Bring both families together at one long table
Host the evening where both families finally meet properly, at home or abroad. Tell us who is coming from where, and we plan it.
It comes off your final price, and is refunded in full if you don't go ahead.
Settle this first and the rest follows: whose names go on the invitation, who has the final say on the guest list, and who our advisor answers to.
One side's parents host and are named on the invitation, and the other family comes as honoured guests. It suits families in the same city.
Share the hosting between both families and name both on the invitation. A good choice when the parents already know each other, or want to.
You host and send the invitations, which quietly settles which family leads.
When the families live in different countries, two smaller evenings can be kinder than one long flight for everyone.
Sometimes the oldest generation wants to give this, and the evening is planned around what they can manage.
Parents in Dubai, the couple in Sydney and a venue in Italy. We become the one place all three can reach.
The jobs that usually land on one mother or one father are done for you, so both families arrive as guests.
The right shape depends on how well the families know each other and how far they have come.
Easier for grandparents and small children, and nobody has to find their way home in the dark.
For families flying in: a relaxed dinner the night they arrive, the party the next evening, brunch before anyone leaves.
A ring exchange, a roka, a Greek blessing or a family exchange of gifts, given its own time before the party starts.
Daylight, long tables and a cake, the easiest way to mix two families who are meeting for the first time.
A harbour boat at home, or a dock dinner on the Amalfi Coast with the cliffs lit up behind you.
Breakfasts, a pool afternoon and one big dinner, so the conversation gets past small talk by Sunday.
Parents and grandparents often give the engagement party as their present to the couple. We plan it with you, and the couple turns up to their own celebration. Ask about The Wedded Concierge Gift.
The venue, the menu and the running order, planned around the couple's wishes and handed over as your gift.
A villa for both families, with the couple choosing the dates once they know their plans.
The photographer, the welcome dinner or the cake, added to a party someone else is hosting.
Engagement parties we have written about, where two families, two cultures or two countries came together.
Claudia and Joshua were nervous about putting both families together. By the time they cut the cake, the different cultures no longer mattered.
Dhruv and Loveneet chose blue and white flowers to match the ship, with views of the harbour from every deck.
Palig and Garen gathered their loved ones in Bali to celebrate, then married in Lebanon with Armenian and Lebanese traditions.
Candles and white flowers at a friend's home in Los Angeles, with the children from both their earlier marriages there too.
One list for both families, so nobody is invited twice and nobody is missed.
Import each side's list and see the whole party in one place.
Collect replies and dietary needs before the menu is set.
Plan the tables so both sides meet properly.
Browse venues and the people who make the evening, then bring your shortlist to your advisor.
Villas, terraces and private rooms for a party of 20 or 120.
Someone to catch the speeches and the first photo of both families together.
Seasons and travel times from where each family lives.
The celebrations either side of the engagement, planned by the same team.
For the friend still planning their own question.
One trip for the friends, wherever they live.
Bring both families back together for the wedding itself.
1. A reply to the host: your advisor replies by email or phone, the way you asked, with questions about numbers, dates and where each family lives. 2. A first call: a short conversation with whoever is hosting, with both families on the line if that helps. 3. Venues that work for both sides, in writing: two or three places that suit both families' flights, menus and numbers, each with what is not included. 4. We hold the date: the venue, the menu, the photographer and the transfers, confirmed once the hosts agree. 5. Both families arrive as guests: the running order is set, the rooms are found, and your advisor is on hand through the evening.
A rough guest count, the cities both families live in and a month is enough to start.
