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Planning & Organisation of the wedding day

Creating the wedding concept. Select the proper location, develop the reception scenario, plan the photo & video shoot and coordinate the wedding ceremony.

Wedding Decoration & Content

Decoration of the wedding venue. Wedding style, wedding dress, costume for the groom and accessories. Stylist and make-up artist for the couple, host, music and entertainment.

Gastronomy

Authentic Cretan cuisine and drinks from local wineries. Cocktail receptions and wedding seated dinners. Also a delicious wedding cake.

Paperwork

All necessary documents, from Schengen visas to official translations and from European wedding certificates to Greek Orthodox weddings paperwork.

Guests Transfer & Accommodation

Hotels and villas reservations. Meet and greet, shuttling guests from the airport, transfers on the wedding day.

Wedding Journey

Tours around the island of Crete. Yacht tours, romantic weekends in a city hotel or in a stone-built villa in a picturesque village in the Cretan countryside.

Do you want to live the wedding you’ve been dreaming of?

Yes, I Do!
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Testimonials

"Wedding was perfect, everything was arranged and thought out to the last detail. It was so cool we could not even imagine one that is greater! Thank you for making our celebration easy and joyful. All our guests enjoyed the ceremony. It turned out the way that we wanted. You realized all our wishes and you did even more! Crete within weddings you are the best! Thank you."
Maria and Kirill
Maria and KirillMoscow
"We would like to express the gratitude that fills our hearts – you made our wedding exactly as we imagined, and even better! We would like to thank Svetlana for impeccable organization, for immediate responses to my letters, for her sincere advice. I would like to thank Yegor for his beautiful photos, Sofia – for her good will, sincerity and generous smile."
Nina and Andrey
Nina and Andrey Saint Petersbourg
"This was an incredible buzz – entrusting yourself into the hands of experienced and creative people, and after that relax and enjoy the whole day. We immediately took a decision which company we shall entrust the most important day in our lives, and we did not have a single doubt about this. ‘Crete Within Weddings’, undoubtedly, is the best company! Thank you!"
Irina and Bryan
Irina and BryanLondon
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Contact Information

