A destination wedding budget is not a domestic budget with flights added. The proportions are different, and the places money disappears are different.
Logistics is a line item, not an afterthought
Transport, freight, accommodation for suppliers, and site visits are real costs. On an island, bringing in what is not locally available can be a meaningful share of the total. Any proposal that does not show these separately is hiding them.
Guest numbers move the total more than anything else
Every additional guest carries catering, seating, transport and often accommodation. Cutting twenty guests changes a budget more than cutting an entire design element. This is the first conversation to have, and the hardest.
Currency
You may be paying suppliers in three currencies across eighteen months. We contract in fixed amounts where possible, and where it is not, we tell you which parts of the budget are exposed rather than letting the movement surprise you later.
Contingency
We build in a contingency and we tell you it is there. Weather alternatives, a supplier who fails, an unexpected permit fee. On a domestic wedding you can improvise on the day. Two thousand kilometres from home you cannot.
What we will not do
We will not produce a proposal that looks affordable by leaving costs out. If your budget will not deliver what you are describing, you will hear that in the first meeting.