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“Our goal is to make the
couple feel like guests at
their own wedding.
[The brides] only responsibility
will be to look radiant.”
- Lorena Leonard, Romance
Director, Bolongo Bay Beach Resort
tamarind by elegant hotels, barbados
WHY WE CHOSE IT: Tamarind offers a Platinum Coast location
without Sandy Lane sticker shock, a good wedding program, and
recreational options.
With 104 units and 750 ft. of beachfront, this member of the fiveresort Elegant Hotels group is small enough so guests feel special
but just large enough to have three pools, a full-service spa and
fitness center, and an array of watersports. Although Tamarind has
the ambiance of couples-only hotels—stylish pastel rooms, a serene
atmosphere—the nieces and nephews, not to mention children the
couple may already have are welcome.
Wedding packages start at $950, and that includes a wedding
coordinator, a license and registration, a magistrate or minister, a
wedding cake and champagne, and the services of a best man
and maid of honor, if needed. The Perfect Indulgence package, at
$2,999, is especially popular because it also includes (just a partial
list here) airport transfers by limousine, a room upgrade, a champagne breakfast in bed (careful with those crumbs!), a manicure
and hair styling for the bride, a haircut and shave for the groom, a
photographer or videographer, a couple’s massage, and a romantic
dinner for two on the beach. All taxes and gratuities are included.
When not canoodling, the young marrieds and whoever is along
for the ride can enjoy the watersports, which include snorkeling
right off the beach. A ferry takes guests to two other Elegant Hotels
beaches so they can test-drive the other resorts’ sand, surf, and
snorkeling. Another golf widow warning: Tamarind can arrange tee
times at the new Apes Hill Golf & Polo Club and at Royal Westmoreland, designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. There are nannies to care
for golf orphans, and the Flying Fish Kids Club entertains children
ages 4-12. Finally, Barbados is unusually blessed with sightseeing
ops for non-athletes, from gardens to great houses, and from cave
tours to a historic pink synagogue.
Rooms in May start at about $270, but for the newlyweds there’s
a large Junior Suite Ocean View ($464), which has splashes of
Caribbean color, a sitting area, a spacious bathroom, and a safe big
enough for a laptop. Because let’s face it, newlyweds should not be
spending the week surfing YouTube.
The Elegant Escapes Agent Rewards program includes cash bonuses for additional bookings and/or room nights and one point per
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1-night stay at The House, Colony Club, or Tamarind. Two points
earns a 1-night stay at all-inclusives Crystal Cove or Turtle Beach.
To enroll visit eleganthotelsrewards.com.
(888) 996-9948 or tamarindbarbados.com
bucuti & tara beach resorts, aruba
WHY WE CHOSE IT: This small, stylish hideaway is our couplesonly pick—a splendid place to continue the honeymoon after the
relatives have returned home.
One of Conde Nast Traveler’s top-10 Readers’ Choice picks,
Bucuti & Tara Beach Resorts (effectively one resort) hug Eagle
Beach, which is more low-rise than Palm Beach to the north. Bucuti
actually provides enough beach beds and umbrellas for every guest,
and certain nights movies are shown right on the beach. The cuisine
is sophisticated yet approachable (e.g. red snapper with passion
curry sauce). Speaking of food, as you read this the Pirate’s Nest
restaurant is being demolished; a new restaurant, Elements,
will open in August.
“We can accommodate 50 people for weddings,” says wedding
coordinator Nashette Wouters. “The average wedding party here is
20 or 25 people.” Receptions for fewer than 20 people tend to be
sit-down dinners; beach receptions for more than 20 are buffets with
an open bar.
Wouters can customize weddings; contact her at (297) 583-1100
x145 or weddings@bucuti.com. Wedding packages start at $1,025,
but the Diamond package ($3,985) is hard to resist: a legal ceremony
in town, a ceremony on the beach, flowers, a photographer and videographer, and, one-upping the traditional church organ, a steel pan
player. LGBT-friendly Bucuti arranges same-sex as well as traditional
ceremonies, but note that LGBT weddings do not yet have legal
status in Aruba. Operative word: yet.
Book one of the 36 Tara Beach Suites for the happy couple or,
if they plan to host private get-togethers, book a Bungalow Suite
(smaller room, larger terrace); both cost $488 in May 2014, including
fees, taxes, and breakfast. Agents earn 15 percent commission
for booking blocks of rooms. Book wedding party members with
children into the nearby Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa
(manchebo.com).
bucuti.com
bolongo bay beach resort, u.s.v.i.
WHY WE CHOSE IT: This St. Thomas resort is for weddings whose
attendees want the option of an all-inclusive plan, don’t all have
passports, and prefer partying to parsing the wine list.
With slogans like “fun tings is definitely our ting” and a weekly
Snorkel Booze Hunt, Bolongo might sound a tad too unpretentious,
but this 62-unit, family-run resort is so good at what it does that not
only does it score high on social media sites, but it beats out many
more costly hotels to make a Frommers top-10 list. Bolongo Bay occupies a 1,000-ft. beach with soft sand, palm trees, watersports, and
Iggies Beach Bar & Grill, a rollicking, good-times spot for celebrating
every night.
Bolongo’s $3,800 Heavenly Days Fantasy Wedding, one of many
customizable options, is unique enough to give any newlywed couple
bragging rites. It includes a wedding coordinator, photographer, ➤
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recommend June 2013
Editor's Notes/Agent Speak
Hotel Desk: Wedding Bells with Rosewood Hotels & Resorts
Tour Talk: Travel Impressions Plans Perfect Destination Weddings
Royal Clipper's Sail-Away Honeymoon
North American Nuptials
An Ode to Romance
Exchanging Vows in Mexico
Mexico's Honeymoon Retreats
Destination Wedding Powerhouses: A Marriage Made in Heaven
A Destination Wedding for Every Taste
Beach Blanket Bliss
Wonders-of-the-World Honeymoons
Paradise Found
Honeymooning in Ultimate Bliss
A European Rendezvous
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