Cooridinating with the wedding coordinator
Maggie says...
Jenning and I have finally contacted our wedding coordinator at the Ritz. She initially emailed us in November, but because of the holidays we never had time to sit down and think about what we wanted until this week.
One huge advantage of having a destination weddings is that there are many package options you can select, so you don't have to do the search for vendors which is really hard when you are so far away. When we first looked into having our wedding in Hawaii, we were advised that we should stick with reputable vendors. There are stories that during the recession there have some un-trustworthy vendors, who ended up running off with some couple's money. So to avoid scams and big headaches, we decided to spend a little more to make our lives easier.
On our to-do list is the selection of our wedding flowers. I have a super sensitive sinus and an unfortunately hyper-sensitive sense of smell. Since working in a hospital, I learned that I am allergic to lilies which are very fragrant and gives me a really weird and uncomfortable head & eye sensation. I have to go to a florist, test out which other flowers I may be allergic to and confirm the info with the coordinator. Today we had a patient send thank-you flowers which had lilies, I mentioned my lilies allergy to a co-worker from South Korea, who informed me that in her country, by law lilies are banned in hosptials and something about how it considered a 'death threat' which I found interesting. I think most people may not understand how heavy perfume can really bother some people, I have gotten a few headaches just from standing in elevators with super fragrant individuals. Because of my allergy, I decided to go with the traditonal bouquets & for Jenning to have a matching boutonnniere. One of the next items is to consult with bridal party and family members to see if they prefer the traditional boutonnieres/corsages or Hawaiian leis.
One of the key thing we had to select was our photographer. I remember getting a link for a wedding photographer before and I saw a picture of a toilet in one of the 'bridal-party getting ready' shots and found it to be super awkward as it should never show up in a wedding album. After consulting with a few people and looking through the portfolios of the Ritz's 7 preferred photographer's, we were able to narrow it down to 3 choices (yes, we didn't notice any of their portfolios having a toilet in their shots). It wasn't too hard to choose because we ended up selecting the photographer who took the photos we hope to see ourselves in. We submitted our selections this week and were actually able to book our 1st choice (I guess early birds really do get the worms). We are really happy with this because we wanted a photographer who is able to balance the photojournalistic and traditional styles. We are going to have lots of family members and friends with big and fun personalities celebrating with us, and since the photographer describes his images as spontaneous, fun, real, we think that is how our pictures will turn out. Check out his websites at: http://www.scottdrexler.com/ and http://www.photosonmaui.com/
A huge item on our current to-do list is figuring out our flights and accomdations. It's a huge task trying to coordinate ~25-30 family members & friends with varying preferences! A number of family/friend are asking how much it is to go to Hawaii but it's a catch 22 situation because the airlines/hotels need us to provide numbers before they can give us quotes. It feels like we are going around in circles and making estimates.
I am really looking forward to the wedding day... 331 days to go!
Jenning and I have finally contacted our wedding coordinator at the Ritz. She initially emailed us in November, but because of the holidays we never had time to sit down and think about what we wanted until this week.
One huge advantage of having a destination weddings is that there are many package options you can select, so you don't have to do the search for vendors which is really hard when you are so far away. When we first looked into having our wedding in Hawaii, we were advised that we should stick with reputable vendors. There are stories that during the recession there have some un-trustworthy vendors, who ended up running off with some couple's money. So to avoid scams and big headaches, we decided to spend a little more to make our lives easier.
On our to-do list is the selection of our wedding flowers. I have a super sensitive sinus and an unfortunately hyper-sensitive sense of smell. Since working in a hospital, I learned that I am allergic to lilies which are very fragrant and gives me a really weird and uncomfortable head & eye sensation. I have to go to a florist, test out which other flowers I may be allergic to and confirm the info with the coordinator. Today we had a patient send thank-you flowers which had lilies, I mentioned my lilies allergy to a co-worker from South Korea, who informed me that in her country, by law lilies are banned in hosptials and something about how it considered a 'death threat' which I found interesting. I think most people may not understand how heavy perfume can really bother some people, I have gotten a few headaches just from standing in elevators with super fragrant individuals. Because of my allergy, I decided to go with the traditonal bouquets & for Jenning to have a matching boutonnniere. One of the next items is to consult with bridal party and family members to see if they prefer the traditional boutonnieres/corsages or Hawaiian leis.
One of the key thing we had to select was our photographer. I remember getting a link for a wedding photographer before and I saw a picture of a toilet in one of the 'bridal-party getting ready' shots and found it to be super awkward as it should never show up in a wedding album. After consulting with a few people and looking through the portfolios of the Ritz's 7 preferred photographer's, we were able to narrow it down to 3 choices (yes, we didn't notice any of their portfolios having a toilet in their shots). It wasn't too hard to choose because we ended up selecting the photographer who took the photos we hope to see ourselves in. We submitted our selections this week and were actually able to book our 1st choice (I guess early birds really do get the worms). We are really happy with this because we wanted a photographer who is able to balance the photojournalistic and traditional styles. We are going to have lots of family members and friends with big and fun personalities celebrating with us, and since the photographer describes his images as spontaneous, fun, real, we think that is how our pictures will turn out. Check out his websites at: http://www.scottdrexler.com/ and http://www.photosonmaui.com/
A huge item on our current to-do list is figuring out our flights and accomdations. It's a huge task trying to coordinate ~25-30 family members & friends with varying preferences! A number of family/friend are asking how much it is to go to Hawaii but it's a catch 22 situation because the airlines/hotels need us to provide numbers before they can give us quotes. It feels like we are going around in circles and making estimates.
I am really looking forward to the wedding day... 331 days to go!
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