Your Beach Wedding

A beach wedding reception is usually low stress partly attributed to the calming environment of sand, sun, and water. The wedding reception can be setup as a formal even but a lot of couples go for the more relaxed and informal kind of gathering. Here are some things to consider for your beach wedding reception menu:

Drinks and Appetizers

Beach weddings often follow a tropical theme if you are not yet in your chosen tropical paradise. Think of tasty cocktails, juice, or smoothies served with the little umbrellas. Be creative and you can use a small boat as your cooler for your bottled water, wines, softdrink cans, and soda bottles. You can also use and old trunk for this purpose.
You can also serve shrimp cocktail with sauce, crackers and dip, or crab salad. You can also server tropical fruits alongside the usual fruits like apples, oranges, and grapes.

Main Dishes

You should definitely have great seafood for your beach wedding. Have shrimp skewers with a choice of sauces, past with shrimps, or maybe coconut shrimp. You can also prepare local seafood delicacies depending on where the wedding is. If you are having a sit-down style dinner, choose fish like sea bass, cod or halibut. You can also have a sushi bar.
Another great idea is to have roasted pig as part of the main course. You can also have jerk chicken or other specialty dishes of the region.

Wedding Cake

Collaborate with your cake designer to have a cake wedding following your beach themed wedding. The choice of design is endless ranging from sand castles, sailboats, yachts, treasure chests and a lot more. You can also go for traditional tiered wedding cakes and have it topped with tropical fruits and flowers.

You might have long dreamed of saying “I do” in front of the blue turquoise waters, while the breeze blows, as the sun sets, in front of your closes family and friends, and now at the brink of making this lifetime dream come true. When planning your perfect beach wedding, you need to pay a lot of attention to details:

Comfortable wedding dress

A destination beach wedding is all about fun, being one with nature, and being relaxed as you tie the knots with your special someone. For the bride, it is essential to choose a very comfortable dress. You do not have to sacrifice great style but comfort is your utmost priority. Work with your designer closely so you can choose the right materials and looks for your destination beach wedding.

Choose the right accessories

Another important detail of putting up a wedding ensemble is choosing the right accessories to match your wedding theme and setup. Enhance the feel of your beach wedding by using wedding accessories like a necklace, earrings, or hair accessory taking inspiration from the sea or nature.

Wedding gown and hairstyle

If you have decided to wear an informal gown for your wedding and the weather is quite warm, make sure to work closely with your hair stylist so you can make your hair coordinated with the style of your gown. You need a wedding hairstyle to complete the soft, breezy, and effortless look for your beach wedding destination.

Simple and functional shoes

Wedding shoes for a beach wedding should remain simple, functional, yet stylish. You need a pair of shoes that will match the mood of your wedding. Choose something that you do not have to be sorry for after the wedding. You want to make sure that you will be comfortable as you walk down the sand to the altar where you will say your vows.

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Weddings are not just about exchanging vows and rings. It is an experience to remember for a life time; it is an occasion that you experience once in a life time if you are lucky that is, but you would also want your wedding to be different than other people.

So how about adding a lot of romance to your wedding by going in for a romantic beach wedding where the atmosphere can be very informal yet stylish? Most of all can select a beach side of your choice to have your wedding at a beautiful location for a beautiful ceremony; great idea isn’t it? There are various such locations across the globe.

Florida is one great location where you can plan your very own beach wedding and most importantly you can get the beach for free. The sea water has is a beautiful shade of emerald green and the sand is absolutely white the moment you step into a location like this it smells of romance. You can either have your wedding in the morning to the purifying rays of the rising sun or you could exchange vows when the sun is setting over the ocean which ever suits your mood. For the budget-oriented beach wedding fans, Florida has some great budget hotels right at the beach!

Bali is another favorite location where many would love to have their weddings the tropical weather, the golden sun and the spiritual atmosphere could set you in the mood.

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Are you and your spouse ready or a special day? Getting married is the biggest commitment you can ever make to another in your lifetime. Of course you want everything to be perfect for the big night. Many couples decide on an exotic locale for their wedding. When this happens, almost every time they opt or a beach wedding so they can look at the beautiful water and lovely views as they are being married. It can make or an almost magical feeling. And the lovely lady loves to wear only the sexiest o things on her wedding night. What would be hot for your wedding night? Only the loveliest in lingerie, of course.

Wedding lingerie for a beach wedding can be all types. Many people go with white and seductive wedding lingerie for a beach wedding because it is both traditional and it captures the essence of the beautiful white sands. There are some very seductive white lingerie outfits you can choose from or your beach wedding. You can find sexy lingerie in white that is in a babydoll style and you can also find it in a traditional fitted style. The babydoll style seems to be the most popular as it simply flows from your chest and from your hips in a seductive way and still leaves a lot to the imagination.

