Get To Know The Wedding Pro Each week, we shine the spotlight on local companies in the wedding industry, allowing you, our reader, to get up close and personal with some of the best wedding vendors in town. Here, you can learn more about the people behind some of the businesses you may be using to make your wedding day perfect!  This week, we have the privilege of showcasing Ramona Rusu, Travel Counsellor at Ramona…
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Honeymoon Packing with Kelly Lundberg Last month, our BCME expert panel member Kelly Lundberg, founder of Stylemedivine.com, offered some helpful tips on how to find the perfect wedding dress. But what about after the big day, when you and your new husband stroll off on your honeymoon together? Your honeymoon wardrobe will of course depend upon where you are headed, but regardless of your destination, Kelly is once again on hand to offer her advice so that…
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Honeymoon Beauty Tips from Hannah Lisa After the stress and excitement of the wedding day comes the relaxation of your honeymoon. Congratulations! This is such a special time for you and your hubby to enjoy together, and a chance to recuperate after a perhaps frantic run up to your big day. But with your honeymoon comes other considerations, particularly in terms of your beauty routine and make up. For this week’s expert advice, BCME expert panel…
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Zaya Nurai Island | Anniversary Staycation & Wedding Tour In November last year, I had the privilege of escaping to one of the prettiest islands I have visited yet: Zaya Nurai, recently voted most incredible private island by Condenast Traveller UK. The occasion? Celebrating my second ‘wedding blessing’ anniversary with the hubby, and combining that with some much needed ‘us’ time after a traumatic previous month (click here). I’d heard about Zaya Nurai in passing and…
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Romantic Getaway & Wedding facility Tour A few months ago, the hubby and I were invited by the team over at Insignia PR to celebrate our ‘legal’ wedding anniversary in style at the five star, luxury resort ‘Bab Al Shams’ (meaning “gateway to the sun” in English). I love any excuse to celebrate, so having two anniversaries (one for our legal wedding and one for our wedding blessing) is awesome, he-he! In fact, we have…
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Our top cold honeymoon destinations Imagine your dream honeymoon. What do you see? Beautiful white sand beaches, glorious tropical waters and endless hours of warm sunshine may be the ultimate honeymoon for many couples, but newlyweds in the UAE might have slightly different ideas about what they want from their ideal honeymoon. In the UAE, we are fortunate enough to experience the above on a daily basis. We dine in sumptuous hotels, have a plethora…
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Bride Club’s favourite romantic Eid Staycations If you and your partner are looking forward to some well-deserved time off this Eid, consider staying in the region and enjoying a romantic holiday closer to home. Below, we reveal four destinations where time will stand still and beauty is in abundance. Six Senses Zighy Bay, Oman You’ll feel like you are much more than two hours from Dubai at this authentic yet luxurious resort. Located in the…
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Honeymoon Lookbook For those of you who have said ‘I do’ and are now looking forward to jetting off on honeymoon, Bride Club ME has put together a series of ‘Honeymoon Lookbook’s’ compiled by stylists, lovers of fashion and designers across the UAE. One task you will have to accomplish before racing off on honeymoon with your new husband, is deciding what to pack. This month, our honeymoon ‘Lookbook’ contributor is the lovely Rania Esper; fashion, beauty & lifestyle…
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Festive Getaway & Honeymoon Ideas As winter rolls in, many are starting to dream of a mini getaway this Christmas, or perhaps you are still deciding where to go on honeymoon. Why not spend the festive season and/or your honeymoon sunning yourself on the beach in Mexico, snorkelling in Indonesia, or wandering the markets in Germany? Lamudi, the leading property website focusing on the emerging markets, has compiled the top eight locations for winter getaways; be…
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Rio’s African Adventure – Honeymoon Special Zanzibar – Matemwe Retreat Following our bush plane flight with Regional Air to Zanzibar (Adam got front passenger seat, because it was his birthday), we were met by a representative from Island Express for our transfer to Matemwe Retreat. Upon landing, I was excited to see the aqua blue ocean and beaches below me, in contrast to the Serengeti – both individually beautiful in their own ways. We embarked…
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