The question Ramarossi hears most during initial consultations is some variation of ‘What does that price actually include?’ Couples researching destination weddings in Antalya, Turkey encounter wildly different package structures across planners – some bundle everything, others charge à la carte for each service, and many fall somewhere between with confusing partial inclusions.
Ramarossi’s standard wedding package at €19,500 (£16,500) for 50 guests represents comprehensive all-inclusive planning designed to eliminate surprises and deliver complete celebrations without hidden costs accumulating. This guide breaks down exactly what that pricing includes, what optional upgrades enhance experiences, and what elements couples handle separately.
The Core Package: What €19,500 Delivers
Ramarossi’s standard package for 50 guests includes everything essential for beautiful destination weddings in Antalya, Turkey.
Venue and Location
Premium venue rental for your ceremony and reception at carefully vetted properties in Antalya, Turkey with Mediterranean views, excellent facilities, and proven track records hosting international weddings. Venues include exclusive access for 8-12 hours covering setup, ceremony, cocktail hour, reception, and breakdown. Tables, chairs, linens, basic lighting, and venue coordination staff are provided. You’re not getting budget venues – Ramarossi works with beachfront properties, boutique hotels with sea views, and elegant estates that deliver the aesthetics couples want for destination wedding photography.
Complete Catering Service
Full catering at €50-€65 per person for your 50 guests covering cocktail hour with passed appetizers and drinks, three-course seated dinner or extensive buffet with multiple entrée options, premium bar service with wine, beer, and standard spirits for four hours, wedding cake with cutting service, and professional waitstaff managing service throughout. Menu selections happen during your planning trip to Antalya when you taste actual dishes and confirm preferences. Vegetarian, vegan, halal, and standard dietary accommodations are included – you’re not paying extra for reasonable dietary needs. The catering quality consistently exceeds UK couples’ expectations, with Mediterranean and Turkish flavors that guests rave about.
Professional Photography
Eight to ten hours of professional wedding photography with experienced destination wedding photographers who understand international couples’ expectations and deliver consistently. You receive 400-600 professionally edited high-resolution images delivered via online gallery within 4-6 weeks after your wedding. Coverage includes getting-ready moments, ceremony, cocktail hour, reception, first dance, cake cutting, and dancing through the evening. Ramarossi works exclusively with photographers whose portfolios demonstrate proven quality and reliable delivery – you’re not gambling on unknown vendors.
The Planning Trip to Antalya
Coordination of your 4-5 day planning trip to Antalya, Turkey where you visit 3-4 venue options, meet your photographer, conduct catering tastings, complete hair and makeup trials, and finalize all wedding details in person. Ramarossi arranges your venue appointments, coordinates vendor meetings, books your tastings, and manages your schedule so you accomplish everything efficiently. You cover your own flights and accommodation during the planning trip, but Ramarossi handles all the logistics and coordination that make the trip productive rather than stressful. This trip transforms abstract planning into concrete decisions and builds confidence that your vendors will deliver.
Comprehensive Planning Services
Complete wedding planning coordination from initial consultation through wedding day execution. Ramarossi manages all vendor contracts and negotiations, creates detailed timelines and logistics plans, coordinates all vendor arrivals and setup on wedding day, provides day-of coordination with assistant coordinator ensuring everything flows smoothly, handles any issues that arise during planning or on wedding day, and serves as single point of contact eliminating the need to manage multiple vendor relationships yourself. This planning component typically costs €3,000-€5,000 when purchased separately from other planners, but it’s built into Ramarossi’s comprehensive package structure.
Ceremony Coordination
Professional celebrant or ceremony coordinator who works with you to create personalized ceremony scripts matching your vision – religious, secular, spiritual, or blended approaches all work beautifully. The ceremony includes music coordination for processional and recessional, setup of ceremony space with your chosen arrangements, and everything needed for meaningful celebrations whether you’re having symbolic ceremonies or coordinating religious officiants you bring to Turkey.
