At Nikhil Bhide- The Wedding Planner, a division of Ansh Hospitality Services, all your wedding planning and arrangements are taken care of by our team of highly professional wedding coordinators. Right from deciding on the budget of the wedding, to shopping for the wedding trousseau, booking the wedding venue and other hotel facilities, arranging for a professional wedding photographer and other things, such as venue decoration, and organizing the special wedding events, our team will be there at your service.

Here is a brief description about the rest of the team:

Snehal
Snehal has a degree in Hospitality Management. She has been planning weddings since 2003, and she enjoys her work extremely! She feels that personal contact helps the cooperation towards a better result, and for this reason meeting people and speaking with them is her favorite approach to this work. Her calm and positive attitude makes her perfect in handling unforeseen events and last minute issues. She loves traveling and has traveled to countries like USA, Mexico, Peru and Bermuda

Radhika
Radhika specializes in high-end exclusive events. She started to plan destination weddings in Canada and after many years her enthusiasm and love for the job diverted her attention to India. She is both precise and exuberant. She loves Extreme Sports. She has lived in England and Canada. Her goal is to make people happy because happiness is the main purpose on everyone's wedding day. "Everyone has to feel SPECIAL, because a wedding is a unique, special and sweet moment for everyone": this is what she loves to repeat … always keeping a smile on her face!

Ritika
Ritika is our wedding planner, coordinator and tour guide based in Mumbai. She is living in South Mumbai for many years and knows all about the exotic places of India. Her passion is Indian culture and art, so don't hesitate to ask her about it when you'll meet her as your assistant and interpreter. She enjoys her job to assist couples during the happiest days of their lives.

Nupur
Nupur is a wedding and travel consultant. She has lived in London and has done her travel and tourism. She plays the piano. She also loves traveling and listening to music. She obtained a degree in Travel and tourism in 2003. Nupur loves her job as a wedding planner and enjoys the direct contact with people coming from abroad. She is very precise, motivated and enthusiastic.

Geetanjali
Geetanjali is responsible for the Companies marketing strategies for the European and American markets. She has done her International business management. Geetanjali has lived and worked in New York, Vancouver, Hong Kong, and has traveled over 15 countries. She is fluent in English, and working knowledge of Spanish and Chinese. Since India is her favorite country, she is happy to be living here now, helping couples to realize their dream weddings and introducing rich Indian culture that she adores, to as many people as possible.

Planning And Execution At Ansh Hospitality Services

Planning a wedding can be very stressful as there are loads of details to take care of.

The most important thing is to stay organized. Our planning checklists helps us understand what we need to do and when.

At Ansh Hospitality Services we understand the value of time and as wedding planners we know the importance of preparing a timeline schedule and checklists so that nothing is missed or forgotten,
and everything is planned with sufficient time.

We ideally keep a full year in hand to ensure a perfect wedding.
However we can plan in a shorter time if circumstances require us to do so.

All this is possible because we work on the basis of month wise checklists and can catch up if we are required to plan a wedding in a shorter time

Our planning checklists

12 Months Before

• Consultation with the bride and groom
  
• Complete and fill wedding registration form
  
• Have the bride and the groom select their attendants and ask them to participate in the wedding
  
• Finalize the wedding date
  
• Prepare budget in consultation with the bride and the groom
  
• Book ceremony/reception venues and pay deposit
  
• Help the bride and the groom prepare a list of guests to attend
  
• Arrange and coordinate the engagement party if requested.

08-11 months before

• Determine the customs, traditions and the wedding theme
  
• Meet up with the wedding officiate along with the bride and the groom
  
• Book caterers
  
• Make arrangements for music at the wedding if requested
  
• Book photographer/videographer
• Book florist
  
• Book cake designer if requested
  
• Book wedding transportation
  
• If the bride and the groom desire arrange for pre-marital counseling
  
• Have the bride select the wedding trousseau

6-7 months before

• Assist family members to select their attire for the D-Day
  
• Book wedding decorators
  
• Send required deposits to vendors/suppliers
  
• Assist the bride and the groom to book their honeymoon
  
• If honeymooning abroad, assist in passports, visas and other travel formalities
  
• Arrange accommodation for out of town guests
  
• Review all vendors/suppliers contracts

5 months before

• Order invitation cards
  
• Coordinate with the florist for flower arrangements at the wedding
  
• Plan theme for reception
  
• Assist the bride and the groom to select the music to be played
  
• Coordinate with the selected musicians and advice them of music preferences
  
• Finalize wedding invitation lists

4 months before

• Make a budget review and ensure it is followed
  
• Assist the bride to select wedding jewelry
  
• Assist the groom to select his wedding trousseau
  
• Meet with the caterer for menu options and tasting session
  
• Make final arrangements for the wedding cake
  
• Have the bride and the groom book the honeymoon suite for the wedding night

3 months before

• Coordinate appointments with the beautician for bridal makeup
  
• Select final menu and beverages and advise the caterer
  
• Finalize the wedding theme with the bride and the groom
  
• Prepare advisories for out of town guests
  
• Prepare wedding program and itinerary for the wedding day
  
• Prepare final invitation lists
  
• Coordinate with the vendor for wedding invitations, program schedule to be printed

2 months before

• Send out wedding invitations
  
• Contact wedding venues to finalize arrangements and pay the required amounts
  
• Prepare information and instruction sheets for all
  
• Have the bride select the Bidai (farewell) outfit

1 month before

• Coordinate with the marriage registrar for marriage certificate after marriage
  
• Finalize the wedding jewelry with the bride and the groom
  
• Instruct photographer/videographer
  
• Confirm music arrangement with musicians
  
• Confirm transport arrangements
  
• Confirm flower arrangements
  
• Confirm decoration arrangements
  
• Have the bride and the groom purchase gifts

3 weeks before

• Prepare seating plan for ceremony and reception
  
• Coordinate with the makeup artist and arrange a trial makeup session for the bride
  
• Arrange trial of wedding trousseau
  
• Arrange for any special functions before the wedding

2 weeks before

• Provide final schedule and instructions to all vendors and suppliers
  
• Call vendors and suppliers to confirm arrangements one more time
  
• Have the bride to pick up her wedding trousseau
  
• Have couple to pickup tickets visas (if required) and decide the itinerary for the honeymoon

1 week before

• Provide caterer with final numbers
  
• Review all wedding plans with the couple
  
• Confirm with the couple the drop-off place for the gifts received
  
• Obtain the final outstanding of all the vendors / suppliers
  
• Make arrangements for final payment to vendors/suppliers
  
• Have the couple pack for their honeymoon
  
• Have the bride pack her bidai (farewell outfit)

2 days before the wedding

• Have the groom pickup his wedding trousseau
  
• Pack all items to take to the wedding venue
  
• Exchange gifts between the couples families (if required)
  
• Coordinate setup of the reception venue

Wedding/Reception day

• Bring all necessary items as a planner to the wedding venue
  
• Attend with the bride
  
• Onsite coordination with all the vendors/suppliers
  
• Attend and oversee ceremony
  
• Make final payment to all vendors/suppliers
  
• Oversee photographer/videographer
  
• Coordinate reception
  
• Collect all gifts received and drop off to preplanned location
  
• Coordinate bidai (farewell) ceremony