Getting married in the Cape? Then the Banhoek Experience in the Winelands is for you

Banhoek Experience

Calling all brides-to-be ... If you are plan­ning a wed­ding in the Western Cape, this is for you! The Banhoek Bridal Experience to be held on the 6^th November 2010 at the MolenVliet Wine and Guest Estate and Zorgvliet Wine Estates, prom­ises to be a boil­ing pot of cre­ativ­ity, with a bub­bly vibe and a French street atmosphere.

By keep­ing it exclus­ive, invit­ing only the most elite of ser­vice pro­viders, Cape Town brides-to-be will be able to meet and con­sult with the industry lead­ers for every facet of their wed­ding. This, all while sampling the finest wines, freshly made sushi, canapés from the inter­act­ive food sta­tions and being soothed by a host of the most sought-after wed­ding musi­cians in South Africa. Continued

ABC’s The Bachelor couple honeymoons at Pezula

The lux­ury, award-winning Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa in Knysna was the hon­ey­moon des­tin­a­tion of choice for pop­u­lar American new­ly­weds Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney who met on the ABC show The Bachelor in 2009 dur­ing its 13^th sea­son, one of the most suc­cess­ful series of the show.

The couple recently spent sev­eral days of their romantic South African hon­ey­moon at Pezula as Mr & Mrs Mesnick fol­low­ing their celebrity wed­ding in California. Continued

Planning a wedding? Wedding Expos coming up ...

Attending a Wedding Exhibition, Fair or Show is a great way to meet many local wed­ding sup­pli­ers, all under one roof. Brides it’s your time to shine, so those of you who are plan­ning your up and com­ing wed­ding should take note of the fol­low­ing bridal shows tak­ing place ... Continued

For Brides To Be — Win a Little Pink Book (closed)

Ah!  He’s pro­posed and you’ve accep­ted and now its wed­ding plan­ning time.  In as much as this is a very excit­ing time in a couple’s life, plan­ning a wed­ding can be stress­ful (I should know, I got engaged over the Easter week­end this year and mar­ried in September!)

The Little Pink Book is designed to help you with all the aspects that go into plan­ning your dream wed­ding; from find­ing a coordin­ator, or if you are going it alone, to find­ing everything else you need.  The book is packed with inform­a­tion on trends for the com­ing sea­son, stun­ning wed­ding ven­ues (don’t for­get to check www.SA-Venues.com/weddings/ for more wed­ding ven­ues and other wed­ding ser­vices), pho­to­graph­ers, dress design­ers, sta­tion­ery pro­viders, min­is­ters and last but not least budget and plan­ning tips ... Continued

Brides to be — meet Aleit at Kennedy's Wedding Indaba

The first of its kind in the Overberg, this is a wed­ding expo with a dif­fer­ence. Get to Kennedys Beach Villa on the 22^nd August to learn from the best of the best in the Cape Town Wedding industry! Continued

A Wedding to Remember

Bakenhof

Looking for a unique new wed­ding venue on an exclus­ive wine­farm for 50 guests? Something eleg­ant against a breath­tak­ing back­drop, lux­uri­ous yet afford­able? Then allow Bakenhof in the Cape Winelands to host your most beau­ti­ful day and to provide the per­fect ambi­ence - where your memor­ies will be cap­tured and where you will exper­i­ence romantic hours which you will fondly remem­ber for as long as you live.

A con­veni­ent 50 minutes from Cape Town a tree-lined drive­way guides you through man­i­cured vine­yards of an exclus­ive grape and wine farm to the per­fect back­drop for your spe­cial occa­sion. Lush gar­dens, a vine-covered ter­race, swim­ming pool, rolling lawns, and incred­ible moun­tain views will appeal to the dis­cern­ing bridal couple in search of an intim­ate and upmar­ket venue ... Continued

Get married in the Garden Route

Game Drive

Have you dreamt of get­ting mar­ried in a nat­ural set­ting amongst wild­life? Have you pic­tured treat­ing your wed­ding guests to an excit­ing game view­ing drive but you can't quite afford to get all your guests to travel to the Kruger National Park? Then the Garden Route Game Lodge's new Wedding Venue may be just the place for your dream wedding.

