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Wedding Popcorn Bar Ideas

Planning to have a popcorn bar at your wedding? Here's all the inspiration you need for an impactful popcorn bar to make your wedding iconic!

Over the years, weddings have definitely had their trendy and chic decorations, unique themes, mouth-watering food, and endless dancing! Everything from surprise-yet-rehearsed wedding party dances, to modern and rustic country wedding themes, we have seen it all over the last decade!

One such aspect of weddings that never comes to a halt is the food! With every year’s something new and unique is getting added to the wedding food! When it comes to food at weddings, these days, the latest trend is focusing on the wedding day dessert table! These days our millennial couples are more focused on showcasing and offering more than just the usual wedding cake! At present, the biggest wedding day dessert trend is popcorn bars! They are gaining popularity in no time as every other couple is considering having a popcorn barn at their wedding!

Popcorn is indeed a great and fantastic treat that nearly every person enjoys and it also makes the perfect display at any wedding, regardless of the wedding theme, color, or dietary restriction. The best thing about popcorn is that it can be colorful, flavorful and it makes great wedding favors. And a popcorn bar is nothing but a great choice for vegans! Everybody just loves popcorn, no matter whether it’s salty or sweet. We can assure you that your friends and all your wedding guests will be thankful to you for this tasty and light wedding snack! And dancing the night away can make your wedding guests hungry! So, why not fuel them up to dance again with some delicious and flavored popped popcorn! Your wedding guests will love having this as a late-night snack, and leftover bags of popcorn make for cute wedding favors!

So, before we go ahead and tell you about all the incredible and unique popcorn bar ideas for your wedding day, which will not only elevate your wedding day snacking game but will also leave your wedding guests enchanted and mesmerized, here are some of the general questions that every couple face while they plan for popcorn bar for their wedding day! The idea of creating a popcorn bar usually starts with endless questions popping into the minds of couples. In that case, you don’t need to stress away as we have got you and all the questions that might be coming into your head covered!

Here are some of the simple yet important questions whose answers will help you in creating a perfect popcorn bar for your big and special day! All these questions will not only elevate your wedding day decor game but will also give our professional wedding photographers and videographers endless possibilities to capture mind-blowing wedding decor photos in the best of frames! Our experienced and talented wedding photographers have keen eyes for the details, and when with them by your side on your wedding day, we can assure you that none of the wedding details will be spared in getting documented in the most creative frames!

How many gallons of popcorn will I need for _____ number of wedding guests for my wedding day?

Well, the factor of ordering the number of popcorns depends a little bit on how much food and the varieties you are putting down on your wedding menu! If you are planning a complete sit-down meal with lots of finger food, then you might consider ordering 1.5 to 2 cups of popcorn per wedding guest! But, if you are planning to have the popcorn bar as the star of your wedding celebration, then you must go with 2 to 3 cups of popcorn per guest! Just keep in mind that some of your wedding guests might not eat popcorn and the kids will have some extra. So, just plan in a way that you may want to have more than you think you need!

Just some maths here, that will help you with your question! On average, a 2-gallon bulk bag of popcorns will serve 32-1 cup servings. Whereas, a 4-gallon bulk popcorn bulk bag will have about 64-1 cup serving!

Just for an example, if you are planning on a grand celebration with about 128 to 200 of your wedding guests, as per the above-mentioned details, you will want to purchase a minimum of 8 gallons for each guest to have one-1 cup serving of popcorn!

What is the usual serving size?

Talking about the serving size, then you must plan that your wedding guests will eat an average of 1 to 2 cups of popped corn per person! But, if you want to be more precise and don’t wanna waste any food, then you can determine the amount of popcorn (by volume) the individual containers will hold in order to determine an individual serving size for your popcorn bar at your wedding!

To get a brief and generic idea, you can fill one of your containers for your wedding guests with popped popcorn, and then pour the popped popcorn into a measuring cup to actually determine the volume (preferably in cups) that the container will hold!

This simple and easy method will help you to get an approximate idea about the typical serving size of popped popcorn on your wedding day. And this way you won’t be wasting any food and your wedding guests will have enough popcorn to savor!

How long before my wedding should I order my popcorn?

You can always place an order for popcorn for your wedding day as early as you would like! When you will submit the order you will be asked to specify your preferred shipping date, and you can choose whatever you find the best! Most brides and wedding planners prefer to get the popcorn delivered about 3-4 days before the wedding to alleviate any kind of last-minute stress and chaos! Or you can always schedule a future shipping date for your popcorn to arrive!

If you don’t want to schedule a future shipping date then we will suggest you place an order a week and a half to two weeks before your wedding day so that the popcorns arrive on time and also stay as fresh as possible for your big and special day!

What kind of theme should I consider for my wedding day popcorn bar?

It’s your wedding day and we are sure that you have already planned every inch of your wedding day in your head! But, if you ask us, all we will say is whatever inspires you and your sweetheart! You can coordinate the decoration with your wedding day color palette. Or you can also draw inspiration from something in your life (like a romantic movie, perhaps?). If you still need some inspiration, we have some ideas for your wedding day popcorn bar-

A movie-theme
An Art-Deco Theme
Something rustic yet chic and elegant

What are the basic things that I may need to create a popcorn bar for my wedding day?

Well, you need a lot of stuff to create a fantastic and eye-catching popcorn bar for your wedding day celebration! All you will ever need are-

Popcorn (of course!)

Chic and unique containers to hold the popcorns. When it comes to choosing the holders for popcorn, the sky’s the limit! If you want everything to be extraordinary, then you will need to think outside of the box (or bowl), when trying to figure ways to hold your popcorn snacks! You can always try the tin buckets, large Mason jars, or even baskets!

Scoops for scooping out the popcorn.

Containers that your wedding guests will use to fill with the popped popcorns! Consider adding bring in favors bags or treat cones are the unique containers to fill in the popcorns!

Various kinds of toppings or seasonings. From delicious and mouth-watering chocolate bits and chunks of bacon to seasoning both classic (Kettle Corn, Caramel, Buttery Garlic) to the unusual and scrumptious (Pizza, Sriracha, Chilli Lime), you can allow your wedding guests to mix and match the flavors of their choice to please their own taste buds!

And lastly, the napkins!

So, now all the important questions related to Popcorn Bar are answered in the above section, let us enlighten you on some really incredible and fantastic popcorn bar ideas which are popping. These unique ideas will surely leave a lasting impression on the hearts, minds, and in the mouth of all your wedding guests, and will also offer ample photography and videography opportunities to our professional and experienced wedding photographers and videographers!

Pick a Theme for Your Popcorn Bar

The initial step that comes into play when you are planning to have a popcorn bar at your wedding is deciding upon a theme! Make sure you are choosing a theme that matches your wedding theme or the style of your wedding! Like a rustic popcorn bar setup if you are planning a rustic wedding, modern and chic for a contemporary wedding style, vintage, retro, colorful and fun, and so on! If you are planning an outdoor wedding or a spring wedding celebration, then make sure your popcorn bar should have all the beautiful colors of the spring wedding palette! The options are endless for you to choose from! The reason we are saying it matches your wedding theme or style is that it will make your wedding photos look stunning!

Here are some popcorn bar theme ideas for choose based on your wedding theme-

If a rustic and vintage theme wedding is on your mind, you can have your popcorn bar set up on a wooden trolly to bring in the rustic vibe and adorn it with kraft paper. You can keep the popped popcorn in a bucket, or paper bags, and place them alongside a large chalkboard sign mentioning “Popcorn Bar is Waiting!” this style of the rustic popcorn barn will undoubtedly leave your wedding guests enchanted and wanting for more! And of course, it will be a great photography opportunity to capture!

In case, it’s your spring wedding, and we all know that when it’s spring season it’s all about colors! Especially the poppy colors! If spring is your wedding theme, you can consider a fun and bright popcorn bar made of a wagon on wheels with colorful popcorn in glass bowls and in sacks!

