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February 2020

Tahiti Wedding in Moorea

COLORFUL TAHITI WEDDING IN MOOREA: HOW MATHILDE + GILLIAN EMBRACED THE TROPICAL LOOK

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Tahiti Wedding Altar With Tropical Flowers

 
Mathilde & Gillian live in the capital island of Tahiti, French Polynesia. They married back in August of last year on Tahiti’s sister island Moorea, with 77 guests in attendance. The bride’s family along with a number of their friends traveled all the way across the globe, from France, to be there on Mathilde & Gillian’s side as they exchanged their I do’s in the most beautiful setting.

 

 
I sometimes get inquiries for Tahiti destination weddings where the couple is contemplating a Tahiti wedding with 100-150+ guests, but really, you don’t want to go over 80-85 at the most for a destination wedding in Moorea. Moorea is a small island, and venue options are extremely limited – actually there are less and less options as vacation rental properties especially stand firm on not accepting events of any kind and of any size on their premises (more about this here), so with more than 80 wedding guests I simply won’t have any good option for you; by good option I mean one that sits in a pretty environment, is well equipped for catering that number of people, and offers a viable backup plan in case of inclement weather (or at least, allows for one). With 79 people total, Mathilde & Gillian’s wedding in Moorea was the perfect size.

 
Tahiti wedding in Moorea

 
While you’d typically start planning a wedding in Tahiti about a year out, Mathilde & Gillian reached out to me 2 years before their planed wedding date. This early in time, the only thing you can work on really is the venue but given what I just mentioned above, securing your ideal venue early is a safe and wise decision indeed.
Their venue can accommodate 19 people on property (read more on this topic in this post) – so some of their friends actually stayed there for a couple nights. Other friends and family members stayed at nearby vacation rental properties and hotels.

Mathilde & Gillian wanted a colorful Tahiti wedding and decided to go the tropical – yet elegant, route. They had envisioned lots of very colorful tropical flowers around their reception space, with a color palette ranging from purple, orange and greeneries being the dominant colors, red and yellow as the secondary colors.

 
Tropical Look For A Tahiti Wedding

Tropical Flowers For A Tahiti Wedding

 
The month of August being our Winter time in here when the wind picks up quickly and can be very strong, it was essential to set up the reception under a tent in a way that we could roll down clear walls if needed. A note on tents: as much as I would love to see those beautiful wedding tents you can browse on Pinterest becoming available in Tahiti, the only option we have in here are the standard, frame tents. No draping companies either. So being imaginative with how you dress the tent, use lighting, and most importantly how you design the dinner table centerpieces/florals, is the key to creating a memorable experience.

 
Tropical Wedding in Moorea

 

Moorea Destination Wedding

 

Tahiti Wedding in Moorea With Colorful Flowers

 
The ceremony was held by the water, with the ocean waves crashing on the reef and the verdant mountains in the background… a truly magical setting for exchanging your vows in Moorea.

 
Water Front Ceremony in Moorea

 

• Moorea Destination Wedding Planner : Nelly at wedOtahiti
• Design and Set-up : Weddings in Moorea
• Blooms : Florever
• Moorea Wedding Photographer : Marc Gerard Photography Tahiti

 
More photos of this beautiful Tahiti wedding here under the ‘Destination Weddings’ tab.

 

The first time we got in touch with her, it clearly became obvious that Nelly would realize our dream. It was difficult for us to begin this project by having no clue of “How do you set everything for this big day”.
It is thanks to her that we had the best day of our life on our D-day, our vision literally came to life. She have been so helpful during this journey, providing us with precious and priceless advices.
Nelly, we would like to thank you for having been so helpful, responsive, available for us and professional. Thanks to you, we have enjoyed every seconds of our weekend with our families and friends without stress, as you and your team were there to handle E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
Thank you for your patience, your kindness and simplicity.
We would have never had a wedding like this without you! These three days were more than what we ever could have dreamt of .

Note to everyone : if you are expecting this day to be perfect, you should definitely get in touch with Nelly !

Mathilde & Gillian

 

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Rock band at a Tahiti destination wedding

THE BEST ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOUR TAHITI DESTINATION WEDDING

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Most often, the beach wedding ceremonies that I officiate in Moorea are elopement weddings, with just the couple, myself, and the photo and/or video crew to capture these magic moments. While the sound of the waves crashing in the background, or choppy lagoon waters is usually the best music one can have to accompany the rings exchange or the sharing of your personal vows in Moorea, you can always opt for some extra music and entertainment for your Tahiti destination wedding, or wedding ceremony. Want to know more?

Head to this past blog post about the 3 most popular music choices for a romantic ceremony on the beach.

If you will however have a destination wedding in Tahiti, and want to entertain your wedding guests throughout the event, here are so clues to

 

The Top 5 Entertainment Choices For Your Tahiti Destination Wedding

 
Your heart is set to a Tahiti destination wedding. You want the day to be fun and packed-full of events for your guests. With a Tahiti destination wedding, you want the entertainment to be as unique as is the destination… search no more, here is your guide to how you can plan a wedding in Tahiti that is nothing short of amazingness!

 

 

1. A Local Trio To Perform Tahitian Love Songs

 
If you’ve been dreaming of a Tahiti-of-yesteryear kind-of atmosphere, but not wanting to go into full local folklore, I can arrange for an amazing Tahitian singer to sing the best of Tahitian love songs, to the rhythm of ukuleles. Whether to welcome your guests to the ceremony site, or as an interlude in the ceremony, or as the background music during cocktail hour, this for sure sets the tone for your Tahiti destination wedding!

