Wedding Planning

Your wedding should feel like the two of you, not a template. As a full-service wedding planner in Washington, DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland, Yamal Events designs and manages every part of your celebration, from the first venue tour to the last dance.

We build your budget and planning timeline, recommend and book trusted vendors, design your décor and floral concept, and coordinate every detail with your venue. On the wedding day, our team runs the schedule, manages vendors and handles surprises, so you and your families can be fully present. Need décor or furniture too? Our in-house decoration and rental services keep everything under one plan.

Key Highlights:

  • Venue search, budget and planning timeline
  • Vendor recommendations, booking and management
  • Décor, florals and stage design
  • Guest experience, seating and ceremony flow
  • Full wedding-day coordination and setup

Already booked your venue and a few vendors? Our partial planning picks up wherever you are. We fill the gaps, refine your design and build a realistic timeline, so nothing falls through the cracks.

If you have planned everything yourself, our Day-of Coordination takes over in the final weeks. We confirm every vendor, run the wedding-day timeline, oversee setup and breakdown, and keep the day calm from start to finish.

Key Highlights:

  • Planning review and gap check
  • Vendor confirmations and final walkthrough
  • Detailed wedding-day timeline and run sheet
  • On-site coordination of ceremony and reception
  • Setup, breakdown and vendor management

Cultural and Middle Eastern Weddings

Many of the couples we work with celebrate more than one tradition. We plan Nikah ceremonies, henna nights and Arab and Palestinian weddings with zaffe and dabke, as well as modern and multicultural weddings, honoring every custom while keeping the day elegant and seamless. See Ameen & Eaman’s henna night for an example, or explore our dedicated Arab and Middle Eastern wedding planning.

Wedding Planning Across DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland

Based in Washington, DC, we plan weddings throughout the region, including:

Planning a wedding farther away? Contact us and we’ll see how we can help.

Recent Weddings

After designing Nora and Walid’s engagement celebration, we were chosen as the décor and floral partner for their wedding, guiding guests from ceremony to reception. See Walid & Nora’s wedding and more in our portfolio.

Amal went above and beyond as both our decorator and day-of coordinator, making both events seamless, elegant, and unforgettable.

Marriam M., Google review

Wedding Planning FAQs

For full planning, we recommend booking 6–12 months ahead, especially for popular Saturdays. Partial planning and day-of coordination can usually be booked 3–6 months before the wedding.

Yes. We work within your venue’s rules and coordinate with the vendors you have already chosen, and we can recommend trusted partners for anything still on your list.

Every wedding is quoted individually, based on your guest count, the services you choose and your design. Share your details on our Get a Quote form and we’ll reply within 24 hours with a starting quote, or call us at +1 202-615-9000.