My wife and I booked the Eat, Sleep, and Be Married package ($6,600 base + fees/taxes and added extras = 9,621). We had 27 guests, which were all family. Our package came with all ...of the added Bed and Breakfast lodging, ceremony, officiant, wedding reception area for dinner, dancing, and karaoke, breakfast buffet the last day, snacks, continental breakfast, wedding cake, our bouquets, and center pieces for the reception. Extras we paid for was the photo booth, rented out the bridal suite, and for our dogs to stay at the Ohana house since they were in the wedding. Also, gratuity was $900, which I included in the total (when all is said and done, trust, it’s a well deserved gratuity). All we needed to pay outside of the package on our own was a DJ, our dresses, and a photographer.
We both work 60-80 hours a week, so we needed a package that would take the heavy lifting off of us when it came to planning the wedding. We also needed a venue that would work with us from out of town (we live 7 hours from Paniolo). My wife and my work schedule conflicts so we actually fully paid for our venue before we even toured it. It sounds risky, but they answered all our questions and their website had enough pictures for us to plan the lodging.
We came across Paniolo Ranch from The Knot. I’m so glad we went with Paniolo because our family loved the experience. They had a fun time swimming in the pool, barbecuing, canoeing, jumping from the dock into the lake, relaxing on lawn chairs taking in the view, the spa’s massage, chatted in the jacuzzi, chatting around the gardens, seeing wildlife like deer and baby armadillos, and going for morning walks around the area. Plus, we hardly had to lift a finger on our wedding day. All I really had to do was get in my wedding dress and Judy and her family made sure our big day went smoothly. I was able to fully enjoy it. The food was great, we had a good time dancing and singing karaoke. They went above and beyond for us!