References

Andrea & Dodie

What can I say.....

My Husband Dodie and I had the most perfect wedding in Paphos on 15th June 2009 at Ayia Kyriaki Church, with thanks to Hilary and her lovely husband Gary who made it all happen for us.

Hilary is amazing, she kept in constant contact with me in the run up to the wedding, and she didn't mind when I kept changing my mind about what I wanted or didn't want...and I did alot of that!...

Andrea

Emma & Neil

We got married in one of the most beautiful churches in Paphos, Ayia Kyriaki Church, St Paul's Pillar by an Anglican Welsh Minister.  The Church and surroundings were perfect, this was truly a majestic place.

Oh and I forgot to say we arrived in style, in a white horse and carriage!

We then went to our fantastic reception at Atlantida Restaurant, superbly located on a sandy beach.  We were greeted like Royalty by our guests and walked down a long red carpet to my favourite song, 'Song Bird', by Eva Cassidy.  It was all very moving.

We cut the cake on the beautiful beachside lawn and the guests cheered and celebrated us with a glass of Champagne. There were 80 of our close friends and family celebrated our special day!!!

I could write on and on about how wonderful everything was, but to sum it up the best bits were the amazing Church, well worth a visit to anyone who visits Paphos.

Also, the ceremony, the restaurant and setting and our DJ, he was was brilliant.  He played all our favourite songs and I mean all 150 of our requests!!  He was a star.

None of the above would have been possible without Hilary organising everything. So we send our thanks to Hilary our truly wonderful Wedding Coordinator and to her husband Gary for his support and help.

Everything about our wedding was perfect and so stress free, from the planning, the ceremony, the reception and our wonderful honeymoon at the Ledra Hotel.

Thank You x

Garry & Amanda

Hi Hilary & Gary,

Back home now in wet and cold horrible England! We hit the M62 and started sneezing!!!!!!!!!! Honey were home!

We would like to thank you both again for giving us a dream wedding, you both made us feel like we had known you for years, and in doing so we were relaxed and not a bit nervous.

Everything you arranged was what we had asked for, nothing was to much trouble even down to Gary giving us advice about travelling to different historical sites which we love, and driving us to The Town Hall for the paperwork to be finalized also

The Atlántida where we personally met Andreas the chef/owner and not forgetting the drive to the 2nd beach for some fantastic sunset pictures and last but not least giving me away and both doing us the honor of being our witnesses.

The company's you use are very professional and again we were left feeling like part of a family. Maria was fantastic and made me look and feel on top of the world. The transport was great and the driver helped me with my dress in and out of the car. Vangelis was amazing and our pictures show his great talent. Malcolm again made us feel relaxed ,even though we had a crowd watching us whilst we had the sunset pictures taken. Andreas was very accommodating allowing us to have the meal we wanted and oh! what a meal! The cake was lovely and went down a treat at the hotel.

We have never been so spoilt in all our lives and yet we didn't have to pay the earth for the services you provided.

We still cant believe that every picture taken on Thursday was in our hands before we left Cyprus on Saturday. Not been able to put them down!!

You are a truly amazing couple, We are so very glad we found you and wont hesitate to tell everyone and anyone about you.

Please pass on our grateful thanks to all involved including those behind the scenes.

We have attached the pictures for you please feel free to use them and also pass them onto any of your suppliers for their needs.

Our day was truly amazing we cant thank you enough Please stay in touch when you can if you need anything from the u.k. don't hesitate to ask we will be happy to help we wish you both good health and good luck for the future take care love always (big hug)

Garry & Amanda Brant x x

Helen Smith – Parish Administrator/Wedding Co-ordinator to the Anglican Church of Paphos

Subject: Character Reference - Mrs. Hilary Hodgkiss

To whom it may concern:

In my position as Parish Administrator/Wedding Co-ordinator for the Anglican Church of Paphos, it has been my pleasure to have been associated with Mrs Hilary Hodgkiss, owner of Only You Wedding Service in the booking and co-ordination of her client’s weddings at either Ayia Kyriaki Chrysopolitissa Church or St. George’s Chapel.

