symbolic wedding
in the algarve & Portugal
Your wedding ceremony in the Algarve (Portugal)
Your engagement isn’t just one of the biggest decisions in your life, it also brings quite a few decisions to make with it. You’ll need to choose where you want to get married, who you want to invite, and also what kind of ceremony is right for you.
No matter if you get married in church, at town hall, on the beach, a luxury hotel or at a Quinta, it will most certainly be a very memorable moment for you and your partner. Portugal, and especially the Algarve, offers a wide range of venues and and a perfect setting for couples who want to plan a destination wedding for them and their guests.
But no matter what venue you choose for your reception, you will always have to decide on the type of wedding ceremony. For their destination wedding many couples decide to ditch the paper work and do their legal wedding in their home country. The destination weddings here in Portugal are often symbolic weddings, that focus on the couples’ love story and offer a more personal approach in a beautiful setting.
A symbolic wedding is for everyone.
A symbolic wedding ceremony is for everyone who wants something beyond a civil wedding at the registry office. If you want to celebrate your love in a more personal and private setting, after the registry office, this will be just right for you.
A symbolic wedding is for people who want to say yes to each other regardless of their religious beliefs. It doesn’t matter if you belong to different religions or none at all. It is about the love between people and the promise you make to each other at your symbolic wedding. The goal is to celebrate your marriage and love the way you like it. And the Algarve is the perfect setting for this. Endless sandy beaches, luxury resorts and hotel complexes as well as many vineyards and quintas offer venue choices for all couples and guests.
Celebrating love in your way.
With a symbolic wedding ceremony in the Algarve, you as a couple decide what you want your wedding day to look like. Whether it’s on the beach, a vineyard, a boat, on a surfboard or even in your cosy living room. Celebrate your love in a way that suits you best.
As your wedding celebrant and speaker, I look forward to accompanying you on your special day, the planning process before as well as guiding you through the ceremony we have designed together. For your wedding ceremony, it is most important for me as a celebrant, to create something personal and fitting for you as a couple. In my weddings I focus on your love story, your temperament and your guests and create a ceremony that doesn’t only fit your venue but also your personality. In order to make your destination wedding even more special, we can include rituals from different cultures and traditions or invent your own ritual, to make your it even more personal.
Although a symbolic wedding is not legally binding and is mostly combined with a civil wedding, its uniqueness makes it even more meaningful for you and your guests.
The special things about ceremonial weddings at a glance:
- You get married wherever you want (at the beach, in a luxury hotel or any other venue or setting )
- Choose the time of day, that you like the most (under the stars, at sunset, …)
- You can include all your wishes and ideas
- Rituals can incorporate your culture or guests into the ceremony
- The speech is personalised and tells the story about you and your love
I have accompanied more that 100 destination wedding in the Algarve and all over Portugal and am happy to help you with recommendations for your perfect wedding day.
as a wedding celebrant in the Algarve and Portugal
getting to know
In a first conversation, we‘ll get to know each other and talk about the outlines of your wedding. After that, you can decide if I’m the right celebrant for you, and we can start planning your wedding ceremony together.
marriage talk
The next time we talk, we’ll talk in depth about your lives and relationship. This is where I collect the information that I’ll use for your personalised wedding speech. I am also happy to include information from your family and loved ones into my planning.
prepartation
After I’ve received all the information from you, your family, or friends, I combine all these little stories and use all the insights as a base for the final wedding speech.
Wedding speech
Based on your stories I’ll write your wedding speech and design your ceremony. I focus on making it tailored to you and is fitting to your relationship.
vows
If you’d like to exchange personal vows, I´ll be happy to help you write and finalise your thoughts and feelings. If you need help, please feel free to contact me at any time.
timeline
To ensure that everything runs smoothly on the day of your wedding, I will prepare a timeline for you and your venue. This will give you a good overview and you can relax and look forward to the wedding ceremony.
coordination
I also coordinate with all your other service providers, such as the music, the venue, your wedding planner, photographer and other people involved in your ceremony. Everyone gets the information they need.
the ceremony
Finally, after all the planning and organising I look forward to guiding you through your wedding ceremony and making your big day here in the Algarve (or in Portugal) even more special and memorable.