2005 (3) Testimonials

Coordinator: 10
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10
Flowers: 7
Hair & Makeup: 8
Site: 10

Wedding was wonderful. (Our coordinator) was wonderful and easy to work with. She took all the stress out of the event and allowed my husband and I to relax. The flowers were beautiful - the only reason I ranked them a 7 is because they were not exactly what I expected. When I saw them in the picture, I didn't see red roses in the bouquet, but they were in mine. This being said, they photographed beautifully. The minister was very funny and put us at ease. He was kind enough to comfort me as I cried all through the ceremony! The photographer was also amazing. He took the most beautiful photographs - each one looks like a
postcard. We appreciated his warmth and humor as well. The site was the best part - the Cove is one of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen. A definite 10. Thank you for an amazing experience and a wedding that we will never forget.

Hillary and Lee Showman
Pittsburgh, PA

Coordinator: 7
Minister: 8
Photographer: 10
Videographer: 10
Flowers: 8
Hair & Makeup: 9
Site: 10

It was an over all pleasurable experience working with your company.

Jenna and Sam Mollet
Canton, OH

Coordinator: 9.5
Minister: 10 +
Photographer: 9.5
Flowers: 10
Catering: 10
Cake & Toast: 10
Musician: 10
Hair & Makeup: 9
Site: 10

Planning a wedding is a rough job (especially a few thousand miles away), but the staff at A Paradise Dream Wedding made it smooth.  With all the decisions and tasks that needed to happen before the wedding, Kara was very professional, informative, and helpful.  The day of the wedding we were treated as pampered VIPs.  Some of our guest made a point to tells us (several times) that this is one wedding that they will never forget. The guitar player could have canceled for feeling under the weather, but instead showed up and played beautifully. Al Terry, the minister is second to none.  He was spiritual, funny and calming. When picking out which minister to have, we were looking for a true Hawaiian style wedding.  Al delivered more than we could have expected. Gordon Nash's photos are what made our final decision to use A Paradise Dream Weddings, and we weren't disappointed.  He is professional and relaxing.  Looking out our window at two feet of snow, your pictures instantly take us back to Hawaii. Thank you for all the hard work done by some of the nicest people we met in Hawaii.

Steven and Maureen Thompson
Shakopee, MN

Coordinator: 8
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10
Videographer: 10
Hair & Makeup: 10
Site: 10
Other: Photographer's Assistant:  10

UT Sherleen and Richard Mahoney
Grapevine, TX

Coordinator: 10
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10
Videographer: 10
Flowers: 10
Cake & Toast: 10
Musician: 10
Hair & Makeup: 8
Site: 10

My husband and I loved all the services that your company coordinated or provided to us.  I have recommended your services to every single couple that I know that wants to renew their vows or are thinking about a destination wedding. Our minister was wonderful; He put a lot of heart into our ceremony making it extra special.  The music was beautiful.  The hairstylist did a wonderful job with my hair and the makeup but she was 20 minutes late to our appointment. 

Gabriela Steele & Kerry Steele
Dallas, TX

Coordinator: 10
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10+
Flowers: 10
Cake & Toast: 10 (beautiful and delicious!)
Hair & Makeup: 10
Site: 10 - exactly what we were looking for

We had the perfect wedding…thanks to A Paradise Dream Wedding. Kara, our coordinator made the whole planning process stress-free.  She was very prompt in addressing all our questions and concerns.  On our big day, she greeted us with a huge smile and made sure everything went smoothly. Tanya did an excellent job with the hair and makeup. Tino, the minister has a beautiful singing (chanting) voice and spoke from his heart. Gordon was very professional and talented.  Our pictures came out beautiful. He was the main reason we went with A Paradise Dream Wedding.  What you see on the website is what you get.  All our friends can’t believe how blue the water and sky were.  They think the beach is fake because it looks perfect. Thank you for the wonderful memories. Hmmm….we might come back in the future to renew our vows.

