Testimonials about our Maui Wedding Services

Testimonials

Here is what our couples are saying......

Arabelle
I just wanted to let you know that you did a fantastic job at pulling this together. Everything went smooth. Reverend Alalani was amazing you can tell she has a passion for her culture. Najone was so beautiful and charismatic while she was dancing the hulas and smiled I could not help but smile back. Vene was handsome and very relaxed. Jamie’s voice was beautiful and he performed flawlessly. We got the wedding video last week and it turned out awesome Craig did a quality job. Yolanda’s photos were beautiful and the slideshow turned out nice, everyone that saw it liked it. You have selected good vendors for your company. The family members that were with us were very impressed and all that have seen the video were wowed! All in all everything was perfect. I’m so glad that of all the wedding planners I contacted I picked you. I went with a gut feeling and it was right! You were very easy going yet professional at the same time. Your ability to calm any concerns and keep me on track was outstanding. I can’t tell you enough how happy we are with how things turned out. I am going to miss corresponding with you now that the wedding is over however feel free to contact me anytime. Because of you we had the perfect wedding. Please share our thank you’s to all involved and feel free to use me as a reference.
Thank you so much,
Louis & Heather LaBudie

Hi Arabelle,
We just wanted to shout out a big "THANK YOU" to you for making our wedding day very memorable! Everything went extremely well (exception for me being late) and turned out amazing! We don't know who, what, or where we would have chosen if it wasn't for you. You are the BEST!!!
My favorite part was probably the Hawaiian Ceremony because the view was just spectacular and breath taking at the Plantation House. Everyone loved that view!!!! Thanks to you we are happy the Plantation House was the reception selection. The entrance in is amazing!!! Jessica is very sweet and is really good at her job. Sometimes that's hard to find with that combination.
The Grille Room turned out better than we thought. It was very intimate and with the flowers and candles it made it look 100% better. The flowers and cake turned out very pretty. The top of the cake survived back to Austin which is shocking. We had to take it everywhere one airport to the next, but it made it so we'll be eating that for our 1 year Anniversary.
I love my hair and makeup stylist Karine I would highly recommend her to anyone. I'm glad she was at the top of your list otherwise I probably wouldn't have chosen her, but extremely happy I did. She was very patient and made my hair look better than what I asked her to do. My skin looked flawless with the airbrush machine she used. She has a great personality....really funny gal.
Freddie was too funny and great videographer. He was on top of things and knew exactly how to make it right. I love that! He kept calling Rithy "Player". LOL! Steve was just as nice a guy and he showed us some of beach pictures and they turned out awesome. It was really sweet of him to throw in the additional pics for FREE. I can't wait to see them.
I wish I was still in Maui or Oahu where it's nice and hot. It's really wet and cold (40s) in Texas. I don't think we got enough sun when we were there so we are already talking about going back next year and I can't wait for that. I really loved it there and it's soooooo beautiful!
Thanks again,

Ethel Nguyen
Rithy Khem

Aloha Arabelle!
Rob and I wanted to sincerely thank you for everything you did to help us plan and coordinate our wedding! We dreamed of a wedding on our favorite island of Maui and you transformed that dream into an absolutely magical event! You are truly the best at what you do-your recommendations for photographer, hair dresser, minister, florist, cake baker, musician and DJ were outstanding- everyone did a great job and was great to work with. We were amazed by every last detail. The flower arrangements and bouquet were unbelievable-I carried my bouquet with me on our honey moon until I was forced to give it up. Pastor Vance and the musician Ernest Puaa performed such a beautiful ceremony- I now tear up every time I hear "Somewhere over the rainbow". And George Wolf took such gorgeous photographs of it all. Our guests had so many wonderful comments about the setting, the ceremony, the flowers... everything! It was such a memorable event in so many ways. So *Thank you! *Thank you for all your invaluable advice and assistance. Thank you for responding to our odd requests. Thank you for planning our event on top of your own family-wedding. Thank you for your hospitality to us and our guests. Thank you for keeping us all on schedule and improvising when some of us weren't. Thank you for making our dream wedding happen. We couldn't have done it without you. Best wishes to you, Arabelle We hope to see you again soon.
Mahalo nui loa,
Betsy and Rob LeBel

P.S: Enclosed is a small token of our appreciation. I also am planning to post your name and glowing comments about you on wedding related websites and blogs. Please let us know if there are some websites that you want us to hit. And please let Rob and I know if you ever need recommendations. We have nothing but wonderful things to say about you!

