Irish Weddings Abroad by Heffernans Travel Planners 2011 2012
A luxury 4 star hotel with an oceanfront setting, only a short distance from Willemstad. This hotel offers an excellent choice of restaurants and bars including “The Blues Bar” which serves cool cocktails while you can listen to live jazz!
The Avila Hotel features two private beaches separated by the elevated boardwalk leading to the Blues Bar/Restaurant. Avila hotel refers to them as the “East” and West” beaches. The East beach faces the direction of the wind, therefore it has a bit more wave action. The West beach is more protected from the wind and offers very calm waters to swim in. Regardless of your choice, both beaches are protected from large waves by offshore breakwaters and the turquoise waters are perfectly safe to swim or snorkel in.
The infinity freshwater pool is located near the Octagon Wing complex and offers a tantalizing alternative to relaxation on the beach. Other facilities include a spa & and wellness centre.
7 nights in the Avila Hotel based on 2 sharing a deluxe room, including flights and transfers: from €1339 plus taxes.
Wedding venue’s: Octagon museum, The Sea Terrace, Beach setting
Packages from €550 includes wedding set up & co-ordination, wedding cake, bottle of champagne and flower centrepiece.
Honeymoon Romance packages from €400 include personal check in, chilled bottle of Moet, fresh flowers in room with rose petals on bed, decorative candles, disc with “Avila Love Songs”, Romantic candlelight dinner on the beach, and couples massage treatment.
We have an excellent wedding co-ordinator to organise your catholic wedding on the island of Curacao.
Wedding package to include church & civil fee’s, services of an experienced wedding co-ordinator, witnesses, bridal bouquet & buttonhole, and wedding cake from €1599 per couple
Bonbini! Welcome to Aruba…as any traveller here will tell you, Aruba must surely be among the most welcoming places on earth. Arubans are gracious, energetic hosts, proud of their mixed cultural heritage – Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and South American Indian and are always anxious to help visitors enjoy their stay on a classic Caribbean island.
Aruba is famous for its long, powder-white beaches – Palm Beach and Eagle Beach are considered two of the finest in the Caribbean. Modern hotels, high-rise and low-rise, offer every facility. For nightlife, there’s no shortage of cabarets, cocktail bars and restaurants serving local and world dishes and for those who want to have some fun shooting dice or at the slots there are 11 casinos, some of which stay open 24 hours.
There are 42 major dive sites around Aruba, including Second World War wrecks at depths of 25-400ft (8-122m). There are stunningly beautiful coral formations, such as the Natural Bridge, which is a must visit and even more stunning views to be seen under the waves. If you’re less adventurous you can still see the underwater sights by submarine or glass-bottomed boat. Truly as the island says – ‘Where happiness lives’.
The only boutique-style resort in Aruba that caters exclusively to couples, Bucuti is nestled on Eagle Beach, far from the maddening crowds and high-rise hotels. Bucuti Beach Resort is serene and peaceful, perfect for honeymooners and couples looking to relax, rejuvenate and get away from it all. With only 104 rooms, suites and penthouse rooms, Bucuti offers a more intimate getaway vacation through its award-winning hospitality and world-class facilities and services.
7 night stay in the Bucuti Beach including breakfast, flights, taxes & transfers from €1820 per person sharing. Flights operate ex Cork/Dublin via Amsterdam
Wedding packages from €1350 which include decorated ceremony location, wedding officiant, transfers to townhall, wedding certificate, bridal bouquet & buttonhole, champagne toast, service charge & taxes, and services of a wedding co-ordinator.
7 nights in the 4 star Bucuti Beach including civil wedding ceremony & 7 nights in the 4 star Avila Hotel, Curacao (see Curacao webpage) – from €2929 per person plus airport taxes.
Price includes international & Inter island flights, accommodation, and transfers
Jamaica is surely one of the Caribbean’s most iconic destinations. The scenery offers everything from fish-filled coral reefs and white-sand beaches to breathtaking waterfalls and cloud-shrouded rainforests. The music is infectious, and the people represent one of the most diverse populations in the Caribbean, drawing from African, Chinese, Indian, British and German heritage.
