Destination Wedding

Tips For Planning a Destination Wedding in the Caribbean


Are you gearing up to plan your wedding? You may want a picture perfect fairytale wedding in the Caribbean. If so, you want a destination wedding. Yes, really free weddings! Many resorts provide guests with a free standard wedding, provided they meet a minimum stay requirement. What else should you look for in a Caribbean resort when planning a destination wedding? The ability to have your wedding onsite.


You also want the ability to upgrade your free wedding package. Right away, Caribbean resorts claim you get a "standard wedding." Have your destination wedding double as a Caribbean honeymoon too. As previously stated, many all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean give you a free wedding with a minimum 3, 5, or 7-night stay. It will not take that long to plan your wedding, so meet the minimum required stay by combining your wedding and honeymoon.


Contact the resort in question. In most cases, you will be put into contact with a wedding planner, even when making use of a Caribbean resort's free wedding. This wedding planner makes it easier to plan a destination wedding when you are located hundreds or thousands of miles away.


Order destination wedding invitations for your guests. As previously stated, your destination wedding guests are unlikely to attend your wedding and leave. Your honeymoon and their Caribbean vacation may overlap. Luckily, most free weddings include a couple of guest passes for those staying offsite.

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Wedding Risk Management

(Note: See yesterday's post for Pt. I)

The hosts of the wedding -- e.g., the bride, the groom, the parents, or anyone whose names appear on the wedding invitation -- have both a legal responsibility to the guests to plan and maintain a safe and secure wedding environment. Also, the more assets the hosts own, for example a home, a car, a business, or investments, the greater the risk when hosting an event.

That puts a whole new spin on planning a wedding, right? Who knew there was so much potential for disaster! The good news is that liability coverage will protect you and your assets. Within the general liability coverage, you should consider what's called "Broad Form Comprehensive General Liability Endorsement." This is an amendment to your general liability policy that provides extensions or varies the terms of coverage provided. It also expands your general liability policy to cover other areas you think you'll need protection in, like fire legal liability (if you're using fireworks or candles), which protects against claims for fire damage to the wedding venue caused by your negligence.

However, Joyce added that if your wedding reception is at a venue that requires a "Certificate of Insurance," this is different from general liability and may be required in your wedding venue contract. Sometimes venue contracts will detail the type and limits of insurance that must be in force by both parties. And some wedding venue contracts will require copies of "Certificate of Insurance" naming the wedding reception site as insured up to $2 million per occurrence. However, keep in mind that many venues do not require their clients to obtain this type of insurance.