Find your destination wedding location

Planning a destination wedding?

• What is a destination wedding?

  A destination wedding is a wedding held away from where the couple lives, often in another city, country, island, resort, villa, or meaningful travel destination. Couples usually choose a destination wedding for the setting, guest experience, scenery, or opportunity to turn the wedding into a multi-day trip.

• How do you choose a destination wedding location?

  Start by comparing your budget, guest travel, wedding style, season, legal requirements, venue options, and how easy it is for guests to get there. Some couples choose based on scenery, like beaches or vineyards, while others choose based on family access, flight availability, or vendor quality.

• What are the best countries for a destination wedding?

  Popular destination wedding countries include Italy, Portugal, Greece, Mexico, France, and Spain. Couples choose these destinations for villas, coastlines, vineyards, historic cities, and resort options.
  The best destination depends on your budget, guest list, travel distance, preferred season, and whether you want a beach, villa, vineyard, city, island, or resort wedding.

• How much does a destination wedding cost?

  Destination wedding costs vary widely based on the country, venue, guest count, travel, accommodations, planner, vendors, and whether the wedding is a simple elopement, intimate celebration, or full multi-day event. The biggest cost drivers are usually venue, catering, guest count, travel logistics, and vendor packages.

• Are destination weddings cheaper than local weddings?

  Destination weddings can be cheaper if you have a smaller guest count or choose an all-inclusive package, but they can also become more expensive because of travel, accommodations, multi-day events, currency exchange, and destination vendor costs. It depends on the location, guest count, and style of wedding.

• Can you legally get married in another country?

  Yes, many couples can legally get married abroad, but the requirements depend on the country, citizenship, documents, translations, waiting periods, and ceremony type. Some couples choose to complete the legal marriage at home and have a symbolic ceremony at the destination to simplify the process.