| ou getting ready to plan your upcoming wedding? If | | | | available if you want more. |
| so, your first thought may be to have a beautiful | | | | 3 – The Ability to Combine Your Wedding and |
| ceremony back home. Yes, this is nice, but have you | | | | Honeymoon |
| considered destination weddings, like in Jamaica? If | | | | Planning a wedding is a joyous experience, but it can |
| not, now is the time. Although most couples | | | | also be stressful and time consuming. Not only that, |
| don’t need convincing, you may wonder | | | | but you must later plan the honeymoon. The island of |
| what makes a destination wedding better than a | | | | Jamaica gives you another unique opportunity. That is |
| traditional wedding back home. | | | | to combine your destination wedding and honeymoon |
| 1 – The Weather | | | | into one. Since the island is home to all-inclusive |
| If you live in New York and plan a wedding in the | | | | resorts, great restaurants, lots of activities, beautiful |
| middle of July, you are likely to find warm hot | | | | beaches, and tropical weather, you will have the |
| weather. This is great, but the heat and humidity | | | | honeymoon of your dreams. For your destination |
| may leave it feeling too hot. With the Caribbean and | | | | wedding, you may have intended to stay two nights. |
| the island of Jamaica, you don’t just get | | | | Extend your stay until seven nights for your |
| warm weather, but tropical weather too! Then, there | | | | honeymoon. Plus, this makes it easier to qualify for |
| is the rain. The weather is somewhat unpredictable all | | | | the above mentioned free wedding that may be |
| around the world, but you are more likely to find | | | | offered. |
| scattered showers and thunderstorms in New York | | | | 4 – Your Friends and Family Can Come Too |
| and many other areas of the United States than in | | | | One concern that many couples have about |
| Jamaica. | | | | destination weddings surrounds guests. Whether you |
| As with a wedding back home, you have many | | | | live in New York, California, or Florida, you may |
| venue choices. Some Jamaica resorts have onsite | | | | wonder if your guests will make the extra trip to the |
| chapels, but most give you many choices. If you opt | | | | Caribbean. Honestly, some may not, but you may be |
| for a garden or beach wedding, the beautiful, warm, | | | | surprised how many jump at the opportunity. Not |
| sunny, and tropical weather makes your wedding | | | | only do they get to attend your wedding, but they |
| ceremony nothing short of picture perfect. | | | | get their own Jamaica vacation! Most all-inclusive |
| 2 – All-Inclusive Resorts | | | | resorts have a few free guests passes and additional |
| There are many all-inclusive resorts on the island of | | | | available for sale. This means guests staying at a |
| Jamaica. You may wonder what impact this has on | | | | different resort can attend your ceremony without |
| your wedding ceremony. These resorts are the | | | | complications. |
| perfect place to have a destination wedding. Most | | | | 5 – It Will Be Cheaper Than You Thought |
| give you many ceremony options. If a small wedding | | | | As previously stated, many couples automatically |
| chapel is not found onsite, you may get to choose | | | | write off destination weddings due to complications |
| from a garden, the beach, or a banquet room. | | | | of planning and cost. Don’t make this mistake. |
| Most importantly, some all-inclusive Jamaica resorts | | | | As previously stated, you can save money by opting |
| give you a unique opportunity. That is to have a free | | | | for a resort with a free standard wedding ceremony, |
| wedding ceremony. Yes, a free wedding ceremony! | | | | combining your wedding and honeymoon into one |
| Many luxury resorts extend a free standard wedding | | | | trip, looking for discount travel packages, and so |
| to guests who meet a minimum stay requirement. | | | | forth. There are many ways to trim the cost of an |
| This stay requirement varies depending on the | | | | otherwise expensive wedding. As for ease of |
| Caribbean resort in question, but it is usually three, | | | | planning, most luxury all-inclusive Jamaica resorts have |
| five, or seven nights. After examining a | | | | wedding planners available. They will help you plan the |
| resort’s free wedding inclusions, you should | | | | wedding of your dreams, even though you may be |
| like what you see. Luckily, affordable upgrades are | | | | thousands of miles away. |