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 of our…
Destination wedding bookings for LGBTQ+ are up meaningfully year over year, and the couples driving that growth are choosing destinations, resorts, and formats that look different from the “typical” straight-couple playbook. If you’re planning an LGBTQ+ destination wedding for 2026 or 2027, here are the trends shaping the category and where our Certified Destination Wedding…
Multi-generational destination weddings are one of the most rewarding formats to plan and one of the trickiest to get right. Grandparents, toddlers, teens, and adults all in one resort for four days sounds beautiful. It also demands a specific approach to destination, resort, room configuration, and itinerary. Here’s how our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists help…
Wedding content creators are one of the fastest-growing roles in the wedding industry, and destination weddings are where they arguably add the most value. Between multi-day itineraries, tropical settings, and guests spread across time zones, there’s a lot of content to capture. But is a content creator worth the money on top of your photographer…
Ask a destination wedding couple which all inclusive resort they should book, and you’ll get 500 different answers. Ask our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists, who plan hundreds of weddings a year, and a clear consensus emerges. Below are the 14 all inclusive destination wedding resorts our DW Specialist network books most often, with the reasons…
The most common question our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists are asked: which resorts actually deliver a great wedding without pushing into luxury pricing? We polled our wedding specialist network on their most-recommended budget-friendly wedding resorts, and a consistent list emerged. These are the resorts & venues our DW Specialists book most often for couples who…
More couples than ever are rethinking the traditional one-day wedding and swapping it for something that feels more like a shared getaway. Enter the wed-cation, also known as the destination wedding vacation. It combines the ceremony, the reception, and a multi-day tropical trip into one seamless celebration. If you’ve been hearing the term more and…
Planning a wedding vacation (or wed-cation) isn’t just planning a wedding, and it isn’t just planning a vacation. It’s threading both together into one seamless experience for you, your closest people, and the multi-day destination wedding celebration you all deserve. Here’s how to do it well, from the first destination shortlist to the final farewell…
Our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists have watched hundreds of destination weddings unfold. From that first-hand vantage point, a specific set of “must-haves” emerges consistently. Some are practical logistics that prevent problems. Others are the small moments that turn a great wedding into an unforgettable one. Here’s the definitive DW Specialist-curated list of what every destination…
All-inclusive resort weddings sometimes get labeled as “cookie-cutter.” Same beach setup, same package flowers, same generic reception dinner. That reputation isn’t entirely fair, but it exists for a reason: couples who take the resort’s default package as-is often end up with a wedding that looks a lot like the one that happened last week. Our…
South Asian destination weddings are multi-day, multi-event celebrations that traditionally take place across three to five days with distinct religious, cultural, and celebration elements. When you plan one at a destination resort in Mexico or the Caribbean, you get the tropical setting your family has probably dreamed about, plus the on-property logistics that make multi-day…