I have always found Hilary to be a dedicated, trustworthy and very professional wedding planner. She is extremely experienced, having initially worked as a Wedding Co-ordinator for a large London based company prior to her starting her own business.

I have also had first-hand feedback from wedding couples how professional, dedicated and caring Hilary is with them; she puts them at ease, which is a further attribute when couples are planning to marry outside their country of residence.

I have no concerns whatsoever and happily recommend Hilary and her company, Only You Wedding Service, to any potential clients.

Kind Regards,

Helen Smith
(Parish Administrator/Wedding Co-ordinator)
The Anglican Church of Paphos
P.O. Box 61083 8130 Kato Paphos Paphos Cyprus
Website: www.paphosanglicanchurch.org.cy

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Charlene Preston

Hi Hilary,

We are all doing really well enjoying married life!!!!

We are certainly coming back hopefully october as its a bit pricey at the moment finding somewhere, glad to hear your both doing well enjoying the nice weather i hope.

In regards to your cilent i would be happy to speak or e-mail her its fine i have changed my mobile number i think its now xxxxx xxxxxx but i check my e-mails every morning so may be better by e-mail....

We were also wondering if you could book Atlantida for us for the 2nd june as there a few of us coming out to Paphos to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary, and we would love for you and Gary to stay and enjoy it with us too......

I look forward to hearing from you soon

Take care

Charlene x

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Linz & Andrew

Hello lovely,

Always good to hear from you, we are all good, glad you are too.

It'd be a pleasure recommending you, just give them my email address and let them contact me, same goes if you have any more requests just let them know and ill let them know how fab you are :)

Weather here is miserable, same as always would do anything to be in Paphos now...

Anyway off to work I must go, but let them know and I'll reply straight away.

Hope that's ok, speak soon I hope

Lots of love and hugs to you and Gary

Linz, andrew xxxxxxxxx

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Beckie O'Donnell

Hello!

Now all the madness has calmed down I thought I'd email you, just to say once again a massive thank-you for all that you did for us, we really wouldn't have been able to do it without you!!!

We had an amazing day and everyone is talking about how brilliant you are and what a fantastic day they had...so much so it seems that most people want to get married abroad now!!!

We watched our dvd when we got home, theres some really funny bits on it that made us laugh, defo glad we got it, my nan cried bless her!

Anyways, hope your both well,

Speak soon

Becks 

Sara & Paul

Hello Hilary,

Me and Paul can't thank you both enough for everything you done for us, and making our wedding day so special.

It was the perfect day we planned and we couldnt have done it without your help, from arriving in cyprus to collecting our photos, you were both there for us every step of the way.

It made our wedding experience unforgettable, and we will never forget you are a lovely couple.

Hope to see you again next time we come to Paphos.

I bet you are really busy being the peak of the season thank you again

All our love

Sara and paul East xxxxxx

PS I have attached some photos hope you get some use xxx

Laura Missell

Hi Hilary,

I just wanted to say a big thank you to you for making our wedding day run so smoothly. We had a fantastic time and our guests really enjoyed it too.

One couple are now even thinking to tying the knot in Cyprus themselves now – I have told them I can recommend a good wedding planner!!

We even had a party boat close to shore that provided a lovely (and free!) firework display (although my new husband did try to convince us he had organised it specially!) The only complaints we got was that it finished too soon!

We received the photo proofs the next day and we are really pleased with them, Polly who brought them was lovely too.

We are just trying to get organised now in time for a post wedding party on Saturday night (the dress is at the cleaners as I write!).

Thanks again,

Laura

Claire & Brian

Hi Hilary

Just a short note to say thank you for looking after us and our wedding day, You did a great job.

It was nice meeting you and we both think you are really special. I would recommend only you weddings to anyone who wants to marry in Cyprus,

We are all safe and well and getting back into life here in Grangemouth.

We are booking up for the villa again in April, just Brian myself and Alicia, can't wait.

We send all our love and positive thoughts.

Best Regards

Claire and Brian, Alicia