Maui wedding planners | Marry Me Maui

Images from June 2009 The Westin Maui, June 2009 Everyone wants a good deal. That's a fact not only in times of economic uncertainty but also when times are good. Balancing quality with price is a difficult game and the best price does not always mean the best wedding. Sure, a beach wedding on Maui is a beach wedding on Maui, or so it may seem, but it pays to ask yourself a few questions before booking the cheapest package you can find. Has the wedding planner been working in the wedding industry on Maui for 23 years? Is your planner fully insured? Is their website informative and up to date with killer images from last month's weddings? Are all the fees listed plainly, with no surprises? Does the planner work with professionals only, not car salesmen by day and photographers by night? Has your planner been living on Maui for so long that they are aware of the beaches that work best for your group, at any particular time of year, or when a private v...

Eye contact. That's our tip for couples today. Nothing is more important than eye contact for those memorable wedding photos. Most of our Maui Wedding ceremonie s last about 15 minutes; short and sweet. 15 or 20 minutes for your photographer to capture something that happens once in your lifetime. Not to put too much pressure on the wedding couple, but the beauty of your Maui wedding images depend not only on the professionalism of your photographer, but also by your facial expressions, relaxed attitude and eye contact with each other and the camera. During the ceremony, your attention should be on the person you are marrying. Looking into each others eyes during the vows, lei ceremony and ring exchange not only creates incredible images but also bonds the two of you during what is a very intimate moment.

Photography coverage for your Maui wedding should include much more than just the ceremony and a few family portraits afterwards. Some of the hotels and most of the condos on Maui allow guests to use the grounds for photography. All of the properties here are beautifully landscaped and offer many opportunities for beautiful, dramatic pre-wedding portraits. A half hour or an hour is all you need to get some great candid shots of the bride and her party getting ready and then some shots around the property. Have your Maui Wedding Photographer call the hotel ahead of time to be sure it's OK to shoot.

Somebody in your wedding entourage is probably a photo enthusiast. They have a nice digital camera and spend a lot of time shooting at family reunions and Fourth of July picnics. Their images are very nice and they love to share them. We all love having them around and seeing the images afterwards. When you invite them to your Maui wedding , they get very excited to have the opportunity to record your day in mega-pixels and follow the professional photographer you've hired. The only problem with this, from the professional's point of view, is that when somebody is standing over their shoulder with a camera, especially someone the family knows well, the person you've hired to take professional portraits will have a bunch of shots with half the people looking at him and the other half looking at your photo enthusiast. Instead of telling your friend not to take pictures, have them take shots of the other guests who are not being photographed. They can capture an entirely diffe...

We always get asked about the right time of day to do a  Maui wedding ceremony . Many of our clients want to do a luau as a reception, which usually start about an hour before sunset, pushing the wedding to the middle of the afternoon. While a luau seems like the Hawaiian way to end your wedding day, the timing makes photography  very difficult and limits your photographers ability to capture those portraits at the golden hour. We usually recommend that couples save the luau for the day before or after and schedule their  Maui wedding  for about an hour and a half before sunset. This gives us time to spend about 45 minutes exclusively with the couple to get those romantic, golden images and dramatic sunset backgrounds. We also remind them that even in January, temperatures on the beach at 3 in the afternoon can reach 85 degrees, making even an informal affair rather warm. As sunset approaches, the temperature cools, the gentle trades pick up and the colors get truly spectacular.

Planning a destination wedding on Maui has a distinct advantage over other locales in that we have some of the most professional, creative and experienced wedding vendors anywhere. One of our favorites is our Maui Wedding Bouquet specialist, Della Peacock from Dellables. Her designs are beautiful, romantic and unique. Each one is custom made by hand with input from the bride. Della also provides Arches, flower circles and anything else you can imagine.

Romantic starlit dinners, warm sunsets at the beach, a soft gentle breeze blowing through a bride's veil, all these things are part of your romantic destination wedding on Maui . As wedding planners on Maui since 1997 and wedding professionals since 1985, Marry Me Maui wedding planners are the perfect choice for your Maui destination wedding. We are intimately familiar with the best beaches and private venues on Maui and contract with the most respected vendors on the island. Our in house Maui Wedding Photographers are the best on the island and will create a warm palette of colors to illustrate your most special day. All our reasonably priced packages include a cd of images along with reproduction rights. With the cost of travel and accommodations dropping, now is a great time to plan your Maui Wedding.