| So you have decided that an island wedding is the | | | | unforgettable honeymoon location. |
| best way to start your life together as man and wife. | | | | 5. With so much competition among major travel |
| Or maybe you are still trying to decide if this is actually | | | | destinations there is always a deal floating around and |
| the best way to go. | | | | it only requires a little effort to unearth these gems. |
| Truth is Island Destination Weddings have become | | | | Pick up any major newspaper or check your TV ads |
| quite popular over the last 20 years or so and with | | | | and you are likely to find resorts that are picking up all, |
| tourism now the mainstay of many an island's | | | | or part of your travel costs, offering discounted room |
| economy, island weddings are clearly set to increase. | | | | rates, or maybe even both! |
| Just take a look at the newsstands and you are likely | | | | 6. Your exotic location is the ideal place for newlywed |
| to be amazed by the sheer volume of destination | | | | romance interspersed with bouts of sitting together |
| wedding magazines to be found. | | | | and charting a course for your life's journey. Your |
| Here are seven tips that will either confirm that you | | | | island Weddingmoon can be a time for discovering |
| have made the right decision, or show the undecided | | | | new people, places, excursions, etc, as well as a time |
| bride why an island wedding may be just right for you. | | | | for quiet contemplation of all that life may have in store |
| | | | for you and your new hubby! |
| 1. With a much reduced guest list you will save a ton | | | | 7. Stunningly amazing wedding photography. Where |
| of money even after paying for airfare and | | | | else will you find golden palm trees set amongst lush |
| accommodations. The money saved can go towards | | | | tropical gardens, nestled next to sun kissed, pink tinged, |
| so many other things, from paying down your students' | | | | coral sand beaches? Now imagine this as the |
| loans to being the down payment on a new hybrid car, | | | | backdrop for your wedding photography. You can |
| or better still, a new home! | | | | almost feel the ocean lapping at your toes as you and |
| 2. Remember to KISS...not the lip locking thingy, but | | | | Prince Charming stroll along the shore totally in sync |
| instead, just Keep It Simple Sally. Most island resorts | | | | with your Master Island Photographer as he invites you |
| have competent and experienced wedding | | | | to look lovingly into each other's eyes, holding your |
| coordinators who can take care of your most | | | | champagne flutes sufficiently high that you smell the |
| demanding requests while hardly breaking a sweat. | | | | delicate bouquet of the grapes, but not so high that the |
| Same goes if you have contracted the services of a | | | | glasses block your faces. Then imagine your absolute |
| reputable island wedding planner. | | | | delight when immediately after your wedding you see |
| 3. The legal requirements for getting married in the | | | | your pictures and discover that the golden orb of the |
| Caribbean are extremely simple, with some islands | | | | setting sun is right behind you on the distant |
| requiring you to be a resident for as little as 48 hours! | | | | horizon...Gosh - could there be a better reason for a |
| 4. Not only will you be having your wedding at an | | | | wedding in the islands? |
| exotic destination, but you will already be at an | | | | |