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.
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.