Tanja's Travel Talk

I had the pleasure of organizing Aliesha & Kevin's destination wedding  to the Dominican Republic this spring. They are such a lovely couple!

Wedding date: April 18, 2010

Location: Dreams La Romana, Dominican Republic

Most memorable moment: 

Aliesha's most memorable moment of the wedding day, was the calmness of walking around the corner, seeing Kevin, and the ocean, and being in complete awe, thinking this is exactly where I am supposed to be. You feel complete, and the rest of the world melts away, and all you see is that person you want to share your life with.

Kevin's most memorable moment was having dinner on the beach. He loved that there was a sunset over the ocean, the breeze, and being surrounded by our best friends and family.

Feedback of the resort/services received while in destination:

I don't know where to start - the resort was absolutely amazing, the food choices were fantastic, and the service was excellent. As with any resort, I am sure, there were a few times that we had to wait, but being able to go to a "restaurant" without having to make a reservation was a definate bonus. We didn't have to decide the day before where we wanted to go and eat the next night.

They also had 24 hour room service, you could order a bottle of rum if you wanted to!!! There was always something happening if you were interested in playing games and participating in the resort functions, and what we really appreciated was that the staff would let us know about it, (we also received a newsletter kinda thing the night before, they'd just slide it under the door) and not be pushy about you participating if you didn't want to.

As for the wedding function, I could have used a little bit more info from the co-ordinator, but on the same note, she made it very stress free - if something had of gone wrong, I really wouldn't have known about it. The dinner on the beach was amazing, but I wouldn't suggest anyone take up on the offer of a DJ. We did, and no one really danced. I would have liked to have a little bit more of a guideline from them, but that is neither here nor there. The ceremony was excellent, less than 10 minutes by our choice, and the gazeebo was exactly what we were looking for. I would have liked the photographer to have taken a few more pictures other than just the ceremony, but I probably should have been more clear regarding that.
Otherwise, everything went smoothly. Getting of the plane when we arrived at night in the pouring rain, we didn't really receive a lot of direction as to where we needed to go, but once we found our way it was good. We had no glitches, our luggage wasn't delayed, and our flights were all on time.

Advice to future couples planning a destination wedding:

Take the extra time and spend the extra money on having the photographer stay with you longer (or take one of your own). Do the trash the dress session a day or two after. Don't worry about the weather - it can pour rain for an hour, and be sunny twenty minutes after.

Testimonial:

I was happy with everything. You kept us well informed on everything that was happening, and if there was a glitch in the planning of it, you let us know right away. The information that we received on the resort was on par, and sending out info on the country that we were visiting was extremely helpful. You did an amazing job accomodating all of our guests that were flying from different sides of the country as well as the United States. We'll be back to plan our honeymoon!