Hawaii’s wedding resort scene is mostly family-friendly by design, but a small handful of properties cater heavily to adults and honeymooners. One property, Hotel Wailea on Maui, is the only true adults-only resort in the islands.
Barbados has one of the most polished adults-only wedding scenes in the Caribbean, anchored by two Sandals couples-only resorts, a new Royalton Autograph Collection property, and four distinctive boutique adults-only hotels.
St. Lucia might be the Caribbean’s most adults-focused wedding destination. With the iconic Pitons as a backdrop, three Sandals couples-only properties, and signature luxury anchors like Jade Mountain and Ladera, St. Lucia is purpose-built for romantic, refined celebrations.
St. Lucia’s family-friendly resort scene gives couples bringing kids and multi-generational guests access to one of the Caribbean’s most dramatic settings, framed by the UNESCO-listed Pitons and lush rainforest.
Aruba’s family-friendly resort scene runs deep, with twenty-plus properties on the island catering specifically to couples bringing kids, teens, and multi-generational families to the wedding.
Aruba’s adults-only resort scene is small but selective, with four properties that focus entirely on creating romantic, refined celebrations for couples and their adult friends and family.
Aruba calls itself “One Happy Island,” and most couples who get married there understand why pretty quickly. Constant trade winds keep the air breezy and the humidity low, the white-sand beaches at Eagle and Palm rival anything else in the Caribbean, and the southern position below the hurricane belt means you can confidently plan an outdoor ceremony in just about any month of the year.
Hawaii is the only U.S. destination that feels truly like a tropical island getaway, with six main islands offering everything from Maui’s lush mountains and white-sand beaches to Big Island’s black volcanic shores and Oahu’s iconic Waikiki coastline.
Barbados is the Caribbean island that doesn’t really fit a single category. It’s where rum was invented, where the wild Atlantic crashes against the eastern coast while the calm Caribbean laps the western “Platinum Coast,” and where British colonial heritage shows up in everything from afternoon tea at Sandy Lane to cricket matches in the village green.
St. Lucia’s signature image is the Pitons: two dramatic volcanic peaks rising straight out of the Caribbean Sea, framing the island’s southwestern coast with a backdrop no other destination can quite replicate.