The Goa Wedding Co.

A wedding planning and design studio in Panaji, for weddings in Goa

Married on the sand, before the ten o’clock rule.

Outdoor music in Goa stops at 10pm. The good November and December dates go a year ahead. Every beach answers to its own village. The studio is in Panaji, so your plan is built around all three from the first call.

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Goa, with a pin for every village in the venue book41 villages from Tiracol in the north to Cabo de Rama in the south. The studio is in Panaji. BenaulimCabo de RamaAnjunaPanaji, the studioTiracolMobor
A pin for every village in the venue book, Tiracol to Cabo de Rama.

Wedding planners in Goa, based in Panaji

The Goa Wedding Co. is a wedding planning and design studio at Altinho, Panaji, and Goa is the only place it plans weddings: beaches, Portuguese houses, five-star resorts and private villas. Its fee is flat, ₹5–25 lakh+, set by scope and never a percentage. To start, send your name and WhatsApp number; the Goa team replies within one working day.

Comparing planners? Ten Goa wedding planners side by side, with where each works from and what each publishes about price, and what our fee covers, line by line.

The season

November to February is a short season. Your date decides everything else.

December is the most beautiful month and the most expensive: Christmas week can double a venue’s rate, and the good rooms go twelve months ahead. October is the quiet answer. The monsoon has cleared, Goa is at its greenest, and season pricing has not started.

Tell us the month. The Goa team replies on WhatsApp within one working day. Goa month by month

November Peak season Season opens properly. Book 10–12 months out.

The venue book

One coast. Every beach answers to a village.

What you can build on the sand, and how late it runs, is decided by the panchayat that beach sits in, not by the resort behind it. Two beaches ten minutes apart can give you two different answers. So the book is filed by village, from the northern tip to the southern cliffs.

  1. North Goa Tiracol Fort Tiracol Heritage Hotel
  2. North Goa Ashwem Far north, past the Chapora river. 2 venues
  3. North Goa Siolim An inland village on the Chapora river in the north, full of large Indo-Portuguese houses. 2 venues
  4. North Goa Vagator Cliffs above two small beaches, with Chapora fort on the headland. 3 venues
  5. North Goa Assagao Inland from Anjuna and nothing like it. 5 venues
  6. North Goa Anjuna Red laterite cliffs and black rock, with the flea market inland. 5 venues
  7. North Goa Arpora Between Baga and Anjuna, on the hill. 5 venues
  8. North Goa Baga North of Calangute, where the river meets the sea. 3 venues
  9. North Goa Saligao Green, inland, and built around a gothic church you can see from the fields. 2 venues
  10. North Goa Calangute The busiest beach in Goa and the one most people picture. 4 venues
  11. North Goa Candolim The long, straight resort belt of North Goa, running from Fort Aguada up to Calangute. 14 venues
  12. North Goa Sinquerim The quiet southern end of the Candolim strip, tucked under Fort Aguada. 2 venues
  13. Central Goa Fontainhas Panjim’s Latin quarter — narrow streets of ochre, indigo and oxide-red houses that are repainted every year after the monsoon. 2 venues
  14. Central Goa Panaji The capital, on the Mandovi. 3 venues
  15. Central Goa Bambolim Central Goa on the bay, roughly equidistant from both airports and from either coast. 2 venues
  16. South Goa Bogmalo A small cove beach and the closest sand to Dabolim airport — guests can be on it within fifteen minutes of landing. 3 venues
  17. South Goa Arossim South Goa near Cansaulim, twenty minutes from Dabolim. 2 venues
  18. South Goa Loutolim Inland South Goa, in the country of the great Portuguese mansions. 2 venues
  19. South Goa Utorda Between Majorda and Betalbatim. 3 venues
  20. South Goa Majorda The northern end of the South Goa beaches, closest to Dabolim airport. 3 venues
  21. South Goa Chandor Deep inland in the south, and the finest surviving Indo-Portuguese houses in Goa stand here. 2 venues
  22. South Goa Benaulim Where the long South Goa beach begins. 4 venues
  23. South Goa Varca South of Benaulim on the same uninterrupted sand. 3 venues
  24. South Goa Cavelossim Near the southern end of the Salcete beach run, on the strip of land between the Sal river and the sea. 2 venues
  25. South Goa Mobor The last point of the Cavelossim spit, where the Sal river turns into the sea. 2 venues
  26. South Goa Cabo De Rama Cabo Serai

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Line drawing of a mandap elevation with dimension lines, an illustration of how a design is drawn to scale 6.0 m 4.2 m 0.8
Illustration. Every design starts as a drawing like this, at the scale of your site.
How a wedding gets built

Drawn to scale before a single flower is ordered.