Aloha Arabelle!
We're settling into married life here on the Mainland. We found it very hard to leave the beautiful island of Maui. We are already discussing coming back for our first anniversary!

We just wanted to let you know how much we loved our wedding! From the great weather, to the lovely Paipu Beach, to Shelly making me look beautiful, to Vene and his special conch shell blowing, to the lovely officiating by Kimo, the the music sung by Halemanu, to the absolutely gorgeous flowers, to having Stephan webcasting our wedding, to Kevin our videographer and to the fun spirited photographer Kristin, the wedding was absolutely perfect!!

We couldn't have done it without you. A big MAHALO for making it all happen!
If we know of anybody who wants to get married in Maui, we will definitely refer them to you.
Please feel free to use us as a reference!

Again Mahalo
A hui kana
Sincerely,
Robin and Ben Townley

Arabelle!
Thank you so much for everything you have done for our Hawaiian, Maui Wedding! It was everything I ever dreamed about! Just AMAZING! Reverend Tino and harpist Alfie were a dream come true! The flowers and leis were so perfect and beyond what I imagined. The coconut cups were very classy and look great in the pictures. Yolanda's pictures are just beautiful. Everyone enjoyed everything so much! The only regret is we didn't get a picture with you! Maybe we'll photo shop you in one until we come back to Maui again :-) My hair stylist Sue Helmer was amazing as well, she worked miracles on me! Maui is a very special place and I can see why you live there. It will now hold a special place in our hearts as well. Everything was just perfect and I am always recommending you, Arabelle! Thank you! Thank you again! We hope to see you in the future on Maui.

Kelly and David West

Dear Arabelle:
Just a short note of thanks to express our genuine and heartfelt appreciation for all of your hard work and dedication to making our special day a truly one-of-a-kind, unforgettable, magical experience! The final product from all those months of planning was even more idyllic than we had imagined it would be! And that is all thanks to you for making it happen just the way our hearts desired...to coin the phrase you said to us so many times during the planning stages :)

On the day of the wedding, from the moment we arrived at the beach we were simply blown away to find the brilliant display of our flower heart right where we hoped they would be in the sand, near the scenic rocks and palms...and was just delighted by the beautiful aroma and stunning colors the florist used to create that special masterpiece. And the fragrant, perfectly colored and set bouquet....wow! Even better than the pictures we had sent you as a template for what we wanted our special wedding touches to be.

Furthermore, our musicians, Don and Vance, were simply top-notch and played divinely. We particularly loved that they were able to play a unique, specially-requested song for our first dance, the Hawaiian version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" for our recessional, and the romantic Bocelli songs that first drew us to choose them as our musicians in the first place. Really magnificent professionals who took our ceremony up several notches with their beautifully-orchestrated music.

We are so thankful you convinced us to have Vene blow the conch shell during our ceremony as well. That ended up being one of the most amazing parts of the ceremony for us. He illuminated our consciousness with his explanation of why the conch is blown, and helped tie our sacred day closely to nature, tradition, and all that is around us. He was just amazing.

And finally, Kimo was just fantastic, and was definitely the right choice of a minister for us. He made us feel comfortable and relaxed, and provided the ceremony with genuine sincerity, classic tradition, and lighthearted humor to boot. The whole team you assembled for us just could not have been better. It made for a day of overwhelming emotion, and carefree fun for us all to enjoy - thanks to you taking care of everything so well, and allowing us not to have to stress over a thing! We can't wait to work with you again in future years, so that we may renew our vows and relive this experience all over again :)

Very best regards,
Tiffany & Chris Myers

P.S. Our after-wedding dinner at Sarento's was delicious and so pretty in the open-air setting on the beach! Thanks again for another great tip :)

We now eagerly anticipate our photographs from Yolanda and our dvd from Craig - from the bits they showed us, they are sure to amaze! They were just fantastic professionals too by the way...we felt so comfortable with them, had a lot of laughs, and just really enjoyed our time working with them both.

