A Rainbow in Paradise

I agree with all of the others… Kalona is a life saver for anyone wanting to plan a destination wedding!
Kalona helped us arrange the ceremony, flowers, photography and hair and makeup. Much like the other reviewers; people kept asking me how crazy it was planning the wedding in the weeks leading up to it but I was so calm and knew everything was being handled okay.
Thank you, Kalona, for giving us the ceremony we always imagined and will always remember!

We wanted someone very authentic to perform a traditional Hawaiian ceremony for us and Kalona and Miles did exactly that. They did the blowing of the conch shell, a Hawaiian chant, a teal leaf blessing of the rings, and a lay exchange with our parents. Everything from their clothing to their songs were Hawaiian and were amazing. They were both very sweet souls and provided a calming environment. They respected our thoughts and wishes and gave us several different vows to choose from. You can also write your own if you choose. Everyone said it was the best ceremony they have ever been to and I am so thankful we used them. Every communication was through email which was very convenient as this was a destination wedding.

Look no further Unilocalers who want to marry in HI!!! If you are looking for a one-​stop shop for all of your perfect Hawaii wedding planning needs, Kalona and crew is who you need.
We felt completely taken care of throughout the entire planning process and we felt CALM. So many of my co-​workers would approach me and ask how crazy the wedding planning was and I would just respond «Kalona’s on it». And she was. She took care of getting the park/​beach permit, the set up, arranging the hula dancer and ukelele player. Our photographer was phenomenal. She took care of the beautiful lei’s and my indescribably gorgeous bouquet. Our ceremony was custom written with her guidance and it was just beautiful.
We love that she joined us for shave ice at Matsumoto’s afterwards and promised to keep in touch when she’s in the Bay Area next. We have just the Tiki Bar to take her to!
Mahalo Kalona!!!

Great service. Stand by for more when I get the pictures

Kalona was amazing! She was extremely helpful in making my wedding amazing. She was extremely flexible with working me with me on creating a custom package for my destination wedding. She was really great on dealing with the time zone difference from MD to HI! It was really easy to work with her and she really understood what I was wanting for my wedding. She really made my day special and worth remembering!
Thank you to Kalona and her team for everything they did! It’s been two years and people still talk about my wedding and how great it really was!!!

I am new to providing reviews on Unilocal.I normally look to Unilocal for others’ reviews, but being as I am working with a number of vendors across the waters, I thought I’d share my experiences especially to those who may be doing the same (planning from afar).
As for ‘A Rainbow in Paradise’, I stumbled upon Kalona (the wedding coordinator) and so far so good! I was referred to Kalona from Aloha Party Rentals. I was contracted with another wedding coordinator and… well…it just wasn’t work out very well. When I called Kalona, we hit it off right away! She has been a pleasure to work with. VERY responsive to my emails and phone calls. I don’t think I ever waited more than 24 hours… heck, maybe 12 hours for a response… honestly even less though I am aware of HI time and try to communicate during their hours.
My wedding is in a few weeks and when I return I’ll update my feedback, but so far it’s going very well! I had some coordination already in place which she fully accepted and simply stepped in where I asked her to. She normally coordinates the whole package and I believe it is done successfully. The vendors she did coordinate for me (photographer and guitarist) have been great so far. The photographer called me to understand what I was looking for and the guitarist supplied a song list for me to review since I didn’t really know what songs a guitarist can play and not play. He had a very wide selection (over 70 songs).
Sorry for the long review. I hope it was helpful and happy planning! I’ll provide an update post wedding! When I return I am confident I will up my rating to 5 stars. I just feel like I have to see the full package before I do so. :)

I was extremely happy with the services of A Rainbow in Paradise. Kalona picked out wonderful people – the officiant and photographers were great! She was a joy to work with. I really appreciated her quick attention to any concern that I might have had. She is very kind and will do a great job for you.

My husband and I will be married one year this coming Sept. 21^st and we owe our wonderful wedding experience to Kalona at A Rainbow in Paradise. We knew we wanted to get married in Kailua and had some ideas but it wasn’t until we found Kalona and enlisted her help that it all came together. She is very easy to work with and has great ideas and suggestions. She even helped us handle a very large snafu that would have been a lot more stressful if not for her help! She is very knowledgeable and has great relationships with all of the vendors. All of this combined made for the most magical, perfect wedding day ever! A Rainbow in Paradise helped make our day exactly the way we wanted it!

We couldn’t have asked for a better person to marry us and help us plan our wedding. Our Hawaiian Wedding was perfect in every way. We want to do it all again every year when our anniversary comes along. She will always be a large part of us. Thanks for the Memories Kalona! We both love you SO much!