Caribbean Weddings

More and more couples are choosing destination weddings as the way in which they want to exchange vows, and Caribbean weddings are among the most popular choices. Here’s a look at some wedding packages you may want to investigate further to see if what they offer is what you and your soon-to-be-spouse may be interested in.

Sandals Resorts

The well-known Sandals resort company offers Caribbean weddings overseen by celebrity wedding planner Preston Bailey. Four beautiful packages are offered: The Floral Elegance, The Water Lily, The Seascape, and The Crystal at prices that range from $1,700 to $5,000. Sandals also offers what they call their “WeddingMoon” deal, which offers a free wedding with a stay of seven nights or longer.

The basic Caribbean wedding package through Sandals offers document preparation, a 5”x7” photograph, tee shirts imprinted with “Just Married” on them, a bouquet and boutonniere, a wedding cake, a champagne with hors d’oeuvres reception for the couple and two guests, a honeymoon dinner, and a Continental breakfast served in bed. The high-end package offers a whole array of extra, deluxe amenities. To view this and other wedding packages from Sandals, go to www.Sandals.com.

Island Brides

Island Brides features Caribbean weddings at more than 30 different destinations. One of the unique and thoughtful offerings from Island Brides is a Web site (with wedding-package purchase) with which the couple can share their island wedding experience with friends and family. The bride-and-groom Web site is offered with a choice of design, photo gallery, blog site, a guest book, registry, and more.

Because there are so many different resorts, venues, photography services, and Caribbean wedding planners associated with Island Brides, it behooves the soon-to-be-wed couple to visit the site and spend a few hours browsing their many offerings. Suffice it to say that just about any place in the Caribbean that interests you is listed in this company’s repertoire of wedding-oriented services.

Island Hideaways

Island Hideaways offers three sample Caribbean wedding packages, but the site is careful to let it be known that it can provide services at other islands. Their sample packages are very reasonably priced: The “I Do” package is only $450; the “Wedded Bliss” is $650; and the “Villa Wedding” package is priced at a mere $795. All these packages are for the couple only and do not include what Island Hideaways terms “site fees.”

Photography/videography, flowers, champagne or cider, music, and cake are considered extra at this Caribbean wedding site, but standard included services are a professional coordinator, marriage license and framable keepsake, transportation for the first two of its three sample packages, witnesses, a minister, and the ceremony. The last two of the three packages offer 36 exposures of film taken by a professional photographer.

Caribbean weddings can be as simple or as elaborate as your pocketbook dictates and your desires wish. So spend some time online checking out the various sites that offer these island weddings, talk to friends, relatives, and online forums. With a little investigative work, you’ll no doubt find an island-wedding venue to please the both of you and to provide lasting memories for the rest of your lives together.