Basic Floral Arrangements
Essential florals covering bridal bouquet with premium flowers, bridesmaid bouquets if you have attendants, boutonnieres for groom and groomsmen, ceremony arch or backdrop flowers, and centerpieces for reception tables. These aren’t minimal arrangements – you’re getting beautiful, professionally designed florals using quality flowers. What’s not included in base packages are elaborate installations, suspended florals, extensive ceremony aisle décor, or specialty flowers requiring import. The standard floral allocation delivers elegant aesthetics; upgrades create dramatic statements.
How Guest Count Affects Package Pricing
The €19,500 package serves as the 50-guest baseline, but most celebrations involve different counts requiring adjusted pricing.
For 60 guests, packages typically cost €19,200-€19,800. The increase primarily reflects additional catering costs (10 more guests at €50-€65 per person adds €500-€650) plus slightly larger venue capacity requirements and more centerpieces. Planning services remain the same regardless of guest count.
For 80 guests, expect €21,500-€23,000. Larger guest counts require bigger venue capacities which command higher rental costs, substantially more catering expense, additional tables and centerpieces, and sometimes upgraded bar service to ensure adequate beverage supply. Photography and planning services remain consistent, but the physical scale increases costs.
For 100+ guests, pricing becomes more customized. Very large celebrations often require specific venue selections, extended bar service, multiple coordination staff on wedding day, and logistics complexity that varies based on specific requirements. Ramarossi provides detailed proposals for celebrations over 100 guests rather than using standard package pricing.
Intimate weddings under 40 guests sometimes reduce costs, but not proportionally. While catering decreases with fewer guests, venue minimums, photographer rates, and planning services don’t scale down significantly. A 30-guest wedding might cost €14,000-€15,500 rather than €19,500 – modest savings because most costs are fixed regardless of guest count.
Optional Upgrades That Enhance Celebrations
Ramarossi’s base packages deliver complete beautiful weddings, but certain upgrades elevate experiences for couples with flexibility to invest more.
Videography
Professional wedding videography costs €1,800-€2,800 depending on coverage duration and deliverables. Standard packages include 8-10 hours of coverage, 3-5 minute highlight film, full ceremony and speeches edit, and online delivery. Premium packages add drone footage, same-day preview trailers, and feature-length documentary edits. Couples consistently report videography as worthwhile investment after seeing footage capturing emotions and moments photography alone doesn’t quite recreate. Add videography if your budget allows – years later, video becomes more valuable as memories fade.
Elaborate Floral Installations
Upgraded floral designs cost €1,000-€3,000 beyond base package florals. This includes dramatic ceremony backdrops with lush installations, suspended floral designs over reception tables, extensive ceremony aisle décor, upgraded centerpieces with premium flowers, and specialty blooms like peonies or garden roses requiring import. Standard package florals look beautiful in photographs; elaborate installations create jaw-dropping visual impact that guests remember and photographs showcase spectacularly.
Live Music
Live musicians enhance ceremony and cocktail hour atmosphere. Solo acoustic guitar or violin during ceremony costs €400-€500 for 1-2 hours. String quartets or small jazz ensembles for cocktail hour run €600-€1,000. Full bands for reception entertainment cost €1,200-€2,500 depending on band size and duration. DJs are standard in most packages for reception dancing, but live music for ceremony and cocktail hour adds elegance many couples appreciate.
Extended Bar Service
Standard packages include four-hour open bar covering cocktail hour and dinner. Extending bar service to six hours costs approximately €600-€800 additional (€12-€16 per guest for 50 people). All-night open bar adds €1,000-€1,200. Many couples choose standard four-hour service then switch to cash bar for late-night dancing, providing generous hospitality during main celebration while controlling costs for the extended party portion.