I also wanted to let you know we'll be sending you a little something extra for making our day go off without a hitch, and for helping work around Chris' mothers limitations. I gave you what I had on me after the ceremony, but I really wanted to give you a little something more. I'll send that off to you very soon :) Thank you so very much for everything.
Mahalo

Aloha Arabelle
Once again, thank you for being so wonderful! You are great at what you do! How exciting it must be to do what you love and make people so happy. The wedding pictures by Yolanda Pelayo turned out fabulous. Also, the video was amazing, Carl Rozycki did an amazing job. I'm so glad I had the ceremony video taped. He was worth everypenny! Everyone back home can't quit talking about it. We had it playing off to the side during the reception and our guests just kept gathering around. Both Carl and Yolanda were super for getting the pictures and the vidoe to us before the reception with so little time.
Thanks again for all you did to make out day so fabulous!
Mahalo
Karah and Mark Sambuco
August 19, 2008

Aloha Arabelle,
Mahalo Arabelle for making this the most unforgettable!!!! day of our lives. When we were looking for a wedding planer and found your web page we immediately knew that you were the one to help us plan our special day. I'm sure that we probably drove you crazy with all the emails and changing things around, but you were always very patient and professional with us mahalo. The suggestions that you made were always sincere and honest, your professionalism showed in all our dealings with you.

The first time we actually met you was at the rehearsal in the park, you blew us away with your sincere out-going personality. You were genuinely happy for us, it was sincere and from your heart mahalo. We are blessed to have found you, you made our special day totally stress free for both us and our parents mahalo.

Extended our heartfelt thanks to your entire team of professionals (hair dresser, limousine driver, conch blower, hula dancer, musicians, videographer, photographer, and who can forget the minister what an absolutely beautiful and sincere man). Your cast of professionals are all very professional and sincere in their respectful fields but we really appreciated them taking time after the ceremony to have their pictures taken with our friends and family, there are no words of gratitude that can reflect our thanks.

The flowers in the hair, bouquet, circle of flowers and lie's were all very beautiful and fragrant. The cake was to die for; it was so light and tasty. Thank you for cutting and serving the cake, champagne and cider. Just another example of how dedicated you are to make this a special day for us and our families.

My husband Dave said it best "this is the most beautiful amazing wedding ever".

Mahalo Arabelle for making this a wonderful day, this day will be permanently etched in all our memories.

Mahalo
Tammy & Dave
Keali'I Nui Estate

Arabelle,
I just wanted to thank you for everything !!! That, so far, was the best day of my life, I'm sure Michelle would say the same. From the location, to the crew (minister, hula, singer), weather, the flowers, everything, just everything went perfect. I want you to know we could not be happier with the services and suggestions you made and the crew you set us up with.

Thank you again and...if anyone, for the rest of my life, needs suggestions on a place or coordinator, you can count on Maui, Hawaii and ANCIENT HAWAIIAN WEDDINGS being what I will tell them!!!! And thank you again!!!!!!
Jeffrey and Michelle Graves,

Arabelle,
It has been very hectic since we left Maui and we wanted to let you know that we have not forgotten everybody who participated in and helped with our ceremony.

To put it simply, the ceremony was fantastic. It was everything we expected plus more. Would you extend our warmest thanks to Jamie Lawrence, Brandy the Hula dancer, and Lenny, the conch blower? You were right when you said you would get the best for our ceremony. Also, tell the florist, the flowers were wonderful, (other than a couple of bugs:-)) We will send a note to Reverend Alika personally. We would recommend him for any ceremony at any time. We wish he lived a little closer to Maui.

We received the pictures and CD from Yolanda Pelayo and the DVD from Carl Rozycki and everything is wonderful.

