I had the most extraordinary experience with Elias and La’akea Ocean Weddings. Just 30 days before my wedding, I had to change my original venue. Elias immediately put me at ease by researching different venues and negotiating to stay within my budget. He took over communication with my existing vendors and booked others that I hadn’t yet arranged, making me regret not having done everything through him from the start.

On the day of the wedding, we faced a few hiccups, including my mistake of getting the guest count wrong by 10. Elias remained calm and quickly found extra tables, chairs, and tableware. He was a lifesaver throughout the entire experience. Moreover, he is such a nice guy. His staff was attentive and did a fantastic job delivering the most extraordinary wedding I could have asked for. Thank you to the entire team—you made my dream come true.

Our day was awesome. Elias was extremely responsive and made my ideas come to life! There were a few hiccups but he took care of everything and made sure it was a time to remember. I ended up using a few of his vendors and a few I found on my own. His vendor recommendations were priced very reasonable comparatively and were also reliable! We did our own catering with Ed Kuoha and it was incredible. Elias was super easy to communicate with and on top of communicating to outside vendors too. We had specialty cocktails, lights, homemade signs amongst other decorations and did things a little untraditional which he was super on board for! He takes care of a lot on wedding day and even ran an extra few errands for me. Overall success. Our day and stay was beautiful.

My husband & I decided to have a destination wedding. We live in California and had our weeding in Hawaii. We couldn’t have asked for a better coordinator & reception everything came out beautiful better than we expect. Elias made everything run smoothly and made sure everything was done just how we had envisioned ! Living in another state and planning a destination wedding is very stressful, but Elias made sure that we were all set for our special day. Definitely recommend 10 out of 10. He’s a 20!