The Caribbean for Weddings & Honeymoons
The Caribbean is a wonderfully romantic place to get married or spend the perfect honeymoon. The climate is fantastic and the views are simply amazing! No drizzly umbrella days just wall to wall sunshine and romance!
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Imagine the romance of exchanging your vows on a beautiful Caribbean beach in St. Lucia or in lush tropical surroundings, perhaps at dusk when the heat of the day slowly ebbs away. A beach wedding is something you will remember all your life. However you could be married on a cliff-top or under a gazebo to keep you in the shade, and then move to the beach for your reception. The Caribbean has many locations to ensure you live the dream of a perfect wedding.
A Caribbean beach wedding is a must, and it will be a wedding to remember all your life. Many beach weddings are very inexpensive compared to costs in the UK and you can also fit your honeymoon as well, so the overall cost to you is a lot lower than you may think. Some resorts such as St. James Club Antigua or Almond Casuarina Beach Resort
Barbados even offer free Carribean weddings!
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Also the regulations have loosened up in the past few years and in many islands you only have to be resident for two or three days before you can get married. For all the current regulations, please check with your agent at time of booking.
Due to their location, many islands and resorts offer complete packages including transport, flowers, photographer, the wedding cake and a fantastic Caribbean feast with champagne.
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So to avoid the major stresses of arranging a wedding at home, why not select the Caribbean and let the locals spoil you and ensure your big day will be one to remember and set in a tropical, exotic location It’s now even easier than ever.
The Caribbean has a wealth of resorts where you can pre-pay for everything, from spa treatments to snorkelling, so all you have to do on your honeymoon is lie back and relax. |
Top tips for extra romance!
If your wedding purse is pretty full, why not adding some extra, extra special touches to your dream wedding or honeymoon.
Celebrity transfers
You know you're off to a good start together when you're collected from the airport in a gleaming limousine. Maybe a helicopter transfer in St Lucia would be the ideal start or end to your honeymoon? Sandy Lane in Barbados provide a Rolls Royce to collect you at the airport too!
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Double bed flights
A must for all honeymoon couples are Virgin's new double beds, now offered in Upper Class on all of its 747s. You'll wake up refreshed and raring to go, even on the other side of the world.
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Butler service
Butlers are the latest must-have of the rich and ravishing and can often be requested to add some extra special touch to your holiday The Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort in Jamaica, even has bath butlers on hand to fill your bath!
Alfresco bathrooms
There are few things more romantic than an outside tub for two! One special Caribbean location these can be booked is at Golden Eye Resort in Jamaica, where James Bond creator Ian Fleming used to reside.
Many of the above can be pre-booked. Ask your agent at time of booking for more details.
Top 3
Top 3 Caribbean wedding choices this year are Barbados, St Lucia & Jamaica for their terrific beaches and excellent hotels and resorts.
Documentation
Here is a list of documents required to meet Caribbean wedding regulations:
All documents must be in English unless otherwise stated:
Original or certified copes of birth certificates
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Valid passports
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If divorced, the original or certified copies of Decree Absolute
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If widowed, the original or certified copy of deceased spouse death certificate and marriage certificate
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Written parental consent if under 18 years of age
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Change of name must be by Deed Poll proven by an Affidavit
Some food for thought. For further information on any of the above – please don’t hesitate to give our wedding specialists a call.
If you are seeking a wedding venue with a difference, somewhere you and your guests will remember for ever, then consider a Caribbean beach wedding. It ticks all the right boxes, and can offer anything that you will get back home but much, much more!
If you are looking to find out which resorts in the Caribbean offer FREE weddings, then please visit our FREE Caribbean Weddings page.
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