Wow - where do I start with Aloha Maui Weddings? When you first talk to Fay, you will instantly love her! She CARES about her brides, is relaxed and well organized. What drew me to Aloha Maui Weddings was that, unlike other planners, Fay was available to answer my questions before I booked my wedding with her. Other planners were hard to reach, wanted a deposit right away and just seemed too busy to care. We only had 9 people total at our wedding, I think that other planners didn't want to mess with a small wedding like ours. All I could think was, if they aren't available before I give them money, will they disappear after I pay them? I'm not comfortable waiting 3 days for a simple answer about what colors of flowers I can choose. My gut told me that Fay was the right choice and, in the end, she was!
Right before, during and after the wedding, when I started to freak, she was there to calm me and my family down. Planning and completing our wedding with Fay was the most stress-free experience of the entire time we were in Maui.
Planning the wedding it's self was fun and easy. Fay made it enjoyable by breaking out each section of the wedding and the decision that needed to be made, such as "Flowers" and "Cake" and "Vows" - we simply went through and selected what we wanted for each category and it was done! Unlike other planners, it wasn't just one vendor for each need - we got choices! I loved getting a list of many photographers, hair dressers, musicians, etc, and telling Fay who we liked best. We were NOT stuck in a package deal where we only get who she decides we will use.
My new husband and I have both been married once before and we will both tell you from personal experiences with planning a wedding before this one, that working with Fay is as easy as it's going to get. She dealt with all the vendors, all the problems and all the stress. My groom got to sit back and relax. I got to have a blast picking out a dress and at the end, we just had to show up and get married.
How stress free was this wedding? Let me tell you: The day of my wedding, I was so relaxed knowing that Fay had it all under control, that my maid of honor and I, spend the morning and afternoon swimming, shopping and goofing around. We made it back to the hotel an hour before the wedding to get my hair done and meet my groom at the site.
There's a lot of companies that offer weddings in Maui, and I found it very confusing, especially since I was planning from afar; it's hard to know who to trust, who has it together and who doesn't. Fay has her stuff together! She was excellent at responding to our emails, she was available when she probably shouldn't have been, and really took wonderful care of us.
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