This blog has been created to share great deals on travel and accommodation for you guys - our friends and family, who have been invited to share our "Wedding Holiday" with us.
What your invitation means to us:
We have invited you because you are special to us and we want to give you the opportunity to share our wedding day, and holiday, and bubba two's Birthday in this Pacific Paradise.
We understand the costs involved with flights and accommodation. With our good friends Gene and Ros living on the island and the contacts they have with the locals, we hope to set up some amazing deals, especially with Raro-Aitutaki return flights, and a range of accommodation options in Aitutaki.
What we especially don't want is for you to feel pressured to come, especially if this is going to be a burden financially. Our friend and photographer "Sacha" is coming with us, and we would love to arrange a get together when we return for anyone who couldn't come to relive our holiday with you and share photos. We will not be offended if you cannot come, so please think carefully about how you and your family can fit into our plans.
We plan to get married on "Tapuaetahi Motu" or "One Foot Island". We will get there by a beautiful boat cruise from the main Aitutaki Island, across the lagoon. We want to provide you all with amazing swimming and snorkeling in the lagoon, after a superb lunch of local foods. We will spend the majority of the day here, then in the evening cruise back where you can be transferred to your accommodation and join us at a resort later for cocktails.
Currently we are planning on getting married on May 1st, probably a morning ceremony so we can relax and enjoy the day afterwards. If Gene is able to arrange a chartered plane for Raro-Aitutaki we may need to fill that plane, and it is likely to be Sunday 29th, giving you time to arrive, settle in, go game fishing or learn to paddle board the next day, then it will the day for nuptials!
This will depend entirely on flight times arriving in Rarotonga, to coincide with flights out to Aitutaki. It is entirely up to you whether you would like to stay on before or after the wedding in Raro. Whilst I LOVE Rarotonga, once you have been to the "Paradise" of Aitutaki you will wonder why you wasted so much time snorkeling and swimming in Raro, when the lagoon at Aitutaki is a million times better. But if you have any questions about accommodation in Raro, we are happy to help. Craig has been there twice, and I have been there three times, and we both have been to Aitutaki once.
Taking food over is easy and very relaxed. I'd recommend crackers, chips, breakfast foods and generally light weight snacks. Grocery items are limited and pricey on Aitutaki. I here most of the locals or family of locals take chilly bins full of KFC over there.
Please just don't stress over the cost of coming, we would rather share everything with you when we get back, than have people take out loans or stretch themselves just to reluctantly be there. There is around 13 months to go! (And a lot of weight loss for the bride and groom to go!)
