Visit shangrilacaribe.net or call 888-896-0690. For information on the area, go to rivieramaya.com.
You need not travel thousands of miles for a dream wedding. The Charleston, S.C., Convention and Visitors Bureau's sixth annual Wedding Guide is filled with planning information.
For a free copy, visit charlestonweddingguide.com or call 800-868-8118.
Speaking of the Charleston area, the Wild Dunes Resort in Isle of Palms is popular for weddings and honeymoons. Its Bliss by the Beach honeymoon package begins at $295 per night for three nights and includes accommodations at the Boardwalk Inn, champagne on arrival, a dinner for two, breakfast in bed one morning, and one 50-minute massage per person.
Visit wilddunes.com, where you will also find answers to questions about weddings and receptions, or call 888-778-1876.
In Palm Springs, Calif., the Horizon Hotel's Honeymoon in the Desert offer costs $995 for what the hotel puts at a $1,425 value. Couples stay three nights in a King Deluxe room and receive a bottle of champagne, a $100 voucher for dinner for two, two spa treatments, and two tickets for the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, providing a romantic tram ride 8,500 feet high with spectacular views of the Coachella Valley. The package is valid through October.
Visit thehorizonhotel.com or call 800-377-7855.
For the even more adventurous, there is a wedding in the wild at Kenya's Cottars 1920s Camp, through Uncharted Outposts. Couples wed under a clear blue sky surrounded by chanting Masai warriors. If the wedding is in July or August, the soulmates will behold the great wildebeest migration, but any time of year they will see hippos, impalas, buffalo, zebras, and cheetahs. A four-night stay, including all the arrangements, starts at $3,250 per person.
Visit unchartedoutposts.com or call 888-995-0909.