And to you; we want to thank you for making this one of the most special days of our lives. It is a memory that will live with us, with our children, and with our guests for all of our lives. The performers along with the setting at the church and the beach made our ceremony a perfect day. Your help in arranging everything was priceless. If you ever need a reference, please let us know.

With warmest regards,
Doug and La Donna Clifton

Aloha Arabelle,
Wow where do I ever start? I will start with a big MAHALO, I received our pictures I received more then we paid for and there was honestly not one squinting of the eyes from the sun or one bad picture we were blown away out of 62 pictures!
We just got the wedding video, Video Concepts did an amazing job with the editing, it made me cry, it was truly amazing.
The people you work with sure do an incredible job and you were amazing.

I really appreciate you for making my dream come true, a true fairy tale wedding come true is what it was and will forever be in my memory. You made everything so relaxing and easy and you were always so easy going "No Worries my Alaskan Friend" and that's what it was for us! I was always at ease with you and you were so responsive to all my questions and concerns and your replies via email or phone were immediate and I appreciated that I felt that you had time for me.

Arabelle in the business I come from real estate a referral is a persons best friend and I will be sure to mention your name if I hear of anyone getting married in Hawaii. I wish I could think of something more to show you my token of appreciation. Best wishes to you and yours and say Aloha to Marlon and hope all is well you are blessed to have such and incredible job and to be able to make dreams come true like you did for us.

Aloha
Autumn and Justin Cramer

Dear Arabelle,
We have wanted to write to thank you since we arrived home but truly could not find the words to adequately express our heartfelt appreciation for all you did to make our vow renewal soooo special! It was more than we dreamed it could be and you were a big part of that. You are exceptional at what you do and combined with your warm and friendly personality, our experience exceeded our expectations.
We are so fortunate to have found your website.

It was so much fun meeting with you last November to discuss location, catering, etc.; and then when you had reserved our most favorite musician, Jamie, we thought we would burst! Your choices of musician, photographer, caterer, hula dancer, conch shell blower, chanter/torch bearer and last but certainly not least, Rev. Jesse were all PERFECT! We were overwhelmed by the "aloha" we received from all of you and it is a gift we will treasure always.

We would like to send personal "thank you's" to each of the people involved (including you)! We have fantastic photos from Bob (the photographer) and we are so glad you encouraged us to have a professional take photographs. There is no comparison between the snapshots from family members and Bob's photos! If you would like us to send you some for your website, let us know.

Again, Arabelle, words cannot express our gratitude for all you did for us. People have asked us, "Don't you want to do it all again?" and our response is, "No. It was perfect. It was 150% of what we dreamed and so fulfilling we don't need to do it again and could never recreate it if we tried!" We have the most wonderful memories that will live in our hearts always.

Mahalo Nui Loa,
Love,
Mark & Sharon

Aloha Arabelle,
John and I just wanted to say THANK YOU so much for making our "Ancient Hawaiian Wedding" on June 20 so beautiful and memorable. I don't know how you did it in just 4 weeks notice. Everything was just perfect. The entire wedding was exactly what we had dreamed it would be. The flowers were so fresh and beautiful. The minister, chanter, hula dancer, conch blower and musician were all fantastic. The ceremony itself was beautiful, and the wedding location was perfect. The photos are simply gorgeous. We especially love the sunset pictures on the beach - they are awesome!!!

Words alone cannot say how thrilled we were with how everything turned out. I am so glad that I chose you to coordinate my wedding.
Just as I told you when I first saw the ocean front garden decorated so beautifully, it was EXACTLY what I wanted - you seemed to have read my mind.
You did a wonderful job and I would be delighted to serve as a reference for you should you need one in the future.

Thanks so much,
Judy and John Dixon

Arabelle ~
I just got the copy of the wedding ceremony. You are SO SWEET!!!!!! Mahalo for those...we will treasure it (I am thinking about framing it!)
You were such a pleasure and complete delight to work with. The ceremony and reception was 100% absolutely perfect. Zero complaints - just could not possibly be happier. Please know that you do a very wonderful thing for a living - helping people make their most special day - their wedding day - easy, beautiful, stress-free, and memorable.
Mahalo 100 times over. We are so grateful to have had you be such an instrumental person in our lives.
We will be sure to email you photos!

