Where it all began…
Behind Propose.Marry.Celebrate is Sophie — the creator of Above & Beyond and Verbier Concierge — whose work over the past decade has shaped some of the most adventurous and intimate romantic experiences in Switzerland and Italy.
Sophie started Above & Beyond in Verbier in 2015, creating high‑end, James Bond–style adventures and alpine experiences for guests who wanted something extraordinary — heli drops, private mountain lunches, adventures with dog sleds and paraglide flights, secret viewpoints, sunrise missions, and moments that felt cinematic rather than staged.
Very naturally, couples began asking for more: proposals on snowy ridgelines, elopements at sunrise, anniversaries in hidden refuges, and intimate celebrations woven into their time in the mountains.
Since Covid, those same couples — and the friends they referred — began asking to go further afield for their romantic experiences. That shift took Sophie across Switzerland and Italy: anniversaries at the Alba Truffle Festival, wedding holidays that loop through the Italian lakes and coast, proposals in front of the Matterhorn, quiet celebrations in Lugano, and honeymoons in Rome.
Propose.Marry.Celebrate, born in 2026, is the evolution of that journey — a dedicated space shaped by a decade of designing luxury, movement‑led romantic experiences across mountains, islands, cities, and coastlines.
A bespoke planning and experience design service
Based in the Swiss region of Valais and working across all of Switzerland and Italy, Propose.Marry.Celebrate designs proposals, elopements, honeymoons, vow renewals and anniversaries for couples who value originality, discretion, and depth. It is for couples who feel most alive when they’re exploring — moving through landscapes, discovering hidden places, and sharing moments that unfold far from the ordinary.
Rather than offering packages or templates, we provide concierge-style, one-to-one planning, shaping each experience entirely around the couple – from early ideas through to seamless execution.
From glaciers and high mountain passes to lakeside villages, islands, vineyards, ancient cities, and quiet coastal forests, your story can unfold anywhere the two of you feel a spark.
Whether you imagine hiking to a remote viewpoint, arriving by boat on a hidden island, sharing a private al fresco picnic, or flying to a mountaintop before skiing down a glacier, we craft experiences that feel adventurous, intimate, and entirely your own.
Working together.
Every proposal, elopement, honeymoon, celebration, or journey begins with a conversation. The more you can share with us before our first call — your ideas, your story, the landscapes you’re drawn to, the season you’re considering — the more precisely we can guide you.
Fastest contact: WhatsApp +41 76 680 90 18 Non‑urgent enquiries: info@aboveandbeyondluxe.com
Once we have a sense of what you’re dreaming of, Sophie will arrange a call to explore possibilities, discuss logistics, and begin shaping your experience.
We take on only a small number of clients each year. This isn’t about exclusivity — it’s about craftsmanship, safety, and the depth of attention required to design experiences that involve movement, weather, terrain, and remote locations. Nothing we do is templated or mass‑produced. Every journey is built from scratch, for couples who value intention, adventure, and authenticity over “packages” or shortcuts.
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Designed Around the Two of You.
The experience feels personal, grounded, and unforced. Adventure and intimacy sit side by side — a moment on a ridge after a helicopter drop, a long lunch in a vineyard after a morning on the water, a hike through a forest before a chef‑prepared dinner under the stars.
Nothing is templated. The moment reflects who you are, not a formula or a pre‑set package.
Switzerland and Italy offer extraordinary diversity — glaciers, lakes, forests, islands, vineyards, cliffs, cities, and coastlines. We help you find the place that feels like yours.
Fee Structure
Our planning fee is separate from the cost of activities, guides, pilots, chefs, transport, accommodation, and all other experience‑related elements. This keeps the process transparent, fair, and focused entirely on what’s right for you — never on commissions or mark‑ups.
Our work sits outside the traditional wedding‑planning model and so does our fee structure. To begin any project, we have an initial complementary 15 minute relationship building call with you, if we are both on the same page after that, we then work within a structured planning framework and ask for a starting commitment of CHF 2,500, which includes the first 15 hours of discussions, planning and experience design. This provides the foundation, clarity, and depth required to shape your journey with intention.
As your project develops, additional planning time is available if needed in time blocks. These are billed at our standard professional rate, reflecting the expertise, coordination, and precision required for cross‑border, adventure‑led experiences.
We work this way for a simple reason: it protects the integrity of the process — for you, and for us.
Securing planning time upfront ensures:
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your project receives our full focus and availability
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guidance is thoughtful, tailored, and grounded in real expertise
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decisions happen efficiently, keeping momentum and clarity
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the process remains respectful of everyone’s time
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we stay free to recommend the right locations, guides, pilots, chefs, and artisans — not the suppliers who offer commission
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we avoid the common issue of endless “idea shopping”
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you benefit from a partnership where both sides are committed and responsive
