Il Cerimoniere Italian Weddings Reviews
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Emily Sent on 05/12/2026Fantastic Florentine Wedding with Il Cerimoniere
My now husband and I are based in Dallas, TX, and when we initially decided to get married in Italy, the planning seemed very daunting. We could have saved ourselves a lot of time and anxiety if we'd only found and hired Samuele at Il Cereimoniere as our first step in wedding planning! From the initial planning phase through the end of the wedding night, Samuele was absolutely fantastic and made the wedding of our dreams a reality.
Firstly, when we first started working with Samuele, he did an initial venue scouting project for a small fee that, if you eventually hired him, would reduce the overall rate. This was EXTREMELY helpful and a unique service that other wedding planners we spoke to did not offer. Samuele has over a decade of experience, so when we gave him our initial specs (headcount estimate/ budget/ general desired location), he was able to leverage his extensive knowledge of the industry and region to direct us to those venues that would be realistic rather than having to parse through all of that information on our own.
We selected Florence (St. James Episcopal Church) for our ceremony and Impruneta (Villa Corsini a Mezzomonte) for our reception venue. We flew to Florence exactly one year in advance of the wedding to test vendors and visit the venue. Samuele planned our itinerary for that week and attended all of our tests with us, helping us to make the ultimate selections.
From there, we worked with Samuele remotely to plan the remaining details. I can't overstate how Samuele's extensive experience, knowledge, and industry relationships made this portion a breeze for us. Samuele worked tirelessly with vendors on the back end to solve any complications that arose, communicating to us when they were ultimately solved. This was made clear on the wedding day itself which went by without a single hitch, in spite of inherent logistical challenges in the day. The logistics were simple, timing was perfect, and Samuele made sure the guests were comfortable, well fed, and appropriately imbibed the entire night. Our guests noticed and many commented that it was the most seamless wedding they'd ever attended.
Lastly, Il Ceremoniere provides exceptional value for its rate. Based on our research and some additional interviews conducted, their fee was highly competitive and in fact on the lower end of wedding planning services in Tuscany, but the lower fee did not mean sacrificing quality or elegance. Samuele works with only the highest quality vendors and service providers and he could not have been more attentive or responsive. He communicates principally via email but is available for video chats or via WhatsApp. He prepares for calls and always brings visual aids so that you're using time efficiently, and what I was most impressed by was his record-keeping ability and his excellent memory for detail which was extremely helpful given the passage of time between our initial visit to Florence and the wedding itself.
Overall, Samuele at Il Cerimoniere was excellent and if you select him to plan your day, you will be so grateful you did so! -
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Brookland Sent on 05/11/2026Umbria Wedding
Eleonora was the most wonderful and responsive wedding planner. Eleonora supported every single detail of my wedding so I did not have to think about anything the weekend of the event. Much more than coordinating and communicating with vendors (which was incredible), she helped us ensure we were on track for everything from day one. I valued her opinion as the expert on my venue and with vendors and she gave recommendations that were incredibly helpful for the flow of the wedding. She was also incredible communicative with my husband and I. She always responded to email within a timely manner, usually within the same business day. I highly recommend hiring Eleonora and her team for your wedding! -
Arielle Sent on 02/10/2026
The wedding of my dreams!
My husband and I were beyond pleased with our entire wedding experience. We had 40 guests travel from the US to Italy for our dream wedding. Having a wedding in another country would seem to be a challenge but with Eleonora, she made it easy! She took the time to understand our vision and our tight budget. She always had our best interest in mind and gave us the PERFECT recommendation's. Each of our guests still talk about how wonderful our wedding was. It's a good sign when not only the bride and groom have a memorable experience. I can confidently say that our wedding was our perfect day because of Eleonora and venue owner, Lucia! -
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Tanner Sent on 11/20/2025The BEST wedding planner!!
Samuele and his team were amazing. We got married at Castello di Meleto and had three full days of events, and he handled every single part of it like an absolute pro. Welcome evening, pizza party, wedding day, all of it, they kept everything organized, on time, and somehow completely stress-free for us. Any question we had, they were on it immediately. On the actual wedding day, they were everywhere without ever being in the way, making sure every detail looked exactly how we imagined it. Our families kept telling us how smooth everything felt, and that was all because of Samuele and his team. If you’re planning anything in Tuscany, this is who you want. We couldn’t be happier with how everything turned out! -
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Thomas Sent on 09/11/2025Great experience!
Samuele was incredible helpful in both the lead-up planning, and the on-the-day coordination of our wedding in Tuscany. A pleasure to work with! -
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Aysha Sent on 07/20/2025Our dream Italian wedding!
Eleonora and Samuele were incredible and we would recommend them to anyone. We wanted our dream Italian wedding without having a limitless budget, and they took our wishes into all decisions and gave us the perfect weekend.
