 GOA
Where in Goa
An ideal and much-sought-after place for a beach wedding-- there are many hotels in North
and South Goa where you can have an exotic beachside wedding at up-class ballrooms or
village themed garden venues.
The Taj
Exotica, Goa
The Taj Exotica, Goa is one of the luxury resorts that offers special wedding packages.
The venue is specially recommended by Ace Event Manager Sushil Wadhwa of Platinum
Weddings. For more details log on to www.tajhotels.com
Goa Wedding Style
 If a local flavor wedding
with a typical Goan flavor added to it-- with flowers, coconut water, Goan music bands and
rain dance is your kind of style, get in touch with one of Goa's ace event managers for
your dream Goan wedding. Invite your close friends to an intimate function with the sea as
background. Add special color to the reception with a fireworks display and end the
celebrations with dancing, fireworks, live music and tongue licking food.
KUTCH
Mandvi Palace
The Mandvi Palace Beach Resort is located in the Vijay Vilas Palace of Kutch-- this 450
acre lush green area with a private beach of 2 kilometers is an ideal locale for a beach
wedding. The Vijay Vilas Palace was built in the 1920's as a summer retreat of the Royal
family of Kutch and the beach resort here is India's first private beach.
 The
unique feature of this resort is that it provides 10 luxury tents (with attached bathrooms
and modern amenities) where your guests can stay and enjoy. The nearest airport to this
resort is the Bhuj airport which is an an hour's drive away. The best part about this
resort is that the beach is private--- so its absolutely quiet, clean and pollution-free.
You can contact the hotel or one of the agents of their wedding packages to make the
necessary arrangements for the wedding at the beach and arrange for your guests to stay at
the superb luxury tents.
For more information contact
mumbai@palacesofindia.com or log on to www.palacesofindia.com
ALIBAUG
The Kashid Beach
at Alibaug makes for a fantastic beach wedding venue. The beach is very clean and is a
four hour drive by road from Mumbai. You can get in touch with an event management company
like Platinum Weddings which is well experienced in organizing weddings in this locale--
they will take care of all the logistics of arranging for the caterer, decorator and get
all the necessary permissions required for conducting the wedding there. They will also
arrange for the transportation from Mumbai to this venue by road or by sea from the
Gateway of India to Mandwa, which is the closest jetty. And if you're conducting the
wedding here, the best place to stay (your budget permitting) with all your guests is the
Prakruti Resort, a luxury resort 5 minutes away from the beach. The Prakruti Resort is
characterized by spectacular sea views from its rooms and the views get better as you go
higher up the resort. Accomodation in 3-beaded bungalows make Prakruti a unique getaway
with the guests having privacy of a private farm and facilities of a 5 star resort that is
spanned over 20 acres of lush greenery bordering the thick forest of Phansad Wildlife
Sanctuary.
 Most
recently Platinum Weddings organized the wedding at Kashid
Beach and stay at Prakruti Resort for their Mumbai based
clients Payal and Tarak. State the couple: "The lovely decor, the fun-loving guests,
the great food, the serene beach background and the full moon all added up to make our
wedding most memorable and lots of fun."
MALAD,
MUMBAI
If you live in Mumbai and are
unable to move out of the city, yet desire a wedding close to the beach you could consider
some options in the Malad suburb of Mumbai. The best known venues are the two luxury
resorts (The Resort and The Retreat). Many non-residents of Malad are getting married in
one of the several churches in Marve Road and if they have the right contacts throw an
all-night party at a friend's bungalow at Madh Island. Malad.
 Residential
Weddings@ The Resort and The Retreat
The Resort, located on the Aksa beachfront, has four beautiful lawns-- so you can
choose a lawn depending on the number of guests-- the largest lawn at The Resort can
accommodate thousands of guests. The Resort has a host of packages to attract what they
call residential weddings— where the out-of-town party stay with their family and
friends in the hotel for two or three days. Their residential wedding packages cost
between Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000 for double occupancy (including meals) per day.
The Retreat owned by the
Raheja group, located near the Erangle beach is another beach-close venue that offers its
banquet rooms, terraces and lawns for small and large wedding functions.
• The Resort:
022-28823331
• The Retreat: 022-28825335/ 26400101 (Sales Office) |
