Recently I was faced with a couple who had only one weekend of the entire year that they could do their destination wedding and they fell in love with a resort that is very busy with weddings.. well to make a long story short the resort offered to accommodate them with an 11:00am ceremony, less than ideal if you have your heart set on a big sit down dinner type of reception... So we explored doing a brunch and in all honesty really did not like anything about that idea... so we decided to have the ceremony at 11:00am followed by an elaborate fruit buffet, with somone slicing fresh fruit, tropical fruit displays and cut fruit served in a really pretty way, we will have a waiter serving mocktails in coconuts and pineapples!  There will be live island music playing.

The guests will then have the rest of the afternoon to themselves and in the evening the couple will have the sit down dinner reception of their dreams.

In the end this will be something that looked like a first choice and not a choice of last resort!

Being flexible can have big rewards and save on hair color!

Happy Planning!