From our first conversation with them to visits to venues, and then to wedding weekend, they were always so friendly, proactive, communicative and professional. Their expertise is clear and we trusted them implicitly. They organised every single detail we could have, and were entirely happy to match our energy. We were quite relaxed in the process and they kept this feeling, so there was never any stress - they kept us feeling so excited, relaxed and happy throughout.
They were very communicative, listened to what we wanted, worked to find solutions for any questions we had and were simply amazing. The planning and pre-wedding support was excellent and the on the day planning was even more amazing - Eleonora was in control of everything and we didn’t have to think about anything other than enjoying our day.
The venues and suppliers they work with are also amazing, and their relationship with our venue was fantastic. It felt like they understood us as a couple and worked to give us our perfect Italian wedding weekend.
It was a dream come true and they are to thank. We could not recommend them more highly! Professional, creative, organised, fantastic and lovely people too. Grazie Mille, Eleonora and Samuele! -
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Jazmine Sent on 10/01/2024An unforgettable wedding experience with Samuele Gallorini
From the moment we started planning our wedding, working with Samuele from II Cerimoniere Italian Weddings was an absolute treat. His expertise and attention to detail were evident every step of the way. Samuele took the time to understand our vision and made it a reality, seamlessly coordinating everything from venue selection to day-of logistics.
What truly set Samuele apart was his calm demeanor and ability to handle any unexpected challenges with grace. On the day of the wedding, we felt completely at ease knowing that everything was in his capable hands. His team was professional, attentive, and always ready to assist, ensuring that our special day ran smoothly.
Thanks to Samuele, our wedding was not just an event; it was a beautiful celebration that we will cherish forever. -
Aine Sent on 09/29/2024
Absolutely 10/10
We cannot recommend Samuele enough after all his work planning our wedding. From venue scouting until the dancefloor was well underway he was with us every step of the way. We had the best weekend, with Samuele planning all three days, and all of our guests are still talking about how much they enjoyed it. All the vendors Samuele recommended were top quality, everything was absolutely amazing and we didn't have a single issue throughout the whole process. A million thank yous!!! -
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Lara Sent on 05/28/2024Can’t recommend enough! 10/10
Samuele was so professional from the beginning. Initially we had our entry call and he asked us our criteria etc and sent us a HUGE spreadsheet of venues to review according to our criteria. We went to view 4 of them with him in 1 day and found our venue from that. He is super knowledgeable and helpful with sourcing vendors such as hair/makeup, flowers etc. He sent links to their websites etc so we could see which ones fit our needs best. He handled all communications and payment deadlines etc..
Always super responsive even to last minute requests such as transportation on the day, change of day 2 venue etc.
On the weekend he was there the entire time and really made sure everyone / everything was going smoothly. He took away any stress from us on the day so we could just enjoy the day to the maximum! He is an absolute superstar and I would pick him again in a heartbeat!
It’s very daunting putting your trust in someone in another country to plan your big day, but our day couldn’t have gone any better if we tried! 5 stars all round! -
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Bernadette Sent on 08/01/2023
Wedding in Tuscany
Samuele was a fantastic wedding planner from start to finish. He made the process of getting married in Italy a simple one. He gave us clear choices and sourced exactly what we wanted for our wedding in Tuscany. Samuele was thoughtful, helpful and there at every step of the process and made our big day one we will remember and cherish for the rest of our lives. Thank you Samuele! -
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Loretta Sent on 06/27/2022
Excellent, highly recommend.
Planning a wedding abroad can be a stressful time especially during a pandemic. Samuele was a pleasure to work with, extremely professional and responsive to all our queries. He is incredibly calm and kept us at ease at every step. His event management experience made our day very memorable and was the day we dreamt of. On a personal note, Samuele is a lovely guy and we got on straight away.
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Alexandra Sent on 06/18/2022
Lago Maggiore Wedding June 2022
Samuele was amazing from the start! He was very responsive and willing to always go above and beyond :) we heard about him through a coworker who had a destination wedding in Italy (Tuscany region) several years prior. We reached out prior to COVID and got the process going for our northern Italian wedding. Samuele had not done many weddings in this area before, but we are hopeful this will allow him to grow his business in this region. He was able to contact all vendors to change our contracts when we had to push the wedding for a year. He was able to put multiple contracts in one to keep it precise and simple. We were able to easily do money wire transfers as well! He met us an another event we had just days prior allowing him to finally meet us :) he was willing to help organize multiple events within our contract. The rehearsal and day of wedding he was immaculate. He kept it as stress free for us as the bride and groom. He was coordinating everything wonderfully. We will miss working with him after two years, but are honored we got the privilege to do our wedding with him as our biggest help. Grazie mille! Hope to meet again! -
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Ashley Sent on 10/19/2021
Amazing experience!
