Testimonials
Aloha Catherine!!!
The photos are fantastic!!! Jeff and I were so excited they turned out so great!!!!! You captured the memories of a lifetime and we couldn't be more grateful for everything you've done!!!! We can't describe in words the amazing and awesome feelings of joy we have experienced, not only with your company, but through the way you have touched our lives as well. From the moment you answered our initial e-mail, we could tell by your response, you had our full desires and wishes as your top priority and we felt you cared very personally about us and our wedding :) It truely turned out to be the "perfect wedding"!!!! You lead us every step of the way and took care of everything!!! There really is such a thing as a "stress-free" wedding.....unbelievable!!!!! Catherine, your personality is the perfect fit for what you are doing. I'm sure you will continue to bless many more couple's lives with your kindness, expertise, compassion, and genuineness!!! So, from the bottom our hearts, MAHALO!!!!!!! Please tell Pastor Vance thank you again, also!!!! It meant so much to incorporate our Christian vows together with the Hawaiin vows!!!!!!!! Hawaii is absolutely breathtaking!!!!!! It was the perfect setting for a wedding!!!!! If we ever do get back to visit.....we will be sure to give you a call!!!!!! You touched our lives and we are forever grateful!!!
May God continue to bless you, Catherine!
Love,
Sherri and Jeff Smoot
Danville, IL
Hi Destination Wedding,
What a wonderful 50th wedding anniversary vow renewal ceremony Catherine helped make possible for us. We were staying at a private house on the North Shore of Oahu and it was a small group of ten of us. Catherine did a great job of making all of the arrangements for our minister and our musician both of whom were personable and professional. The wonderful pictures Catherine took of our special occasion captured the spirit we wanted for the event, and will be treasured by all of us. And yes, Catherine, we hope to see you for our 75th anniversary celebration.
Thank You,
Sandra and Dan Keller
Lacey, WA
Dear Catherine,
We wanted to thank you for making our wedding so special. The pictures are AMAZING!!!!
You captured every moment and you made our day so much more beautiful than we could have ever imagined. It was the perfect wedding and you have forever touched our lives. We feel blessed to have been married by Pastor Laki. The wedding vows couldn't have been more perfect. We will never forget his big heart and kind soul. His hawaiian traditions made the ceremony all the more special. My favorite part was dancing barefoot in the sand to our first song as husband and wife as Pastor Laki sang. Hawaii is absolutely breathtaking and a wonderful memory that will stay with us forever.
Mahalo! Mahalo! Mahalo!
Tami & Brandon Schaefer
Austin, MN
Hi Catherine and Pastor Jofrey,
Thank you, we are having a wonderful time and have returned to New York. Thank you so much-- we were very happy with our ceremony.
Aloha,
HsinLan & Ralph Young
Brooklyn, NY
Aloha Destination Wedding,
Thanks so much,
Teresa & Tommy Shinton
Fontana, CA
Hi Catherine!
Thank you very much for the photos! I got the CD and we been enjoying watching them with my husband! ... Also, I would love to get all the photos later... Thank you again, the photos are very beautiful and professional! Much mahalo! I wish we could do it every year! Haha, just joking!
Sincerely,
Mike and Nataliya Holmes, MD
Honolulu, HI
Hi Catherine,
Thanks again for helping to set up our memorable day. It was unbelievable. We appreciate everything you did.
Concerning the photos...
Great stuff, Catherine! They look awesome by the way....
Kate and Dan Elliott
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Hi Catherine,
Words can not express how you made us feel today!! No coincidences-- that feeling of trust originated from the initial research online about the company and definitely after you and I spoke for the first time!!! We will never be able to thank you enough for all your support, caring, dedication, and pure love you imparted into our spirits! From the moment we first spoke together until we hugged and said our farewells...( NOT bye-byes)...Please take us up on our invitation to come to our home in Maryland to get a tasty vegan meal!! See you all soon---
Mahalo!
Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Sabrina and Keyon Robinson
Ft. Washington, MD
Aloha Catherine, Kahu Moki and Leialoha,
I wanted to take a moment and say thank you for your time, attention, patience and really excellent sense of design, layout and organization for coordinating our wedding photographs yesterday. ..but the best part of the day was the ceremony which you facilitated and our exchange of vows on that most beautiful beach setting at sunset. Thank you for sharing some of the staged photos on your camera for our immediate review. We both are very excited to see the proofs in a couple weeks time. Thank you again for all your assistance. Will will write a positive review on Yelp.com about you and your company...
Best,
Devrie & Kelly Michael McDonald, Ph.D.
Kirkland, WA
Aloha Catherine!!
I wanted to thank you so much for all your help make our wedding day the most wonderful day of our lives! It was amazing and I'm thankful for you showing us that location rather then Hapuna beach, it was perfect! ... I can't thank you enough! I look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
Rhiannin & Keun Burton
Bellingham, WA
Aloha Catherine, Kahu Kealoha,
You did such a great job for our day. We're looking forward to having you guide us through the process to develop the best album for us.
Sincerely,
Ekaterina & Thomas Murphy
Thousand Oaks, CA
Catherine,
Thank you for everything last weekend! You helped make our wedding day so stress-free & absolutely perfect! ... Thank you again for everything. It's been great working with you!
Sincerely,
Caitlin and Cody Ruegg
Tigard, OR
Aloha Catherine,
Thanks again for the lovely ceremony. We can't wait to see the pictures. ...
Bethany & Jason Hallquist
Granada Hills, CA
Aloha Catherine!
Thank you so much for putting together such a beautiful wedding for us! We could not be more greatful or asked for a more beautiful wedding! We were unable to find Chris's glasses, but on the bright side he needed new ones anyways and Walmart in Kahlului was able to have new ones made for him the very next morning. It literally only took about 30 mins and he could see again :) Thanks again for everything, and we will definitely be back on our anniversary! Mahalo!
Our warmest thanks,
Nichole and Chris Phillips
Mechanicsville, VA
Aloha Catherine, Kahu Laki,
Thank you for a wonderful dream come true. We couldn't have imagined it better. Amato and I are forever indebted to you.
...
Thank you for such beautiful pictures. Amato and I are definately happry that we had you as our photographer. Quite impressive.
Julia & Amato Polito
Lynn, MA
Dear Catherine, Leialoha, Eileen, and Pastor Moki,
"Thank you.. thank you.. and thank you..!!!" You made things so easy for us - just knowing that your team members would take a good care of the details made our trip much more enjoyable. Thank you so much for being so wonderful with our wedding. We enjoyed working with you, Pastor Moki, Leialoha and Eileen. Thank you for being so patient when we kept changing our wedding date and time. Our dinner plan worked out great because of your flexibility with our wedding start time. Our wedding was stress-free because you let us choose our own beach location. Eileen was very professional and paid special attention to our licensing details. Pastor Moki was also accomodating "at the last minute" - Thank you! Thank you Leialoha for the beautiful keepsake wedding certificate. We received two different ones in the mail per our special request. The photos look great. We LOVE our wedding portraits! Last but not least, thank you for picking up our last minute bouquet order; we greatly appreciate your personalized service when you "hand-delivered" it to our wedding site in person.
Our warmest thanks,
Rebecca and Scott Allen
Houston, TX
Catherine, our favorite minister and photographer!
You must think we're too wrapped up in ourselves to bother thanking you for sending the CD's, or you might think we don't like the pictures. Neither is true. I think of you often and brag about your delightful smile, enthusiasm, and talent whenever I show off your gorgeous pictures. WE LOVE LOVE LOVE your pictures, especially the sunset ones. I haven't enlarged any yet, but will do that soon. ...Every single person who has looked through the album keeps saying how beautiful we look and how perfect the colors are. The sunset ones are our favorites of course, but my daughter, the artist/art teacher commented on the perfect lighting on the ones before the sunset taken in full light. You have certainly added a lovely note to our lives, Catherine, and we hope to see you again. It's unknown when we'll get back to Paradise/Hawaii, but we definitely will someday. If you ever get to Portland, please give us a call. Our home is modest, but we love company and do have an extra bedroom. Oh, when you do come, be sure to bring an extra helping of sunshine. We are short in that department. Huge thanks again! I tell as many people as I can about your business, and how wonderful you are to work with. Since our trip to Maui, I've been to Atlanta for a mini-reunion with just my siblings, and I'll go to Illinois in June for a big family reunion in early June. My niece & I are writing an update to a family history book my mother began, so this reunion in June is important. Take care and keep up that happy business! How wonderful to make people feel good and make them smile!
