Here we are, the time is near! Devin and I are getting married! It's going to be spectacular! We have the menu chosen, you can have your choice of filet mingnon, mahi mahi imperial or chicken cordon bleu. There will be plenty of music, we have nannies lined up, and rumor has it they are even going to let us bring our dart board!
The venue for the wedding is stunning, and they know how to throw a party! The Grand Plaza Hotel and Resort hosts over 500 weddings per year. All the brides and grooms walk away happy and with good reason. Check out their website at http://www.grandplazaflorida.com/ and see for yourself.
We already have a photographer and I have been feverishly working on crocheting about a billion flowers to save those of us with allergies the trouble. Plus, since the wedding is going to be on April 26th at St. Pete Beach, all you snowbirds can enjoy a mild Florida spring evening.
Our Coordinator, Gloria, said you guys can stay at this place for 169 per night at the group rate. She said you can probably get a room even cheaper than that via travelocity.com as long as you don't mind having no windows. There are a whole bunch of other hotels within walking distance, so you really have your choice. Everything from Hojo's to the upscale resorts. Feel like taking a cruise? Great news! Tampa has the largest port on the west coast of Florida with cruises to the bahama's, the carribean, Mexico and more! Want to take in a ball game, we have the Rays stadium in St. Pete. Want to ride a roller coaster? Why not hit up Busch Gardens in Tampa, or take the hour and a half drive out to Orlando! Interested in the nightlife? You won't be left wanting for that in the area either with places like historic Ybor (pronounced EEEEEBOR) or Soho in Tampa.
As for getting here, you have choices there as well. You can fly into Tampa International Airport where Jetblue and Airtran (as well as Southwest, United, American and many others fly into), or you can fly into the smaller regional St. Pete airport. Orlando, again only about an hour and a half away, also has Spirit Airlines ($20 plane tickets is the rumor, and they fly out of Boston...). You'll have your choice of taxi's and shuttles, but we are going to call around to see if we can get an agreement on a discounted rate if all of our people use one company.
We have a lot of work to do (and a lot of money to save) over the next 6 months, but it will all be worth it to see all of you there! Keep checking back for more updates. As I see fare sales and hotel specials I will let all of you know so that you won't have the stress of money on your heads to come!
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