Planning a Tropical Destination Wedding?
Destination weddings are tricky, especially if you’re planning one from afar. It may be difficult on so many levels if you don’t have a healthy imagination. Yes, imagination. One of the challenges of destination wedding planning is imagining yourself, the couple and the guests in the setting itself. It may be hard to imagine the feel of the breeze and the warmth of the sun when you’re doing the planning from afar and it’s winter in your location.
You may be tempted to simply hire a travel planner to do the work for you. But get this: that’s going to be two or three middle men in operation. You should become your own travel planner. It helps if you’ve interned as a travel advisor in the past before you decided to strike out on your own as a destination wedding planner.
You will need to trim down the costs so that you have enough budget for the venue, the ceremony and everything else. Here are more tips for setting up a tropical destination wedding.
Venue search should begin a year before the event, ideally. But you can start at six months. Possible conflicts in schedule can be dealt with as soon as possible. Research the weather conditions, as well as the facilities of the venue to handle emergency situations, like a sudden downpour. There may be no Walmart where you’re going, and you can’t buy up a tarp to cover the ceremony ground, so make sure the venue has a plan B if a garden wedding does not push through because of rain.
Before making a guest list, consult with each potential guest to find out if they have the budget for travelling. It would be a shame to print out the guest list and book the tickets if the guest does not intend to go.
Lastly, go there before the couple and the guests. Being on location can help you set up better, and help you get a tan before the event. Of course, you can get a tan towel just in case you don’t tan well because of the many chores you have to deal with indoors.