General FAQ's
FREQUENTLY ASKED questions about the Reunion & Grenada
The reunion will take place the week of July 24-30th, 2023 on the island of Grenada, in various locations in and around the capital, St. George’s.
There will be tickets generated when you pay for registration and the events of your choice. These tickets need to be printed, screen shot, downloaded to your device or the ticket code jotted down to show when you arrive at the events. These ticket codes will be matched against our registration list and guest list for each event you purchased.
Sure , here are some names and numbers
Irwin (Pumpkin) Donald: (473) 407 4667
Dunbar Phillip: (473) 536 6278
Ashton: (473) 420 0431
Jebby: (473) 403 0079
Judy: (473) 449 4386
Lawrence (Duffy): (473) 406 2841
Raymond: (473) 406 8875
Alvin: (473) 533 4897 *
Glenn: (473) 406 9715 *
Nick: (473) 406 3516 *
Ravi: (473) 419 9873 *
Donald: (473) 533 9900
* Can be reached on Whatsapp
Registration ENDS today July 20th at noon.
We require your registration and registration fee to attend the reunion. Each person must be registered and paid for including each child (ages 5 to 10; children under 5 do not pay) needs a paid registration.
For example: For a party that includes 3 adults you should indicate that you are paying for 3 persons ( select 3 from the adult drop down box ).
There is a cost for each event. After registration you will be guided on how to go about paying for the event tickets.
No. There are 6 reunion events spread throughout the reunion week with free time in between. You can choose to attend as few or as many of these as you like. We do encourage you to attend the Meet and Greet, kick-off event, as this will help bring everyone together and will feature some of the family’s history. Family history event is on Thursday, July 27th.
Please go to the Reunion Schedule and Events page.
We’ll present on family history at the first event – the Meet & Greet on Monday, July 24th as well as the Family History Event on Thursday, July 27th which is the 3rd event of the reunion.
If you would like to assist a family member by paying their reunion fees online, simply pay their registration fees and fees for the events they will attend, filling in “their” information. Payment information will be available on the Registration page and Events page.
Yes! Please and thank you. Donations in the form of time and money are both accepted. To volunteer, please indicate it on your registration and we’ll reach out to you. You can also Contact Us [link to relevant page] to volunteer. To donate financially, please use this Donate link [coming soon…] 100% of all donations will be used to provide an exciting weekend of family and fun.
When they are available you will be able to buy reunion t-shirts from Halcyone at the reunion.
You will want to consider making arrangements to buy roaming cellphone/mobile talk, text and date minutes before you arrive in Grenada. This is important because some mobile carriers will charge you a lot for roaming, unexpectedly, after the fact.
If you are staying longer than the week, you may consider (if not already the case) having your cellphone/mobile unlocked and buying a local SIM card in Grenada.
Large group gatherings have been impacted by the COVID pandemic, so as we plan the reunion we want to make sure we consider the safety of our oldest and youngest family members, the most vulnerable population. In the interest of the safety of young and old, we ask that those attending the reunion take COVID precautions seriously
To lower the COVID-19 risk at the reunion, we ask all reunion attendees to comply with current public health directives, including local Grenadian ones [link to these].
Please note that we cannot confirm the vaccination status of reunion attendees, whether and when they have had COVID-19 or otherwise guarantee safety.
For events that occur indoors, we urge caution. You may want to mask unless actively eating/drinking or with those from your immediate household. Surgical masks will be on hand at reunion events.
Antigen testing is a step you may want to take to ensure everyone’s safety at the reunion. Unfortunately, we cannot provide rapid antigen tests. They are available for free or at low cost in many of the countries where Bullen family members live.
If you, your children or older folks are especially vulnerable, then you will have to make appropriate decisions about masking, proximity to others, amount of time spent at indoor events and whether or not you will attend at all.
We encourage you to make choices that are right for you. If you need to cancel or change your reunion registration as a result, please let us know.
