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Destination Wedding Preview- come see before you book

Posted in Cuba, Destination Wedding How to, Destination Wedding Locations, Jamaica, Mexico, MyWeddingAwayTravel.com, Punta Cana on 03/16/2012 06:35 pm by Karen Lantigua

Thinking of a destination wedding for 2013? Why not come on a special destination wedding preview trip.

Destination Wedding Previews

Bride, groom can pre-register now for a short stay destination visit and participate in organized site inspections of select resorts offered by Sunwing and Signature Vacations.
At $400 per person, taxes included, based on double occupancy, the wedding couple can enjoy:

Round trip air fare
Minimum 3 night accommodation at a select Sunwing or Signature Vacations resort, including airport transfers in destination
Site inspections of at least two other Sunwing or Signature Vacations hotels, including transfers, accompanied by a Sunwing or Signature Vacations Representative
Private meetings with the hotels’ Wedding Coordinators or Sales management.
A complimentary destination excursion
And lots of time for R & R!

Receive
a $400 credit if the you book their destination wedding group with Sunwing or Signature Vacations before November 01, 2012. A credit of $400
per 10 adults will applied to the booking (minimum of 10 adults required to qualify as a group) to a maximum of $800 per group.

Short stay durations are departing June 2012*
from:

Toronto to Cancun ( Jun 11-14 –3nts); Punta Cana (Jun 04-08 – 4 nts); Jamaica (Jun 06-09 – 3 nts); Cayo
Santa Maria (Jun 21-26 – 5 nts); Varadero (Jun19-23 – 4 nts)

Montreal to Cancun (Jun 04-08 – 4 nts); Punta Cana (Jun09-14 – 5 nts), Varadero (May 27-31 – 4 nts), Cayo Santa Maria (Jun15-20 – 5 nts)

Seven night durations departing June 2012* from

Vancouver to Cancun (Jun17-24 – 7 nts)

Calgary to Cancun (Jun16-24 – 7 nts)

Edmonton to Cancun (Jun16-24 – 7nts)

*Dates are subject to change pending hotel availability and airline scheduling.

Pre-registration is open now.
Participating hotels will be announced in mid April. To hold seats, the $400 pp is required at time of pre-registration. Select a gateway and
destination and provide 3 resort choices to stay at from the Sunwing and Signature’s 2011/12 hotel line up. If we cannot accommodate the request to stay at one of the three resorts, couples/agents will have the option to cancel their pre-registration with full refund. Couples/Agents will be contacted in mid April to select a resort and confirm their
participation. Space is very limited.

To book contact karenlantigua@myweddingaway.com or Cherie@myweddingaway.com.

The New Iberostar Cancun wedding packages

Posted in Beach Honeymoon Destinations, Cancun, Destination Wedding Locations, Honeymoon packages, Luxury destination weddings, Mexico on 03/01/2012 12:09 am by Karen Lantigua

MyWeddingAway.com is excited to announce the New Iberostar Cancun’s wedding packages. Iberostar’s newest and Cancún’s Only All-inclusive Golf & Spa Resort, 150 acres of tropical paradise only 15 minutes from Cancún International Airport.
Destination wedding packages are now available, don’t overlook this amazing property where all rooms are ocean view.

Iberostar Cancun wedding packages outdoor spaces and Cancún’s only ocean view ballrooms, to creative banquet solutions and fantastic theme events, the Iberostar Cancún is the ideal setting for your special day. Whether you are planning a beach-side ceremony, a romantic reception on our lush gardens or a traditional fairytale wedding, our team looks forward to creating a memorable event for you and your attendees.
Within our spectacular indoor and outdoor venues, you will find exquisite locations to host your dreamed event.

