Couples usually start with photographs and end up choosing on logistics. It is faster to do it the other way round.

Start with the guest list

Under ten and you are looking at Cappadocia or Kaş: a cave terrace or a villa, both of which stop working the moment the numbers grow.

Ten to forty and the villa regions open up: Kalkan and Kaş, Alaçatı.

Forty to ninety works almost everywhere.

Over ninety and you are realistically in Antalya, Belek or Bodrum, because those are the places with enough rooms in one building.

Then ask where your guests are flying from

If most of them are British, Dalaman is a familiar and cheap arrival. Germany connects best to Antalya. Guests coming from the Gulf or from three different continents are usually easiest through İstanbul.

Only then look at the pictures

By that point the list is two regions long instead of seven, and the choice becomes about what kind of day you want rather than which photograph you liked.

One more question, asked too late

How many nights do you want your guests to stay?

A wedding built around a week in a villa is a different event from one built around a Saturday, and the region that suits one rarely suits the other.

If the answer is "two nights, they have jobs", do not book a villa two and a half hours from the airport. If the answer is "as long as they can", do not book a resort where the wedding is the only thing happening.

The full version

This piece is the short form. The long version compares all seven properly, with capacities, airports and formats.