The couple had chosen Mykonos because they had been there the previous summer and fallen in love with a particular view from a particular terrace on the south of the island. They wanted their wedding at that spot. They had photographs. They had a vision. What they did not have, when they first contacted me at Concierge Unique, was any understanding of how many other couples had made exactly the same decision, or how far in advance the question of that terrace had needed to be answered.

The venue was booked. Had been booked for fourteen months. There was a waitlist.

We found them something better in the end, as tends to happen when you know the island well enough to know what better looks like. But the conversation that followed — about timelines, about what Mykonos in summer actually involves as a logistical environment,

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