The property file
About W Koh Samui
W Koh Samui is the villa-and-beach party resort on Samui's north coast: 74 pool villas on a headland with its own beach, the W Beach for 150 at dinner and the WOOBAR for a reception of 200 — a buyout for a young Indian wedding of 60 to 150 that wants Samui's island pace with a W soundtrack.
Marriott's chart is small and honest: the Great Room, the only indoor room, seats 50, so the wedding is outdoors and planned for the dry season. Panigrahana designs W Samui for its beach and pool decks — low, lit, engineered for wind — with the party moving to WOOBAR.
- W Beach — 150 at dinner / 200 reception on the resort's own beach (Marriott events page)
- 74 pool villas on a headland at Mae Nam (registry)
- WOOBAR for the party (Marriott)
- The Samui villa buyout for 60–150
W Koh Samui: venue facts
| Area | W Koh Samui is in Mae Nam, Koh Samui. |
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| Venue type | W Koh Samui is a resort wedding venue in the 5-star tier. |
| Group | W Koh Samui is operated under the W Hotels (Marriott Bonvoy) brand. |
| Guest rooms | W Koh Samui has 74 guest rooms on site. |
| Function spaces | W Koh Samui has 4 named function spaces: W Beach and SIP Bar, WOOBAR, Great Room, The Kitchen Table, WET, the pool villas. |
| Landmark | W Koh Samui is close to On a headland at Mae Nam, north Koh Samui, with its own beach. |
Listed guest ranges cover several spaces and layouts; they are not a seated guarantee for the hall you choose. Confirm every figure in a written proposal for your date.
Every function needs its own room
Function spaces at W Koh Samui
| Space | Type | Seated | Floating | Sq ft | Air-conditioned | Indoor or outdoor | Source and check date | Notes |
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| W Beach and SIP Bar | lawn | 150 | 200 | — | No | Outdoor | Sources below, checked 22 Sep 2026 | 150 at a banquet, 200 at a reception (Marriott events page, checked 23 September 2026). The beach wedding. |
| WOOBAR | poolside | 50 | 200 | — | No | Outdoor | Sources below, checked 22 Sep 2026 | 15.5 x 10 m: 200 at a reception, 50 at a banquet (Marriott). The party. |
| Great Room | hall | 50 | 80 | 1,175 | Yes | Indoor | Sources below, checked 22 Sep 2026 | 109 sq m: 50 banquet, 80 reception (Marriott). The wet-weather room for a small wedding. |
| The Kitchen Table, WET, the pool villas | poolside | 32 | 100 | — | No | Outdoor | Sources below, checked 22 Sep 2026 | The Kitchen Table 100 reception; WET 50 reception / 18 banquet; the Penthouse and Grand Residence pool villas 20–32 banquet (Marriott). Haldi, mehendi, private dinners. |
A dash means the figure is not published. Ask for a measured plan of each space with the mandap, stage, dining and service access marked before you fix a guest count. A space with no source of its own takes its figures from the sources listed at the end of this page.
What it actually costs
Wedding cost at W Koh Samui (2026)
No wedding cost is published for W Koh Samui in this record, and we will not print an estimate. Start with a written venue quote, then add food, rooms, decor and production as separate lines.
No verified price is published for W Koh Samui in this record, and we will not print an invented one. Start with a written venue quote, then add food, rooms, decor and production as separate lines — we can help you compare the inclusions once you have a date and a guest count.
No published rental; the resort sells on per-function minimums and a villa block, and is usually taken as a buyout for a wedding.
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Designed, not just planned
How we would design a wedding at W Koh Samui
Beach and pool decks: modern, low, wind-engineered, lit; the W aesthetic takes colour and light.
Which function goes where
| Haldi | A pool villa deck in the morning. |
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| Mehendi | The Kitchen Table or a villa terrace under shade. |
| Sangeet | WOOBAR with a DJ until the cut-off (200 standing). |
| Wedding ceremony | W Beach at sunset (150 at rounds) with a tented rain plan. |
| Reception | W Beach and SIP Bar — 150 at rounds, 200 standing. |
Season and weather
November to April is Thailand's cool-dry season and the wedding window on both coasts; May to October is the green season with afternoon rain — covered venues and a written rain plan matter. Indian-diaspora peak (December, April–May) goes a year ahead.