•Secluded Beach
•Las Olas Terrace, overlooking the garden and
ocean
•Miramar Garden, a few steps away form the beach
•Miramar Ocean view
Ballroom
•Isla Jr. Ocean view Ballroom
•Grand Caribe Ballroom
•Pool
Deck, surrounded by our impressive pools
•Mitachi Seaside Grill, Cancun’s
only gourmet beach-front restaurant

Free Wedding Package

BLESSING, CATHOLIC OR CIVIL CEREMONY

Professional services of an on site wedding specialist
Witness (if required)
Setup of wedding venue (table and chairs with white covers)
Bouquet of fresh flowers for the bride and groom’s boutonnière
Fresh floral centerpiece for the dead wedding table during the ceremony
Traditional white frosting cake decorated with fresh flowers
Champagne toast after the ceremony
Sound system with microphone and CD Player for the ceremony
Wedding dinner in one of out “A la Carte restaurants” (one hour and a half)
Sweet amenity and bottle of sparkling wing in room on the wedding night
Iberostar gift
Upgrade to Junior Suite for the bride and groom (subject to availability)
Late check out for the couple (subject to availability)
One Spa bridal package: hair test, hair style, manicure and pedicure

REQUIREMENTS:

Wedding party must book a minimum of 10 rooms for 3 nights or a wedding
package will have to be purchased
Available hours for the ceremony 11:00,12:00,1300 Hrs
Other times for ceremony are available ($), please contact your wedding
coordinator for more information and prices
Catholic Ceremony only in Play Paraiso
Restaurant in semi private area
Valid December 24th 2011 to December 23 2012
Rates subject to change

For information, availability and pricing please complete the Contact Us form.

Mayan Ceremony

$1250 USD

Professional services of an on site wedding specialist
Shaman or Spiritual Guide of the Ancient Mayan Culture
Witness (if required)
Decoration for the ceremony
Crowns of natural flowers for the bride and groom
Special offerings for the ceremony (Flowers, fruit and candle)
Sacred wine as offering for the bride and groom
2 Prehispanic musicians during the ceremony
Sound system with microphone and CD Player for the ceremony
Cocktail with Mayan Canapés
Wedding dinner in one of out “A la Carte restaurants” (one hour and a half)
Upgrade to Junior Suite for the bride and groom (subject to availability)
One bottle of champagne and sweet amenity in your room on the wedding night
Iberostar gift
Late check out for the couple (subject to availability)

REQUIREMENTS:

Book 10 rooms for 2 nights
Available hours for the ceremony 11:00,12:00,1300 Hrs
Valid December 24th 2011 to December 23 2012
Dinner in semi private area
Rates subject to change

For information, availability and pricing please complete the Contact Us form.

Paradise Package

$2600 USD

BLESSING, CATHOLIC OR CIVIL CEREMONY

Professional services of an on site wedding specialist
Minister / Judge / Priest
Marriage license, apostille and legal fees (blood test not included)
Witness (if required)
Setup of wedding venue (table and chairs with white covers)
Bouquet of fresh flowers for the bride and groom’s boutonnière
Fresh floral centerpiece for the dead wedding table during the ceremony
Traditional white frosting cake decorated with fresh flowers
Champagne toast after the ceremony
Sound system with microphone and CD player for the ceremony
Private reception dinner and open bar for 4 hours in restaurant, convention
centerer or beach (subject to availability)
Live music, your choice of Mariachi band, Mexican trio, Violinist or
Saxophonist for 45 minuets
Upgrade to Junior Suite for the bride and groom (subject to availability)
Welcome amenity
One bottle of champagne and chocolate covered strawberries delivered to your
room on the wedding night
Special
Bathrobes and slippers for use in the room during your stay
Breakfast in bed the morning after the wedding day
One time complementary access to the hydrotherapy service at our luxury spa
for the bride and groom (Just Playa Paraiso Complex)
15% discount at the Spa
Iberostar gift
Late check out for the couple (subject to availability)

REQUIREMENTS:

Our Package are for 2 to 20 people (including the couple) Addi tonal persons
$20 USD
Catholic Ceremony only in Play Paraiso
Restaurant in semi private area
Valid December 24th 2011 to December 23 2012
Rates subject to change

For information, availability and pricing please complete the Contact Us form.