Nick and Hui-an Marinkovich
Toronto, Canada

Coordinator: 10++++
Minister: 10++++
Photographer: 10++++
Videographer: 10++++
Flowers: 9
Cake & Toast: 10+++
Musician: 10+++++
Hair & Makeup: 10++++++
Site: 10++++++

I am very glad that we decided to go with A Paradise Dream Wedding.  Everything was so laid back.  There wasn't any stress in the air, just love and paradise.  Sue (hairstylist) was great. She was running a tad late, but I wasn't in a hurry.  She knew exactly what she was doing and had all the right tools to do it.  Kara was so patient and understanding with all of my questions. She is a really wonderful person to work with and maintained her professionalism the entire nine months of planning.  Chris was so nice when I met him.  He had a calming tone on the day of our wedding and it helped set the tone for the rest of us.  Gordon and Eric are two wonderful photographers who made my pictures good enough to be in a magazine.  You captured our love and emotions in our pictures and we thank you so much.  I brag about the discs with the pictures on them along with the rights to make more copies. That is truly amazing. Thank you so much for taking the time that you did with us on our special day.  Hide (videographer), it was almost like you just blended in with everything.  Not intrusive at all, very quiet and polite.  We appreciate you being so professional as well.  From the time I woke up, (through) getting my hair done, slipping on the dress and jewelry to taking pictures, the ceremony, cake, toasting, more pictures and everything in between; it truly felt like a dream.   Our guitar player/singer was wonderful.  He seemed just as happy to be there as we were.  Thank you for our wedding song.  I'm sure others have the same song, but ours felt like it belonged to us.  Kimo was wonderful!  I asked for someone funny, and there he was.  He made us laugh and he also translated a beautiful ceremony.  It was more than I ever expected.  My bouquet was beautiful.  I loved it so much.  I wish I could have brought it home along with a piece of our cake.  I wish my hair flowers would have been there. Sue made my hair up and designated specific spots for the orchids, and they weren't there.  I was compensated with more black and white prints, but to be honest I wish I had the other flowers instead.  However I do thank you for the generous compensation.  To top it all off our pictures and photo album were ready before we got on the plane back home. Thank you. That really meant a lot to me.  Thank you all for being so understanding, kind, thorough and professional.  You all made our wedding day a true Paradise Dream Wedding.   We'll see you in 5 years for a renewal.

Natalie and Chris Cox
Susanville, CA

Coordinator: 10
Minister: 10 (Tino was GREAT)
Photographer: 10 (we always get wonderful compliments on our photographs!)
Videographer: 10
Flowers: 10  
Cake & Toast: 10 
Musician: 10
Site: Makena Cove--10!

Our wedding day turned out better than we even had dreamed!  Gordon and his staff did such a wonderful job--we were very impressed.  Whenever I speak with future Maui brides I always refer them to A Paradise Dream Wedding and Gordon.  I thought planning a wedding from thousands of miles away would be tough, but everyone made the planning go very smoothly even on the wedding day.  I can't say enough about how friendly and helpful everyone was. At the end of our photo shoot, or what we thought was the end, the sunset decided to show up, and was by far the most beautiful that we saw while on the island (and our first!).  Even though Gordon and his staff were packing up (to go) they asked if we'd like to take a few more pictures!  We gladly accepted the offer and appreciate it to this day!  The pictures turned out wonderful and we wish we were back on Maui every time we look at them.  Gordon captured a truly special moment for us.

Mark and Nicole Guimont
Ramsey, MN

Coordinator: 10
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10+++++++
Flowers: 9.5
Cake & Toast: 9
Musician: 8 (because we could not hear her over the crashing ocean waves)
Limo: 10
Hair & Makeup: 10
Site: 10

Within minutes of finding this website I was ready to send A Paradise Dream Wedding all my money for my upcoming wedding. Everything was perfect the Cove, …my coordinator, Richard Lewis the officiant was calm and gentle, the flowers were SOOOO beautiful, hair and makeup was perfect everything. And Gordon and his assistant were so nice. The pictures are so amazing.  We love them sooooo much and we are so glad we picked Gordon and A Paradise Dream Wedding.   I hope we can come back in 10-20 years and do it again.

