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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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Frequently asked questions

Do you offer an hourly rate?

No

What wedding events do you provide services for?

Ceremony
Reception
Rehearsal Dinner

What wedding planning services do you offer?

Day-of Coordination
Full Planning
Partial Planning

What weddings do you have experience planning?

Civil
Cultural
Destination
Eco-Friendly
Non-Religious
Religious

How many planners are on your team?

6
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Reviews of Distinctive Italy Weddings

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Distinctive Italy Weddings (DIW) received outstanding reviews from multiple customers for their exceptional wedding planning services, professionalism, and attention to detail. Customers praised the team, particularly planners like Jacopo and Mariana, for their expertise, responsiveness, and ability to bring wedding visions to life seamlessly. The staff, including Rosanna and Elizabeth, were commended for their helpfulness, communication, and creating stress-free planning experiences. Clients highlighted the stunning venues, delicious food, and top-notch vendors curated by DIW, ensuring magical and unforgettable weddings. Overall, DIW comes highly recommended for couples seeking dream weddings in Italy.

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Distinctive Italy Weddings (DIW) received outstanding reviews from multiple customers for their exceptional wedding planning services, professionalism, and attention to detail. Customers praised the team, particularly planners like Jacopo and Mariana, for their expertise, responsiveness, and ability to bring wedding visions to life seamlessly. The staff, including Rosanna and Elizabeth, were commended for their helpfulness, communication, and creating stress-free planning experiences. Clients highlighted the stunning venues, delicious food, and top-notch vendors curated by DIW, ensuring magical and unforgettable weddings. Overall, DIW comes highly recommended for couples seeking dream weddings in Italy.

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Hannah K. Sent on 07/16/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The Best Planners for the Best Day of Our Lives

I interviewed 10 planners before making the decision to hire DIW. The reason I chose DIW was their professionalism, attention to care, and their genuine desire to help from the first inquiry I sent them. From the very beginning Rosanna, the owner of the company, was incredibly generous with her time and effort in sharing the wealth of knowledge she had about planning a destination wedding in Italy without us even making any initial commitment to hire her and her team. Her communication and reassurance of the planning process really help me trust her and team's services. No other wedding planner I interviewed offered an online planning platform that would streamline the planning process (which was SO helpful and I can't imagine how I could have planned my wedding without it!). In the end, it was a really easy decision.

Rosanna paired us with our planner Jacopo Tome, and she could not have assigned us a better person! WE ABSOLUTELY ADORED JACOPO and really built a great relationship in the year long process. He is just a genuinely beautiful soul and really freaking good at his job! There were a handful of parts where the planning didn't go as smoothly as I would've hoped, but he was always there to reassure us that we would get what we wanted. He was always calm and collected. He advocated for us to our vendors constantly, and we ended up with a lot of free extra services that we didn't even expect! He never pressured us to make one decision over the other, and he was always conscientious of our budget. He was honest about budget projections every step of the way and made sure that we consented to all budget additions. Communication was as consistent as it could be, given the European cultural differences and literal time zone differences - any lapses in communication was not the result of Jacopo but rather him waiting for the vendors to respond to him. The organization and execution of all our wedding events was immaculate - we were genuinely blown away with how everything turned out to be 1000x BETTER than we expected! His care was truly reflected in his thoroughness and thoughtfulness in both our wedding events. We felt like Jacopo knew how important our wedding was and personally took great responsibility in making sure everything was perfect. We loved working with him! Both my new husband and I walked away feeling incredibly affirmed in our choice to hire DIW and trust Jacopo from start to finish. I also want to shout out Junko who assisted me out throughout the day of the wedding, from getting me water or helping me fix my dress. She was a very lovely person to work with as well!

I have zero hesitation recommending DIW to any bride/groom is looking for reliable planners to come make your dream wedding come true. It was truly the best days of our lives and DIW made it happen! We are eternally grateful. Grazie mille!
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Nidhi S. Sent on 06/12/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Incredible Lake Como dream wedding.