Arrivals, access and logistics
Koh Samui's airport is reached by Bangkok Airways from Bangkok (about an hour); most Indian guests connect through Bangkok. Indian citizens enter visa-free under the current scheme — confirm before travel. Confirm the resort's vendor-entry rules for an Indian production team and the sound cut-off.
W Koh Samui policies
| Music curfew | Thai resorts run outdoor amplified sound to about 10–11 pm under their own policies; ballrooms run later. Confirm in writing. |
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Before you book
Planning notes for W Koh Samui
Is W Koh Samui the right venue for your wedding?
| Right for you if | Couples of 60 to 150 who want a Samui beach buyout with the party built in. |
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| Look elsewhere if | Any wedding above 200 or one that needs an indoor rain plan of size. |
| Planner tip | Take the villa buyout with the beach allocation, a tented rain plan and the sound cut-off in one letter; plan the Bangkok connection for guests. |
Where W Koh Samui is
Asked and answered
W Koh Samui wedding questions
How many guests can W Koh Samui hold for a wedding?
Marriott's chart lists W Beach and SIP Bar at 150 at a banquet and 200 at a reception, WOOBAR at 200 reception, the Great Room at 50 banquet / 80 reception and the pool villas at 20–32; with 74 villas the resort is taken as a buyout.
Does Panigrahana plan Indian weddings at W Koh Samui?
Yes. Panigrahana Weddings is an independent Indian wedding planning and design studio based in Bangalore that produces destination weddings in Thailand, Bali and Europe as well as Bangalore, Goa and Kerala; we design and produce the wedding, and the resort takes the booking. Send your dates and guest count and we check availability with W Koh Samui.
Can we bring our own decorator to W Koh Samui?
W Koh Samui, Maenam headland, Thailand: decorator rules differ from venue to venue (in-house only, a panel, or outside decorators against an access fee), so ask the resort for its policy in writing. Panigrahana handles the approval, load-in timing and setup coordination, with decor load-in typically 24–48 hours before the first function. The result is a mandap and set designed for W Koh Samui's actual dimensions rather than a catalogue package.
What are the best months for a wedding at W Koh Samui?
W Koh Samui, Maenam headland, Thailand: the best wedding months are November to April. Thailand's cool-dry months are the most reliable for beach ceremonies in Phuket and Koh Samui; May–October brings the green season with afternoon showers. Peak dates in that window are booked 9–12 months out, so families fixing a muhurtham should hold the date early. Panigrahana checks W Koh Samui availability for your shortlisted dates and advises on shoulder-month pricing.
How far in advance should we book W Koh Samui?
W Koh Samui, Maenam headland, Thailand: only the venue can say which dates are already held, so ask before anything else; muhurtham weekends are the ones several families chase at once. Panigrahana's guidance is to fix the guest count and function list first, then hold W Koh Samui with a written date-block while the estimate is finalised. Send us your dates and we check them with the venue and reply within 24 hours.
Can we plan a wedding at W Koh Samui from the US, UK, UAE or Australia?
W Koh Samui, Maenam headland, Thailand, is bookable and plannable entirely from abroad: Panigrahana has planned 300 weddings for families living overseas across 12 countries. The process is a live video walkthrough of W Koh Samui, pricing in INR with a live USD/GBP/AED equivalent, a contract in INR so the agreed amount carries no exchange-rate risk, milestone payments, and approvals inside Panigrahana's couple portal. About half these couples arrive only for the wedding week; the rest make one focused India trip of about seven days.
Can we hold a Hindu ceremony and mandap at W Koh Samui?
W Koh Samui, Maenam headland, Thailand: Panigrahana designs and builds the mandap in-house and coordinates pandits, Indian caterers and specialist vendors for weddings abroad. Venue approvals and property-specific requirements, including open flame for the havan, are settled during booking so the ceremony runs exactly as it would at home. One planning team handles both the ritual sequence and the destination logistics for W Koh Samui.
What does a wedding package at W Koh Samui include and exclude?
W Koh Samui, Maenam headland, Thailand: a venue package typically includes the space and, where the venue caters, the food, and a negotiated room block from its 74 rooms. It usually excludes decor and mandap, entertainment, photography, pandit, outside catering fees, generator top-ups, service charge and GST. Panigrahana's flat planning fee quoted for the agreed scope covers planning and in-house design, with no vendor commissions, so the estimate for W Koh Samui shows every line.
How does W Koh Samui compare with similar Thailand venues?