Opt For Proper Decor For Your Popcorn Bar

Once you are through with the theme of the popcorn bar for your wedding day, the next step is to choose the base of your popcorn bar! Like, will it be a classic vintage dresser or the cabinets? Or will you go for a cart or trolley that screams retro at its best? Or you want things to be simple, elegant, and classy, so just want to go with a minimalist console table? Or maybe you will try something fun like a couple of ladders and a vintage door as a shelf between them? Whatever you prefer, we can assure you that it will offer a great setting for your popcorn bar! Once you decide upon the setting, it’s time to put all the popped popcorn into proper containers, like the clear glass jars or bowls for a modern and chic wedding! Elegant glass jars with beautiful lids will make a perfect container for a vintage-themed wedding! Choose it as per your choice and then add a table cloth or a runner and pair it with some blooms and greenery if you want! The choice is completely all yours! You never know, maybe a well-decorated popcorn bar becomes the centerpiece of your wedding day!

Signage

No bar or food station goes without a sign on a wedding day! So, you will need at least one large signage to point at the bar and some cute little smaller tags or signs to mark each type of popcorn you display on the popcorn bar! To make your signages more attractive and alluring, you can also consider hanging banners or can bring in some string lights to accentuate the station! Choose the style of signage that perfectly fits your wedding theme and style. If you ask us, chalkboards are the most popular signages these days! Well, you can also try something vintage, modern and chic, along with many other styles, looks, and frames depending on your wedding day theme!

So, whether you are planning a grand wedding celebration or an intimate celebration with your loved ones only, adding a popcorn bar to your wedding day will be a crowd-pleasing treat that will surely delight all your wedding guests as it offers enough of a tasty snack without being overly filling!

Winter Honeymoon Destinations

Does anything in the world feel more romantic and beautiful than being alone with your darling inside a snow globe while the fluffy flakes fall down around you and your partner, all bundled up and down in knit? There is something unquestionably out-of-the-world and magical about a perfect winter scene! It gets flawless and impeccable if there are hot toddies, dancing fires, and ski-in/ski-out slopes within easy reach! For all the couples who are planning to romp in the snow and sip spiked hot cocoa then sit on some romantic beach and have pina Coladas, a winter honeymoon destination is a perfect fit!

A winter honeymoon does warm your heart and also ignite your imagination! In fact, this happens to us too! With scenic and dreamy landscapes, cozy accommodations, seasonal adventures, and off-peak perks, everything about a winter honeymoon is amazing and out-of-the-world! For all the couples who are planning a romantic winter honeymoon, we have narrowed our list to the most desirable honeymoon destinations across the world for you and your sweetheart to have a super romantic and fantastic winter honeymoon surrounded by nothing but just beautiful and white sparkling snow!

Zermatt, Switzerland

Isn’t there something incredible about visiting a destination that is car-free? It is, right? One such location is the valley village in the Swiss Alps! This enchanting winter honeymoon destination is perfect for all those couples who are just fond of pristine blankets of white snow! Situated beneath the Behemoth Matterhorn mountain, the panoramic fairy-tale setting of Zermatt effortlessly attracts snow bunnies from all across the globe! This incredible and enchanting Swiss Alps ski village is the stuff of honeymoon dreams! The beautiful village of Zermatt is an ideal winter honeymoon wonderland with the prime and picturesque views of the towering Matterhorn mountain! Your winter honeymoon at this destination will be nothing short of magical and extremely romantic and yeah, cold too!

Being here, we can assure you that you and your darling will be able to spend days just admiring every inch of this wintry landscape from day to night! Still, you and your sweetheart will be able to do some fascinating snow activities, like you can hit the slopes, go snowshoeing through serene backcountry, or even take a helicopter ride to capture this special moment in the best of frames!

Where To Stay- To make your winter honeymoon more romantic and memorable in Zermatt, Switzerland, you can consider completing your Swiss Alps honeymoon package with a stay at The Omnia! This marvelous and opulent mountain lodge is perfectly positioned on a cliff overhang just above the Zermatt village! The charismatic views of the Matterhorn will always be in the sights, whether you both are lounging in your elegantly appointed room or just having a good and relaxing time at the massive, marble whirlpool in the spa! The Omnia is home to one of the world’s best rooms with picturesque views, and its A-class, top-notch service starts from the moment you both arrive at this hotel. A stylish electric shuttle will pick you both up from the central train station, and a striking all-glass elevator whisks up to the lobby from the streets of central Zermatt in mere seconds. Mountain trails for leisurely hikes intertwine just behind the property, as does a bus stop for skiing.

Finland

One of the best destinations that actually captures all the right feels for a cozy and incredibly romantic winter honeymoon, is Finland! This winter honeymoon destination has everything that a newly married couple will love to do during their honeymoon period! From crackling fires to warm drinks, to reindeer-drawn explorations, to starry night skies, Finland is indeed a perfect and extremely romantic destination for a winter honeymoon! During the months of December, all of Finland transforms into a stunning white paradise that indeed creates a panoramic setting for beautiful post-wedding photography opportunities! Amongst all the locations in Finland, the Lapland region is quite possibly the closest one that is actually a honeymooning destination in a winter wonderland! Lapland is for lovers and also for all the newly married couples who want to spend some romantic time together with each other at a location surrounded by nothing but snow! It is barren but also features a beautiful natural landscape that offers irresistible wintry charm, and its sky is also graced by the Northern Lights for more than half of the year, which indeed makes this location one of the most desired winter honeymoon destinations!

Where To Stay- Plan your Finland stay at the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort as this glass-roofed igloo offers one-of-a-kind accommodations to all its visitors that are definitely worth visiting the Finnish Lapland just to experience! There is no denying that Finland is amongst the most fabulous destinations in the world to witness the magical Aurora Borealis, and these personal glass igloos will further amplify the visceral viewing experience!

Queenstown, New Zealand

Summers in the States simply does not mean that you have to succumb to the bright and glowing sun! All the snow-seekers and snow lovers, you can find a setting covered within the blanket of snow in Queenstown, New Zealand! Even in the warmest months, you will be able to find stunning powder-coated ski and snowboarding activities to do and enjoy with the love of your life! Covered with snow throughout the year, this destination is a perfect getaway for all the newly married couples who are looking for the best winter honeymoon destinations! Queenstown, also known as the adventure capital of the world (yes, this is the place where bungee jumping was founded), there are oodles of snow-related activities for adrenaline-fueled couples to get their fill, including glaciers to hike.

Where To Stay- To witness the best of the views, Luxe Digs like intimate and window-laden Matakauri Lodge ensure all that frosty fun is balanced with equal parts TLC and luxury relaxation.

Iceland

There is nothing more wondrous and incredibly romantic than the Northern Lights! It is indeed a very rare sight to witness, and the neon spectacle is only possible during the winters when the days are oh-so short but full of possibility, coziness, and romance! So, if you are still thinking about which destination we are talking about, then it is none other than Iceland! This stunning and amazing winter honeymoon destination has it all! From massive glaciers to beautiful ice caves to lava fields to hot springs, which are incredibly satisfying when the air is frigid and steam rises up, obscuring the other soakers! So, if you are a big-time lover of this kind of snowy setting, don’t think too much just visit this destination and have a memorable winter honeymoon with the one you love!

Where To Stay- Come spring, The Retreat at Blue Lagoon is the best way to experience the famed waters and local cuisine (at Moss Restaurant), with suites embedded in the lava flow and terraces that give access to the geothermal waters. Hygge vibes and a mega-dose of adventure are available at Ion, which is the most luxe pick near the Aurora Borealis.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

All the newly married couples, if you are looking for one of the best winter honeymoon destinations, then Jackson Hole is nothing but perfect! This destination is a honeymoon paradise all year round! Jackson Hole has also been claimed as the mountain town amongst the top USA honeymoon destinations! The winter season at Jackson Hole is all about the blanket of a thick coat of snow covering every inch of this location, while the city’s rugged beauty still manages to shine right through the snow blanket! Two premier national parks and some of the country’s best skiing indeed offer endless outdoor adventure opportunities! And not to forget the mind-blowing backdrops to pose for some utterly romantic couple portraits!

