Questions
The eight we are asked most, answered at the length they deserve rather than the length that fits in a box.
Ask anything . We answer in a day
How far ahead should we get in touch?
Twelve to eighteen months for a Saturday between November and March, which is when most of Accra marries. We take one wedding a month and the good months go about a year out. If your date is closer than that, ring anyway — we keep two weekends a year deliberately open.
Do you plan the traditional ceremony as well as the white wedding?
Yes, and we would rather plan both than one. The two days share a guest list, a budget and usually a family, and the mistakes almost always happen in the gap between them. Kofi sits with both families early and writes down what each side expects before anybody has booked anything.
What does a wedding in Accra actually cost?
A 200-guest wedding done properly starts around GHS 220,000 all in, and the figure most couples land on is nearer GHS 350,000. We build the budget in the first month, in cedis, with a line for everything, and revise it in front of you every month rather than sending a surprise in April.
Our guest list keeps growing. Is that a problem?
It is the normal state of a Ghanaian wedding and we plan for it. Every room we draw has thirty spare covers designed into it and every caterer we contract has a same-week variation clause, so an extra table on the Thursday is a phone call rather than a crisis.
We are planning from London. Can that work?
About a third of our couples are abroad. We work on a fortnightly call, send a written note after every supplier meeting, and film the venue visits so you are looking at the actual room rather than at the marketing photographs. You need to be in Accra twice: once for the venue and once for the tasting.
Do we have to use your suppliers?
No. We have people we trust and we will tell you why, but if your cousin is doing the cake then your cousin is doing the cake and we will manage her like anybody else. We take no commission from any supplier, which is the only reason that answer can be honest.
What happens if it rains?
Every outdoor wedding we run has a written wet-weather plan by the three-month mark, costed and agreed, with a decision deadline of 10am on the day. Nobody makes that call in a car park at four o'clock. Between May and June we price the marquee in from the start rather than pretending.
How many of you are there on the day?
Four, from the first delivery to the last chair stacked, and one of them is the planner who has been with you since the beginning. You will only ever speak to that one. The other three are talking to the caterer, the band and the venue so that nobody has to talk to you.
Something not here? Ask it. We answer email in a day and we would rather talk you out of something now than in April.
The one everybody asks
What happens if it rains?
Every outdoor wedding we run has a written wet-weather plan by the three-month mark, costed and agreed, with a decision deadline of ten in the morning. Nobody makes that call in a car park at four o'clock.
Marquee priced in from the start, May to June
A covered plan B walked and photographed
One decision, made at 10am, by us
Still deciding
Come and ask in person
An hour at the studio on Ridge, no charge and no obligation. Most couples arrive with a list and leave with three fewer things to worry about.
Enquiries for 2027 are open
Tell us about your day
One conversation, an hour, no charge and no obligation — at the studio on Ridge, or over a call if you are not in Accra yet.
