Pine Apples

You can now enjoy luxury vacations at even the most fancy resorts (especially there) and get kosher food. It just takes a little study and planning, and believe me, it's well worth it.

Pine Apples

Pick your Vacation Spot

As one of the scholar kosher travelers I've interviewed told me,"Dream about where you are going to go, and then frame out where the Jews are."

Back to the dreaming phase. Do you want:

-an island vacation

-a underground flee where you'll meet no one you know

-a luxury cruise, resort vacation

-a vacation to see the world on a little budget

-to see other cultures, including our own?

Dream about where it is you want to go and write back some questions like:-am I concerned in meeting new people?

-do I want to see museums and culture or just sit on a beach?

-how long can I go for?

-how important is eating to you?

-how long do I want to be on a plane for?

-do I want to be able to eat in restaurants?

If you find it is hard for you to make a decision about where to go, try this tool: Handy Dandy Decision making tool

Luxury Hotel, Cruise, and Resort Stays

If you are staying at a secluded resort and pretty much spending all of your time there, you can either:

a. Do some study to see where the Jews are and if there are any kosher restaurants around using http://www.chabad.org or kosherdelight.com.

b. Order food with royalpalate.com, have it delivered to your hotel, making sure you ask for a refrigerator in your room.

c. Call the hotel and ask for the food services manager. By now, most whatever working in food services has heard of kosher food. Most likely, you can dispose to have kosher meals delivered to you in your room, in any large resort. (The best place for this is Disney World).

d. If you are not staying in a Jewish area, plainly bring a pot and when you arrive, go to a grocery store buying your popular foods. Kasher the oven and microwave in your hotel and cook.

Private Beach Vacations

I know a frum house that spends a lot of time in the Carribean, Antigua, Barbados, Tobago, the Cayman Islands. They want a nothing else but private, cozy, vacation and don't want to see whatever they know.

What they do is study for underground beaches so swimming is not a n issue.

Next they keep a villa that Must have a kitchen, stove, refrigerator, a.k.a., a kitchenette.

Since finding a grocery store around is often rare, they bring all they can and devote 1 or 2 suitcases to doing so.

Tuna, jelly, cereal, pretzels, pasta, breadmixes, etc. 1 or 2 pots and pans. They happen to eat very plainly on this vacation.

If you want more elaborate food, you can do the same thing. Go to restaurants around and order lots of takeout meals. Ice them. Before you leave, wrap them icy and put them into a suitcase. Check the suitcase on the plane. You may have to check with customs officials to make sure you can bring the meat into the country. If you don't want to bring this onto the plane, you can pack it in dry ice and ship it through via the post office.

The benefits to these models is that you don't need to try to find a grocery store once you are there. You may want to find a market that sells fruits and vegetables, but most likely that won't be a problem.

You see that this study phase of meal planning for vacations is not too strenuous. It is undoubtedly worth doing the meal planning before hand so you can enjoy a relaxing stay.

International tour with little Jewry
International tour is a little bit harder to menu plan. Here's what I advise you do.

1. Get a list of what you can buy in the country you are going to. Call the Star-K and do a hunt on the internet for items you can buy everywhere in the world. Here's a few:

bottled water; unflavored seltzer; beer; beer on tap in a business bar; peanuts roasted in a shell; dried beans, split peas, and all other dried legumes and canned fruits produced in the U.S. With no additives other than sugar. Please note that canned cherries may contain carmine, an insect passage used for coloring. Do not buy canned cherries (these may also be found in fruit cocktail) without reliable supervision. In addition, canned plums may contain a coloring derived from grape skin..

Also, most dried fruits may be consumed; exceptions contain prunes with added oil, pineapples, pears, raisins, and apples. You may buy any canned pineapples made in Thailand or the Philippines. You may also buy any icy vegetables containing no oils or other additives.

You may buy and consume any whole kosher fish. However, if the fish store worker cuts the fish with a non-kosher knife, the cut area may become not kosher. To avoid this problem, bring your own knife with you to the store.

Do ask your Rabbi as I am not one!

2. Next, do a hunt on the country you are staying at, again chabad.org and kosherdelight.com are great sites.

3. Find the Jews in the country you are traveling to. Do enough making ready to make sure the community knows you are coming. A lot of community have lists with an approved section of foods with builder and there is a no section and a maybe.

Email population in develop to talk about food. For example, in Lisbon there is a woman who cooks food for Jewish travelers. In Cophenhagen you can eat their yogurt. All these insider secrets come from talking to the residents of the city/country you are traveling to.

I imagine if you are touring a country with little Jewry, you want to see and do and meet people, and learn about the culture. Like I said, find the Jews, palpate them, make sure they know you are coming, find out what you can and cannot eat and bring food that is non perishable.

You can go anywhere! Part of the fun is doing the study before hand only to be able to use it when you get there.

Business Travelers

If you are traveling with your business or on business and need to be able to "blend in" to business dinners and awards ceremonies, here's what you can do.