Where To Stay- Book your romantic honeymoon stay at Amangani, to witness the wide and sweeping views of the winter scene outside! All the rooms of this stunning resort feature floor-to-ceiling windows that will bring the panoramic and snowy beauty of the outside world close to you!

Japan

A winter honeymoon in the Land of the Rising Sun is indeed a great way to romance after your wedding day! Japan, also known as the Land of the Rising Sun offers an endless array of epic experiences to all the newly married couples who want to get away from the hustle-bustle of the city! With fewer crowds and at a fractional cost when compared to surrounding seasons, Japan is unquestionably one of the best destinations for a winter honeymoon!

With the unique culture and dramatic scale of megacities and majestic mountain towns, Japan is gaining popularity on the list of best winter honeymoon destinations! In Japan, the winter season is one of the quietest seasons, which clearly means the lower cost for honeymoon couples and fewer crowds in popular places like Mount Fuji and Gion! Add snow festivals, natural hot spring baths, and world-class deep powder ski slopes into the mix, and you’ll further appreciate Japan’s appeal as a winter honeymoon destination.

Where To Stay- If you are planning your winter honeymoon in Japan, the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo is one of the best places for you to stay with your sweetheart! The 45th- floor of the Ritz’s, that is the lobby, is nothing less than mesmerizing! The views that you will be able to witness from the lobby will get only better as Tokyo is indeed a big, bold, beautiful, and also hectic city! Your honeymoon stay at the Ritz will keep you feeling refreshed and ready for more.

Colorado

For an ultimate winter wonderland experience, Colorado is a no-brainer of a destination. This stunning state has more than just Aspen! Telluride, offering world-class all-levels skiing, claims the iconic Dunton Hot Springs, where all those lovely and secluded cabins beautifully make the coziest hideaways between ski runs, hot springs soak, and various other snow activities! Visiting Colorado for your winter honeymoon will be a great experience if you wanna travel locally in the States and don’t wanna switch countries!

Where To Stay- For your stay in Colorado during your winter honeymoon, you can consider Vail! This luxurious and elegant place features incredibly luxurious resorts in the form of European-inspired The Arrabelle at Vail Square, A RockResort, and the fab ski-in/ski-out Grand Hyatt Vail!

Quebec City, Canada

Well, there are some cities that seem built especially for the winter season, and Quebec City in Canada is certainly coming to life during the depths of the cold season! It is certainly magical and incredible about meandering through this old, walled city’s cobblestone streets touring shops, galleries, checking out cafes for some great coffee experience, and lastly restaurants for some mouth-watering food! Plan your Quebec winter honeymoon to coincide with the Carnaval De Quebec event to witness this snow capital’s annual two-week celebration of all things winter!

Where To Stay- To have a memorable experience during your winter honeymoon in Quebec City, plan your stay at the Auberge Saint-Antoine. The old-world vintage charm of this property will definitely capture the hearts of honeymooners! This historic 19th-century stone property is nothing but the gold standards of luxury hotels in the area!

Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska

A romantic winter honeymoon in Alaska is indeed an incredible and enchanting place for all the newly married couples who are always up for winter adventures! Well, there is no denying the fact that it is going to be cold and of course, very cold in certain spots! But it will be worthwhile for your winter honeymoon! The gorgeous scenery and once-in-a-lifetime experiences at this incredible winter honeymoon destination are more than the makeup for the chilly and freezing temperature! If you ask us about a perfect time to rent an adorable and extremely cozy cabin, then it is indeed the winter season!

Well, a honeymoon is indeed the most romantic and memorable time for any couple. So, if you want to make your winter honeymoon in Alaska more memorable and want some great memories that will last a lifetime, don’t forget to take the Aurora Winter Train from Anchorage to Fairbanks to see the breathtaking Northern Lights! Trust us, the journey north through the snowy landscape is stunning in itself! The lights are usually visible from September-March, perfect for a winter honeymoon.

Where To Stay- For a comfortable and cozy stay, the Girdwood Cabin is indeed the perfect place to enjoy your leisure and alone time while being in Alaska and surrounded by nothing but a pristine white blanket of snow!

Hocking Hills, Ohio

Hocking Hills in the Southeastern part of Ohio is indeed a beautiful place any time of the year, but during the winter months, it becomes an incredible destination for a winter honeymoon in the USA! If you are planning your winter honeymoon at the Hocking Hills, make sure you are completely prepared for some great and adventurous hiking! During the winter season, as the waterfalls freeze and everything is covered in white makes this destination an incredibly romantic place to explore! With the summer crowds gone, your winter honeymoon at this destination will feel like it’s a perfect winter wonderland for two!

Where To Stay- It’s your honeymoon, so the type of accommodation is all your choice! No matter what kind of accommodation you prefer for your winter honeymoon at this destination, just make sure to visit The Inn at Cedar Falls for a classic afternoon spa retreat! Woo your sweetheart with a couple’s massages and cherish some long and relaxing time together!

Summing everything up! These are some of the best winter honeymoon destinations that are sure to keep things hot, even as the snow falls!

Create a Classy Christmas Wedding

Planning for a Christmas wedding? Check out our blog for some amazing Christmas wedding ideas for details for a beautiful festive wedding!

If you just got engaged and are currently contemplating the month you should get officially hitched, December might not be the most obvious choice of month to get married! But after weekends of long and warm days, the month of December brings the ultimate festive cheer that translates to holidays and celebrations with amazing food and family time. And if you love all the things that make this month so magical, then getting married in December can be the most ideal choice for you! A December wedding is full of off-season perks as only the most daring and adventurous couples decide to get married this month. A wedding in December means more available wedding dates, reduced rates, available venues, and less stress about the weather since your celebration will be most likely indoors.

Since there are fewer weddings in December and winter in general, your wedding event is sure to stand out and your guests would not experience “wedding fatigue” as they do during the spring and summer wedding season. Plus you will have endless holiday-inspired ideas and save a lot on wedding décor as the wedding venues will most likely be decked with holiday wedding décor.

Somebody truly said that it’s the most wonderful time of the year and a Christmas wedding can be the ultimate magical experience for you and your loved ones. If you are a holiday enthusiast couple just like us, throwing a winter Christmas wedding or a wedding celebration that is close to Christmas can be the ultimate fête. Unlike your annual ugly sweater party or white elephant gift exchange, your Christmas wedding can be the grandest affair with classy and glamorous wedding details and ideas that strongly nod to the magical season. Walking in a winter wedding wonderland can not only be an ethereal experience but also bring in a cheerful wedding photography session that will go down as one of the prettiest photo sessions in a sea of spring and summer wedding portraits. Snowy wedding portraits have always stolen our hearts as they are etched with romance, holiday cheer, festive moods, and enchanting snow blankets.

Classy Christmas Wedding Ideas And Details

Christmas inspired wedding cake

What do Christmas and weddings have in common? A big fat gorgeous cake! From a classic three-tiered wedding cake dressed up with pinecones, cranberries, and mistletoe to a boldly designed red and white Christmas wedding cake topped with jingle bells and candy canes, Christmas wedding cake inspirations are endless. Different cake adornments like pine cones, berries, and pine needles are often associated with Christmas-inspired wedding cakes which can make you definitely feel the air of the holiday season. A simple and chic all-white wedding cake can also be dressed up with fresh cranberries, holly, or sugar flowers to jazz up a simple white fondant confection. If wedding cake is not your thing, then you can slightly hint at the Christmas season by bringing in certain unique wedding desserts and dishes that can easily take on a holiday form, like Christmas tree-shaped canapés made with cucumbers, cheese, and nuts.

