Don Pedro In Sorrento

We had our dream wedding come true on Saturday 14th June all thanks to Tony, Melania and the team at Don Pedro Wedding Planning. We live in Australia and have family in Aus, the UK and Greece so planning a wedding in Italy from thousands of miles away wasn’t exactly a stress free thought. Having never been to the Amalfi coast before, we were really going in blind with the choices we were making so we tried to do as much research as possible… and then we found Tony and Melania. I had seen their names come up a few times on facebook pages and what drew me to Don Pedro was the family feel that they had and seeing the videos of them on their Instagram, it felt like we knew them straight away. With the time difference between us in Australia and them in Italy was not a problem in the slightest. I chose to communicate via email the whole time with Tony and he was incredible with communication, very upfront and honest about costs, how achievable everything was and I honestly thought it was too good to be true. When we met Tony and Melania for the first time (3 days before our wedding!!!!) I knew that it wasn’t too good to be true and they were exactly how I’d imagined them to be. They were so professional, warm, reliable. Nothing was too much of a problem for them, they literally did everything in their power to make us feel welcome, relaxed and 100% looked after. They showed us around Sorrento town, took us to meet the florist, showed us our welcome dinner choice, they were just amazing. We cannot recommend them enough. They also arranged a boat day for us and our guests on the Monday after the wedding. We had a private boat chartered for the whole day, stopping off for swimming and snorkelling, the blue grotto if we wanted to see that, and stopping in Capri for a look around and they booked us a table for lunch there too! Everyone who was there at our wedding keep saying how amazing they were as well. They really made an impression on everyone who was a guest at our wedding weekend celebrations and we couldn’t have wished for a better planner to help organise our dream day. Don Pedro took care of our food on the wedding night. We basically designed our own menu with them and wanted it to be a family share style dining. We had a whole variety for our appetiser; Caprese salad, carpaccio, Octopus salad, bruschetta and an antipasto selection featuring local regional delicacies, there was honestly soooo much food, we couldn’t believe the spread it was sooo good!!! Pasta course, our guests chose between a Sorrento style tomato gnocchi and a prawn scialatiella pasta (which was husband still says was the best pasta dish we had the whole time we were in Italy) and then for our main course we had the choice of a meat grill or a fish grill with sides of potatos and salads and it was so delicious! And then for dessert we had Tiramisu and limoncello shots. There was soooo much food it was incredible!!! We had live music for our cocktail hour, a mandolin and guitar player and it was the best decision ever!!!! They were so authentic and played classic Italian songs and also ones like take me home country road, everyone had an amazing time. Overall it was literally the most perfect wedding for us. We don’t really like to be the centre of attention but we felt so special, without being stressed at all. Best day ever! Thank you so much to Don Pedro we will forever be eternally grateful.

When Tony learned that we would be in the area of Sorrento for vacation, he was extremely kind and offered us a tour of three of the locations that Don Pedro proposes to prospective wedding couples. Over three days, one location per day, each of them breathtaking, he's shared his experience in the organization of such a complex event and was the kindest, nicest person, taking some of the planning tension off us. It's like having an old friend who knows a lot about the area and who's got your back in a stressful situation. Thanks, Tony!