Amanda and Tony... A Wedding Over 3000 Miles in the Making

The C Squared Events World Tour continued Monday August 4th at the beautiful Mission Inn in Riverside. The details leading up to this wedding are quite interesting. Tony and Amanda met in Ireland, where Tony was born and lives, while Amanda was going to school. Amanda fell in love with a little more than just the country and thus began the journey that would culminate in the "I Do's" at a venue on the other side of the world.
Doing business in Orange County, it is not uncommon for a story like this to be told, Girl grows up in Sunny Southern Cal, moves away for College, meets boy, comes back to Orange County to take advantage of some of the best wedding venues in the world. Well this story is a little different because Amanda isn't from Sunny California, nope she called Pennsylvania home. So how did this East Coast girl and Irish Lad, come to end up at the Mission Inn, they were guided there by a well known traveler Samantha Brown. That's right anyone who watches the travel channel is familiar with Samantha Brown and her many shows, highlighting travel destinations and the places to see and stay within those destinations. One night as Amanda is watching this show, IN IRELAND, she sees Samantha showing off the hidden treasure that is the Mission Inn, Riverside, CA, she called her mom and told her I found our wedding site.
Planning a wedding ling distance isn't unusual, but planning a wedding with parents on the East Coast and bride on the Irish Coast, does present it's challenges. The mother of the Bride handled most of the back and fourth with myself, and the online planing site allowed Amanda and Tony to get details picked out without having to meet with me face to face. We spoke a few times the week of the wedding and that was all it took to get a flawless reception planned from three locations in three different parts of the world.
This destination wedding got things literally rolling early on. As family arrived in California, they were treated to a Earthquake as the plane sat on the runway waiting to pull to the gate. I was told no one from Ireland was in town yet, so they missed the show that day, but were in great spirits that Monday Evening. Everyone arrived ready to have a good time, except Tony's daughter Ciara, who told anyone who would listen she was not dancing. Well this made most of the Bridesmaids determined to get her to dance. They succeeded, and well let's just say there is a reason I put in my contract that I am not responsible for any therapy bills that are needed, eventually Ciara will realise she had the time of her life, until then....
The event ended at Midnight and one family was headed back to Pennsylvania and another was headed to Ireland, yet all of them enjoyed there time in California.
The month of August has been busy for us here at C Squared events, I have some great events to get to within the coming days and weeks. The next blog will cover events in two states on the same day.