Christmas wedding décor

Greenery is a special and natural choice for dressing up at a Christmas wedding. It is also one of the best inspirations for a winter big day as it is flexible and can be used in many unexpected ways. For instance, long green garlands can be used to line the tent draping, chandeliers, and pool along with accented berries and classic red ribbons to make it all the more Christmassy! Another Christmas wedding detail idea is the use of jingle bells in different details. From giving out jingle bells as wedding favors to adorning simple white fondant wedding cakes with jingle bells, there are several elevated takes on the Christmas tradition and many ways to embrace it. You can also create homey holiday vibes by hanging drapes of greenery along with pinecone-accented wreaths, gathering Christmas trees, and modern wrapped orbs just like you would do at your home.

Christmas wedding invitations

Christmas-inspired wedding stationery ideas are mostly inspired by holiday design themes which will most likely stand out in a way that makes things clear for your guests. Just like the invitation suite sets the tone for the big day, your Christmas invitation suite will likely set the scene for a Christmas-themed wedding photo gallery or album. For your holiday wedding, it is time to embrace the season by styling paper goods with accents like greenery, ribbons, and ornaments. You should never shy away from using red and green while designing your Christmas wedding invitation themes. You can always complement the shades with earth tones, metallic accents, and winter blues on your invitations, save the dates, menus, and place cards. The goal here is to make your wedding stationery stand out enough so that your guests take immediate notice of the holiday wedding theme.

Christmas wedding favors and welcome gifts

Luxurious wedding favor ideas during the colder months are all about celebrating the festive cheer of the season. You can consider combining the festive gift ideas with traditional wedding gift inspirations to say thanks to everyone attending your wedding. For instance, Christmas ornaments inscribed with your monogram or wedding date can be a great welcome addition to your guestbook. Christmas wedding favor ideas can also involve DIY projects like handmade jams with seasonal spice, handcrafted candles, snow globes, baked goods, and late-season wines. These terrific Christmas-inspired wedding favor ideas can subtly welcome your guests to the big December wedding and can match with any destination, theme, or color palette.

Christmas themed cocktail reception

Incorporating flavors like peppermint, cranberry, and eggnog in your ravishing Christmas-themed cocktail party can be a nostalgic spin to the good old Christmas flavors. You can bring in holiday-themed cocktails like champagnes and a luxurious selection of wines and add a dose of Christmas charm to completely make it your own. Festive wedding cocktails are the typical Christmas cocktails that include certain signature recipes like “Love Potion” or “Merry Mule.” You can add your own spin by presenting your assortment of Christmas wedding cocktails in an ice bucket with frozen berries and pine needles. Hot beverages and cocktails are also good for warming up when the temperature outside is freezing. You can serve some of the season’s most beloved hot cocktails, like mulled wine, buttered rum, spiked apple cider, and hot toddies, as well as non-alcoholic options like hot chocolate, coffee, and herbal tea.

Christmas themed wedding color palette

Before you go out all red and green for your Christmas wedding, consider picking your favorite holiday hues with metallic and natural accents to bring in a luxurious and royal charm. For instance, you can bring in mid-century modern rental furniture, textured linens, and flocked Christmas trees in a more natural wedding color palette and accent them with Christmas-inspired wedding colors instead of making your wedding look like a gift wrapping paper.

Christmas wedding flowers

Christmas wedding flowers can also be combined with a lot of greenery and dry flowers. Since natural flowers become sparse during this time of the year, wedding flower options like potted amaryllis flowers can be great to pair with your winter wedding décor. Instead of traditional wedding flowers, you can also go for a dried-up tree branch wrapped up with fairy lights and surrounded by votive candles and garlands of white flowers to keep with the winter wedding theme. Pine cones and green garlands can be a great option for your alternate winter wedding flowers.

Christmas reception tablescapes

When deciding on the reception table décor for your Christmas wedding, you need to decide whether you want it to be clean and minimal or ornate and colorful. Both kinds of Christmas wedding tablescapes come with their own individual charm. While busy reception tablescapes are full of excitement and provide your guests with a lot of interest and photo ops, clean and minimal tablescapes provide guests with lots of room to pass the plate and encourage them to talk and hit the dance floor. To make it more Christmas-oriented, you can include personalized details like a signature napkin with a wordplay quote or monograms so that your guests can take them home in fond memory. Another idea is to use a special quote with a name tag and add it to every wedding detail from wedding signage to cocktail names and invitations in a complete holiday-themed design.

Christmas themed wedding lighting

Another amazing wedding planning inspiration is to incorporate wedding lighting that sets the tone for the entire celebration. Decking up your reception space with mood lighting is one of the most fun parts of planning a wedding. Christmas wedding lighting ideas can start with a well-lit Christmas tree and garlands that can transform the entire event space into something magical. Also, string lights can play a vital role in setting the mood for a Christmas wedding. Whether you choose colorful bulbs or stick with the classic white string light, adding them to your wedding venue will amp up the space and make it undeniably cheerful and cozy. You can string them across the ceiling, around doorways, in the trees, or even use them as an addition to a decorative floral arch.

Grand Christmas wedding send-off

Make it snow, make it glow! Grand wedding send-offs are memorably creative and stay with us for a long time. Ask your guests to make their own snowflakes in the form of a confetti shower and send you off to your exotic honeymoon as you sign off for the big wedding day. Sparkler wedding exits can also add a magical charm to your wedding exit idea. And if you are the eco-conscious type, then opt for a vintage red bus to make your grand wedding exit at the end of the Christmas wedding night.

Christmas menu ideas

Dining is made easy with our Christmas wedding. Your Christmas wedding menu can involve your traditional holiday-inspired menu with a few romantic upgrades. Christmas dinners are already special and if you’re hosting your wedding on this special day, then do not forget to include certain Christmas staples like gingerbread cookies, festive Christmas drinks, cookie pops, chocolate-covered pretzels, and gingerbread men. You can also add healthy Christmas alternatives in your food menu like fruits stacked into a snowman or Santa shape, celery sticks stuffed with peanut butter in the shape of reindeer, and a good old charcuterie board.

Christmas wedding dress ideas

As a bride who is hosting a winter wedding on or around Christmas Day, you can opt to play your part by wearing a Christmas-themed wedding dress with lace sleeves, intricate layers, and warm wraps! A Christmas bridal outfit can be anything from a chic ball gown with embellishments and endless yards of organza, lace, or tulle or a lace wedding dress with a combination of ornate lace and tonal beading mimicking the intricacy of a snowflake. Lace-adorned long sleeve wedding dresses can also keep your arms from feeling chilly on the big day celebration. As a subtle alternative to the traditional white gown, you can also opt for wedding dresses in blush tones and champagne hues. Outfits of your bridesmaids can also be planned in deep and dark shades in fabrics like satin that offers a luxurious shine to contrast the wintery landscape.

The benefits of a Christmas wedding are not only limited to holiday-inspired wedding décor and festive wedding ideas, but your wedding can be the ultimate time where all your loved ones come under one roof and take some time off to be with each other. It’s also nice to get out of town at this time of the year with cold and snow engulfing certain parts of the world and exotic beach wedding destinations turning even dreamier. So you can take your best pick for a dream honeymoon getaway right after your Christmas wedding. Also for couples who love minimalist wedding ideas, the chances are that your wedding halls will already be decked with built-in themes and it will take a very little effort to transform it into something that is uniquely your own. Upscaling your Christmas décor and turning it into your wedding décor ideas is another great way to repurpose wedding décor elements for having an eco-chic wedding.

