Beach Wedding Planning Tips

Ready to tie the knot? Considering a beach destination wedding? Don’t know where to begin? Congratulations! You’ve come to the right place. Beach destination weddings are becoming more & more popular by the second. When planning your destination wedding you will find several obstacles that you will have to overcome and here at beachweds.com we present you with some tips that will help you make the “planning” more enjoyable rather than nerve wrecking. In order to have a successful destination wedding you will need to start planning your wedding with plenty of time in advance.

1. Set Budget: The first thing you need to do is set your financial boundaries for your beach wedding, beach wedding prices vary from affordable to extravagantly expensive.

2. Pick a location:  you need to have a good idea of where your beach wedding will take place. That’s where the act of searching for beach weddings locations comes into play. Now, this might seem tedious and might take awhile, but it will be well worth the effort. Finding the right beach is seriously half the work of planning beach weddings. Without the right location, you can’t line up a wedding planner, flowers, catering, a DJ, etc. You can’t do anything until you have the location.

3. Check Marriage Laws. Some places  have more regulations & require more paperwork than others. Take this into consideration when picking your location, since you don’t want to get tied up in legalities in the middle of your “wedding planning”.

4. Check Weather: Make sure you do some research on what the weather is like on that specific place before you even pick your wedding date.

5. Check Privacy: Be sure to find out if the location of your wedding is a private or public beach. I’m sure you don’t want to see sunbathers passing by in the middle you saying your vows.

6. Sound: If your ceremony will take place right by the beach have in mind that the sound of the waves, jet skis, or even boats will make it difficult to hear. Take this into consideration when arranging the seating. If there is access to electricity you might want to consider renting a sound system.

7. Pros & Cons: Look at all the Pros & Cons of a destination wedding so you can plan on how you will overcome them.

Examples:

Cons:
>You have no local contacts.
Solution:
Internet. Do some research on Vendors on that area. Be sure to ask for their portfolio & references. Be polite, vendors can make or break your wedding so make sure you get them on your side.

Cons:
>You are doing it from faraway.
Solution:
Take a trip to scout out beaches
or
hire an experienced wedding coordinator in the area.

If you‘re on a budget many wedding coordinators have cheap “basic packages”. You can hire the wedding planner to only coordinate the ceremony (this could include getting the permits & finding out the legal requirements for that specific place).