Barbados Honeymoon Tips And Advice
Many a bride and groom come looking for a ticket to paradise, which in other words is a Barbados honeymoon. The reason this island nation is so popular for weddings and honeymoons is because Barbados straddles two different worlds. The tropical weather and Caribbean culture runs parallel to very well developed and Western sensibilities.
In fact, the beauty of outdoor dining in Barbados with flying fish on the plate and a sunset in the eye is something of a tourist attraction. The air is heavy with romance, and the beat and rhythm of calypso and jazz intoxicates the competing crickets. The silver moon bathes everything in the balmy summer nights with a warm glow that is most magical.
Tropical paradise aside, Barbados also happens to the 3rd most developed nation in the Western hemisphere after the United States and Canada. As a reminder of the island’s colonial roots, the British influence is still quite strong, especially in the way people speak. The whole point is that Barbados, unlike other island nations, is able to host very westernized and hassle-free weddings and honeymoons.
US, UK and Canadian passport holders do not require a visa. The legalities and paperwork surrounding weddings in Barbados has also been eased quite a bit in order to promote it as a destination wedding hotspot. All that is really needed is for the bride and groom to have identification (passport/birth certificates) and return tickets.
All the major hotels have professional wedding planners to take care of everything. This includes full wedding packages, catering, flower shops, bakery and wedding cake choices, etc. It also includes the honeymoon, of course. This makes a hotel stay in Barbados just as modern and culturally in sync as in North America or Western Europe.
As long as the hotel has a nice view of the ocean and a cozy honeymoon suite hidden from view, the couple can expect to get hitched without a hitch. It is the kind of stuff that dreams are made of. As for the rest, it will be history, captured on video and watched by younger generations as an ideal example of what a dream wedding and Barbados honeymoon should be like.
Martin Elmer is the editor of Best honeymoons. Here you can also read more about Honeymoon Barbados.