Testimonials PLEASE READ THROUGH reviews from some of our vey happy newlyweds. We look forward to the inclusion of your happy story soon.

Testimonials

PLEASE READ THROUGH reviews from some of our vey happy newlyweds.

We look forward to the inclusion of your happy story soon.

To the Almost Happy Couple! We want to recommend to you without reserve the services of Jessica Holmes and the team at Koh Samui Island Weddings. Barb and I had our whole Thai wedding from end to end organised by Jessica from the legal arrangements in Bangkok, to the choice of venue and accommodation, and the day itself, from the morning preparations to the release of fire balloons into the night sky. Jessica has an eye for competent people, and has built a delivery team that delivered and delighted at every stage the photographers, the makeup and hair stylists, WE are no experts in Thai musicians or dancers, but to our eyes and ears the performance was great. What we are experts in is western instrumental music, and lo and behold, Jessica could even conjure up an acoustic guitarist as an impressive accompanist for Barb. We have not ceased to comment to friends on how effortless and gentle the day was. When we returned to Australia David sent a set of 4 photos off to "friends old and new, near and far" telling them that he and Barb had eloped in Thailand (with Jessica as our accomplice!). This response was not untypical, and we think is very revealing of how we felt: "Dear David, My warmest felicitations to yourself and Mrs Jones. What a beautiful set of photographs and what a look of pure joy on your faces. Wonderful!!! May that joy stay with you for the rest of your lives." We were struck that David's work colleague from 10 years ago could see so plainly what we felt. Yes, that's about us, but its also only possible when the wedding day itself is a joy, and when the photographer can "see". Finally, it was significant to us that Jessica also recommended what NOT to do. There is a legitimate fear that some service providers will "upsell" at the expense of your pocket, and of the experience. This is a particular risk you face in an overseas arrangement with an unknown person. Jessica was interested in the design of our day as an experience that held together and "worked" and suggested we didn't have some events we had considered. That was very reassuring to me as I emailed away at our arrangements. Our confidence was not misplaced. We wish you joy with your Koh Samui Island Wedding. David Jones and Barb Shearer (aka Mr and Mrs David Jones) Australia

To the Almost Happy Couple!

We want to recommend to you without reserve the services of Jessica Holmes and the team at Koh Samui Island Weddings. Barb and I had our whole Thai wedding from end to end organised by Jessica from the legal arrangements in Bangkok, to the choice of venue and accommodation, and the day itself, from the morning preparations to the release of fire balloons into the night sky.

Jessica has an eye for competent people, and has built a delivery team that delivered and delighted at every stage the photographers, the makeup and hair stylists, WE are no experts in Thai musicians or dancers, but to our eyes and ears the performance was great. What we are experts in is western instrumental music, and lo and behold, Jessica could even conjure up an acoustic guitarist as an impressive accompanist for Barb.

We have not ceased to comment to friends on how effortless and gentle the day was. When we returned to Australia David sent a set of 4 photos off to "friends old and new, near and far" telling them that he and Barb had eloped in Thailand (with Jessica as our accomplice!). This response was not untypical, and we think is very revealing of how we felt:

"Dear David,

My warmest felicitations to yourself and Mrs Jones. What a beautiful set of photographs and what a look of pure joy on your faces. Wonderful!!! May that joy stay with you for the rest of your lives."

We were struck that David's work colleague from 10 years ago could see so plainly what we felt. Yes, that's about us, but its also only possible when the wedding day itself is a joy, and when the photographer can "see".

Finally, it was significant to us that Jessica also recommended what NOT to do. There is a legitimate fear that some service providers will "upsell" at the expense of your pocket, and of the experience. This is a particular risk you face in an overseas arrangement with an unknown person. Jessica was interested in the design of our day as an experience that held together and "worked" and suggested we didn't have some events we had considered. That was very reassuring to me as I emailed away at our arrangements.

Our confidence was not misplaced.

We wish you joy with your Koh Samui Island Wedding.

David Jones and Barb Shearer (aka Mr and Mrs David Jones)
Australia

“Jess, we can only say how much we thank you for executing the wedding to perfection. It was everything I dreamed of when I stepped out of that wedding car - We did have a perfect day and we honestly thank you fromnt he bottom of our hearts for all your hard work”

Natalie & Gareth
Australia & England

“Thanks again for your super job at giving us the best wedding we could ever wish for!”

Camilla & Jonathon
England

“ ALL the flowers were fantastic as were the huge bamboo podiums and my bouquet was beautiful. Johnny, the celebrant, was brilliant and our furry friend peed on the carpet, ate the flowers off the arrangements and made all the guests erupt into fits of laughter. All and all the day was brilliant, so thank you for all your help.”

