10 Romantic Honeymoon & Holiday Destinations
Sure, anywhere is romantic with the one you love, but some destinations just cry romance. Some of my favorites are:
1.Paris What's not to love about the "City of Lights"? The city's architecture, parks, and monuments are beautiful any time of year. Plus, it's next to impossible to get a bad meal in this town. Add dozens of interesting museums, the picturesque Seine River, some of the world's best shopping, and that Paris charm, and you've got a winner.
2.New York City in December New...
4 Ways To Add The Funny To A Wedding Speech Or Toast
Some of the best wedding speeches have been some of the funniest. Yet, many brides, grooms, father's, best men, and more are wary of adding humor to their speeches for fear that they will not be funny. Yet humor can add a touch of light to a day filled with emotions. Humor is a great way to cut through the sentimental while offering the bride and groom your best. So, how can you "add the funny" to your wedding speech? Here are four tips to get you started:
Know the Who's Who If you want...
5 Hot Destination Wedding Locations
Where are you planning to have your wedding? Some brides and grooms dream of getting married at an exotic location, but some couples get stuck on what location to choose. In order to get started on your destination wedding planning, you will need to choose a locale. Here are five hot destination wedding locations:
Location #1: Florence, Italy A beautiful location, Florence seems to exude romance. From stunning architecture to a gondola ride through the city, Florence will take your...
Adding A Bit Of 'spirit' To Your Wedding
For many people a wedding just isnt a wedding without a champagne toast. However, many couples are offering alternatives to champagne with wine and sparkling cider. Yet, how do you know which champagnes are best and what wineto serve with what food? Here are some tips and tidbits to help you in choosing the spirits for your wedding reception.
The Wine Many people choose to serve wine with their wedding meal. While your caterer will probably have some suggestions for a specific wine, there...
Adventure Honeymoon Ideas
Are you looking for a honeymoon that's a little different from the typical beachside vacation? You don't sit around at home, why should you do so on your honeymoon? Consider a diving trip to the Caribbean or perhaps a hiking trip to the Alps. Below are a few of my favorite choices for an adventure honeymoon:
1.Ecotourism in Costa Rica Costa Rica, located in the heart of Central America, is rich with natural wonders. There are miles of uncrowded beach on both the Caribbean and the Pacific...
Alternative Wedding Gifts?
Couples often joke that one of the best reasons to get married is the gifts. New brides and grooms can spend hours after the big day opening presents, discovering cash surprises, and checking things over their registry list. But what about couples that don't really need all of those gifts? What do you give a celebrity couple?
A Quiet Affair On December 27, 2006, former supermodel turned mom and business owner, Niki Taylor, and her fiance, NASCAR rookie Burney Lamar, exchanged their vows. The...
Celebrity Twins & Their Engagements
Engagement ideas are always popular whether you're a potential groom trying to determine a unique way to pop the question or a bride-to-be wanting to compare her special moment to that of the celebrities. So let's look at half of two celebrity pairs of twins who've recently gotten engaged.
Tia Mowry & Cory Hardrict Most recently, actress Tia Mowry announced her engagement to her boyfriend of six years, Cory Hardrict. Tia is probably best remembered from the sitcom Sister, Sister in...
Creating A Successful Outdoor Wedding
Planning an outdoor wedding? If so, then you know there is more to think about than just finding a pretty venue and renting equipment. When you are planning your wedding you will also need to consider the special needs of your guests and the uncertainty of the environment. Here are some tips for planning the perfect outdoor wedding:
Keep the Guests Comfortable Consider the needs of your guests when you have an outdoor wedding. If it will be cool outside, plan on providing items to help...
Creating A Wedding Website
Weddings have officially gone high-tech. Many brides and grooms are creating their own wedding websites in order to allow guests to RSVP, see pictures, get directions, and find out details about the bride and groom. The possibilities are endless for how you can use your wedding website, but there are some things you can do to make you site more useful:
Find a Hosting Site There are a number of wedding website hosts that allow you to create your own wedding website. Depending on what features...
Destination Elopement? Ask Keith Carradine & Hayley Dumond
There is something to be said for May/September romances, especially those that end in an exchange of vows. The best example of this is the recent wedding between Keith Carradine (57) and Hayley Dumond (32) on November 18, 2006. Keith, the younger brother of Kung Fu and Kill Bill actor David Carradine, met Hayley when they co-starred together in the 1999 film The Hunter's Moon. Keith is probably best known for his role as Wild Bill Hickok on HBO's Deadwood series while Hayley has made a few...
Dilbert's Wedding - A Special Family Occasion
When we think of weddings, we typically think of holding the ceremony in a church or other special event building. However, celebrity couples like to do things a little differently. That's why back in July 2006, Scott Adams, best known as the creator of the lovable office worker Dilbert, married his girlfriend, Shelly Miles, on a yacht in San Francisco Bay. That's not the picture most of us imagine of a wedding.
