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My fiancé and I both live in Atlanta but have decided on a
Florida wedding. A small wedding preferably by the beach with 50 family members
and close friends. We chose Panama city beach as a possible destination. I
received information from the Tourism bureau but nothing on weddings. Can you
advise me on how to go about planning our dream romantic wedding in Florida and
who to contact.
I'm actually surprised that the tourist information you
received didn't
have anything about weddings. Many tourist bureaus have realized that
destination weddings are popular-- and lucrative for local businesses.
If you have not tried to contact the local chambers of commerce, they
can be another good resource. Since they are focused on business in
general, not tourism in specific, they often have good recommendations
for wedding locations, ministers, and other vendors.
I did a quick internet search for Panama City, and found a few websites
that have wedding-specific information for the area. The links are
below. Perhaps something there will be of help, or will give you a lead
to something or someone of use.
http://www.boardwalkbeachresort.com/
http://www.beachweddingchapel.com/
http://www.marriottbaypoint.com/weddings.htm
http://www.edgewaterbeachresort.com/grou_
weddings.cfm?stop=yes
Planning a destination wedding, in general, is usually a matter of good
research and organization. You need the location first, usually, then
you can work from their-- either with the location staff or on your own - to make whatever other arrangements you need/want to make.
Some hotels or resorts specialize in weddings and can help you put
together everything from a beach-front ceremony, to hotel reception, to
lodging for guests, to flowers and other details. There are also
consultants in resort areas who specialize in planning and organizing
destination weddings locally.
You can also call a travel agent and tell them what you are looking for.
They should be familiar with (or able to research) likely locations
which would suit your tastes, vision and budget.
You will need to think through both your options and your expectations
about having guests attend and how that might be financed. Sometimes
family and friends are willing and able to use vacation time and
personal funds to attend a destination wedding; sometimes they are not.
You can find more ideas and perspective on these issues by doing a
search for destination weddings on-line, referring to one of the
destination wedding books, and reading an article I've written on the
subject.
http://www.frazmtn.com/~ambarian/qdestination.html
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