About Us
Meet Martina, Founder & Fearless Leader
Hello. My name is Martina Selvagi, and I’m the founder of Wed Our Way (formerly iDo Weddings Malta, ltd). Congratulations on your engagement! It’s
wonderful to meet you.
There is a reason this planning company is called Wed Our Way; we want you to have your destination wedding your way, just as you imagine it.
In fact, this is the precise reason I became a wedding planner. You see, I was born and raised in Croatia, but married in Malta.
After planning my own destination wedding and discovering first-hand the challenges of researching and coordinating an event from afar:
I vowed to commit my career to helping other destination couples skip the learning curve, preserve their unique wedding vision and have a lot more
fun in the entire process!
So what am I like really?
Well, clients, friends and other wedding vendors would probably tell you that I love to laugh. I'm a pretty happy person, although I take my job
very seriously. I'm organized, creative and a go-getter.
That's how you know that I genuinely mean it when I say I want you to have the wedding you envision without all the stress and
still have a blast pulling it all together. I have the exact personality and skills to help you make it happen. Here's a bit more about my
story...
How did you become a wedding planner?
I have to admit, it is a bit strange today to find that I am a wedding planner. As a young teenager and throughout my 20’s, I said many times that I would never get married myself. By then, I‘d been a guest at more than 30 weddings, a Maid of Honor 3 times and an Assistant at dozens more…and I didn’t even like attending weddings!
Ironically, this entire time I was working in the hospitality industry, first as an event planner for a yacht (boat shows, charters, parties), and then as a manager/director for a large multi-national company in Split, Croatia that owned a four-star hotel and upscale restaurant.
Little did I know, I was rapidly gaining experience as an organizer, planner, supervisor and coordinator. But the leap to wedding planner didn’t occur until I had to plan my own wedding in Malta.
As I made our wedding plans, researching all the possible venues and negotiating with vendors, I realized the skills I’d developed working in the hospitality industry in Croatia were all coming into play. Not only was I able to juggle the many details of planning the wedding, to my shock and amazement, I found that I loved it!
But there was another side of the coin. I was facing a number of challenges because I wasn't a local and didn't know Maltese culture or the wedding market very well.
It was very important for me to have a wedding that truly reflected my personal vision, but which was also fun and relaxing for my friends and family who traveled such a long way to celebrate this special day with us. Unfortunately, not all of the local planners and vendors made this very easy to accomplish.
Planning my own Malta wedding taught me about the many obstacles that couples face because of the added challenge of planning a wedding long distance and not being familiar with the local culture and market.
I didn’t believe that I should have to sacrifice my style or preferences just because I was a destination bride and I don’t believe other couples should have to either.
In the end, this perspective and my newfound passion for wedding planning inspired me to provide the type of service I never had as a non-local Maltese bride.
Today, I have the privilege of blessing other brides and grooms with the support I myself wanted when organizing my own destination wedding in Malta so that they can create the custom, personalized destination wedding experience they envision without compromise or stress.
What makes you different from other wedding planners?
What truly make me different is that I've been in your shoes.
I genuinely understand, from a very personal perspective, what it's like to have planned a once-in-a-lifetime affair from afar. Because of this unique perspective, I have the patience, flexility, understanding and compassion for my couples that simply can't be taught by a book or certification course.
I planned my own destination wedding in Malta before I moved here and know all too well the lack of trust, lack of control and lack of information available as non-local.
I also understand how powerless it can feel sometimes when you can't see all preparations in person. You aren't sure where to start or in which order to do things and you don't know if you can trust suppliers enough to put one of the most important days of your life in their hands.
You are not even sure if you can set up your budget because you don't know anything about the wedding industry in Malta. So you waste hours online looking for trustworthy information.
I know. I've been there. I know all challenges of planning a custom wedding in Malta and I learned how to overcome them. This is what truly sets me apart.
Today, I share my lessons learned and wisdom gained with my clients so that they can avoid costly mistakes and plan the kind of wedding they would want to attend as a guest!
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Meet Ivana, Wedding Planner
Ivana
Vukušić has always been passionate about organizing events. As an event organiser of charity events, she acquired extensive planning and organizational
skills. Her warm personallity, creativity, and passion for organizing the every single detail of a wedding makes Ivana a valuable member of
the WOW team. Her deep knowledge about venues and Croatian wedding suppliers will help you have a relaxed, stress-free wedding planning experience.
Her goals is to help you create a wedding day that totally reflects your personality and vision.
Ivana's Top 5
- Dream Vacation - New Zealand
- Favorite Dessert – It does’t matter whether it’s chocolate, fruit or even pie as long as make you go wow
- Favourite Wedding Trend – classic elegance
- Can’t Live Without: sea
- Favorite Hobby: cooking for my friends and family
A note from Ivana
During my experience of working in a charity organization, I realized that I have a great passion for organizing events and helping people. Also,
four years ago, when I was a bride, organizing my own wedding instead of stress gave me great pleasure and I was really enjoy it. At that point
I decided that helping people with planning weddings of their dreams is what I want to do. Joining the WOW team was dream coming true because
It gave me opportunity to work and learn from great experts and great colleagues too. My knowledge of the best venues and suppliers in my beautiful
homeland Croatia is going to make your dream destination wedding come true.
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Meet Laetitia, Wedding Planner
Laetitia
initially joined WOW as an intern and quickly became a full time, invaluable part of the team. Her skills in management and logistics reassure
couples that their wedding will be perfectly organized. Her supervising and coordination with suppliers will guarantee you a worry-free wedding.
Your wedding schedule is safe in her hands, so you can fully enjoy your engagement time and feel like a guest at your own wedding.
Laetitia's Top 5
- Current Obsession: Summer dresses and shoes
- Dream Vacation: Traveling around the world
- Favorite Wedding Trend: Mix of elegant, casual and fun
- Can’t Live Without: Family and friends, I can't stay on my own for more than 2 hours
- Favorite Hobby: Cooking and Gym, one can't go without the other
A note from Laetitia
I have been working at WOW Weddings for 4 years now, I always knew I would be great at planning events as I am kind of control freak obsessed with
learning. I love to be valuable to people, help and advise them. What makes me great at planning weddings here in Malta is that I arrived on
my own and tried to mingle with locals as much as I could, I was eager to learn about the country and culture to become part of it. I love
this country and it is now my favorite place to leave in.
My specialty is logistics, to make sure everything runs smoothly. I am only satisfied when on the day I see Bride and Groom enjoying their
time with family and friends, even forgetting what's happening next because they are completely relaxed and thrilled.
Wedding planning is a long process and it is so rewarding when throughout, we manage to make friends with the happy couple and create their
perfect day. I couldn't do any other job.
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