Dream Package

$5250 USD

BLESSING, CATHOLIC OR CIVIL CEREMONY

Professional services of an on site wedding specialist
Minister / Judge / Priest
Marriage license, apostille and legal fees (blood test not included)
Witness (if required)
Setup of wedding venue (table and chairs with white covers rose petals to
adorn walking to the altar)
Bouquet of fresh flowers for the bride and groom’s boutonnière
Fresh floral centerpiece for the dead wedding table during the ceremony
Traditional white frosting cake decorated with fresh flowers
Champagne toast after and cold appetizers after the ceremony for one hour
Sound system with microphone and CD Music for the ceremony
Private reception dinner and open bar for 4hr in restaurant, convention
centerer or Beach (subject to availability)
Live music, your choice of Mariachi band, Mexican Trio, Violinist or
Saxophonist for 45 minutes
Upgrade to Junior Suite for the bride and groom (subject to availability)
Welcome amenity
One bottle of champagne and chocolate covered strawberries delivered to your
room on the wedding night
Special aromatherapy service in your room on the honeymoon night
Ironing of the bride`s wedding gown and from`s suit
Special Bathrobes for the bride and groom
Breakfast in bed the morning after the wedding day
Romantic dinner on the beach for the wedding couple
Late check out for the couple (subject to availability)
One Spa bridal package: hair test, hair style, manicure and pedicure
One time complementary access to the hydrotherapy service at our luxury spa
for the bride and groom (Just Playa Paraiso Complex)
15% discount at the Spa services
Iberostar gift
Surprise gift for the bride and groom

REQUIREMENTS:

Package is for 40 people (including the couple) Addi tonal persons $40 USD
Catholic Ceremony only in Play Paraiso
Restaurant in semi private area
Valid December 24th 2011 to December 23 2012
Rates subject to change

For information, availability and pricing please complete the Contact Us form.

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Lindsay and Steve’s Wedding at Ocean Sand Punta Cana

Posted in Beach Weddings, Destination Wedding Agent, Destination Wedding Locations, Destination Wedding Photographers, Destination Wedding Planner, MyWeddingAwayTravel.com, Punta Cana, Punta Cana Weddings on 12/09/2011 10:44 pm by Karen Lantigua

Congratulations to Lindsay and Steve who returned from their Destination Wedding at the Ocean Sand by H10 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic they have been kind enough to share some of their photos and kind words.

“Just wanted to let you know that the wedding was absolutely perfect. The weather was perfect and the day was flawless. The resort itself was really nice and the food was great!”

“Everyone had a great time on the wedding boat (la Barcaza) and the crew were fantastic!!”

“Thank you for everything that you did to help make this possible. I am so happy we did a destination wedding and there is no way we would have been able to do it without Karen at MyWeddingAwayTravel.com !!”

Lindsay and Steve treated their guests to a sunset cocktail cruise on the La Baracaza.

If you are looking for your Dream Destination Wedding, let us help make your Dream a reality.

email: karenlantigua@myweddingaway.com

www.MyWeddingAwayTravel.com

Photos by Destination Wedding Photographer Michael Weiler

Sensatori Azul Wedding – Melissa and Chris

Posted in Beach Wedding Vendors, Destination Wedding Agent, Destination Wedding How to, Destination Wedding Invitations, Destination Wedding Locations, Destination Wedding Planner, How to Book a Destination Wedding, Mexico, MyWeddingAwayTravel.com, Riviera Maya, Testimonials from real weddings on 11/18/2011 08:00 pm by Karen Lantigua

Congratulations to Melissa and Chirs, who were married October 24th 2011 at the Gourmet Inclusive Sensatori Azul all suites hotel located just 20 mins from the Cancun airport. Special experiences foster togetherness for families, couples and groups of friends. The 24-hour room service and full-service concierge fulfill all your food, beverage and activity requests

Melissa + Chris’ wedding

The Resort
Friends of ours are photographers and had been to a number of destination weddings, so we asked them to send us some slideshows of photos they had taken, and their opinion on the resort…they had fallen in love with the Sensatori Azul, as we did after checking it out. It was a FABULOUS resort that I would recommend to anyone. We loved it, and our guests raved…truly the best food I have had at a resort anywhere!!! This resort was also highly recommended by previous brides, I see why!