You may want to consider packing the following items:
- Light, breathable clothing
- Clothing such as a cardigan, sweater/jumper, warm button-up shirt, wrap, shawl or scarf you can wear if you feel cold or it gets breezy. A cover-up will also be needed in some more formal situations, as if you visit the Grenada Parliament building.
- A dressy/semi-formal outfit for the Dinner-Dance if you’re attending it
- Insect repellent (mosquitos and sand flies can be a menace in unscreened locations after 3:30 pm each day)
- A hat
- Sunscreen
- Sunglasses
- Swimsuit/swim trunks
- Swim goggles as the ocean water can sting many people’s eyes
- Sandals
- Ear plugs and/or ear protectors if you are sensitive to sounds (depending on where you stay there will tree frog and insect noises and possibly rooster and dog sounds at night and in the early morning, as well)
- Umbrella/rain gear
- Sea-sickness medicine (if you plan on boating)
- Pain medication (such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen or aspirin)
- Allergy medication
- Antacid medication
- Bandaids/plasters
- Face masks
- Electrical converter or adaptor
- Phone and charger
- Portable battery pack
Check with your credit or debit card to see if there are international fees per transaction. This varies by provider and can add up quickly, so do your homework by contacting them before you go. It is also a good idea to notify them of your travel dates when you will be using the card internationally.
We encourage you to patronize Grenada’s shops, vendors, and restaurants. Your purchases help support the local people and economy.
It is important for you and yours to register for the reunion because it helps the planning team plan a wonderful reunion for us all.
Your registration ensures we can determine how much food, drink and seating to have. It also allows us to pay the vendors working on the reunion promptly. Without your financial support there could be no reunion.
Moreover, registering allows us to communicate important details to you in advance.
Further, during the reunion week, the information you’ve provided should help speed check-in at the events. Overall, it should ensure a well-organized and enjoyable experience for everyone involved.
Yes. Please let us know about your special dietary requirements and/or allergies on the Dietary Restriction form here. We will work with our caterers to make the necessary arrangements.
We will include transportation by bus for the Island Tour as part of your ticket cost for this event. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AND BUY YOUR EVENT TICKETS.
We will also be providing you with a shuttle from the airport parking lot to the entrance of the Aquarium Restaurant on Friday, July 28th.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING TO AND FROM THE DINNER DANCE THAT IS BEING HELD AT THE AQUARIUM RESTAURANT.
No. Please check our Travel and Transportation and Where To Stay and What To Do pages for information related to this question.
Grenada’s international airport is Maurice Bishop International (Airport code: GND).
The Bullen Family Reunion 2023 will be the third family reunion. The first was in Toronto in 2000 and the second in Grenada in 2010.
Yes, children are most welcome at the reunion. Keep in mind that the Dinner-Dance is a night time event, the Island Tour is several hours long and that the Beach Party’s shoreside location will mean that you will need to be careful with little ones going into the water. Parents/guardians are advised to be responsible for their children at all times, at all of the reunion events.
The dress code varies for each event. Dress for the Island Tour, Beach Party and Sunday Brunch is casual. The Dinner-Dance will be dressy-semi-formal.
Dogs and cats are also allowed at the outdoor events, but you must keep dogs LEASHED AT ALL TIMES. Your pets are welcome as long as they are well behaved and friendly, and you keep them tethered at all times (no running free). Thanks for your understanding.
