Our Wedding Planner Our Wedding in the Phillipines. Towards the last part of January after completing the seminar and having applied for the licence Jhean asked if we could get married on Valentines and I decide that although time was short we would give it our best shot. I had already talked with Paul & Elsa (He is a Brit with Aussy Nationality now)about there participation having nothing but good experiences with my visa extensions and various help when we needed it paying money into a specific bank not available here in the Province for our on-line N.S.O applications. Having been involved in Event organisation for 25 years I know how important it is to have good local knowledge and to find some-one to hold the energy of the day especialy since I wanted to be completely free to enjoy Our Big Day. They agreed to be our planners and Im so glad that they did. We met at there home at the end of Jan and discussed what we needed and we ordered the invites having looked at some examples of previous weddings the most dificult from my point of view was selecting the Venue as I knew I wanted it to be outside but with shelter in case of rain but at the same time a feeling of privacy and I looked at about 5 befor deciding on the Sandtrap.which ticked the majority of my boxes not least of which was my budget for around 65 guests Total costs 82000 piso plus rings Hotel and transport if you doubled the guests I would expect it to add another 30000 or so They took us to a bake shop near there home where we picked and ordered the cake and then Elsa arranged to meet with Jhean at the Dress Shop they recommend in Mandaue to pick Her Dress and the Rest of the Entourage. They additionaly produced our invitations to our specs The guest list , our coloured stickers to identify our party and the Beer tickets I wanted to distribute to our guests They organised the Photographer who was great. The Flower Arranger beautifully done Additional décor, Seating, Props and P.A. The Music for the day And most important A Baptist Minister who could Marry us there at the Venue Doves for us to release And of course liason with the Venue, Catering and Lechon Our Menu Was Entrees: Roast Pork with gravy Seafood Creole Buttered Chicken Chicken & Pork Pancit Canton Plain Rice Salad: Mixed green salad This meant I could relax and not have to run backwards and forwards to Cebu On the Day they were there at the Venue early to make sure all went as planned all was ready when I arrived and they managed both the ceromony with its grand entrances and after, the Reception with Paul as M.C. Seamlessly and with Grace and Humour. We found them to be very available to talk adaptable at very short notice to new ideas and we never had the feeling of any pressure or stress it was always very much Our Wedding and I would recommend Paul and Elsa Cebuexpat services unreservedly and with many thanks for making Our day so special Keith & Jhean Here is there website you will see they can be helpful about a range of services in Cebu and advice costs nothing http://www.cebuexpatservices.com/
Just to add Paul has been great at sorting out our Marriage paper mess and he also brought the new forms to us to sign and did the registration on our behalf and ordered from NSO which meant i didnt have to go en famil to Cebu for the day 6-8 hours and the v hire plus taxi costs meant with what i paid him we ended up even and saved our time and sweat If any of you are spending any time in Cebu or have a lady there Paul and Elsa are the guys to sort out any thing that needs doing from money deliveries to bank payments for NSO forms Visa renewals Driving licence exchange Motor Bike rental general orientation if you intend to live there flower/chocolate deliveries etc cant recommend highly enough
Just to add Paul has been great at sorting out our Marriage paper mess and he also brought the new forms to us to sign and did the registration on our behalf and ordered from NSO which meant i didnt have to go en famil to Cebu for the day 6-8 hours and the v hire plus taxi costs meant with what i paid him we ended up even and saved our time and sweat If any of you are spending any time in Cebu or have a lady there Paul and Elsa are the guys to sort out any thing that needs doing from money deliveries to bank payments for NSO forms Visa renewals Driving licence exchange Motor Bike rental general orientation if you intend to live there flower/chocolate deliveries etc cant recommend highly enough
