Santorini Wedding Planner
Stella
My name is Stella and I am the Wedding Coordinator of Travel Zone.
It was in 2000 when I visited my friend Yiannis in Santorini who had recently moved there from Athens. His brother was getting married at the time and the whole family was running around like crazy trying to organize everything so Yiannis and I were the only ones calm enough to handle the difficulties of such an event. To tell you the truth I like weddings so much that I intentionally visited Yiannis at that period of time in order to help out (I hope he doesn't read this because I told him that I went there just to see how he was doing since he had moved so recently).
From the accommodation of the guests to the color of the tablecloths for the reception and the number of sea shells that we should put inside the vases for the decoration of the tables, everything was such a challenge for me! Planning such an event is the happiest experience since you only meet smiling faces and that's when I decided that I would love to do this permanently! The only thing I had to do is persuade Yiannis which, in the end, proved to be an easy task since he had also enjoyed it so much and several couples were already coming up to us congratulating us for all the planning (unfortunately the tall, dark, handsome guy did not come...) and asking us to organize their own weddings!
That's how it all started for us... we've been organizing weddings ever since as if they were our own and we still enjoy what we do. Yiannis still lives in Santorini and I live in Athens but visit Santorini several times a year to meet couples, attend weddings, make arrangements. My next step is to move to Santorini as well! I love Athens but Santorini is a true paradise so it is only logical and not random at all that hundreds of people from all over the world choose the specific island to get married. Wouldn't you like to be the next to tie the knot? I assure you that this is not a threat but a true challenge...
Yiannis
My name is Yiannis and I am the Wedding Coordinator of Travel Zone.
It was back in 2000 when I decided to leave Athens and begin a new life and career on the island of Santorini. Although I was already in the travel industry of Athens for 6 years, nothing could make me stay in the noisy capital any longer. I quit my job, moved to Santorini and started all over again on the most beautiful place on earth!
Eight years have passed since then and I feel more than happy for having moved to Santorini. Since I moved my family and especially my brother kept visiting me and as he was charmed by Santorini he was easily persuaded to get married on the island after he was encouraged by my sister, who is a designer, and myself. We picked a small, whitewashed church in Imerovigli for the ceremony and that's when it all started!
My sister was the one designing everything for the ceremony and the reception, my friend Stella who had come from Athens was so excited with the wedding that she gladly helped with the organization, and I was the one besieged with questions! The couple was very anxious about the accommodation the transfers and especially the service for the guests so they could use all the help. The result after 227 questions to which I have given 226 answers (yes, I answered everything regarding the church, the hotels, the florist, the hairdresser, the musicians, the transfers, the menu, the cake, the car rentals, the excursions, the weather even about the proper shoes that guests should wear, but I admit I could not give an answer to the question "did we turn the heater off before we leave?") was a very successful and beautiful Greek wedding that all the guests and (thank God) the couple really enjoyed.
The very next day, relaxed from the wedding stress everybody or almost everybody (unfortunately the tall, blonde, beautiful lady did not come...) visited us to congratulate my sister, Stella and me for the well organized wedding. To tell you the truth, that was the best gift for us and the beginning of our new department in our office! Before we even had the time to realize it a couple came after two weeks and asked us for advice, and then another one, and they just kept coming. Now, after having organized dozens of weddings in Santorini our team has expanded and has become even better! We owe our secret to that very first experience, the wedding of my brother, and we offer the same love and care to all the couples that trust us for their special day as if they were our relatives. The most important thing that you should know about our team is that we will try to help you as if you were a part of our family and that, for sure, your wedding is not just another job for us.
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Santorini...
Stella and Yiannis