Address

Machis Kritis 152
Platanias
Rethymno
74100
Greece

Write us: info@cretewithinweddings.com

Tel.: (+30) 6980 871621
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  • This pic that I found going through the CWW archives, illustrates perfectly the current state of the wedding industry in Greece 😊⠀ ⠀ "Hey, where's everyone?" Wedding planners and vendors are steady and waiting for the July, 1 when the tourist hotels will be open. Then we can see how it will go. I believe September&October 2020 will be 👌⠀ ⠀ Meanwhile I use this "pause" to prepare a new documentary. If you follow this account you might know that I am also documentary filmmaker 😎. So far we are doing a film about Santorini, the number 1 wedding destination in Greece, for the TV-channel ARTE. The date of release is 12/08/2020 ⠀ ⠀ Soon I ll flood the stories with Santorini's pictures. Normally this island is overcrowded by tourists and the prices for everything are crazy. But not in 2020 😉 #weddingingreece #weddinginsantorini #cretewithinweddings #wedding2020
  • Salt, sea, sun and NO filters! ⠀ I don't want a couple from far away to trust me blindly and usually do videos while scouting the venues. Then I send my findings to a couple to check. ⠀ Finally, making video is helpful. Specially for those brides and grooms who can't travel to Crete in advance. I believe a video gives presence. It seems to me a video helps to feel the vibes of a place a lot stronger then photos. Please share with me what impress you most - 📸 or 📹? ⠀ ⠀ #Weddingvideo #weddingvibes #Crete #cretansea #weddingincrete #weddingcrete #destinationweddinggreece #destinationweddingcrete #weddingplannercrete #cretansea #engaged #couplegoals #weddingbythesea #weddingvenuecrete #nofilter #yesido #naturalcolors #saltyair #elopementgreekisland #elopementgreece ⠀ ⠀
  • If I were planning my own wedding, guys, I'd choose the Thalori 🌅 ⠀ Check "Stories/Venue" to discover a fantastic spot for a wedding in Crete at the South Cost 💫⠀ ⠀ #WeddingCrete⠀ #Weddingvenuecrete ⠀ #weddingplannergreece #Weddingplannercrete⠀ #Weddingincrete #destinationweddinggreece #destinationweddingplanner #greekislandwedding #wedding2021 #iamengaged #cretewithinweddings #weddinghotel #weddinghotelcrete #yesido #visitgreece #thalori #Couplegoals #engagedlife #свадьбавгреции #свадьбанакрите #критвнутри #невеста #свадьба2021 #cretewithinweddings_ideas #intimatewedding
  • I liked to cross paths with the @tatiana.iplgi and Cyril's gang last summer 😎 They were very natural, groovy and wanted to get MAX from their Big Day. ⠀ They didn't give any chance for the celebrant to perform a solemn ceremony, because they were laughing all way long. The party got started early in the morning and went late September 2019 night 🤩⠀. Pics by @smitfoto ⠀ ⠀ Ahhh, I miss my weddings 🥺⠀ ⠀ #Cretewedding #wedding2019 ⠀ #Weddingplannercrete #destinationweddingplanneregreece⠀ #Weddingincrete #weddingingreece #greekislandwedding #youngcouplewedding⠀ #Legalceremonygreece #greekisland #intimatewedding #elopement #elopementgreece #intimateweddinggreece #eventplanningcrete #couplegoals #wedding2021 #yesido #engagedlife #destinationweddinggreece #критвнутри #свадебнаяорганизаторкрит #свадьбанакрите
  • ⠀ ⠀ Summer can't wait 💙 ⠀ ⠀ #greeksummer⠀ #weddingincrete #weddinggreece #weddingplannergreece #beachparty⠀ #SouthCrete #weddingvenuecrete #wedding2020 #beachwedding #cretanbeach #lovesummer #destinationweddinggreece #destinationweddingcrete #creteweddingplanner #крит #свадьбавгреции
  • Isn't it beautiful to get this gorgeous backdrop as a part of your wedding decoration? 🌸⠀ ⠀ The wedding ceremonies with views of the mountain tops, covered with snow, are available in Crete till end of May. ⠀ Then the sun is getting strong and makes snow melt. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Want to get more info on the unique spots with mountain views? ⠀ Call us +306980871621 or sent a request ⠀ from our site contact form 💻 www.cretewithinweddings.com ⠀ ⠀ #weddingincrete #cretewedding #weddingplannercrete #weddingplannergreece #Crete #greekislands #orthodoxweddingplanner #greekwedding #weddingvenuecrete #wedding2021 #weddingingreece #yesido #couplegoals #bridetobe #elopementingreece ⠀ #elopementvenue ⠀ #greekislandswedding #psiloritis #mountwedding ⠀ #weddingceremonymountains #destinationweddinggreece
  • Would you like to experience a Cretan wedding? Bet you would! It's amazing event in a frame of a touristic or anthropological research. ⠀ For Cretans this is a routine. Every summer every Cretan gets an average of 10 wedding invitations. Meanwhile the Cretan wedding differs a lot for the destination weddings we perform in Crete. Some facts about the Cretan wedding:⠀ ⠀ 🌸 There's no goal to create smth signature. No, on the contrary, each couple follows the strict rules, established for centuries.⠀ ⠀ 🌸 Ceremony takes place at the church. A couple sign papers after and gets a legal Marriage Certificate.⠀ ⠀ 🌸 Number of guests is 500-2000 persons. The Cretan families are huge. They are connected even with those family members who live in the other part of the Earth. ⠀ ⠀ 🌸 The family and close friends attend the church ceremony (100-200 pers). Other guests join the event at the reception.⠀ ⠀ 🌸 Cretans celebrate weddings at the large venues, called "kentro". Sometimes they prefer to do it indoors (!!!) - it's too hot outside, inside there s the A/C. ⠀ ⠀ 🌸 Some couples support the "old school" celebration: setting tables and the musicians in the village square. It means the whole village is invited and no one will sleep that night.⠀ ⠀ 🌸 Each wedding serves a traditional set of dishes: gamopilafo first (rice with boiled lamb), Greek salad, fava, taramasalata, dolmadakia etc (Sure, you had tried these dishes in Greek taverna) The Cretans would be surprised to meet a salad with mozzarella or sushi rolls at the wedding reception. Meanwhile there's a lot of meat dishes. ⠀ ⠀ 🌸 Celebration lasts till early morning, under accompaniment of Cretan music.⠀ ⠀ Take a look at the pictures I did last time I was at the Cretan wedding. It's quite unusal comparing to what you can see at the wedding blogs 🤪 But I like this mess, I do like it! BTW Do you think the Cretan couples need a wedding planner? 😎 #crete #cretanwedding #weddingincrete #weddingingreece #myfatgreekwedding #greekfamily #cretantradition #greekislandwedding #greekisland #orthodoxwedding #weddingcelebration
