Wedding Blog

The first three days of our trip to Punta Cana are a blur to me now. While everyone was doing this…

… we were scurrying around doing all the wedding planning we couldn’t do before we actually got to the resort.

Sometimes there are things that just can’t be put into words, even for a long-winded Bee like me.

So without further ado, here is a quickie photo tour of our wedding resort: the Majestic Colonial in Punta Cana.

I wish I could share with you my own photos of the resort. But that would be impossible. Because, you see, I’ve never been to this resort… which means I’m…

Once we had our destination of choice nailed, it was time to pick a resort.

As I flipped through one brochure after another, my eyes began to glaze over at the sight of the same images over and over: 1) photo of woman lounging by pool, 2) photo of woman on wide (and weirdly empty) white sand beach, 3) aerial photo of resort that is indiscernible…

Weighing all the options for wedding destinations can be, admittedly, enormously overwhelming.

We found that the best place to start after asking ourselves these questions was to talk to friends and family that had been to the various Caribbean destinations we wer\ sort-of considering.

This kind of candid feedback can sometimes be incredibly helpful since it’s honest and trustworthy. However, if you want some advice based on personal experience,…

I’m thinking that regular readers of Weddingbee, especially Mrs. Lovebird’s fans, will have no problem answering this question, but for those out there like me who were totally clueless (which, by the way, is one of the. best. movies. made. ev-ah) before diving into this whole wedding scene, let’s just take a moment to make sure we’re on the same page.

Destination Wedding* (děs’tə-nā’shən wěd’ĭng) n.…

One of the biggest pieces of green wedding advice that I have read, is to reduce the amount of travel (especially air travel) due to its impact on the environment.

No Planes!

As you have probably figured out, this is a piece of green advice that we did not follow. We are having a destination wedding and 55 of the 60 guests will need to fly to…

So you’ve decided to have a DW (destination wedding). Every night, images of sandy beaches, turquoise seas and hurricanes- no wait, that was just me- er…swaying palm trees fill your dreams.

With a spring in your step and a sparkle in your eye, you trip on into your local travel agent’s office where HORROR OF HORRORS, they weigh you down with 20 pounds of catalogues detailing…

Part I 

Mr. Lovebird and I are getting legally married at City Hall in New York before our wedding in front of friends and family in Cancun. I think it was the lawyer side of me talking since I don’t want the hassle of having a Mexican marriage certificate, which I would have to get translated and Apostilled each time I would need it. But the…

It’s been a challenge trying to plan a wedding from 500 miles away. Each weekend trip back to Maine must be carefully planned for maximum vendor-visiting potential. (I believe it was Miss Lovebug who coined the appropriate term vendor bender.) I really wouldn’t have it any other way though- I can’t imagine getting married anywhere but my home state.

The Department of Tourism invited me and a couple of other wedding magazine/website editors to come visit the Cayman Islands last weekend on a press trip. Not only was it a fantastic opportunity to mingle with some of the top people in the biz, we got to spend 4 days in the beautiful Cayman Islands! What an honor for weddingbee to be invited!

The island…

Hi everyone!

I’ve been in the Cayman Islands since Thursday on a press trip. It’s absolutely gorgeous here! I’ll be back Sunday night with lots of information and of course pictures galore. If you’d like me to find out anything in particular about the Cayman Islands as a destination wedding/honeymoon location, leave a comment and I’ll try my best.

Hope you have a great weekend!

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Destination weddings are so much fun and more affordable than you might think. Our best friend (and groomsman) was married last year on Holbox Island, Mexico and we all had a blast! The benefit of this kind of wedding was that we were all able to spend a few days together in a wonderful setting just spending time with one another. Weddings are normally so quick…

Dear WeddingBee,

I have been searching for a wedding dress to wear to my destination wedding in August. Since we are getting married on the beach, I want an ivory, knee-length dress but I am having such a hard time finding a dress like that. The dresses that are short don’t seem fancy enough to make me feel like a bride. I know something must be…

Yesterday’s open question on destination weddings reminded me of my current situation. In a previous blog, I mentioned that I will be the matron of honor at a friend’s wedding in Germany. She asked me to be her MOH about 6-8 months ago, and I honestly didn’t think twice about it - I was just really honored that she asked me.

Our wedding will be in…

Dear Weddingbee,

One of my girlfriends just got engaged and she’s looking into a destination wedding for this year, but she needs help on destinations. She looked into Key West (which will cost her guests about $800 including hotel and airfare for 3 nights). Is that too much? Her FI thinks it is, but the price is pretty decent?

St.Thomas, Bermuda, Paradise Island, and even Hawaii…