Nestled on the edge of a breath­tak­ing val­ley, Serengeti’s and the adjoin­ing Labola Chapel provides a unique and romantic African set­ting for you to  Continued

Diary of a Cape Town Wedding

Cape Town Wedding

“So you're sure you've spoken to the priest?” Catherine asked Georgia for the hun­dredth time over the phone. At least I think that's what she asked. All I could hear was my girl­friend Georgia duti­fully repeat­ing the inform­a­tion into the receiver; “Yes yes, I've spoken to the priest, going to meet him and his wife,the organ­ist, tomorrow.”

Georgia, Catherine's younger sis­ter, lives in Cape Town. Catherine lives in London. Catherine had decided to have her wed­ding in Cape Town, which had swiftly cata­pul­ted Georgia into the unen­vi­able pos­i­tion of wed­ding plan­ner. All that stood between her and the per­fect South African Wedding was Georgia's com­plete and utter obed­i­ence. And about 10 000 km. Planning a wed­ding can be a daunt­ing task. The church, the flowers, the cake, the magic; all essen­tials in cre­at­ing the per­fect wed­ding. The one ingredi­ent nobody really tells you about? The stress. Just being involved in plan­ning the wed­ding is enough to make you want to elope to Las Vegas and get mar­ried by an Elvis-impersonating priest. Well, almost. Continued

New Wedding Venue in Simons Town

Roaring Fourties

For some­thing com­pletely dif­fer­ent, dine or con­fer­ence aboard the beau­ti­ful Museum Ship, CS Cable Restorer, which houses the unique Roaring Forties Floating Functions Restaurant and Conference Venue, per­man­ently docked in his­toric, pic­tur­esque Simons Town, with her ori­ginal mari­time charm, brass fit­tings and teak decks, this is a charm­ing and unique venue for any occasion.

The décor is naut­ical but eleg­ant, with navy blue table cloths and Long Island striped over­lays. We also hire out our white linen and chair cov­ers for func­tions but for wed­dings they are already included in the venue hire.

We have a beau­ti­ful out­side deck adjoin­ing the functions/conferencing area, here we have benches and umbrel­las for the hot sum­mer days. This area is lovely for pre-dinner / arrival drinks as well as being a great spot to take pho­to­graphs with Simons Town as your back­drop. Weather per­mit­ting this area also makes a great break­away spot. Continued

New Wedding Venue in the Eastern Cape

Cape St Francis

Lapped by the warm waters of the Indian Ocean with three kilo­metres of pristine beach, Cape St Francis, with it's his­toric Seal Point Lighthouse, is a tran­quil Eco-destination.

This pristine beach, the mild tem­per­at­ure and the longest sun­shine hours on the South African Coast make this an ideal, year round Wedding Destination.

The venue and loc­a­tion at Cape St Francis Resort are bound to make your spe­cial day mem­or­able. Cape St Francis Resort offers a wide range of accom­mod­a­tion options for the couple as well as fam­ily and guests. Continued

Popular Wedding Venue in Lanseria

The Hertford Hotel

Ideally situ­ated in close prox­im­ity to Pretoria and Johannesburg, The Hertford is one of Gauteng’s best loved get-away ven­ues, offer­ing beau­ti­fully appoin­ted overnight accom­mod­a­tion; hearty meals, glor­i­ous func­tion facil­it­ies and tran­quil con­fer­en­cing and break­away amenities.

