Testimonials (Page 4)
A Sincere thank you for all your support, we wish each and every one of you the very best for the future.
Wedding Day - 1st September 2008 at 16:00 Cyprus Time.
Church : Ayia Kyriaki Church Paphos (St Pauls Pillars)
Reception : Italian Reception (Chillingtons Restaurant)
Dear Igor, Mandy and the I DO Wedding Team,
Firstly it has to be a great thank you for all your help, care and dedication in making our wedding a very special and memorable occasion. Igor can only be described as a legend who is a top quality guy, working with him was fun and effortless. What became quickly apparent is his value added service and the strong belief in saving us unnecessary expenditure. He always ensures that you are happy and can read facial expressions like a cheap novel. My wife was a classic example with regards to the wedding reception venue, Igor could tell by her facial expressions that she was not fully engaged with the one she chose back in England. He said "right you are not excited about this venue, then we will find one that you are excited about". Through his outstanding relationship network and the ability to feel what we would like, he showed us Chillingtons Restaurant near St Georges Chapel, which she fell in love with and the facial expressions were there for all to see :-).
I can not speak highly enough of the service provided by Igor and his team, everyone at our wedding stated what a top guy and how extremely helpful he was.
When in Paphos you will see a lot of tour operators organising weddings, couples do not receive the individual care, are treated in groups and share reception venues. The Unique Selling Point for I DO Weddings is that you are the centre of their attention, our wedding was special and individual not packaged. This was not us stating this, this was a couple who got married via the tour operators.
I guess the biggest tribute we can state, is if we were going to do this again, would we change anything? The answer is NO as I DO Weddings made it perfect the first time round.
Again a very big thank you goes to Igor, Mandy and the rest of the I Do Weddings team. We wish you all the best for the future and I would recommend anybody thinking of getting married in Paphos, to liaise with Igor ( IDO.com.cy). As they will make the most important day of your life, as perfect and stress free as is humanely possible.
Thank you and god bless
Simon and Alison Drummond
Aidan & Anne Marie
Yeroskipou 25th June '08 (Civil Ceremony )
Ayia Kyriaki 27th June '08 ( Catholic Ceremony )
After submitting an enquiry by email I was contacted by Igor the following morning . He explained how he was unavailable for our chosen dates but we could have Heather as our planner if we wished. We spoke to Heather the following week and over the next 9 months many, many times. All emails were answered promptly and calls always made at pre-arranged times. Everything was explained in detail and there was never any pressure to book anything.
It was great having a contact in Paphos making all the bookings for us; it took a lot of the pressure away. Heather booked the civil ceremony and also the service in Ayia Kyriaki. We had done some research ourselves and liked the look of Romantica Restaurant, after it appeared on Heathers list of suitable Restaurants we decided to book our reception there. There were going to be 32 of us including 10 children, 3 of them under 4.
We made arrangements for Heather to come see us with details of flowers, photographer, cake, transport etc on our arrival in Paphos. On that day after deciding on our flowers, transport and photography package Heather gave us a tour of our venues. We first went to Yeroskipou which is a gorgeous setting for a wedding and filled in our paperwork etc. We then went to Ayia Kyriaki where we were stunned by the church and the grounds. Next we met with the manager in Romantica .It really was good to have Heather with us while finalising all the details. The following day we were introduced to the Catholic wedding co-ordinator and met with Fr. John to go through more paperwork and our ceremony details.
Heather came with us on June 25th to Yeroskipou where she agreed to be one of our witnesses and even took our photos. On the morning of our church ceremony Heather was on hand with the flowers. She kept us informed when the car was late through no fault of the driver. When we went to the church she carried spare shoes for my bridesmaid and my parasol for the photos. After a beautiful service we had some photos taken with our guests at the church then went down to the harbour to have some taken on our own. One point about the photos which has been remarked by previous couples on this site is it is really hard to pick your photos out of all that are taken, be prepared to change your mind and have them all on a disc! After that we went back to Romantica for our reception where we had a wonderful meal and an evening of fun.
So to anyone thinking of having their wedding in Paphos our recommendations would be;
- Heather or any of her colleagues to help with all your plans
- Yeroskipou for a civil ceremony
- Ayia Kyriaki Church for a catholic ceremony
- Pink Panther Photography
- Romantica Restaurant for their brilliant food and friendly atmosphere
Anne Marie & Aidan
27.06.08
Dawn and Mike Melton
Yeroskipou Town Hall – civil ceremony 01.09.08
Hello Heather,
Just a short message to say thanks again. I can't believe that me and Mike have been married for 2 weeks, it just seems like yesterday. All back to normal now, Ellie has gone back to school today after having 8 weeks off and Mike has gone to seek a new contract for electrical work, me I'm in between jobs and I’m in the middle of writing a book, hopefully to be published. The weather here is depressing, we want to move to Cyprus, but on a realistic note were are talking about relocating to Cornwall in a year, but you never know, we are also planning on another Melton but that’s hopefully in about 9 months.
We have showed everyone our photos and dvd and they have all commented on how amazing they are, so once aging pass our thanks on to pink panther studios.
Hope to talk again in the near future
Newlyweds Dawn and Mike Melton xx
Mrs Dawn & Mr Stuart Penney 29.05.08
After our Wedding was turning into an absolute nightmare through Thomas Cook we learnt of a person called Igor at Ido Weddings, his name kept popping up when we were using Trip Advisor. Everyone described him as fantastic and making every detail perfect on their wedding day, after his initial consultation our wedding plans turned from a nightmare to optimism.
When the time finally came to meet him we were bowled over by the way he took on board what we wanted for our day and presented us with different possibilities of venues, flowers etc. Igor made us feel at ease and any worries soon disappeared. We had our wedding organised within a morning and already it was looking amazing.
On the day the transport, horse and carriage, ceremony, photographs, video and reception just went seamlessly. Igor was like a conductor within an orchestra bringing all the parts of the day together in perfect synchronism. Even when our choice of sunset photos wasn’t looking good he whisked us off to an alternative location with enough time to get some truly memorable photos. Not only that but staying in the background of the wedding until the very end ensuring we were truly happy throughout the night.
On reflection we are glad Thomas Cook let us down otherwise we would never have met Igor, a truly astounding person. We thank him and his colleagues at Ido weddings for providing us and our families a day we will never forget.
We look forward to seeing you again one day, Love from Stuart and Dawn ‘Queen of Sheba’ Penney
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