A barefoot ceremony on Negril’s Seven Mile Beach. A garden gazebo wrapped in tropical florals at a Sandals resort in Ocho Rios. A sunset vow exchange on a Montego Bay terrace with the Caribbean rolling out behind you. Jamaica’s mix of palm-fringed beaches, lush gardens, and warm island hospitality has made it one of the…
There’s something undeniably romantic about saying “I do” on a soft Mexican beach with turquoise water stretching out behind you and your favorite people kicking off their shoes in the sand. And here’s the surprising part: a destination wedding in Mexico typically costs between $5,000 and $20,000 for an all-inclusive package, with most couples spending…
Hawaii has been quietly one of the most welcoming wedding destinations in the world for LGBTQ+ couples for a long time before the rest of the country caught up. Same-sex marriage has been fully legal here since 2013, and the islands have built a wedding culture around the kind of warm, ceremony-honoring hospitality that recognizes…
Some destinations were practically built for the big family wedding. Hawaii is one of them.
A big wedding in Barbados has a particular kind of warmth to it. By the second night your guests have figured out their favorite rum cocktail, half the group is already trading dinner recommendations from the Oistins fish fry.
There’s a moment at every good destination wedding when the whole group, finally relaxed after a long travel day, drifts together for the welcome dinner.
A big destination wedding has its own particular kind of magic. The night before, your favorite cousins are at the swim-up bar swapping stories with people they’d just met at the welcome dinner.
Getting legally married in Punta Cana is meaningfully simpler than in many other Caribbean destinations. There’s no blood test, no residency requirement, and no mandatory pre-ceremony waiting period. The trade-off is paperwork upfront: documents need to be apostilled, translated, and sent to the Dominican Republic 30 to 60 days before your wedding so your resort…
Saying “I do” in Tulum can absolutely be legally binding! Mexico’s civil ceremony process is well-worn, and Tulum’s own Registro Civil handles foreign weddings from the bohemian hotel zone and the surrounding jungle every week. The catch with Tulum specifically: the boutique, low-rise hotel zone has more variable legal-coordination depth than the bigger all-inclusive corridors…
Saying “I do” in Riviera Maya doesn’t have to mean managing the legal paperwork twice. A civil ceremony performed in Quintana Roo state is recognized internationally, which means you can marry on a Mayakoba beach or in a jungle cenote and have the marriage legally binding the moment your acta de matrimonio is signed. The…
Getting legally married in Mexico isn’t complicated, but the steps are specific. You’ll need a civil ceremony at a Mexican Registry Office (Registro Civil), three to four business days in the country before the ceremony, apostilled and translated documents, and a brief health screening completed locally. The good news: most all-inclusive resort wedding teams have…
A wedding in Jamaica has a particular rhythm. Trade winds carry the smell of jerk smoke and sea salt, the soft pulse of reggae drifts in from the resort bar, and the Caribbean shifts from impossibly clear at noon to amber-soft by evening. The big question for most couples planning a Jamaica wedding isn’t whether…