The first step in planning any wedding is deciding on the all-important date. As a planner of Jewish weddings who is also Jewish, I know the importance of choosing a date that doesn’t coincide with certain holidays and days of the week. No matter the level of observance of my couples, we always spend time considering the right time to hold their simcha and this often involves a lot of calendar-scrutiny! To make things simpler for you, I’ve compiled a list of 2024 and 2025 Jewish wedding dates you may wish to avoid (and a couple you might favour!). For clarity, Jewish calendar dates ..read more

It was around this time last year that I first met Daniella and Adam, who were living in Hong Kong and planning a wedding in Tel Aviv. They had planned all along to marry in Israel, however travel restrictions still in place there looked more and more likely to jeopardise their guests’ ability to travel overseas. Getting in touch with me via a recommendation, Daniella and Adam decided they didn’t want to wait any longer and we set about planning their celebrations in London instead. With only 3 months to go, plans for their museum wedding with a relaxed, party atmosphere got underway! The mos ..read more

Upon meeting Candy & Sam they were quick to tell me how much fun Hallowe’en was for Candy growing up with parties year after year and, when Sam moved to London to start his career, they made sure that Hallowe’en became “their thing”.  With so many of their friends marrying over the Summer, Candy & Sam wanted to not only incorporate their favourite holiday into their wedding, but they also wanted to stand out from the crowd.  Enter Candy’s vision of a Halloween wedding. A Halloween wedding at St Pancras Renaissance Hotel London Upon approaching St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel, t ..read more

When starting to plan your wedding one of the first tasks you should undertake is to decide on a budget. Working with my couples, right at the beginning of the planning process I break down their budget into the different elements of the day and assign part of it to each category. While budgeting for a Jewish wedding is similar in many ways to budgeting for any other wedding, there are a few specific items it is important you don’t forget about. I am going to cover 5 things you should remember in your Jewish wedding budget, so that if you are working on this part of the planning without a wedd ..read more

If you’re an independent, organised couple and you’ve planned your wedding day down to the last detail, you might be wondering why you’d need a London wedding coordinator on the day. Since you’re here on this blog however, it’s possible there’s something telling you you’d better just make sure you don’t need one…just in case, have a read through my 5 reasons it’s a good idea to hire an ‘on the day’ wedding coordinator for your celebration. Your London wedding coordinator knows all the best suppliers… Although the term ‘on the day coordinator’ makes it sound as though I would just get ..read more

Today I’m going to tell you about the inspirational Four Seasons Hampshire Jewish Wedding editorial shoot that I created in collaboration with some of the very best wedding industry suppliers.   Four Seasons Hampshire is a luxury hotel, set in the most stunning location with beautiful gardens and grounds.  It is a gorgeous venue for couples who are looking for a luxury countryside Jewish wedding.   But please don’t think only of the summer months for a Four Seasons Hampshire Jewish wedding.   The hotel’s beautiful interior and indoor event spaces are perfect for a luxe ..read more

Today I want to talk to you about the future of post-covid weddings. During the past 12 months, huge numbers of couples have been forced to deal with either cancelling or postponing their wedding, in some cases multiple times.  Others are sitting waiting to commence their wedding planning journey.   But the vaccine rollout is moving at pace. And here in the UK, where I am based, we have rapidly declining numbers of covid cases.  So we are hopeful that we can all look forward to the resumption of weddings as we know and love them, from this summer.   With this in mind, I wan ..read more

Congratulations if you have become recently engaged and are now starting out on your wedding planning journey.  Have you considered hiring an international wedding planner to help you with this process?  In this blog post, I will outline for you 10 reasons why an international wedding planner will help to make your wedding the best it can possibly be. An International Wedding Planner has the Wedding Planning Expertise An international wedding planner has the skills and experience to help you create, plan and deliver an amazing wedding.   With the greatest respect… you don’t ..read more

As a Jewish wedding planner,  I believe it’s fair to say that I am well versed in Jewish wedding traditions.  What I plan to share with you here are some of the unique Jewish wedding traditions that I believe help to make Jewish weddings so special and memorable. Those who know me will tell you that what I don’t know about Jewish weddings can probably be written on a postage stamp.   Not only am I an expert Jewish wedding planner, but I am also Jewish myself.  Having lived and breathed these traditions all of my life,  my couples will tell you that I am well place ..read more

Are you planning a short notice micro wedding?  Have you had enough of wedding uncertainty, postponement and months of lockdowns and restrictions?   Many of you may have postponed your wedding more than once and now just want to get married, despite the limitations on what you can and can’t do right now at a wedding.   And some of you may be planning for the first time.  But, just want to get married as soon as you can, without any of the stress you have seen others succumbing to as a consequence of the Coronavirus pandemic.   Either way, I imagine that the thought of ..read more