Meet Your Wingwomen
We’re Vanessa, Emma & Ewa, the team behind Mountain Weddings and co-founders of Your Wedding Wingwoman. With decades of combined experience, we’ve planned unforgettable celebrations in some of the most breathtaking places on earth, from alpine peaks and lakeside villas to candlelit vineyards and cliffside chapels.
We specialise in destination weddings that feel effortless, personal, and full of joy, the kind with jaw-dropping views, packed dance floors, and timelines that run like clockwork (even when the weather, the transport, or the power decides otherwise).
Behind the scenes, we’re problem solvers, logistics lovers, and calm-in-the-chaos experts. Front of house, we’re your biggest cheerleaders, bringing your vision to life and making sure you actually enjoy the ride.
You’re not doing this alone. We’re here as your course leaders, your support crew, and your very own wedding wingwomen.
Vanessa Smith
Co- Founder
Your Wingwoman, Founder of Mountain Weddings & President of Friends Of India
With hundreds of destination weddings under her belt, she brings big-picture creativity and the tiniest thoughtful touches.
She’s the calm in the chaos and the spark on the dance floor: often barefoot, fluffing tables with military precision or dancing with your grandma before dinner’s even served.
She lives out of a suitcase, travels endlessly, and somehow remembers every couple’s dog’s name.
When she’s not creating once-in-a-lifetime celebrations, she’s mountainside or beachside, Aperol in hand, talking about how to make the world better, and meaning every word.
The mountains and the ocean (don’t make me pick), getting lost in new places, my charity, the strongest cheddar cheese on the shelf, good wine glasses, pillows in abundance, snowboarding, throwing epic dinner parties and of course dancing (badly but with enthusiasm)
Loves
Sushi (really sorry, i tried to be cool), staying in the same place for too long, owning too many things (time capsule wardrobe all the way)
Hates
Super Powers
Thriving under extreme stress and always finding a way
Orders for the table
Padron peppers and a dry white please
Emma Jacob
Co- Founder
Your Wingwoman, COO of Mountain Weddings & Board Member of Friends Of India
With heaps of event years under her belt - from red carpet launches and fashion shows to concerts, conferences, and weddings - she’s seen it all.
She’s the one saying “yes” to wild ideas and then quietly figuring out how to make them happen without a hitch. She’s detail-obsessed, backup-plan-ready, and always looking for ways to make your wedding feel like you (and not just another cookie-cutter day).
Based by the sea in Norfolk but never in one place for long, she’s happiest with a passport in one hand and a spicy marg in the other. When she’s not planning unforgettable celebrations, you’ll find her swimming in any body of water, hunting down the best local food spot, or throwing a dinner party with five courses, paired wines, and proper glasses - obviously.
The beach, a great view, spicy margaritas, over-the-top picnics, binging The Real Housewives (tell no one), sunrise/ sunset, great wine glasses, robes and slippers on holiday, finding the best restaurant in any country (give me five mins).
Loves
Hates
Wedding chair covers (sorry not sorry), slow walkers (occupational hazard) and luke-warm drinks.
Unshakably calm under pressure. Also: an uncanny ability to dive into freezing water and genuinely say, ‘This feels great.’
Super Powers
Picky bits forever - basically one of everything - and a crisp local wine to match. Stunning.
Orders for the table
Ewa Jaworski
Co- Founder
Your Wingwoman, Chief of Staff at Mountain Weddings & Board Director of Friends Of India
Chief of Staff, co-founder of Wedding Wingwoman, and our unofficial head of “Don’t Worry, I’ve Got This.”
With a background in events, high-level exec support, and acting (a triple threat), she’s the ultimate blend of calm presence and lightning-fast action. She can spot a problem before anyone else does and solve it before you even know it existed.
Whether she’s locating a missing veil, managing 15 suppliers at once, or hyping up the bridal party, she’s always five steps ahead and exactly where you need her.
Loves
A fresh powder day on my snowboard, swimming in the ocean at night, a classic Victoria Sponge, Wham, dancing through the night covered in glitter at festivals, Karaoke and the lobster ravioli from Sorrento that lives rent free in my head.
Hates
Mosquitos (they love me), Jellyfish (they also love me), getting my hair done (it always goes wrong, it’s worse than the dentist), Aperol Spritz (Sorry, but it’s gross.)
Super Powers
Can crack out an Irish jig at any time
Orders for the table
Halloumi bites with sweet chilli jam and Fizz