Florida Beach Wedding Guide

There are lots of places to get married on the beach.

Aruba, Jamaica…(I have to stop there or I’ll upset the Beach Boys!), the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Hawaii, and California come to mind. However, I’m all about easy, and frankly, none of these places comes close to Florida when it comes to ease and cost of travel for you and your wedding party and guests (Unless you happen to live in one of these beautiful places, in which case, why are you reading about how to plan a wedding on the beach in Florida?).

For starters, Aruba, Jamaica, the Bahamas , and most other Caribbean destinations now require a passport. This can add weeks or months, and a ton of headache and hassle, to planning your wedding. Why worry about whether Aunt Betty is going to get her passport in time to travel to your wedding, when she could just hop a flight to Tampa Bay, Miami, or Key West and be sipping margaritas by sunset?

And for most of us on the East Coast (and our friends in Europe who can often book Florida holidays for next to nothing!), the price of traveling to California or Hawaii just doesn’t make sense when compared to Florida. The larger your wedding party, the larger this gap becomes. Enough said.

So, now that you’re convinced that you’ve just got to have a Wedding on the Beach in Florida, where do you start? You have come to the right place my friend…read on!

Continue to the next section: How to get a marriage license in Florida.

Not getting married? Be sure to check out our Florida Beach Vacation Guide or Florida Beach Portrait Guide!

The Florida Beach Wedding Guide is provided free of charge courtesy of Simple Treasures Photography St Petersburg FL and Simple Weddings | Florida Beach Wedding Packages.

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