"Most Romantic Hawaii Memory" Contest Winners

Valentine's Day is just around the corner! So with visions of breathtaking pink sunsets dancing in our heads, we asked you to share your most romantic Hawaii memories with us. A great big MAHALO to all who submitted their stories.

Congratulations to our top 10 finalists, including our Grand Prize Winner, Dante P. His story of a surprise vow renewal on Maui for his 30th wedding anniversary will touch your heart. Be sure to read through all our winning stories below. Perhaps they will give you some ideas to start planning your own romantic Hawaiian vacation!

Valentine's Day Romance Gift Pack includes: which includes: Big Island Candies Bijoux Box (consisting of various chocolate treats), Sterling Silver Plumeria Earring & Necklace set, Island Love CD: Favorite Love Songs of Hawaii, Pikake-Scented Candle, Island Floral Collection Soap & Lotion Gift Pack, and Forever Florals Hawaii Bath Crystals (Plumeria & Pikake scent).

Winning Submissions:

Grand Prize Winner:

I wanted to do something very special for my wife to celebrate our 30th Wedding Anniversary. I am a typical guy not usually very romantic but thought I needed to express to my wife how much I love her and to assure her of my lifetime commitment to her. So I planned a surprise to renew our wedding vows in Hawaii on her favorite island of Maui.

I contacted the "Maria Lanakila" Catholic church in Lahina and explained to the pastor what I wanted to do and they graciously helped me plan the ceremony. I had new rings made and inscribed with the date of the ceremony as well as a brief message which said " love you always" and the date. I also had two wedding leis sent to the church.

My wife thought we were just going to a Sunday morning church service and when we were going in we were both given the leis, I told my wife its tradition to welcome new comers, she accepted my story! When the main part of the mass was coming to an end the priest saying mass called out our names and asked us to come forward, my wife was very startled and didn't want to go, but I kept pulling her out of her seat and said please come he is calling us!

Finally I convinced her to come with me, she still didn't know why. Once we were at the alter the priest announced that we were renewing our vows of 30 years, my wife then began to cry and I also got a little choked up as well. This was like a fairy tale day the beautiful Hawaiian church, the choir in sarongs singing Hawaiian songs, it was so perfect. We will be married for 45 years on Sept. 02, 2012 and would love to renew our vows once more in that beautiful white old church once more. But since we are now retired and on SSI our funds our limited but we can still hope it will happen.

Dante & Mary P.

 

Finalists:

My most romantic Hawaii Memory was my husband Ryan’s proposal in December 2010:

We were in Maui with four other friends and having a fabulous time. One of the things we had most wanted to do was the snorkeling trip to Molokini Crater. We all set out early one morning and once we got to the crater...

Elaine D.

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I am 78 and my husband is 79 and we will soon have been married 4 years. Six years ago, I was widowed after more than 54 years of marriage. About a year-and-half later...

Willa K.

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Our most romantic Hawaii memory is one that tops more than most. My adorable husband faces each day with a terminal disease, and with that in mind we decided that we would celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary like no other...

Barbara G.

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My name is David Lee. I am a lawyer. My wife Rita and I live -for now- in Houston, Texas. This is our most romantic memory:

It was February, 1996. Rita and I married, each for the first time, in our mid-40s at St.Michael's Catholic Church in Crowley Louisiana, Rita's family home. My (still, 16 years later, very) lovely bride and I...

David L.

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My story is from 2009. I took my girlfriend to Hawaii for her first experience there, we had been dating two years and felt the time was right to propose. So weeks before we ...

Travis J.

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My most romantic memory of Hawaii happened back in the year 1975. It was our 25th wedding anniversary and I knew I wanted to do something extra special for it. My biggest dream in my life was to be able to go to Hawaii and this provided me the perfect opportunity...

K. Sturdevant

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My most romantic Hawaii memory happened in 2004. My husband and I had planned and saved for a trip to Maui. We were to visit in early June. It was to be a late birthday present as well as a early anniversary trip...

Mary J.

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My boyfriend and I had been dating for almost a year (very) long distance. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor and I was in Virginia. He was leaving for deployment soon and we were spending the holidays together...

Joanna R.

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My husband and I were visiting Molokai April 2006. We were there doing some remodeling work for my brother. We celebrated our 19th anniversary while we were visiting Molokai...

Tina S.

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