Welcome Dinners and Farewell Brunches
Pre-wedding welcome dinners at restaurants in Antalya, Turkey cost €35-€60 per person depending on venue choice and menu selections. For 40-50 guests, budget €1,600-€2,800. Farewell brunches the morning after weddings run €25-€40 per person, totaling €1,200-€2,000 for similar counts. These additional events create opportunities for relaxed time with guests beyond the wedding itself and are popular with couples hosting destination celebrations, but they’re optional rather than essential. Ramarossi coordinates these events if requested but doesn’t include them in standard packages since not all couples want multi-day celebrations.
Upgraded Venue Selections
Standard packages include premium venues, but some ultra-luxury properties command higher rates. Upgrading to five-star resort venues with exceptional settings costs €2,000-€4,000 additional beyond standard venue allocations. These upgrades deliver extraordinary locations – dramatic clifftop settings, palatial estates, exclusive resort access – but standard package venues already provide beautiful settings that photograph magnificently. Venue upgrades are about exceptional-to-extraordinary jumps rather than adequate-to-good improvements.
What’s NOT Included: Elements You Arrange Separately
Comprehensive packages cover wedding essentials, but certain elements remain outside package scope because they’re personal choices or vary too dramatically between couples.
Guest Accommodation and Travel
Ramarossi packages don’t include guest flights or hotel accommodation. Destination weddings operate on the assumption that guests arrange and pay for their own travel. Ramarossi can negotiate room blocks at hotels offering group discounts and coordinate transportation between hotels and venues, but guests cover their own accommodation costs. This is standard across destination wedding planning – couples pay for the celebration, guests pay for travel to reach it.
Your Flights and Accommodation
Similarly, couple’s own flights to Turkey and accommodation during your stay aren’t included in wedding packages. You book your own travel for the planning trip and for your wedding week. Most couples stay 5-7 nights total in Antalya, Turkey – arriving a few days before the wedding for final preparations and staying 1-2 days after to rest and celebrate. Budget £300-£700 for flights and £400-£900 for accommodation depending on hotel choice and duration.
Wedding Attire
Your wedding dress, groom’s suit or tuxedo, bridesmaid dresses, and all wedding party attire remain your responsibility. You purchase these in your home country and bring them to Turkey. Budget €800-€3,000 for bride’s dress, €200-€800 for groom’s attire, plus alterations. Ramarossi can recommend tailors in Antalya if last-minute adjustments become necessary, but we don’t coordinate attire purchases.
Wedding Rings
Engagement and wedding rings are personal purchases couples make independently. These typically cost €500-€3,000 depending on materials and design preferences. Bring your rings to Turkey for the ceremony – Ramarossi coordinates ring bearer or ring exchange logistics during ceremony planning, but the rings themselves are your purchase.
Invitations and Stationery
Wedding invitations, save-the-dates, programs, menus, place cards, and other paper goods aren’t included in standard packages. Many couples use online invitation services or purchase stationery from UK or US vendors and bring printed items to Turkey. Budget £150-£600 for invitations and essential stationery depending on guest count and design preferences. Ramarossi can coordinate with Turkish printers if you prefer local production, but most couples source stationery independently.
Favors and Welcome Bags
Guest favors, welcome bags with snacks and local information, or other guest gifts remain optional and outside package pricing. If you want to provide these, budget €5-€15 per guest depending on what you include. Ramarossi can suggest local Turkish items that make excellent favors – olive oil, Turkish delight, ceramics – and coordinate delivery to guest hotels, but the items themselves are your purchase.
Marriage License and Legal Costs
If you’re completing legal marriage in Turkey, document translations, apostille certifications, and Marriage Office fees cost €200-€400 beyond package pricing. Most couples complete symbolic ceremonies in Turkey and legal marriage at UK registry offices, which costs £120-£150 total and isn’t part of Ramarossi’s coordination since it happens in the UK independently.
Custom Packages for Cultural Weddings
Persian, Indian, Pakistani, Sikh, Lebanese, and other cultural weddings often require elements beyond standard packages.
Multi-day celebrations with separate Mehndi, Sangeet, religious ceremonies, and receptions need customized planning accounting for multiple venue days, extended catering across events, cultural décor requirements, specialized entertainment like dhol players or traditional musicians, and religious ceremony coordination with officiants you bring to Turkey. These celebrations typically cost €28,000-€45,000 for 100-200 guests depending on elaboration and event count.
