, the booze, a Christian style wedding, or any style of wedding in a dainty church. It is all too perfect!

How will it even work!

If you are worried about getting all the guests you mean to invite for your wedding, stop right there. A Goa wedding is to be attended by close friends and family. You invite only the closest friends, with whom you had been planning a Goa trip forever, or with whom you mean to travel the world. You get your family and some close relatives and set out for a once in a lifetime opportunity to have a wedding in Goa. You can go back to your city and invite the others for a unique wedding reception.

Selecting the Best Venue

Since you are in a different city, you will need a lot of assistance from the city’s event organisers. You can take your makeup artist and hairstylist along with you if you just won’t accept anybody else. But you cannot sponsor an entire team of wedding planners for the same. Even if you can, it does not make sense because you won’t need to.

Goa has been a wedding destination for quite a while now. The city knows how to take care of its foreign vacation tourists and the wedding tours alike. But you do need to arrange everything, including the venue before you reach. Every season is peak season in Goa. Do not expect to just end up there and find 10 rooms and a hall ready for you to get married in if you haven’t booked one.

Factors to Consider

There are many great hotels and resorts in Goa which are suitable for a grand and unique wedding ceremony. But you might not like them all alike. Find out about them to select the one that best suits your needs.

Here are some factors you must keep in mind while looking for the right venue for your Goa destination wedding.

  1. The Budget

The budget is very important. You cannot forget you have a reception to host back home. But you also need to make sure you enjoy to the fullest and do everything you want to do on your dream destination wedding. This is why you need to settle on a budget which is generous to begin with but isn’t too much for your bank balance.

  1. The Wedding

You need a minister to ordain your wedding, and a church if that’s where you want to get married. If you are not going for a Christian style wedding, you need to look for a local pandit and every arrangement for the wedding. The decorations and everything is there to be taken care of as well. This is why you will need a wedding planner. You can work your way around things in your own city. But when you are on a destination wedding, you need to book a professional wedding planning agency along with the hotel bookings.

  1. Venue

You need to book a venue that will provide you with a wedding hall, all the arrangements, and all amenities you want to avail for your guests. You need to make sure that the venue is impressive but also suits your budget. You also need to ensure that the location of the venue is convenient. It should be very close to the beach if you want a beach wedding. It should be close to the airport and main road if you invited a lot of people.

  1. Cuisine

It is the norm that on a destination wedding, you serve the cuisine of the destination. You can go for an all Goan cuisine or mix and match it with some Goan dishes and some dishes from your home city. That way, both, people who like to taste different cuisines and people who like to stick to their usual fancy dishes, will be satisfied.

  1. Caterers

Sometimes the planners do not have in house caterers. They sign deals with individual caterers. You need to find out if the event planners have their own caterers. It is best that way because the responsibility factor will be higher on the planners if it is their own caterers. Also, hiring a separate team of caterers is costlier than hiring a wedding planning agency that comes with catering services.

  1. Equipment

The event planners should be equipped with every equipment you need for the wedding. But you need to think about the things you’ll need and create a list of equipments. You also have to make sure that all the equipments are tested and brought to the location the night before the wedding.

  1. Transportation and Accommodation

You will need to arrange for transportation for the guests if the wedding venue is at a distance from the hotel you booked rooms in. You need to book rooms for your guests in advance so that you don’t have to pay surged prices. You need to arrange for transportation if a guest is in need or if anybody is reaching Goa on the very day of the wedding.

  1. Alcohol

There are permits to deal with and orders to be placed. Make sure there’s enough booze for everybody. Hire a mixologist who will make dope cocktails and mocktails for everybody. After all, it is a destination wedding in Goa. It has to feel like one.

  1. Hospitality

Apart from the transport and accommodation, which is definitely the responsibility of the host, you also need to take care of every little matter where your hospitality counts. It is a different city after all. A guest who is feeling sick for some reason cannot go home. You need to have some trusted members of the family for the same. You need to take care of the bride and groom and ensure they have fun.

You can be a close friend or family of the bride or groom. This destination wedding demands two things. Firstly, a happy newly wedded couple. Secondly, happy satisfied guests. Send hangover kits and breakfast to the guest rooms the morning after. Arrange for a cab for those who are leaving the next day. These gestures count.

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We’re people who love to travel and it’s a pleasure to share our experiences from around the world with you here. You’ll see our favourite destinations, quirky stays and budget stay. Also the best wedding banquet halls and the most lit party destinations. You’ll also find insightful opinions about why we travel in the first place and what it’s really like out there. Enjoy the blog and please tell us what you think - feedback welcome!