A Christmas wedding in December can be an ideal opportunity to celebrate the best of this festive season and throw an amazing holiday wedding party that will send your guests home smiling. From bright winter holiday cocktails to decking up the wedding halls in white, green, and red details, there are so many chic ways to host your Christmas wedding. If throwing fake snow all over your wedding is your idea of going overboard and tacky, then there are pretty chic Christmas wedding details that can add colors to your favorite winter whites in an elevated way that sprinkles a dose of holiday magic sparingly and intentionally.

Mesmerizing Winter Wedding Invites

Looking for impactful invite designs for your winter wedding? Check out these ideas for some gorgeous and impressive winter wedding invites!

Long before your wedding day arrives, it’s the wedding invitation that reaches your guests and graces their letterbox and then gets pinned on their refrigerator in anticipation. While it is easy to think that the wedding invitation is just what it is, an invitation to your wedding, it is, in fact, much more. It is essentially a trailer to your wedding day, a peek at the aesthetics that the guests can expect, a reason to anticipate for the day to come. Sometimes the wedding invitation can create an entire whirlwind of anticipation and curiosity among the guests, especially if you are living out breadcrumbs of hints for your guests to pick on and decipher.

A winter wedding is especially magical, with snow-dusted landscapes, crisp air, festive glow in the atmosphere, and the coziness of snug indoors. While there are many wedding invitation ideas for the warmer days of the year from blooming flowers to chirping birds, waterfront locations, and vintage garden weddings, the winter months are full of refreshing ideas as well when it comes to the wedding invitations. The winter wedding invitation will largely depend on the wedding theme that you have chosen- the colors of your choice, the vibe of your wedding day, the location, as well as your personal preferences. While winter wedding invites are generally assumed to be festive or dark, there are, in fact, many different ways you can go about this. From soft romantics to moody charcoal, from the celestial night sky to the mountain cabin feel, there are many different ways you can go about a winter wedding invitation, depending on whatever suits you the best. Below mentioned are some of our favorite wedding invitation ideas for the winter months.

Dark hues

Dark moody colors are something that is associated with winter forever. Not only does it coincide with the fact that most winter weddings have a darker color theme, but it is also dramatic, enthralled, and enchanting, all at once. Colors like charcoal gray, burgundy, emerald green, and midnight blue work especially well with the winter months. And it does hurt that these colors show off the metallic hues, perfect for metallic foiled lettering on the invite, making for a truly exquisite winter wedding invite!

Woodsy ferns

Preparing for a woodsy forest wedding? Winter tends to be the perfect time for forest weddings as the woods turn to a whole different vibe as the months turn colder. If that is your wedding theme, decorating your wedding invite with woodsy ferns can be a nice touch. One can never go wrong with a wedding invitation featuring foliage and whimsical ferns, both in summer as well as winter, but in winter it takes a cozier and a more magical allure which is perfect for a woodland winter wedding.

Woodland landscapes

Something about the pensive mood of the winter makes one daydream about heading out to the woods. If a woodland wedding is in your cards, featuring a woodland landscape on your wedding invite is a great idea. You can go for enchanting woodland sceneries or more neutral woodland animal landscapes featuring bears, raccoons, etc. For some reason, it is cozy, enticing, and makes one think of a camping trip. This can be a great idea of a wedding invitation if you are planning for a camping-themed winter wedding as well!

Snowy paradise

Look into the invitation suite which feels like stepping into a winter wonderland. An elevated color palette of blues, whites, and grays promise to be both sophisticated and whimsical, while the watercolor snowflakes framing the corners will add to the obvious wintery vibe of the invite. You can also have vintage snowy landscapes in your invite, like asking town, or a couple huddled up for hot cocoa!

Festive reds

Winter means that the festive season is right there, providing solace in the cold winter months. And what better way to bring the festive allure to your wedding day than by bringing the color red to your wedding invite! Whether it is a sparse addition of holly, or it is more intense velvety red with touches of gold, there are a variety of different ways that the festive red color can bring its own cheer to your wedding day. If your wedding day coincides with Christmas, this can be the perfect choice for your Christmas winter wedding!

Velvets

It’s not really the style or color, but the texture which does the magic here! Gorgeous velvet finish stationeries feels luxe and indulgent and makes all the difference. You can also alternatively go for velvet ribbon tying up your invitation suite, wrapping it all in a luxurious bow! Velvet is timeless and perfect for the winter months and will add a bit of indulgence to even the most simple winter wedding invite! Keep it dark with colors like burgundy, evergreen or black and the effect will be enchanting!

Checked in

There is something about plaid and winter that seems like a marriage of its own! Using plain accents in your wedding invitation can be perfect for a winter wedding as it will bring out the festive flair while still being cozy and comforting! There are several checkered or plaid patterns you can choose from, be it black and white, neutral or red and green!

Icy blue

An article about winter wedding invites will be useless without the emotion of snowflakes and icy blue hues! Soft pastel blues reminiscent of the movie Frozen, sparkles, and snowflake designs are perfect for an ethereal winter wedding invite. Straight out of the fairytales and Disney movies, an icy blue wedding invite steeped in gold and silver will be gorgeous for a white wedding where you are expecting snow! You can add more snowy accents to add to them, whether it is a snowglobe with you and your partner featured in the middle, or a loose snowflake sparkles to add to the magic!

Rustic touches

Rustic theme is something that works gorgeously in all the seasons. However, in the winter months, it works especially well because of the neutral color tones that the rustic wedding theme brings about. Whether it is pine cones or burlap, candle lights and seasonal flowers, the true depiction of the bucolic beauty of the season will never disappoint. Think along the lines of hurricane lanterns, wood fires, and wintry landscapes, and put it down on the paper for a gorgeous winter rustic invite!

Marbled and elegant

There is something about a marbled pattern in the cold winter months that is not only seasonally fitting but also perfect for a minimal winter wedding, as there is a quiet elegance to it which is quite beguiling. Whether it is understated like white and smokey gray, or it is more lively like gold and blue, you can’t really go wrong with a marble design on this winter wedding stationery. It is endlessly elegant and full of class, and says “winter” in an understated and sophisticated way! The best thing about the marbled pattern is that it is completely customizable as per one’s wedding colors!

Bare minimalism

Nothing like the winter months to showcase a landscape that is stripped down to the bare skeletal trees and miles of snow ahead and there is a different area to the bare minimalism that winter brings in. Adorn your winter wedding invites with spidery branches of bare leafless trees and minimalistic accents. Sometimes the honest and true minimalism of the winter months is something that is refreshing for the soul and is appreciated by your wedding guests tremendously. This team can work especially well if you are hosting your wedding in the really cold months of winter.

Black and gold

Is there a color combination that is more classic than black and gold? A festive combo perfect for the festive season, black and gold is a duo that can easily be incorporated in many wedding themes. If you are hosting a minimal winter wedding with classic colors and timeless accents, without compromising on the glam factor, black and gold can be the wedding color combination for you! Not only is it easy to incorporate into our wedding day, but it also goes perfectly well with white and evergreen colors, which seems to be another thing that is favored during these months. Together they will work phenomenally for minimal yet fresh and glam wedding invites.

Watercolor illustrations

What’s more welcoming than a soft, hazy color palette? A soft, hazy palette translated with watercolor paint for your winter wedding! Watercolor invitations are gorgeous and are sure to bring a smile to your guests due to the work put into them! Splash your paper goods with the romantic, whimsical winterscape design, whether it’s a traditional winter scenery or a more specific one, and rest assured your guests will save your invite like a piece of art!

Christmas wreaths

It is hard to stay away from Christmas foliage like frosted greenery, holly leaves, or Christmas wreaths, especially in the festive winter months. Let the festive influences touch your wedding invites by committing to festive greeneries and know that your guests will break into a smile when your Christmas wreath invite reaches them! You don’t essentially have to make it Christmas-themed, just a touch of snowy firs and garlands is enough to bring in some cheer!