Julie & Nathan Hall
Australia

“ Jessica helped to make our day really special. All we had to do is rock up to Thailand and enjoy ourselves. We wanted a relaxed, fun day without the stress and hassle that a normal wedding ceremony and reception would bring. Jess helped us to co-ordinate everything from cars to flowers, reception to photographer. We had a fantastic day, it ill always be in our hearts and it will be one day something we can reminisce to our children. Thanks, Jess for all of your work and making our day wonderful.”

Rachel & Craig Paues
Australia

“I wish you all the best with your future in Thailand, knowing that, although it must get hard at times, you will have great success over there. The truth is, you can only continue to get better and better at what you do, even though the job you are doing is already fantastic.

You will always have a place in my heart and i am forever grateful for all you have done for me ”

Rebecca & Jan Willers
South Africa

“Our Dream Wedding on Koh Samui:

Reinier and I are back in the real world, but still trying to hold on to all the beautiful memories we have made during our holiday in Thailand and especially at our wedding.

The location was breathtaking, the sunset was as beautiful as you can ever imagine. All thanks to the professional and creative Jessica Holmes and her company Koh Samui Island Weddings. We want to thank her again for her everything she has arranged for us and all her hard work. We weren't the easiest couple to arrange a wedding for, but it was to the most perfect day for us.

We had a truly memorable wedding and appreciate all the efforts in making things run so smoothly. We had our wedding on Koh Samui at the west of the Island on a deserted beach. The ceremony was at Sunset. The setting was quite simple, just as we wanted. Because the beach and beautiful sky and each other was everything we needed. And some official papers, which she also arranged for us. A representative of Koh Samui Island Weddings met us in Bangkok to go to the Dutch Embassy, so we could make our marriage legal in our own country (The Netherlands)and he arranged everything else for us there so we wouldn't take much of our time and it didn't. So we could go on and celebrate our holiday.

In advance, every question we had, and a bride to be has a lot of them, where perfectly answered. So we could go relaxed on our holiday. We have been in Thailand for over 3 weeks and the last week we stayed in Koh Samui for the wedding. The day itself was perfect, and also really relaxed because everything was taken care of. Including a very good photographer, he made really beautiful pictures. We really look at them everyday, still dreaming about that day.

Every woman dreams about her wedding day and thanks to you, our wedding was more beautiful, more romantic and more perfect than I had imagined. We would recommend you to anyone who is thinking or getting married on Koh Samui!!!”

Annemiek & Reinier
Holland

“ We would just like to say a huge thank you for everything you did for us and for making our day just exactly how we wanted it! Thank you to everyone who worked really hard on the day to make it so perfect because I think they were up and about before I was on the day!

We had such a great day and Baan Fah was exactly what we wanted. Everyone had a great time and my mum and her partner are now speaking about going back there next June for another holiday!

We are also very pleased with Tan's work and the videographer. Our photos are amazing, we are still going through them to choose which ones we want to get framed, its going to take us a while because there are so many brilliant ones. I would definitely highly recommend Tan to anyone else who is getting married.

Thanks again for everything Jessica. I dont know what I am going to do now with no wedding to plan. Its just so sad that it went by so fast and its all over now! x x x x ”

Lisa and Stuart
Scotland

“Right from the beginning Jessica was both enthusiastic and professional considering Camilla was in UK and Jessica was in both Australia and Koh Samui. Nothing was a problem to organize and even last minute requests were handled smoothly and efficiently.

Although Jessica had lots of ideas and plans our own suggestions were taken on board and the wedding day exceeded our very high expectations. Jessica and her staff were present at the wedding to assure that everything went without a hitch.

We have no hesitations in recommending you "thai the knot" with Jessica and her team for the wedding of your dreams!”

Annemari Nilhagen-Holmes - Mother of the Bride (Camilla)
England

“ We would like to thank you for organising our wedding on the beautiful island of Koh Samui. We had nearly given up hope on getting married in Thailand until we came in contact with you. While most other hotels and "wedding coordinators" sold fixed packages which were not really suitable and expensive, you were able to put together a package with exactly the things we wanted and for a realistic price.

We had a great day and it was lots of fun. We were really impressed with how you organised the ceremony; it was decorated so beautifully and the candle-lit dinner on the beach that followed was absolutely amazing. The photographer that you hired did a great job and we are thankful to have those memories captured in such detail.

