Royal Kona Resort

We just had our wedding at the Royal Kona this past week and were completely blown away. We had a Jewish wedding which required a lot of extra moving parts and unusual requests. Maura handled all of them with aplomb and was extremely kind, warm, and professional throughout the entire process. Our wedding was beautiful and I could not believe how welcome the Romance Center made us feel. The venue (Sunset Cove) was stunning and multiple guests mentioned how delicious the food was. The vendors associated with Royal Kona were also amazing. The florist took a vague suggestion of a color palette and a couple of inspo photos and turned them into something spectacular and the DJ kept guests dancing all night. Thank you Royal Kona!

Maura and her team was wonderful, every detail was taken care of and we were able to enjoy the wedding from beginning to end. Everything was perfect from the flowers, the food, music and dancing. I guess really enjoyed themselves. A big thank you to everyone at the Royal Kona Resort

We LOVED having our ceremony here. The wedding planners are amazing! (shout-out to Maurisa & Pam, especially) The spaces were beautiful and so well decorated. Doing our wedding here was easy, and gorgeous and having Maurisa made my wedding planning so very, very easy. We got married at Nohea Point (but almost did Sunset Cove) and it was private and beautiful. We did sunset pictures at Sunset Cove and it was amazing. RKR wedding people were super accommodating to help my uncle get to and from the ceremony space and the luau space. They also made sure there were accommodations for a couple special food restrictions my guests needed.

The resort is within walking distance of so many great food spots that most of our guests didn't need a car if they didn't want to explore on their own. Many of them carpooled with others on adventures, but there was enough within a 5-10 minute walk that a car was not necessary. You aren't 'stuck' in the resort like you are in some of those other resorts (e.g. up in Waikaloa). This was the BEST way to get both the opportunity to stay at a beautiful resort but also get to experience Kona / Hawaii.

I would get married here every time, this was a dream! Dream wedding, dream wedding planners.

Hiccups: the only thing is that the wedding planners are separate from the resort itself. The resort (hotel) doesn't help coordinate with rooms, the discount for rooms is not very much and there's not much the (amazing) wedding planning people can do to help make that better, so you will have to deal with the hotel side completely separately from the wedding planning stuff.

Also of note: You have to bring your own photographer & hair/makeup. I HIGHLY recommend Dawn Eicher for photography and Grace (Indigo Grace Artistry) for your Hair and Makeup. They're both phenomenal humans.