At La Preghiera, we are proud to offer an expert wedding planning service and co-ordinator to make your wedding day run smoothly and to help with the difficulties in organising a wedding abroad, at long distance, not least of all, in another language...
Our team is made up of Liliana Tunstill, the owner of La Preghiera, with extensive experience in catering, hostessing and organising events, and Sally Ann Marconi, the manager at La Preghiera, who has organised many weddings for foreigners in Tuscany and with first hand experience following her own wedding in Umbria to an Italian! Backed up by efficient and caring bi-lingual staff we provide an excellent service with attention to detail, ensuring that your wedding at La Preghiera will be first class and a very special day that you and your family and guests will always remember.
In-house expert wedding planner service includes:
Civil Weddings at Comune (Town Hall)
- Guidance and advice with documents for civil wedding in town hall Includes booking of Comune and 1 visit to Comune with wedding couple
- Arranging for interpreter service for declaration of no impediment to marriage (Nulla Osta) at Comune
- Arranging for interpreter service for civil wedding ceremony at Comune
- Collection of international wedding certificate after the wedding and posting to wedding couple
Religious Weddings at La Preghiera
- Liaison with priest, vicar, pastor or service leader - includes 1 meeting
- Help with arrangement and personalising order of service
- Guidance with documents for legal religious wedding ceremony and liaison with Comune - includes minimum 2 visits to Comune
- Arranging the service with the interpreter for the religious ceremony
Caterers and Wedding Cake
- Liaison with caterers, for table linen, crockery, glassware, cutlery and supplying translated menu choices - Includes minimum 1 visit (approx. 2 hours) and trial lunch (approx. 2,5 hours)
- Advice for menu choices, wedding cake and table settings
- Liaison with specialist wedding cake supplier - Includes 1 visit (minimum 2 hours)
- Wedding reception choreography with a choice of locations within the grounds for aperitivo, banquet, wedding cake, musicians... (minimum 1 meeting on site, 3 hours)
Photographer
- Liason with chosen photographer and video and DVD editing service. Includes 1 visit (minimum 1 hour)
- Liason after the wedding day to co-ordinate posting of proofs of wedding photos to wedding couple, liasing with photographer over final choice and co-ordinating posting of final photos, CD and/or DVD. Includes at least two further visits to photographer
Florist
- Liaison with florist for bouquets, buttonholes, corsages, table decorations, church decorations, internal and external floral decorations Includes 1 visit (minimum 2 hours)
Musicians
- Liaison with musicians (Demo discs posted on request), for:
- Includes one meeting per choice (minimum 1 hour)
- Church ceremony - soloist, keyboard, choir, harp, string quartet
- Aperitivo - choir, harp, piano, string quartet
- Wedding banquet - piano, jazz band or trio, Italian traditional or 60's music
- After dinner dancing - jazz band or trio, Italian traditional music, modern
Hairdresser
- Liaison with hairdresser for bride including trial Includes 1 visit (minimum 1 and a half hours)
- Liaison with hairdresser regarding arrangements for bridesmaids, mothers or other guests on the wedding day
Beautician
- Liaison with beautician for make-up and beauty treatments for bride including trial
Includes 1 visit (minimum 1 hour)
Favours (Bomboniere)
- Liaison with suppliers of hand-made favours - Includes 1 visit (minimum 1 hour)
- Organising collection of favours on wedding day and transport to La Preghiera
Magician
- Liason with professional magician who will produce a stage show and also pass amongst the tables during dinner, demonstrating his skills and involving guests
Fireworks
- Liase and organise a fireworks show or sky lanterns
Vintage Cars
- Arranging special wedding cars - modern or classic
Airport transfer arrangements
- Arranging taxi transfer from airports - minibus or private car
General transfer arrangements
- Arranging transfer for guests to and from Comune if required
- Arranging for people-carrier or minibus to shuttle extra guests between the various agriturismo and La Preghiera on the wedding day if required
Additional accommodation
- La Preghiera Wedding Planners will liase for additional accommodation, suppliers, interpreting, guidance with documents, assisting on the wedding day…
Special requirements
- will be considered and best endeavours to fulfil them will be taken
Visits to Town Hall, pastor, priest and suppliers
- All visits and meetings accompanied by 2 bi-lingual members of La Preghiera wedding team including the manager or owner
Arrangements in the absence of the bride and groom
- When a preliminary visit to the venue by the bride and groom is not possible, the manager and the owner will undertake to make all these arrangements following their wishes
General Advice
- Regarding places to visit, shopping, dining out, and anything we can do to help the wedding party to make their stay truly memorable and special
Wedding planning charged according to number and type of services required, prices on application.