“Indian weddings are large multi-day affairs. Malhar and I were looking for something simple and decided at the last minute (okay, a week in advance) to elope! I had spoken to Stella Virdi from Exclusive Weddings, months ago while exploring venues for having a big fat Indian wedding. When looking for an elopement, I immediately reached out to her and I was surprised she remembered me even after so many months had elapsed.
We were in Cyprus for less than 24 hours and having her there made the process so effortless. She was readily available on the phone or email throughout. She got the wedding date booked for us and spoke with the registrar in advance to make sure that my fiance could sign his single certificate while in Cyprus! On the day of, she drove us to the registrar’s office to go through the formalities and even swung by the florist to get us a beautiful bouquet of flowers – they added that special wow to our pictures that I never could have thought of! She booked our wedding photographer who was absolutely wonderful and Stella made sure I got to show case my beautiful saree in the pictures. I had never tied a saree on my own before – Stella offered to help – that saree would not have been possible without her there! All in all, Stella felt more like a friend/family member than a wedding planner. I can’t stress how glad I am we asked her to help!”
Also, we haven’t announced our wedding to everyone yet. We will add a message on the registrar’s facebook later in the summer once we make our news public!
It has taken us a while to do this but it certainly doesn’t come as a last minute thought. Josh and I wanted to make sure we took our time to thank you properly Stella Virdi and all of the team that you chose to put together all the pieces of our beautiful day. I am so pleased that I stumbled across your website two years ago and within a few minutes you had already replied answering a long list of my questions. I knew straight away you would be reliable, organised and care for our day as much as we did, and wanted you to be our wedding planner. It was daunting planning a wedding abroad, especially when we had never been to the venue and had no idea who we needed to contact etc for all the things we wanted to achieve. You quickly took all the worry away and organised everything down to the very last detail. My mum and I kept you busy with emails and Skype but nothing was ever too much trouble and we can not thank you enough for your kindness and patience.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making such a wonderful day for Natalie, Josh and all of our guests.
We simply cannot fault one single thing and the wedding is still being talked about on facebook and within the family. One guest said it was a fairtale wedding, another said he was going home to propose to his long term girl friend and another said it was so romantic that they had fallen in love all over again and would be marking the occassion by another addition to their family!!
My now ‘husband’ and I travelled out to Cyprus in December 2014 to try and find the perfect location for our wedding. We came home disheartened as we couldn’t find the right place which ticked all of our boxes. Thankfully after searching online, I came across Stella and her website and saw pictures of a venue which I had not come across before. I immediately called and spoke with Stella and explained exactly what we were looking for. As my father is Cypriot I wanted to incorporate some Cyprus traditions into a ‘English style’ wedding. As soon as I spoke with Stella I knew that she understood what we were trying to achieve and the fact that her son had recently got married at the venue we were looking at pretty much made my mind up that we couldn’t go wrong with the venue. Within a few days of speaking with Stella the venue was booked, which for us was a big step, as we wouldn’t usually book something without having seen it in person.
I have to say that Minthis Hills was an absolutely stunning location for our wedding. The old monastery set within a courtyard is beautiful and the scenery of hills and trees is breath-taking. This mixed in with a modern clubhouse for the wedding reception created the perfect wedding venue for us. Our guests were all amazed with the venue and each and every one of them complimented on what a wonderful day they had, they are still talking about it now!!
Our perfect day would not have been possible without Stella. She really does an amazing job, from recommending the top suppliers and keeping on top of them once booked to organising the finer details such as legal docs which we would not have had the faintest clue about! She takes the stress away, you really can rely on Stella and be comfortable that she will get things done. She is definitely not afraid to keep everyone in check to make sure the day runs smoothly! It was great to know that she was there throughout day should any issue arise (and to hold the essentials that I couldn’t fit in my bag such as hairspray and make-up!) but it was also lovely to have her be part of our day, the little touch in large confetti cannons that she gave to our guests was a lovely surprise and made for some great photos!
A special mention also to Andrea and Paris for producing such beautiful flowers, the courtyard was like a dream when I walked into it, I couldn’t have wished for anything more. The reception venue was equally as beautiful, it was created just how I had hoped it would be. So a huge thank you to them also!
If you are looking for a musician for your cocktail ceremony then we would really recommend Kirsty Dewar as she is an amazing artist and a really lovely lady. We could have listened to her singing and playing the guitar all night.
We can’t finish without also mentioning Natalie and the staff at Minthis Hills who ensured that our guests were happy, they couldn’t have done any more if they had tried, the service was exceptional!
Stella – Thank you so much for your help leading up to and on the wedding day itself. It really was perfect in every way, we are so glad that we chose Minthis Hills for our venue. If we had one wish it would be to do it all over again!! x
After being home for 2 months and life getting back to normal we received our photos earlier this week from the photographer. It brought everything flooding back and we just want to say a huge thank you to Stella Virdi for making our day the most special, perfect day of our lives. You were there from day one even helping me choose the venue. You were our Cyprus eyes and we couldn’t have done it so stress free without you. Whatever the question/whatever we wanted you had it sorted. Every guest has said it’s the best wedding they’ve ever been to. The staff at the coral beach hotel were the friendliest, most welcoming staff we’ve met. Tara the wedding coordinator and Christina jones were unbelievable…absolute credits to the hotel.
Lian and Dave Just Married
Stella we can’t thank you or rate you enough…2 months married and we couldn’t be happier, we’ll be back one day!! Want to relive it all over again.
