Weekend Wedding Planning
More time together. Every detail taken care of.
When the people you love are travelling from across the country, or even across the world, one day can feel far too short.
A weekend wedding gives you the opportunity to slow things down, spend meaningful time together and turn your wedding into a celebration that unfolds over several days. From the wedding itself to accommodation, transport, welcome dinners and the morning-after gathering, Emily brings every element together with the same calm, meticulous approach.
A wedding weekend creates time for the moments that can otherwise disappear in a blur: dinner with the people who've travelled to be there, a relaxed morning before the wedding, drinks that continue long after dinner and one final gathering before everyone heads home. The result isn't simply a longer wedding. It's more time together.
Enquire now for weekend wedding planning across Norfolk, Suffolk and East Anglia.
A wedding weekend should feel effortless, not over-scheduled.
Planning several days of celebrations brings another layer of complexity. Guests need somewhere to stay. Transport needs to work. Suppliers, venues and timings need to connect. And each part of the weekend should feel considered without making your guests feel as though they're following an itinerary.
Emily plans the weekend as a whole, creating a natural rhythm from the first arrivals to the final goodbyes.
Her Weekend Wedding Planning service includes Full Wedding Planning, alongside support with the additional events and logistics surrounding your wedding day.
What could your wedding weekend look like?
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Friday
Arrive
A relaxed rehearsal dinner, drinks at the local pub, a garden gathering or something personal to you, giving everyone time to settle and reconnect.
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Saturday
Celebrate
Your wedding day, meticulously planned and managed from beginning to end, with Emily and her team quietly overseeing every detail behind the scenes.
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Sunday
Stay a little longer
A relaxed brunch, barbecue, picnic or pool party gives everyone one last chance to spend time together before heading home.
Previous celebrations have included private dinners, boat trips, pub quizzes, picnics, barbecues and relaxed morning-after gatherings. What matters is choosing experiences that feel natural to you and enjoyable for the people you've brought together.
No two weddings need to follow the same formula.
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Accommodation
Helping identify and coordinate suitable accommodation so guests can stay close to the celebrations.
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Guest transport
Planning how guests move between accommodation, venues and events throughout the weekend.
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Additional celebrations
Support planning welcome drinks, dinners, brunches, barbecues or other gatherings surrounding the wedding itself.
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Local experiences
Drawing on Emily's knowledge of East Anglia to help create activities and experiences for guests who may be making a weekend of their visit.
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Guest experience
Considering how the entire weekend feels from a guest's perspective, from their arrival through to their journey home.
Local knowledge makes a difference.
Planning from elsewhere? Have someone here.
Many couples planning weddings in East Anglia no longer live locally, and their guests may be travelling from much further afield.
Based in Norfolk and planning weddings throughout East Anglia for more than a decade, Emily brings an established knowledge of the region, its venues and its suppliers.
That means having someone on the ground who can attend meetings, make informed recommendations, and help you create a weekend that lets your guests experience more of this part of the country while they're here.
Is Weekend Wedding Planning right for you?
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You want your wedding celebrations to unfold over two or three days.
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Friends and family are travelling significant distances to attend.
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You're planning your wedding in Norfolk, Suffolk or East Anglia but live elsewhere.
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Your venue has accommodation on site or nearby.
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You're planning a country house, private estate or marquee wedding.
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You want someone to consider the entire guest experience, rather than only the wedding day.
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You'd like Full Wedding Planning alongside support for the additional events and logistics.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A Weekend Wedding Planner supports you throughout the entire planning process, helping to turn your ideas into a clear, achievable plan and managing the many elements involved along the way.
Emily can support you with everything from budgets, venue and supplier sourcing to design, logistics, timelines and supplier coordination, before managing the final preparations and wedding day itself. The service is collaborative throughout: you remain part of the decisions, without having to manage every detail yourself.
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Ideally, as early in the planning process as possible. Bringing Emily on board before booking your venue or major suppliers means she can help establish your priorities, budget and overall plans from the outset.
However, you don't need to wait if you've already started planning. If some of the key decisions have been made, Emily can pick up from where you are and help shape everything that comes next.
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No. Emily is based in Norfolk and plans weddings throughout Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and the wider East Anglia region.
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Absolutely. Many couples come to Emily having already found their venue but wanting experienced support with everything that follows.
Emily will start by understanding what you've already booked and the decisions you've made, before creating a clear plan for the remaining stages and coordinating the suppliers, logistics and details required to bring everything together.
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Yes. Marquee weddings are a particular specialism for Emily, who has been planning celebrations in private gardens, country estates and countryside settings across East Anglia for more than a decade.
From marquee selection and site logistics to infrastructure, catering, suppliers, design and contingency planning, Full Wedding Planning is particularly well suited to the additional complexity of creating a wedding venue from the ground up.
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Emily deliberately takes on a limited number of Full Wedding Planning clients each year, allowing her to remain closely involved throughout every stage of the process and give each celebration the time and attention it requires.
If you're considering Full Wedding Planning, it's worth getting in touch as early as possible to discuss your date and plans.
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The fee for Weekend Wedding Planning is approximately 12% of your budget, with a fixed minimum fee for wedding budgets below £55,000. A detailed proposal will be provided after your consultation call.
Make a weekend of it.
Norfolk, Suffolk and the wider East Anglia region offer an extraordinary setting for celebrations that extend beyond a single day, from private country estates and family homes to coastal locations and rural retreats. With guests already gathered, a wedding weekend creates an opportunity to share not just your wedding but also a place you love.
With more than a decade of experience planning weddings, parties and events across East Anglia, Emily understands the logistics behind celebrations involving multiple venues, suppliers and days.
Her role is to see the weekend as a whole, anticipating how each element connects and quietly managing the details so that neither you nor your guests need to think about them.
Every wedding weekend is different, so this service is tailored and priced according to the scale and requirements of your celebration. Weekend Wedding Planning includes Emily's Full Wedding Planning service, alongside planning and coordination for the wider weekend.