FetePerfection : The Wacky Wedding Planner

Help for the Frequent Traveler

I stumbled across this site recently and find it too useful to not share with those of you who travel for work or pleasure.  Frequent Flier
offers useful tips, recommendations and up to the minute deals for anyone interested in learning about or making the most of their frequent flier programs.  Frequent Flier also offers a newsletter called Frequent Flier Crier which updates subscribers to the latest bonus miles offers, latest sweepstakes and news releases the traveling public needs to know.

Check it out.  I think you'll refer to Frequent Flier...frequently.

For the Frequent Traveler

I stumbled across this site recently and find it too useful to not share with those of you who travel for work or pleasure.  Frequent Flier
offers useful tips, recommendations and up to the minute deals for anyone interested in learning about or making the most of their frequent flier programs.  Frequent Flier also offers a newsletter called Frequent Flier Crier which updates subscribers to the latest bonus miles offers, latest sweepstakes and news releases the traveling public needs to know.

Check it out.  I think you'll refer to Frequent Flier...frequently.

For the Frequent Traveler

I stumbled across this site recently and find it too useful to not share with those of you who travel for work or pleasure.  Frequent Flier
offers useful tips, recommendations and up to the minute deals for anyone interested in learning about or making the most of their frequent flier programs.  Frequent Flier also offers a newsletter called Frequent Flier Crier which updates subscribers to the latest bonus miles offers, latest sweepstakes and news releases the traveling public needs to know.

Check it out.  I think you'll refer to Frequent Flier...frequently.

If I can't live in the tropics, why not visit them...OFTEN!

I'm landlocked here in Minnesota - where even we natives joke about our states "other" name, Minne-snow-ta.  I start sinking into a deep-freeze-funk right about now, after our first snowfall and although there hasn't been a lot of stick-to-the-ground snow, yet...I know it's coming.

Fortunately I have quite a few couples who have hired me to help plan their destination wedding in tropical locations.  This feeds my addiction for hot humid temps, tropical flora and fauna and the sound of waves lapping on sandy beaches.

Last week I enjoyed several days with one of my couples who will be married in Puerto Vallarta in January.  We spent the time finalizing details, menu tasting, choosing a photographer and a very talented floral and decor designer, Rocco, and lastly booking the rehearsal dinner location.  We were so busy we literally had only two hours down time to sit by the pool and relax. 

After Thanksgiving I off to Puerto Rico for a newly engaged couple exploring the idea of a destination wedding and to finalize details of Joe and Shelley's wedding which will be at the fabulous El Conquistador Resort in Fajardo, PR.

ABC Conference

I will be in sunny Newport Beach California for the next several days attending my first ever ABC Conference.  For those who do not know, ABC is Association of Bridal Consultants and I have heard this conference is well-worth the trip.  The location changes every year and it helps being from one of the colder states in the country because a trip to California, Florida or the Bahamas is a welcome break from the cold and snow. Although I can't complain too much, earlier this week we had 75 degrees with a warm southern breeze...the type of weather typical of Southern California and definitely not Minnesota in November.

The title of this years conference is "California Couture" and the host hotel is the fabulous Fairmont Hotel. I'm looking forward to connecting with planners from around the world as well as reconnecting with some old friends through ABC and Coordinators Corner as well as engage!08: the encore held last month in Orlando.  Check out my other blog I DO VOW TO for details about engage.

I'll post details and photos when I return.

Destination Planning

Anyone who knows me, knows I LOVE to travel - no I don't love the travel travel, I love getting there and planting myself in a new surrounding, especially if the surrounding includes warm water. 

It's beginning to look like my old blog, Do Not Fret the Fete will ever be revived,so I thought I'd post some of my highlights from 2008.

Angi and Eric hired me to plan and coordinate their San Diego wedding last March and since it was 0 degrees and snowing in Minneapolis and 72 and sunny in San Diego it was no contest - we won the weather war that weekend.  The ceremony and reception were held at the world-famous Lodge of Torrey Pines. Every detail was perfect and every moment enjoyed.  I would not hesitate to book another wedding at the Lodge.

As the days get shorter and the weather turns cold, I warm up by recalling all the fun by reliving some of the best moments through pictures.  Here is a collection of some of my favorite San Diego photos.

If you are entertaining the idea of a destination wedding, make sure to contact Fete Perfection for advice and assistance.  We will be there from the first scouting trip through the last good-bye.

Napa Valley as a Destination

Mid-September I spent five days in Napa Valley enjoying all that is Napa - wine, food, scenery and weddings.  Having never traveled to the area my vision was very different from the real Napa.  I found the region to be much more charming, intimate and very compact.  In less than an hour one can drive from the southern most point of what is Napa to the northern most point.  Of course, between these two points are hundreds of famous and not-so-famous wineries.

Immediately I was taken by the beautiful and diverse scenery which prompted my desire to do a destination wedding at any of the charming wineries or unique restaurants which seem to caterer to couples who are looking for something uniquely theirs.

I'll post again but for now here are some of my photos which regretfully do not depict the beauty and charm of Napa Valley.