DOES EXPERIENCE MATTER? I began my wedding industry career in my early 20s. I’m not sure what year it was, but it was right after I returned home to Hawaii, from California. I was fighting to create a “glamourous” screenwriting career in LA, decided to throw in the towel, and […]
SECLUDED PLACES TO GET MARRIED ON OAHU If you clicked on this link looking to find my secret places to get married on Oahu, you better keep on clicking, because you’re not going to find them here. Or – anywhere on my site, on my podcast, or – look, I […]
GETTING MARRIED IN HAWAII CAN GET EXPENSIVE Yeah, I’m not one to blow sunshine up your ass. That’s for other wedding companies, who make a living – lying to you behind a nice smile. I’ll tell it to you straight, that weddings in Hawaii are flat-out expensive, and that’s directly […]
This is at Ko’olina I’VE BEEN DOING WEDDINGS ON OAHU FOR OVER 25 YEARS! Before I get started on my rant, if you are looking for my Oahu Wedding Packages, click here or just call me at (808) 479-0685. I’ve been planning weddings for so long that I pretty much […]
BEHIND THE SCENES OF AN ADVENTURE HELICOPTER WEDDING I’ve planned over 10,000 weddings in my life (honestly, I stopped counting after I hit that number 10 years ago) and zero of them, could be considered an adventure wedding. Well, that changed this year, when I got a call from Mark […]
GETTING MARRIED IN HAWAII IS GETTING EXPENSIVE Let’s face the facts here. Everything is getting expensive and there’s really no relief in sight. I went to McDonald’s the other day, I paid close to $15 dollars for an extra value meal! In Waikiki, prices for an extra value meal […]
Well, hello there everyone. It’s your friendly neighborhood, and should I add now, penny-pinching, wedding guy! To be honest, things have not gotten much better since COVID stopped. Now, instead of worrying about the government closing down my business, I have to worry about hyperinflation. A year ago, our dear […]
GETTING MARRIED IN HAWAII IN 2022 Time really flies, doesn’t it? Well, it didn’t fly during the pandemic, but now that we’re getting back to normal, this year sure is whizzing by. My last article was in January, and I thought I’d better write something – so, everyone would know […]
VACATION RENTALS ARE “ALMOST” DEAD ON OAHU Making money in the State of Hawaii is hard enough, and the City and Council of Honolulu just made it more difficult, by voting to ban “short-term” vacation rentals outside of resort areas. It’s officially called Bill 41, but it should be called […]
This is an article I never thought I’d be writing on my wedding site. Tips on planning a wedding during a zombie apocalypse pandemic would be something I would write about on my storytelling site, haha. But, here we are in 2022, even with COVID on the downtrend, we are […]
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