Vicars and Captains Adams and Miles had been dating for two years before they...
Discriminating Against Grooms?
A recent suit was filed in California by the American Civil Liberties Union after it was discovered that men wanting to take the brides surname faced court approval and a fine. In California a man must file a petition, advertise a public notice, and then appear in court to get permission to take their future wifes name. What does a woman have to do to take her husbands surname? Just write it in on the marriage application.
Not Fair for Men The ACLU filed suit on behalf of one man who felt...
Guide Books For A Perfect Honeymoon
You've decided where to go on your honeymoon, but which hotel to choose? What to do when you get there? Where to eat? A good guidebook can assist you with all of those questions. But, how do you pick the book that best suits your needs? Travel books can be expensive, so it's important to choose wisely.
Types of Guidebooks Travel books come in all shapes, sizes, and with emphasis on at least a dozen topics. There are books for adventure travelers, such as the Lonely Planet guides; books for...
Handling Tricky Situations Through Your Invitations
When you are planning your wedding invitations, the wording becomes very important. Many brides and grooms are concerned about using proper etiquette when writing out invitations, but there are some tricky situations that require a more refined form of etiquette. It is hard for couples to think that they would offend people, so wording on the invitations could provide enough hints for guests to understand your desires for your wedding without having to be rude. Here are some sensitive...
How Much For A White Wedding?
Discussions about wedding costs tend to focus on the total cost of the evnt and how it is one of the most expensice single days of anyones life. However there is not a new twist to the cost of getting married - as if there weren't enough costs already!
Fine on Non-Virgins? One Romanian priest wants women who are not virgins to pay a fine if they wear white on their wedding day. Father Petrica Bratu, 37, suggests that the women pay a fine of £10 if the couple had just moved in tighter, but...
How To Choose The Perfect Menu For Your Wedding
A perfect menu comes from the perfect wedding cater and careful planning. Food, like flowers, can be well suited and completely prepared to complement the theme of any wedding ceremony.
Reception Choices Planning the receptions menu will be created around the time of day the event is scheduled to take place. Hiring a professional caterer relieves you of the responsibility of preparing, cooking, decorating and serving the food.
The style of meal you choose can be formal or informal. Food...
How To Cut 30% Off Your Honeymoon
1.Plan Ahead Contrary to popular belief, the best prices, especially on luxury vacations, go to those who plan well in advance. In fact, many better cruise cabins and luxury resorts just aren't available if you wait. Many cruise lines and resorts offer and early booking discounts. Airlines, too, reward those who book early, with lower fares and more desirable seat assignments.
2.Consider a Honeymoon Registry - Let your friends and family help pay for your honeymoon by signing up for a...
How To Elope - Without The Upsets!
Generally, eloping tends to evoke negative connotations in the head of the bride-to-be and the groom, as they picture their parents, mothers especially, with a broken heart for decades to come. Do remember that nothing is impossible, even eloping and getting your parents blessings.
Disadvantages of Eloping When considering the option of eloping, there are several distinct and common disadvantages that are likely to emerge as a result. Namely, the mothers of the bride and groom, along with...
How To Get Your Guests To Pay For Your Honeymoon
Honeymoon registries are an increasingly popular trend as more and more couples wait to get married. At thirty, you just don't need that toaster, blender, and tableware you needed when you first set up housekeeping. A honeymoon registry lets your guests contribute to a fund to pay for your honeymoon instead of buying you a gift you don't need.
How Does it Work? A honeymoon registry is similar to bridal registries at department stores and specialty retailers. You work with a registry...
How To Recreate Tom & Katies Magic At Your Own Wedding
Their Story
One of the biggest celebrity weddings of the year was, of course, the gorgeous ceremony held for Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in Italy on November 19th. First, let's talk about what this high-profile couple did to make their wedding amazing, then we can discuss how their celebrity wedding could inspire your day.
The Service
The service was held in Bracciano, Italy. The area is named for the beautiful Lake Bracciano which does double duty as a tourist attraction and as the water...
How To Select The Perfect Florist For Your Wedding
Most people are not aware of the vast difference and variety of flowers that exist until they decide to get married. It is at this moment that the stature and importance of the florist takes on new meaning. Here are some helpful tips to guide you through your decision process.
It Stems From References
.. The best place to start is with references. Take time out to ask family, friends, and trusted business associates to recommend someone they have used in the past. Another option that can be...
How To Surprise Your Groom
A well-delivered surprise for your groom could cause you to experience stimulating fringe benefits you could not have imagined.
Unleash the passions of your future groom by giving him a creative preview of what's in store for him on your wedding night. Create a personal photo album of you in your lingerie's bought especially for the wedding night. Be creative and enticing.
Because of tradition, a groom may begin to feel overlooked as the pace of preparation begins to pick up as the big day...