Here are some of the other family surnames There are many more family surnames than these: Abdullah, Agei, Akinkunmi, Alexander, Alleyne, Anatsui, Anderson, Anson, Arnold, Austin, Aymer, Bain, Bascombe, Bates, Beath, Beckles, Benoit, Bernard, Bethel, Bishop, Blackette, Boca, Boles, Brewster, Briggs, Browne, Buckmire, Burrell, Byer, Cabrera, Campbell, Carter, Charles, Charter, Cherubin, Christopher, Church, Cleary, Collins, Cox, Cruickshank, Cuffie, Dabreo, Daniel, Davis, Dawkins, DeCouteau, DeGale, Deleon, Dessel, Douglas, Drennan, Dunn, Ettienne, Ferguson, Fergusson, Ferriera, Fisher, Fletcher, Forsyth, Fortune, Francis, Frank, Gaffney, Gaines, Garraway, Gellineau, Gittens, Glean, Goring, Grant, Guarnaccia, Hackett, Hanney, Harris, Harrison, Haynes, Hazell, Henry, Hoch, Jallow, Jarvis, John, Jordan, Joseph, Kennedy, King, Knights, Lambert, Lambkin, Lamotte, Lander, Lanham, Law, Leon, Lewin, Lewis, Lochead, Logue, Lord, Lucas, Lue Fung, Mackintosh, Mahon, Malveaux, Maricheau, Mason, Maynard, McLean, McMaster, Medina, Mitchell, Monzalvo, Myers, Navarro, Nehaul, Nicholson, Nwabuoku, Noel, O’Toole, Ocasio, Okonneh, Oluonye, Osborne, Paul, Payne, Perree, Peters, Peterson, Phillips, Pierre, Pinto, Pitty, Poutre, Price, Quintanilla, Quiros, Radix, Rapier, Rashid, Redhead, Redwood, Renwick, Roberts, Rogers, Rouse, Rubira, Rutherford, St. Bernard, St. John, Salazar, Selman, Sharp, Skinner, Spencer, Steele, Stephenson, Stevenson, Stewart, Stiell, Streete, Stovall, Stuart, Sylvester, Taylor, Telesford, Thomas, Thornhill, Toney, Walker, Walter, Webb, Weir, Wells, White, Whitehead, Wiggers, Williams, Wilkerson, Wilt, Wintersgill, Withstandley, Worme, Zarak, Zubas
Although this is by no means a complete surname list, if there is a name not included above that you’d like to see in the list or if there’s a misspelling, please contact us [link to relevant page] to let us know and we will add it to or correct it in the list. No offense or disrespect meant.
We have roots in Barbados and before that largely to West Africa with some Indigenous and European ancestry. Our story is wrapped up with colonialism and the history of the “New World,” slavery, the sugar economy, petroleum, the Great Powers, the Panama Canal, the Harlem Renaissance and the World Wars. We live and have lived in Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba, Panama, Mexico, Brazil, the United States, Canada, the UK, other parts of Europe and the Caribbean as well as Africa and Asia.
Of those in the US and Canada there are large clusters of us in New York, the DC-Maryland area, Florida, California, Texas; Toronto and Montreal. In the UK, the family is strong in and around London.
Please visit our Family Photos section [link to relevant page/section].
We’ll try. Please see our About Grenada page [link to About Grenada page].
Please check the Where to Stay and What To Do page for ideas.
- Bev Campbell (Matthew “Robbie” Bullen Branch, Barbados-Grenada Tree)
- Brandon Carter (Arthur Hugh Melville Bullen Branch, Barbados-Grenada Tree)
- Doreen St. Bernard Wiggers (Matthew “Robbie” Bullen Branch, Barbados-Grenada Tree)
- Elise Aymer (Matthew “Robbie” Bullen Branch, Barbados-Grenada Tree)
- Eura St. Bernard (Matthew “Robbie” Bullen Branch, Barbados-Grenada Tree)
- Folusho Akinkunmi (Matthew “Robbie” Bullen Branch, Barbados-Grenada Tree)
- Halcyone Bullen Thomas (Arthur Hugh Melville Bullen Branch, Barbados-Grenada Tree)
- McDonald Bullen (William Irvine Bullen and Matthew “Robbie” Bullen Branches, Barbados-Grenada Tree)
- Ngozi Oluonye (Matthew “Robbie” Bullen Branch, Barbados-Grenada Tree)
- Paula Bullen Aymer (Matthew “Robbie” Bullen Branch, Barbados-Grenada Tree)
