Travel: Theme for a Wedding

MANILA, Philippines - Noel Puyat, son of Alfonso and Georgitta Puyat, and Maria Cristina Trinidad, daughter of Armando and Lorna Trinidad, met each other while traveling. After that fateful trip, they exchanged letters and postcards constantly. “Travel has always been a big part of our relationship,” says Noel.

In October of 2013, Noel proposed to Cristina, and three months later, they got married at the Santuario de San Antonio Parish Church in Forbes, Makati, in time for the 65th birthday of Cristina’s father.

Underlining the travel theme of the wedding, relatives and friends flew from distant parts of the globe for the rites.

Cristina walked down the aisle in a modern Oliver Tolentino gown looking incredibly fresh and radiant although she had stayed up to three in the morning supervising sundry details with the help of the Ideashop Manila. Preparations included the arrangement of flowers from the farm of Noel’s cousin in Baguio and handpicked for the church décor; items for the museum at the mezzanine of Peninsula Hotel (where the reception was to be held), showcasing the aforementioned travel artifacts and postcards exchanged between Noel and Cristina.

Not the least, the unique wedding cake created by Anna Sarmiento of Little Miss OC’s Kitchen portraying bride and bridegroom with luggage, passports, etc. indispensable to travelers (see photo). The special wine for the wedding toast was bought in the Holy Land where the miracle of the water-turned-into-wine took place during the Biblical wedding at Cana.

Each table at the Rigodon ballroom had a décor associated with the couple’s travels; imagine seeing a replica of the huge Coliseum for the Roman table!

Mindful of completing the bridal trousseau, the excited Noel approached noted Swiss jewelry designer Hans Brumann and asked him to replicate the wedding bands he had originally designed for Noel’s parents 45 years ago.

What else was there to supervise for a travel-themed wedding? As a relevant memento, in the ante-room a 3D photo wall was set up by Team On Site Studio featuring the well-known train station with the couple’s own luggage as props.

How faithfully conveyed, indeed, was the theme, turning the Puyat-Trinidad marriage rites into a richly and uniquely detailed travelogue!