Jamaica is the Caribbean’s third largest island with six main tourist regions – Montego Bay, Negril, Mandeville and The South Coast, Kingston, Port Antonio and Ocho Rios. Ocho Rios is a prime port for cruise ships but also boasts a succession of bays and beaches. Most notable are Runaway Bay, and Discovery Bay. Just inland lies Dunn’s River Falls – a much photographed attraction. Montego Bay is a mecca for watersports lovers including sailing, scuba diving, jet skiing, parasailing, sport fishing and glass-bottom boat excursions. For shoppers, Gloucester Avenue (dubbed the Hip Strip) is lined with duty-free shops, souvenir arcades, restaurants and bars. Negril became known in the 1960’s and 1970’s as an idyllic escape for the backpack crowd, and still enjoys a low-key demeanour. Perched on limestone bluffs, Negril’s West End is home to numerous small resorts snuggled into the craggy cliffs.
Visit the many plantation great houses such as Rose Hall and Greenwood Great House. Tour the rum distillery at Hampden Great House. Like many Caribbean islands with a sugar plantation heritage, Jamaica showcases numerous fine rums, including Appleton, which offers a top-shelf label of aged rums. Another favourite treat is Tia Maria, a coffee-flavoured rum liqueur.
Special offers:
5 star all-inclusive from €1300 per person for 7 nights.
Civil weddings from $200
Paradise for sun lovers, swimmers and water sports enthusiasts….
Antigua is situated in the Eastern Caribbean. The island is only 14 miles long and 11 miles wide. This beautiful island is said to have 365 beaches one for every day of the year! With its clear warm waters Antigua is paradise for swimmers and water sports enthusiasts.
If you have a dream to get married on a white sandy beach, then Antigua is the perfect destination.
Civil Wedding Offers:
4* Hotel ~ stay 10 nights and your wedding package is free!
(Normal cost is €840 per couple)
Catholic weddings can be held in a quaint old church located on the southern half of the island.
Catholic wedding packages include all local church & legal fees, bridal bouquet & boutonnière, transfer to meet priest after arrival, transfers to and from town hall for civil ceremony, wedding certificate, bottle of sparkling wine, small wedding cake, witnesses if necessary, a wedding planner to ensure the smooth planning of your special day. Cost per couple €1,399
Sample holiday costs:
ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY AT THE TIME OF BOOKING
St. Lucia’s iconic Pitons – a pair of volcanic spires that vault upward from the Caribbean Sea – define one of the region’s most romantic destinations. Though the trademark vistas that surround the Pitons are perhaps the most memorable, St. Lucia delivers robust, varied scenery from head to toe. Simply put, the island looks the way the Caribbean is supposed to look.
Castries, the island’s capital, is a busy hub of island commerce and culture. An active cruise-ship port, visitors can invest a few hours at one of two duty-free shopping pavilions along the waterfront. Artists showcase paintings and sculptures in several galleries. Just a few steps from the harbour is the market, where vendors have gathered for more than 100 years to sell a bounty of fresh produce alongside fishermen hawking king mackerel, mahi-mahi and wahoo.
Most of St. Lucia’s resorts are found north of the capital along the west coast where there are several white sand beaches, notably Rodney Bay. With accommodations ranging from massive all-inclusive to luxury resorts to family-run inns, there’s something for almost any taste or budget. Nearby Rodney Bay Marina serves as home base for many of the charter yachts heading south to the Grenadines. While the white sand beaches are found in the north, few come to St. Lucia without touring the south, where the island’s natural attractions are concentrated. The drive down the west coast to the town of Soufrière at the base of Petit Piton, the shorter and steeper of the twin pinnacles, is one of the most scenic in all the Caribbean.
St. Lucia’s spectacle continues below sea level, where the underwater landscape often mirrors the mountain slopes above. Much of the coastline is under the protection of the Soufrière Marine Management Area, which prohibits fishing. The result is a submerged fantasy of colourful fish and some of the most pristine coral reefs in the Caribbean.
We offer civil ceremonies in St Lucia, you can marry on one of St Lucia’s beautiful beaches or in the lush grounds of your hotel. Catholic weddings are also possible on the island of St Lucia
After your ceremony, enjoy a famous Caribbean cocktail, listen to a steel band while watching the amazing sunset..
Wonderful climate, astounding beauty and friendly islanders makes St. Lucia simply perfect for your special wedding day.
Weddings in Barbados…
Whether you seek soft beaches, powerful surf, refined sophistication or the up-tempo, festive feel, Barbados has something for everyone. It is the easternmost of the Lesser Antilles islands and, as such, enjoys the graces of two oceans – the Caribbean Sea on its west side and the Atlantic Ocean at its eastern end. The two bodies of water converge on the island’s southern shores, where smaller hotels – and legions of windsurfers – await.
