Choosing the best Bali wedding venue to celebrate your big day isn’t that so difficult, basically this paradise got their own awareness to always sending the best services and hospitality for thousand couple who getting married in this places that used to be called as the ‘Land of God’.
Dear lovely couple my name is Bima and thank you for stopping by,
I work as a destination wedding photographer for over than a decades and document various international couple’s marriage in such wonderful place like Bali, Maldives, and Hong Kong.
Here in this blog I post my recent photo shoot, make a behind the scene video, and write an article which is related to wedding industry so husband and wife wanna be just like you will get an inspiration before getting married. If this gonna be your first time to visit my blog than I welcoming you to visit my wedding portfolio.
Are You Planning to Get Married in Bali?
If you are a couple who dreaming to get married in Bali than hope everything that I write here will help you so much. I try to share the best story from how to go to Bali till fine the best Bali wedding venue that can realize your dream wedding.
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Before I continue about most favorite Bali wedding venue, let me share you about some essentials thing first.
Requirements to Get Married in Bali?
As a formal steps I highly suggest you to know about basic requirements of getting married in Bali such as:
- Having a valid 6 months Passports
- Copy of Decree Absolute if divorced
- Copy of Death Certificate of former spouse if applicable
- Copy of Documentary evidence of any change of name (eg, former marriage certificate/deed poll)
- Birth certificates are normally required by the Indonesian authorities and it is recommended that you bring these with you
- A$110 (payable in Rupiah only) for the Australian embassy in Bali
Once you have those 6 item on your hands than the next step is knowing as well your flights!
Choosing the Best Airlines to Go to Bali
The good thing is, Bali is international city where majority of travelers even know Bali better than Indonesia. The funny thing is I’ve been asked by a guy who sat next to me while I’m on my way to Hong Kong for portrait session.
Generally Bali is a small city or island that located close to Java Island and since the past years they growing up as tourist destination and got hundred of Bali wedding venue that belong to one of the best marriage destination spots in the world.
When you visiting Bali than you will touch down in a great Ngurah Rai International Airport which is close to Kuta beach even you will see the coast line when your flight in a landing position. No matter you go to Bali in a direct or transit than there couple of airlines that will serve you DAILY!
I suggest you to check periodically about your flight rate and schedule to Bali using jetradar or compare prices on flights with Skyscanner, here you can fly directly from Australia, Japan, Singapore or from some other countries. What I’m gonna say here it is very simple and easy to find the best airlines to go to Bali.
Protect Yourself with the Most Reliable Online Travel Insurance!
I’ve been to Maldives for pre wedding shooting, but the worst thing about my recent session is I’ve got a chicken pox fever. I don’t wanna let my client know about it and I keep shooting under water which is really painful in the whole body.
Once I’m done with the photo shoot I ask my wife to go to hospital in Male City which is cost me around $170 for simple medicine that I used to pay only $10 in my town. Through this case I always asking my wife to arrange our travel insurance no matter where we go.
When you planning for getting married in Bali than we gonna talk about your special day and I know that you want everything is perfectly done.
By protecting your self with insurance it means you aware to your heath and safety, I don’t wanna my past story in Maldives happen to you, but in case you got the same situation just like mine than having WorldNomads Insurance is the best thing that you can have before your journey.
When you’re done with this than the next steps is choosing the your best wedding photographer in Bali.
Choosing Your Best Wedding Photographer in Bali
My studio is located in Yogyakarta but I fly to Bali so often for photo shooting. I shoot engagement and wedding for majority of my time and serve family and friends portrait in the rest but it takes Bali become of my 2nd hometown after Yogyakarta.
It always amazing to having an hour flight to this paradise, enjoying the food and see the beautiful cultures and scenery in this island, I bet you want it too for your big day!
As a wedding photographer I could say that you may choose anyone but make sure you got several services that really matters to your memories. Let me share you with 4 important things that you should consider before choosing your wedding photographer.
