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Destination Wedding Travel Tips
by islandbrides.com Beach Wedding Guide
http://www.islandbrides.com/
Planning a destination wedding or beach wedding in the Caribbean and want
as many people to come as possible? Then try making your wedding plans as
attractive and as economical as possible.
There are several ways to cut costs on travel arrangements for you and your
wedding party, we've uncovered a few known ways, and a few unknown ways,
but it seems that the key to finding these deals lies in the terminology you
use. By simply searching out "Group Travel Rates" in search engines you can
uncover a world of discounts and tools that could shave thousands of dollars
off of your wedding expenses.
Here are just a few that we uncovered:
Flights
Most US carriers and some international carriers offer up to 10% discount
off
normal fares for groups of 10 or more flying to the same destination. For
added convenience some airlines offer insert tickets to add to your save-a-
date envelopes to inform guests of this saving.
Some of this information is hidden in layers on airline sites so we've done
the
work for you - short cuts to the information you need:
US Air: http://www.usairways.com/travel/group/weddings/index.htm
American Air: http://www.aa.com/content/businessPrograms/
groupsMeetings/weddingTravel.jhtml
Northwest Air: http://www.nwa.com/grouprequest/group_travel.html
You can also save on flights by choosing to have your wedding in off peak
seasons, most airlines will tell you when these are.
Resorts
If your opting for a "weddingmoon", then you're probably looking at going to
an all inclusive resort. Many all-inclusives offer FREE weddings to folks
staying at the resort ie. Couples booked in to Sandals for five nights get a
free wedding which includes: the ceremony, flowers, a Caribbean wedding
cake, champagne and hors d'oeuvres reception for the couple and 4 guests
plus a wedding planner dedicated to help make your day perfect. The down
side of these deals is that you might not be the only couple partaking and
the
resorts can sometimes feel like conveyor belt weddings. For this reason all
inclusives are now offering alternative wedding packages that can create an
exclusive feel to your special day. Enquire with each resort.
Boutique or a la carte hotels are also onto the destination wedding trend
and
many have created websites and services specifically geared at the beach
bride. Wyndham and Marriott specifically offer wedding packages and group
rates for a set number of hotel rooms. A wedding planner is complimentary,
as is a wedding gift and The Marriott even offers free parking if you start
your
honeymoon off with a nights stay at a Marriott nearby your airport location.
Wyndam Hotels is offering huge incentives to brides in the form of "event
awards", free honeymoons and low cost airfares. In addition to this they
offer
seasonal rates and discounts for weddings throughout the year. The Hilton
offers a free nights stay for your one year anniversary and free spa
treatments
for the bride and groom on your special day.
It's definitely worth scrolling through some of the major hotel chain
websites
to see if offers are available for when you want to get married.
Villas
Villa's or apartments can offer your guests a cheaper alternative to resort
type
accommodation and is well worth adding to your itinerary sheet as a
courteous option. Once you've decided on the location for your beach
wedding, head of to a beach wedding website such as the Beach Wedding
Guide at http://www.islandbrides.com/ and search their directory for a
listing
of villas and accommodation in your chosen region. You'll be able to save
your favourite finds, and contact them all from the site to find out who
will
give you the best rate.
You can help your guests even more by giving them all your other guests
contact details and email addresses. This way, they could hook up to share
villa's with multiple rooms lowering the cost even more.
So, with a bit of thought and 'insider knowledge' , its possible to save
hundreds, if not thousands on your beach wedding.
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