A grand hotel ballroom in Dubai set for a wedding with towering white flowers

Weddings in Dubai

Desert, coast and grand ballroom.

Dubai

Scale, service and spectacle.

Dubai suits the largest and most ambitious celebrations: several hundred guests, several days, and hotels built to deliver both.

Imogen plans weddings in the desert, on the coast and in the city’s great hotel ballrooms, and in the cooler months when evenings outdoors are at their best.

A dinner table with lanterns and rugs on the dunes at dusk

24.9° N · 55.5° E

The desert

Private camps among the dunes outside the city, for dinners under open sky and welcome evenings guests will not forget.

A floral ceremony arch on a Dubai beach at blue hour with the skyline beyond

25.1° N · 55.1° E

The coast

Beachfront hotels and private estates along the Gulf, with ceremonies timed for sunset and the skyline lit behind.

A hotel ballroom set with mirrored tables and white orchids

25.2° N · 55.3° E

The ballroom

Some of the largest and most lavish hotel ballrooms anywhere, built for celebrations of several hundred guests.

Practical notes

Before you decide.

When to marry

November to March. Summer temperatures make outdoor celebrations impractical from June to September.

Getting there

About seven hours direct from London. Dubai is three or four hours ahead of London, depending on the time of year.

The ceremony

Many couples marry legally before travelling and hold their ceremony in Dubai. Imogen will talk through the options.

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