Comments on: Beach Wedding Permit NOT Good During Hawaii Tourism Drop

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:58:03 +0000

Wow, I didn’t know about a priority list. i just thought it was first come, first served. And i thought the main reason for the permit was to prevent multiple beach weddings at the same location. One photographer told me he saw that once, where the wedding ceremony was right next to each other, and it was hard to get good shots with another wedding int he background.

By: Robert Hamilton

Robert Hamilton — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:36:21 +0000

I highly agree with your assessment that the Beach Wedding Permits do not help promote tourism in Hawaii, and that there are much better ways for the State to increase its revenue than making work difficult for Wedding companies (such as by increasing the price for a Marriage License, which I believe would be acceptable to everyone).

Beach Weddings in Hawaii bring visitors to the islands, including Wedding couples and their guests. Let’s welcome them to our State with Aloha, and not ask if they got the right Permit. They paid their dues by purchasing their plane tickets to our State. Let’s make their Wedding here hassle-free with beautiful memories to bring home!

Robert Hamilton
http://www.MauiBeachWedding.net

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:18:22 +0000

Aloha V Brown – I saw that DLNR announcement a few days ago. It struck me as being a bit odd, too. The permit certainly throws in a new monkey wrench in the wedding planning process and the timing is ironic as you pointed out.

If I remember correctly, the DLNR policy will put weddings on the bottom of the priority list. Any other requests will trump a wedding. If that is indeed the case, that stinks for the Hawaii wedding industry. I hope this policy doesn’t cause too many issues.

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