Tips for Planning Your Destination Wedding: Wyndham Weddings
Create a website to post information about the wedding, destination, hotel, airline, recreational activities, etc. Some easy-to-use sites include weddingwire.com, marthastewart.com/weddings and thenest.com.
Do your destination wedding research! Depending on the destination, the marriage license requires legal documents for approval (e.g. a birth certificate) or even a blood test. The requirements may vary by destination.
Passport requirements are another key factor in determining your destination wedding location. You may want to survey your family and friends to see how many have one. Make sure to give those who do not have a passport the time to obtain one.
Ten reasons for planning a destination wedding:
- Destination weddings are less expensive
- They take less time to plan
- Less stress for the couple - let your wedding coordinator worry about the details!
- A "one-stop shop" - wedding, reception and travel arrangements are basically combined
- Unique - you are a special couple that deserves a special wedding
- More spontaneous
- Intimate
- Wedding moon - combining the wedding and honeymoon
- Vacation for family and friends
- Memorable - for both the newlyweds and their guests
Insider destination wedding tip: Guys! You don't have to wait for the wedding to celebrate. Make the engagement special, too. Here at the Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort & Spa, we have organized several "engagement" dinners on the beach as well as rose petals, champagne and chocolates in the couple's room. Some of our most romantic couples have planned private day-sails to secluded beaches where they can celebrate their future together while having a romantic picnic on the sand.
