You just got engaged and or in the process of planning your wedding, I’m sure you must have heard the words Destination Wedding many times and may have wondered what is that?!
Well let us help you with that:
Think exotic!
Think the Caribbean! (destination weddings popular locations- the Caribbean; Italy; France)
Here are some ideas on how you can customize your sand ceremony:
Exotic, as defined by the Miriam-Webster online, means strikingly, excitingly, or mysteriously different or unusual introduced from another country.
Thus, a Destination Wedding is usually explained as having a wedding at least 100 miles away from the bride’s home in an exotic location. Though this exotic feeling is quite subjective to the traveller’s taste, the essence of travelling far away from home to an area that may or may not be unfamiliar to you and your guests is always enthralling!
Having a destination wedding always helps with your numbers as this naturally allows for limited invitees. We know that weddings are a time bringing both sides of the family together for this grand union, and destination weddings are no different unless you are an eloper. So taking your wedding far away outside of your hometown to a location that is exotic to you and your lover, many family and friends may not be able to attend, therefore your numbers will automatically be smaller compared to the number of invitees/attendees one would have if the wedding would have been held in hometown.
With your guests flying into the wedding location, it creates the best opportunity to have group exploration especially if your numbers are small (say, maximum 30 guests). Therefore, you and your travel agent could plan group excursions and this is an added value to having a destination wedding with group rates (ask your travel agent or local wedding planner). This kind of package becomes most enticing to your guests and your wedding will no longer be just an occasion but will be an enhanced experience that your guest will talk about for years to come (instead of a day your destination wedding will become days).
One of the best thing about having a destination wedding is the fact that you can have your wedding and honeymoon in one location. Hotels in these locations specialize in destination weddings. You may explore the web for these hotels and their wedding offerings which may include wedding and honeymoon packages.
Here’s the real beauty of having a destination wedding: you can hire a local wedding planner who will do all the work for you. With a great wedding planner, all you will need to do is have your dress ready (dependent on what you will need your local wedding planner to do). But it lends to the fact that you or other trusted family members may not be able to visit the location before the wedding but the planner is your legs, ears and eyes on the ground and a great wedding planner builds confidence in their couple right up to the last bit of wedding details. You can even hire a planner for the day, this is a popular choice for those visiting the location for a couple of hours and want to get married on one of their stop over locations(couples on a cruise).
Sounds exotic enough?!
Planning your destination wedding in Jamaica, you can check out one of our earlier blog post “Destination Jamaica”.