A long candlelit dinner table on a villa terrace above Lake Como at sunset

Weddings beyond the ordinary.

Full planning and design for destination weddings in Italy, Portugal and Dubai, run from London for couples investing £100,000 and above.

Imogen Haynes, seated in a tailored check blazer and silk blouse
Imogen Haynes, founder

The studio

One planner. A small number of weddings each year. Every detail answered for.

Imogen Haynes plans and designs weddings for couples who want a celebration that feels entirely their own, in a setting that takes the breath away.

Every wedding is led personally from the first conversation to the final farewell. Imogen takes on a deliberately limited number of celebrations each season so that each couple has her full attention, her trusted suppliers abroad, and a single point of contact who knows every decision and the reason behind it.

From a London studio, she handles the venue, the design, the guests’ travel and the days around the wedding itself, so that you arrive as guests at your own celebration.

About Imogen

Destinations

Three places, known well.

Rather than promising anywhere in the world, Imogen works in three regions she knows closely: their venues, their seasons, their suppliers and their paperwork.

A historic villa with terraced gardens on Lake Como, seen from a wooden motor boat

46.0° N · 9.3° E

Italy

The lakeside villas of Lake Como and Lake Garda, with arrivals by boat and dinners on terraces above the water, and the vineyard estates and hilltop towns of Tuscany.

Season
May to early October
From London
About 2 hours to Milan, Verona or Florence
Weddings in Italy
A ceremony aisle lined with white hydrangeas and candles beneath old trees in the hills of Sintra

38.8° N · 9.4° W

Portugal

The romantic palaces and quintas of Sintra, the vineyards of the Douro, and the pine fringed beaches of Comporta and the Alentejo coast.

Season
April to October
From London
About 2 hours 40 to Lisbon
Weddings in Portugal
A low dinner table set with lanterns, white orchids and rugs on the dunes outside Dubai at dusk

25.2° N · 55.3° E

Dubai

Grand hotel ballrooms, private desert camps and beachfront estates, with the scale and service for multi day celebrations of several hundred guests.

Season
November to March
From London
About 7 hours direct
Weddings in Dubai

The approach

How a wedding comes together.

Imogen plans weddings from six to thirty six months ahead. The sequence below is the shape of almost every one.

  1. The first conversation

    Consultation

    A private meeting in London or by video call to talk through the wedding you imagine, your guests, your timing and the places that draw you.

  2. Within two weeks

    Proposal

    A written proposal setting out venues to consider, a design direction, an outline budget and the scope of planning. Once agreed, the date is secured with a retainer.

  3. The months that follow

    Design and suppliers

    Venue visits together, then the design: florals, tableware, lighting, stationery, music. Every supplier is briefed, contracted and managed on your behalf.

  4. The final months

    Guests and production

    Travel, accommodation, transfers and the welcome and farewell events around the wedding. Running orders, floor plans and contingency for weather.

  5. The celebration

    On the day, and the days around it

    Imogen and her team are on site from the first delivery to the last guest leaving, so that the only thing asked of you is to be present.

A beach reception under festoon lights among pine trees in Comporta at dusk

The best weddings feel effortless to the guests. That is the whole of the work.

Services

What is included.

Every wedding is planned in full. There are no partial packages, because the details that matter most sit in the gaps between them. Services and fees

Full planning

Budget, timeline, venue search, contracts and every supplier, managed from a single plan.

  • Venue search and negotiation
  • Supplier contracting
  • Budget management

Design

A visual concept for every part of the celebration, from the invitation to the last table.

  • Concept and mood
  • Florals and tablescapes
  • Stationery direction

Guest experience

Travel and hospitality arranged so your guests are looked after from the moment they land.

  • Flights and accommodation
  • Transfers and boats
  • Welcome packs

The wider weekend

Welcome dinners, pool days, excursions and farewell lunches that make a wedding into a few days to remember.

  • Welcome and farewell events
  • Excursions
  • Entertainment
A bride walking through a lemon tree garden by Lake Como, her veil lifting in the breeze
Lake Como
A couple holding hands, the bride carrying white roses and jasmine, with the lake behind
The ceremony
Lanterns and white orchids on a dinner table in the desert
Dubai
A planning notebook, seating plan and invitation samples on a linen covered desk

Discretion

Confidentiality is simply part of the service.

Many of the couples Imogen works with ask for a non-disclosure agreement, particularly those who live public lives or are public figures. That is never a problem.

Imogen arranges the agreements herself, so that privacy is settled before any planning begins and nothing about your wedding travels further than it should.

  • Imogen and her team

    Sign your agreement before the first planning conversation.

  • Every supplier

    NDAs are arranged with every supplier engaged on your wedding, from the venue to the florist.

  • Your guests

    Where appropriate, guest agreements are prepared and handled quietly alongside the invitations.

How confidentiality works

Investment

13.5%

Imogen’s fee is 13.5% of your total wedding budget, and it is included within that budget, not added on top. She works with couples whose budget begins at £100,000, where the fee is £13,500.

Work out your fee

  • Planning fee13.5%, within your budget
  • Minimum total budget£100,000
  • Fee at the minimum budget£13,500
  • Planning lead time6 to 36 months
  • ConfidentialityNDAs arranged on request
  • DestinationsItaly, Portugal, Dubai

Enquire

Begin with a conversation.

Tell Imogen about the wedding you have in mind and she will reply personally.

Make an enquiry