In the morning, depart Adare Manor direction Shannon airport.

Situated in the heartlands of the Shannon region the Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort is steeped in exotic history and surrounded by medieval ruins. Set amid 840 acres of formal gardens and rolling parkland, the Adare Manor offers world class facilities which include a variety of accommodations to suit your needs, a magnificent Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed championship golf course, luxurious treatment rooms several fine restaurants and entertaining bars. The Adare Manor Hotel and Golf resort is located in the picture perfect Adare Village with thatched cottages and Tudor style homes and ivy-clad churches.

Bon Voyage!

After breakfast fit for a king the depart Dromoland for Limerick city.

 Activities in Limerick: visit to King John’s Castle and introduction to the city finest shops.

King John’s Castle is a 13th century Castle on ‘King’s Island’ in the heart of medieval Limerick City.  The Castle overlooks the majestic River Shannon offering wonderful views of Limerick City.  Discover history at its best, magnificent views and life in Norman times.

The morning finished off with an Irish coffee from Paddy’s Bar.

Irish Coffee is internationally famous and a favourite after dinner drink throughout the world. It is a cocktail consisting of hot coffee, Irish whiskey, and brown sugar, stirred, and topped with thick cream. It was invented at Foynes, a small town in the West of Ireland.

After having strolled around Ireland’s prettiest village of Adare, experienced the quaint shops, wonderful boutiques, and thatched cottages they are now at Pat Collin’s bar for a pint of Guinness.

This morning they had Breakfast overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

 First stop this morning the wedding castle at Knappogue a possible venue for some of the planners clients from the USA.

Knappogue Castle is located in a truly picturesque setting, the castle offers one of the most romantic and unique wedding venues in the country.  Initially built in 1467, Knappogue Castle is rich in history with charming grounds and a magical ambience to provide the perfect setting for your special day. Surrounded by the tranquil landscape and rolling hills of County Clare, Knappogue Castle is located on beautiful gardens where you can relax or enjoy a peaceful stroll.

Next stop the village of Bunratty where they will visit the castle and Folk park

 The Castle is the most complete and authentic medieval fortress in Ireland.  Built in 1425 it was restored in 1954 to its former medieval splendour and now contains mainly 15th and 16th century furnishings, tapestries, and works of art which capture the mood of those times.

Within the grounds of Bunratty Castle is Bunratty Folk Park where 19th century life is vividly recreated. Set on 26 acres, the impressive park features over 30 buildings in a ‘living’ village and rural setting. Enjoy the tastes, scents, sights and sounds of this enchanting place as you stroll from house to house or around the charming village complete with school, post office, doctors house, hardware shop, printers and of course the pub! They will have lunch in the Golden Vale cottage.

At the end of an other jampacked day they will retire to Dromoland castle for some luxury pampering.

 This morning they checked in to the breathtaking  Lodge at Doonbeg Golf Club

The Lodge at Doonbeg Golf Club is a coastal haven, hidden on a sheltered corner of the wild Atlantic Ocean.  Set amongst a rugged landscape that stretches as far as the eye can see, the Lodge is a grand, Irish country house with a spectacular ocean backdrop.  Doonbeg is one of the most dramatic and exclusive golf resorts in the world – a hidden retreat on one of the most breathtaking coastal sites in Ireland

Their next stop the Cliffs of Moher

 One of Ireland’s top Visitor attractions and are a designated UNESCO Geo Park. The Cliffs are 5 to 6 miles long and the highest point is nearly 700 feet. This is one of Ireland’s most natural beauties with breathtaking views.

Now they are enjoying some Smoked Irish Salmon tasting at the Burren smoke house.

The Burren Smokehouse is a family-run business that was set up in 1989 by Birgitta & Peter Curtin who are committed to offer environmentally friendly services to tourists coming to the area. The Burren Smokehouse has been honoured with Two Star Gold awards for their Irish hot smoked organic salmon with honey. (Salmon on sale in USA)

And then they will dine on a lunch of Burren smoked salmon sandwiches and Burren black stout from the micro brewery at the Roadside Tavern.

The Roadside Tavern has been run by the Curtin Family since 1893 making it one of the oldest pubs in the Burren area. It has become the central meeting place for many people for well over a hundred years. Visit the Roadside Tavern where

the friendly atmosphere, music and craic all combine to make a great drinking and dining experience.

 Joan Glenn, owner of 6 Degrees of Celebration, has built a career in the event and hospitality industry over the past twenty years. Together with the 6 Degrees team, Joan creates one of a kind celebrations for her clientele both locally and throughout the world. As a Culinary Institute of America graduate and former chef, Joan has fine tuned her knowledge of food, wine and high-end hospitality thus offering her clients a level of knowledge and expertise rarely provided in the industry.

