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Having a Destination Wedding: License Requirements

If you’re making your dream come true by planning a destination wedding, you’ll need to know exactly what legal paperwork you’ll be expected to have upon arrival. Keep in mind that in some places, you must arrive to your destination at least two business days in advance of submitting your application. Of course, your Destination Wedding Expert at Ever Af[...]

Top 8 Questions to Ask as You Plan Your Destination Wedding

Top 8 Questions to Ask as You Plan Your Destination Wedding Planning a destination wedding can seem overwhelming. Our Experts have planned thousands of weddings in exotic locations, and have put together some questions that will help you decide on your perfect destination wedding locations. Surprisingly, many of these questions pertain to your gues[...]

Choosing A Destination for Your Wedding: Costa Rica

Charismatic Costa Rica offers volcanoes, hot springs, jungles, waterfalls and beaches… and that’s just for starters. This Central American gem is known for its green tendencies—both in its flora/fauna and its attention to environmental sustainability.With a sultry samba as your vacation soundtrack, you’ll love exploring this Latin American island, renowned f[...]

Choosing a Location for Your Destination Wedding: Hawaii

More than tiki torches and hula girls, pineapples and Shangri-La, Hawaii offers culture, cuisine, history, sights, sounds and experiences beyond compare. Comprised of six main islands—Hawaii (the Big Island), Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Lanai, and Molokai—the breathtaking beauty of Hawaii ensures you are spoiled for choice when selecting your destination. Visit hidde[...]

Be Our Guest: How to Make the Most of Your Wedding Weekend

Have any well meaning, already-married friends admonished you to soak in your wedding day, because it “goes so fast?” Yeah, we know. Sure, they’re just trying to be helpful, but the stress of nailing down all the details in time to have the wedding go off without a hitch doesn't exactly leave time for a lot of lounging about. But if you’re planning a des[...]

Ever After: How Setting Your Wedding Budget Can Result in Wedded Bliss

No one likes to talk about money, but for engaged couples, agreeing on your wedding budget up front can save a lot of future anguish. So, grab a couple of drinks, open up a spreadsheet, and get ready to talk wedding budget and trade-offs with your sweetie. Today's typical couple approaches the subject of their wedding budget in one of three ways: We can [...]

Choosing a Location for Your Destination Wedding: Turks and Caicos

With eight main islands and numerous smaller uninhabited islands and cays, Turks and Caicos is a resplendent chain of islands that offers more than 100 square miles of sugar-white sandy beachfront. Amid the mangroves and the turquoise blue waters, this could be the perfect place for your destination wedding, and a host of others would agree with you. Readers[...]

Top 5 Celebrity Wedding Venues

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel had the right idea with their destination wedding in Italy, but at $6.5 million this type of extravagant affair is a bit of a stretch for most brides-to-be. Here are five celebrity destinations our Ever After Venue Experts use as inspiration when helping brides plan the wedding of their dreams: 1. The rich and famous are[...]

Get Married in Mexico

Dreaming of a beautiful beach wedding?  An entire weekend (or more) of fun events with your closest friends and family?  Mexico is an amazing choice for a destination wedding. Imagine your wedding weekend in Mexico with your closest friends and family.  Start your wedding celebrations with a welcome dinner – perhaps a taco station and margaritas?  Plan amaz[...]

Expert Tips for Successful Wedding Planning

Your wedding comes with dreams and expectations. And as much as this is your big day, it is also the event that your groom-to-be, parents and future in-laws want to be absolutely perfect. Remember that everyone is dealing with stress and one of the comments we hear over and over again from Ever After brides is to trust the experts and don't try to do everyth[...]