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With over 2500 weddings expertly curated all over Italy, Distinctive Italy Weddings is a team of five wedding planning experts who specialize in remarkable, luxurious and unforgettable weddings in Italy.
Since 1997, Distinctive Italy has created unique relationships with clients, making sure that every wedding in Italy is completely personalized to the couple. Boasting a long list of wedding venues in Italy’s most sought-after locations, including Tuscany, Amalfi Coast, Lake Como, Puglia and Sicily (and everywhere in between), the team offers limitless possibilities.
The multinational and multilingual team have over 41 years of experience collectively, designing dream weddings in Italy of every size, ceremony type and style.
Services Offered
Distinctive Italy covers everything from rehearsal and welcome dinner, ceremony, and reception. We organize religious and non-religious ceremonies for civil, cultural, eco-friendly, and destination weddings. Offering full and partial planning services that include budget analysis, event design, and timeline creation.
Design and Styling
Creativity is definitely not lacking anywhere in the Distinctive Italy team. Our designers work closely with the couple to understand exactly what style and details they want.
Whether you have a Pinterest board full of ideas, starting from scratch, or if you want rustic-chic or full out luxury and glam, one glance at the Distinctive Italy blog or Instagram can attest that they deliver!
Ceremony
Civil, Symbolic, Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, and Jewish ceremonies are just some of their specialties. With experience in many different types of wedding ceremonies, everything including music, decor, venue, and celebrant will be completely tailored to your special day.
Food and Wine
Distinctive Italy works closely with world renowned catering services to create custom wedding menus. Everything from traditional Italian cuisine, to fusion, to customized menus, with an Italian wine list expertly paired to match.
Concierge service
To ensure that your wedding in Italy runs seamlessly, Distinctive Italy Weddings has exclusive wedding concierge services, such as managing hotel group bookings, guest transfers, booking a special venue for your welcome dinner and other important details for a seamless celebration. Our wedding concierge service eliminates all the hassle of getting married in Italy.
Entertainment
This team knows exactly how to take your wedding to the next level by including impressive entertainment and lavish details.
Whether it is fireworks, or traditional folk dancers; spectacle and sparkle are their specialty.
Paperwork Assistance
Possibly the most intimidating task, one of Distinctive Italy’s key services is the expert assistance in dealing with the paperwork, so that you don't have to.
They have experience in handling the legalities of weddings in Italy for couples from all over the world.
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Reviews of Distinctive Italy Weddings
Review summary
Reviewers praised the DIW team, particularly Stefania, Mariana, and Jacopo, for their exceptional wedding planning services in Italy. Clients appreciated the team's professionalism, attention to detail, and genuine care throughout the planning process. The staff demonstrated expert knowledge of destination weddings, creating magical experiences, beautiful decorations, and seamless execution of events. The team's vendor recommendations, such as Gianni di Natale photography and TuscanLab, were highly commended for their quality services. Clients emphasized the team's ability to turn dreams into reality, exceed expectations, and create unforgettable memories. The overall consensus was highly positive, recommending DIW for anyone considering a wedding in Italy.
A total pleasure!
Stefania was our planner and she was absolutely brilliant throughout the process. From the beginning she listened carefully to our vision and our preferences and from this, she was able to curate a wedding that exceeded our high expectations -from the perfect venue, to the caterers, to the florist, the the band etc etc!
For anyone else who is a control freak (like me), be rest assured that the level of involvement you prefer in your wedding is entirely possible. Stefania did all of the hard work and all we had to do was choose from a few carefully selected vendors who met our budget and other requirements. As a result, the planning process was collaborative, stress-free and so much fun. Without Stefania and DIW's expertise, there is no way we would have had such a positive experience if we had to source and secure vendors ourselves. I would highly recommend using DIW as your wedding planner. Stefania was responsive, trustworthy, efficient and her enthusiasm in helping us create our dream wedding really shone through. Thank you!
Dream wedding in Tuscany!
Initially, it was difficult for us to hand over the wedding planning to someone else, especially being so far away from our destination. But as soon as we met Stefania and got to see how comfortable she was with the process, we knew we had made the right choice.
When we first started planning our wedding last summer with Stefania, I don't think we could have ever expected just how magical and unforgettable they could make our wedding day. She was always the calm and assuring voice on our zoom calls, making sure we felt at ease with the planning process throughout, while putting together our vision perfectly.
When we got the chance to finally meet Stefania in person during our visit to Italy, it really put any last minute worries we had at ease. She was so warm and welcoming, and seeing the relationships she had with all the villa staff and vendors, we knew we were in good hands.
The 3 days at our villa in Tuscany went absolutely perfect. Stefania and her team worked tirelessly in the background to make sure everything ran smoothly. We got to enjoy the day without any worries and truly soak in all the memories we could. The florals, table setup & lighting were so beautiful and were exactly what we had dreamt of.
We would highly recommend Stefania and the DIW team to anyone thinking of having their wedding in the beautiful country of Italy :)
DIW made our dreams come true!
Perhaps most would say the responsible thing to do for your wedding is to interview multiple planners -- DIW were the first we spoke with and were sold right away (and never looked back). Rosanna's professionalism and deep understanding of the (many) requirements that come with a traditional indian wedding knocked us off our feet. We felt the love and attention to detail right off the bat.
And then came Mariana.... where do I begin? For an entire year, she held our hands through ups and downs. From dealing with our absurd number of questions and requests, mini-freak outs about costs, taking care us when we visited Tuscany for our planning trip, to making our dream 3-day wedding become reality. Although planning a wedding is a job -- for us and also for DIW, those dozens of calls and exchanges with Mari never felt like that. It truly felt like working on a huge project with a good friend, which is a testament to the love and authenticity Mariana pours into her work. Thank you so much, Mari.
None of it would be possible without Simona and Jacopo, who were there all along and joined Mari and us on the wedding days to make sure that everything we planned was executed to perfection.
I am sure there were bumps and fires that the team was putting out in the background during the wedding days, but they did not once make us feel like it. They just took care of it.
If you're reading this, don't bother spending too much more time searching and just work with DIW. There's no point looking further!
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If you are looking for a professional exclusive wedding planning services for your destination event in Italy, "Distinctive Italy Weddings" will help you to make your marriage memorable! The professionalism, the passion and the remarkable planning skills are just few of the features of the team and success is always guaranteed! Highly recommended !
I had the pleasure to work with Raffaela from Distinctive Italy Weddings and I can say that she's one of the most experienced and reliable professionals I've ever met in the business. She's also the kindest and most respectful person, all qualities that should not be taken for granted nowadays. I can't wait for our next adventure together: thank you Raffaela, thank you Distinctive Italy Weddings!