Archive for November, 2009

Reviews: Aruba Marriott and Renaissance Island

A couple of great real wedding reviews have just been posted to the Aruba.com forum!

Renaissance Island, October 2009 – Though this  couple brought their own photographer from North Carolina, the bride raves about working with Juney. They also decided to do the civil ceremony at home in NYC – like us they considered that ceremony [...]

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Q&A: Any Renaissance Island Advice, Feedback, Photos?

I just received an email from a bride that is considering a Spring 2010 Renaissance Island wedding. Since my experience with Renaissance Island is limited, does anyone out there have any advice or photos you’d like to share with her?
I was able to point her to this Renaissance Wedding Review, and this link to our [...]

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New section – Q&A

I’ve really enjoyed sharing our experiences here on this blog. I continue to receive questions which I still delight in answering. It makes me feel good to think others might be helped by what we went through while planning our Aruba wedding. So, I’d like to dedicate a category of this blog to Questions and [...]

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Review: Aruba Marriott Wedding – Overview

I know its been a little bit since I posted, but now that the wedding is a couple of weeks behind us, I’m ready to put together a short review with my overall impressions. There are also other reviews I intend to get to like the sailing excursion, the welcome bag photos and contents, and [...]

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Review: Aruba Marriott Wedding Reception – Food and Menu

For our wedding dinner we chose the Marriott’s “International Four Corners Buffet“, the corners being the “Asian Wok”, “Mexican Fiesta”, “Caribbean Warmth” and “Middle Eastern Oasis”. We liked the idea of offering different types of food and loved that they would be willing to swap out one of the corners for Indian food. We [...]

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Review: Wedding Ceremony with Reverend Gibson

I’m glad to say I’m still hearing about how much people loved our ceremony! In fact, last night I was hanging out with one of my guests. On his return flight he happened to sit next to a young couple that had just honeymooned in Aruba. They were staying at the Marriott Ocean club next [...]

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When to Arrive in Aruba for your Wedding?

I just received an email from another Aruba bride-to-be asking when did we arrive in Aruba? How early do you need to be down there?
Really, the answer depends on you — are you someone who is laid back, trusting in your wedding planner to handle everything for you? Or do you need to review every [...]

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Review: Our Aruba Wedding Ceremony with the Aruba Marriott, E2 Events & Celebrations and Reverend Gibson

We had our ceremony on the beach at the Aruba Marriott. Sunset was at 6:14 that night so we chose to have our ceremony start at 4:30. We did not want a ’sunset ceremony’. Our idea was we would have the ceremony, then guests would move on to the cocktail hour to enjoy steel pan [...]

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Review: Wedding Flowers in Aruba – Centerpieces and Bouquets

After several glowing reviews, its finally time for me to get back to a not so great review… If you’ve followed along you know I’ve had a hard time figuring out my flowers. I finally found my inspiration and sent the photos and explanations of what I was looking for 20 days before the wedding. [...]

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Review: E2 Events & Celebrations – Edwina Werleman

Edwina Werleman is the owner of E2 Events and Celebrations where she not only offers planning services but also owns wedding and party rentals. We adored Edwina from the moment we met Edwina during our site visit in May. She helped us explore our options, in particular, high-rise vs low-rise – Palm Beach vs Eagle [...]

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