Our destiantion wedding travel specialist

I originally was with another popular DW TA company, and was not happy with how long they were taking to get back to me when we were deciding on a location. I felt more like another number, didn’t want my guests feeling like that when it was their turn to deal with them….and wanted more personalized service. I stumbled across the best kept secret in the business – Karen Lantigua with www.MyWeddingAwayTravel.com I just can’t say enough good things about Karen and her services. Talk about bending over backwards…I swear some of my guests want to marry her!!
Karen helped us get the place of our dreams, at the price of our dreams, with a lot of little surprises along the way (a bottle of prosecco here, private transfer there).
Thank you Karen….we all just love you!!

Colors
We chose a hot pink, tangerine and lime color scheme. I was making a French memory board and had bought this ribbon that I loved, and it was the inspirational piece. The hot pink varied at times due to the bridesmaids dresses being a magenta that was more on the purple side than pink.

Monogram
I googled wedding invitations, and this is how I stumbled across Meagan Clopton, Branchville Studio in Texas. Meagan has some amazingly designed pieces, and she did our monogram…

AND our amazing passport invitations that people are STILL talking about and asking if they could have a new one, as theirs is torn etc. from being carted around in a purse to show everyone they came across all these months. J
Meagan also threw in these really cute thank you luggage tags. I decided to make my own labels and return labels out of our monogram (put our address around it…was a tough project), and I also did the RSVP cards.

We decided to do a pre-travel mailing as so many of our guests had never traveled to an all-inclusive before. We included a pre-travel brochure that I designed with the help of my friend Miriem, it included info. about what to expect at the airport, attire for the events/dinners, golf course information etc. I included a luggage tag with a pics from around the Mayan, and inserted them into ziplock holders that guests could remove and put their information on. We then hot glued ribbon.
We also included a CD with music chosen by the wedding party and the parents to get the guests excited for the trip. We also included the entrée selection card at this time, with instructions to email us with their choice

Welcome bags….
I had one bag for each single, and one for each couple. I had two kids out of our 51 guests, and they got special hair clips/coloring books/sunglasses/princess lanyards/hair ties etc. etc.

Welcome bag

Bookmarks
I

SPF Chapstick

Wedding week survival kits
These were fun to make, I made three different color lables for the tops to help me pack them once I got there. The pink were for people we didn’t want to receive the condom (grandparents/kids), orange for singles, green for couples. There are a few items inside the survival kits and that had slid down behind that you can’t see. Here is a list of its contents.

Condom (that pretty much covered the “fun” part of the label”)
Kleenex
Gum
Bath & body works hand sanitizer
Emergen-C x 2
Inside The “First Aid” box
- Safety Pins, hand wipes, bandaids, pepto bismol tablets (that I printed direction labels for)
- Advil, mints

MAC Lipglass
My MOH is a MAC makeup artist. We used their program “back to MAC” and took back 6 empty containers and received a free lipglass each time (anyone can do this, not just employees). I had quite a few empty containers of their products, but she helped with most, and we were able to get 21 lip glass’ absolutely free!!! We picked out neutral shades for the most part, but told the girls to swap ‘em up with each other if they wanted. I had some darker skin colored ladies, so we just gave them a more suitable color for them, they loved it.

Postcards
We asked our guests to pick one to mail to us with their favourite memory of our week spent in the Mayan Riviera. We are then going to put it in our guest book.

Welcome booklets
We made these to make sure our guests had all the information needed to enjoy the week, including hotel amenities, map including our ceremony location and receptions, schedule of events, names of guests and their relation to us so they could write down each other’s hotel numbers. Also included was a map of the Mayan, how to get around if they wanted to go into town, photo share page and some simple Spanish basics. I

Handing out the welcome bags at our welcome dinner…

Welcome Party Pashminas
We had a welcome party – dinner at a restaurant and a smors bonfire on the beach.
I gave out the pashminas down on the beach, and had glow bracelets for the guests to put on…the pashmina’s were a HUGE hit!!! All the woman had them on all week!

fun with pashminas AND glow sticks….lol

The Dress

I got my dress at Beckers Bridal in Toronto. It was the first store, 5^th dress, and the ONLY one I ever loved. J
It is the Tirso by Pronovias. I didn’t want a head vale, and loved that it had one over the shoulder.
I received so many complements on my dress…not only from guests, but all the people on the resort!
It was the perfect dress for the perfect setting.

