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International families

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Sense of Moment plans New York weddings for families who live abroad, or whose families are spread across several countries. We work with one point of contact, hours that suit your time zone, video walkthroughs of every venue, and the channel your family uses: email, video, phone, WhatsApp or WeChat. Olha Barabash began her career in Europe and built her business in New York, so she knows what it is to plan across an ocean.

One point of contact

Every family has one person at Sense of Moment who knows everything about the wedding and answers every question. We keep hours that suit your time zone, not only ours.

Venues, by video

We walk venues with you by video, room by room, at the hour your ceremony would take place, so the light you see is the light you will have. When you can travel, we plan a visit that makes the most of every hour.

Guests, from the first arrival

Guests flying in are met with a plan. Hotel blocks, arrival transport, itineraries, and a person to call. See wedding weekends.

Your family’s channel

We work by email, video, phone, WhatsApp or WeChat, whichever your family uses. When parents and grandparents are part of the planning, we make sure the decisions reach them too, in the form that suits them, so no one in the family learns about the wedding second-hand.

The practical questions

How a marriage license works for visitors, officiants, and what to bring. Our guide to getting married in New York from abroad sets out the basics. We keep the timing of the paperwork in the plan from the start, alongside the questions families from abroad ask most: when guests need visas, when to send save-the-dates to give them time, and how to plan for guests who arrive days early.

How it works from abroad

  1. A first conversation, at your hour

    By video, at a time that suits you. We learn the family, the guests and where everyone lives.

  2. Venues on screen, then in person

    A shortlist walked by video, then one visit to New York planned around the venues that matter.

  3. Planning in one shared place

    One plan everyone can see, updated as decisions are made, so no one waits for a reply across an ocean.

  4. The guests’ arrival

    Travel guidance, hotel blocks, transport and a welcome for guests who have come a long way.

  5. The week of the wedding

    We meet you when you land and take over from there.

What the family feels

Near. The distance stops being a worry once someone in New York is treating the wedding as their own: seeing the venue at the hour of the ceremony, tasting the menu, sending the photographs the same afternoon. The family decides from wherever they are, and arrives to a wedding they already know.

Weddings we have planned

Olha, in the press

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Questions couples ask

Can we plan a New York wedding without living here?

Yes. Many of our families do. Most of the planning happens by video, with one or two visits to New York before the wedding.

Can visitors get a marriage license in New York?

Yes. New York does not require couples to be residents or US citizens. Both must apply together, and there is a 24-hour wait before the ceremony. Our guide explains the steps.

Do you help our guests with travel?

We plan everything around it, from hotel blocks and transport to itineraries and a person to call.

More questions couples ask

Write to us from wherever you are.

Tell us about your wedding, and we will take it from there.