The stunning Soneva Fushi, Maldives will blow your mind away as a wedding destination

Wedding planner Tejveen Kaur of T’ziers looks back at her travel to the beautiful Soneva Fusi, Maldives, for a fam trip organised by WeddingFables

 

“The Spectacles of Experience; Through them you will see clearly a Second Time“

 

My second time experience to MALDIVES was absolutely breath-taking and luxuriously healthy. The First time I visited Maldives three years back, I was in awe of this place, but my second visit, made me completely FALL IN LOVE with Maldives ! In today’s crazy times, where we all are running out of time , where we believe we don’t have time to do our favourite things, because we don’t make an effort to take that time off. Our now a day’s free time means , scrolling down Facebook ,Instagram etc and more concerned what the world is doing .

Soneva Fushi, was absolutely an eye opener for all of us, as to how to enjoy an ORGANIC LUXURIOUS LIFE without WI-FI ! My four days at this awe-inspiring property was absolutely overwhelming . We were a group of 7, all part of the Delhi Wedding fraternity, to experience this splendid property .This extravagant trip was organized by Arati Thapa, Founder of Wedding Fables in association with Atika Gupta of Brands we love. To begin my four-day journey of grandiose, as we landed the Maldives Airport, we were warmly welcomed by the Soneva Team and directed to their booth for few formalities. Further we were taken to their lounge, pampered with the refreshments, before we boarded the sea plane. At every step, we experienced warmth, comfort and were absolutely looking forward to our splendid days .Before we could step on the throne of Soneva Fushi, we were requested to remove our shoes and walk barefoot.

As rightly quoted ...” Take only Memories , leave only FOOTPRINTS”. A perfect start to our healthy days ahead. The positive vibes were absolutely all around We were welcomed by the resort manager, assistant manager and further escorted to our villas. We were allotted two villas of 3 Bedrooms and 2 bedrooms. These were Family Villas, with a swimming pool, direct access to the beach, working space, covered patio, open patio , walking closet, jacuzzi and hot tub.

From a wedding needs perspective,the space was absolutely perfect, spacious and comfortable. My 4 days were filled with surprises and enchanting experiences. Starting from the culinary delights, each of their restaurants, whether it was Out of the Blue, Fresh Garden or Shades of green, each restaurant had its USP with flavourful and luscious food. Our extravagant and mind-blowing experience at the sand bank, where we witnessed the most bautiful sunset, pristine view and a dazzling set up was utter luxurious and pampering. A perfect place to host social events, whether it’s youngsters, bachelorette, pre / post wedding functions or special celebrations like (40Th birthday / 25 Th anniversary ). This space was phenomenal. Third was my first-time excursion for snorkelling, I don’t know how to swim, but if I did snorkelling was truly thanks to our snorkelling guides and marine biologists, MOHAN & AAYANA respectively who were there to make it REAL for me.

With the group heading to the resort while enjoying the welcome drink on the speedboat

And this was further made marvellous with a lovely lunch organised at SONU’S PICNIC SPOT, where our lunch was barbecued under the sand. An experience which was absolutely top class. Picnic spot was actually the right word to use, cause the place was absolutely so relaxing and soothing to the soul. As a wedding planner, when we have to suggest a place, we look for properties which are not only extravagant and luxurious, but we also feel the vibes of warmth and positivity. It was such an immense pleasure to meet the owner of this big empire who was  grounded and humble Sonu Shivdasani ( CEO of Soneva Properties ) and I think his positive energy was sparkling in the eyes of every person working there. Living in an island (no matter how gorgeous it is) without family and social life but yet every employee being genuinely happy is highly appreciable. This property was not only par excellence in terms of space, luxury and breath-taking views but also every guest who would visit here would feel luxuriously healthy. When we do destination weddings, we want the guests not only to have the best times during the celebrations with most amazing memories but also with a thought of coming back again to that property and trust me Soneva  fits perfectly in that thought process. An option of switching of W-IFI at night before you sleep,walking barefoot, drinking fresh water, eating fresh food from their gardens, policy of no wastage of food, last but not the least everything they use is recycled.

This property I would with all my pride suggest not only to all my clients for social events, but also to come in for family holidays, pre-wedding photoshoots

shoots,as the flexibility and personalisation they offer, would truly make cherished memories. When I was told on the first day,we have repetitive guests coming in I was amazed, but on the last day I could believe it as I witnessed it. Mr. Friday you were impeccably outstanding. Soneva Fushi I completely respect you for your humble, yet luxurious and stupendous hospitality. Thank you thank you Wedding Fables and Brand we love for introducing us to this enthralling and stimulating place. Discovering and experiencing this property was not only exhilarating from a wedding planner’s perspective but also being a bon viveur this property was an epitome of how to live a luxuriously organic and healthy life in today’s times.

It was time to feel the sand and the sun for wedding planner and author of this article, Tejveen Kaur, founder T’zires Bespoke Weddings