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A partnership plan · 13 October 2026
Sri Lanka celebrations for India
AmYa Trails and Ceylon Envoy: intimate weddings, bachelor and bachelorette trips, anniversaries, birthdays and honeymoons, at the top end.
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AmYa Trails
Sells in India
Ceylon Envoy
Delivers in Sri Lanka
The idea
AmYa sells. We deliver.
AmYa owns the client and the sale in India. Ceylon Envoy designs and runs every day in Sri Lanka.
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531,511
Indian visitors to Sri Lanka in 2025
2026 is 1 January to 4 October. SLTDA figures via Ada Derana and Daily FT.
The market
India already comes
Sri Lanka's first market, 22.5% of every visitor in 2025, and about 15% more again this year.
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Flying time to Colombo, direct
Getting there
A short flight away
More than 150 direct flights a week from 10 Indian cities, and a free 30-day visa for Indians since May 2026.
SriLankan Airlines, IndiGo, Air India; eta.gov.lk.
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The opening
Everything intimate is open
Large weddings are well served. Intimate ones are few, and we found no one selling the other celebrations.
WedMeGood Destination Wedding Report 2026; SLTPB.
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The alternatives
Sri Lanka against the alternatives
The closest beach abroad, free to enter, and a coast in season 10 months a year. Thailand has more venues and planners; Dubai is disrupted; Udaipur is at home.
October 2026. Flight times change with the winter schedule from 25 October. Sources in the appendix.
| Sri Lanka |  ThailandBangkok, Phuket |  BaliIndonesia |  DubaiUAE, flights disrupted since March | UdaipurIndia, at home | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flying time | Delhi3 h 30Mumbai2 h 30 | Delhi4 h 20Mumbai4 h 30 | Delhi8 h 05Mumbai9 h 10Mumbai: 1 stop for now | Delhi3 h 30Mumbai3 h 05 | Delhi1 h 20Mumbai1 h 30 |
| Visa for Indians | Free, 30 daysOnline, before travel | Free, 30 daysCut from 60 in September 2026 | Paid on arrivalAbout USD 30, plus a levy | Visa in advanceAbout USD 57, through a sponsor | NoneAt home |
| Indian weddings a year | 50 to 90+25% in 2025, the fastest rise | 400+The most popular abroad | No figure found | No figure found | No firm figure |
| Best months | |||||
| Alcohol at a wedding | Dry on 12 Poya days, hotels too | Hotels exempt on holy days | No dry days | Licensed venues only | A permit for each event |
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Celebration 1 of 4
Bachelor and bachelorette
The closest friends, a villa of their own on the south coast, and a safari night.
Lunch in the garden
A villa of their own
A night at YalaPhotographs: Eraeliya Villas & Gardens, Kalukanda House, Wild Coast Tented Lodge.
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Celebration 2 of 4
Intimate weddings
Up to 50 guests, all in 1 place. The planner runs the ceremony; we run everything around it.
Cape Weligama
Taj Bentota
November to MarchPhotographs: Ani Sri Lanka, Cape Weligama, Taj Bentota Resort and Spa, Ceylon Envoy.
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Celebration 3 of 4
Anniversaries and vow renewals
A vow renewal by the sea, a dinner that is theirs alone, Galle and the south coast around it.
Amanwella
Lunuganga
Amangalla, GallePhotographs: Amanwella, Lunuganga, Amangalla.
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Celebration 4 of 4
Birthdays and honeymoons
The tea country by train, a safari, the south coast, and 1 evening that belongs to them.
The tea country
Dinner at Yala
TangallePhotographs: Ceylon Tea Trails, Uga Chena Huts, The Last House.
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- The client
- The sale
- India
- The design
- Every booking
- Every day
- The ceremony
- Under us
How we work
Who does what
AmYa sells in its own name. We contract and answer for everyone in Sri Lanka, so AmYa has 1 contract and 1 invoice.
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Money
How a price is built
Real partner rates, plus a flat 15% concierge fee, in US dollars. 5 of the 15 are AmYa's, taken off every invoice.
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An estimate from these numbers, not a quote. A wedding pays in stages, so its share arrives with each stage.
Money
What the pilot could earn
Move these to AmYa's own numbers. Clients pay partner rates plus 15%, and AmYa keeps 5 of the 15.
