Hotels

We were just back on the island around Thanksgiving and nailed down some hotel options. We definitely recommend booking as soon as possible as rooms are limited.

Our plan with selecting these hotels is to ideally have guests all stay on one beach – beautiful Meads Bay. We’re thinking it will make sharing transportation and general merriment all that much easier. Oh, and it just happens to be an amazing beach with lots of cute restaurants for both lunch and dinner. It’s one of our favorites.

Of course, we’re totally open to guests staying anywhere they love on island – maybe where you stayed last time. We want you to be as comfortable and happy as possible. If that’s the case, just let us know, and we might be able to help secure rates or give you some insight on the property you’re considering.

One other thing to keep in mind… Nothing new here, but since there is no income tax on the island or really many or any other taxes, they charge taxes to people that stay in hotels. In Anguilla, they charge double-tens.  In other words, there are two 10 percent taxes on the base hotel rate. So when you are thinking about the total cost, add 20 percent to the hotel rate. 

Check out D.J. doing some party planning. It's so stressful! 

Hotels – Carimar Beach Club

www.carimar.com

Carimar, situated right on Meads Bay Beach, is a series of villas with four rooms in each building. The rooms are one or two-bedroom, and each has a full kitchen, living room/sitting area, and patio.  Two of the villas are right on the beach, and the rest are in a horseshoe around a garden area backing away from the beach.  But the furthest villa building is about 100 yards from the beach, and you have ocean/beach views from every room.

Carimar is right next to Malliouhana (reminder: location of D.J. and Korinne's engagement and where some guests will be staying). The resort has water sports, tennis courts, and a concierge that can set up anything you might need to do. There is not a restaurant at Carimar (that's why there are kitchens), but you are obviously right next to Malliouhana, which has a great restaurant.  Meads Bay Beach is also home to a number of other restaurants, including the new Blanchard’s Beach Shack, Straw Hat at Frangipani Hotel, and Jacala. 

The prices at Carimar are very reasonable, and again, it is right on a fantastic beach.

Beach View 1 Bedroom – $260 until April 30, $230 starting May 1 

Beach View 2 Bedrooms – $375 until April 30, $330 starting May 1

Email Cindy at carimar@carimar.com. Or call 264-497-6881. Please note they only have six rooms still available, so if you’re interested, definitely book soon. When booking, mention Belock Anniversary.

Here are some photos of Carimar.

Hotels – Malliouhana

www.malliouhana.aubergeresorts.com

Malliouhana was one of the original luxury properties built on the island back in the 80s. After a three-year closure and months of renovations, it’s open again – and it’s stunning. We stayed there during our trip over Thanksgiving and had an amazing stay. It’s built on a cliff overlooking Meads Bay and it’s just a short walk from the rooms to the beach. There are also two infinity pools right next to the Sunset Bar, very close to the rooms. Well, we’ll just let the photos speak for themselves…

We got engaged on that little beach!

These are great rates for this resort, and since the hotel recently reopened, you won’t see rates like this again:

Garden View Deluxe Room - $400 per night, 5 night minimum or $470 for stays of 4 nights or less. (Please note they only have 4 Garden View rooms in inventory.)

Ocean View Premium Room - $490 per night, 5 night minimum or $550 for stays of 4 nights or less. 

Email Deborah or Amanda at ma.reservations@aubergeresorts.com to book. Or call 264-497-6111. Bookings need to be made directly with the hotel prior to March 1. A 50 percent deposit would be required at the time of booking and is fully refundable up until 30 days prior to arrival.  When booking, mention Belock Anniversary.

Private Villas for Groups / Families

If you are thinking of bringing down your family or groups of friends are interested in sharing a villa, please email us directly. There are some amazing options on island that we can help you find and book directly.

If you’re going to do some research on your own, look for villas on the West End. That will be very close to Meads Bay and some of the other festivities we’ll be planning.

Check out www.islanddreamproperties.com, under Rentals. Again, we’re happy to give you some insight on the properties if we can, and connect you with Jackie who runs this real estate company. She will be able to help you find what you’re looking for!

Save the Date

Save the Date

You didn’t think we’d forget to update the wedding blog, did you?

Clearly, you just received an exciting, random Save the Date via snail mail, and you’re wondering what the heck we’re planning. Maybe you’re thinking...didn’t we celebrate enough the first time?! Well, yes, you did. But we want to do it all over again (sort of)…

We’re planning a wedding weekend reunion for our five-year anniversary on May 1, 2015, and we want you to celebrate with us. Of course, we realize you probably have one or a million things going on such as: kids’ (plural) soccer games, being pregnant (Anguilla is still fun sober!), moving to the ‘burbs (or an exotic location like Cincinnati), or possibly even planning your own private, romantic vacation since the kids are now old enough to be dropped off at the grandparents for an extended period of time. So, let us be clear:

1) We love you and want you to celebrate with us in Anguilla.

2) Feel no pressure whatsoever to attend. We totally get it. 

So, all that aside, here’s what we’re thinking for Anguilla 2015…

You and your husband / wife / boyfriend / girlfriend / BFF who likes to party fly down to join us in Anguilla sometime in the range of late April. We’re hosting the big party on our actual anniversary, Friday, May 1 – a true beach party blowout that will go down in history. And then you fly out whenever the heck you want.

We’ll plan a smattering of other gatherings like dinners, happy hours, a beach day, dancing at Elvis’ until 2am and those details will become clear early next year. Be sure you will see the best of Anguilla without all those pesky wedding weekend obligations. This is just fun.

We’ll also be recommending most likely two hotels at different price points. But we’re totally open to folks staying wherever they feel comfortable if they have a preference. More information on that early next year as well. No worries to book a hotel until then.

So if you think you’re down for the most fun weekend ever to celebrate Korinne + Deej "one love" and our love for you, we think you should join us. YOLO.

If you think you might be interested, email us and let us know. No hard RSVP here clearly – we’ll ask for that later – but if you even have a general interest we’d love to know. There aren’t too many metrics out there for percentage of RSVPs to a destination wedding reunion party, so we’re just trying to gauge interest.

Finally, since you know we’re major planners, we’ll be updating this website in the coming weeks and months with flight information (no need to book until early next year, in case you forgot it’s easiest to fly into St. Maarten), plus fun stuff to get you excited about traveling back to the most beautiful island in the world.

Now to a few of our favorite wedding photos, plus check out the slideshow below. You’re in there somewhere!

We love you guys! 

Korinne + D.J