Tropical Wedding Ideas - Four Tips For The Perfect Beach Wedding
  - by Stephen Badiali

Tropical wedding ideas are a growing trend in the wedding planning industry. Destination weddings, beach wedding specifically, have become increasingly more popular over the last few years. Couples are looking for more unique (and sometimes less expensive) ways to get married. Tropical weddings are the perfect way to combine a laid back attitude, friends and family and of course a beautiful backdrop for your big day.

Tropical weddings require planning that is similar to traditional weddings, however there are some things that are different and potentially challenging.

Destination weddings offer a unique challenge in that you may have to rely on your chosen resort or a wedding planner to help sort out all of the details. Since you may not be onsite until a day or two before your wedding, you need a strong team to help you so you can plan remotely.

Here are 4 tropical wedding ideas to help with your planning:

Location, Location, Location
To have a tropical wedding, you need a tropical location. If you already live on a beach or in a tropical location you are one step ahead of the game.

For everyone else, this should be your first step. Find a resort, hotel or other location that has the amenities you desire at a price that fits your budget. Also make sure that the onsite wedding planner and other staff is competent and willing to help with all of the details.

Choose a Theme
There are many different wedding themes that go perfectly with a tropical wedding. Anything nautical or beach-related can be used as a theme or decorations, like boats, lighthouses and seashells. Unique flower options can also be used for your wedding theme. Ideas include orchids and Hawaiian leis.

Wedding Attire
This type of wedding is generally more relaxed, and that often shows in the wedding dress that you choose. There are many styles like halter, strapless or sarong style that work perfectly. For the guys tuxes are still possible, however more common is linen pants with a white or Hawaiian shirt.

Flowers
Getting married in a tropical location lets you take advantage of local items not found elsewhere. Flowers are the perfect example of this.

Choose tropical flowers that are native to the location of your wedding. For example, orchids and birds of paradise are found in Hawaii and many Caribbean islands, and they make beautiful wedding flowers.

These are just a few ideas that are available to you. Other areas of your wedding from the entertainment you choose to the menu at your reception can have a tropical twist added to make your wedding unique.

For more ideas and information visit our Tropical Wedding Guide.


About the Author
Stephen Badiali is the owner of Wedding Ideas Guide, a website that provides ideas and advice for couples that are planning a wedding.

Getting Ready for Weddings on the Beach
  - by Candace Smith

Few things in life are more romantic than beaches and weddings-- so it's only natural to have weddings on the beach. Do you live near a beach? Then you have the perfect chance to have a glorious wedding on a budget, though you can also make it an elaborate event. In any event, it's an event your friends and family will always remember.

The beaches of beautiful islands are often the locations of choice for destination weddings. You can enjoy gorgeous and very romantic settings in places such as Barbados, Bahamas, Hawaii, St. Lucia, and the Cayman Islands.

But don't forget, beaches are not only found on islands! Gorgeous coastlines can be found and enjoyed in so many different countries, and they are excellent places to have a wedding. For weddings on the beach, the Mediterranean countries are good choices. After the ceremony, you can celebrate your union with a reception catered in the traditional Greek or Spanish way. Australia and New Zealand also have miles of beautiful coastline that are great locations for your commitment. And of course, so do the United States, Canada and Mexico!

Having your wedding ceremony on the beach is a great way to combine the conventional with the modern. You could dress in semi-formal or casual garb, yet enjoy a very traditional and religious ceremony. Brides who wed on the beach often choose very simple gowns, while the grooms tend to wear a nice pair of khaki pants or shorts along with Aloha shirts. Some brides and bridesmaids take it even further by wearing floral skirts with bikini tops. Beach parties tend to be casual sit-down affairs. Instead of being stiff and formal, the receptions are livened up with a luau or a fire pit or both!

Whether you choose a beach ceremony close to home, or a destination wedding, keep in mind that arranging travel and accommodation for your guests is a key part of weddings on the beach. If you book a bunch of rooms at a hotel nearby, you can often get reduced rates. For destination weddings on the beach, discuss airfare options for family and friends with a good travel agent.


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Wedding Etiquette on Hotel Rooms
  - by Megan Johnson

A wedding with wedding destination theme has been gaining popularity these days. Couples are choosing a wedding venue far from home. Invited guests are mostly close friends and families who would take the trouble to do a long drive or fly to the wedding venue just to attend the wedding celebration. Wedding venues for wedding destination are usually being held on a beach, a botanical garden, or scenic spots. These places are offered to public for a fee to use the place for wedding ceremony or wedding reception. But most of these wedding destination venues do not offer a place where the bride, groom, the wedding party and wedding guests may stay before the wedding day. This is the reason why nearby hotels are fully booked even a week before the wedding.

The bride, groom, the rest of the wedding party and the wedding guests are expected to behave and follow wedding etiquette on use of hotel rooms. Yes, wedding etiquette must be observed when using hotel rooms.

For one thing, if you are a bride or a groom and you violated wedding etiquette on proper use of hotel rooms, you will create bad impression on your family name even before the two of you gets married. Or if you are a member of the wedding party or you are a wedding guest and you violated a wedding etiquette on proper use of hotel rooms, you are giving the newly weds a bad name when you should have been helping them create a good name by themselves.

Below are some basic wedding etiquette on proper use of hotel rooms when you have or attending a wedding with wedding destination theme:

-- Wedding etiquette on Proper use of Hotel Rooms Before the Wedding Day

1. The very basic wedding etiquette on proper use of hotel rooms is that the bride and the groom should not share the same suite. Yes, people know that you love each other very much (that is why you are getting married, right?), but please, please save your energy for your wedding day, would you? You can do whatever you want after the wedding day and you have all the time in the world to spend days and nights in each other's arms.

Besides, there is this old tradition that the bride and the groom should not see each other the night before the wedding day or that the groom should not see the bride in her wedding dress because the wedding will be called of.

If you are sharing the same suite, of course the groom would see the bride not just in her wedding dress but as she wears it. So, for just once, follow the old saying even if it is just a superstition just to avoid seeing raised eyebrows from your family and wedding guests. You might even bring your parents or old relatives to a heart attack if you break this old tradition.

Another wedding etiquette in hotel is that brides should refrain from being a bridezilla to the roomboys, chambermaids, and other hotel personnel. Although it is true that the hotel have got fully booked because of your wedding, you should also remember that you don't employ them, much more own them.

You should not ask them to run errands that are not related to their work anymore or shout at them when they can't give you your demands as fast as you want them to be. Stop acting like as though you were the most precious person around because you are getting married in a few hours. Act like a blushing bride with right wedding etiquette and not the other way around.

-- Wedding etiquette on Proper use of Hotel Rooms After the Wedding Day

2. Refrain from getting yourself some hotel souvenirs. If you are a bride, don't mar your newly acquired surname by stealing items that you can easily buy from a department store.

If you are a guest, please restrain your hands from stealing ash trays, towels or comforters as a memento or souvenir. They are not wedding keepsakes from the bride and the groom. Do not worry, the newlyweds have something special for you.


About the Author
For brides that are serious about making sure there are no wedding day disasters -- Click Here. However, this is ONLY for brides that are seriously looking to avoid wedding day disasters. Megan Johnson-Wedding Planner.