Spectacular Landscapes & Visa on Arrival : Top five destinations to get hitched in style!

Fantasizing that perfect destination wedding in a chic corner of the world? Disheartened by the thought of stringent visa regulations? Kiss the agony good bye! We’ve got you covered on some breathtakingly beautiful,fun and dreamy wedding destinations that serve as the perfect backdrop to customize the wedding of your dreams!

Thrilling Thailand

Thailand is draped with extremely beautiful natural sights, right from mighty mountains in the North to the serene seascapes in the South. While Koh Samui and Phuket bag the title of being all time favorites, Couples that seek exclusivity can also explore private islands such as the Naka Island with its lush greenery and alienated beaches waiting to be explored. The options are endless and you can be sure to find a setting that suits your love story the best!

Scintillating Seychelles

Popularly known as the islands of love and considered among the top romantic destinations in the World, Seychelles is a picture perfect destination to slip your toes in the pearl white sand and Say “I do”. Bound by turquoise waters, granitic boulders and forest clad mountains be sure to be transported to the dreamy locations you’ve so often seen in movies. Whether you choose Mahe, Praslin or La Digue you’re sure to be spell bound by the tropical paradise experience!

Mesmerizing Maldives

Maldives is home to some of the best beaches in the world. Clear blue sea, beautiful reefs, and amazing weather are reasons enough for Maldives to top that favorite wedding destination list. Choose a sunset cruise wedding, tie the knot along the beautiful coastline or skip the usual and have a trailblazing wedding by tying the knot underwater. Maldives is a realm of endless possibilities with world class hospitality that promises you nothing more than the perfect to start to your happily ever after!

Incredible Indonesia

Indonesia is unusual and exciting. Choose from some of the most exquisite temples, iconic chapels if you wish to break away from the trend of a beach wedding. Bali with its beautiful sites and luxurious resorts is definitely the most popular on the wedding scene. However, Jakarta, Sumatra, Nusa Dua are equally breathtaking and offer some exciting venues that are sure to add to your wedding celebratory mood at Indonesia!

Marvelous Mauritius

Mauritius has always been a stunner on the destination wedding map for years. Perfect tropical scenes, sun kissed beaches, rich culture, fascinating night life, Mauritius has it all. Top Notch resorts and villas are the perfect option to host the private ceremonies and are also amazing accommodation options. You can choose to keep it traditional and sacred by getting married in a Hindu temple and have the rituals performed by a pundit or choose a different path and say “I do” at a private island such as the Ile Des Deux Cocos, making the wedding unique and extra special!

Weddings by Garema Kumar span across the globe, we would be happy to curate a personalized wedding experience to suit your requirement!

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Express Gratitude in Style – Wedding Favour Inspiration!

Destination weddings are like mini vacations for the guests attending your celebration —and some fun souvenirs to reminisce your wedding ought to be on your checklist!

When your folks have to travel to be a part of your wedding festivities, guests have to put in a tad bit more to accommodate the flights, work schedules and so on. Thematic, standout thank-you gifts are a great way to show your guests you are thankful for all of it. We’ve seen some cool stuff around the web and we’re here to inspire with some quirky ideas we totally adore!

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For memory worthy favors, choose things that either depict the destinations culture, lifestyle or are locally sourced/custom made at the wedding location itself. You could also pick some functional goods like shawls, potted succulents or sunglasses depending on the event/theme.  People are more likely to take back stuff that’s easy to carry back in their luggage, something that’s functional and pretty afcourse!

Potted Succulent/Cactus

These are perfect, pretty & add the rustic touch. 

Moreover succulents are low maintenance plants, super pretty and easy on the pocket! 

Mini Blankets/Shawls Wedding Favors

Perfect for winter weddings & chilly nights.

All the pretty ladies are bound to love these and will definitely use them at some point.

                                        Pool-Themed Wedding Favors

Pool party on your wedding itinerary? 

Hand your guests custom printed bags with goodies they can enjoy by the pool. Custom koozies, sunglasses, drink floats etc.

Regional Wedding Favors

Favors local to the destination are an amazing and inexpensive gifting idea. Many couples will throw in a miniature adult beverage for their guest, but to keep up with your destination theme, find out what the favorite local liquor or beverage is. Print out a sweet personal note attached to each miniature bottle and your guest will have a fantastic keepsake from your wedding day.

If you have a Goa wedding planned, here are few options you could consider, that are a hit always!

Miniature Feni Bottles

Custom Printed Tiles/Frames/Plates

These beautiful prints can be customised according to your choice. These draw inspiration from “Azulejos” Portuguese tiles that depict the lifestyle and local goan culture.

Beach Bag Wedding Favors

With beach weddings as the raging trend, custom made beach bags in nautical prints or any  other pretty print make for a great wedding favour idea, that guests can take back and reuse.

Bottle Opener Wedding Favors

These can be customized based on your wedding destination, theme and so much more. Totally functional & each time it comes handy, your guests will remember all the fun they had!

These are super adorable, functional, and a perfect little favour to put in your destination wedding welcome bags.  Your guests will put these to good use at the resort and back at home too. 