Sincerely,
Lori and Joey Larocque

Aloha Arabelle
David and I want to tell you how thrilled we were with our wedding in Maui. It was more beautiful and magnificent than our guests and we ever imagined! From the moment I got your first telephone call I knew you were the one to handle the job. You were absolutely meticulous with all your questions and suggestions. I really can't begin to tell you how our 32 guests and us gush over the entire affair all the time.
The church is so quaint but as the Reverend Alika pointed out to us: it is really more than just a place for pretty pictures. You could feel the love and history of the island and the people who worship at the Keawalai Church. We adored Reverend Alika. He made David and I feel so comfortable and blessed. He has such a dynamic personality and when he did his chant at the beginning of our ceremony-well, I know that I will never forget it. Jamie, our musician, was outstanding, he has the most beautiful voice. When I first listened to him on the demo tape you sent, I was moved to tears. I am so lucky that he was able to sing for us, now I can listen to him whenever I watch our video and be moved to tears with the memories of my wedding day. I am glad you suggested him. Our photographer Shane was also marvelous. We received our proofs the other day and were thrilled. Every picture turned out incredible we are going to have a very tough time choosing. We are very pleased with them and plan to order a lot more pictures. If we had known the pictures were going to turn out so great, we would have gotten the biggest picture package!

I could go on and on. The Videographer was great! The limousine driver was great! The setting! The flowers! The DJ was fantastic! We can be a hard crowd to satisfy. All of us are so particular about our service and surroundings. Everyone was happy all because of your hard work! In the words of one of my guests" Ursula, this is just to die for!"
Last but not least: YOU were great! I enjoyed working with you and I am going to miss our monthly, then weekly, then daily chats. I hope you will be around the next ten years to help us plan out Maui reunion. And whenever I get asked by newly engaged couples how they should get married, I tell them you have to go to Maui and you have to call Arabelle!!

Thank you and Dankeschoenn
Ursula and David Shelby

Dear Arabelle,
We thought we would drop you a letter to tell you how WONDERFUL you were and what a pleasure it was having you take care of our wedding planning and wedding day. You answered my MANY calls with professionalism and courteously. I know I was a pain in the rear but I had to have our wedding day as perfect as I pictured it in my mind. Because of your help and kindness, our wedding day WAS PERFECT! We can't begin to tell you how happy we were with everything! The Holy Ghost Church was perfect, Father Tom, we can't say enough about him. He was the perfect priest, such a kind man. Your recommendations and reservations were perfect and very helpful. We had a wedding honeymoon that will be held deep in our hearts, more so than a Traditional wedding. There is only one thing that we regret: we didn't get a picture with you! We feel really bad because you were such a big part of our day and helped us out so much. I guess we first were so nervous and then so happy that it passed our minds. We did get you on the video though, which turned out great! We must have played it a hundred times for our family and friends. Well, it's time to say Good-bye and a very big MAHALO. You will always remain in our memories and hopefully we will get back to Maui to see you one day. If you ever come our way, please look us up!

Sincerely
Jim and Donna Washko

Dear Arabelle,
Here we are in Virginia on a blustery day with warm thoughts of our wedding and all the wonderful things you did for us on Maui. Thank you very much. We appreciated all of your hard work during and after our wedding to make things stress free and beautiful and lots of fun for everyone! You are amazing! All of your energy, dedication, professionalism and good humor! We appreciated all of your patience and little touches too. We will recommend you to anyone interested in "getting Maui'd" . We really enjoyed getting to know you too. Next time hopefully we will get to spend more time with you. We think of you when we use our toasting glasses and our "just Maui'd " frame. Please thank Denise, Al, Laki, Vasi and everybody else for us. They are in our thoughts for making our wedding day so incredible for us. I'll never forget Al's prayer that helped me get through the Hula. Blessing to you.

Mahalo and Aloha
Ted and MaryAnna