| One of the biggest advantages of wedding cruises is | | | | actually lands at a number of different ports of call |
| that they easily give way towards honeymoons. When | | | | along the way, it makes it easier to have the wedding |
| a couple sits down to plan a wedding at a Church, the | | | | ceremony during the cruise and then easily branch off |
| planning for the honeymoon is almost always going to | | | | for the honeymoon when all is said and done. |
| be separate from the planning for the wedding and the | | | | In order to illustrate the ease, let us take an example. A |
| wedding reception. The reason for this is that the | | | | typical Caribbean cruise on sale now lasts for two |
| wedding will take place in the Church and it is quite | | | | weeks and visits three different Caribbean islands |
| possible that the reception might as well, but the | | | | during the actual tour (most of the cruise is at sea and |
| honeymoon is going to be somewhere completely | | | | the ship itself has a lot of amenities). This ship does |
| removed from the Church area. This means logically | | | | have the facilities necessary to have a wedding cruise |
| that it does not make much sense to plan them | | | | ceremony on the ship itself or alternatively there is the |
| together. | | | | option of having it at one of the ports of call. |
| This is not so for wedding cruises. The whole idea | | | | A very common wedding cruise structure that might |
| behind a wedding cruise is that it is designed not only | | | | happen on this ship would be to have the wedding two |
| to be more emotional and romantic, but also to be | | | | or three days into the voyage and then disembark for |
| more boisterous. This means that the wedding | | | | a week at the first port of call. While the cruise ship |
| reception has already created the festive atmosphere | | | | visits the other ports the couple has their honeymoon |
| that comes with departing on a honeymoon so the | | | | and they get back on the cruise ship when it re-visits |
| bride and groom are already in the appropriate mood | | | | their port of call on the way back to the starting point. |
| to go out and celebrate their marriage through | | | | The whole process is fluid and this makes it a lot |
| honeymooning. Additionally, it is also advantageous | | | | easier to organize than most other wedding and |
| from a geographical perspective. When you consider | | | | honeymoon combinations. |
| something like a tropical island cruise where the ship | | | | |