Shoes
I wanted green shoes, BAD. I couldn’t find any, so took a chance with dyable ones.The plan was to only wear them down the aisle, and change into the flip flops, but I forgot, and well, the dye was off the heals (that were in the sand) in about 2 seconds.

I bedazzled the flops myself was so much fun, anyone need anything bedazzled? Lol….send it over!!!

Hair Flower
I decided I didn’t want to worry about real flowers drooping throughout the night, so I chose this beautiful piece.

Garter
I had a pink garter with a “C” for chris charm that dangled from it.

Jewellery
While I was getting my nails done at the salon on our wedding day, Chris had his brother deliver this diamond tennis bracelet with a lovely card. I cried for about ½ hour!! I ended up wearing it down the aisle, and had earrings that were simple j earrings with diamonds all down them, and wore simple diamond studs in my second piercings on my ears.

My bouquet
I LOVED my bouquet….with my bride/groom in green theme, it looked amazing!!! I paid a little extra to have it larger than pictured, and ended up with a very large bouquet that was beautiful!!! (and very heavy)!!!

Wrapped in the ribbon on my bouquet was a charm of my nana who passed on a few years ago. This was the perfect way for me to include her in our special day…a lot of my family didn’t know I had this done, and were brought to tears when they saw it.

The Guys
We ordered linen blend suits from, and loved the quality.

The ties were custom made in our colors. My dad’s tie was also ordered from the same company.
We had linen shoes for all the guys in a shade darker beige then their suits.

Bridesmaids
The girls wore silk wrap dresses in Magenta from Butter by Nadia. The maid of honour had different shoes, basically in our colors and a bit of gray, the 2 bridesmaids wore a gray satin.

Jr. Bridesmaid/Flower Girl
Chris’ sisters were our jr. bridesmaid and flower girl. I purchased flip flops and bedazzled them myself. The bukets held rose petals and the girls carried them.

Hair done at resort’s spa

Itinerarys
I did up itinerarys with appointments etc. for our day! We had one for the girls and the guys.

Congratulations Melissa and Chris!

For more information on Customized Destination Weddings contact us at www.MyWeddingAwayTravel.com

Alina and Owen’s Destination Wedding-Riviera Maya

Posted in Destination Wedding Agent, Destination Wedding How to, Destination Wedding Planner, How to Book a Destination Wedding, Mexico, MyWeddingAwayTravel.com, Riviera Maya, Testimonials from real weddings on 11/03/2011 09:00 am by Karen Lantigua

Congratulations to Alina and Owen

Owen and I got married in Mexico this past May. We and our 40 guests had the most amazing time. Karen was so awesome! She went above and beyond what we expected and she even threw in a couple extras without us knowing. Whenever I had trouble communicating with the resorts coordinator(s) Karen would send e-mails and help in any way she could. She even sent us reminders and updates every week leading up to the wedding. Karen was helpful, knowledgeable, patient and professional while helping all 42 of us book our trips. As well, she even helped us book a side trip for 30 people! What a relief that was. We highly recommend her services to anyone thinking of booking
a destination wedding.

We stayed at Hotel Catalonia Yucatan in the Mayan Riviera. The resort was beautiful, clean and well worth the money. There was always something to do and see and the variety of restaurants was spectacular. As the bride I spent quite a bit of time in the spa, and all the services there were fantastic. The staff did a fantastic job with the ceremony and reception set-up. We were extremely happy with how well everything turned out. Even the hotel staff said that our wedding was amazing (tip – pay the extra money for a DJ, they make a huge difference).
Even though it was sometimes challenging to communicate with the resorts wedding coordinator(s), they really came through for us on the wedding day. Our guests are still talking about how wonderful the whole week was and how much they miss the resort. As a gift to our bridal party we treated them to the “Tulum Extreme” side trip. What a great trip! It was day jam-packed with zip lining, repelling, under ground swimming and historic site seeing. We highly recommend this side trip, everyone loved it.

Thank you to Karen and all the staff at Catalonia Yucatan, you made or wedding week one we will remember for the rest of our lives.

Alina & Owen

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Lindsay and Steve’s Wedding at Ocean Sand Punta Cana

Sensatori Azul Wedding – Melissa and Chris

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