Amazing how the news of fabulous Virgin Islands wedding venues gets around! Especially when the venue is the British Virgin Islands aboard a VOYAGE catamaran managed by VOYAGE charters, who constantly and carefully make magical, waterborne dreams come true.
Unfamiliar with the British Virgin Islands, newlyweds Alan and Teresa Schaefer learned of the ?endless white sandy beaches and turquoise Caribbean Sea from a few close friends vacationing there.? Their favorite find came from ?those helpful friends, who had discovered a large striking, luxurious catamaran from VOYAGE Charters.
With that data, Alan and Teresa were soon deep into a life changing experience, for themelves and close friends. ?The BVI became our special thing.?
This was all so very far from the busy fast-paced environment of Theresa?s life, and Alan?s own touring of the world, playing music with his band, Five Star Iris.? So there was little need for discussion when magical wedding plans ensued. They included 30 closest friends and family, travelling to the place the couple loved so much. ?VOYAGE charters was so much a part of it all, including a day sail on two of them.?
As in nearly all wedding arrangements, there was that everpresent, yet never expected, small glitch! Tells Alan: ?To my surprise and horror, when our pumped-up group sailed up to Soper?s Hole Marina, I discovered that I had booked for the wrong day! My heart sank … briefly. The folks at VOYAGE dropped everything, and moved mountains to make it happen for all of us. That day they became part of our family!?
?Since the wedding, we have done three more glorious charters with them… especially remembering our feelings when we sail by the place we tied the knot.? Evidently their guests are still talking about how amazing that whole experience was!
Another young couple in love, Rane and Alice Downing, searched out the perfectly magical wedding destination. Turns out, they already lived there! ?We realized that the BVI, already our home and workplace, was our ultimate wedding destination.? And so, family and friends around the globe received tropical themed invitations announcing the fusing of the happy couple?s lives.
Four days before the wedding, the couple, including bridal entourage, set sail, aboard two fully crewed luxury sailing catamarans, from Soper?s Hole Marina at the Western tip of Tortola.Ten guests were aboard each vessel, which featured luxurious private queen and king cabins en suite, with personal captain and chef to offer even more pampering and indulgence.
On the fifth day of the six night dream charter, the wedding party headed for Sandy Spit, a tiny piece of deserted tropical island, surrounded by white, pearly beach sand and calm turquoise waters. The single palm tree created ?shades of romance? — an incredible ambience for the two to become one.
Arriving by the yachts tender, the young pastor officiated the marriage of Rane and Alice on the beach, under the Caribbean breezes of tropical palms, with waves swirling around their bare feet. As the bridal party threw fresh, bright tropical fuschia flowers into the air, the newlyweds laughed and cried.
Champagne corks popping signaled the reception ceremonies to begin.
Later they all moved onboard for even more blended luxury, along with scrumptious, delights — a feast of LOVE ? flowing fabulously from the galley all evening. And the Captain served delicious tropical cocktails to the strains of the couple?s favorite romantic songs.
Rane and Alice continue to live and work in the BVI. Still very romantically and happily married. They look forward to renewing their vows one day, aboard a VOYAGE charter dream yacht, never losing sight of the wonderful and blissful memories of their ?Fairytale Wedding.?
Lured by the romance of flying, pilots Kacy and Nick Baehr first met in the cockpit of a plane over the Caribbean Sea. ?To fly over the most beautiful part of the world was a dream?for both of us. Not surprisingly, the romance of flying the Caribbean began to mingle with what became the romance between us. One day, as Kacy and I flew into Tortola, I took a picture of what we agreed was the most beautiful island in the Caribbean. We never dreamed that one day we would be married?there!??
?Not long after, we returned to Tortola to see if we could make that wedding dream a reality. Neither of us wanted to spend our life savings, and it sometimes seemed difficult to find people that took?our wedding as seriously as we did.? When the delighted couple found VOYAGE charters, they immediately knew they had met the right people to create their dream plans.
?They are a family at VOYAGE charters and we felt like we were a part of it.? When we saw the yachts, our decision was made. The?VOYAGE catamarans were perfect, luxurious, plenty of room for our 25 guests and incredible crew!?
Since every wedding seems to have a mini crisis, theirs was finding a new minister at the last minute. No problem for their new family at VOYAGE charters, who found the happy couple a?great Minister, within a day.
?As our wedding party approached that same island, which Kacy and I had looked upon from the cockpit, we realized that it had all come together. We got married in nature?s church.?
This happy couple describes that day as ?casual perfection. Our VOYAGE crew, and their planning of our wedding day, made it an effortless success. They allowed us to enjoy our experience without worrying about every detail.?
?When we return to Tortola, we will visit our friends at VOYAGE. And when the time comes to renew our vows, we will know exactly where to go.?
?We build fabulous VOYAGE yachts, which we exclusively charter to suit the particular desires of each client,?tells Stella Beavis, manager of Charter Sales at VOYAGE charters USA, in Annapolis, MD.
?Clients tell us of their specific needs and dates, and we recommend a couple of yachts within our Luxury Crewed fleet, depending on availability. For bridal couples, ?we assist in every way to insure a marvelous wedding celebration, whatever it takes? to make every detail from organizing to ceremony to menu.
The VOYAGE 580 can accommodate up to 10 guests with 2 crew, and the VOYAGE 500 accommodates up to 8 guests with 2 crew.
From the moment the jubilant couples arrive, it?s obvious they truly are embarking on an ecstatic romantic VOYAGE, carefully choreographed by VOYAGE charters.
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