Ramarossi provides detailed custom proposals for cultural weddings rather than standard package pricing because requirements vary dramatically. Persian weddings need Sofreh Aghd specialists and specific floral symbolism. Indian weddings require extensive multi-colored décor and Bollywood-familiar DJs. Sikh weddings need Granthi coordination and fully vegetarian catering. Each tradition has unique needs that packages accommodate through customization rather than one-size-fits-all inclusions.
How Ramarossi’s Pricing Compares to DIY Planning
Some couples consider booking venues and vendors independently rather than using comprehensive packages, hoping to save money. The reality rarely works this way.
If you booked everything separately in Antalya, Turkey – venue rental at €3,500, catering for 50 guests at €3,000, photography at €1,800, florals at €1,200, DJ at €700, planning coordination at €3,500-€4,000 – you’d spend €13,700-€13,900 just for core elements before hair and makeup, ceremony coordination, or any unexpected additions. Add those and you reach €15,000-€16,000 for the same wedding Ramarossi delivers at €19,500 all-inclusive.
The modest cost difference of €1,500-€2,500 buys you single-point accountability, vendor relationships that improve service quality, coordination experience that prevents issues, planning trip arrangements that maximize efficiency, and day-of coordination that lets you enjoy your wedding rather than managing vendors. For couples comfortable navigating Turkish vendor markets, speaking Turkish or having translators, and investing 40-60 hours in research and coordination, DIY saves modest amounts. For most international couples, comprehensive packages deliver better value.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can we customize packages or must we take standard inclusions?
Ramarossi packages are highly customizable. The standard €19,500 package represents the typical starting point, but we adjust based on your priorities and budget. Want to skip photography and bring your own photographer friend? We reduce the package cost accordingly. Want to upgrade to elaborate florals and premium venue? We provide pricing for those enhancements. Need to add videography and welcome dinner? We build comprehensive proposals including everything you want. The package structure exists to provide clear baseline pricing that covers complete weddings, but we adapt to your specific situation. Some couples use standard packages exactly as structured. Others add three upgrades and remove one inclusion. Both approaches work fine. The initial consultation clarifies what matters most to you, and Ramarossi creates proposals matching your vision and budget whether that aligns with standard packages or requires customization.
What happens if we exceed our guest count?
Guest count adjustments happen frequently during planning. Most couples book packages for estimated guest counts, then actual RSVPs come in different. Ramarossi handles this flexibly. If you booked for 50 guests but 55 confirm attendance, we simply add five more guests to catering and adjust floral centerpieces if needed. The additional cost is typically just the per-person catering rate times additional guests – approximately €250-€325 for five extra people. If guest count increases substantially – booking for 50 but 70 attend – larger venue capacity might become necessary, which could increase costs more significantly. We discuss these scenarios during planning so you understand potential costs if guest counts vary from initial estimates. Decreasing guest counts usually allows modest cost reductions, though not proportionally since many costs are fixed. If you book for 60 but only 50 attend, we might reduce package cost by €400-€600, reflecting saved catering but not affecting venue, photography, or planning fees that remain constant regardless of final count.
Do packages include tips and gratuities?
No, tips aren’t included in package pricing, though tipping culture in Turkey differs from the US where 18-20% gratuities are standard. Turkish service providers don’t expect mandatory tips, but gratuities for excellent service are appreciated. Budget 5-10% of package costs for gratuities distributed among key vendors – photographer, catering staff, venue coordinators, and planning team. For a €19,500 wedding, appropriate gratuities total €875-€1,750. Ramarossi provides guidance on appropriate amounts and helps coordinate distribution on wedding day if desired. Some couples give cash tips to individual vendors, others provide lump sum to Ramarossi for distribution. Both approaches work fine. The key is understanding that while tips aren’t mandatory in Turkey like they are in the US, showing appreciation for excellent service through modest gratuities is customary and appreciated by vendors who’ve worked hard to make your celebration perfect.
