When planning a destination wedding in Mykonos, one of the most exciting steps is finding your ideal wedding venue. While many couples fall in love with venues through online research, nothing compares to experiencing them in person — walking through the space, feeling the atmosphere, and envisioning your big day.
That’s where a Mykonos Venue scouting visit comes in.
WHAT IS A SCOUTING VISIT?
A scouting visit is a trip you make to Mykonos well ahead of your wedding date to explore potential venues in person. It’s an opportunity to confirm your choices, meet key people, and see how everything feels in real life.
As a locally based destination wedding planner in Mykonos, we guide couples through this process, ensuring that their time on the island is productive, inspiring, and stress-free.
THE PLANNED VENUE SCOUTING VISIT – Our Recommended Approach
We usually recommend that couples book us in advance for a dedicated scouting appointment during their visit. Before you even set foot on the island, we’ll do the groundwork for you.
Here’s how it works:
1. Understanding Your Needs
We provide you with our detailed Venue Requirements Checklist to gather your preferences — from style and capacity to location and facilities.
2. Curating Your Options
Using your checklist, we prepare detailed presentations of suggested Mykonos wedding venues, complete with images, descriptions, and categorized by location and style.
If you follow our work, you know that we carefully categorize the venues in Mykonos and present them to our couples accordingly. - Check our separate Wedding venues in Mykonos blog post explaining these categories, along with their pros and cons!
3. Shortlisting Your Favorites
You select your preferred venues from our presentations.
4. Gathering Customized Offers
We contact your selected venues to request customized quotes based on your requirements.
5. Arriving Prepared
By the time you arrive in Mykonos, you’ll have already:
- Seen each venue through detailed images
- Received initial offers with costs and services included
- Narrowed your list to top contenders
6. On-the-Ground Experience
During your visit, we arrange exclusive appointments with the venues’ event managers, schedule tastings, and give you the chance to tour the spaces in person. You’ll leave the island confident and ready to make your final choice.
THE FLEXIBLE VENUE SCOUTING VISIT – A More Casual Option
If you prefer a less structured approach, we also offer a more relaxed scouting visit.
Here’s what to expect:
1. Choose a Category
For example, you may prefer “Mykonos wedding venues by the beach”. (Remember, you can find all Mykonos Venue Categories in our blog post)
2. Wider Venue Selection
We prepare a broader list of venues within that category from our presentations.
3. Quick Venue Stops
We visit each location briefly, without appointments or meetings with event managers — simply to get a feel for the spaces.
4. Narrowing Down
At the end of the day, we ask you not to make immediate decisions. Instead, the following day you choose your top 3–4 venues in order of preference.
5. Follow-Up Meetings
Once you’ve shortlisted, we contact the venues to request quotes and arrange formal meetings with their event managers.
(This step requires allowing the venues time to respond and completing our Venue Preferences Selection process.)
WHY A SCOUTING VISIT IS ESSENTIAL FOR YOUR MYKONOS WEDDING
Whether you choose a fully planned or flexible approach, a scouting visit ensures you’re making an informed decision — based on your personal experience of each venue.
As a Mykonos-based destination wedding planners we live and breathe Mykonos — this is our home, and we know every corner of it better than anyone else. That’s why when it comes to finding the right wedding venue, we don’t want to just provide you with options, we want you to examine the right options: the hidden gems, the places that truly fit your style, and the insider knowledge only locals can share.
Our job is to take away the stress, handle every detail, and let you enjoy what this journey is really about — the excitement of marrying the love of your life on the most magical island in Greece.
If Mykonos is where you’re dreaming of saying “I do,” we’d love to show you why we’re the best people to guide you here.
Plan Your Scouting Visit with Dream Weddings Mykonos
We’ll help you uncover the best Mykonos wedding venues, tailor the experience to your vision, and make your planning journey seamless.
Reach out and let’s start planning your scouting visit — your perfect spot is waiting for you.
Author: Margarita Samanoglou
Editor: Evelina Vakali
Dream Weddings Mykonos Team