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Amanda & John — A New Year's Day Beach Wedding at Hua Beach
Beach weddingHua BeachNew Year's Day
Amanda and John wrote to us in early 2022 wanting a destination beach wedding on Phuket for family and close friends. They quietly handled the legal paperwork in the UK in December so that New Year's Day at Hua Beach could be the real celebration — thirty-three guests, their two sons as ring bearers, and a ceremony Paul shaped around them from first message to last frame.
By Paul & SupparinJanuary 2023
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The first enquiry — early 2022
Amanda and John first wrote to Unique Phuket in early 2022 asking about our beach packages for a destination wedding on Phuket. Once availability was confirmed, they secured 1 January 2023 as their date. Through that first exchange we came to know a couple who had already built a family together — over four years as a couple, an older son George and a young son Harry — and who wanted a wedding day that reflected that life rather than a template.
The welcome sign at the head of the aisle — hand-lettered in the blush-and-cream palette Amanda chose for the day.
A quiet UK marriage, then the real day in Thailand
Like many couples we plan for, Amanda and John made the practical decision to handle their legal marriage in the UK — quietly, in December 2022 — so that New Year's Day at Hua Beach could be the true, emotional celebration of their union with the people they love. It is a route we recommend often: it removes the administrative weight from the wedding day itself, and lets the ceremony in Thailand focus entirely on meaning.
The ceremony set at Hua Beach the afternoon of the wedding — a bamboo arch in white drapes, chairs tied with pale ribbon, the aisle petal-strewn.
Crafting the ceremony with Paul
As the wedding approached, the planning became deeply personal. Amanda and John worked closely with Paul Cunliffe to tailor a non-religious ceremony that felt authentic to them. They chose Ellie Goulding's How Long Will I Love You for the processional and Shania Twain's From This Moment for the recessional. They chose a Unity Sand Ritual — red and blue sand — as the symbolic gesture at the heart of the service. Their two sons, George and Harry, would carry the rings, and Amanda's father, John Jackson, would walk her down the aisle.
Amanda's arrival — walking the petal-strewn aisle on her father John Jackson's arm, guests standing on either side.
Final adjustments — December
In the final weeks the correspondence stayed steady: guest numbers finalised at 33, including 6 children; hair inspiration photos shared so Amanda's vision would be clear on the morning; logistics and drop-offs settled. We confirmed a pre-wedding meeting for 30 December 2022 at The Palms in Kamala so the couple could arrive on the wedding day with every detail settled and nothing left to decide.
The ring exchange — Paul as celebrant, the vows Amanda and John had chosen for each other, at the heart of the ceremony.
New Year's Day at Hua Beach
On 1 January 2023, the beach wedding at Hua Beach unfolded exactly the way we had built it. Amanda's father walked her down the petal-strewn aisle; the boys carried the rings; Paul held the ceremony gently and precisely; the unity sand ritual — red and blue folded into a single vessel — marked the moment. The couple's own words after the day were the ones we finished the file on: the most magical day, everything we dreamed of and more.
The unity sand ritual — red and blue sand folded together into a single vessel, the symbolic heart of the ceremony.
Amanda with George and Harry — the ring bearers — in the quiet moments after the ceremony.
The full group under the arch — 33 guests, including 6 children, who had travelled to Phuket for the New Year's Day celebration.
Post-wedding memories
The experience concluded with the delivery of their captured memories. Their wedding photographs, taken by James Panuphon, were shared in early February 2023. The high demand of the wedding season caused a slight delay in the video edit, but we stayed in contact with Amanda throughout and their wedding film was delivered by late February 2023 — completing the documentation of a truly memorable New Year's Day.
A quiet portrait moment on the rocks after the ceremony — the last of the good New Year's Day light on Hua Beach.
This wedding belonged to
- CoupleAmanda & John
- CeremonyBeach wedding
- VenueHua Beach, Phuket
- WhenJanuary 2023
- Guests33
Vendor credits
- Planning & CoordinationPaul & the Unique Phuket team
- Wedding CelebrantPaul Cunliffe
- PhotographyJames Panuphon
- Ceremony venueHua Beach, Phuket
Source
From our planning correspondence with Amanda and John, early 2022 – February 2023.
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