How To Write A Wedding Speech
As you sit down to write a wedding speech you may feel roadblocked by how to structure your speech. Ideas may be flying around your head, but questions keep preventing you from putting them down on paper. Or you may just need that extra inspiration for your wedding toast. Here is some advice on how to put together your wedding speech or toast:
Structure
A wedding speech or toast is not that different from writing an essay. Every speech has a beginning, middle, and end, but it is quite...
Jamaica's All-Inclusive Resorts: Leaders In Destination Weddings
Long before destination weddings were the rage, couples were quietly flying down to Jamaica for romantic beachside ceremonies. The all-inclusive resorts on the former British island have been catering to wedding and honeymoon couples for decades and have perfected the destination wedding to an art form. The island's resorts range from the casual to the elegant to the slightly risquι. Consider one of the following for your wedding or honeymoon:
Sandals Resorts With seven resorts on...
Keeping Your Wedding Safe & Stress Free
Ever heard of wedding insurance? Most brides and grooms have probably never heard of it, or they scoff at the idea of insuring their wedding. However, purchasing some short-term wedding insurance can be a way of saving yourself a lot of grief if your wedding is cancelled or someone gets injured at your reception.
What Types of Wedding Insurance are Available? Brides and grooms can opt to purchase two types of wedding insurance. There is wedding cancellation insurance and also wedding...
One Way To Handle Second Marriages
While all of us hope to find that one special person in our lives, what do we do when that person is taken away from us unexpectedly? For some lucky people, they end up finding a second special person. One of those lucky people is Kimberly Roads, a member of the grammy-nominated country band Little Big Town.
After disaster
On November 28, 2006, she married her long-time friend, Stephen Schlapman after her first husband died from a sudden heart attack last year. He was only in his forties,...
Planning The Perfect Honeymoon
After all the hubbub surrounding the planning of your wedding, you want to be able to enjoy that relaxing and fun "couple time" on your honeymoon. Yet all that relaxation and fun doesn't come without good planning. You can actually start planning your honeymoon while you plan your wedding so that you get the best honeymoon experience. Here are some things you want to consider when planning your honeymoon:
Your Budget
How much can you really afford to put toward your honeymoon? Many people...
Top 8 Tips For Wedding Party Gifts
Asking people to participate in your wedding is an honor, but it helps to offer them a little gift as a "thank you" for helping you on your special day. Many bride's and grooms have trouble thinking of the proper gift to get their wedding party, but here are some tips that will help you pick out the perfect gifts:
Tip #1: Choose something personal. Take some time to think about your attendants and try to choose a gift that fits the person receiving it. By making it personal you add a...
Wedding Ideas From Emerging Stars
Celebrities have a tendency to leave all of the wedding planning details to other people, but we've all seen how their marriages usually end. Will a couple who worked together to create their wedding have a better chance of success?
Engaged on TV Well, that's what we'll find out by watching the marriage of Susie Castillo, an MTV VJ and 2004 Miss USA winner, to Matthew Leslie. The couple had been dating since 1999 when they met at college and became engaged in a very celebrity-like way: on...
Wedding Invitations For The Second Time Around
Traditional wedding invitations were designed for the couple getting married for the first time. However, if you are planning your second wedding you may be confused about how to word your wedding invitations. Should the bride return to the maiden name or should the couple refer to their children? Sometimes you want to go beyond the traditional for the second time around. Here are some alternative ways to word the wedding invitation:
If the Bride's Parents are Throwing the Wedding:
Mr. and...
Wedding Planning On A Budget: Moissanite Wedding And Engagement Rings
One of the costs facing a newly engaged couple is buying the wedding rings. As you go down your wedding planning to-do lists and budget, you may realize that you do not have the money to buy that diamond and platinum ring you saw in an advertisement. However there are some great alternatives to diamonds that can help you save some money in your budget. One alternative that many modern couples are considering is Moissanite.
What is Moissanite? Moissanite is a mineral that looks remarkably...
What Youll Find At A Jewish Wedding?
"Mazeltov!" The common congratulatory pronouncement usually marks the end of the Jewish wedding ceremony with the crowd cheering on the newlywed couple. However, the congratulations are just one tradition found at a Jewish wedding. Here are some other rituals and traditions you may want to include in a Jewish wedding:
Tena'im When a company is engaged they break a plate to symbolize the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem. The breaking of the plate is meant to remind everyone that...
Why Not Get Married At Home - Like Jay Mcgraw & Erica Dahm
A Strange Coule? Sometimes the unlikliest couples are the ones most likely to walk down the aisle. Take, for instance, Jay McGraw the oldest son of talk show host and self-help author Dr. Phil McGraw and Playboy model Erica Dahm who were married on August 12, 2006. Jay, an author of his own self-help books for teenagers, met Erica while they were working on Renovate My Family, a reality show on the Fox Network.
Who would have thought that a writer and a Playboy model would end up being a...
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