  • I don't think the Church organization is needed to connect us to God. People can do it directly by themselves. However the idea of Easter (Pascha as we say it in Greece) is beautiful 🌿⠀ It's the only religious holiday when I go for a mass. 2020 is an exception. ⠀ And you, do you celebrate Easter and why?⠀ At this pic you may see the most popular chapel of Crete - Agios Nikolaos in Georgoupoli . Many, many couples chose this place for a wedding ceremony 🌸🌸🌸 ⠀ #Easter2020 #πασχα #пасханакрите #eastercrete #weddingincrete #othodoxwedding #weddinggreece #weddingvenuegreece #intimatewedding #weddingplannercrete #destinationweddinggreece #weddingplannergreece #greekislandwedding #greekwedding #orthodoxtraditions #crete #georgoupoli⠀
  • Recently I was reading some wedding blogs that shared the ideas on how to adopt a wedding to online format while quarantine. ⠀ Well, it all sounds interesting... ⠀ Many fields of our lives go online. But don't we perform weddings to get together with our dearests? Could a zoom conference replace a real life format? What do you think? 🙂 ⠀ ⠀ Photo by @natalia.petraki #weddingonline ⠀ #weddingincrete⠀ #Cretewithinweddings⠀ #weddingincrete #cretewedding #destinationweddinggreece #wedding2020 #coronatime #weddingplannercrete #weddingplannergreece #couplegoals #bridetobe #yesido
  • Hey there! It's me, Sveta, your wedding planner 🌸🌸🌸 Last month was all about decisions. Due to the COVID-19 our weddings are mostly postponed to autumn 2020-spring 2021.⠀ Now I have time to tell you more about myself and wedding planning in Crete, the island I ❤️⠀ ⠀ Some facts about me that help me to be a great wedding planner:⠀ ⠀ • I am international: speak 4 languages and lived at 4 different, really different countries (important to understand people needs and respect the difference of mentalities)⠀ ⠀ • Born and raised in Moscow, being 1/8 Cretan (perfect mix for the service provider)⠀ ⠀ • Studied event management in the Moscow State University (business approach)⠀ ⠀ • Studied filmmaking 🎥 (yeah!) in the New York Film Academy (highly artistic approach)⠀ ⠀ • Was involved in wedding business as a videographer since 2005 (That's why I pay a lot of attention to the artistic approach when it's about photography and videography)⠀ ⠀ • Moved to Crete in 2008 (I planed to spend one year max here🤣🤣🤣)⠀ ⠀ • Started Crete Within Weddings in 2010 after visiting the island of santorini (that was fun. Should write a book about it 🤪) ⠀ • Made 4 documentary feature films and got nomination for the Best National film in Russia 🌟 Google it: Cardiopolitika (That's what I am doing in winter time) ⠀ • Did 164 weddings. In Crete 😍 aaand... never been married 😆 ⠀ Don't hesitate to ask me any questions you have on wedding in Crete 🤗#weddingplannergreece⠀ #cretewithinweddings_me #weddingincrete #weddingingreece #destinationweddinggreece #islandwedding #biography #destinationweddingplanner #localweddingplannercrete #yesido #bridetobe #wedding2021 #greekislandwedding #greekislandweddingplanner #weddingphotographycrete #крит #критвнутри #свадьбанакрите #организациясвадтбывгреции⠀ #instaprobel #instaspace
  • Dear Corona, come on, go away! ⠀ It's a big National Greek Holiday today 🇬🇷- 25th of March- and you didn't let people get together... Ok, we got your lessons, it's enough 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻⠀ ⠀ Here at this video you may see a traditional Cretan war dance Pentozalis, it symbolizes revolution, heroism and hope. It was performed by men only. Now even me I like to dance it together with the dancers at the weddings. I call it a Cretan hardcore 💥🔥🌪⠀ ⠀ These days I was writing different articles about wedding in Crete specialities. ➡️Check our blog at www.cretewithinweddings.com to learn more about the Cretan dances which can be a great part of the entertaining program at your wedding 🌟 ⠀ and be well🤗 ⠀ ⠀ #pentozalis #cretandances #folkcretandance #cretanculture #march25 #weddingincrete #cretewedding #weddingplannergreece #weddingplannercrete #weddingreception #bridetobe #wedding2021 #engagedlife #cretewithinweddings #wewillsurvive
  • Don’t want to make fun of the coronavirus threat that interfered that much into our realities, but I would like to warn you - in Crete we also have a virus ‼️My statistics says that 10% of the couples who got married here, they were infected. I call it this “cretomania” 🤓 Symptoms: ☑️visit Crete every year ☑️ sometimes even in winter ☑️love Cretan food and take liters of the olive oil back home ☑️celebrate important family dates in taverns ☑️strong desire to baptize their kids and make anniversary parties in Crete only. Keep it in mind 😍 photos by @irini_koronaki_photography #baptismincrete #kidsbaptism #vowrenewals #familyanniversary #orthodoxchurch #christianity #crete #weddingincrete #weddingingreece #destinationweddinggreece #destinationweddingcrete #weddingplannercrete #happilyeverafter #couplegoals #православноекрещение #крещениенакрите #критвнутри #организациясвадьбывгреции

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