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- The envoyFrom the arrival hall to the gate
- A Hindi-speaking hostFor weddings and family groups
- Chauffeured vehiclesSized to the group
- Indian menusVegetarian and Jain, arranged ahead
On the ground
1 envoy, every day
And every guest's day on their phone, in our app, kept for when there is no signal in the hills.
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The 2027 calendar
The year on 1 page
When each coast is at its best, and when AmYa sells for it. Tap a Poya day for its date.
The best months for a wedding on the south coast: mid-January to mid-March.
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A sales kit · by 30 Nov
Creators · Feb to Mar 2027The first showcaseSelling it
Everything AmYa needs to sell
Sample journeys, photographs and dated example prices, content made with creators, and the first wedding as a case study, all in AmYa's name.
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The plan
18 months, to the first weddings
Trips from January 2027, weddings from November 2027, and a review in between.
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The review, September 2027
How we will judge the pilot
3 measures, agreed now, and what each result means for the year after.
Meets them8 or more trips and 2 weddings
Plan the next year together, and talk about exclusivity for India
Comes closeAnything in between
Run another season as now, fixing whatever held it back
Falls shortFewer than 5 trips and no wedding
Change the offer, or stop. Neither side owes the other anything
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Appendix
How a booking runs
From AmYa's brief to the last day, in 7 steps.
- The briefDates, numbers, budget, and what matters: food, family, faith1
- The first planA trip in 2 working days, a wedding in 5, as a page like the coastal journey's
2 - ChangesThe client chooses on the page; as many rounds as they need
3 - ConfirmationAmYa pays the stage due; we book everything and send AmYa's guide in its brand
4 - Before arrivalThe envoy introduced, every guest's needs collected
5 - In Sri LankaThe envoy hosts the group from the arrival hall to the gate
6 - AfterA short report to AmYa, and the photographs where the client agrees
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Appendix
The law, and our lines
A Poya day Also a Hindu wedding date: no wedding with a bar
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Appendix
Risks, and what we do about them
The monsoon reaches the coast a trip is on
Each coast sold in its season: south and west December to April, east May to September
A wedding date sold before it can be delivered
No date sold before the planner and venues are inspected, in March 2027
A supplier lets a client down
Only vetted suppliers, 1 envoy accountable, and a named backup for each
Too many events at once for our team
A cap on events a month in the pilot, agreed with AmYa each quarter
Currency moves, or a payment comes late
US dollars throughout; wedding payments staged to the venue's own deposits
A rule changes: visa, tax, alcohol or permits
Every booking checked against the rules of the day, and AmYa told at once
India's "Wed in India" appeal, renewed in May 2026
An appeal, not a rule; it weighs on large weddings far more than on intimate ones
Rain on the wedding day
Mid-November to mid-December is a wetter shoulder: every venue we sell has a covered plan
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Appendix
Sources
- Indian arrivals: SLTDA figures via Ada Derana (18 Jan and 6 Oct 2026) and Daily FT (Jan 2025, 2 Oct 2025, 28 Sep 2026).
- Stay and spend: SLTDA Year in Review 2024; Daily Mirror and Daily FT, July 2026.
- Weddings: WedMeGood Destination Wedding Report 2026 via Business Today and Daily Mirror, July 2026; SLTPB via India Outbound, 12 Sep 2025.
- Flights: SriLankan Airlines (2026), IndiGo (March 2026), AeroRoutes (28 Sep 2026), Newswire (19 Jun 2026).
- Visa: eta.gov.lk, read 13 Oct 2026.
- TCS on overseas packages, 2% from 1 April 2026: Union Budget 2026, via LiveLaw and TDSMan.
- Poya days 2027: Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Liquor closures: the Excise Department's list, via Ada Derana.
- Marriage: Registrar General's Department, Marriage Registration.
- Wedding dates 2027: Ganesha Speaks and Vaya, Vivah Muhurat 2027.
- The alternatives: flight times from route schedules and flight trackers (AeroRoutes, Flightmapper, FlightStats, September and October 2026); visas from eta.gov.lk, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (1 September 2026), Bali's provincial government and Dubai's GDRFA (read 13 October 2026); weddings from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (3 November 2025) and India Outbound (12 September 2025); Dubai from Gulf News and The National (March to October 2026).
- Photographs: each hotel's own, as credited on its screen; the rest Ceylon Envoy's. The island and its landmarks: Ceylon Envoy.