Instead of asking your business to furnish you with kosher (because mixups can often occur), call the hotel directly and ask for the catering services manager. Tell them you need kosher meals.

I know of one frum woman who was being honored at a business evening meal and what she had the hotel do was use a regular china plate with a napkin folded beautifully on top of the plate. On top of the napkin was a plastic plate holding her actual dinner. It was very discreet, no one noticed that she was eating a dissimilar meal. This was in Cancun.

You can do it too!

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If you are planning a Hawaiian themed wedding then you may also want to have a Hawaiian bridal shower. A Hawaiian themed bridal shower doesn't have to be a full luau. Instead you can use Ocean or beach inspired colors and decorations and have a tropical drink party.

If you want to have a Hawaiian themed wedding then a luau may be a great design base to work around. For Hawaiian wedding decoration you will need to look for Lauhala mats, centerpieces made from leaves, ferns, and tropical flowers, pineapples, palm fronds, sand, tropical bird figurines, coconuts, torches, and fabrics for draping in tropical colors of red, green, blue, purple, orange, and yellow. For traditional luau food you will want to include poi, poke, Lumilomi salmon, laufau, Kalua pig, opihi, chicken long rice, Haupia, and Kulolo in your wedding menu. To complete the Hawaiian feel of your wedding make sure that you add Hawaiian music and dancers to your celebration.

In addition to having a luau, your Hawaiian wedding will also need to include Hawaiian wedding apparel. For the groom white linen pants and a white Hawaiian Aloha Shirt will work great. For the bride you can select from a white sun dress or a white sarong. The wedding party can dress in white as well or they can go with tropical colors to compliment the wedding theme.

To complete your Hawaiian themed wedding you may also want to buy tropical wedding favors to give to your guests and wedding party. These favors may include engraved or personalized items, or simple tropical themed novelty items. A few favors that you can buy include: grass skirts, coconut bras, seashells, hula dancer glass ornaments, sea glass, Kamarri wood toasting cups, tropical themed bookmarks with your favorite poem or Hawaiian saying, and personalized tropical themed place settings.

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If you are looking for a unique theme for your next celebration, consider a tropical luau party theme. A Hawaiian luau party is perfect blend of casual fun with irresistible splashes of tropical flair. Let's look at a few luau party ideas to help you get started planning this fun and tropical event.

The very first step is to set the date and select a location. Although you can host a luau celebration indoors, this type of party is usually best outdoors. A poolside setting is an ideal location, but a deck or backyard will also work.

Party Invitations With a Tropical Flair

Next you will need to make a guest list and create invitations. The great thing about luau party invitations is that there are a lot of fun themed ideas to work with. For example, cut out paper in the shape of pineapples, palm trees or hula girls and glue tiny decorations onto them. You will find tiny wooden items shaped like fruit, islands and palm trees at your local craft shop that can be used for this purpose.

Tropical Flair Party Supplies & Decorations

Creating that Hawaiian tropical atmosphere is a must for your party. The easiest way to create a true luau party theme is to think color-color-color!

Decorate the table with colorful cloths and those fake grass skirts that can be purchased at the party shops. If you have some indoor ferns or trees bring those to the party and let them help you create the perfect tropical island look. Add lots of flowers with bright colors and large blossoms. For a final tropical touch, add a few tiki torches.

Hawaiian Luau Party Favors

An assortment of colorful leis for your guests to wear is a must have Hawaiian party favor. Why not make your own leis, bracelets and anklets as party favors? Buy some of the tiny seashells from a craft store and add these to the leis as well.

Luau Party Food Favorites

The menu for a luau can be as simple or as exotic as you like. You will want to have at least one or two traditional luau foods. Pork is a staple at most luaus and can be the main course at your own party.

Roast plantains and fresh fruit are additional menu items that you may want to include. Make your table look really special by highlighting it with several bowls piled high with pineapples, mangoes, papayas and bananas.

A luau is meant to be a celebration of food, friendship, love and family, so do not feel restricted in foods you can serve. The menu can be tailored to the needs and tastes of you and your guest. Instead of a traditional roast pig, you can serve BBQ items such as hot dogs, burgers and ribs. There are even vegetarian versions of these foods available.

To add the luau party theme flair to your beverages, decorate the drinks with spears of freshly diced fruit and bright paper cocktail umbrellas. Blend of ginger ale, sherbet and fruit juice to create a delicious island inspired punch.

Luau parties are a lot of fun to plan and the luau party theme has many, many creative, imaginative touches you can add to create your own signature event. So have your guest wear their most colorful tropical shirt, greet everyone with a flower lei and a warm aloha for a fabulous Hawaiian luau party.

If you are thinking about planning a Hawaiian Luau Party, visit the ultimate party planning guide at http://hostingtheperfectparty.com. Here you'll find the best party planning information, articles and tips to make sure your next party is a success.

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