This idyllic set­ting is per­fect for any occa­sion. But, pos­sibly, most fit for a tailor-made wed­ding day. Whether it is a small, intim­ate get together you are look­ing for, or a lav­ish recep­tion for up to 200 people, The Hertford will take the time to put your per­sonal stamp on the occa­sion, and ensure that either the Rose Room or the Deanery is pre­pared with exquis­ite atten­tion to detail ... Continued

New Wedding Venue in Tzaneen

Tzaneen Country Lodge

Tzaneen Country Lodge is undoubtedly one of the most romantic ven­ues for the exchange of your wed­ding vows. Whether it is a small and intim­ate affair for close friends and fam­ily or a lav­ish wed­ding ban­quet, we are able to offer a tailor-made wed­ding pack­age that will ful­fil your dreams and meet all your needs.

Tzannen Country Lodge offers a romantic chapel with lead glass win­dows as well as dif­fer­ent and ver­sat­ile ban­quet­ing rooms. With our new big­ger func­tion halls we can host from the most intim­ate wed­ding up to 400 guests for that spe­cial day. Our lovely coun­try atmo­sphere lends itself to out­door wed­dings and cel­eb­rat­ing your spe­cial day in our land­scaped gar­dens is a very attract­ive option. Continued

A Wedding in Zululand at Emdoneni Lodge

Emdoneni Wedding

Picture this — a faraway romantic set­ting of untamed bush and spec­tac­u­lar skies, for a couple in love, to exchange their vows and have a wed­ding cere­mony at Emdoneni Lodge & Game Farm in Hluhluwe.

The wed­ding will be some­thing dis­tinct­ive, ima­gin­at­ive and magical. Guests can enjoy a bal­ance of soph­ist­ic­a­tion and com­fort, in har­mony with nature, savor­ing the rare pleas­ure of their very own secluded slice of Africa.

Spend your wed­ding with your loved ones in the heart of Zululand, in Africa's unspoilt beauty. At Emdoneni you will exper­i­ence wild­life and stun­ning scenery, com­bined with spe­cial moments and inter­ac­tion with our cats at our Rehabilitation centre. Continued

Videographers creatively capture your Wedding

Wedding Videographer

Selecting a sens­it­ive and tal­en­ted video­grapher should be one of the first tasks when plan­ning a wed­ding – you’ll man­age to secure your choice of video­grapher (today’s video­graph­ers are in high demand) and get some first class advice ahead of time.

Videographers cre­at­ively cap­ture the details of your wed­ding day for you. Somehow, it’s always over before it’s fully real­ized, and your wed­ding – for which you’ve been in non-stop plan­ning mode for the bet­ter part of a year, at least – is no longer an item on your "to do" list.

And the pho­to­graphs are beau­ti­ful, but they don’t cap­ture every won­der­ful instant, par­tic­u­larly those of which you were unaware, in the midst of the pre­par­a­tions — you’re in the thick of it, after all, while an unob­trus­ive and expert video­grapher has the dis­tinct advant­age of a bird’s eye view, and can cap­ture those unknown seconds to cre­ate a treas­ure trove of moments, on film (video or DVD). Continued

Winter Wedding Special at Glenburn Lodge

Please note that this pro­mo­tion has ended!

Glenburn Lodge

Book your wed­ding at Glenburn Lodge dur­ing the months of June, July and August 2007 and you can bene­fit from spe­cial dis­counts from a host of ser­vice pro­viders. Host your wed­ding at one of Gautengs most pop­u­lar wed­ding ven­ues and your wed­ding could cost you con­sid­er­ably less than you've budgeted for.

Celebrate your wed­ding in style at this beau­ti­ful river­side set­ting only 30 minutes from Johannesburg or Pretoria. Glenburn Lodge's open-sided Gazebo-style Chapel, lovely land­scaped gar­dens and thatched recep­tion area, Glencove, seat­ing up to 120 guests with dan­cing, provides everything you need for your per­fect day. (Glenburn Lodge cater for Weddings from smal­ler wed­dings of 40 guests up to 300 guests). Continued