- Think that he’s not only photographer but also BETTER FRIEND friend who able to listen and realize your picture expectation
- He MUST PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ALBUM, photography is always about moments and moments is a thing that must be printer and not just in a digital files. All your memories will coming back when you touch your album paper and see every single moments that printed finely on it
- Know their PHOTO STYLE before book it, wedding journalism is the best way to capturing your moments cause it telling you a story that coming through your life. One best way to learn about it is by visiting his portfolio
- Read your photographer’s testimonial or reviews, it always matters to know someone track record by seeing the live reviews from his past couple just like what my recent couple did for me by sending me a video reviews of my photo session in Maldives
Here I wanna share my recent photo shoot in Bali for various couple and it comes with great view for sure!
- Danilo and Eka Wedding in The Sanctus Uluwatu
- Jasmine and Arthur Wedding in Conrad
- Zhou and Wang in Ayana Resort
When you have your photographer on your hands than the last thing is choosing the bext Bali wedding venue for your big day. Down here I will share some of awesome resort and hotel in Bali that I’ve been visited for wedding shooting and it comes with great reviews worldwide, superb hospitality and magnificent scenery.
Top 5 Bali Wedding Venue That I Personally Recommend
In this chapter I’m going to give you my personal recommendation about the best 5 Bali wedding venue that so great to celebrate your wedding. I try to be fair and it comes with my personal sense when I was there for photo shooting or just simply meet some wedding planner to organize our couple ceremonial.
Four Season Resort at Sayan
This amazing resort is located in Ubud, about 90 minutes from Ngurah Rai International Airport. When you were here that you will see beautiful tropical scenery at Ayung river valley. Take a look the picture above, the outdoor pool are truly magnificent where you can swim and relax while enjoying the beautiful nature surrounding.
No matter you travel for wedding, honeymoon or your 2nd – 3rd or etc times with your family than you will still amazed with their hospitality. Don’t miss this beautiful resort and book it immediately through Booking.com or comparing with Agoda.com
Alila Uluwatu
I was here for wedding shooting just few years ago and once you entering their lobby there is so much cozy and peaceful ambiance that you gonna feel about. Go walk in and you see they have beautiful details on the wall where the frangipani flower is always set on it.
The Wooden Cabana is their main area for wedding, when you walk down to the aisle and put your feet in every flowers that set like a carpet than your wedding song is rolling on. Having a sunset experience on this Cabana is truly magnificent and you can’t doubt anymore about it.
Alila Uluwatu seems to be fully booked during the high season on April to October so make sure you book it immediately and ask the hotel staff to accompany you when having a hotel visit before your big day. Here you can book this amazing hotel through Booking.com or Agoda.com
Ayana Resort
Also famous as its Rock Bar cliff-front bar and restaurant Ayana which located around Jimbaran will belong to your best Bali wedding venue especially for an outdoor set up. With only 10 km from airport than you can go to Ayana easily by your own private rent car or using its shuttle.
When you plan of getting married in Ayana than you will say the vow in a cool 35 meter high cliff-front chapel surrounded by glass materials.
Go reserved your stay in Ayana immediately through Booking.com or comparing with Agoda.com so you may get the best deal for your wedding.
St. Regis
Located in a prime area of Nusadua and bring the powerful brand of luxury hotels make the St. Regis become one of Bali wedding venue that you must consider. You even don’t need worry about how to go the hotel cause they provide the limousine for taking you to this magnificent hotel.
There are hundred of wedding held in St Regis every year especially during April to October so when you want to get married during this period so book the hotel at least 10 months before is quite safe.
Once you confirm with everything that you need for your marriage requirement than you can immediately book it through Booking.com or Agoda.com
Bvulgari
Places on the cliff 150 meetr above the sea level will make Bvulgari become of our most recommended Bali Wedding venue for all time. Open your eyes and feel the beauty of Indian Ocean just when you wake up in the morning and enjoying their 1 km incline and private hill tram elevator that only provided by Bvulgari’s guest only.
This hotel also located within 3,9 km from famous beach of Padang Padang and around 5 km to the Dreamland Beach where you can learn to surf by local instructor.
When you already love Bvulgari and always dreaming for having married in this resort that don’t waste your time to compere with others. Go book it immediately and find the best rates that will provide by Booking.com and Agoda.com