Joan prides herself on having built not only a skilled planning team, but a professional network of partners worldwide who produce extraordinary weddings. Her portfolio of destination weddings includes locations such as Australia, Singapore, Canada and the Caribbean. She understands the key to a successful event is matching a client with the perfect destination, venue, vendors, combined with unique, well chosen details and most importantly a personal touch.  As a boutique event planning firm, 6 Degrees of Celebration provides meticulous attention to detail, and supreme involvement in every aspect. 

As the owner of Catena Travel, Shana Crew strives to offer the best and prestigious travel services worldwide for destination weddings/honeymoons, romance and anniversary getaways as well as leisure and corporate travel for individuals, families, and groups.

Annie Lee is the principal planner for Daughter of Design, an esteemed wedding and event planning company which is known for its high style and fresh thinking.

Recognized as a “celebrity entertaining expert” by People Magazine and a “Woman in Action – Entertaining Expert” by Shape Magazine, Lee has an extensive events career having worked with the San Francisco Opera, Tribeca Film Festival, BizBash, ASMALLWORLD, Quintessentially Events and various other prominent event industry professionals. Daughter of Design, who is a sought after authority on new trends, was voted The Knot’s “Best of Weddings” 2011 + 2012 and has recently planned the 1^st New Year’s Eve wedding in Times Square and 14 Valentine’s Day weddings atop the Empire State Building. Daughter of Design is based out of Manhattan but produces events in destinations worldwide for discerning brides.

Bon Voyage!!

Dream Irish Wedding in conjunction with Tourism Ireland New York are delighted to be hosting Ireland’s first Familiarisation trip for top wedding professionals from the USA. All of our guests specialise in destination weddings all over the world but this will be their first opportunity to consider Ireland as a destination wedding location for their clients.

The trip will showcase the very best of the Shannon Region incorporating the spectacular highlights including the Cliffs of Moher, Bunratty folk park and the Burren. Culminating in an overnight in each of Dream Irish Wedding fairytale venues: Dromoland Castle, Knappogue Castle, Adare Manor hotel and the Lodge at Doonbeg GC.

Why Hire a Wedding Planner

1.Remember your Planner is a professional whose training ,expertise and contacts will

make your wedding as close to perfect as it can possibly be !

2.We will save you considerable time ,money and stress when planning your wedding.

3.We will provide you with facilities and service providers to match your Budget.

4.We will recommend only reliable & professional Vendors who will go beyond the call of duty for Mc Events clients.

5.Remember you can feel like a guest at your own Wedding not the chief organisor with stress levels up to 90! This is the Wedding Consultants job!

6.A Wedding Consultant is part of your Wedding budget not an extra expense. In most cases we have actually saved our clients at least our fee through strategic planning and vendor discounts exclusive to Mc Events.

7.We provide a Turn Key Service from Ceremony to legalities to entertainment to décor to Full on the day event management and all in between.

8.If this is not enough we will act as an intermediary between you/parents and vendors

9.The on site Wedding Co ordinator is exactly that they look after items at their venue i.e. Food & Beverage and may recommend their preferred Florist or linen supplier but are not nor can they be expected to be authorities on anything outside of their own ream. Quite often the vendor is on a list because someone else mentioned them to the co-ordinator they will not have personal knowledge of the actual vendor.

10.Who will be your eyes & ears when you are booking your wedding from afar ? And on the day ensure all of your vendors turn up, know exactly what they should be doing, where they should be at any given time and provide the service they promised.

11.When your guests want assistance getting from the airport to the venue or an itinerary for their holiday around Ireland ?

12. Who do the in house co-ordintors at a venue turn to when they are asked about anything outside of their ream …..

1. 2012 will see Socially Responsible understated Weddings
2. The Dress-Royal Wedding inspired Sleeves are making a come back. Colour is also featuring with brides opting for the light grey /vintage as well as a black or even red dress.
3. Fashion catwalks inspired will influence the colours themes with tangerine tango making a big splash.
4. As will all the colours from the rainbow including teal/yellow /green & following on from 2011 blues.
5. The Cake – Buttercream is replacing fondant .The traditional & classical cake will have tiers decorated differently even different shape tiers.
6. Here too couture fashion will influence – brides opting for cakes modeled on their favourite couture designer designs.
7. The Candy bar will be supplemented with or even replaced by cookies even the cookie cupcake will make an appearance
8. For décor- look to nature & local landscapes for the reception table. Vintage will be big again in 2012 with inspirations from old Hollywood style of 60’s /70’s & 8-0’s.
9. Regal linens will be showcased in new & inspired ways with some velvet making an appearance
10. Flowers : Roses still the most popular while Lilies, peonies,  hydrangeas, tulips and orchids represent the trendier choices.Arrangements with a just-picked and looser casual look have replaced the more tightly-bound bouquet shapes of previous seasons. In keeping with colour trends as mentioned above vivid flower colors will continue in vogue.