An altar at 7am — the easiest hour of the day.
A list — long but useful — of the questions we are asked most often, with answers we believe and not just answers we are supposed to give. If yours isn't on here, write to us; we'll add it.
An altar at 7am — the easiest hour of the day.
Twelve months is the comfortable answer; six months is doable; under three is honestly difficult. We cap the calendar at twelve weddings a year, and the prime months — October, November, February — close first. If your date is more than ten months out, we'll almost certainly still have room. If it's under five months, we'll have a conversation about scope and likelihood.
Yes. About a third of our weddings are Saturday-Sunday two-day events; about a fifth are Sunday-only. We don't charge a Sunday premium. We do quietly avoid Easter and major public holidays unless the date is meaningful to the couple.
This is the question we are asked most often, and the one we have thought about most. For every outdoor wedding we plan, we contract a covered backup space inside or on the same property, and we build a soft Plan B into the timeline — usually a 90-minute window where, by 11am on the day, we and the couple together decide indoor or outdoor. The decision is never made by the planner alone. The decision is never made on the morning at the venue. It is made together, the day before or the morning of, with the forecast, with our gut, and with full information.
For the Classic package, about six months end-to-end, with monthly check-ins and two intensive weeks at the start and at the end. The Intimate package can be done in eight to ten weeks if needed. The Grand package needs a minimum of seven months, and we typically book it twelve to fifteen out.
No, and we want to be plain about this. Our packages cover our work — planning, coordination, design, vendor management, on-day staffing. They do not include the venue, the catering, the bar, the photographer, the florist's flowers, transport, accommodation, or attire. Those are paid directly to the vendors. We will give you, at our first paid meeting, a realistic full-day budget estimate that includes all of it. For most Classic weddings, that lands between GHS 110,000 and GHS 220,000 all-in.
Twenty-five percent on signing the agreement to hold the date. A second twenty-five percent at the start of the planning phase (usually three to four months before the wedding). The remaining fifty percent two weeks before the day. We do not invoice on the day itself. We do not invoice after the wedding. We do not surprise you.
No, and we are happy to put that in writing. Travel beyond Greater Cape Coast and Greater Accra is the one exception — we charge actual cost (fuel, tolls, sometimes a night at a guest house) and we share receipts. Nothing else is hidden.
A florist at work, Thursday afternoon, two days before a Saturday wedding.
Yes, and we love when couples do. About half of the weddings we host are dual-ceremony — a traditional (engagement / knocking / dowry, depending on the family) on Friday and a white wedding on Saturday is the most common shape. The Grand package is built around this. The Classic package can absolutely be extended to cover both; we'll quote the extra day separately.
Yes. We have hosted six interfaith weddings to date — Christian-Muslim, Christian-traditional, Hindu-Christian (twice), and one secular couple with two religious sets of parents. The honest answer is: it takes more planning than a single-tradition wedding, and the planning starts with three honest conversations — one with each family alone, one with both. We are very experienced at the first three conversations.
Yes, and most couples do. Guest count, venue, ceremony format, even (occasionally) the date — all of it can move. Anything that materially changes the scope (e.g., the guest count doubling) we'll requote; anything inside the existing scope (e.g., changing a florist preference) is included. We are not in the habit of charging for change orders unless a vendor below us charges us first.
The lead planner who handled your wedding is on-site for the entire day. For the Classic package, that's one of three of us (Akua, Naa, or Selina) plus an assistant. For the Grand package, the lead is supported by two assistants and a runner. We do not "delegate down" on the day.
It has happened twice in eighty-six weddings. Once a caterer arrived two hours late; once a florist's truck broke down between Aburi and Accra. In both cases we covered in the moment (a back-up caterer who is on call for us; florals we re-arranged ourselves with one of our partner stylists), and the couples did not know until the day after. We carry a small contingency budget on every wedding for exactly this.
The opposite. We give the couple a printed one-page schedule for the day, deliberately stripped of every operational detail they don't need. The full minute-by-minute schedule is held by the team and by the maid of honour / best man. Your job on the day is to be present, not to be the manager.
We answer every email within two working days. There is no question too small or too specific. We have, in our time, been asked about goat milk substitutes, custom-engraved aisle stones, and the correct order of speeches at an Anglo-Asante reception. All three were good questions.
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