Mountainscape

What says winter better than the snow-capped mountains and the whistling pines? Having the mountainscape be a part of your wedding invite is something that will add a chilly and welcoming atmosphere to your wedding day. This is especially fitting if your winter wedding location happens to be wrapped up with tall mountains and gorgeous fir, spruces, and pine trees. There are several mountain scape ideas that you can choose from depending on your specific taste, whether it is actually in the middle of the woods, a snowy paradise perfect for skiing, or a more modern hill town!

Gatsby it up

Bring out the ornate and the opulence with a wedding invite which is formal with gorgeous calligraphy writing, gold foiled design, and is packed with the most gorgeous layers fit for a wedding in the times of Great Gatsby. Whether your style is more vintage dark academia or a royal princess vibe, give your glam wedding the perfect kickstart with a wedding invite that feels like a royal invitation to have tea with the queen! So go for opulent colors with scarlet, royal blue, or purple to make a statement!

Celestial night

There is something about the night sky that gleams a little brighter on cold cloudless winter nights. If you are planning for a celestial-themed wedding, take inspiration from the boundless night sky, and you won’t be disappointed! You have the whole of the universe to seek inspiration from, so while the wedding theme is quite particular, it is also abundant in options! While one can seek to be inspired with the familiar like the stars, the moon, clouds, and the magical midnight sky, there is a whole lot we are not familiar with too, which can add a bit of whimsy and mystic charm to a wedding! A celestial wedding is a perfect blend of whimsical and bohemian, and the deep blue and the sparkling silver will work perfectly well for a winter wedding!

While it is easy to label off a wedding as a winter wedding, there are many different nuances that define it. Whether the couple is hosting their wedding in a rural or an urban setting, whether they have planned for a casual or a more formal wedding, whether their personal style is bohemian or vintage, whether they are whimsical or glam, it is just some of the many factors that can influence the choice of their winter wedding invites. Winter is a beautiful time for a couple to celebrate their wedding day, however, winter can look different for different people. This is why the above-mentioned wedding invite ideas are just some of the many out there. You and your partner will find that there are different ways that you can express your wedding day, and the right wedding invite designer will ensure your specific thoughts are emblazoned in the paper in just the perfect way! After all, it is the wedding invite that whispers promises of what is to come, so a little effort to make it just perfect is worth it!

Christmas Cruises for Your Holiday & Honeymoon

Nothing beats a luxurious Christmas cruise right after your wedding! Click to explore the most beautiful cruises from around the world!

There are couples who have always worn traveling pants and trotted throughout the globe. But a honeymoon is different. This is the first time you will be taking a trip as a newlywed and make decisions as a family. Isn’t that wonderful? Whether you are a lie on the beach with a coconut kind of a person, or fly high in a jet plane with your sweetheart kind of a traveler, or let me try all the exotic cuisines before the world ends, or adventure junkies, or snow bunnies, or city folks, an adventure of your kind awaits you. There are incredible ways and places to indulge your personal idea of romance out there.

Your honeymoon will be the first post-wedding getaway, and out of all things, it should be epic! Picture this: You wake up next to the love of your life in a fluffy bed that looks straight out of a Parisian dream and look out to a spectacular seascape from your floor to ceiling windows! You then slip into your plush satin robe and open the door for a butler to deliver your decadent breakfast and spend the rest of the morning at the pool, followed by a spa session, and head off to explore a new exotic city like Santorini or Tel Aviv and do all the touristy things exclusively planned for you. Doesn’t that sound like a dream?

After a satisfying day of sightseeing and checking off all the points of interest, you dining in a luxurious restaurant by Lake Como in Italy while being surrounded by palatial villas and jaw-dropping vistas or sidle up to an elegant circular bar in Paris while listening to old French songs sung by a pair of oldies. You might also catch up on a musical show at Australia’s Sydney Opera House or play your game of Blackjack at the posh Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas or check into one of the top hotels for an exclusive honeymoon stay or head back to your cruise suite for the night. There are so many options when it comes to honeymoon cruises 2022 for indulging in a lifetime experience right after your holiday wedding. Let us find out some of the best Christmas cruises for an unforgettable holiday and honeymoon!

Most loved holiday honeymoon cruises from around the world:

Norwegian Cruise Line

Has your idea of an exotic honeymoon always been taking a trip on one of the honeymoon cruises to Hawaii? Nothing gets better than hopping on the trip of a lifetime amidst swaying palm trees with the Norwegian Cruise Line. Known for being home to some of the dreamiest wedding venues across the US, the exotic islands of Hawaii have always been also known for being home to some of the best honeymoon cruises ever. The Pride of America is a part of this cruise line that sails from Honolulu and takes you through different Hawaiian islands including Hilo, Kona, Kauai, and Maui. This can let you have a white Christmas with the white and powdery sand of Hawaiian beaches and a green Christmas with the unique black sand beaches native to only this part of the world. It is known for having a flexible style that is perfect for couples who are inclined to a port-intensive itinerary as well as itineraries that are perfect for couples with a strong adrenaline rush and looking to have some Hawaiian adventure!

Disney Cruise Line

Known for being the destination to all the exotic and dreamy honeymoon cruise ideas, the Disney Cruise Line gets even more magical around the holidays. The special holiday-themed sailings are met and greeted by Disney-themed characters that sail from Port Canaveral on one of the most delightful cruise ships ever. You can visit the secluded island retreat from Disney’s along with Castaway Cay, and charming colonial Nassau, Bahamas. It is also famous for giving out honeymoon cruises all-inclusive packages that include special and separate areas for honeymooners which are created specifically for adults. From a pool, an intimate Italian restaurant, an all-night complex with several different bars to a decadent spa and an exclusive beach night, the honeymoon cruises packages all-inclusive from Disney can be a dream!

Princess Cruises

Exclusively ideal for couples voyages from Princess Cruises includes Salsa classes along with food and wine tasting sessions. Whether you have been looking for some stay-at-home date ideas without actually staying at home or browsing through honeymoon cruises packages that include big scenery, big wildlife, and big adventure, then you’ve found the perfect honeymoon. One of the best honeymoon cruises, the Golden Princess departs from Seattle starting from May through September and sails to Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, and Victoria, British Columbia. If you want to enjoy a winter wonderland but do not like dealing with the cold then you can have both with these cruise lines as they feature “snowfall” of faux flurries in an atrium and staterooms have virtual yule logs. You can also experience the exciting gold rush history in this antique train journey, trek through the magnificent glaciers, and enjoy the immersive cultures of Alaska’s native people while traveling in this luxurious cruise honeymoon. Hopping from a casino to the movie theatres to shopping districts, this honeymoon on a cruise will be one unforgettable trip of your lifetime.

Carnival Cruise Lines

Designed for some fun in the sun, when you think about having a carnival cruise for your honeymoon, nothing can be better than the exotic Carnival Freedom from Carnival Cruise Lines. Cruising for Christmas without skipping out on all the holiday traditions sounds like a true dream! From in-room Christmas music to traditional Christmas day meal with turkey and pecan pie to tons of Christmas decorations, your search for executing glamping ideas for an unforgettable honeymoon starts right here. It departs every Sunday from Fort Lauderdale, and you can sail year-round for 6-nights to Western Caribbean ports of call in Key West, Grand Cayman, and Jamaica. These cruises for honeymoons are the home for some of the most sought-after honeymoon adventures in the Caribbean. From the Las Vegas-style atmosphere featuring casinos and nightclubs to parties in a piano bar, there are many honeymoon cruises all-inclusive packages to find your best fit.

