Anyone married in Hawaii?
Feb 12th, 2004 | 11:27 AM
#21
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this link should work better
http://www.webshots.com/g/d2003/11-nw/43241.html
http://www.webshots.com/g/d2003/11-nw/43241.html
Feb 13th, 2004 | 06:41 AM
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carbogilligan:
Do you have any photos from your wedding from inside the church? I would love to see what it looks like. My wedding will just be the two of us so do you think we would look overwhelming in the church all by ourselves?
You can email me pictures at [email protected]
Thanks a bunch
Do you have any photos from your wedding from inside the church? I would love to see what it looks like. My wedding will just be the two of us so do you think we would look overwhelming in the church all by ourselves?
You can email me pictures at [email protected]
Thanks a bunch
Feb 13th, 2004 | 08:04 AM
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Message for Nancy.....I don't have anyway to e-mail you a picture. We were married in that church 9 years ago and didn't have digital pics back then. I also don't own a scanner. Sorry. Most of our pics focused on our faces anyway. The photographer moved 360 degrees around us and the minister. After the ceremony, we took pics standing on one of the pews with a gorgeous stained-glass window behind. ITs lovely!
Feb 17th, 2004 | 12:05 PM
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Go to this website:
www.paradiseservices.com
Ellen was a wonderful coordinator and the waterfall location was perfect. It is located on a private estate and we were able to take pictures completely alone on the property's beach AND the services are extremely affordable.
www.paradiseservices.com
Ellen was a wonderful coordinator and the waterfall location was perfect. It is located on a private estate and we were able to take pictures completely alone on the property's beach AND the services are extremely affordable.
Jun 4th, 2004 | 04:51 PM
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Here's a recent article on weddings on Oahu:
http://www.oahuislandnews.com/Jun04/JunFrame.htm
http://www.oahuislandnews.com/Jun04/JunFrame.htm
Jun 4th, 2004 | 06:37 PM
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Probably the most romatic destination in the U.S. Here are my suggestions, dim as they seem they are based on what I have seen in Weddings in progress on the islands.
Pick a non-swimming beach away from the hwy if you are going for the on the beach wedding. I have seen people stand with their kids 5-7 feet away while couples take their vows. I think that is rare but I have seen it. I also witnessed a drippy middle age male tourist lifting the silver tray covers from the bridal beach dinner table at the Princeville. The happy couple had their back to the tables and were a couple 100 yards down taking their vows. No one was at the table.
I have also talked with annoyed beach goers at Kea (Kauai) who did not feel that they could walk to the opposite end of the beach because a wedding reception was going on. This tourist told me it was their last day on Kauai. ...just as important
I agreed!!! Also important to mention that popular beaches will frequently host more than one wedding at a time. Not something people expect when they are planning from the mainland.
If you are going for a hotel wedding, I would not select Waikiki because there always seems to be a couple of weddings happening everyday. I think this gives it the Las Vegas feel. But you think of what is important to you, it would bother me to have tourist looking on, not to mention dripping tourists.
If you are selecting a hotel chapel I would not choose one with window walls, often tourist gather and this is why the hotels build them. You have the view of the ocean other, guests have the view of you. Turtle bay (Noth shore) and Hilton Waikoloa (Kona sie Big Island)both have window wall chapels and both have paved paths that lead directly to the pool.
Now perhaps none of this matters to you. I think it is just good to know before hand if it is something that would annoy you.
I think that the coral chapel in Honolulu would be my choice if you select Oahu. There are weddings by the hour here but it is not something that is in a very tourist spot to my memory. If I needed to get married in Hawaii the history of that chapel is particularly compelling. Something about being linked with the past as you prepare for the future that is kind of romantic in my mind.
If you have a ton of guests coming in the most offordable hotels, flights will be coming into HNL. Food options will also be the best on Oahu.
If I was getting married it would be on Hawaii without a doubt, just saying that these are some things to keep in mind. Look for a non-commercial hotels, non-swimming, possibly isolated beach, windowless chapels, historical chapels if you can. This would just be my receipe...to "keepen it real" and tacky free.
Pick a non-swimming beach away from the hwy if you are going for the on the beach wedding. I have seen people stand with their kids 5-7 feet away while couples take their vows. I think that is rare but I have seen it. I also witnessed a drippy middle age male tourist lifting the silver tray covers from the bridal beach dinner table at the Princeville. The happy couple had their back to the tables and were a couple 100 yards down taking their vows. No one was at the table.
I have also talked with annoyed beach goers at Kea (Kauai) who did not feel that they could walk to the opposite end of the beach because a wedding reception was going on. This tourist told me it was their last day on Kauai. ...just as important
I agreed!!! Also important to mention that popular beaches will frequently host more than one wedding at a time. Not something people expect when they are planning from the mainland.If you are going for a hotel wedding, I would not select Waikiki because there always seems to be a couple of weddings happening everyday. I think this gives it the Las Vegas feel. But you think of what is important to you, it would bother me to have tourist looking on, not to mention dripping tourists.
If you are selecting a hotel chapel I would not choose one with window walls, often tourist gather and this is why the hotels build them. You have the view of the ocean other, guests have the view of you. Turtle bay (Noth shore) and Hilton Waikoloa (Kona sie Big Island)both have window wall chapels and both have paved paths that lead directly to the pool.
Now perhaps none of this matters to you. I think it is just good to know before hand if it is something that would annoy you.
I think that the coral chapel in Honolulu would be my choice if you select Oahu. There are weddings by the hour here but it is not something that is in a very tourist spot to my memory. If I needed to get married in Hawaii the history of that chapel is particularly compelling. Something about being linked with the past as you prepare for the future that is kind of romantic in my mind.
If you have a ton of guests coming in the most offordable hotels, flights will be coming into HNL. Food options will also be the best on Oahu.
If I was getting married it would be on Hawaii without a doubt, just saying that these are some things to keep in mind. Look for a non-commercial hotels, non-swimming, possibly isolated beach, windowless chapels, historical chapels if you can. This would just be my receipe...to "keepen it real"
and tacky free.