Some other type of wedding lingerie for a beach wedding is powder blue or dark blue. Those colors look amazing with a very sexy teddy. A teddy is one of the most popular types of lingerie. It would look absolutely stunning overlooking the water when standing on your balcony. I’m sure your husband would be completely blown away by how sexy you look in your bridal lingerie. It will be a night you will never forget, obviously.

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Men may choose shirts and dress pants or full suits in linen, silk or bamboo fiber for their wedding on the beach. Because of the hot weather and sun, it is also appropriate for the groom to wear white. If he is looking for a splash of color, he might add a colored t-shirt under the white jacket. And his attendants may wear colorful printed shirts to liven up the look.

Unlike traditional black tuxedos, the groom and his groomsmen should not rent the beach destination suits but rather purchase them. Since these suits are more like normal clothing, they will be able to use them over again. They will probably look better, too, in the summer type suits as opposed to the rented tuxes.

Destination wedding apparel for men is not as tough as it is for women, but still….

Brides-to-be always worry about their appearance. But it seems that most women when travelling are more concerned about how they look than when they stay at home. Make no mistake, all brides want to look fabulous on their wedding days but imagine booking a destination wedding in the tropics where skimpier gowns are acceptable and daily garb may be a bathing suit or resort wear. Even a bride who is not so concerned about being perfect all of a sudden wants the best body around.

In general, the wedding planning process is stressful enough without adding to it by worrying about major weight loss, serious body changes, and new hairdos that may or may not work. Because you are travelling does not mean that you must lose weight. A few pounds would not hurt but do not overstress yourself with unrealistic goals about fitting into a bikini and tiny wedding gown. Remember that your fiancé proposed to you just the way you are so in his mind, you are perfect already.

Also, do not schedule major changes to your hair and face close to leaving for the wedding. You may be unhappy with the look and time is not available to make another change before departing. Test a new look some time in advance so that problems can be worked out and you have a chance to change your mind about the look.

The key to looking beautiful at your destination wedding is to highlight your assets. Take note of the features that you enjoy. For example, if you have large hips but a small waist, emphasize the waist line. Indeed, your time will be better spent focusing on the “real you” rather than stressing yourself out about making a “new you”.

There are some good wedding beaches around the world. Some of the best ones are listed below.

In Florida they have packages for a great beach wedding. There is a location on the Florida beach called “Destin Beach Weddings”. This location is complete with accommodation for the couple and photographers for the occasion. They arrange the minister and provide a fabulous setup.

Kapalua Bay Beach in Hawaii is a beautiful location to have a destination wedding. It has placid waters. Qamea is a nearby island where you can have a romantic honeymoon evening.

Jekyll Island in Georgia is another beautiful place in the south to have a beach wedding. It has an unspoilt ten miles of beach. A major part of the island is prevented by law from development. You can feel the nature there in its real shape.

Avalon Island in New Jersey is a small place in the Atlantic nearly a mile away from the coast. It has six miles of clean, beautiful beach and vegetation all around. Beautiful looking dunes on the beach are picture perfect.

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For any holiday maker Maldives is a paradise. Maldives is a string of low lying coral islands numbering nearly 1200. This group of islands is situated across the equator which makes it more desirable for honeymooners. There are some very romantic resorts and hotels in this island nation for those who are on a honeymoon trip.

Laguna Beach Resort situated in the Laguna Island is a fitting place for any romantic couple. Beautiful beach and fishing facility are the specialties of this place.

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How exciting is this? You and your future spouse have decided upon a Caribbean wedding. But you have many questions and wonder where you will start to plan the happy wedding day. So, to help you, we have compiled a five-point checklist to start you on your planning journey.

International Airports and Scheduling

When deciding upon an island to hold your wedding, look for islands that are easily accessible. Smaller islands typically do not have international airports and cannot accept the bigger jets for take-off and landing. Thus, you fly to a main island hub such as Antigua, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Barbados or Sint Maarten and then fly on in the smaller planes to the island of choice.

While this type of trip is fun for a family vacation or romantic getaway, it makes it very difficult when traveling as large group for a wedding. New security measures have been put into place in recent years that require passengers to collect their baggage before continuing on in their journey. The checked-in cases no longer go directly to the destination. So everyone aboard must disembark, collect their luggage, check in with the smaller airline, recheck-in their baggage and board the smaller plane. In addition to the nuisance, the smaller planes are not able to carry the same weight as the large jets so basically you will be restricted on how much to carry. Some parcels and baggage would have to be sent long prior to your own departure.

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Footwear is an issue for beach weddings. You probably didn’t think of it, but you don’t want the guys with sand-filled shoes and the women having to take off their pretty pumps because they sink into the sand, right?

Read up on the importance of footwear for destination wedding guests on Your Wedding Abroad.