Ramarossi’s one-week planning trip allows couples to finalize 90% of their Antalya, Turkey destination wedding in seven days. You’ll visit venues in person, taste actual wedding menus, see your décor built as a sample table, complete makeup and styling trials, meet your photography team, and sign contracts – all before flying home.
The traditional approach to planning a destination wedding involves months of uncertainty. You browse venue photos online, hoping they look as good in person. You select menus based on descriptions, trusting that the food will meet expectations. You book photographers whose portfolios you’ve studied but whose personalities remain unknown. Every decision carries an element of hope rather than confidence.
Ramarossi developed the one-week planning trip because couples deserve better than hope. You deserve to walk through the actual venue where you’ll exchange vows. You deserve to taste the actual food your guests will eat. You deserve to meet the actual photographer who will document your day and know whether you connect with them as people.
How Does Ramarossi’s Planning Week Unfold?
Every planning trip is customized to the specific couple, but the general structure follows a logical progression. Early days focus on the big decisions – venue selection and commitment. Middle days address the experiential elements – food, styling, vendor relationships. Final days handle refinements and ensure everything is documented and confirmed.
Day One: Venue Discovery in Antalya
Your first day in Antalya, Turkey is dedicated to seeing venues in person. Before your arrival, Ramarossi has already discussed your vision, guest count, budget range, and aesthetic preferences. Based on this information, we’ve pre-selected and scheduled appointments at venues that genuinely fit your criteria – typically three to five options that each offer something distinctive.
Visiting venues in person reveals things that photographs cannot capture. The way light falls across a terrace at different times of day. The actual view from the ceremony spot rather than a photographer’s best-angle shot. The feeling of a space, which either resonates with your vision or doesn’t quite match.
By the end of day one, most couples have a clear favourite. Some need to sleep on the decision, revisiting a top choice the following morning before committing. But the venue selection process that might take months of remote research typically resolves within twenty-four hours of in-person visits.
Day Two: Contract and Commitment
With your venue selected, day two begins with the formal commitment that makes everything else possible. You’ll review and sign your contract with Ramarossi, confirming date, package details, and pricing. You’ll pay your initial deposit – forty percent of the total – which secures your date and locks in your pricing.
This might seem like a significant step to take on day two of a seven-day trip, but it’s essential to how the process works. The remaining days involve coordinating vendors, building sample setups, and scheduling tastings – none of which can happen without a confirmed booking. The deposit isn’t just a payment; it’s what transforms you from potential clients into confirmed couples whose wedding Ramarossi is actively building.
Day Three: The Sample Table Experience
This is often the day that surprises couples most. Based on your discussions about colour preferences, aesthetic vision, and overall style, Ramarossi builds an actual sample table showing exactly how your wedding décor will look.
This isn’t a mood board or a digital rendering. It’s a real table with real linens, real place settings, real floral arrangements, real chair styles, and real decorative elements. You see the actual colours together rather than imagining how swatches might combine. You touch the actual fabrics and materials. You view the setup under actual lighting conditions.
If something doesn’t work, adjustments happen on the spot. Perhaps the napkin colour isn’t quite right, or the floral style feels too formal, or the centrepiece height blocks sightlines. Changes happen immediately, and you leave having approved exactly what your guests will see – not a concept or a plan, but the actual design.
Day Four: Food Tasting
Food matters enormously at weddings, and descriptions on a menu never tell the full story. Day four is dedicated to tasting – not samples from a catering brochure, but actual dishes prepared as they would be for your wedding.
You’ll work through the courses, experiencing presentation, portion sizes, and most importantly, flavour. Your Ramarossi planner takes notes on preferences: this dish is perfect, that one needs less spice, this dessert should definitely be included, that appetizer doesn’t quite work. By the end of the tasting, your menu is finalized based on actual experience rather than hopeful selection from written descriptions.
For couples with specific cultural requirements – Persian cuisine, Pakistani dishes, Lebanese mezze, or other traditions – this tasting confirms that the caterers genuinely understand and can execute these cuisines authentically.
Day Five: Styling and Beauty Trials
The bride’s look deserves as much attention as any other element. Day five typically includes a makeup trial, allowing you to see exactly how your wedding-day look will appear. The makeup artist works with your skin, your features, and your preferences to develop a look you love. You leave the trial with photographs showing the result.
For grooms, styling options are also available through Ramarossi. Haircut and beard grooming from skilled professionals ensure you look your best. These services are sometimes overlooked in wedding planning, but they contribute meaningfully to the overall result – and the photographs that will last forever.
