Wed Our Way

Wed Our Way is a small, cheerful team of wedding planners for couples who want a destination wedding in Malta that feels like their own rather than a pre-built package. Its idea is simple: you keep the vision and the final say, and the planners carry out the detail on the island, from choosing the venue to making sure the day runs smoothly. For UK couples who cannot pop over every few weeks to meet caterers and florists, that local presence is the whole point.

The company is registered as WOW LTD and keeps a mailing address in Naxxar, in the centre of the island. Its wedding planning services cover Malta, and the same team also plans weddings in Croatia. This page looks at the Malta side: what the planners do, how they approach venues, what they say about costs, and how to start a conversation.

Who Wed Our Way are

The business was founded by Martina, who grew up in Croatia and married in Malta. Planning her own wedding from abroad showed her how hard it is to judge suppliers, set a budget and understand local customs when you are not on the spot. She had worked in hospitality for years before that, first organising boat shows, charters and parties on a yacht and later managing a hotel and restaurant business in Split, and she turned those skills into a wedding planning company built around the couple's wishes.

The Malta team is small. Martina leads it, a second Martina has worked in the events industry for more than a decade, and Michaela and Krista complete the group. Ivana plans the company's Croatian weddings. The planners describe themselves as boutique rather than a large agency, which in practice means you deal with a named person who knows your plans rather than a call centre.

Full service wedding planning in Malta

Full service planning is the main offer. Whether you want a single wedding day or a longer holiday style celebration spread over several days, the planners begin by understanding your style and then find the venue that suits it. They then introduce you to local suppliers, often smaller names that visitors would not find through a quick search, and build the day around your ideas.

Because the planners cover every supplier, you are spared hours of online research and the uncertainty of trusting people you have never met. A wedding in Malta can be a multi day event, or a single day, and the planners shape the schedule to suit your group. Typical areas include the venue, catering, flowers and decoration, entertainment, transport and the timings of the day itself. The planners also help you think about where your guests will stay and how they will get around, so that relatives travelling from the UK enjoy the island rather than feeling stuck in traffic. Our guides to where to stay in Malta and hotels across Malta are a helpful starting point for guest accommodation.

Do it yourself consulting

Some couples enjoy organising everything themselves and only need a local insider. For them Wed Our Way offers a do it yourself consulting programme. The planners give honest opinions about the Malta venues you are considering and connect you with reliable local suppliers, while you handle the booking and execution yourselves.

This suits organised couples who want to keep control and spend less on professional management, but who worry about the unknowns of an overseas wedding. You can choose between the planning service and the consulting option on the contact form, and the first consultation is complimentary. The team also offers a free guide called 7 Hidden Costs When Getting Married in Malta, which is a sensible read before you set a budget.

Choosing a venue: Villa Arrigo, Castello Zamittello and the Limestone Heritage

The planners know Maltese venues closely and know which look best in which season, which have reliable outdoor space and which suit particular styles of wedding. They give detailed guidance on three in particular.

Villa Arrigo, on St Paul's Street in Naxxar, is a colonial style villa with citrus gardens and a glass walled Grand Marquee. It seats up to 150 for dinner or holds 300 for a cocktail reception, and the menu is priced per person and includes a dinner beverage package. For weddings of more than 50 guests the venue rental is built into the menu price. Live music in the garden ends at 11pm, but the party can move into the marquee until 3am. Weekday weddings are discounted, and the venue's own chefs prepare tailored five course menus.

Castello Zamittello near Mgarr is a castle built in 1675 as a look-out over Għajn Tuffieħa and Ġnejna bay. It holds up to 800 guests, allows music until 2am and permits fireworks from the roof. A three course menu starts from €67 and runs to €80 per person, an open bar for four hours is €39 per person, and the rental for a weekend between April and October starts at €3,000 for five hours. If you like the idea of portraits by the sea, the beach is a short walk and our Golden Bay guide covers the nearby coastline.

The Limestone Heritage in Valletta is a rustic park and garden with stone walls, seating up to 380 outdoors or 220 indoors. Music can run until 3am and fireworks are welcome. The menu is €67 to €80 per person, with a weekday rental of €2,900 and a weekend rental of €4,248. Catering comes from the same team as Villa Bologna. If you would like a religious ceremony, the planners point out that Mdina Cathedral is close to Castello Zamittello, and our Mdina guide shows what else is nearby.

How the planners handle Malta's quirks

Wed Our Way sets out seven challenges it helps couples overcome. Malta runs on island time, so the team has built a sequence of tasks that keeps progress steady even with relaxed suppliers. The best vendors book up as much as a year ahead, so the planners rely on long working relationships with reliable ones and give them repeat business in return.

Outdoor events are subject to rules, such as music ending at 11pm at many venues, and the planners know which places can stay open later. The team never adds a markup to supplier prices, so the rate you see from a supplier is the rate you pay. They also act as a cultural liaison when couples want their own customs: they once arranged a traditional Nigerian menu, cooked from scratch by a venue's chefs.

Season matters too. Couples are encouraged to talk through the style of wedding they want before fixing a date, because weather differs by month and some venues cope with it better than others. Our Malta weather guide shows what to expect through the year, and for guests who want to explore, our list of things to do in Malta and the best beaches in Malta help fill the days around the wedding.

Planning from the UK and getting started

Most of the planning can happen by video call and email, and the contact form asks for your name, a phone number or Skype contact, your email, whether you need a planner or consulting, a description of your ideal wedding and the biggest challenge you face. Once you are in touch, the planners arrange a time to talk about your plans. Guests need to think about arrival days, airport transfers and where everyone sleeps, and the planners can organise shuttle transport between venue and hotel on the night. Guests travelling from home can compare options on our pages for flights to Malta and flights from London Heathrow, and our Malta holidays overview helps with extending the trip.

Planners like these are listed in our directory of event planners in Malta. To start, use the VisitMalta.co.uk enquiry form on this page and we will pass your message to Wed Our Way, who will reply to you directly.