The micro wedding has quietly become the fastest-growing category in destination weddings. Couples are trading 150-guest hometown celebrations for 20- to 40-guest destination weddings that feel meaningfully more personal, more thoughtful, and (surprisingly) often cost less. Welcome to the micro-luxe era: smaller guest list, bigger experience per guest. Here’s why it’s exploded, what it actually looks like, and how to…
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AI tools have become part of the planning process for a lot of destination wedding couples. ChatGPT drafts speeches, image generators produce mood boards, and dedicated wedding-planning apps use AI to sort timelines and vendor lists. Some of it saves real time. Some of it creates problems. Our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists have seen how AI is helping (and hurting)…
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The Dominican Republic delivers some of the best value on Caribbean wed-cations, with the deepest all inclusive resort lineup in the Caribbean, wide postcard-worthy beaches, and one of the friendliest wedding legal-marriage processes in the region. Whether you’re picturing Punta Cana’s celebrated beachfront, Cap Cana’s exclusive gated enclave, or emerging Miches’s newer resorts, here’s how to plan the perfect wedding…
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Aruba is one of the few Caribbean destinations that never really shuts down. It sits outside the hurricane belt, the trade winds keep the beaches breezy year-round, and the resort strip along Palm Beach and Eagle Beach lines up some of the region’s most polished all-inclusive properties. For couples working with a tight wedding budget, Aruba’s entry-tier destination wedding packages…
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Destination weddings look meaningfully different in 2026 than they did five years ago. Couples are trimming guest lists, extending trips, prioritizing content, and leaning into tropical color palettes that would’ve felt bold in 2020. If you’re planning your destination wedding for 2026 or 2027, here’s what’s actually trending across our DW Specialist bookings this year. 1. Wed-cations Replace Wedding Days…
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Not every destination wedding ceremony is the same. Some are legally binding at the wedding destination, while others are symbolic. Some layer in religious or cultural traditions. Some blend two heritages into one shared ceremony. Choosing the right ceremony type shapes your paperwork, your budget, and the experience your guests remember. Here’s how our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists walk couples…
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Before you start touring resorts, comparing packages, or picking a wedding date, our Certified Destination Wedding Specialists want you to know a few things. Not the surface-level tips you’ll find on any wedding blog, but the honest, first-hand feedback they give couples in their first phone call. This is the pre-planning briefing we wish every couple got before they started…
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Marlys and Hunter met at a wedding in 2018, where at first, Hunter turned Marlys down all night when asked to dance! They talked as friends for eight months while living in separate states, until they decided to meet again and see what could happen. Long story short, there was instant attraction and from there, they started their new life…
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Perhaps a story of love at first sight, Ryan and Josiah met at a party in San Antonio Texas and have been inseparable ever since. After Ryan proposed exactly three years after the day they met, they couldn’t wait to start planning their new life together. When it came to planning a wedding, they knew most of their friends and…
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Wendy knew she wanted to have a destination wedding the moment Atrayo proposed – she had been married before and didn’t want to go through all the stresses of planning a local wedding (hunting for a venue, caterer, cake, decorations, etc.). She loved the idea of showing up with her dress and letting a wedding planner handle the rest! It…
