A Mexico destination wedding sounds simple from the outside (pick a resort, get on a plane, say your vows on a beach) and it can be. But the planning process has more moving pieces than couples typically expect: choosing between a symbolic and a legal ceremony, navigating apostille paperwork, picking from Mexico’s seven main wedding hubs, and locking in a…
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Barbados has a way of slowing your wedding down. Most couples who choose the island stay seven nights (longer than nearly anywhere else in the Caribbean) and bring just one or two guests.
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Most couples first see a photo of the Pitons rising straight out of the Caribbean and immediately assume St. Lucia is going to be the most expensive wedding they'll ever plan.
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Aruba has a reputation. Boutique-luxury resorts, glittering Palm Beach high-rises, eco-anchored Eagle Beach hideaways, and the kind of polished service most couples assume comes with a serious five-figure price tag.
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Aruba calls itself "One Happy Island," and LGBTQ+ couples who get married here usually understand why pretty quickly. The Dutch Caribbean island sits below the hurricane belt with trade winds that keep the air comfortable year-round.
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Getting legally married in Jamaica is one of the simplest legal-marriage paths in the Caribbean. There’s no blood test, no health screening, no apostille required on your foreign documents, no mandatory three- to four-day residency window. You arrive in Jamaica at least 24 hours before the ceremony. Your resort coordinator submits the marriage license application, the license is processed within…
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A Los Cabos destination wedding has all the visual drama of the Arch at Land’s End and the cobalt of the Sea of Cortez, but the planning process has more moving pieces than couples typically expect: choosing between a symbolic and a legal ceremony, navigating apostille paperwork, locking in a room block, deciding between Cabo San Lucas, the Corridor, San…
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A Puerto Vallarta destination wedding has the kind of cinematic backdrop that practically does the photography for you, but the planning process has more moving pieces than couples typically expect: choosing between a symbolic and a legal ceremony, navigating apostille paperwork, locking in a room block, deciding between Puerto Vallarta proper and the Nuevo Vallarta or Punta de Mita corridors.…
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A Cancun destination wedding sounds simple from the outside (pick a resort, get on a plane, say your vows on the beach) and it can be. But the process has more moving pieces than couples typically expect: choosing between a symbolic and a legal ceremony, navigating apostille paperwork, locking in a room block, deciding between the Hotel Zone and the…
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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 every couple’s love story on…