Ama Waterways Cruise Line

Ama Waterways Cruise Line is considered to be one of the best honeymoon cruises, sailing through the Rhine River truly sounds like a romantic reverie that just came true! Starting from Basel, Switzerland, or from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, this cruise for a honeymoon can let you experience Europe’s Christmas through iconic markets in France, Germany, Austria, and Hungary while stopping for mulled wine, artisan crafts, and dazzling light displays. The medieval villages and quintessential castles can look straight out of your favorite fairy tales and one of our favorite honeymoon cruise tips for couples would be to cuddle and cozy up like you are having a staycation when you are traveling through some of the prettiest places on earth! The best part of these cruises honeymoon, which makes it one of the best and iconic cruise deals for honeymoon, is that they only take less than 150 people on board which makes a very intimate and modern atmosphere with English as their common language.

Paul Gauguin Cruises

Home to some of the best beach wedding venues there is no end to how pretty the islands of Tahiti can be! For your dreamy honeymoon on a cruise, you can check out the Paul Gauguin Cruises. Setting sail from Papeete in Tahiti, Paul Gauguin Cruises honeymoon sails every Saturday for a 7-night voyage the idyllic coral atolls of Raiatea and Tahaa, and the itinerary includes overnight stays in Bora Bora, Moorea, and Papeete before disembarkation. One of the most exclusive and effortlessly luxurious cruises for a honeymoon that feels like an endless summer dream, your honeymoon on cruises from Paul Gauguin will allow you plenty of time to bask in sunlit beaches and enjoy water sports right off the back of the ship. This cruise ship only visits smaller ports and the honeymoon rooms feature oceanfront balconies making it gorgeously intimate and unimaginably luxurious. The casual and elegant cruise for your honeymoon carries less than 350 guests and is home to one of the finest personal service and fabulously gourmet cuisines meticulously prepared and presented under the supervision of top-rated French chefs.

Viking Ocean Cruises

When you are daydreaming about a star-grade cruise for a honeymoon, there is a high chance that you have come across Viking Ocean Cruises! Exclusively carrying only 930 people on board, this star cruise is home to floor-to-ceiling window views of the snow-capped Nordic mountains, infinity pools, crackling fireplaces, and stately verandas that offers offer ample ways to cuddle up with your loved one while taking in your surroundings. When you think about an old-world Christmas that goes through magical European holiday markets, this honeymoon holiday cruise can make it a reality. This honeymoon cruise goes through the North and Norwegian seas from England to Norway. After admiring the view, you can reconnect while sipping tea at the airy Wintergarden lounge or relaxing in the Nordic spa’s snow grotto or sauna.

Windstar Cruises

Setting sail from Turkey from Istanbul or from Athens, Greece, Windstar Cruises are anything but an ordinary cruise experience for honeymooners! Windstar Cruises are known for giving a chic feel to the guests in a chartered sailboat. Cruising through the Mediterranean, this honeymoon Cruise is known for offering attentive service, superb dining, wide-open teak decks, a casual atmosphere, and the romance of some of the trendiest destinations. Including some of the most incredible places like Greece, Istanbul, Mykonos, Santorini, Bodrum, and Kusadasi, this honeymoon cruise offers an incredibly laid-back atmosphere without any schedules or restrictions for couples to have a time of their life while on their honeymoon.

Celebrity Cruises

For a vacation to remember as newlyweds who are looking to set sail on a cruise on their honeymoon, this exclusive cruise experience is not going to disappoint! It is easy to see why Celebrity Cruises are considered to be one of the finest ships in the cruise industry and come with one of the highest ratings of customer satisfaction. It has also been rated as the best cruise line for couples who are looking for various opportunities for romance. Whether a couple is looking to reconnect during a couples’ massage or while dancing the night away under the starlit skies, this gorgeous ship becomes a destination in itself. One can sip cocktails at the ice-topped Martini Bar & Crush or retreat to The Lawn Club for live jazz music, the seclusion, and exclusively romantic atmosphere makes it one of the most unparalleled cruising experiences for couples. It sails every Sunday from May to August for 7 nights from Cape Liberty to beautiful Bermuda with an unequaled length of stay: three days in port. This honeymoon cruise line is home to exotic opportunities for rejuvenation and relaxation featuring club-style spa vacations along with splurging in the specialty restaurants like the Tuscan Grille.

Honeymoon is the trip of a lifetime for every newlywed! After getting married to the person whom you love the most, what can be more exciting than taking a wild trip down the road or across the ocean to a faraway land and taking some time off from the whole wedding madness that kept you awake at night for so long? Your honeymoon is the break from your daily lives both of you deserve, with your growing family. A dreamy honeymoon allows you to enjoy each other with all the planning and stress behind you. Probably it is the time you take your forever-planned honeymoon social media hiatus and focus on the things that truly matter the most. This is the time of your life that will set the tone for all the upcoming adventures of your life and provide memories that will last you a lifetime.

There are selected high-end cruise lines from around the world that are not about images of families in Mickey Mouse ears, waterslides, and thousands of people floating on behemoths. If you are looking for honeymoon cruises in 2021 to set sail after your holiday wedding, the above-mentioned voyages can make your dream come true as they set sail through some of the most romantic places on this planet. From sailing through some of the dreamiest wedding destinations to giving you highly romantic adventures, there are so many reasons to seriously consider hopping on a 21st-century love boat for your honeymoon.

Glamping Sites Perfect for Pre-Wedding Celebrations

A little holiday trip before the wedding never hurts! Our latest blog features beautiful glamping sites to visit before you take the plunge!

Wedding days are a special one, a day which shines in our Google Calendar with a brilliance of a thousand diamonds! It is a day that you have been dreaming about, planning for, and have been waiting in anticipation to arrive! It is only right to ensure that you do all that you can to ensure your wedding day is just as dreamy and extraordinary as envisioned. However, your wedding day is not the only thing you should be prepared for. A wedding usually comes with a handful of other celebratory occasions, which not only act as a gradual build-up towards the actual wedding day, it also multiplies and quadruples the fun to be had! Arranging for a series of fun pre-wedding celebrations is something that you need to pay special attention to. When your wedding party and your guest have the most amazing time during the pre-wedding celebration, with the actual big day still ahead, it is a tell-tale sign of a wedding that is a phenomenal success. If you are looking into pre-wedding celebrations that will leave a lasting impression on the minds of your guests but are also outdoorsy and luxurious, you have found yourself in just the perfect blog post. Hold tight as we walk you through some of the most luxurious glamping sites that you can consider for your pre-wedding celebrations.

Camp Kalahari, Botswana

Gorgeously refurbished Camp Kalahari in Botswana is the perfect example for a glamping trip. Featuring huge tents filled with Moroccan rugs and four-poster campaign beds, this woodland paradise of a property is situated conveniently near the Makgadikgadi salt pans. You can either soak into the gorgeous forest-like ambiance of the Campsite or visit the nearby meerkat conservation project! One of the three camps in a phenomenal one million-acre private wildlife reserve, Camp Kalahari is set with just 12, Meru-style tents set peppered among the palms. There’s a wide variety of activities that you and your guests can get into, including quad biking, horseback riding, bushman walks, and traditional game drives.

Longitude 131°, Australia

Longitude 131° is a transcending experience of discovery, tucked away in the effervescent heart of Australia. Facing majestic Uluru, Longitude 131° sets spectacular views of the outback icon and World Heritage-listed wilderness of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Hunched in the shelter of a red sand dune and arranged among desert oaks and spinifex, the luxury tented pavilions of Longitude 131° are overshadowed by the grandeur of the scenery. The guests here can probe into the foundation of Anangu culture and investigate their compelling land. Luxurious and lush, Longitude 131° will surely leave a lifelong impression!

Singita Sabora Tented Camp, Tanzania

Singita Sabora Tented Camp is located in an unblemished wilderness area of the Grumeti Reserve, which traverses over 350,000 acres in northern Tanzania and constitutes part of the Serengeti Mara ecosystem. The resort is conveniently positioned on the celebrated migratory route crossed annually by more than a million wildebeest, one of the world’s most notable wildlife adventures. The private 1920s-style camp is adorned with 9 one-bedroom ensuite tents and is saturated with a sense of nostalgic experience. Steeped in nature, Singita Sabora Tented Camp dazzles guests with luxury which is not much-expected in such a rugged territory of the savannah plains.

