The Velvet Knot Journal
Wedding planning,
demystified.
Honest guides on cost, timelines, traditions, and what really happens behind a well-planned Indian wedding.
Krabi Wedding Cost and Venues for Indian Couples (2026)
Krabi suits Indian weddings of up to about 230 guests who want limestone cliffs rather than a busy resort strip. Sofitel Krabi Phokeethra publishes the largest seated space of the resorts we checked, 230 at round tables, with 276 rooms. There are no direct flights from India, so guests connect through Bangkok or fly to […]
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Pattaya Wedding Cost and Venues for Indian Couples (2026): Thailand’s Big-Wedding Beach Town
Pattaya is Thailand’s big-wedding beach town, about an hour and a half by road from Suvarnabhumi airport. Centara Grand Mirage charts 650 seated at round tables with 555 rooms, and the Royal Cliff group has four hotels with over 1,020 rooms and its own convention hall. For Indian weddings of 400 or more by the […]
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Hua Hin Wedding Cost and Venues for Indian Couples (2026): The Road-Access Beach Wedding
Hua Hin is the Thai beach town you can reach by road: roughly three hours’ drive from Bangkok’s airports, with no domestic flight. Its big resorts publish seated space for 180 to 420 guests, and Hilton Hua Hin’s full ballroom seats 420 at round tables. That makes Hua Hin a practical choice for larger Indian […]
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Koh Samui Wedding Cost and Venues for Indian Couples (2026)
Koh Samui suits intimate Indian weddings of up to about 150 guests. The luxury resorts we checked publish largest seated spaces of 50 to 150 at round tables and have 70 to 175 guest rooms each, so bigger weddings need several properties. Guests fly via Bangkok on Bangkok Airways. Samui is wettest in October and […]
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Phuket Wedding Cost and Venues for Indian Couples (2026): What Each Resort Can Seat
Phuket is the easiest Thai island for a large Indian wedding: direct flights from five Indian cities, and resorts that publish ballrooms seating 300 to 350 at round tables. The JW Marriott at Mai Khao and the Phuket Marriott at Merlin Beach chart the biggest seated rooms among the resorts we checked. Plan the main […]
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LGBTQ+ Friendly Wedding Venues and Vendors in India: How to Choose
The reliable way to find LGBTQ+ friendly wedding venues and vendors in India is to ask each one directly, in writing, before paying anything: will you serve our wedding exactly as you serve any couple? A few hotel groups, such as The LaLiT, have made inclusion public, but most welcoming vendors do not advertise it. […]
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Family, Guests and Privacy at an LGBTQ+ Wedding in India
Family and privacy shape an LGBTQ+ wedding in India more than any decor choice. Decide early who will be there, how public the wedding will be, and who speaks for the two of you with relatives. Then put the privacy decisions into vendor contracts and the invitation, so photographs, social media and guest behaviour are […]
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Planning a Same-Sex Commitment Ceremony in India: Rituals, Officiants and Vows
A same-sex commitment ceremony in India is a wedding in every sense but the legal one: vows, rituals, family and a celebration, without registration. Couples choose a traditional ceremony adapted for two brides or two grooms, a celebrant-led ceremony, or a blend. Confirm the officiant first, build a running order that gives both partners equal […]
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Marrying Abroad as an Indian Same-Sex Couple: Thailand, New York, UK, Canada and NZ
Indian same-sex couples can legally marry in countries that allow foreign couples to wed, including Thailand, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom and New York in the United States. The deciding factor is paperwork: some countries ask for a certificate of no impediment from your own government, which Indian missions may not issue readily, while […]
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Is Same-Sex Marriage Legal in India? What Couples Can Do in 2026
No. Same-sex marriage is not legally recognised in India. In Supriyo v Union of India (October 2023) the Supreme Court held that recognising it is for Parliament, and it dismissed the review petitions in January 2025. Relationships are lawful, joint bank accounts and nominations are allowed, and couples use wills and other documents to protect […]
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