Party Bus: Update

The schedule for bus departures is set. It will be leaving from the Mayfair Mall (the Bay side of the parking lot, closest to the corner of Finlayson and Blanshard) on Friday the 3rd at 2:50 pm sharp. It will be leaving Merridale around 11pm (sadly, because the venue is outdoors, local bylaws won't let us stick around much longer than that).

Just a friendly reminder to please book a seat on the bus if you're interested, as it will likely fill up. You can do that by emailing us at jenandtrevor@gmail.com. If you've already emailed, you're booked.

Along the same lines, since it's a holiday weekend, we expect things on the Malahat/Highway 1 to be pretty busy that afternoon. Even though it's about a 40 minute drive from Victoria with no traffic, please give yourselves plenty of extra time to get there.

Follow this link to a map of the bus pickup and dropoff in Victoria:
http://bit.ly/bfLTKi

Looking forward to it. See you all soon.

Trevor and Jen

Accommodation

For those still looking for accommodation over the wedding weekend, there are numerous Bed & Breakfasts close to Merridale Ciders:

- Cobble House B & B www.cobble-house.com
- Damali Lavendar Farm and B & B www.damali.ca
- Keirestell www.keirestell.com
- Shawnigan Lake B & B www.shawniganlakevacations.com
- Marifield Manor www.marifieldmanor.com

As for hotels, we have the group booking reserved at the Laurel Point Inn (see previous post); however, other hotels in the Victoria area (close to downtown, and Trevor and Jen's condo) include:

- The Delta www.deltahotels.com/en/hotels/british-columbia/delta-victoria-ocean-pointe-resort
- Harbour Towers www.harbourtowers.com
- There's a chain of Travellers Inns www.travellersinn.com
- Howard Johnson www.hojovictoria.ca

Party Bus

Since Merridale is about a half hour out of Victoria, and since some of you are coming from out of town, Jen and I are arranging transportation to and from Downtown Victoria for the wedding. To do this though, we need to make sure there's enough interest in rides.
Can you let us know if you might be interested? Your response won't be a final confirmation, we'd just like to get a rough idea of numbers. Please respond to trevorandjen@gmail.com.

Thanks, see you all soon.

Trevor and Jen

Laurel Point Inn

For those of you who would like to stay in Victoria, Jen has been working hard to find you the best accommodation possible. The Laurel Point Inn is a beautiful spot on the inner harbour, close to downtown, but still very peaceful.

They've offered our guests a discounted rate of $154/night for a traditional Laurel Wing room, or $209 for an upgrade to a Studio Suite. They have asked that all bookings be made by July 30 to take advantage of this offer. The rooms are held under "MacLean and Millar wedding", or you can quote reservation number #738700.

We'll post details on more accommodation options soon. Let us know if you have questions before then.

Trevor and Jen

The Venue

Since our wedding date is coming up quickly, we thought we should get some more information out to all of you who are interested. First up: the venue.

While some of you (you know who you are, and you're probably on my side of the invite list) will figure out where you’re going and how to get there an hour before it all starts, many of you will want to check it out first. For the responsible ones, here you go:

The ceremony and reception will both take place at Merridale Cidery, in beautiful Cobble Hill, BC. As some of you know, Cobble Hill is relatively close to the house Jen grew up in, which is where her parents still live.

Anyway, the Merridale website is definitely worth a look:

http://www.merridalecider.com

For directions, follow this link:

http://www.merridalecider.com/directions/

Also on the Merridale site, under ‘Transportation, accommodation, and friends’, you’ll find more information about places to stay in the Cowichan Valley, about 30 minutes drive from downtown Victoria. We’ll be posting more information about places to stay right in Victoria soon – in the meantime, if you have questions, email us to ask.

Take care, and keep checking for updates.

Trevor and Jen

September 3, 2010...Save the date!

Welcome to our blog! The date is set for Friday September 3, 2010. We will have more information to share as the date gets closer. Stay tuned!