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Luxury Destination Wedding Inspiration & Ideas

Over many years, we’ve visited the most desirable luxury wedding destinations around the world and, with the help of local wedding planners and industry contacts, have researched the best wedding locations and venues across the globe.

Getting Married in the Maldives

A wedding in the Maldives conjures images of white sand, turquoise lagoons, ocean views and candlelight dinners. It defines barefoot luxury and offers the privacy many couples want. Most resorts offer their own wedding packages. These usually include a beach ceremony setup, a symbolic officiant and a professional photoshoot. Couples complete the legal paperwork with a civil ceremony before or after travelling to the Maldives, then celebrate...

Weddings at Soneva Fushi, Maldives

Soneva Fushi is a beautiful private desert island in the Maldives, home to luxurious villas hidden among the lush foliage. With crystal clear waters and pristine white sands, and just a 30-minute seaplane journey from Malé International airport, it's the perfect place to tie the knot. The Best Time of Year for Weddings in The Maldives The Maldives is lucky enough to have great weather year-round, with an average temperature of 30°C (86°F)....

Documents Required to Get Married in the Maldives

The Maldives remains one of the world’s most sought-after destinations for wedding celebrations. Overwater villas, private island resorts, white sand beaches and extraordinary marine scenery make it particularly well suited to intimate weddings, elopements and vow renewals. However, there is one important legal point couples should understand from the outset: foreign non-Muslim couples cannot legally marry in the Maldives. For international...

Documents Required to Get Married in Seychelles

Seychelles is one of the more straightforward destinations for couples planning a legal wedding abroad. Foreign nationals can legally marry there, and the process is generally relatively simple provided couples prepare the correct documents in advance. Couples planning a wedding in Seychelles still need to follow several legal and administrative steps. These include submitting documents to the Civil Status Office, allowing enough processing...

Marrying in The Maldives

The Maldives truly is an exotic paradise. Lying at the top of an underwater mountain range, it contains 26 atolls, 1,190 coral islands and covers 90,000 square kilometres. It wasn't until the 1990's, when the first water bungalow was built, that the tourism industry took off, finally making wedding celebrations there a possibility. A group from the UN even visited in the 1960's and deemed it wasn't worth it because there were no banks, airports,...

Why you should get married in the Seychelles

A beautiful collection of islands offering an unspoilt and uncommercialised atmosphere - perfect for a destination wedding. Deserted tropical beaches aren't hard to come by, and the selection of gorgeous venues give you so many options to plan the wedding of your dreams. Cerf Island and Bird Island come highly recommended from many couples who chose to marry in the peace and tranquility of the Seychelles. With no tv, no cars and no roads, it...