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Real wedding · Beach ceremony
Patrycja & Jochem — A Layan Beach Sunset Wedding
Beach weddingLayan BeachSunset ceremonyDestination wedding
An end-of-year ceremony on the quiet north-west shore. Patrycja and Jochem married on Layan Beach on 30 December 2017 — an intimate, non-religious sunset wedding planned across seven months of Facebook messages, Skype calls and shared song choices.
By Paul & SupparinDecember 2017
Plan one of your own
We plan beach weddings like this one on Phuket — quietly, in person, with the same team you meet here. It is one of the six kinds of Phuket wedding ceremony we plan on the island.
Getting in touch — May 2017
Patrycja and Jochem's first message came in through Facebook Messenger in May 2017. From that first exchange, Paul and Supparin sent through the beach wedding packages in full — nothing held back, prices and inclusions on the table — so the couple could see exactly how the day would sit against their budget.
Messenger quickly gave way to Skype calls. Those calls did most of the work of the next few months: they let Patrycja and Jochem hear the planners rather than just read them, and they let Paul and Supparin understand what mattered to the couple about a Phuket ceremony on their side of the world.
Shaping a non-religious ceremony
The couple chose a non-religious ceremony from the beginning, and the planning through the second half of 2017 was about the personal details that would sit inside it: the songs they wanted to walk in and out to, the colours for the unity sand ritual, the tone of the celebrant's script. Every one of those decisions was theirs; Unique Phuket held the logistics around them.
Behind the scenes, Paul and Supparin acted as a single point of contact for everything else: hair and makeup at the couple's hostel in Patong, the photography brief, the videography brief, the minivan timing across the island. Patrycja and Jochem only ever had to reply to one team.
30 December 2017 — the day itself
The timeline for the day was clean and unhurried. Hair and makeup began at 2.00pm at the couple's hostel in Patong. The Layan Beach set-up went in at 4.30pm — arch, aisle, ceremony table, unity sand, sound. The ceremony itself ran into the sunset, and the couple portraits carried on afterwards on the long, quiet stretch of shoreline that Layan is known for.
Layan sits on the north-west coast of Phuket, about forty minutes' drive from Patong. The distance is exactly the point — the beach stays quiet, the light in late December sits low and long, and there is space for a small ceremony to feel private without needing a fence around it.
After the wedding
The photographs and the first video edit landed in the couple's inbox ahead of the schedule Paul and Supparin had promised. The extended wedding film — the one embedded above — followed in March 2018 and closed the file on the collaboration.
Hey, Thank you so much!!! You guys are the best!! It's amazing!!! Thanks for all!
This wedding belonged to
- CouplePatrycja & Jochem
- CeremonyBeach wedding
- VenueLayan Beach, Phuket
- WhenDecember 2017
Vendor credits
- Planning & CoordinationPaul & Supparin, Unique Phuket
- Ceremony venueLayan Beach, Phuket
- VideographyUnique Phuket wedding film team
Source
From our planning correspondence with Patrycja and Jochem, May 2017 through March 2018, and Jochem's post-wedding message on receiving the film.
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How Paul & Supparin work
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Paul leads the planning conversation, writes the quote, officiates the ceremony, and is the on-the-day point of contact for the couple. Supparin (Toom) leads the in-house floral and styling work, runs the installation, and is the on-the-day point of contact for the venue and the suppliers.
Communication is by email and short calls — calm, responsive, and in English. We do not work to a sales script and we will not pressure a date. Couples who choose to plan with us almost always do so after a considered conversation, not on a first reply.
Planning here is unhurried by design. The wedding is one day; the months before it are a relationship.
Planning from overseas
A planning team used to planning across time zones.
Most couples we plan with live in another country and arrive in Phuket close to the wedding date. Fifteen years of doing this means the rhythm is unhurried for you — we site-visit on your behalf, share photographs and short films, hold calls at sensible hours, and carry the local logistics so you do not have to.
Where a site visit is possible, it is welcome but never required. Couples who arrive only a few days before the wedding are met, briefed in person, and walked through the day before we run it.
Asked often, answered briefly
When should we start planning?
Twelve months is comfortable for a villa or resort wedding. Six months is enough for an elopement or a beach ceremony. Shorter is sometimes possible — please ask before assuming it is not.
Do you only plan large weddings?
No. Elopements and small beach ceremonies are a meaningful part of what we do. The two of you on a quiet beach is taken as seriously as eighty guests at a villa.
Will Paul or Supparin be there on the day?
Yes. Paul officiates the ceremonies, Supparin leads the floral and styling install, and one of them is the on-the-day point of contact. The wedding is not handed off.
Are we tied to specific venues or suppliers?
No. We recommend venues and suppliers we know personally and will tell you honestly where they suit you and where they do not. If you arrive with a venue in mind, we will plan around it.
Where to read next
The planning companion →
Costs, paperwork, season and the practical brief.
Pricing →
What ceremony packages start at, and how villa and resort weddings are quoted.
Reviewed venues →
Beaches, villas and resorts we have personally worked at.
Real weddings →
Verified weddings we have planned and run — with photographs and couples' words.
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