Has anyone done vow renewal? If so, where did you do it?
My husband wants to renew our vows. I'm thinking all inclusive resort.
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I want to some day but DH would rather take the money and go on a vacation.
If we do I want it in our backyard. I want a romantic twinkle light garden party at dusk. 
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@regberadaisy: I'm thinking Tahiti. It's on my bucket list.
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We want to for 10 years!
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I honestly don't understand why people do this, unless there was a separation or something.
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@Mrs.Someone: my husband wants to reconfirm his love for me. I actually think it's very sweet and romantic.
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@Mrs.Someone: I get what you mean for renewing vows every year or 5 years (Heidi Klum/Seal style) but it is nice if its been a long time. My hubby's grandparents renewed their vows in church for their 40th (I think) anniversary. I've seen photos and it was super cute, their grown grandkids were the bridal party
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@FannyMae: I don't really care if people think it's silly that he wants to renew our vows. I think it's sweet and romantic.
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@BandDmommy: I didn't say I think its silly, I said "I get what you mean" in regards to people doing it every year or every other yea.
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@FannyMae: ok, just feels like people being judgemental and I wasn't asking people's opinion on vow renewals.
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We haven't and I haven't heard of anyone doing it, except for a couple at our church who had a mass dedicated to them for their 50th anniversary. They came up at the end to renew their vows and for a blessing by the priest and we all applauded for them. It was really sweet.
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@Applesandbananas: aww that's so sweet!
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We hope to do this for our 10th anniversary. We have been through so much as a couple, I like the though of reaffirming our love and commitment to each other. Plus, I think it would be great for our daughter to be there and witness it.
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Getting back to the original question.
I haven't done it personally but I know they are super common and easy to plan in Hawaii. Like packages starting at $400, etc. Hawaiian Eye run by Mike and Leah Noble gets good reviews from people who've done it. It's just something you can tack on to a regular vacation. I would imagine something like a limo service to dinner, pictures, vows/ceremony logistics would be easier to handle without a language barrier but then again I know the all inclusives in Mexico and Carribean do a good job doing weddings too. It's just a matter of you want to do it on the grounds of a resort or off somewhere more secluded I guess.
Congrats!
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@BandDmommy: Tahiti sounds amazing! Do it!
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We really want to because our wedding turned out awful and it was just really hard. It was not my dream day - except for the fact we got married with our friends and family there.
I do think it's so special.I would want something small though!
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@BandDmommy: We've talked about doing every 5-10 years. Not a production (well maybe for like 20 years or something), but more like an elopement renewal (like we're talked about just the two of us at Niagara Falls, things like that).
Our 5 year anniversary is in a few weeks, and I had been starting to loosely plan it when I found out I was pregnant (I'll be 29-30 week) and that my best friend is getting married a few weeks after that (I'm walking her down the aisle). While I wanted to be able to get a little sloshy celebrating after the renewal, and we're putting more of our money towards baby stuff/friend's wedding/savings for unpaid maternity leave, so I'm putting it off until 10 years
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I'm not sure I could convince DH to do this but I think it's sweet. I would want to do it as part of a vacation, either just the two of us, or with the kids too. Sounds wonderful!
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My parents just did this for their 30th. It was just the two of them while on vacation.. Pretty sweet!
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We have not, and discussed it for our 10 year next fall but are opting to do a photo session with a high end film photographer and vacation instead. But I think we will for sure do it for our 20 year. I think they are really sweet. I do agree with others that they are easily available on vacation so I think it just depends what you want and if you want to invite a lot of guests or celebrate a milestone anniversary.
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I know
Someone who just did it for the second time. Both were after rough periods/separation. They were both in Europe. -
@BandDmommy: Just wondering how long you have been together and how long you have been married? I think it's sweet and a nice idea. Will you just do something private? No other people besides you?
Sorry, have no advice to offer as I haven't done it, but I am going to ask my hubby what he thinks about it!
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We haven't, but we've talked about it. We actually kind of joked about doing it for our first anniversary at Universal Studios and having Dumbledore preside over the ceremony, ha ha. But for real, we've talked about doing something every 5 or 10 years, but would probably only include our kids, if even them.
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We've thought about it, especially since our wedding was not what we wanted (due to family health issues, we had to rush it and only invite immediate family). I originally wanted to renew vows at an "anniversary" party so that we could finally celebrate with extended family and friends. However, at this point, I am at peace with our wedding and think I'd prefer to just have a fabulous vacation with DH.
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DH and I have talked about doing this for our 20th or 25th anniversary in Las Vegas (where we got engaged).
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if we ever did this it would possibly be at an all inclusive in Jamaica (where we got married) or some other Caribbean resort...or in Maine where we got engaged.
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I saw a bunch when I was in Hawaii!
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We talked about doing it for our 10th in Jamaica at Sandals but decided that we'd just do a second honeymoon vacation instead. I'd like to have the pastor who baptized us and dedicated our kids renew our vows one day, our 20th maybe - since our "wedding" was just a quickie at city hall on a Tuesday morning. Even if it was just us and our kids in our backyard, I think it would be nice.
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i could see doing it at 20-25 years! DH and i went to martha's vineyard with my family when we were dating and we always said, we would love to go back there, rent houses and throw a party with our friends and grown kiddos!
If we do I want it in our backyard. I want a romantic twinkle light garden party at dusk. 
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