I cannot put into words how amazing it was to work with Samuele and our venue at Casa Cornacchi in Tuscany. Samuele was patient and responsive throughout the entire 2 year process it took to plan my wedding through all the issues with COVID. My actual wedding ended up being a dream come true for sure and it would not have been possible without him. I highly recommend this company for all your wedding needs!Il Cerimoniere Italian Weddings's reply:
Thank you so much Ashley and Brendon, it has been amazing meeting and working with you, your family and friends, I wish you all the best! -
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Alexa Sent on 11/16/2019
Experience
Working with Samuele and his wife was wonderful. Being from NJ and never being able to visit the venue before hand was a little scary, but they made everything SO easy. Samuele was extremely responsive and always attended to all my emails and calls immediately. Anything we asked he made happen. We planned 4 days worth of events for 90 people all flying in from the US and everything went perfect. He was there for every event always making sure things were running as they should. I could not recommend them more! -
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Brittni Sent on 10/11/2019Ceremony in Positano
After wedding planning in Chicago became too stressful.. we decided to ditch the traditional wedding and go to Italy! I stumbled across Il Cermimoniere Italian Weddings online and I am so grateful I did! Sam did an amazing job from start to finish! He is so kind and attentive. The entire process was completely stress free. Our wedding was romantic, just the two of us in Positano overlooking the town and the sea. It was absolutely magical! Not to mention our week long honeymoon traveling all through Italy.. from Pompeii to Naples, Rome, & Florence. The hotels, tours, trains, cooking class... everything was fantastic! All thanks to Sam! :) I highly recommend anyone to use his company. -
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Christina Sent on 08/21/2019
Phenomenal
I never knew planning a Wedding in another Country could be so effortless. I was able to communicate by email which was perfect for my busy life. Samuele was on top of planning every aspect of our wedding the Venue, Music, Hair, Makeup, Flowers, Photographer, Dinner anything I wanted. I never had a question he didn't have an answer to. He even planned the Itinerary for our 20 day trip to Italy Hotels, Private Transfers, Trains and Tours. Samuele's wife Eleonora also played a huge role in the translating of all paperwork and the Ceremony. You will not find a better Husband and Wife Duo to plan your Wedding!! -
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Matt Sent on 06/19/2019
They brought our dream wedding to life!
A huge thank you to Samuele and his wife Eleonora!! We cannot recommend them enough!! The wedding they put together for us was nothing short of magical and they were extremely professional and helpful along the way. Planning a destination wedding can be difficult to do when we weren't able to see the venue or anything in person until the wedding, but Samuele and his team of vendors were able to put everything together that we wanted and make it as stress-free as possible for us. They absolutely nailed everything that we wanted in the wedding, and many of our guests told us that it was the best wedding that they've ever been to! Everything was perfect; the venue, the food and drinks, the decorations and flowers, the entertainment, everything! They were also extremely helpful when it came to planning activities for our family and guests for all 3 days that we stayed at the villa such as a wine tasting, a rehearsal dinner and a tour of Siena. This was a weekend that we'll never forget and if we could it all over again we would! Thank you again from Nicole and Matt!Il Cerimoniere Italian Weddings's reply:
Thank you so much Matt and Nicole, we are so happy that we contributed to realize your dream wedding in Italy. It has been a real pleasure working with you and we wish you all the best for your married life! Samuele & Eleonora -
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Judith Sent on 05/02/2019A perfect wedding weekend
We found Samuele through a blog post someone else wrote about their wedding that was planned by him and his team. We loved the way the wedding looked fun, relaxed, easy going and beautiful. Just what we wanted.
Working with Samuele was a pleasure. We maybe didn't have as big a budget as he sometimes works with with others so we had to take some time to figure out together what we did and did not want or need in our wedding. But Samuele was accommodating changing his suggestions and recommendations as he got to know us better.
We went out to Italy (we live in Scotland) to look at venues with him which was great and we really recommend as it allows you to spend time with Samuele and get a sense of what is available. We ended up choosing the beautiful Castello di Meleto which was absolutely perfect.
Samuele is very responsive and always made time for catch up calls and to answer all of our many many emails. On the day, his team was great and everything went perfectly. Even when it unexpectedly started pouring down his team managed to quickly set up inside and save as much of our plans as was possible. Our guest didn't mind in any case, it was a perfect day.
We would definitely recommend working with Samuele. Especially if you have quite a good idea of what you want, he will make sure it becomes a reality. -
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Kenneth Sent on 01/24/2019The Perfect Wedding Day!
