The honest headline is that a legal Seychelles wedding costs far less than most couples expect, and usually far less than a modest wedding at home, with a honeymoon folded into the same trip. Our complete legal ceremonies start from one thousand six hundred and forty-five euros on Mahe, everything legal included, and every price is printed on our packages page rather than hidden behind an enquiry form. The total you spend is really that figure plus how you choose to travel and stay.
What the ceremony price includes
The package price covers the wedding itself, not a stripped-back version with surprises added later. It includes the legal marriage with the registrar, the licence and paperwork, the certificate and the apostille that makes it valid at home, the ceremony setup on the beach, the flowers and the core photography. The three islands are priced differently, from one thousand six hundred and forty-five euros on Mahe, one thousand nine hundred and ninety on Praslin and two thousand and ninety on La Digue, because the logistics of reaching each one differ. Photography and film upgrades are listed openly so you choose your own level.
Flights and the stay, honestly
Beyond the ceremony, your main costs are the flight and the hotel, and these vary enormously with where you come from and how you like to travel. Seychelles suits every budget, from beautiful family-run guest houses to five-star resorts, and because your wedding costs the same whichever you choose, the stay is purely about the honeymoon you want. Many couples spend a week or two, with the wedding near the start, and treat the whole thing as the wedding and the honeymoon in one.
How it compares with a wedding at home
A traditional wedding at home, once a venue, catering for a long guest list, a band and the rest are counted, routinely runs to many times the cost of marrying here. A Seychelles wedding trades the big guest list for intimacy, and the hall for a beach, and in doing so it usually costs a fraction while giving you the honeymoon as well. Couples are frequently surprised that the dream destination is the affordable choice, not the extravagant one.
Where to spend and where to save
If you want to spend, spend on the photography and film, because when the day is this beautiful and this brief, the record of it is what you keep for fifty years. If you want to save, keep the guest list tiny or elope, choose a guest house over a resort, and travel in the calmer shoulder months. What we would never suggest saving on is the legal paperwork or a real photographer, the two things you cannot redo.