Destination weddings. A time where a couple flies to a far, beautiful place to get married. A few of their closest friends and family make the trip as well. I have to admit, the picture above is gorgeous. The men are in tuxes that are perfectly matched with the beach sand. The bridesmaid's dresses reflect the ocean waters. An intimate amount of family and friends are watching the couple say their "I do's." The romantic part of this is the scenery and the location. The waves are noticeable but not too big. The sun is shining and the clouds are white and fluffy. It's like a painted picture. Everything is working in perfect harmony to create the "perfect" wedding ceremony. I get the point of a destination wedding - beautiful scenery, honeymoon suite, close family. But what about the wedding reception at the resort's restaurant filled with strangers and guests of the resort? Unless the couple rented out the whole restaurant for the wedding, the vacation goers would not have to stay away. Random people would be toasting with the bride and groom. I understand that for some couples it is their fairytale wedding. But I'd say the majority of them have another wedding back home so more friends and family can watch them get married - again. So my question is - why don't they just skip the destination wedding if they are just going to do it all over again. I'm not saying that I'm against the institution of marriage. I just don't think it is necessary for a couple to fly to the Bahamas, Rome, or Greece just so they can have pretty wedding pictures. Maybe I'm just to cheap to have a destination wedding. Or maybe I just want my wedding to be private and only shared with the people I know and love. When the time comes, I guess I'll know.
I agree with you, I would prefer to have a wedding near to home. I also believe that even though this image looks like it is very "romantic" I don't think in reality it is. Sand is very itchy and though it may seem "romantic" it definitely isn't when you try to walk on it in a dress or suit. Also, the wind coming off the ocean would be a nightmare. So my point is even when something is portrayed as romantic, it usually doesn't turn out this way in reality.
ReplyDeleteI think this is the perfect example of romanticism in a photo might not be all that romantic in actuality. It looks beautiful and gorgeous in the photo, just like you said, but we all know that it's hot, she's got sand on the bottom of her dress, that same sand is blowing in everyone's faces, they payed a lot of money to get married, and they are missing some of their favorite people that couldn't afford to fly to the Bahamas' to see them get married. It seems as though destination weddings are more about looking at the romanticism of the photos at some point in the future than about actually being romantic in the moment.
ReplyDeleteBeing that my sister is getting married (I think next year, don't quote me on it though), this conversation has come up once or twice. I think that it's just a large... expense, so to speak, for a time and ritual that should be more about the couple than the place. Family and friend should be abound and it shouldn't really matter if it's on a beach or... underwater or some crap like that. A nice little ceremony with friends and family will make a perfectly good wedding. Or at least that's what my sister said when she flat out denied the idea.
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