{"id":5349,"date":"2023-05-31T11:56:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T11:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/?p=5349"},"modified":"2023-09-14T19:53:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T19:53:59","slug":"adventure-weddings-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/adventure-weddings-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"ADVENTURE HELICOPTER WEDDINGS IN HAWAII!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BEHIND THE SCENES OF AN ADVENTURE HELICOPTER WEDDING<\/span><\/h1>\n

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.\u00a0 Well, that changed this year, when I got a call from Mark and Jen, and they asked me if I could step outside the box, and plan an adventure wedding for them.\u00a0 \u00a0Of course, I couldn’t say no.\u00a0 As soon as I talked on the phone with Mark and Jen, we hit it off.\u00a0 Our chemistry was on point!\u00a0 We were like-minded to the T!\u00a0 And let me tell ya people, chemistry is the primary ingredient you need between you and your wedding planner!<\/p>\n

Mark wanted to do something extraordinary.\u00a0 His ambitions – to take a helicopter to the bottom of a waterfall, and to exchange vows there.\u00a0 \u00a0Now, I knew there were helicopter companies on the outer islands that did this, but on Oahu, where I do 99% of my weddings, we didn’t have any waterfalls that were helicopter accessible.\u00a0 \u00a0And the really cool waterfalls, such as Sacred Falls, were off-limits to hikers, primarily beacuse landslides had killed many tourists there.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Waterfalls may sound cool, but they are extremely susceptible to rockfalls.\u00a0 It’s best not to be at the bottom of them.\u00a0 \u00a0So, knowing this, I forwarded Jen the websites to the helicopter companies on the outer islands, and thought I wouldn’t hear from them again.<\/p>\n

But the next day passed, Mark and Jen called, and said, “You’re our guy!”\u00a0 \u00a0They really wanted to work with me, and they were willing to compromise.\u00a0 They told me they wanted.\u00a0 A helicopter was at the top of their list.\u00a0 They wanted to fly to their location, tie the knot, take some awesome photos, and have the best day of their lives.<\/p>\n

I thought to myself, Oh great, no pressure there.\u00a0 They just want me to plan the best day of their lives.\u00a0 Haha – But I can do that.<\/em><\/p>\n

Luckily, three months before Mark and Jen contacted me, I ran into Steve Kaplan, the owner of Trident Adventures, at an expo here on Oahu.\u00a0 \u00a0Steve is a Navy Seal, and he created an adventure company for tourists, that evolved around his special skillsets: scuba, skydiving, shooting, and helocasting (which is the skill practiced by special forces to insert themselves into a body of water, by jumping out of a helicopter)\u00a0 His company is the only one in the world, that shares this SEAL experience with the public.\u00a0 And they are the only company in the world that is certified to do so.\u00a0 \u00a0Steve and I hit off real quick (same first names), and we started to figure out ways our company could work together.<\/p>\n