HOW TO BOOK

Judith + Evens have organized a room block for all of their wedding guests. In order to be considered a part of the wedding group, you must book your rooms using our room reservation form. By doing so you will also get lower, locked in rates. Those who book sooner will have a greater selection of rooms!

Final payments will be due on or before December 3rd, 2025. ALL RESERVATIONS WITHOUT INSURANCE BECOME NON-REFUNDABLE IN FULL ON THIS DATE.

STEP ONE: To reserve your room, please fill out the following form to get started!

Please note that only one person from each room should fill out the form, but you will need all guests’ information to proceed.

NOTE ABOUT TRAVEL INSURANCE ON THE FORM (PLEASE READ IN FULL!!):

If you would like the cost of travel protection added to your invoice quote, please select:

“Yes! Show me the insurance cost.”

We will then send you an updated invoice that includes both your hotel cost and the travel protection.

By approving your invoice, you are authorizing Here and Away Travel to charge your deposit and the cost of insurance to your credit card. Please note: once travel protection is charged to your card, it cannot be reversed or refunded.

If, after reviewing your invoice, you decide not to purchase travel protection, do not approve the invoice. Instead, email us and request a new invoice that includes only the hotel cost.

Declining Travel Protection:

If you do not wish to purchase travel protection, please select: “No.” By selecting “No,” you are agreeing to the following statement: “I understand that if I choose not to purchase travel insurance, there are no refunds for any reason. I acknowledge that travel insurance protects my vacation investment in the event my plans change due to weather, natural disaster, financial default of the travel supplier, military deployment, medical needs, work obligations, and other unforeseen circumstances. I also understand that insurance must be purchased at the time of deposit to maximize coverage and benefits. Finally, I understand that without travel insurance, I will not have any medical coverage while traveling outside of the United States.”

BOOKING PROCESS:

You will just have to put down a $200 deposit to hold your room, and you may make interest free payments at any time.

You will fill out the room reservation form, and then we will send you an invoice that you will approve to make sure everything is correct for your stay.

Once we receive that, we will make your deposit. Nothing will be charged to your card until you sign the invoice approval.

Any time you would like to make a payment, you will just request a link from the travel agents that will be sent over and you can make the payment for any amount you would like.

AIRPORT TRANSFERS

Round Trip Airport - Hotel Transfers (From AUA Airport to Riu Palace Aruba)

Public, multi stop transfers are included with the room price - just note that we do not recommend these transfers if you are looking for the most convenient option. With these, you can wait at the airport for up to 90 minutes before departure, stop at multiple hotels, and can be picked up for your return transfer up to 5.5 hours prior to your flight due to multiple resort stops.

Upgrade to group shared (shared just with Evens + Judith’s group) direct transfers for $130 for up to 4 pax on the exact same flights.

Flight details must be submitted 60 days prior to travel.

It is very important to pre-arrange transportation to and from the hotel. Taxi services at the airport are expensive, unreliable, and inconvenient to have to deal with after a flight.

INSURANCE + CANCELLATIONS DISCLAIMER

ALL RESERVATIONS IN THE GROUP ARE FULLY NON-REFUNDABLE AFTER DECEMBER 3RD, 2025 WITHOUT INSURANCE.

Here and Away Travel STRONGLY recommends that you purchase travel insurance, especially when traveling internationally.

We highly recommend travel insurance not only to protect the investment on your trip (many deposits and payments with group blocks are non-refundable if you do not), but also to protect you if something unexpected happens and you need medical attention or have to go to the hospital in the Dominican Republic. Most US insurance companies don't cover anything that happens outside of the USA, which can leave you with HUGE bills that would not be reimbursed unless you have medical coverage for your trip. (Also please note, the hospitals in the DR will not allow you to leave until ALL bills have been paid.) Please note that Here and Away Travel cannot help you recoup any financial losses that arise in the case that you do not purchase travel insurance.

CANCELLATIONS:

We know that most things that come up that would cause you to have to cancel your trip are unexpected and that most people think they will never use their travel insurance. The fact is, most won’t have to use it and we hope you never do. But travel insurance isn’t for those “most times.” It’s for the times that something unexpected comes up before or during travel - illnesses, last minute work obligations, sudden financial stresses, injuries during travel, etc. The last thing we want is for something incredibly stressful to be going on and then on top of it, you are out thousands of dollars in travel costs or medical expenses because you did not purchase insurance. Please note that not refunding costs after the date of December 3rd is not our policy, it is the resort’s group policy and they do not budge.

PLEASE we beg you to consider travel insurance so that you are financially protected in all scenarios.