Last Second Maui Weddings

Last night John did two weddings. One of them had been on the books for a couple of weeks, and the other was a last second Maui wedding with just a few days notice. We both are willing and anxious to do last second weddings, but for the couple's sake they will get nicer results when they plan their wedding a bit more in advance. To get married and then have to run to the airport is not my idea of the ideal Maui wedding situation.

I am amazed at the number of couples who come to Maui planning on getting married, but who have done almost no preparation. They have not called the company who is going to do their wedding and they just feel that they can pick up the telephone book and find a company for a quick wedding.

Personally, when it comes to one of the most important decisions and memorable days of your life, it would seem that you would want to plan ahead and get photography, etc. Now some couples tell us, "this is a second (or a third wedding, etc.) so we don't want to do anything special. It seems to me that is actually more of a reason to do something special. You certainly don't want to communicate to each other that this won't be "an important wedding event" compared to your previous nuptials. If anything, I would think you want to say, "even though this is the second (or third) time around, THIS wedding is the most important commitment that I could be making right now, right here, with You." Our spouse deserves nothing less.

John has written two articles (with more to come) on this site to help couples build their love. If you want to read them, go to the Love Builder's Site Map page.