Couple: Niklas & Aurore
Destination country: Dominican Republic
Wedding date: November 17, 2025
Wedding Group Basics
Wedding type: Family-friendly
Wedding group size: 32 (Including the couple)
Wedding group resort rooms: 15
Departure airports: 4 — Calgary, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, and Toronto
Pre-/post-trip accommodations: Holiday Inn Toronto International Airport Hotel, including parking arrangements for some guests
Ground transportation:
- Private round-trip transportation between the Sudbury area and Toronto Pearson International Airport for regional guests
- Round-trip group transportation between the airport in Punta Cana and the resort in La Romana
- Private one-way transfer from the resort in La Romana to the resort in Punta Cana for the honeymoon couple
Travel insurance: Offered to all group members; wedding package fully insured
Wedding Week
Wedding destination: La Romana
Wedding trip duration: 8 Days, 7 nights
Wedding resort: Dreams La Romana
Wedding resort type: Family-friendly all-inclusive
Wedding accommodations:
Wedding Couple — Preferred Club Family Suite
Guests — Preferred Club Garden View
Wedding week activities:
- Parents’ introduction dinner reserved at a resort restaurant
- Wedding party dinner reserved at a resort restaurant
- Group bonding activity with lawn games on resort grounds and board games in a Preferred Club lounge
- Group excursion
- Farewell breakfast reserved at a resort restaurant
Group excursion: Private tour to the Cave of Wonders, including visits to an English garden hedge maze and a sanctuary for a species of endemic — and endangered — iguanas
Pampering:
- Romantic breakfast in bed for the wedding couple the morning after arrival
- Mani-pedi for the bride and groom the day before the wedding
- Wedding couple’s massage the day before the wedding
- Groom’s haircut the day before the wedding
- Romantic, private 4-course dinner for the wedding couple the evening before the wedding
Photography: 1-Hour couple’s photo shoot (2 outfits)
Wedding Day
Wedding party:
- Best Man
- Groomsman and MC
- Maid of Honour
- Bridesmaid
- Jr. Bridesmaid
- Usher
Wedding colours: Black, purple, and white
Photography: 5-Hour wedding day photography package
Wedding-night perk: Special decoration of the wedding couple’s suite
Getting ready:
- Hairstyling for the bride and junior bridesmaid
- Makeup for the bride
- Groom’s shave
Ceremony
Ceremony type: Symbolic
Location: Garden gazebo
Décor:
- Gazebo flowers
- Aisle runner
Vows: Personal
Procession:
- Groom and his mother
- Groom’s father and stepfather
- Bride’s mother and Jr. Bridesmaid
- Bridesmaid and Groomsman
- Maid of Honour and Best Man
- Bride and her father
Processional music:
- Groom + parents of the groom: Canon in D by Vesislava
- Wedding party + mother of the bride: Can’t Help Falling in Love by Vesislava
- Bride and her father: Can You Feel the Love Tonight by Vesislava
Recessional song: Everlong by Foo Fighters
Cocktails & Reception
Location: Sunset garden
Décor:
- Bistro lights
- Monogrammed dance floor
- Table runners
- Centrepieces
- Plate chargers
Setup & equipment:
- Welcome table for the guest book and card box
- Cocktail tables
- Cake table
- Round banquet tables
- Rectangular sweetheart table
- Podium
- PA system
Entertainment: Wedding games, DJ
Bouquet toss / garter removal: No
Speeches & toasts:
- Bride and groom
- Bride’s parents
- Groom’s parents
- Maid of Honour
- Best Man
Hors d’œuvres:
Cold — Pineapple skewers with shrimp, Macaroni with smoked salmon mousse, Seafood tartlet
Hot — Jerk chicken satay, Tequeños with salsa Aurora
For gluten-free guests:
Cold — Pineapple skewers with shrimp, Prosciutto and melon skewers, Eggplant roulade
Hot — Jerk chicken satay, Beef brochettes with vegetables
Meal type: Plated 3-course dinner
Dinner menu:
Appetizer — Blueberry salad
Main course — Braised beef short ribs with creamy polenta and glazed carrots
Dessert — Neapolitan flan
Wedding cake: Round vanilla cake with raspberry filling
Entrance songs:
Bride & Groom: Forever by Chris Brown
Maid of Honour & Best Man: Memories by David Guetta
Bridesmaid & Groomsman: Jump Around by House of Pain
First dance: Choreographed to Heaven by Bryan Adams
Father-daughter dance: Daddy’s Little Girl by Michael Bolton
Cake-cutting song: Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond
Farewell dance: I’ll Be There for You by Bon Jovi
Honeymoon Week
Honeymoon destination: Punta Cana
Honeymoon resort: Serenade All-Suites
Honeymoon resort type: Adults-only all-inclusive
Honeymoon accommodations: Master Suite
Honeymoon duration: 8 Days, 7 nights
Honeymoon excursion: Private local rum tasting plus local chocolate and coffee pairing experiences
Honeymoon experiences: Romantic private dinner on the beach
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