Meet Your Lake Como Wedding Planner

My name is Althea, and I was born and raised in Como, Italy. After earning my bachelor’s degree in Public and Corporate Communication, I moved to Australia in 2019, ready to embrace new experiences and begin my career in marketing and events. Life unfolded beautifully until the world paused during the pandemic, and being so far from home during that time was deeply challenging.

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But then, I met Liam. From our very first date, I knew something was different. I remember casually mentioning, “I’m going back home in December” — it was September at the time. Well… I never went back.

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In September 2024, he proposed, and now we’re planning our own wedding in my hometown of Como in September 2025 — right by the lake where I grew up.

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With a background in Marketing and Events, I’ve always loved bringing people together, but planning my own wedding from overseas truly sparked something in me. I discovered a deep passion for weddings - not just the beauty of the day, but the meaning behind each moment.

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Through this process, I also experienced the challenges international couples face when planning a destination wedding in Italy: the language barriers, legal logistics, time zones, and cultural differences. That’s when Liam said, “Why not turn all this experience - your passion, your local insight, your professional skills - into something that can help others?”

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And that’s how Lario Wedding International was born - a bespoke wedding planning service dedicated to helping couples around the world create intentional, elegant, and effortless weddings in Lake Como.