  1. The site, checkedThe venue, the beach permission and the sound rule, confirmed for your date before you sign.
  2. The drawingPlans and elevations of your own ceremony, not a mood board of somebody else’s.
  3. The quote, line by lineMaterials, fabrication, crew, install and strike, each priced before anything is made.
  4. The buildMade once, for that site, to the drawing. A change to the mandap is a change to the drawing first.
  5. The dayA named planner from the Goa studio runs it, and your proposal lists everyone who will be on site.

How decor is designed and builtInside the studio

Who plans a wedding here

Three kinds of family, one coast.

Families flying in from across India

From Bangalore and further. Mopa airport serves the north, Dabolim the south: pick the venue first, then tell guests which one to book.

Destination weddings in Goa

Families coming home from abroad

From London, Dubai or New Jersey. Calls run in your evening, venues are walked on video first, and every decision is confirmed in writing before anything is booked.

Planning from abroad
What it costs

The numbers, when you are ready for them.

Food is the one line you can price before anyone quotes you: across the 34 venues in the book with a published per-plate rate, catering starts between ₹1,000 and ₹5,500 a head (listed starting rates, checked 5–27 September 2026, not our quotes). Rooms usually cost more than the food. Guest count, month and the kind of venue move everything else.

₹1k–₹5.5k
Published per-plate starting rates across the 34 venues in the book that list one (listed starting rates, checked 5–27 September 2026, not our quotes)
₹5–25 lakh+
The planning fee: a flat band agreed up front, never a percentage of your spend
100
Goa venues on file, with anything unconfirmed marked rather than guessed
79 rooms
What 150 guests need: guests ÷ 2.2, plus 15%, on a two-night minimum in season

Read the cost breakdownWhat we charge, in the open

Questions we get every week

Can you have a wedding on a beach in Goa?

Yes, and it is the reason most couples come. The ceremony happens on the sand, and the reception moves to the resort behind it. What you can build on the beach, and how late the music runs, is set by the village panchayat that stretch belongs to — so the answer changes from beach to beach. We check it for your specific date and venue before you sign anything.

When is the best month for a wedding in Goa?

November to February. The air is dry, evenings are cool enough for a jacket, and outdoor set-ups are safe. December is the most beautiful and the most expensive — Christmas and New Year week can double a venue’s rate. October is the quiet answer: the monsoon has cleared, Goa is greener than it will be all year, and season pricing has not started.

Does music really have to stop at 10pm?

Outdoors, yes. Amplified sound in the open stops at 10pm across Goa under the national noise rules, and it is enforced. A handful of notified days each year run to midnight. It is not a problem once you plan for it: we start the evening earlier and move the late half of the night into an indoor space that is licensed to hold it.

How much does a Goa wedding cost?

There is no honest single number. A 90-guest wedding at a boutique property in October and a 400-guest wedding at a five-star in December are different purchases. What you can price up front is food: published per-plate rates in our venue book start between ₹1,000 and ₹5,500 a head (listed starting rates, checked 5–27 September 2026, not our quotes). Rooms usually cost more than the food, and guest count, month and venue tier move everything else.

Do we need to be in Goa to plan it?

No. Being local is the studio’s job, not yours: we walk the venues, take the permissions questions to the panchayat, and send you photographs and drawings. Calls run in your time zone and decisions are confirmed in writing. Plan on one or two visits to Goa before the wedding week.

Who actually shows up on the day?

A named planner from the Goa studio, who runs the day with you. Your written proposal should list everyone who will be on site and what each person is responsible for. Ask for that from any planner you are considering, and hold them to it.

Start here

Tell us the month. We will talk it through.

Someone from the Goa team reads this and replies on WhatsApp within one working day. Your name and a WhatsApp number are all we need to start.

We will not add you to a mailing list or pass your number to vendors.

  1. A reply on WhatsApp from the Goa team within one working day.
  2. A written scope and a fee band for your wedding, on WhatsApp or by email.
  3. A video walkthrough of the shortlist if you are abroad.

Before you book: ten questions to settle with any Goa venue

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