Planning for a wedding will take its toll. Stress will mount, and you will wish for the whole thing to be over. What better way to release the tension than taking a vacation with the one you love? Here’s a honeymoon trend that adds a lot of enjoyment and value to your wedding.

Why tell your guests where you’re going for the honeymoon when you can show them on your wedding day? It can be difficult to come up with a wedding theme let alone plan a honeymoon, so try combining the two.

One of my recent client couples planned to travel to the various golf courses in California after their wedding, and they incorporated the names of the golf courses they selected as the names of the guest tables. For example, one of the tables was named Delta View, a location of Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center’s and home to their wedding. Another table was named Pebble Beach after the famous course on the California Coast. The favors placed on the tables were golf balls with their names and wedding date inscribed. The tables were easy to navigate for the guests because there was also a floor map provided to direct them to their correct tables.

Another client named the tables after the different tropical islands they would visit for their honeymoon. A beautiful postcard was used as the table marker with a brief history of the destination. For the locations they already visited they included a picture of them at the location and also included a story of their experiences there.

Now when you’re doing the honeymoon dance, your guests will know what and where you’re trying to raise the money for. Remember to always get travel insurance and travel safe!

The foundation of Wedgewood’s consultation process is to help couples in their search for the perfect wedding site. Many times we meet with clients who find our product and venue to suit them perfectly. Other times we meet with clients and determine that we are not the ideal location for them. Whether Wedgewood is “the perfect fit” for you or not, our team promises you the advantage of a personal consultation in the search for your ideal wedding location.

Part of this consultation requires our team to ask you this imperative question: “What is more important to you, when you get married or where?” The reason we ask this is because over the years our expertise has shown that many couples compromise their weddings by forcing it to be on a certain date, day of the week, time of year, etc.

When we ask this question almost every couple says that venue is more important than date. By being flexible with date and time, more people can actually book the ideal location and maintain their budgets without compromising the vision of their event. My advice to all of you engaged couples out there: find the venue you love (service, price, ambiance, etc), then work with that venue to see what date meets your needs the best.

After surviving war, surgeries and physical therapy, a San Diego Marine will join his beloved at the altar this Memorial Day weekend.

Wedgewood Wedding & Banquet Center will provide a wedding for Brian and Jessica Meyer at no charge. After Brian’s two tours in Afghanistan, the Oceanside couple will tie the knot on Memorial Day weekend after four years together. The groom will join his bride at the altar after overcoming serious war-related physical injuries. The pair will marry at Wedgewood’s Fallbrook location with the celebration they’ve always wanted. In light of the couple’s story and their commitment to each other and their country, Wedgewood is proud to host this ceremony.

Although a wedding date is finally set for Memorial Day weekend of this year, the Meyers’ road to the alter has been full of obstacles, such as distance, deployment and serious injuries. They had already planned a wedding ceremony at Wedgewood in 2011 before Brian returned from his second tour in Afghanistan having lost his right hand and leg, among other injuries.

Brian, a Marine, and Jessica, a civilian, met in Denver, CO. in 2008, and continued to date during Brian’s first deployment to Afghanistan. Once he returned and Jessica moved to California, Brian proposed to Jessica in May 2010 and the couple quietly eloped; but still had dreams of a big wedding. Five months later, Brian was deployed to Afghanistan for a second time and Jessica started planning their August 2011 wedding at Wedgewood Wedding & Banquet Center in Fallbrook; but these plans came to a halt when Brian returned in March 2011 due to his injuries.

“Our wedding day was just a few months away when Brian got injured,” Jessica said. “My main priority shifted from wedding planning to making sure Brian got healthy again.”

Jessica stayed by Brian’s side as he endured countless surgeries and was fitted for prosthetics at a medical center in Maryland. Brian was transferred to Balboa Navy Medical Center in San Diego, and continued months of physical therapy.

Today, Brian has recovered operation of his limbs, and is more than ready to walk down the aisle. Wedgewood Wedding & Banquet Center, where the couple planned to wed all along, has decided to honor Brian and Jessica by covering all wedding costs and hosting the ceremony on Memorial Day weekend.

“After talking to the Meyers, we were touched by their story and wanted to give them the wedding of their dreams,” said Jeff McNeal, VP of Operations for Wedgewood Wedding & Banquet Center. “They are a terrific couple and we are grateful to be able to help them in this way.”
The bride was thrilled with the news. “We already had a wedding planned with Wedgewood, so when they offered to cover the cost, we were very excited,” Jessica said. “I immediately fell in love with the conveniences and look of the venue, and now I’m moved by the generosity of the staff, too.”

Approximately 120 guests, including much of Brian and Jessica’s military family, will attend the affair this spring. For more information on this Fallbrook location or Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center, call (866) 966-3009.