Cue fifteen, twenty-one forty-seven — the moment
One moment.Planned backwards.
Full planning from $7,500 · proposals from $900 · forty events a yearCue fourteen, twenty-one forty-five — the entrance
The entrance
- CUE 14 · Doors.
- CUE 15 · Sparklers, forty, on the second bar.
- CUE 16 · The song.
The film plays when your connection and your settings allow it. The still is the first frame.
Cue twelve, twenty thirty — the moments
The moments
Every event has one moment. We plan backwards from it.
Cue nine, nineteen hundred — backwards
Backwards
Pick your moment. We plan back to today.
T-12 moThe venue is heldOct 6
Cue five, nineteen twelve — the yes
The yes
- CUE 03 · The rooftop, 19:12. She thinks it is dinner.
- CUE 04 · The question.
- CUE 05 · Yes.
The film plays when your connection and your settings allow it. The still is the table, before.
Cue three, eight in the morning to eight at night — the room
The room
The same hall, twelve hours apart. Drag it.
11 vendors · 9 hours · 214 checks
Cue two, seventeen thirty — the plan
The plan
Two hundred guests, twenty tables, four family rules. The plan is a document; the fights are ours.
Cue one — the money
The budget
A sample split for 200 guests at $50,000. Every wedding's is different; yours is printed before you sign.
$5,000 – $500,000
- Venue
- 30%$15,000
- Food & drink
- 28%$14,000
- Décor & flowers
- 14%$7,000
- Planningthat is us
- 10%$5,000
- Music & entertainment
- 9%$4,500
- Photo & film
- 8%$4,000
- The rest
- 1%$500
Nothing here is a commission. We take no percentage from a vendor, ever — the only line on this bar that is ours is the one that says so.
Full planning
from $7,500 or 12%From the first call to the last cue. Whichever is higher — the fee or the percentage — and you see both before you sign.
Partial planning
from $3,500The last four months: vendors confirmed, the run sheet written, the day run.
Day-of coordination
from $1,200The run sheet from your own plan, and our team on the day.
Proposal
from $900Six weeks, the place, the photographer hidden, and the secret kept.
Engagement
from $2,500The house or the terrace, the caterer, the ring's cue.
Milestone & launch
from $4,000A fiftieth, a graduation, a launch. Eight weeks minimum for a reveal.
Real weddings
Six events, with the couples' names and the moment each one was planned backwards from.
- Dana & Jadthe entranceBatroun · 220 guests
- Yara & Fadithe yesA rooftop in Gemmayzeh · 2 guests
- Lina & Omarthe vowsFaqra, in snow · 80 guests
- Rana & Ziadthe first danceA beach in Amchit · 150 guests
- Nadia's fiftieththe toastA rooftop dinner · 60 guests
- A jewellery launchthe revealA downtown loft · 120 guests
The team
Three people. One of us is at every event, from the first call to the last cue.
Tania Abou Jaoude
the run sheet
AR · FR · ENTania started Lahza in 2017, after eleven years of running other people's rooms. She still writes every run sheet herself.
Nadine
the room
AR · FR · EN
Charbel
the cues
AR · EN
They said
Sample quotes, with permission — like everything else on this page.
- 5 out of five
They told us in March that a Friday in July would not work. They were right, and it saved the whole thing.
Dana · Batroun, 220
- 5 out of five
Six weeks, and I did not know a single thing. Not one.
Yara · the rooftop
- 5 out of five
We wanted small. Nobody tried to talk us into big.
Lina · Faqra, twenty guests
- 5 out of five
The run sheet was the only document either family agreed on.
Rana · Amchit, 150
- 5 out of five
My daughter planned it with them and I found out at the door.
Nadia · a fiftieth
- 5 out of five
The reveal was rehearsed four times. On the night it took eleven seconds.
A jewellery house · the launch
Ask
How does it actually work?
A first call, then a brief we write and you correct. From that comes a proposal with a budget in it. If you sign, we hold the venue, build the vendor list, and write the run sheet — the document that says what happens at 21:45. We are there on the day.
What does it cost?
Full planning is from $7,500 or twelve per cent of the budget, whichever is higher. Partial is from $3,500, day-of coordination from $1,200, a proposal from $900. You see the fee and the percentage together, before you sign, and the higher of the two is what you pay.
Do you take a commission from vendors?
No. Not from any of the sixty on our list, not once. If a vendor offers, we say so to you. It is the reason our list is what it is.
We are planning from abroad. Can that work?
About a third of our weddings are. Everything happens by video — the venues, the tastings, the mock-up table — and we answer in your time zone, not ours. Pick one when you book a call and we will meet you in it.
How does a proposal stay secret?
Six weeks, one contact, one thread. The photographer is placed before you arrive and never introduced. Everything we send you begins with the word 'Secret', so a shared phone shows nothing else on the lock screen.
What happens if it rains?
Every outdoor plan we sign has a covered plan under it, costed, in the same document. In Faqra in winter that is a heated tent; on a coast in July it is a wind rule rather than a rain one. We decide by 14:00 on the day, together.
Will our wedding end up on your Instagram?
Only if you write to us and say yes, after the day, having seen the photographs. Nothing is published otherwise — not a table, not a detail, not a hand. Everything on this page is a sample event shot with a consistent cast for exactly that reason.
What if we have to cancel or move the date?
A move inside twelve months carries no fee from us; the vendors' own terms are printed beside their names in your proposal. A cancellation refunds everything not already committed to a vendor, and we show you that number the day you ask.
How do we pay?
US dollars, by transfer, in three instalments: on signature, at the halfway point, and two weeks before. Nothing is due in cash and nothing is due on the day.
Is twenty guests too small?
No. Elopements start at twenty and are one of the three things we are best at — the other two being proposals and rooms that have to be turned around in nine hours.
What does your team actually do on the day?
Two of us arrive with the first vendor and leave after the last one. We hold the run sheet, call every cue, pay whoever has to be paid, and keep both families away from the technicians. You are not asked a single logistical question after 17:00.
Cue zero — the first call
Plan my event
Plan my event.
The studio
- Gemmayzeh, first floor, by appointment
Hours
- Monday–Friday 10:00–19:00 · Saturday–Sunday —Open · till 19:00
Saturdays by appointment.