Love,
Joan and Alex Pacewic
Clackamas, OR
Catherine,
We received our wedding photo's on the disc. They are beautiful. Thank you again for doing all of this including the ceremony. They look like something out of a magazine!
Thanks again,
Nicole & Frank Pinzino
Raytown, MO
Aloha Catherine,
We are well and busy with everyday life again! We just received the CD in today's mail-Mahalo for the beautiful photos, Catherine! From beginning to end, they capture the special moments of that afternoon, and of our 25th Anniversary celebration. We did take your advice and went to the Top of Waikiki afterwards for the Happy Hour and then dinner afterwards. So fun! I love Hawaii and am so thrilled that we connected with you! Do you have any suggestions regarding the best way to have the photos developed for framing? It'll be difficult to choose those few favorites :)
Sincerely,
Barbara and Dean Raniele
Medford, OR
Catherine and Rev. Jimmy,
Thank you again for everything!
Mahalo,
Abby and Thomas Terwiel
Fort Wayne, IN
Posted on weddingwire.com by Vicky Toffel:
Our wedding was beautiful thanks to Destination Weddings. They were wonderful!! I highly recommend this company for your wedding. Flower Circle and flower bouquet are a must!! Pictures were unbelievably beautiful
ALOHA CATHERINE,
Glenn and I would like to thank you again. Our wedding day was beautiful and we owe so much of that to you. We previewed the pictures and would like them all...
We would highly recommend anyone having a destination wedding to choose your company.
Thank you for everything.
Glenn and Vicky Toffel
Dingmansferry, PA
Aloha Catherine,
Thank you so much for making our 29th vows renewal ceremony so beautiful... We greatly appreciate your generosity on the extra pitures and...
What an excellent job!!
Thank you so much, you are beautiful inside and out :)
Pamela and George Bryant
Longview, TX
Hello!!!
We are overly-impressed with you and your company! You have gone above and beyond to make our experience WONDERFUL!!!! You were so sweet and performed the ceremony beautifully! Married life is GREAT! We seem so much more close now and we didn’t think that was possible. We are very excited to see the pictures and video. The pictures you took were amazing, thank you soooooooooo much!!!!!!
Thank you for EVERYTHING!!!!
Kyndra and Joshua Callender
Sioux City, IA
Dear Destination Hawaii Weddings,
Ashley and I were very very impressed with the whole wedding ceremony and photographs. Thank you Catherine for being so helpful to work with. Thanks to Eileen you did an awesome job with the coordinating. Thanks to Tracey for an amazing job capturing the most special moment in our lives he truly is a professional. And last but not least special Thanks to Stewart Kalehua Featheran, thank you for everything your an awesome and very talented man. It was a pleasure having you marry us.
Aloha,
Marcos and Ashley Ortiz
Albuquerque, N.M
Aloha Ladies,
Rob and I wanted to thank you both for a lovely, most perfect day. Karine you rocked my hair and makeup. I loved it. You made me feel wonderful. Catherine, the vows were perfect and the ceremony was fabulous. (Catherine, your hubby was a great help that day too) The photos and video are precious keepsakes for us and we are grateful to have been blessed by you both that day. We will always cherish them and that day and the memories and you two very kind ladies. Karine, seriously I keep looking at the photos and thinking that's me!!!!! Wow and Rob was so mushy when he saw me. I was very relaxed that day. We have no regrets eloping at all. Catherine, your photography was beyond my expectations. I hate, loathe... having my photo taken. You captured my love, our love for each other, the inner beauty came out for sure. I think I was so happy that day that it just erupted from me and that's it. You guys would make a great team. God bless both my little American Friends. :)
Thank you both,
Love Deborah and Rob (Canadians eh!)