Good luck with setting up a business here that focuses only on what people really want for their wedding in Thailand. I am sure you will do well as you are a true asset to Thailand and to couples like us. Thank you so much and we look forward to seeing you next year on our first anniversary! ”

Rachael & Steve
Australia

“ Thankyou so much for making our dream happen. We will be forever grateful & you will always be a part of our happy memories ”

Emma & Rhys
Ireland & Australia

“ This is not your average testimonial - Jessica from Thai The Knot is my best friend. We have been mates since our late teens and have seen many changes in each others life and a never keep secrets from each other. Or so I thought. It all started when my husband organised holiday for me to Koh Samui to visit Jess as it has been a few years since we had seen each other. I was quite disappointed that my husband Adam couldnt come but he was starting a new job the week I left and plus he was looking after our children. I got over it of course, plus Jess has asked me to help out with a wedding photo shoot she was planning for promotional purposes that would fall on a day when I would be there.

When I arrived in Samui Jess and I had a really great time catching up with each other. It was great to have someone who lives there show me the sites, give me a crash course in the local customs and speak the lingo. After a few days of site seeing and hooting around making preparations for the wedding shoot she was planning, Jess told me the person she had arranged to be the "bride" has been called off to work on a scuba tour and there was no time to arrange anyone else. She asked if I could stand in. I was pretty reluctant as I'm not the model type but she assured me it would be fine (plus I'd get a shopping session to find a dress and beauty treatment AND the "groom" as this gorgeous 6 foot plus male model). After a quick call to my husband in Australia and not being some who needs encouragement for shopping, I accepted and set about finding the right dress whilst Jess added the finishing touches to the photo shoot.

On the day of the shoot Jess sent me off to a lovely day spa where I was pampered like a goddess for three blissful hours. Jess picked me up when I was done but on the way home I caught a glimpse of a man through the windows of a convenience store. I saw nothing more that his chest up to his shoulders but I said to Jess "I think I just saw Adam is he here?" Jess laughed at me and asked if I wanted to go in to make sure. I thought I was being silly so we left. When we returned the make-up artists were waiting for us and did a great job on my hair and make-up (here is a tip Jess let me in on, be specific about what you want, Thai style make-up is much more colourful and plentiful than my taste but I have to admit it does look great in photo's). Before I knew it we were on our way to the photo shoot and I realized all of Jessica's family were dressed up and piling in cars as well. Jess explained they were the rent-a-crowd for the photo shoot.

We arrived at the resort where this was all taking place which had a lovely little village feel to it and really friendly staff who came out and made a fuss about me (like it was my real wedding day). We met the photographer Jirapol and his assistant. I also met the priest (!!!) which freaked me out a little bit, but again Jess assured me he was purely a prop. Jess then asked me to go up some stairs to this lovely balcony which overlooked the gardens and the beach. From there I could see this divine flower archway which Jess was very proud of. Apparently it had taken quite a few visits to the florist to get the vision of what she wanted to transfered into reality due to the different way Thai people approach floristry.

The photographer started to snap way and got me doing all these lovely shots and although there was a language barrier they directed me really well and got the shots they were after. Jess took off to find the model groom (who I had completely forgotten about) and turned on some music to loosen things up. When the music come on I realized that it was my new favorite song at the time ('Real Love' by Regina Spektor). Next thing I know my lovely husband walked out from behind a wall with a glorious bunch of flowers matching the archway. I was so surprised I ran up and jumped into his arms and cried. He knelt down on one knee and asked if I'd be interested in renewing our wedding vows, to which I of course nodded in agreement too (rare occasion of being lost for words). After a few minutes it dawned on me that this had been a set-up all along.

This isnt where it ends though. Adam, Jess and I took some more photos (had to get some with my best friend and super sneaky wedding planner) then we headed down to the beach. Aside from the archway on the beach there was also a lovely red carpet leading down there from some steps which I nearly fell off when my brother walked out from another wall playing our original wedding march (intro to 'Nothing Else Matters' by Metallica) on a guitar. I beamed my way through the ceremony and was really touched when the renewal of vows included our original vows which we wrote and they were even printed on a card for me (nice touch as it was kind of on the spot).

We had a quick formal photo-shoot which went perfectly considering it was so short and sweet (my perfect kind of wedding photo-shoot) then popped champagne on the beach in a group and drank from crystal glasses just as the sun was setting. As the sun slipped into night the photographers kept shooting but it was as if they weren't even there. We sat down to a Thai feast with the stars putting on a real show in the open air dining area and music drifting around the sound of crashing waves.

Still to this day it feels like a proper fairytale wedding and so surreal. The photos and video montage are unbelievable and everyone who has seen it has cried. Even blokes. I amaze at the perfect coordination of the event especially when I realize how difficult the circumstances would have been considering I was staying with Jess at the time, not to mention the fact she and Adam had to organise this on separate continents. In the end, it was an incredible romantic moment in my life which I won’t ever forget and although Jess is my best friend not yours, I can whole-heartedly recommend her services to you as I do to anyone who will basically listen. Thank-you Jess, your'e the best!

Marisa & Adam
Australia