Friday, April 29, 2011

Top 10 Reasons to Have a Maui Wedding

10. You are Surrounded by Natural Beauty

Maui is truly one of the most beautiful places on earth to have a wedding for so many reasons. Maui boasts gorgeous and uncrowded beaches with powder fine sand. Sunsets consisting of blue sky with white clouds, and as the sun sets, the light fills the clouds, changing their colors from orange to pink and sometimes a fiery red. Flowers are in bloom year round, filling the air with sweet smells and this is all happening as the trade winds keep the temperature ideal with the perfect warm breeze blowing across your skin and through your hair.

Baldwin Beach
Brides find that minimal wedding decorations are needed as nature has already created the perfect venue. Beautiful black lava rock, bright green sea grasses and golden and white sand create the base of the look, while tall swaying palm trees make for the perfect background silhouettes in the distance. This all makes for the perfect canvas for wedding photography that dreams are made of.

9. Year Round Great Weather

Having a Maui wedding any time is easy when the average temperature is in the 80's 'Year Round'. Just imagine yourself having a breathtaking beach wedding with blue water in the background and golden sand at your feet, while escaping below freezing temperatures and snow at home. Get married and get a tan, all while your neighbors are scraping their car windows and building snow men at home.

8. A Wedding You and Your Guests Will Never Forget

Having a Maui wedding is and extremely memorable experience for all involved. Since you are traveling to an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, you feel like it is really an occasion created on your behalf. You feel like royalty when all your friends and family show up, just for you, to take part in your amazing wedding experience.

7. Fun Activities

Maui is a great place to have a wedding, because there are so many fun activities the island has to offer. From whale watching, helicopter rides, zip lines through the forest, snorkeling with sea turtles, para-sailing, hiking, surfing and just relaxing on the beach. Maui has it all for fun and amazing pre- and post- wedding activities making your wedding a fun filled experience for all whom join you.

6. Include Your Honeymoon

 Maui Honeymoon Photography
Having a Maui Wedding is perfect because you can bundle your honeymoon, saving on additional costs. In addition you don't have to travel to a new location saving precious honeymoon time. To make your Wedding night even more special, if staying at a hotel, you can have one night of an upgraded room for extra honeymoon fun.

5. Skilled Wedding Professionals

Maui is one of the top places in the world for destination weddings and the island is full of amazing wedding professionals. You can assure you will get a quality wedding if you do your research. If you go for a Maui wedding package for $1500 and up you can usually assure you will get great quality and everything you need for the perfect Maui beach wedding.

4. A Maui Wedding is Truly Affordable

Having a Maui Wedding is actually quite affordable. Considering that the average weddings cost is $19,581 according to http://www.costofwedding.com.

Picture this cost break down:

  • Round Trip Air Fair for Two (have seen it as low as $350 per round trip ticket): $1400
  • Simple Maui Beach Wedding including:      $1595
      • Professional photography
      • Professional minister
      • Professional floral
      • Up to 40 guests
  •  Hotel Accommodations for 10 nights @ $350 per night (with tax): $3700
  •  Food $400 day for 10 days: $4000
  •  Rental car 10 days: $600
  •  Fun and activities: $1000
  •  Reception Dinner for 10 people: $3000
  • Additional things (getting brides hair done, small wedding cake, wedding music): $1000

Total cost of this simple Maui wedding with enough money for great food, amazing accommodations, fun and adventure for an intimate wedding $16,295.

Just keep in mind that if you wanted a budget Maui wedding the above cost could be cut in almost half by doing one simple thing, renting a condo. You can find a very nice condo for $175 to $300 per night (for a multiple night rental). If you throw in the cost savings of cooking in your unit, the savings really begins to pile up. Have a fun and relaxed beach BBQ wedding reception on the grounds of your condo and having a Maui wedding is affordable for almost any wedding budget.

Whatever you do, don't skimp on getting a quality minister, beautiful floral and an amazing Maui wedding photographer. The photographer is the most important as they will create a record of your amazing wedding experience, so "Do Not" skimp here. When you get older is when you will regret skimping on your wedding photography. As you age your wedding photos become one of your most treasured walks down memory lane as a beautiful vibrant young couple.

3. World Class Accommodations

Maui has some spectacular hotels, condos and private residences, with grounds available for your Maui wedding. Most Maui hotels have amazing sprawling grounds: with lush vegetation, beautiful fountains and in most cases perfect beach access great for your Maui wedding. You can also rent private residences with immaculate grounds and truly gorgeous accommodations, making for the perfect all-in-one Maui Wedding location (wedding venue and accommodations). My favorite resorts are in Wailea on the south shore of Maui. The Grand Wailea boasts a 50,000 square foot spa and acres of pools and water slides. The Four Seasons is a world class resort with amazing service, fine dining and spacious rooms. The Fairmont Kea Lani hotel even offers private bungalows with your own private soaking pool!

2. Relaxing Wedding Experience

The best thing about a Wedding in Maui is how relaxing it is. There is just no better place to relax, unwind and have an amazing beach wedding. Hire a wedding planning company to handle the details, then just show up and say "I do".

1. Intimate Wedding Experience

Maui Beach Weddings
Come and have a Maui wedding with only the people that mean the most to you. Forget fifth cousin Louie and his wife Barbara, just showing up for the $50 per plate dinner and open bar. Bring your closest inner circle of friends and family you can truly be yourself with, and come to Maui to have the wedding of a lifetime.

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