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@manders83: What is the problem exactly? That your vendor wont contact you?
Oh no :( sounds awful, so sorry! I think probably, since you'd only lose $500 compared to the thousands you could be out if you went through with trying to have the wedding at this place, I would cancel with them - it's never good if a vendor gets difficult this early (or at all!) about something so easy. As for more private locations - I know some 'bees have had luck renting out large homes/estates through vrbo.com (vacation rentals by owner) or similar sites - i think miss hot wings did that in Cali, too, although I'm not 100% on that. So maybe try that to find a better location on the west shore? good luck!!
@manders83: Where are you having it? Im semi -familiar with Kauai...
If your vendor doesnt work out, what about the Kilohana plantation? Its absolutly gorgeous and located between the West/South shore, though it isnt located near water..then again you could drive 20 mins to the beach from there for pics.
@GreenEyedMoon: yes, we out of $1500 we would get $1000 back, but lose $500.
@MsNarwhal: I was already having a little doubt before about the place, but now this lady is not getting back with me after I gave her money.
@ThePinkPeony: thank you for the advice! I have checked VRBO.com and a few others. A lot of the houses that looked big enough for a wedding, did not allow them. You are right about the money.. It's better to be out the $500 than, $20,000+
I don't really know unless I hire a wedding planner, but not sure if I should do that.
@manders83: Woops I had my shores messed up in my head...Kilohana is on the East...though still really close to the South! Its too bad that you have to have it on the West shore when the rest of the island is so lush!
@Elvis: I should! I don't know why I didn't think of that. I guess I'm just annoyed and won't be able to hide it when I see her.
@MsNarwhal: Waimea Plantation Cottages. I'm not sure if I looked into that, but I'm going to check it out right now. East side is ok. It's just the north shore I found a lot that I liked, but the drive would be too much for people I guess. Thank you :)
@manders83: Uh.... no offense, but I've got friends driving 3+ hours for our wedding! Family will be driving between 1 and 2 hours! (That's just the immediate family, too).
Of course, I'm not familiar, at all, with anywhere Hawaii (never been, but soooooo wanna go!) so I'm not sure what driving is like.
I know this is going to sound weird but have you checked with the local tourist agencies? Or visitors centers? They might have more info than online. Maybe even look up "destination weddings" or add "eloping" to the google search?
good luck!!!!
Ryna.. No offense taken. I thought maybe I was being inconsiderate wanting it on the north shore.then I figured its an island. The drive is beautiful and not bad at all!
I didn't think it was that big of a deal to drive an hour or so. I will try your suggestions! Thank you :)
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Basically: I have changed the date for my family, I have changed my wedding location so people won't have to drive an hour after drinking at the reception.. and now I can't even look at places to have the wedding on north shore.
Which makes it very difficult. All the vendors, beautiful estates that hold weddings, places that I would love to have the wedding.. all on the north shore. Basically we want our wedding as private as possible. We would rather not have it at a hotel or restaurant (even though some are gorgeous here!)
We found a place on the west side (the first place we saw), and went back to it. The property is beautiful, but you can't swim in the water. It's not pretty clear water like most of the water here. It reminds me of Florida water, except you can swim in Florida water. I just thought, who cares, no one is swimming during the wedding!
I needed to send the save the dates out to people so I had to find a place and book it. No one else was getting back with me and I had no help trying to find another place to have it. I may be living on this Island, but I don't know all the places. Like I said before, any "googling" I would do, everything is north shore.
The lady that works at the cottages.. my ''coordinator'' was more helpful before I gave her money. I booked it August 11. I told her what information I still needed and she said ok. I still had heard nothing from her and wrote her sunday (aug 14). (This lady usually writes me back pretty quickly. No matter how many e-mails I write her or what information I need). Monday evening (aug 15) she wrote me back telling me I would have it by the end of the week. So still nothing, and Monday (aug 22) I wrote her again asking where everything is, and telling her what I needed. She hasn't even responded? WTF
And here it is Wednesday (aug 24)... where the f*ck is everything? I need numbers to the vendors and prices for cottages to let guests know! I'm already upset that I can't have it on the north shore and I feel just stuck with the place.
I put $1500 deposit down. If we cancel, we get $1000 back, they keep $500. It's my mom's money so I don't want to lose it. I was already starting to have some doubts about the place, like I feel I didn't have long enough to look. I am really pissed at this woman and it's making my feelings towards the place even worse!!
What should I do?!?
Side Note: Mom is paying for everything! She is not trying to boss me around, she is letting me have what I want.. we are working great together actually. I'm sure I could offer to pay her back or something.