Archive for the ‘Planning Tips’ Category

Creating Your Timeline

One of the most critical elements to a successful and stress-free wedding is timing is creating a timeline that is realistic and works.   Our top ten tips are listed below: 1)    Most start thinking about their timeline when they get closer to the wedding day, but actually your timeline starts being developed from the time [...]

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Whose Wedding Is it Anyways?

In today’s world, with so many options and many external factors that can easily make you question your decisions, I always remind my clients that what they first envision for their wedding day is usually the “core” of what they really want, similar to how when you take a test your first hunch is usually [...]

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Do it Right, or Don’t Do it at All

I’m not sure if this problem exists in the mainland, but recently it seems like many vendors here in Hawaii are trying to be the “one stop shop” which is supposed make it easier for clients, but is it really better? As a professional planner, I sometimes wear the hat of an event designer, which [...]

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Honoring your loved ones

Your wedding day is a day full of excitement and emotions as your family and friends celebrate the two of your lives coming together as one. For many, it is also a day that they are deciding whether or not to honor the memory of parents, grandparents or other close relatives who have passed away.    [...]

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The importance of your R.S.V.P.

R.S.V.P. stands for a French phrase, “répondez, s’il vous plaît,” which means “please reply.” The person sending the invitation wo­uld like you to tell him or her whether you accept or decline the invitation. That is, will you be coming to the event or not? Sounds very simple doesn’t it?   Did you know that last [...]

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