Thelma Gray, Wedding Coordinator

Melissa and Matt Koeman Testimonial

I wanted to write you to let you know just how amazing Matt and I felt about our wedding in Jamaica and the enormous effort you put into making it perfect.   As you know, we found out about Silver Sands and your services from our friends Kerry and Jon Thomas and Dan and Cindy Bohen. Both couples were married at Silver Sands and raved about it!  Once we started looking into it, and hearing what an amazing job you did to put their destination wedding together, we felt a lot more secure in having our wedding in Jamaica also. 
Matt and I invited over 100 people to the wedding, expecting to get 40 who would come.  In the end it was 65!  You never missed a beat and completely went with the flow, even when an additional guest decided to come the week of the wedding.  We also were very sure that we wanted a traditional wedding in an untraditional location.  For over a year, you worked with us to organize the rehearsal, ceremony and reception.  I appreciated your attentiveness in meeting with us the moment we arrived at Silver Sands, as well as coming by later in the week so that we could meet our pastor. Having the ceremony at the gazebo in the garden, complete with a flower-laden, pink tulle decorated aisle for me to walk down felt like a beautiful outdoor church.

The ceremony was very personalized to our wishes and still had the traditional touch. Afterwards, it was so convenient for our guests to take the short walk to Day O for the reception.  The flowers, the pink and white decorated tent on the lawn, the sit down seating and buffet dinner, the display of the cakes and the pink luminaries surrounding the pool blew us both away. The service was also fantastic. In addition, we were able to have a wonderful DJ, a videographer, and an open bar (a must for our friends!).  

Many of our guests has commented to us that their week in Jamaica and our wedding was one of the best vacations and weddings they had ever been to.  What we loved most was that by the time we had the wedding at the end of the week, all of our family and friends knew each other and could really relax and enjoy themselves.  We never had to worry about saying hello to every person since we had spent a week with them already.  

I don’t think people can get a full idea of just how great the wedding was without some pictures, so I have attached a few for you to keep.  I would highly, highly recommend working with you and having a wedding in Jamaica to anyone. It truly was a unique, memorable and very personalized experience for everyone involved.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Melissa & Matt Koeman