Recently we had the pleasure of setting up a surprise proposal on Catalina Island. Everything looks and was picture perfect for the proposal but what led up to the proposal was insane!

The Couple:

Charley + Emily

The Location:

Zane Grey Hotel

This couple was actually already engaged but the groom to be wanted to do an official proposal and he watned to do it on the bride to be’s birthday celebration, which landed on a Tuesday. Our team took the ferry out on Monday night to Catalina Island with the florist to set up in time for early Tuesday morning arrival. One they arrived on the island…the storm starting coming in.

Early Tuesday morning, while our team was setting up for the surprise proposal, Christine receives a text from Charley saying their boat was cancelled. As they tried to find later boat schedules, the storm began to get worse so everything had to be moved and set up again indoors instead. And then another text later in the day, saying ALL boats were cancelled for that day.

All the decor had to be taken down and reset to try again on Wednesday. Luckily on Wednesday the storm cleared up and the weather was looking great. Everything was set up on the balcony as originally planned and ready to get this surprise proposal going. But of course, we find out that the photographer and the couple are on the same boat!

Charley and Christine worked together to rush the photographer to the hotel while delaying the couple a bit longer for the photographer to have time to set up. And after all this craziness, we had a successful surprise proposal.

A nasty storm, getting stuck on an island for two days, and having the photographer and couple on the same boat, cant stop us from helping two lovebirds get engaged properly. So overall, a total success!

Check out our behind the scene footage below!