Planning a destination wedding is never easy, booking and planning a destination wedding just prior to the COVID pandemic taking over the world even less so, however, having the ri...ght event manager and right venue is key. Fortunately for us, we had both! Andrea Hammet, and Postcard Inn Beach Resort & Marina were a dream to work with. It was incredibly difficult living in the unknown of the past year. We are both healthcare workers from the metropolitan NYC area, which was an incredibly hard hit area and working in an incredibly hard hit field, so saying that planning a wedding despite the horrors going on in the world was a difficult, emotional, and stressful is the understatement of the century. For a while the Keys were completely shut down to visitors, hotels who thrived on tourists closed for a time, and our venue contacts furloughed. However, we never felt abandoned by Andrea. Andrea stayed in near constant communication with me over the past two years since we booked our wedding. She answered my MILLION emails and questions and concerns, she worked with us to make sure everything we wanted was just right, and when some very unexpected things occurred less than two weeks from the wedding, she was gracious enough to make sure we were accommodated. The venue is so incredibly beautiful, there were so many incredible spots for photos. We held almost all of our wedding weekend events on site: from the rehearsal dinner on the Bimini Row marina, the ceremony on Rum Runner beach, cocktail hour on the Celebration Island dock, reception under Celebration Tiki, and farewell brunch under Rum Runner Tiki, everything was exceptional. The food was incredible. Linda, who was our bartender for several of our events was AMAZING! Every single person raved about her! And Veronica, who helped to ensure everything went off without a hitch could not have been better! She even helped shuttle me and my husband around on golf carts throughout the day to get around the large venue grounds to get the best spots for pictures. The penthouse suite where the bridesmaids got ready and then my husband and I stayed the night of our wedding was absolutely stunning. The view was out of this world – you could see the ocean and the bay from the wraparound balcony – I do not know of anywhere else in Islamorada, or the Florida Keys for that matter that has that type of view. And during our reception, housekeeping even came and straightened up the mess of the room we left getting ready so it was neat, clean, and welcoming for us to return to after the wedding! There were a few minor hiccups with some guest room accommodations, but nothing that Andrea did not fix for us, and I do not feel that it was a reflection of the venue itself, rather corporate reservations. We had a perfect wedding, in a perfect location, and we would not have changed a thing!