Well its the end of the night on the 30th. Still no wedding decorating proposals have come in and the hotel’s planner has been out of the office. (You’d think by now they would at least be kind enough to let me know if they were uninterested or unable to help with our event. It’s [...]

While this isn’t Aruba specific, if you’re like me the wedding budget may be squeezing every other budget of yours. One of the websites I use to get a “Designer Fix” is Gilt.com. These are short private sales of about three days each. The Stewart Weitzman boutique JUST opened up and has a few different [...]

Photos from our Hyatt Regency Aruba site visit in May 2009.

Well I’m glad to report that the Aruba Aloe products I’m interested in are considerably less expensive on the island. They can be purchased at lots of different places on the island including grocery stores and directly from the factory. These are full size products though. So far, no one is aware of travel sizes [...]

One things I was hoping to put in my welcome bags is some sun care products and have read great thing about the local “Aruba Aloe” products. I liked the idea of giving people a local product that they are known for AND the fact that we wouldn’t have to pack these – we’d just [...]

Well its near the end of business on Friday and I am still waiting for three proposals from independent wedding planners…
Wedding Planner 1 is the one we met with when we visited Aruba. She’s pretty busy right now and told me she would get me a formal proposal by the 30th of June, so she’s [...]

I’ve been asked recently if we are going to have a ‘legal’ wedding in Aruba. We looked into it and finally decided against it. There is extra cost and hassle and you HAVE to get married in their “Civil Town House”. After the town house wedding, you can then later have a religious wedding or [...]

I’m already at work trying to figure out what to put in the OOT / Welcome Bags (took me a little bit before I found out “OOT” means out-of-town!) One item I love is Sigg water bottles from Sweden. They’re all aluminum, eco-friendly, super safe, etc. You can even buy insulated pouches for them. I [...]

I found the Knot Guide to Destination Weddings helpful. While most of the information is stuff you can find on their website, I found it nice to be able to just chill out and flip through this book. After hours and hours of forum posts and other research I didn’t feel like I was getting [...]

So just before our trip, I find myself thinking I could end up with THREE ‘wedding planners’ for one wedding of 35 people. Makes me sound like quite the diva, don’t you think? Luckily I’m not an obnoxious bridezilla.
We learned there are different types of ‘planners’ for different parts of the process or different types [...]