Gloria Mashayekhi and Daniel Mitten
Houston, TX

Coordinator: 10++
Minister: 10+++ 
Photographer: 10+++++
Videographer: 10+++
Flowers: 10
Cake & Toast: 10
Musician: 10++
Hair & Makeup:8

My wedding was an absolute dream. Without the help from your staff it could have never been done. Everything was perfect. I was so worried things wouldn't turn out exactly as planned but I should not have worried at all. The day of the ceremony was beautiful, the musician was great and the minister was so genuine. My coordinators (Kara &Michelle) were so accommodating, I'd recommend them any day and Gordon...I've never seen nor taken such fabulous pictures. I look at them every day. Thank you all so much for making our day a cherished memory.  

Maurice & Tangelia Dodd
Nashville, TN

Coordinator: 10
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10
Flowers: 10
Musician: 10
Limo: 10
Hair & Makeup: 10
Site: 10

I couldn't have asked for a better wedding day. Sue and Mimi came to my hotel and did hair and makeup for me and my maid of honor (I am still getting compliments about how good it looked). We showed up at the ceremony site and the flowers were waiting - they exceeded my expectations. The on site coordinator was very helpful - he even got me a band-aid for my finger (I had cut it in the morning). The wedding site was beautifully set up with a flower path and chairs. Our minister made us both feel comfortable and the ceremony was perfect. The harpist added a great touch. Gordon was awesome - our pictures came out so well (we get compliments constantly on how good they look). There was no stress the whole day as it was all taken care of - I think that was the best part.

Clair and Brian Downs
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Coordinator: 10 (Kara was outstanding!! She answered all of our questions and coordinated everything perfectly.)
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10+++
Videographer: 10 
Limo: 10

Heather and Jaime Sanchez
Carmichael, CA

Coordinator: 9 
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10
Flowers: 8 
Hair & Makeup:8

Melissa & Adam Swift
Fountain Hills, AZ

Coordinator: 9 
Minister: 10
Photographer: 20
Videographer: 20
Flowers: 10 
Cake & Toast: 8
Site: 20

Our wedding was way beyond expectations! The location was spectacular. Our photo's and DVD are truly unbelievable. Gordon made us feel so unbelievable natural, the photo's and especially the DVD are truly better than I had expected. Kimo our minister was so wonderful, romantic, funny and a beautiful ceremony, would do it again in a heartbeat! Thanks for making a wonderful day very memorable and so beautiful.

Cathy & Danny Sandoval
Portland, OR

Coordinator: 8 
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10+
Flowers: 10 
Musician: 5
Site: 10

Andrea & Carlos Bustios
Montclair, NJ

Photographer: 9

Good follow up by email from Melissa after the wedding. The photography was excellent. We eloped without family, which made the pictures important for us to show what happened on our special day. We have just returned from Thanksgiving gatherings and the response from our family and friends was overwhelmingly positive. Everybody loved the photographs. I feel that the photographs showed my wife to be as beautiful in pictures as she was standing in front of me on our wedding day. Initially we had a miscommunication with a coordinator at Gordon’s company. Gordon personally got involved. He called us and we worked out an alternative that worked for both of us so he could be our photographer. I believe this extra effort showed strong character on his part. If we were to repeat the process, I think we would make notes of a few picture poses that we wanted. After the excitement of the day, we remembered a pose that we had talked about ahead of time only to forget during the event.

John & Mamta Hackenberg
Dublin, CA

Coordinator: 8
Minister: 9
Photographer: 10
Videographer: 10+
Flowers: 8
Cake & Toast: 9
Musician: 10
Hair & Makeup: 10
Site: 9

Megan and Michael Frank
Fishers, IN

Coordinator: 10 
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10
Videographer: 10
Flowers: 10 
Site: 10

Julie & Jacob Murphy 
Langley, BC, Canada

Coordinator: 10 - Kara accommodated our special requests in a timely manner and was very considerate 
Minister: 9
Photographer: 10 - Gordon/Eric were great; experienced, thorough, warm and easy going
Flowers: 9 
Cake & Toast: 10
Hair & Makeup: 10 - Regina was creative and professional and fun
Site: 9 - Mosquitoes were the only downside and obviously out of everyone's control
Other: 10 to Michelle - a real star behind the scenes with just the right personality to deal with everyone on a big day

Who knew that such a big day could be so easy to plan and still be so perfect? The professionalism of all involved minimized the stress and anxiety that are inevitable on wedding days. When Hong's parents had trouble getting visas to attend the wedding, Kara was more than willing to assist by writing a letter of support to the Consulate. All the details were taken care of. We never had to ask twice. It went off without a hitch and we'd do it again just the same.