My wife and I HIGHLY recommend Samuele and his team!!! They created the absolute perfect wedding day for us. Samuele was very responsive, professional, flexible, and accommodating. He also helped out tremendously with all of the paperwork, which was a challenge. Samuele made the process so much easier. If you’re considering - hire him! You will be very pleased. -
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Heather Sent on 11/15/2018Perfect Wedding in Tuscany
We can’t say enough good things about our experience with Samuele. He made everything seem effortless. We had a stress free wedding. It was a little scary planning a wedding in Italy from California, especially to plan a wedding somewhere we had never been to and not speaking a bit of Italian, and pulling it off in approximately 3 months in peak wedding season (September) Samuele walked us through every step So we could have an amazing wedding!! Samuele never made us feel like any of our questions were silly and he was very quick to respond to each and every request. Whatever we asked for, he made it happen. From the venue location, the violinist, the flowers, the photographer, legal documents, transportation options, restsurants, travel information, translation and so so much more!!! After contacting several wedding planners Samuele was the only one who followed thru We highly recommend Il Cerimoniere Italian Weddings and Samuele. We couldn’t have pulled it off without you. Thank you for everything
Heather and ErnestIl Cerimoniere Italian Weddings's reply:
Thank you so much for your review, I've really enjoyed helping you with your special day in San Galgano! -
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Connie Sent on 10/28/2018Intimate Rome Wedding
Samuel was really helpful and understanding throughout the whole process. We mainly talked through emails and he has been very patient. We loved our simple wedding and we had a great time at our reception!Il Cerimoniere Italian Weddings's reply:
Thank you so much Connie and Ryan, I’m happy to hear that you loved your wedding, all the best wishes for your married life! -
Kelsey Sent on 10/21/2018
Beautiful Tuscan Wedding!
We loved working with Samuele! He was very knowledgeable, always with an answer to any of our questions and made planning a wedding abroad easier than I would have ever thought. His kindness and attention to what mattered most to us made the planning experience and our wedding day both special and stress free. I'm still in awe at how everything came together even more amazing than I could have ever imagined! Many thanks so Samuele and even his father (helped set up day of) for all the hard work in making our day one to remember forever!Il Cerimoniere Italian Weddings's reply:
Thank you so much Kelsey and Jonathan it has been an amazing experience working with you and your family and friends, all the best! -
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Jessica Sent on 06/27/2018It's really hard to leave so much of your wedding planning to someone else, and if I'd have known how amazing Samuele would be, I would not have stressed out one bit. Samuele went above and beyond to make sure our special day was like a fairy tale. The church was absolutely perfect (Santa Maria in Portico, Campitelli) and the restaurant (Les Etoiles) was beyond magnificent. Our guest, my husband, and I were blown away by both venues and upon entering each for the first time, I was in tears. In addition to the perfect venues, Samuele walked us through every step of the way (there's no way I could have done this alone). The checklist(s) of "to-do's" was very overwhelming at first but his directions and advice made the process so easy for us both. Both my husband and I are educators and did not have much time to do much planning so most everything was left in Samuele's hands. We somehow managed to convince over 30 of our friends and family to go from Los Angeles to Rome and it was extremely affordable. In all honesty, we spent about half of what we would have if we had our wedding in the Untied States. I encourage other bride and grooms to take the leap of faith and try Il Cerimoniere because the staff will take care of everything and they will do a spectacular job. I would 100% recommend Il Cerimoniere to every couple without hesitation. Samuele, you are definitely in the right profession!
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Laura Sent on 06/12/2018Wedding of my dreams! I contacted a selection of Italian wedding planners and Samuele was by far the most responsive. I loved his helpfulness and nothing was ever too much trouble, even if I felt like I had an endless list of requests! Samuele was never fazed and it was his can-do attitude that I LOVED! We had 72 guests travel to Siena in Tuscany for the most memorable day of ours lives and it meant so much to know that we had given our guests a memorable holiday and celebration too! We would heartily recommend Samuele at Il Cerimoniere Italian Weddings!
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B Sent on 11/21/2017I spent a ton of time researching wedding planners who could assist in an elopement to Italy before settling on Il Cerimoniere Italian Weddings. Samuele was insanely responsive to my every question, had all the right answers, is incredibly organized, and worked with us to plan the perfect wedding. No details were left out - including flowers and an excellent photographer. He set us up with Chiara in Tuscany as our on site wedding planner and she could not have been a better choice - great English, very kind and organized, someone who we would love to meet back up with on our next trip back to Italy. I highly and wholeheartedly recommend Il Cerimoniere Italian Weddings to handle your wedding. They made a somewhat daunting event exceptionally easy and have provided us with memories for a lifetime. Thank you so much Samuele and Chiara! You guys rock it!!
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Holly Sent on 09/29/2017No complaints! Samuele at Il Cerimoniere planned a beautiful wedding for me and my groom. An unforgettable day! Very happy with the results.
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Sheree Sent on 10/11/2019
Our Eleopment
My husband and I always wanted to Eleope in Positano but not knowing where to start was stressful until we happened to find IL Cerimoniere. Samuele Gallorini was very helpful and answered all my emails promptly.
Everything on the day was perfect and just wished it went longer!
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