RetreatBird Events · Weddings
Destination weddings and wedding weekends in the Netherlands
Planned end to end from Amsterdam. The venue, the days around it, the hotels, the coaches and the boats, the suppliers and the night itself: one plan, one point of contact, everything in writing.
Any guest count. The example below is for 500.
- Castles & country estates
- Tulip-season gardens
- Fort islands
- Event ships
- City venues
What we handle
Everything between your guests landing and their flight home
01
Venue sourcing
Castles and country estates, gardens in tulip season, fortified islands, event ships and city venues. We find the ones that can take your guests on your dates, and get their answers in writing.
02
A programme across the days
Welcome drinks, the main night, a free day for guests to see Amsterdam, and the party. Each day with its own venue, timings and transport, planned as one weekend.
03
Guest transport
Coaches in waves, so early and late guests both travel well. Chauffeured cars for close family. Boats wherever the water is the way in.
04
Hotel room blocks
Rooms held for your guests in hotels that suit the programme, so nobody has to hunt for a bed in a busy week.
05
Suppliers
Caterers, florists and decorators, bands and DJs: briefed, quoted and scheduled against one timeline.
06
On the day
The timeline run for you, from the first coach out to the last one home, so you and your families can be guests at your own wedding.
A tulip-season wedding weekend for 500 in Amsterdam
An illustration of how we plan a weekend of this size, written for this page rather than taken from a past event. The timings, distances and trade-offs are real; yours would be built around your own dates, guests and places.
- Guests
- About 500, most of them flying in
- When
- Thursday 29 April to Monday 3 May 2027, the end of tulip season
- Base
- Hotels in central Amsterdam
- The main night
- Black tie: ceremony and a seated dinner for everyone
- Must be true
- Tulips in the photographs, and an evening that works in any weather
Thursday
Arrivals, and welcome drinks among the tulips
Guests arrive and check in to the hotel blocks in Amsterdam. In the evening, optional welcome drinks among planted tulips at a show garden near Lisse, on one of the garden’s private evenings, which run from 18:30 to 22:30.
Friday · the main night
Black tie at a castle estate among the bulb fields
Ceremony and a seated dinner for around 500 at a 17th-century castle estate among the bulb fields near Lisse, about 40 minutes from Amsterdam. Dinner is in a marquee on the estate, so the evening works in sun or rain. In the afternoon, a walk and photographs in the tulip gardens next door, which are planted with late varieties to flower into May.
Built around sunset: 21:06 on 30 April
- 18:00
- Guests arrive
- 19:00
- Ceremony
- 20:00
- Dinner
- 21:06
- Sunset
The alternative: a private fort island, reached by a short boat crossing.
Saturday
A free day in Amsterdam
Nothing scheduled: a day for guests to see the city at their own pace.
Sunday
The party
A club, a harbour venue or a boat, chosen to suit the crowd.
Monday
Departures
Guests travel home.
How it works
From a few lines to one plan
1
Your brief
A guest count, your dates or a rough window, and anything you already know. A few lines are enough to start.
2
A venue shortlist, in writing
Venues that can take your guests on your dates, each with its availability and its quote in writing.
3
Site visits
We set up visits to the venues on your shortlist, so you see them before you choose.
4
One plan, one point of contact
Venues, hotels, transport and suppliers in a single plan, with one point of contact for all of it, until the last guest is on their way home.
Your wedding brief
Tell us about your wedding
An email address and a guest count are all we need to start; everything else is optional. Planning for a couple as a parent or a planner? The same form works. We reply by email, and you can always write to us at hello@retreatbird.com.