Matt Davey & Hong Huang 
Portland, OR

Coordinator: 10 
Minister: 10
Photographer: 15
Flowers: 6 
Site: 10

Gordon was very professional and so was his assistant. We were thrilled knowing Gordon would do our photography. When you go to all the trouble and time to plan your honeymoon, wedding, you just can't do it over again if the pictures aren't right. No worries with Gordon. He really tries to think of the best way to capture the moment and make your pictures tell a story. The main reason I hired Gordon to do our photography was that his pictures aren't just the ordinary wedding posed pictures that you see everyday. He has an artistic style, he not only captures facial expressions, the scenery, family members, but he puts it all together in such a way that many of his pictures become art, some you can just feel the emotion behind the picture. To me, that's a photographer. Anyone can photograph a wedding. But we absolutely knew that we'd have some pictures from Gordon's work that would be good enough to be enlarged and framed over our fireplace, a picture that would hang in our home that would be a centerpiece. And he did just that. He's worth every penny. I love having the negatives and digital pictures that he gave us. I was able to use those images in creating wedding announcements/reception invitations that we sent out after we got home. He was very prompt in having them FedX'd to us. We also had Gordon do a DVD slideshow of our pictures to music we provided him. He did a great job with a professional introduction included. We are giving our friends and family a copy at our reception. Gordon was kind and did everything to see that we were happy. Since our wedding ceremony only included our 3 kids, there wasn't much reason to have the wedding coordinator there. Gordon reserved the best spot at The Cove and really handled everything well. There was slight delay in starting our ceremony due to the flowers being late to arrive, but Gordon made sure our pictures turned out great even as the daylight was nearing to an end. He more than made up for the delay and there is no way I would have even considered using anyone but Gordon Nash. He's the best and everyone on his staff was very professional. I don't have any regrets and we were very happy being in Maui, loved our wedding site, The Cove, and Tino did a great job as our minister. Everything was really perfect. I know we'll be back to visit Maui again and I have nothing but fond memories of a day I waited so long for. Thank you, A Paradise Dream Wedding and Gordon Nash for giving my husband and I an enjoyable, fun and happy day. You're the best.

Debbie & John Pratto 
Rossmoor, (Long Beach) CA

Coordinator: 8 
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10
Videographer: 10
Flowers: 10 
Cake & Toast: cake: 3
toast: 10
Musician: 10
Hair & Makeup: 10
Site: 10

Wow! That was all we could say. Everything was so incredible we still are talking about it. Gordon and his crew were just amazing. And what a nice surprise the wedding video turned out to be! We were so used to seeing those terrible boring wedding videos and when we saw ours – wow! It was short and very elegant. We had this nice feeling of being a part of a nice and extremely professional piece of art. Our special thanks go to Al Terry, our minister. His words and presence really made our wedding unforgettable. Hair and makeup are a must have. The girls are just incredible. Chris, one of Gordon’s assistants, was so helpful on making our day a really special occasion with his kind words and appropriate jokes. The music was perfect… both musicians are great. We are a happy couple, “Just Mauid” in October 13, 2005; proud of saying A Paradise Dream Wedding is really a “WOW” experience. Congratulations guys!

Shaun & Melina Johnson 
Phoenix, AZ

Coordinator: 8 
Minister: 9
Photographer: 10
Videographer: 9
Flowers: 7 
Hair & Makeup: 9
Site: 8

Edward & Staci Kincaid 
Columbus, Ohio

Coordinator: 9 
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10
Videographer: 10
Hair & Makeup: 9
Site: 10

Gordon is wonderful! Everything was perfect.

