When we say "Complete Wedding Packages", we mean it - even if it means providing a groom!
Jennifer and Bruce are from Illinois and had planned for a sunset beach wedding on Siesta Key. But when we called them to check in at about 11:00am on their wedding day, Jennifer was sobbing. She explained that Bruce had been scheduled to fly down from Chicago early that morning, but had been in a car accident on the way to the airport!
Bruce was okay, but totaling their car, spending a half hour stuck in a cold, snowy ditch, and a trip to the hospital had thrown quite a wrench in his travel plans and he had missed his flight.
After several tearful phone calls, Jennifer was able to get him on a later flight out of Milwaukee, but the flight was to Tampa, rather than Sarasota as originally planned, which meant he would get into Tampa about an hour and a half before his wedding, with
an hour and a half to drive from Tampa to Siesta Key and no one to pick him up at the airport!
To make things worse, Bruce's cell phone battery died while all of this was taking place, so no one knew if he had actually boarded the later flight.
It just so happens that Tampa International Airport is not too far out of our way, so we offered to wait at the airport, pick him up, and deliver him to his own wedding. We were already providing the ceremony, photographer, and videographer, so we figured why not throw in a groom as well!
Bruce did make his flight, we did manage to find him at the airport and put him on the phone with his worried and tearful bride. Most importantly, we got him to his wedding just in the nick of time!
Upon seeing her groom after such a stressful day, Jennifer couldn't wait - she literally
ran down the beach, leapt into Bruce's arms, and
started the ceremony with a much deserved kiss!
Jennifer and Bruce were married on Siesta Key's award winning Siesta Beach just as the sun was setting. Their beach wedding ceremony was officiated by
Jeff, while
Claire provided their wedding photography and
Jamie provided their videography. Bruce and Jennifer recited their own wedding vows to each other (Jennifer went all "high tech" and used her iPhone to read her vows!), and it was all very intimate and romantic.
It was a delightful and romantic end to a very stressful day, and we are so glad we were able to help make it a success.
Jennifer and Bruce: Thank you so much for making us a part of your Florida beach wedding plans! We wish you all the best in the years to come. Below are a few of our favorite pictures from your
Siesta Key beach wedding:
After several tearful phone calls, Jennifer was able to get him on a later flight out of Milwaukee, but the flight was to Tampa, rather than Sarasota as originally planned, which meant he would get into Tampa about an hour and a half before his wedding, with an hour and a half to drive from Tampa to Siesta Key and no one to pick him up at the airport!
It just so happens that Tampa International Airport is not too far out of our way, so we offered to wait at the airport, pick him up, and deliver him to his own wedding. We were already providing the ceremony, photographer, and videographer, so we figured why not throw in a groom as well!