Day Six: Meeting Your Photography Team
Photography and videography are perhaps the most personal vendor relationships at any wedding. These are the people who will be with you throughout the day, capturing intimate moments and directing group shots. Personal chemistry matters as much as portfolio quality.
Day six includes dedicated time with your photography team. You’ll review their work in detail, discuss your priorities for coverage, share any specific shots or moments that matter to you, and get a sense of their working style. This meeting transforms photographers from names on a contract into people you know and trust.
Day Seven: Final Review and Documentation
The final day is dedicated to reviewing everything and ensuring nothing has been missed. Your Ramarossi planner walks through the complete wedding timeline, confirming every element from ceremony to final dance. Any remaining questions are addressed. Documentation is updated to reflect every decision made during the week.
You’ll leave Antalya, Turkey with a comprehensive planning document that specifies exactly what will happen at your wedding. Venue confirmed. Menu finalized. Décor approved. Photography team selected. Beauty look established. The remaining months before your wedding involve refinements and communication rather than major decisions.
What About the Bride’s Dress?
For brides open to the possibility, the planning trip can also include meetings with professional dress designers based in Turkey. These designers create custom, handmade wedding dresses at prices that typically run one-third of what comparable quality would cost in the UK or United States.
A planning trip meeting allows you to discuss your vision directly with the designer, share ideas, review fabrics and styles, and begin a custom creation process. The finished dress is typically ready within three to four months and can be shipped to your home address anywhere in the world.
What If Couples Cannot Visit Antalya?
Ramarossi recognizes that not every couple can travel to Antalya, Turkey for a planning week. Work commitments, family obligations, or simple scheduling challenges may make an advance trip impossible. For these couples, Ramarossi has developed remote planning processes that deliver excellent results through different means.
Virtual Venue Tours
Rather than viewing photographs alone, couples participate in live video tours of potential venues. Your Ramarossi planner walks through each space with camera in hand, showing you views, details, and aspects that static images miss. You can ask questions in real time: what’s beyond that wall, how does the sunset look from here, where would the band set up?
Sample Table on Video
The sample table experience translates well to video. Ramarossi builds the actual setup exactly as we would for visiting couples, then presents it via live video call. You see real colours, real arrangements, real proportions. Adjustments happen in real time as you provide feedback.
The Vendor WhatsApp Group
For remote-planning couples, Ramarossi creates a WhatsApp group that includes you, your planner, and all relevant vendors. Communication flows directly – you can share inspiration images with your photographer, discuss menu refinements with the caterer, and ask questions of anyone involved in your wedding. A Ramarossi planner remains in the group throughout, ensuring nothing falls through cracks.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is included in Ramarossi’s one-week planning trip?
Ramarossi’s one-week planning trip in Antalya, Turkey includes venue visits and selection, contract signing, sample table décor building, full menu tasting, makeup and hair trials for the bride, groom styling options, photography team meetings, and comprehensive documentation of all decisions. By day seven, 90% of your wedding is finalized.
How far in advance should I do a planning trip to Turkey?
Ramarossi recommends visiting Antalya, Turkey twelve to eighteen months before your wedding date. This allows time for any follow-up decisions, custom dress creation if desired, and comfortable final preparations. Shorter timelines can work when necessary.
Can I plan an Antalya wedding without visiting Turkey?
Yes. Ramarossi offers comprehensive remote planning for couples who cannot travel. This includes live video venue tours, sample tables presented via video call, and a dedicated WhatsApp group connecting you directly with all vendors. Remote planning requires more detailed communication but has produced many successful weddings.
What is a sample table for destination weddings?
Ramarossi builds an actual sample table with real linens, place settings, floral arrangements, chairs, and decorative elements matching your wedding design. Unlike mood boards or digital mockups, you see exactly how your décor will look in person, make adjustments on the spot, and approve the final design before leaving Antalya, Turkey.
Can I get a wedding dress in Turkey?
Yes. Ramarossi can arrange meetings with professional dress designers in Turkey who create custom, handmade wedding dresses. Prices typically run one-third of UK or US costs for comparable quality. Dresses are ready within three to four months and shipped to your home address worldwide.
What percentage of the wedding is finalized during the planning trip?
Approximately 90% of your wedding is finalized during Ramarossi’s one-week planning trip. Venue, décor, catering, photography, styling, and timeline are all confirmed. The remaining months involve refinements and communication rather than major decisions, dramatically reducing planning stress.
If the one-week planning trip sounds like the right approach for your wedding, Ramarossi can discuss timing, logistics, and what your specific week would include. The conversation helps you understand exactly what to expect before committing to travel.