Simona from DIW made our wedding dreams come true. We had two days of events planned - the first day was henna on a boat cruise of Lake Como and our guests absolutely loved it!!

The wedding day was absolutely magical - when I saw the ceremony set up I couldn't believe how beautiful it was, truly took my breath away. The music, flowers, decor, coordination, and planning was excellent and just perfect! Each of our guests said how amazing the wedding was and many commented it was the most beautiful wedding they had seen or been to.

Thank you so much Simona! DIW was the perfect choice for our destination wedding. DIW was responsive, professional and made everything stress-free. I would 100% refer them to all couples - DIW wedding planning is top notch and the best in the business. Thank you again!!!!

Vania
Vania G. Sent on 06/05/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Best Wedding Planners in the world!!!!

5 stars is not enough, DIW deserve a million stars. They are the best wedding planners you could ever find. Rosanna was really helpful and patient when we decided to start planning our wedding, she understood what we were looking for and always replied really quickly with information on venues and budget. It's like they (Rosanna and Elizabeth) could read my mind since the first day, they always understood what I wanted. Elizabeth was amazing!!! She was very professional throughout the year of planning, always replied really quickly, and she is also the sweetest person! My mom had an accident with my veil (I found out until the end of the wedding), but she told me that Elizabeth went above and beyond trying to keep her calm and fixing my veil. I know things like this can happen at weddings, but my mom told me Elizabeth was extremely helpful and I didn't even find out this was going on. Everything went perfectly.

I really liked the software used by DIW, you can find all the information of suppliers, timeline, calendar, budget, payments due, and communication with your planner. It is a really efficient software. I have always loved to have everything planned by minute, so I also loved the timeline we had, where everything that was going on by minute was written. I live in Mexico and my wedding was in Umbria, everyone asked me if I was stressed or worried about planning the wedding overseas, or trusting someone I didn't know to plan my wedding. I don't know how to explain this, but Rosanna and Elizabeth gave me a sense of trust, and very good vibes when I had my first zoom call with them, I knew everything was on the right hands. They are really experts at this. The last few months of planning, I received many comments from my friends, impressed that I was never stressed throughout the year. They couldn't believe I was so relaxed, but I told them it was because everything was under control with Elizabeth. :)


The suppliers were wonderful!!! Our venue was the most beautiful location, as Rosanna said (pictures are not enough to describe the beauty of Borghi dell' Eremo), it is a really magical place, the staff was incredibly nice, taking care of everything and everyone. All of our guests felt very special because of the spectacular treatment from the staff. And honestly, I felt like a queen! lol. The food was delicious the 3 days of events, very unique and also a lot of food!! Which made us very happy!
The florals were exactly what I was looking for, It looked spectacular, it is the most beautiful wedding I have ever seen. The music/lightning, the dj, our wedding cake with the show of millefoglie cake was so much fun! The car we rented for the ceremony was beautiful, and our driver was also incredibly nice and helpful. Tuscan lab's work for stationary was also really really beautiful and unique! Andrea Pitti and his team were also so much fun to work with, they do an incredible job, they are very creative, very patient, had wonderful ideas for pictures. Lumiere wedding films, Iacopo was also very patient and creative. I am so excited about looking at the pictures and videos, I am sure they will turn out amazing!!!

I know DIW has exclusive list of suppliers and I understand why, they make sure everyone will do an impeccable job, I am so grateful for having worked with such amazing people. Everyone was so sweet and at the same time professional and experts at their job. All of our guests mentioned these same comments, they were amazed by EVERYONE. It was truly magical. I will really miss planning my wedding with Elizabeth, but it was a beautiful experience and I am so grateful to her because I really enjoyed something which could sometimes be stressful for people. I will add pictures once I receive them from Andrea :) I hope everyone can see how beautiful it turned out thanks to DIW!
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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 !

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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!

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