I’m so excited to tell you that we may soon be hearing from another bride! She is planning her spring 2010 Aruba wedding on Renaissance Island and is interested in being a contributor here on OurArubaWedding.com. It sounds like she has really worked hard and has a lot of fantastic information. Though her wedding is [...]

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 [...]

Here is a write-up and photos of a beautiful ‘real wedding’ on Renaissance Island in Aruba. Though we decided Ren Island wasn’t for us, this posting shows just how beautiful it can be. I can totally identify with this bride who describes Aruba lacking in vendor options. In particular, before reading her write-up I can [...]

Expectation: We love the idea of having our wedding on a private island. We weren’t crazy of photos we’ve seen of set-ups but hope we’ll like it better in person. We did like the idea of the privacy and the fact that we could be as loud as we want.

Finally – the fifth (and last) [...]

Expectation: We were expecting the Marina to be more hip but again, weren’t excited by the room decor viewed on their website.
We were enjoying our visit at the Westin SO MUCH that we were running late for our Renaissance appointment. The wedding planner was still gracious and said “No Problem” because we were on “Aruba [...]

Expectation: To be honest, I was not expecting to like this hotel. We’re kind of ‘hotel snobs’. Though ‘newly renovated’, when looking at photos on their site the room decor still looked dated. We were interested in a Renaissance Private Island wedding though and thought guests might like the suites.
For our site visit we booked [...]