How to Plan a Destination Wedding

Planning a wedding can be a very exciting and stressful time for a bride but planning a destination wedding can be even worse if you try to do it all by yourself. My best friend is getting married in Niagara Falls, Canada in a month and she’s been planning her wedding for almost a year. Being her Maid of Honor, I’ve been able to help her. The rest of the girls have helped her as well. There’s some simple steps you can follow to help make your destination wedding planning easier and actually fun. 

First of all, plan where and when you want your destination wedding to be. My friend’s wedding is at a hotel called The Fallsview Casino Resort. The hotel is right on Niagara Falls which makes it a beautiful backdrop for a wedding. There is also a chapel there so it’s a perfect place for a wedding. Once you’ve decided where and when to have your wedding, make sure there is plenty of hotel rooms available for you and your guests. Try to find hotels that are reasonably priced. Your guests are already spending money to see you get married so you should try to find reasonable priced rooms for them. 

If your guests have to travel by plane to get to your wedding, try checking out some internet sites to find a good deal on flights, hotel rooms, rental cars, etc.. A couple websites you can look at are www.orbitz.com and www.expedia.com. There are quite a few travel websites and I suggest looking at all of them to try and find the best deal available. Once you have decided where you are having your wedding try and contact a wedding planner. 

If you are getting married at a hotel, contact the hotel and see if they have a wedding planner that works for them. The Fallsview Hotel has there own wedding planner that my friend and her fiancée are dealing with. A lot of people don’t like to use wedding planners since they feel like they should plan their wedding themselves but if you aren’t getting married where you live, you need someone who is available to help you plan your destination wedding and contact the appropriate vendors.