We fell in love with Venice two years ago and decided that if were ever to marry, it would be there; the most picturesque city in the world. However, we soon realised our wonderful day would not be possible without the help of someone and after researching for wedding planners we came across the Venice Wedding Planner and we met Giovanna; a lady with patience, knowledge and many wonderful ideas that complemented our own vision. When we first skyped with Giovanna, we were really impressed by her ability to understand us straight away. She understood exactly what we wanted, a very relaxed wedding showing off Venice to our 21 family and friends. Through her own contacts and also research that we did, we had a day that was beyond our expectations. From the water taxi for the bridal party (or as we renamed it ‘the water limousine’), the beautiful flowers, her help in adding our own personal touches to the ceremony, a drinks reception overlooking the Grand Canal, walking through parts of Venice to get to the most amazing courtyard restaurant for wonderful food and local wines and finally the gondola rides! We topped off the day dancing in Piazzo San Marco.
Giovanna was so supportive of all our ideas and really helped with the formalities that we would have struggled to do ourselves. Through endless emails we got to know Giovanna and she did us. I still can’t believe we only skyped for two short sessions in the 8 months we were planning our day! Giovanna helped us put everything together and even when things went a bit off plan (our CD didn’t work and one of our guests lost her corsage pin) Giovanna came to the rescue and sorted it all out without any fuss. During the day Giovanna stayed in the background and let everyone get on whilst she double-checked venues were ready and that everyone knew what they were doing behind the scenes.
When people hear you have had a wedding planner you do see eyebrows being raised at the luxury but Giovanna was a luxury we couldn’t have done without! She helped us to have the most amazing day of our lives and we will be forever grateful for her friendship.
Thank you so much,
Cassie and Andy