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The number, upfront.
I build your budget honestly from our first conversation and translate what every French quote actually includes, so nothing surprises you later.
For American and British couples marrying in France
Your wedding in France, planned by someone who's actually here.
You're planning the most important day of your life from across an ocean or across the Channel, in a language you don't speak, with prices that keep growing and people you've never met. It's easy to feel it slipping out of your hands. I'm here to make sure it stays yours.
- Every venue visited in person
- An honest budget from the first call
- Every French contract handled
French-registered · Fully insured · Based in France
One thing worth knowing early
Before you fall for a venue, let's talk about what it actually costs.
French venues often price the building and nothing else. Catering, marquee, and staff are added later. It isn't a trick; it is simply how pricing works here, and it catches almost every couple off guard.
Dry-hire venue · 80 guests
€53–101k
Once catering, marquee, and staff are added.
All-inclusive · 80 guests
€35–58k
The same wedding, priced as a whole.
Source: French Wedding Style, 2026.
“I'd rather you hear the real number from me now, calmly, than discover it halfway through planning.”
The Real Cost of a French Wedding
A complimentary guide · real numbers, line by line
What would my wedding cost?
Guests
Venue style
Region
A realistic range
€35–58k
From €6,000 · 8% of confirmed supplier costs.
A venue to consider: Le Château Prieuré Marquet
Indication only — the real number comes on our first call.
Book a discovery callWhat I take off your hands
What keeps couples up at night, and what I do about it.
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France, without the guesswork.
The legal pathway, contracts, and vendors are handled in French, on your behalf, while you plan from home on your own schedule.
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A day that stays yours.
I coordinate every detail and protect what you actually want, from the first idea to the last dance, so the only thing left for you to do is show up.
The difference
Planning from home, or with someone who's here.
Planning from home
- Choosing a venue from photographs
- Decoding quotes through translation tools
- A planner who flies in the week of the wedding
- Coordinators who know only their own venue
With Lemon & Hazel
- Every venue I recommend, I have stood inside and cost-modelled
- Every French contract handled on your behalf
- Your vendors met in person, month after month
- One person leading the whole weekend, Friday to Sunday brunch
Is this for you?
Who I work with.
I accept only a small number of weddings each year — usually no more than four or five — so fit matters to both of us.
This is for you if
- You're planning a symbolic ceremony in France, usually 12–18 months out
- You're hosting 50–150 guests, many flying from the U.S. or UK
- Your typical all-in budget is €50,000–€100,000
- You know what you want, and need someone who will protect it
This probably isn't for you if
- The lowest price matters more than anything else
- You'd prefer someone to make every decision in your place
If that's the case, I'll gladly point you toward a team built for it.
The complete accompaniment
Full Accompaniment — from first call to Sunday brunch
7 venues pre-vetted and cost-modelled before you travel. You visit 3–4 in one day. Every vendor met in person, every French contract handled. A named day-of coordinator confirmed in your first planning phase.
From €6,000 · 8% of your confirmed supplier costs, explained on your first call.
I lead every wedding myself. Your day-of coordinator — me, or a partner I work beside — is confirmed in the first planning phase, so you know exactly who will be running your day before you sign anything.
Book a discovery callYour team on the ground
Simona — planning, budget, contracts.
From our first call to the week of your wedding, the planning, the budget and every French contract stay with me.
Your day-of coordinator — me, or a partner I work beside.
Often Candice, an experienced coordinator who joins from the first planning phase, so you know who will run your day before you sign anything.
Meet Candice →Step 01
The first conversation
I listen before I propose: how you live, what you won't compromise on, and what you already dislike.
Step 02
The foundations
The legal pathway, real budget, guest list, region, and season are settled before any beautiful work begins.
Step 03
Reading the venue
I stand inside each space and read what it asks of you and what it can hold, before the mood board, not after.
Step 04
The design
I shape the ceremony and design around the two of you, not around Pinterest.
Step 05
The weekend
Vendors, contracts, and your named coordinator on the day are handled so that nothing reaches you.
Venues I've personally chosen
Places I've stood inside myself.
I visit, photograph, and choose each venue for one reason: how it makes a couple feel when they cross the threshold. New venues are added throughout the year.
N° 01 · Wine estate, full exclusivity
Le Château Prieuré Marquet
Saint-Martin-du-Bois — Bordeaux
Discover the venue →
N° 02 · Private chalet
Le Chalet d'Antoine
Megève — French Alps
Discover the venue →
N° 03 · Private estate, full exclusivity
Château Chevreuil
Pays de Retz — Atlantic Loire
Discover the venue →Why I do this
“On my own wedding day, someone else's wishes took the day over, gently and completely.”
No one stood beside me to say “this will cost you something, let's talk about it.”
I grew up between Moldova, Romania, Canada, and France, trained as an interior designer, and learned to read a place and its invisible codes.
Today I plan for American and British couples trusting someone far from home with one of the most important days of their lives. My job is to be the person on the ground who makes sure it stays theirs.
SimonaFounder, Lemon & Hazel
Read my story →Founding couples · 2027
We're welcoming three couples for 2027 at a founding rate of €5,102.40 — a saving of €1,275 on the full accompaniment fee. In return, I ask for your story and a few photographs to share with future couples. The same service, the same care, the same commitment.
Two places taken. One remaining.
Book a discovery callQuestions couples ask
Before our first call.
Begin here
Your wedding in France should feel like yours, from the first call.
Let's talk about what you're imagining, what it will realistically cost, and how to make it happen without the guesswork.
Book a discovery call