Christina & Richard Wharfe 
Bensalem, PA

Coordinator:  10 
Minister:  10 
Flowers:  10 
Site:  10 

Absolutely amazing! Tino Rosete did an incredible ceremony! The beach was beautiful, everything we had imagined for a perfect Hawaiian wedding!

Jolene and Ryan Johnson 
Benton City, WA

Coordinator: 10 
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10++
Flowers: 10
Hair & Makeup: 10(Thank you Regina!)
Site: 10++

Thank you so much for giving us the wedding that we had dreamed of. Your services were superior and the photography was unbelievable! Regina did a fantastic job with hair and makeup and our flowers were beautiful. The Cove was breathtaking and Rev. Kimo Kirkman did an outstanding job. What can we say about Gordon and Eric? They made us feel at ease and our photos are absolutely breathtaking. Every time we look at them, we relive our special day at Makena Cove!

Jason & Angela Patterson 
Carmel, IN

Coordinator:  10- Kara was really quick to answer all the questions we had.
Minister:  10- Kimo was really fantastic; he made sure to speak slowly enough so that we can repeat after him. 
Photographer: 10+++ Pictures came out beautiful, bright and colorful. Gordon captured every moment perfect.   A major plus is that we received all the negatives!!!!!!!!!!  Gordon made us feel such at ease and comfortable.
Videographer: 8 The video came out excellent.  We were so into each other that we didn't even notice Hide capturing our special day.
Flowers: 10+ The flowers were so gorgeous and fresh, esp. the cake topper. 

Cake & Toast: 10- cake came out beautiful.
Musician: 8 We had a harpist.
Hair & Makeup: 7
Site: 8 We originally requested Makena Cove and ended up moving to another beach that morning.  There were quite a few people there.

A Paradise Dream Wedding is exactly what we had.   The day before our ceremony we lounged around on the beach; instead of running around stressing about the Big day.  Everyone made us feel so at ease and gave us exactly what we were looking for- a day to remember. We received our pictures and DVD within a couple of weeks and were able to show them off for our reception.  Thank you to everyone at A Paradise Dream Wedding for making our day very memorable. 



Richard and Sotheary Situ
Tustin, CA



Coordinator: 8 
Minister: 10
Photographer: 10+
Videographer: 10
Flowers: 10
Musician: 9
Hair & Makeup: 10
Site: 10+

We had the wedding of our dreams thanks to Gordon and his team. Everything that we requested for our wedding was handled with care and concern. Our minister, Tino, did an excellent job officiating the ceremony. The harp music that we requested sounded beautiful. The flowers were incredibly gorgeous! The wedding pictures were by far the most outstanding part of the package. We have had several people tell us that they were the most beautiful wedding pictures that they have ever seen. Every time that we look at the pictures, we are reminded about our dream wedding! Thank you to everyone who had a part in our "special day."

John & Cindy Mamula 
Uniontown, PA

Our wedding was perfect!! Maureen was our coordinator, she was GREAT! She answered every email and phone calls promptly and calmed my nerves about planning this wedding sight unseen! Gordon Nash was the photographer. He is OUTSTANDING! He really captured the essence of our love and Spirit. We were completely breathless with our pictures; they are better than we dreamed. I can't remember the name of the videographer, he was EXCELLENT! Since this was a small wedding, just the two of us, our families and friends have been able to enjoy our day and ceremony. The editing and music was great! We were married at Makena Cove, beautiful, of course. The site is Eden! Tino was our Minister. He was so personal and sincere! Every word was beautiful. The wedding was our dream wedding. I could not recommend anything that would have made it better. We give you our highest recommendation for future weddings! Thank you very much for everything.

Keith & Kathy Gibbons 
Palmdale, CA

Coordinator: 10 
Minister: 10
Videographer: 9
Flowers: 10
Cake & Toast: 10
Musician: 10
Hair & Makeup: 10
Site: 10

Scott & Cathryn Beil 
Cocoa, FL