Are there hidden fees we should watch for?
Ramarossi packages aim for transparency with no hidden fees surprising couples later. The pricing we quote is what you pay for included services. The areas where additional costs arise are optional upgrades you choose to add – videography, elaborate florals, welcome dinners, extended bar service – not hidden fees for services you thought were included. Some vendors in Turkey add service charges or VAT taxes to invoices, but Ramarossi clarifies these during proposal stage so pricing includes all taxes and fees. The one area couples sometimes underestimate is incidental costs during your Turkey stay – dining out on non-wedding days, activities and excursions, shopping, taxis and transportation beyond wedding day shuttles. These personal expenses aren’t wedding costs, but they do add up during multi-day Turkey visits. Budget €300-€600 per couple for incidental expenses beyond wedding package and accommodation costs. This covers meals, activities, tips, and general spending during your trip without feeling constrained.
How far in advance should we book to secure package pricing?
Ramarossi recommends booking 12-18 months before your intended wedding date in Antalya, Turkey. This timeline ensures venue availability during peak season, allows proper planning trip scheduling, and locks current pricing before annual vendor increases take effect. Wedding vendors in Turkey typically increase prices 5-8% annually, so booking early protects against future rate increases. If you book 18 months ahead for a May 2027 wedding, Ramarossi guarantees the quoted package price even if vendor costs increase before your wedding date. This price protection saves couples €700-€1,400 on typical packages by avoiding inflation between booking and wedding. Shorter booking windows – 6-9 months ahead – remain possible, especially for weekday weddings or shoulder season dates, but peak season Saturday dates often book 14-16 months ahead. If you’re planning weddings within six months, venue selection becomes more limited and pricing reflects current rates without long-term protection guarantees.
What payment schedule does Ramarossi require?
Standard payment schedules require 40% deposit at booking to secure your date and vendors, 30% payment 4-6 months before your wedding covering venue deposits and vendor commitments, and final 30% payment 4-6 weeks before the wedding once final guest counts are confirmed. This structure protects both couples and Ramarossi – you’re not paying everything upfront months or years ahead, but Ramarossi secures vendor commitments with deposits paid from your installment payments. Some couples prefer modified schedules based on their financial planning, and Ramarossi accommodates when possible. The key is that venue and vendor deposits require payment well before wedding dates since those vendors need commitments. Payment schedules can adjust around those fixed requirements. Couples typically pay in euros through international wire transfer or credit card payments, though pound sterling and US dollar payments are possible with currency conversion handled at booking.
Does Ramarossi offer refunds if we need to cancel?
Cancellation policies depend on timing and circumstances. Cancellations more than 12 months before wedding dates typically receive 75% refunds since Ramarossi hasn’t yet committed vendor deposits and can potentially rebook the date. Cancellations 6-12 months ahead receive approximately 50% refunds, as some vendor commitments have been made but substantial amounts remain unspent. Cancellations within six months of wedding dates typically forfeit most or all payments because venue deposits, vendor commitments, and planning work are non-recoverable at that point. Force majeure circumstances – medical emergencies, government travel restrictions, venue closures – receive more generous treatment, with Ramarossi working to postpone rather than cancel when possible. Wedding insurance that covers cancellation due to illness, family emergencies, or vendor bankruptcy costs £150-£300 and protects your investment if genuinely unforeseeable circumstances prevent the wedding. Ramarossi discusses cancellation and postponement policies clearly during booking so you understand the financial implications if circumstances change.
Understanding exactly what Ramarossi’s wedding packages include helps you budget accurately and make informed decisions about which enhancements matter most for your celebration in Antalya, Turkey. If you want detailed proposals showing precisely what package pricing delivers for your specific guest count, preferred dates, and desired inclusions, Ramarossi provides comprehensive breakdowns during initial consultations. A conversation about your vision and budget costs nothing – and clarifies exactly what your investment delivers.