W Koh Samui, Maenam headland, Thailand, a luxury villa resort, is most often shortlisted against Conrad Koh Samui and Banyan Tree Phuket (up to 500 guests, USD 300–700 per person). All are Thailand villa venues of similar scale, so the decision usually turns on room count, the catering policy and which space fits the mandap design. Panigrahana walks all three on one visit and sends a side-by-side estimate.
Can you have a wedding at W Koh Samui?
Yes. W Koh Samui, which Marriott calls the first W in Thailand, sells wedding packages from THB 189,000++ and has a Wedding Specialist to plan them. The resort has 74 pool villas on Koh Samui's north coast between Maenam and Bo Phut, and weddings use W Beach, WOOBAR and the larger villas. Its biggest spaces take 200 guests standing and 150 seated, so it fits a wedding of up to about 150 at dinner.
What is W Koh Samui and where is it?
W Koh Samui is Marriott's W resort on Koh Samui, at 4/1 Moo 1 Tambol Maenam on the island's north shore. Each of its 74 rooms is a pool villa, and its W Beach sits on a northern peninsula where the Bo Phut and Mae Nam bays meet, looking over the Gulf of Thailand. Samui Airport is about 9.4 km away. Panigrahana is a wedding planning and decor studio, not the resort.
How much does a wedding at W Koh Samui cost?
W Koh Samui's wedding packages start from THB 189,000++, and food is priced per guest: Marriott's events page lists dinner at THB 4,000 a person, lunch at THB 1,700 and a reception at THB 1,500. Add the villas, the resort car from the airport at THB 1,800 one way, and decor. Ask whether those meal rates include service charge and tax. Our decor starts at ₹5 lakh and planning at ₹2 lakh a day for two events, plus GST.
What does an Indian wedding for 100 to 200 guests cost at W Koh Samui?
At the THB 4,000 dinner rate on Marriott's events page, one dinner costs THB 400,000 for 100 guests and THB 800,000 for 200; check whether service charge and tax are extra. Every meal is priced the same way, so a mehendi lunch for 100 at THB 1,700 comes to THB 170,000. Add a package from THB 189,000++, the villas and decor, and ask for the minimum spend on each space.
What wedding packages does W Koh Samui offer?
W Koh Samui's packages start from THB 189,000++. The Wonderful package is a beach ceremony on W Beach with a gazebo and bridal bouquet, bridal hair and makeup, a couples' massage and four hours of photography and video. Extrawaganza is set at WOOBAR, with spa treatments, a private dinner on W Beach and six hours of photo and video. Neither is an Indian package, so the mandap and rituals are added on top.
Can W Koh Samui host a 150-guest Indian wedding?
Yes, outdoors. W Beach and SIP Bar seats 150 at a banquet, so the wedding dinner fits on the beach, and WOOBAR takes 200 standing for the sangeet. The indoor Great Room seats 50, so for 150 guests the rain plan is a tent or covered structure on the beach, agreed in the contract. The resort has 74 villas, so hold a villa block when you sign.
When is the best time for a wedding at W Koh Samui?
Plan W Koh Samui outside November and the first half of December. The resort faces the Gulf of Thailand, and the Thai Meteorological Department's 1991 to 2020 normal for southern Thailand's east coast, where Ko Samui sits, is 361.4 mm of rain over 16.1 days in November and 296.0 mm in December, against 112.0 mm in January. The indoor Great Room seats 50, so a wet-month date needs a tented rain plan.
How many villas does W Koh Samui have for wedding guests?
W Koh Samui has 74 villas, each with a private pool, in one, two and four-bedroom layouts up to the two-storey, four-bedroom Grand Residence. Marriott's wedding pages let you share a booking site so guests reserve their own rooms. For a list near 200, ask how many people the 74 villas sleep and book a second hotel for the rest. Check-in is 3 pm and check-out 12 pm.
Can we have a mandap on the beach and a Hindu ceremony at W Koh Samui?
Yes, on W Beach. The Wonderful package sets up a gazebo there for a barefoot beach ceremony, and Marriott's weddings page says its venues take culture-oriented weddings. W Beach seats 150 for dinner. The resort publishes no rule on a havan fire or a baraat, so agree the flame, the procession route from the villas and the dhol in writing with the Wedding Specialist before you sign.
Where should the haldi, mehendi and sangeet go at W Koh Samui?