Calgary, Canada
Aloha Catherine!
Hope that you are well.
Ray and I would like to say 'Mahalo nui loa' for all of your help to make our wedding day special. The photographs are beautiful and we really appreciate all of your help when we came to pick them up. Would you also please pass along our thanks to Reverend Christopher Cain for a beautiful and moving ceremony.
Don't forget to get in touch if you are ever in England.
Mahalo and best wishes,
Elaine & Ray Ayres
Bedford, England, UK
Aloha Catherine,
How are you doing? We hope everything is fine with you. Marcos and I are back to the US and we are finally getting the time to sit and relax. We want to thank you for your help and for everything that you did for us to have an amazing time while we were there. It was an unforgettable experience that we are going to take in our lives forever... Thank you for being a part of that! You are a great person and we had a great time with you! Thank you very much for everything! We really appreciate everything that you did for us! We can't wait to see all the pictures! So, when do we have to decide about getting the other pictures ? Are we going to be able to see all of them so we can decide to pick the entire deal? .... Please let me know about the pictures.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Take care and MAHALO!
Maira Ogata Negri and Marcos Silva
"Tudo posso Naquele que me fortalece"
Fil. 4:13
Sao Bernardo do Campo, SP - BRAZIL
Hey Catherine,
I am doing very well.... We did receive all of the photos. Thank You so much again the wedding was wonderful, and looking at the pictures makes me wish I was back in Hawaii.
Thank You,
Nichole and Gary Garlington
Germantown, TN
Hi Catherine,
We can't thank you enough for making our wedding such a beautiful experience. I knew we'd love working with you the first time I spoke to you on the phone you made everything so easy and fun. We enjoyed every minute we spent on Maui and plan on returning some day, maybe on our anniversary.
Melissa was so happy to see the pictures.... She showed us the pictures and we are looking forward to seeing the rest of them.
So glad that you enjoyed the nuts and olives. Where we live we are known for being the Olive Capital of the World, and also grow various kinds of nuts. We wanted to bring you a little piece of Corning Ca to you, witch dosen't compare what you and Maui has done for us. THANK YOU!
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Ron and Julie Johnson
Corning, CA
Dear Catherine,
Well, I imagined that I would have written this sooner, but we have been exhausted these last 2 weeks With the time change and our work schedules it has left us running on empty. I can only say that I wish I was back in Maui.
Mahalo...from the bottom of my heart. Catherine, you are magic. You made our wedding so unforgettable.
You have been nothing less than an angel to us, and your personal attention, thoughtfulness, and kind words truly represent what a wonderful person you are. Thank you for lifting me up ... Your words of encouragement and support were very heartfelt, and for that we are extremely grateful. The Four Seasons staff was great. I loved my hair and makeup and couldn't even attempt to replicate it. Patrick loved the way my hair turned out too. He was so suprised when he saw me and made mention several times how beautiful I looked. I'm so happy you made the recommendation! Pastor Vance was incredible. He was so caring and personable, and we were so glad he let us add our own vows into the ceremony. I am really glad you chose him to be our celebrant. Thank you so much. I can't say enough about Tracy. Seeing his work online was one of the reasons that I chose Destinations. He is so talented and so enjoyable to be around. We were instantly pleased with him, and we knew everything would turn out beautifully. I'm so glad you had the chance to view our pictures and liked them so. Again Catherine, none of this would have been possible without you. I will always remember our week in Maui. Thank you for your special lei gift as well. Thank you for my Lei, it was perfect for my dress. Everything was perfect, from the Wailea coastline to the delicious food at Joe's and The Scrumptious Cake! You are AMAZING and you will not be forgotten. Thank you thank you thank you!
Please be sure to let all of the staff and Eileen know how much we appreciated you all.
Enjoy your summer!
Wedding date may 24th @ sunset in Wailea
All of our best,
Jennifer and Patrick
New York, NY