 

2. A Fire Dance At Sunset

 
You can totally WOW your guests by surprising them with an authentic Tahitian fire dance once the sun sets. If you’re having a local trio at cocktail hour, the drums can suddenly take over from the musicians, with Tahitian dancers approaching in the dark… torches will then raise from the pitch black and your guests will be amazed by the beauty of the fire dance show. Always a hit!

 

 

3. An Elegant Tahitian Dance Performance

 
Rather than having a full energetic Tahitian dance show where everyone stands or sits for 30 or 45 minutes watching (your guests will experience those in their resorts throughout their stay so you want to do something different on the wedding night), why not having an elegant ‘Aparima dance performance (similar to the Hawaiian hula, ‘Aparima dances are performed at a slow rhythm) during dinner? With dancers performing around tables rather than on a stage, you will be offering the quintessential charm of Tahitian dancing culture while keeping the atmosphere of the event quiet and elegant.

 
Tahiti destination wedding entertainment

Photo Credit above and below : Helene Havard Photography

 

4. An Acrobat Performance

 
Looking for something totally unique to surprise your guests? How about welcoming your guests to dinner with Champagne poured from the air? Or an acrobatic interlude during dinner by former Cirque du Soleil performers?

 
Tahiti destination wedding acrobat entertainement

 

5. A Rock Band

 
This one is to get your guests up dancing, guaranteed!

 
Rock band at a Tahiti destination wedding

Photo Credit : Marc Gerard Photography Tahiti

 
Whatever the vibe you want for your Tahiti destination wedding, I’ll come up with ideas to make your celebration one for the books, an event your guests will keep reminiscing about for years to come.

More on this topic :
 
Light Up Your Wedding In Tahiti With Fireworks

 

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Courtney Kyle Ceremony in Moorea

PRIVATE ISLET BEACH CEREMONY IN MOOREA : CAN A WEDDING LOOK ANY BETTER?

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Courtney Kyle Ceremony in Moorea

 

Courtney & Kyle had dreamed of a Tahiti wedding but when they were presented with wedding packages available in Moorea, at their resort specifically, those did not feel right for them. They were drawn to some other locations on the island, and one in particular : they wanted to experience a private islet beach ceremony in Moorea!

Courtney reached out to me saying she was not 100% sure how getting married in Tahiti “works” (or destination elopements in general) and she was also not sure what the limitations were of getting married at a resort versus elsewhere… she needed me to shed some light on how they could get married in Tahiti (pondering between getting married in Tahiti legally vs. at home before their trip), and how to plan a wedding in Tahiti outside of the beach ceremony itself.

Courtney & Kyle got married in Moorea back in November, and what a dreamy day it was! The weather was the most perfect, and the colors were out of this world.

 

Private islet beach ceremony in Moorea

 

Courtney & Kyle met in high school when she was a freshman student, and Kyle was a junior. Kyle was Courntey’s brother’s friend, and her dad was his teacher and football coach, so she happened to hang out with these guys in her dad’s art class often. They were not real close friends at the time, but Courtney remembers that there was always something about Kyle…

It would just take her until much later to figure out what that “something” was.

Fast forward to a few years later – The proposal had to be perfect, so everyone that day knew the details, except for Courtney of course… from Courtney’s cousin to her mum, everyone helped Kyle planning the perfect proposal at the zoo. Come the day of the proposal… why would everyone want to go straight to the Giraffes, and not follow their normal zoo routine? Why missing out on the other exhibits? Courtney got a little frustrated with the group, so it came as a complete surprise when Kyle handed her a book and she discovered that the pages were cut-out to form a heart and a ring was tied to a string inside… it was the most thoughtful proposal and of course she said “Yes!”

The make-up artist and I met at Courtney & Kyle’s resort in the early morning, bringing along their beautiful flowers: a gorgeous bouquet + a head crown for Courtney, and a leaf lei for Kyle.

 

Tahiti Wedding Elopement in Moorea

 

Truth be told, Courtney got sunburned pretty badly the previous day. There were some clouds, so the two of them did not pay much attention to the sun and forewent applying sunscreen… being that we are under a tropical climate, the sun can be very harsh and a fair complexion will get sunburned in no time (this is the story of my life, hiding from the sun!).

Anyway, nothing will stop my make-up artist from making a bride look her best, and be the most beautiful on her wedding day, and oh was Courtney beautiful! And so was Kyle!

We headed to a private islet beach for their celebratory ceremony, and met with their photographers there. This was a new location I am so lucky to have access to with my couples, 100% private and 1000% dreamy!

 

Islet Beach Ceremony in Moorea

Islet Beach Ceremony in Moorea

Islet Beach Ceremony in Moorea

 

We held their beach ceremony privately, and they then did some beach photos as well as some photos on the reef-side of the islet, before we headed back together to the main island. Their photographers then drove them around and back to their resort.

 

Reef-side Ceremony in Moorea

 

It is the most beautiful environment one can dream of to hold a ceremony in Moorea. A very quiet and peaceful place for a destination elopement in Tahiti – and the perfect place to shoot out-of-this-world aerial drone photos in Tahiti.

Later that day, Courtney & Kyle got picked up at their resort and taken privately by boat to a(nother) private islet beach, this time to enjoy a movie night!

While Courtney & Kyle considered a romantic dinner in a fine-dining restaurant at first, they then realized it would be too fancy for them and told me “We just want a super relaxed evening with (as strange as this may sound…) maybe share a pizza while sitting on the beach…? Not sure if there is something you could help us with to maybe make it a tiny bit more romantic? But either way, even if it is just us ordering a pizza that is totally fine too. We just want the sort of “pajama pants and movies” sort of night.”

Ask and you shall receive! Sofa on the beach, pizzas, a large screen standing in the lagoon, and their favorite movie playing… the stage was set!

Thank you again Courtney & Kyle, and wish you the best of happiness!

 

 

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