congratulations.
i was married in fiji last year at the naviti resort on the coral coast, we had a lovely sunset wedding overlooking a remote island on the balcony of the bar at the resort.
i even had a professional photographer, he was really well priced, i think $500 for the whole day and all photos on CD for me to print as i needed.
the wedding co-ordinator at the resort was great we arranged it all via email, was $1600 fijian for the whole package flowers were $120 for huge boquet of frangipannis.
we took over my dress, no issues with the plane they took it up to buisness class and kept it hanging in teh coat cupboard.
the resort is great for kids, we hardly saw DS he spent all his time with the kids club.
we did dinner at the chinese resterant was sooo yummy and all included with our accomidation package.
i had hjair and make up done by the girls there was $50 bucks for both.
i have a stack of photos on my face book page if you want to look.
any questions just ask or send me a pm.
yes it is legal and recognised within australia. we had to send some paper work over and get a single status certificate to say we are not married to someone else lol
thanks girls for the replies
Its looking like we will be going with fiji, just checking out our options of resorts etc.
kawazuki im sure i will have some questions, i will pm you, not sure i have you on facebook.
My brother is a wedding photographer and he was flown to Fiji to do a wedding about 3 yrs ago so I will ask him about it.
My friends have stayed at the Warwick with their kids a few times and they absolutely love it.
having lived in fiji for 2 years i have been to LOADS of weddings there!!
i can highly recommend the warick resort on the coral coast. it is a beautiful hotel with all the trimmings and great services for the kids (and really awesome nannies for bubs if needed).
my fave wedding was held at sunset there as the light is just gorgeous, and usually there is a gentle breeze that comes over at that time of the day providing relief.
the food at the warick wedding was delicious (they did a buffet style and this also kept it really low key). the couple basically used the wedding planner of the hotel to have everything organised and were wedded by the local minister. it was really beautiful and needless to say the photos were divine!
i know someone that does beautiful photography and can PM you her details if you
would like...
p.s. also if you stay at the warick there is a pizza restaurant there that is just YUMMY mmm......
also, if you have guests that might not be able to afford the hotel there is a great place just down the beach called Tubakula Cottages (pron. toombakula) that is a more affordable option, but is walking distance along the beach and has quite nice accommodation (we used to stay there alot.... ).
Last edited by Cassius2; November 14th, 2009 at 06:28 PM.
Clare thanks so much, i am getting excited now, i am researching atm and its getting rather confusing as i have never been there and honestly dont know what to expect. My sister just got back this week from a wedding at the Shangri La and sais it was beautiful, i have looked at there prices etc and it seems a little expensive compared to a few others. At this stage i think there will be probably around 25 of us and 10 being children ranging from 2 to 15 so i need to keep the kids in mind also. We dont have alot of money so i will be looking at things closely.
we found the naviti great for kids, the warick is its sister hotel and they are linked, the kids can use the kids club at either which si great, but the rooms at the naviti are cheaper adn you get all food and alcohol included in the package.
it was cheaper than the warrick as well but just as nice IMHO.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
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