Hold the sangeet at WOOBAR, which takes 200 standing and runs a nightly fire show, and the mehendi lunch at The Kitchen Table, which takes 100 standing. A haldi suits a pool villa deck: the Grand Residence takes 70 standing and the Penthouse villa 50. Marriott publishes no outdoor music cut-off for the resort, so get the finish time for each space in writing before you book the DJ.
Does W Koh Samui serve Indian food for a wedding?
Ask for it as a custom menu. W Koh Samui's restaurants are NAMU for Japanese, The Kitchen Table with Thai curries and pizzas, WOOBAR and SIP & Beach Grill, and none lists an Indian menu. Marriott prices event dinners at THB 4,000 a person. Request a sample Indian vegetarian and Jain menu with a tasting, and ask in writing whether an outside Indian chef may cook in the kitchen.
Where is W Koh Samui and how far is it from the airport?
W Koh Samui is at 4/1 Moo 1 Tambol Maenam, on Koh Samui's north coast between Maenam and Bo Phut, about 9.4 km from Samui Airport (USM). Airport runs are by the resort's car at THB 1,800 one way or THB 3,600 return, booked ahead. Fisherman's Village is 10 minutes away, a handy setting for a welcome dinner outside the resort.
Do Indian guests need a visa for a wedding at W Koh Samui?
Not for a short trip. Since 15 September 2026, Indian ordinary passport holders get a 30-day visa exemption for tourism, according to the Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi; anyone staying longer applies for an e-visa at thaievisa.go.th. Every guest must also fill in the free Thailand Digital Arrival Card online within 3 days before landing, so put the link in the invitation.
How do wedding guests get from India to W Koh Samui?
Guests fly to Samui Airport (USM), about 9.4 km from the resort. Bangkok Airways operates that airport, and in 2018 the Tourism Authority of Thailand listed its Samui flights from Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur; check current schedules. The other route is a flight to Surat Thani and then the ferry, which Marriott says crosses within 90 minutes. The resort's car from the airport costs THB 1,800 one way.
Is a wedding at W Koh Samui legally binding?
Treat it as the celebration and register separately. Marriott's W Koh Samui pages talk about weddings and commitment ceremonies but give no detail on legal registration, so ask the Wedding Specialist in writing what paperwork, if any, the resort can help with. If you need a registered marriage, plan that step around the trip, and keep the ceremony itself, pheras and all, exactly as your families want it.
Does W Koh Samui include a wedding photographer?
Photography comes inside the packages: the Wonderful package includes four hours of photography and video and Extrawaganza six hours. A multi-day Indian wedding needs more than that, so book a photographer for the haldi, mehendi and sangeet as well, and confirm their access in writing. The settings that photograph best are W Beach at sunset, WOOBAR during its nightly fire show and the villa pool decks.
W Koh Samui or W Goa for an Indian wedding?
Choose W Goa for a larger wedding and W Koh Samui for a smaller one abroad. Marriott lists W Goa for weddings of up to 300 guests, with the Hive taking 600 and dinner at ₹4,000 a person. W Koh Samui's spaces top out at 200 for a reception, with dinner at THB 4,000 a person and 74 pool villas. Samui also adds flights and the Thai entry steps for every guest.
How do we contact W Koh Samui about a wedding?
Call W Koh Samui on +66 77 915999 or use the Start Your Plan Here form on Marriott's weddings page, which goes to the resort's Wedding Specialist. Ask for the current package sheet, the per-person menu prices and the space you want on your dates. If you would rather we make the enquiry, send us your dates and guest count and we reply within 24 hours.
Is W Koh Samui good for an Indian wedding?
Yes, for an Indian wedding of about 100 to 150 guests who want a beach dinner and a party at WOOBAR, held outside the November rains. W Beach seats 150, WOOBAR takes 200 standing and dinner is listed at THB 4,000 a person. For a much larger list, look at a resort with a ballroom, since W Koh Samui's biggest spaces take 200 and its indoor room seats 50.
Sources and dates: web.archive.org, checked 16 Oct 2026; marriott.com, checked 16 Oct 2026; w-hotels.marriott.com, checked 16 Oct 2026; tmd.go.th, checked 16 Oct 2026; newdelhi.thaiembassy.org, checked 16 Oct 2026; thaievisa.go.th, checked 16 Oct 2026; dubai.thaiembassy.org, checked 16 Oct 2026; tdac.immigration.go.th, checked 16 Oct 2026; tatnews.org, checked 16 Oct 2026; Panigrahana venue record, checked 16 Oct 2026.
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