Wedding in Paradise
Over the Fourth of July weekend, we serviced our first Hawaii destination wedding for Robert Simersen and Tina Dang. We had the privilege of meeting this couple over a year ago at their home in Orange County for a product demo. They’re both macheads and love new gadgets so picturethis was a great fit for their wedding. The reception was held at the Hale Koa hotel in Honolulu.
Here’s their beautiful story:
As many of you already know, we met each other when we both worked at the Marriott Reservation Center in California.
He began working there one week after I started. As time went on, we became friends. I found him very funny and truly a kid at heart! The thing I liked about him was that he was such a friendly, outgoing person and he genuinely was interested in whatever anyone said to him. Because of his wonderfulness, he was quickly promoted as a Trainer, which took him off the phones and took him out of the seat he usually occupied next to me. While I was extremely happy for him, I was at the same time sad. I knew that the job would look very bleak now that he was gone. He always made working less tedious and it always seemed to fly quicker on those days that we shared the same shift. After he began working as a Trainer, to my surprise, he still came to visit me often. Every time he would see me, I would remember that he would have this huge smile on his face like he was excited to see me, which I suppose he was. We began to hang out outside of work. During that time, my manager was bugging me about visiting hotels and doing a scavenger hunt to get to know what I was selling. Not ever having been into a hotel, I was nervous that I would make a fool of myself.
So like she said we were supposed to learn about our hotels. We each got rooms at Los Angeles Marriott downtown and Manhattan Beach Residence Inn. We first stayed at the Downtown L.A. Marriott and went to the movies. The next day we went to Venice Beach and Melrose to do some window shopping. Later that evening we stayed at the Residence Inn where I cooked her dinner for our very first real date. We have now been together for 7 years. You guys know me. I spend, spend, spend. Well she saves, saves, saves. So the saying my better half is true in our relationship. We have 2 little puppies that Tina is crazy about. We take them almost anywhere. She thinks they are babies and cradles them in her arms. It’s our little family. Funny thing is I think she might be allergic to them but doesn’t care and would not think of getting rid of them. That’s one of the reasons I love her so much. She is a tough cookie.
