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1. DESTINATION WEDDINGS Fantasizing about a destination wedding just as in the movies? Well… Here is some Important consideration if you are planning your dream destination and exotic wedding. First, know your budget for the whole wedding and in which areas of the wedding are you planning to spend more. Its always better to keep a checklist handy in your phone or as your document. If the date is already fixed, you should look for a suitable venue. The name “Destination Wedding” brings a picture of a palace wedding or a wedding in the beach. A WEDDING IN THE PALACE: The perfect palace wedding destination is Udaipur, the city of palace. It can be planned either in a palace or in any high standard hotel or resort with a palace look. In both the cases, you will have plenty of options, since the cost varies a lot.

2. Royal Weddings in palace: Centuries old palace locations are considered premium and exotic venues. These types of venue only serve as a location for conducting and hosting festivities, which will come as a package including venue, meals, décor of banquet and welcoming guests. They don’t provide accommodations. These Royal venues charge 10000-12000 per person subjected to a minimum number of guest count. How much ever the guest count increases the price never vary. Which means for an evening of 150 guest count, it would cost from 15lakhs to 20lakhs. With two such events the cost doubles.

3. If not the historical palace, then you can also go for the five- star full service hotels which provide rooms, indoor as well as outdoor venue with lake front. Some of them are amazingly constructed with a palace look. The Leela: arrival by boat. Some of the most common names include, The Leela, Sheraton and Chunda Palace. The Leela overview

4. The Chunda Palace The Sheraton Palace Such venues are much economical with a range of Rs 2000- Rs 4500 per person which includes gala meals and simple banquet setup. An evening of wedding and a reception dinner with a guest count of 150 will cost you from 3 lakhs to 7 lakhs.

5. Some off-beat palaces which are located at 2 hours drive from the city are also open for wedding bookings for a lesser guest count. Most families split the events between these two range of venues which gives a balance budget. DON’T MISS OUT THESE POINTS: Palatial hotels always ask for a minimum number of rooms to be booked so that they can organize events as they do not allow non-resident event to disturb the residential guests. Palace venues take up selective weddings each year hence it is very important to confirm the availability beforehand. Also keep in mind that, besides paying per person for meals, other costs such as floral décor, lights, music, entertainment, transport, etc. these budgets need to be planned accordingly. King Size Stay: If the budget permits, you can also plan your stay at these palace locations, which would cost you Rs. 30000 – Rs 35000 per night and per room as an average for premium palace. More than 100 guest counts can cause a split in the stay between two hotels.

6. The Leela palace Some palace hotels have large room inventory which is an advantage because a large gathering can be accommodated conveniently under the same roof with complete privacy. The average cost per room ranges from Rs 8000 – Rs 15000 per night. Staying for 2 nights in palace hotels or actual palaces for 150 guest counts would take up Rs 10 lakhs to Rs 40 lakhs from the overall budget. PALACE GROOMING: With such beautiful surrounding and aesthetics, floral decorations with light accents, drapes and candles will add elegance to your event.

7. A minimal, handpicked décor will bring out the best look of the venue and make your event more special. You can either have a set designer who could visit the venue and submit a unique plan for you or you can have a wedding planner who will cater all your wedding needs along with a good set or concept designer. Floral Décor, mandap, lighting and all other arrangements, which are part of the set up would take Rs 10 lakh – Rs 12 lakhs on an average. However, if you are insistent on exotic floral and designer set up, it would cost you from Rs 30 lakhs – Rs 35 lakhs. Set up and décor is again depending upon your taste, preferences and budget. Let your wedding planner know before hand so that the venue and other things are planned accordingly.

8. The list goes on: Transportation and ground arrangements, photography and videography, wedding planner and coordinator, entertainment (local folk artist are suggested), sound setup and DJ, procession of baarat (camel, horse, elephant depends upon you), professional mehndi artist, makeup artist, hairstylist, pandit, etc.

9. Overall: To conclude, the overall approximate budget can be from Rs 35000 – Rs 1lakh per person for 2-night stay, meals and events. Hence, with a guest count of 150, you need to have a budget of 50 lakhs to 2 Crores. If your budget is as fat as this one, it is recommended to have a palatial wedding. For, destination weddings it is always recommended that to keep your guest count low.