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if anyone is interested in seen a before and after picture PM me.

I used Eric and Wendy from L'Amour. They are out of this world amazing!!! They are very talented and super nice. http://www.lmprophoto.com/

I highly recommend buzz's catering. The food is amazing, and Marla the manager is so responsive, and very sweet. I love her. I am in the middle of writing us my reviews, and let me know if you have more questions.

I ended up using Cherise from the perfect maui wedding. She charges a flat fee $700 and allowed me to book my own vendors. She gives me great advice when I needed it, and she is so awesome. I am in the middle of writing up my reviews. Let me know if you have more questions.

klfeuerstein, sorry I didn't post any sooner. I just got back from traveling yesterday. Mira is great. She did such a great job, I cannot say enough good things about her. She is very accommodating. For my trial, I had to be an hour late due to some family emergency, and I felt terrible, but she made it very comfortable for me. Btw, she's got a great personality. I just love her. As far as her skill goes, she is everything that I was looking for. I had something in mind, but I didn't tell her. I asked her for her option, and she suggested everything that I was looking for without telling her. Also, she is very detail-orientated. I showed her a picture of my wedding dress during trail and the earring that I plan to wear, and she incorporated those elements with my hair style. My dress had rushing, and she layered my hair on the side to resemble that. All in all, I highly recommend her. Quoting my husband, she made me look a better version of me, but it is still me. I hope this helps. Let me know if I can help answer more questions.

yeah, i booked her for 2/8/11. I'll let you know my experience afterwards.

My boy wants to wear a light colored linen jacket, and I am not sure if we should buy it or rent it. Since there is no Men's warehouse on the island, could someone please share their experience if they had rented on the island? Or what you have done? I am seriously freaking out, wedding is one month away, so any ideas/suggestions/help that you ladies can give will be greatly appreciated.

I am 37 days away from my wedding, and I still haven't figured out what the boys will be wearing. I am ready to tear my hair out!! I want the more casual look, and bought some banana republic khakis from the outlet at a reasonable price Now, it is really hard to find a non-dressy blue short sleeved shirt at a reasonable price. the closest that I've found is this one right here, http://www.islandimporter.com/product.php?productid=11&cat=3&page=1 but since we are buying everyone's outfit, $44 a piece for 4 people add up really quickly. For shoes, http://www.zappos.com/olukai-ohana-leather-black-black?zlfid=111 looks really good, and comfy but at $89 a pair. FI wants to wear a light colored linen jacket, and I am not sure if we should buy it or rent it. Since there is no Men's warehouse on the island, could someone please share their experience if they had rented on the island? I am seriously freaking out, so any ideas/suggestions/help that you ladies can give will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I am looking for an inexpensive videographer. Anyone has used one that you would recommend? Thanks.

we are getting married there next Feb. cannot wait

Claire, who's your coordinator?

we are renting condos. and this one is a great deal, although it is a two bedroom. http://www.vrbo.com/40374 their pictures are better on their own website http://rentonmaui.com/See%20our%20unit.htm we rent it for our parents, and family, and we rent it for $150, and it seems the price is $125 now and we'll be staying in another condo in the same building. http://www.vrbo.com/205628 Generally this area has lots of condos for rent, and prices is very good, view is very nice too. If you want hotel, then this one Maui coast hotel seem to have very reasonable price, and the pictures look very nice too. http://www.mauicoasthotel.com/ hope this help.

I understand the concept of "Maui Time", and I have to say that we chose to have the wedding in Maui partly because of the lay back, relaxing feeling that we get from reading about Maui. We've never been to Hawaii. Several times now where one of the vendor that I've contacted say she or he will get back to me on a certain time and just didn't hear from she or he in days. Well, being the type A and control freak (I say this in the most loving way) that I am, it is making it very hard for me. So would someone please shred some light on the question, what's the standard time that I should wait before contact the vendors again after they said they'll get back to me on a certain day? two days? a week?

Congras renstar. What you said really holds true for us as well. We were thinking of having the wedding in Seattle first, and then realized that it'd have to be a really big wedding. So we decided to go to Maui instead, however, it turns out that most of our friends just like us had never been there either, so they are all coming! With our family and relatives who are aching to make a vacation out of it. So long story short, now we are doubled in size that we had anticipated for.... So just watch out... don't invite people 'cause you think they'll never come 'cause it's far or what not, they might just surprise you by showing up Quote: Originally Posted by renstar Thanks fallfromgrace! We're shooting for May 20, 2011. We had originally planned to get married at home here in San Diego but the costs kept racking up so we just decided destination wedding it is! This feels more like us anyways and are really happy about this decision. But since we're within our 1 year mark already, I've been desperately trying to find a venue asap so we can give an official date to our friends and family.

I just found her website randomly through some other vendor link, and her profile seem impressive. Anyone had personal experience?