Your Krabi Wedding Timeline: Twelve Months to the Day
A month-by-month plan for organising a destination wedding from abroad, including the deadlines that genuinely matter.
Planning from thousands of kilometres away feels harder than it is, provided things happen in the right order. This is the timeline we use with our couples.
Twelve to ten months before
- Set your budget and your guest list, in that order
- Choose your season and a shortlist of dates
- Decide on a beach and visit venue options, in person or by video call
- Book your planner and secure the venue with a deposit
Nine to seven months before
- Send save-the-dates, earlier than you would for a wedding at home
- Reserve a block of rooms while rates are still reasonable
- Book photography and video, which are the first suppliers to sell out
- Begin the legal paperwork if you are registering in Thailand
Six to four months before
- Confirm your ceremony style and any Thai traditions you want to include
- Choose flowers, decoration and the overall look
- Arrange hair and makeup, and book a trial if you will be in Thailand beforehand
- Order attire, allowing time for alterations and for the humidity
Three to two months before
- Send full invitations with travel details, airport guidance and a weather note
- Finalise the menu and confirm dietary requirements
- Plan the run of the day hour by hour, checking the tide and sunset times
- Confirm all transport, particularly boat transfers
One month before
- Confirm final guest numbers with the venue
- Settle remaining supplier balances
- Write your vows and speeches
- Confirm the wet-weather plan in writing
The final week
- Arrive at least three days early, both for the paperwork and for the time zone
- Hold a site visit and rehearsal with your planner
- Hand over rings, documents and anything irreplaceable to one named person
- Stop planning
The deadlines that actually matter
Everything above is useful, but three items carry real consequences if they slip: the venue deposit, the photographer, and the legal paperwork. Miss the first two and your options narrow sharply. Miss the third and the wedding still happens beautifully, but the certificate does not.
