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Destination Functions
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oday, with
families more
spread out
than they used to be,
the idea of a destina-
tion function is more
appealing than ever.
Having guests travel
to one location can be
efficient, fun and serve
as a vacation at the
same.
When it comes to
The Santa Elena Skywalk through the Costa Rican
weddings, destination
rainforest.
functions can actually
be less expensive for
convenient for their family but,
the couple getting married than
more importantly, on what is of
paying for 150 guests at a fancy
interest to the special boy or girl.
venue. Hosts can choose the
Honeymoons are, by their
friends and family members they
nature, vacation affairs. Trendy
want to spend the week with (no
destinations that I recommend
need to invite the other 125 "less exploring include Tahiti, Fuji and
close" people). A week in a more
the Maldive Islands. Couples love
exotic place can be smaller and
the Costa Rican rain forest and
more intimate, and people really
its beautiful waterfalls for explor-
get to know each other.
ing and photographic memories.
There can also be cost savings
While we're used to the idea
with a destination bar mitzvah or
of booking a hall and caterer in
bat mitzvah. It can cost less to go our hometown, the idea of doing
away for a week than to pay for
it in another city, state or country
one large three-hour event.
can be intimidating. But with the
All sorts of options are avail-
Internet you can see, and some-
able. Among popular destina-
times even go on, "virtual tours"
tions for bar mitzvahs and bat
of venues. You can also maintain
mitzvahs are the historic syna-
close contact with everyone you
gogues with sand floors (used to
need to work with to make the
muffle sounds when prayers were day perfect. Of course, the servic-
held secretly) in St. Thomas and
es of a professional makes things
Curacao, the Costa Rican rain
smoother, easier and gives you
forest and the centuries-old syna- access to places and people that
gogue in Barbados.
you may not otherwise find. ❑
Bar and bat mitzvahs on
Ellen Paderson owns Smiles and
cruises are also a great option
Miles Travel. She has arranged
— really fun for multigenera-
more than 5,000 trips, including
tional families. They can have
at 300-year old synagogues in San
the ceremony in the St. Thomas
Juan,
St. Thomas and St. Martin.
synagogue during the port call or
See www.barmitzvahvacations.com
in the ship's
and www.smilesandmilestravel.
chapel. I work with a cantor who
com.
prepares the child for the cer-
emony and usually joins us at the
(This story was first published by
resort or on the cruise ship.
www.Jewish.Travel, the new online
Families should choose the
Jewish travel magazine.)
destination based on what is
DIRK VAN DER MADE.
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Bar and Bat Mitzvah's
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