About Shaadi Sands
Built for the wedding
you are actually having
A boutique, founder-led studio for Canadian couples planning South Asian weddings in Mexico and the Caribbean. Planning is free, and there is no minimum guest count.
Why Shaadi Sands Exists
A South Asian wedding is not a beach wedding with more guests
It is a haldi and a mehndi, a sangeet, a baraat, a ceremony built around a sacred fire, a nikah or vows at an altar, and a reception, often across three days, for a family that spans generations. Most destination wedding advice is written for one ceremony and one dinner.
Shaadi Sands is built for the other kind. A Sikh Anand Karaj is not a Hindu ceremony with different music, and a mehndi is not a rehearsal dinner. We plan around the events you are actually having, and we start with the questions that decide whether a venue works.
We are a new, independent studio, small on purpose. You deal with the founder, not a call centre, and we would be honoured to make your wedding one of the first we bring to life.
Before Anything Else
Four questions a brochure never answers
Every resort looks beautiful in its photographs. Whether it can hold your wedding comes down to a handful of rules it rarely publishes, so these are the first things we ask, before you commit to anything.
- 01
Can the fire be lit?
A havan needs an open flame. Many resorts will only approve one in a contained kund, some only outdoors, and a ceremony moved inside for rain is often a different conversation entirely.
- 02
Who does the cooking?
Some resorts have Indian chefs in the kitchen, some allow an outside Indian caterer for a fee, and some allow neither. It shapes the menu more than any package does.
- 03
Can your own people come?
Your pandit, your photographer, your décor and your dhol. Resorts charge for outside vendors in very different ways, and a few do not allow local vendors at all.
- 04
When does the music stop?
The sangeet, the baraat route and the reception all run into the resort’s noise rules and curfews. Far better to know before a date is held than after.
How It Works
One studio, one point of contact
- 01
A free conversation
Tell us about your families, your events and the feeling you want. The consultation is free, and so is the planning.
- 02
A shortlist built around your events
Resorts chosen for the ceremonies you are actually having rather than a generic top ten, with the rules that matter checked first.
- 03
The answers before you commit
The fire, the caterer, your vendors, the curfew and the room-block terms, gathered from each resort before a deposit is paid.
- 04
Your guests, looked after
We set up the room block and help every guest book, so their questions come to us rather than to you.
- 05
The resort’s coordinator is our job
Every resort assigns its own wedding coordinator for the day. Working with them, and with your vendors, is our job rather than yours, so you can be present at your own wedding.
The Honest Part
Why planning is free
Your guests’ room bookings pay a commission, from the resort or from the tour operator they book through, and that commission is how we are paid. It is the standard model for destination weddings, and it is why there is no planning fee and no minimum guest count.
- Planning fee
- $0Planning fee
- Guest count
- No minimumGuest count
- At Shaadi Sands
- One contactAt Shaadi Sands
Where We Plan
Mexico and the Caribbean
A Real Weekend, in Pictures
Two ceremonies, one resort
Pooja and Geiler’s Hindu and Catholic wedding weekend at Dreams Aventuras, a wedding we planned. It shows, better than any mood board, what a multi-day celebration at one resort really looks like.
See the weekend
Ready When You Are
Tell us about the wedding you are imagining
Book a free 30-minute consultation. We will listen, tell you honestly what is possible, and where.
Book a free consultation