Hi colormeprettyy, my sister goin to have her wedding in JB. From what i gathered, there's lotsa places that could easily cater your number of pax.
If you're looking at hotels.. there's puteri pan pac, grand paragon n thistle..to name a few. There are also halls like the dewan jubli intan (most famous for weddings), while the newest is the hall inside the English College School.
A wedding planner would set you back at around rm24k (was quoted for my sister) for the whole she-bang...(u just need to provide the door gift).
Hope this helps.

Hello colormepretty. Ive help organised a mixed marriage event- Reception and Nikah- 2 different days in my family.

The most importnt thing is to make evryone present comfortable. Not just to make it a Muslim or a Malay thing, but a Malaysian thing.

I can giv you some notes if you want to.

Hi everyone!

So, my bf and I are planning to get married in 2015, God-willing, in April of 2015 or somewhere next year.

I am overwhelmed with a lot of things as I live and work in KL but we are both planning to have our wedding in JB because most of my family/friends are in SG. I can't do it in SG because, obviously, our budget is not in SGD but in RM. LOL!

Another issue is that my bf is also overseas right now, so it isn't easy to talk to him and set dates easily, therefore, we liaise through Whatsapp, Skype/Oovoo, Email and etc. LOL! Once his job approves of his leave, he will be visiting me and my family (in KL & SG) to plan out everything, go for our English Islamic Marriage Course in ABIM (Ampang, KL) and settle out some of wedding errands in JB (do bookings/put the deposit for Tok Kadi, look at Event Venue, Catering and Bridal houses)

My Wedding Details

No. of pax: 200-300

Tentative Date: April 11th, 2015 or somewhere in 2015

Event: Solemnization/'Nikah' from 12:30noon - 5pm. Then, the Reception/'Sanding'  will be after 8pm onwards

Theme: Base color in 'Champagne' with little pop of colors of a 'Peacock' (dark navy blue, fushcia pink, dark purple and dark green turquoise) Bridesmaids/close friends will all be wearing 'Navy Blue' whereas the guests/family from both sides will be wearing 'Dark Green Turquoise'.

Bridalwear: Planning to rent (One couplewear for Solemnization (Champange/Ivory shade) and another one for Reception (Plum shade) or if making some is cheaper than the rate, will opt to make them then

Makeup Artist: I am still in search for the right one that has the makeup techniques for a bride that I like (can nego within my budget)

Henna Artist: I'd love it if she could come the night before my wedding day to do my henna, both on my hands and feet. Anyone knows who's the best in JB?

Hotel/Dewan: I need it closer to the Custom Checkpoint near Woodlands to JB. I would love it to be within my budget. Definitely not RM100 per head, the lower the better. Doesn't have to be a lavish ballroom- anything convenient from a simple air-conditioned hall to a nice Halal restaurant is fine too.

Catering: Needs to be authentic Johorean taste, but if hotel provide catering, I'd have to find a good one that provides excellent tastes (if not, the pakciks and makciks who will be attended from afar will start complaining about the food So, i'd rather that they are happy with the foods served during our wedding so everyone could be happy!)

Videography/Photography: I am wondering if Ministry of Moments would come down to JB to capture every sweet moment during our wedding. If they do, I'd need to find out how much is their fee

Wedding Planner: Anyone can recommend me someone in JB?

Wedding Deco/Lighting: Need help to know which company in JB is reliable and does proper job (meaning stick to their words type of crew)

Wedding Cake: Would love cream cheese frosting on plain vanilla cake/butter cake. Not a fan of buttercream or fondant. Anyone knows a bakery in JB that does amazing cakes?

Wedding Favors/Berkats: What's the latest thing to give to our guests in our time now? I'm thinking of the traditional bunga telur for Solemnization and then someone nice for everyone during the Reception.

Trying to know everything and plan it all out but being far away from the location of the wedding can be inconvenient.

What's your say about my concerns? Please don't be shy to drop your opinions here okay! \\()v

Thank you <3

Hi gal, congratulations on your up coming big day!! Mix marriages are awesome! (I myself am in one ) Anyway, I can help out in the wedding favor portion if you'd like. I am in the all natural handmade body/bath products, and my company does supply wedding favors on top of having our own product line. Our favors include -> natural handmade soaps, body lotion, salt scrubs, body scrubs, and even bath salts! Let me know if you are interested, we can work out a customized package specially for you Here's my facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/ChemByK. If you are interested, do PM me. All the best in planning!!

How pretty! Thanks for your recommendation. I will take a look at it

Thank you! Have fun planning If you need contacts to a photographer, wedding invitation card supplier, and make up artist, do let me know. I used their services planning my wedding last year and they were amazing to work with All the best!

Where was your wedding's location? Mine would be in JB, it's kind of hard to find vendors online based in JB only.  I'm living and working in KL, so it's definitely tough.

My wedding was in KL, but the vendors I worked with (make up artist & photographer) can travel to different locations. Anyway, I'm based in KL so we can work together quite easily for planning of the door gifts.

Oh wow! Who is your makeup artist? For video/photo crew, I've been loving the work of Ministry of Moments. You can check them out here. I have my doorgifts for both nikah and reception settled by my mom who's based in SG so she will handle all the little details for the wedding and it's a lot easier since she's a lot closer to JB.

I'm interested to see your wedding pics. Feel free to share if it's not a problem. Thank you! xo

Hi ColorMePretty, for gown, there's one called Belle Couture. (http://bellecouture.com.my/)

For makeup in Johor, there's two listed here (http://recomn.com/businesses/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=Makeup+Artist&locations=Johor)

Someone here also mentioned Andy Lim for photographer. He really has a lot of references from his ex-customers (you can see if you visit the site above and search for photographer), so should be a good choice.

Hope this helps!