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hawaii/virgin island weddings?

my husband and i were married on 2/16/09 back home in upstate ny. he is active duty army, and when he returns from his deployment from afghanistan, we would like to have our dream wedding. does anyone have any good information on weddings in hawaii or the u.s. virgin islands? thanks in advance! we do want an actual wedding since we got married in a courthouse two weeks before he deployed.

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1. Wait, you're already married... and you want a second wedding? Did you get divorced or something? Because you only get one wedding. Anyways, look into packages in the Bahamas. Much less expensive and much cleaner than Hawaii. Good luck!
2. You are already married. So plan a honeymoon instead.
3. I was born in the St. Thomas and went there last year for a wedding. It was so beautiful that me and my girlfriend are planning on getting married there next summer. We looked at Villas for our friends and family to stay. We are planning a beach wedding at Magen's Bay beach. I think you can rent a spot for about a 150 bucks. The year before that we went to Waikiki and had a great vacation, but it seem more a honeymoon place than a place to get married. Everyone kept asking us if we were on our honeymoon. Well I hope I helped.
4. We got married in Wailea, HI on Maui last year. I will divulge to you what I can... Being that it was a destination wedding, we included our honeymoon into the wedding so we ended up staying 12 days. We stayed at the Four Seasons. http://www.fourseasons.com/maui/ It was incredible. Depending on how much loot you guys are working with, if you can afford it, go there. How many times in life will people come by you at the pool and mist you with Evian? For the wedding itself, being that neither my wife or I are religious, we opted for hiring a non-denominational minister who married us on the beach at sunset. It was perfect! We also hired a local photographer to do the photos. http://www.amitymason.com/ She was reasonably priced and her photos were incredible. For a fee she will also make you a nice coffee table book full of wedding photos. Hope this helps. Good luck!
5. Your actually renewing your vows and you can do it as many times as you'd like so go for it! But don't plan a full blown wedding. Those are two amazing choices, I have been to neither sorry, but I know enough to tell you it is going to be expensive and if your looking to invite people you might want to reconsider your choices. Good Luck