Shinta Mani Wild, Cambodia

Designed by famous resort designer Bill Bensley, Shinta Mani Wild is a revolutionary new ‘glamping’ concept in Cambodia, combining world-class hospitality and conservation. The property is settled in a lush and untamed wildlife corridor connecting the Bokor National Park with Kirirom National Park and strives to preserve this 350 hectares river valley from poaching, mining, and logging. Fifteen custom-designed tents are perched over swift-moving waters and waterfalls, presenting a view and adventure unlike any. Each tent is carefully designed to summon the taste of what it would have been like to be on a luxury safari in the wildernesses of Cambodia with Jacky O.

The Point, New York

The Point, also known as the “Great Camp” is one of the extraordinary recluses from the bustling cityscape of New York, bringing in the serenity of the wild. This woodland retreat was built by the Rockefellers on the banks of Saranac Lake and blends the vintage charm of the bygone era with a combination of rustic aesthetics. From activities like water skiing and campfires in the summertime to skating and ice fishing in the wintertime, you and your guests can unwind at this idyllic spot and bring a sense of calm to life. The simplistic rustic charm pairs well with the extraordinary luxury, lighting up the luxurious guest rooms in the four log buildings huddled on the peaceful wooded coast of the lake. Enjoy the leisurely companionship of your closed ones as you sit by the blazing campfires at the edge of the lake, and enjoy delicious meals, and we promise this memory will be etched on all of your guest’s minds!

The Ritz-Carlton Ras Al Khaimah, Al Wadi Desert, UAE

A luxurious oasis of peace between a gorgeous landscape, The Ritz-Carlton Ras Al Khaimah, Al Wadi Desert is a treat for the guests! The property encompasses an Asian-inspired spa, a nature reserve featuring Arabian gazelles, camels, and oryxes, a gorgeous 18-hole championship golf course, and admittance to a private beach! Sitting pretty in the midst of the jaw-dropping sandscape, the resort is set abreast the waters of the Arabian Gulf and grand Al Hajjar Mountains, presenting a surreal atmosphere of desert enchantment. The roofs of the gorgeous tents are in the peculiar style of popular Bedouin nomadic dwelling, along with modern villa furnishings in traditional Arab style and the excitement of a private pool in the middle of the desert, all of these things come together to make a journey a mesmerizing adventure.

El Cosmicos, Texas

For the bohemian hearts, it’s time to pack your belongings and get lost in the high desert outpost of West Texas! This gorgeous glamping site in Marfa, Texas is a stop that has been demonstrated to have excellent food for the soul. Enclosed by large-scale installations of the Chinati Foundation and downtown galleries filled with modern art, this luxurious glamping site in Texas sits at an intersection of rural Southwest culture and international art Mecca. Highlighting refurbished vintage trailers, safari tents, explorer tents, Sioux-style tepees, Mongolian yurts, and tent campsites, each deluxe accommodation facility is devised with marine-varnished birch linings and furnishings collected from different corners of the world, and amenities for a comfortable camp experience. Another great thing is that this destination has a lot of recreational features for your guests and plenty of photo ops on every corner.

Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, British Columbia, Canada

Clayoquot Wilderness Resort is a delightfully exotic paradox of indulgent extravagance and the thrill of the forgotten, untamed wilderness within Canada’s Pacific Rim National Park. This unique 21st-century safari-style glamping endeavor with great white canvas suite tents, dining, lounge, and spa tents, provides an excellent menu and breathtaking experiences, giving guests a unique taste of how the wealthy spent their summers some 100 years back. Twenty suite tents show off exquisite antique furnishings, lush rugs, down duvets, remote-controlled propane-powered woodstoves, along with all the luxurious amenities!

Willow Treehouse, New York

The Willow Treehouse is an uncommon yet cozy cabin treehouse nuzzled on 35 acres of private land that faces a forest paradise that is excellent for unwinding and letting the hustles of the city life slip away! Settled just outside Woodstock in upstate New York, this secluded gem is deemed to be one of the best chill weekend getaways near New York and is one of the diverse hamlets of the Catskills. Live in the cabin with your close clan, nestled within the thick woodland forest, and immediately turn it into your little refuge for the weekend, away from the turmoil of the world. It is also considered to be one of the most-loved destinations for spreading love after saying the big “yes”. You can also let out your outdoorsy spirits at this amazing staycation spot as the Catskill Mountains enable hikers with gorgeous caverns, waterfalls, and swimming holes.

Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle, Thailand

Want to escape the wedding planning craziness by running off to a different terrain altogether? An actual paradise encircled by grand mountains, Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle is settled in a beautiful bamboo jungle adjacent to some of Thailand’s oldest civilizations. The guests here can ride an elephant, take a rejuvenating nature stroll, and explore the ways of northern Thailand’s most eccentric hill tribes. Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle comprises just 15 tents, where guests can stretch out in 581 sq ft of living space equipped with leather-and-hardwood bush chairs, propeller fans, and a hardwood desk. Soothe your senses in this gorgeous setting and come back calmer than ever!

Asheville Glamping, North Carolina

Asheville Glamping is one of our favorite glamping spots in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville and also happens to be North Carolina’s most fascinating luxury camping facility. If you are looking for a glamping spot near North Carolina, this spot is perfectly placed to be enjoyed by both city-dwellers and nature-lovers as it combines the nostalgic beauty of camping with luxe details and modern facilities. The guests can enjoy a unique and memorable experience with a plethora of glamping options, ranging from vintage RV’s, bell tents, treehouses, and even mountain cabins. With the capricious and unparalleled atmosphere of log mountain cabins consolidated with innovative architecture, all surrounded by the best of nature, this glamping option in North Carolina can be your perfect recluse with your besties before your big day!

Ventana Big Sur, California

Perfect for a girl’s weekend or a bridal shower trip, Ventana Big Sur comes with awe-inspiring views snuggled amidst redwoods and meadows, this adults-only Big Sur hideaway features luxurious plush suites or glamping tents for a luxurious pre-wedding celebration in Big Sur, California. The confluence of luscious blue skies, the blue-green sea, the moody blue-gray mountains, and vast green forest lands can make you feel like you have reached where civilization never touched! Teleport yourself to the place of boundless tranquility and beauty that has succeeded to attract artists and philosophers for centuries. Highlighting water bodies of all kinds- from rustic glories like a hike to McWay Falls for an 80-foot waterfall and a light sand-colored beach with dabbling emerald color water to up-to-date luxuries like an infinity hot tub, mountain pools, and Japanese hot baths, this secluded nook in California is a party for the senses, and will rejuvenate you before the big day! It is a recluse tucked among the forest with the view of the most gorgeous and dramatic landscapes on earth.

These are just a select few of many glamping options out there, as glamping has come in big and is now preferred by couples, families, and friends. It allows for the outdoorsy feel of real camping but with a generous sprinkling of luxury! If there was ever a time to go big, the wedding day is surely the one. You want to create the best impression, and leave your guests awed and inspired by your choices. From the finest linens on the table, the fanciest of flowers adorning your ceremony arch, there are a lot of ways to impress. However, there is nothing quite like a glamping site with a phenomenal view and the most luxurious of services to form a solid impression, making your wedding the kind that people remember for ages with talks of “remember when” and “wasn’t amazing when”. The definition of luxury has changed a lot over the decades, moving out of luxurious hotel rooms and finely curated menus to exotic locations in the middle of nowhere, with an experience that is more potent than what any hotel room could provide. Whether it is a combined pre-wedding ceremony, a bridal shower trip, or a bachelor trip just for the groom and the groomsmen, we hope our list of glamping sites is received well and with an open heart!

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