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- Name:Jan Thoelke
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005
St Maarten Weddings
My friend Rolf honored me with the request to be a witness at his wedding. After all these years on the island, it was the first time I attended the official civil ceremony in the Government Building. The modest wedding room in the unassuming official building right on the rather unattractive salt pond in Philipsburg didn't build up much of high expectations. But I was surprised.
The young lady functioning as justice of the peace performed the ceremony with wonderful and authentic enthusiasm; her words of wisdom never came across as platitudes. She turned the sober ritual of a civil wedding procedure into the special moment all brides dream about (and a few grooms as well, I assume
)Being intrigued by the quality of her service, I contacted her later to learn more about weddings on St. Maarten, as they have become quite popular with visitors to the island.
There are several wedding planers organizing every detail of these events and weddings can be performed anywhere on the Dutch side, from beach to hill top. The French side is off-limits, as only the Dutch side implemented regulations catering to the island's foreign visitors.
FreeStMaarten is now composing a list of the island's established wedding planers and we will publish recommendations on the www.FreeStMaarten.com
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Well I wanted to get married in St-Maarten but never received any answer to any of my emails to any of the sites I could find on the internet. I tried also by phone and was told they would send me an email with information and again never received anything.
So we are getting married here before leaving to simplify the legality of it in fear to not have enough time to have the documentation translated and all which now I believe was a wise decision as we are leaving for our honeymoon in only 2 weeks.
I'm sorry to say that I am greatly desapointed so far in my St-Maarten experience.
I still dream of exchanging my vows bare foot in the sand...
Annie
So we are getting married here before leaving to simplify the legality of it in fear to not have enough time to have the documentation translated and all which now I believe was a wise decision as we are leaving for our honeymoon in only 2 weeks.
I'm sorry to say that I am greatly desapointed so far in my St-Maarten experience.
I still dream of exchanging my vows bare foot in the sand...
Annie
I'm sorry to hear that you find it difficult to get a response for your wedding arrangements. After researching several wedding planers, we at FreeStMaarten decided to recommand Tropical Weddings, owned by Lucie Davis. She can be reached at Tel/Fax(599) 544-4143 or Cell : (599) 557-6968. Her website is http://www.sintmaarten-wedding.com/
The site needs a face lift, but Lucie has a wonderful reputation and is getting the job done for very reasonable fees.
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The site needs a face lift, but Lucie has a wonderful reputation and is getting the job done for very reasonable fees.
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