$$$ saved will give Wedding Expo winners a healthy start

Elation: 2014’s ‘Race to the Altar’ winners Maria Prince and Ryan Fletchman with Roraima Airways CEO Gerry Gouveia after the announcement

After the winners of the 2014 Roraima Airways Wedding Expo ‘Race to the Altar’ were announced on the evening of Friday March 7, the lucky couple could not conceal their elation. The ultimate prize, an expenses-paid wedding,  had attracted a number of keen and hopeful couples, the various pieces of the overall prize having been sponsored by at least a dozen local business houses.

The ‘Race to the Altar’ may be what Roraima’s Marketing Manager Shamane Davis describes as “good fun” but none of the couples could deny that they were earnestly hoping to be named the winners. Young couples, these days, are drawn to dream weddings, never-to-be-forgotten events. These days, those can cost an arm and a leg so that many couples opt to delay the gratification rather than to settle for less.

Even a modest wedding can leave behind both fond memories and a bill so hefty sometimes, that it may take at