Flip Flops

We totally love this idea, place these at your wedding reception/sangeet night in all sizes and colors of your choice and no one will be left with an excuse to be off the dance floor!

 Coasters

Yet another functional wedding giveaway!

Coasters are also a favorite because they’re something guests can take home and put to good use for years to come.

Luggage Tags

Probably the most practical of all destination wedding favors is the luggage tag.

Add in a special message to express your idea behind the favour. You could also custom print these with the names of your guests.

Canvas Art

Khwahish Art custom makes art prints on canvas; these can be customized in prints of your choice or to match the theme of your wedding/events. These are beautifully packed and make excellent giveaway options.

  

Wine Stopper

If you have some wine lovers on your guest list, then they are going to love this destination wedding favor!  They’re practical, fun and inexpensive!

Fans

If you’re tying the knot in a tropical location, fans are a very inexpensive, cute and really useful addition to your wedding welcome bags. 

  

Mini Aloe Vera Gel

If you’re not familiar with aloe Vera gel, it is the Holy Grail when it comes to soothing sunburn.  You could pack these into travel size portions and add custom labels. These could go into welcome bags or can be placed during your pool parties/beach events.

Maracas

 Maraca, sometimes called rumba shaker, chac-chac, and various other names, is a rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music. Mexican themed wedding or not these make for super cool  wedding favours!

Falguni & Gareth

Every wedding brings us to a deeper understanding of how love beautifully binds two souls. Each wedding brings us to experience a new story and a lovely new beginning. Falguni & Gareth, two lovely individuals both from different cultures & countries make you believe that nothing matters when love takes center stage! We began working with Falguni & her oh! So lovely mum Parul aunty 8 months back. Two of the most kind hearted and understanding people we have ever dealt with. Most of the detailing happened over numerous emails and Skype calls. But as clear headed and organised as the mum and daughter duo were made everything seem so effortless. 27th - 29th December 2018 An amazing end to the year with Falguni & Gareth. Here's an account of all the beautiful details that went into making Falguni & Gareth's wedding in Goa one that had her guests in all praises! Falguni chose the offbeat Planet Hollywood Beach Resort, Goa located on the quaint coast of Utorda. The wedding festivities were kick-started with her Mehendi Night at Maximus.

The decor was desi pop art inspired, with oodles of color and quirky elements! Beautiful prints in bright colors, hand painted kettles, pom - pom sticks, origami birds, mini tuk - tuks, trucks sourced specially for the mehendi and tonnes of fresh flowers set the desi pop art scene perfectly. The fresh flowers were totally loved by every guest, to an extent that the guests chose to carry them back to their rooms and we couldn't be happier. Team GKWW sourced and custom painted an actual tuk - tuk donned it with fresh flowers and converted it to a quirky booth to capture all the mehendi night memories.

28th December morning began with the manglik prasang followed by the Haldi. The decor here was traditional and minimalistic in hues of yellow and white with rangoli put together with fresh flowers. The ubtan for the ceremony was sourced specially from the amazing Suparna Trikha, made with all natural ingredients, one that smells heavenly and is bound to leave you with a beautiful natural glow.

The next event lined up was the Garba Night with a live bollywood band from Goa. We recreated the feel of a temple at the banquet hall, all four sides of the venue were adorned with strings of fresh flowers.Over thousand fresh flowers were used to achieve this.

The decor drew inspiration from the tales of RadhaKrishna. The center of the Garba stage donned an idol of RadhaKrishna that was very artistically put together with fresh flowers by florists flown in all the way from Delhi. The structure was custom made by specialists from Mumbai. Right from peacock feathers, to the custom painted matkas, the entrance arch put together with a flute every detail in the decor was an ode to the lovely RadhaKrishna.
And thus dawned 29th December 2018, the day Falguni and Gareth chose to pledge their love by the beach. The wedding decor was simple and chic put together with minimalistic elements. Fresh flower strings with bells tasseled around the end and an idol of lord Ganesha decked with fresh flowers made for a simple yet beautiful Mandap. Chivari chairs for the seating and a beautiful sunset by the beach made for the most amazing backdrop.Gareth made his entry on a mare. While Falguni was led to the mandap by her uncles and brothers.

The reception was chic with a few rustic touches. Falguni requested for some pretty fairy lights so we created a magical entryway donned with pretty gold lights specially for her.

The reception party was to have the feel of a backyard party, we created a few popular games played in the backyards of homes in the US, Such as bocce ball, bean bag toss, human jenga, beer pong to keep the non dancers entertained.

Every element of this beautiful celebration was thought of and curated with a lot of love.

Right from the decor to the giveaways and the hampers that went into guest rooms. Favors included handmade bangles for the mehendi, torans for the manglik prasang & custom printed glass coasters for the reception. The cookies in the hampers were custom made in an orange zest and a special Christmas flavor to celebrate the Christmas festivity in the air.

We love planning these details and we totally enjoy the madness executing them. The smiles we receive at the end and warm hugs from Parul aunty to team GKWW had all our stress melt away. Stay tuned for an amazing 2019 as we bring you some exciting new decor, beautiful love stories & magical new beginnings! #gkww