Everyone walks in first.
Then you do.
We plan twenty-two weddings a year across Portugal,
and we are there for every hour of each one.
22
Weddings a year, one each weekend and never two
9
Years planning weddings in Portugal
3,100
Guests seated since the first one in 2017
4
Planners, and the one you meet runs your day
Recent weddings.
From Sintra to the Douro.
How a day runs.
Nine moments, and what we are doing in each.
Hair and make-up
We bring breakfast, keep the room calm and tape the timeline to the door.
Tables laid
Linen, place cards and the seating plan, checked twice against the final list.
Drinks under the trees
Guests arrive to cold water, shade and someone who shows them where to stand.
The ceremony
We cue the music, the readers and the rings. You walk in last.
Family photographs
Twelve groups, a list with names, and a planner who knows every aunt by sight.
The last light
Twenty minutes of portraits, timed to the sunset, while your guests sit down.
Dinner
Courses on time, speeches in the gaps, and the kitchen told when to slow down.
First dance
The band starts when you are ready, not when the schedule says.
The last bus
We count everyone on and wave you off. The venue is clear by one.
Plan A, plan B.
Every wedding we plan has a second space.
Four ways to work with us.
One lead planner in each.
Every plan has one lead planner from the first call to the last bus, and a written quote after we talk.
From the first call to the last bus: the venue search, every supplier, the budget, the design and the day.
For couples who have the venue and need the rest of the team, the timeline and someone to run the day.
A welcome dinner on Friday, the wedding on Saturday and a long lunch on Sunday, with travel for every guest.
We take over eight weeks before: suppliers, the timeline, the rehearsal and the day itself.
Who sits where.
We do the seating plan, and redo it after every reply.
In their own words.
Said on the day, or just after.
We spent the whole day at our own wedding. Nobody asked us where the chairs go.
The studio
A first-floor studio in Príncipe Real.
Four planners, one wedding each weekend.
Marta Lobo started Processional in 2017 after ten years running events for hotels on the coast. The rule has not changed since: the planner you meet on the first call is the one holding the run sheet on the day.
2017, in Lisbon
Four, one lead per wedding
English, Portuguese, French, Spanish
Anywhere in Portugal and the islands
From the journal.
Notes we send couples anyway.
4 min read
Sunset times in Portugal, month by month
When the light goes in each region, and what time we put the ceremony because of it.
6 min read
What we do in the last eight weeks
Final numbers, the seating plan, the rehearsal and the run sheet everyone gets.
5 min read
A rain plan that doesn't look like a rain plan
Marquees, timings and the second space we always hold, even in August.
Questions couples ask first.
Anything else, on the call.
How far ahead should we book?
Twelve to eighteen months for full planning, especially for June and September Saturdays. On the day coordination can start eight weeks out if the date is free.
Do you plan weddings outside Lisbon?
Most of our weddings are outside it: Sintra, Comporta, the Alentejo and the Douro. We travel with the team and stay nearby for the weekend.
How many weddings do you take a year?
Twenty-two. One a weekend, never two, so the planner you meet is the one who runs your day.
Can you work with a venue we have already booked?
Yes. Partial planning starts from the venue you have and builds the rest of the team around it.
What does it cost?
Full planning starts at €12,000 and is usually eight to twelve percent of the wedding budget. You get a written quote after the first call.
Do you work in English?
The whole team works in English and Portuguese, and two of us also speak French and Spanish.
Pull up a chair.
There’s room at the table.
Inês and Tomás
Sintra,
140 guests
Clara and Ben
Comporta,
60 guests
Teresa and Joe
Alentejo,
90 guests
Sofia and Daniel
Douro Valley,
75 guests
Leonor and Sam
Cascais,
48 guests
Ana and Rui
Lisbon,
160 guests
This seat is free.
Tell us your date and roughly how many people. We answer within two working days.
You
Anywhere in Portugal