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I was wondering if any other Bee has ever planned a Turks and Caicos destination wedding?

If so, I was hoping to see some of your planning sites, blogs, pictures, vendors, wedding websites, inspirations etc. to give me an idea of venues and exact locations on the islands.

I am particular interested in locations on Providenciales and also if anyone has gotten married at the their Catholic church, as opposed to having a beach wedding.  I think that may be one other option we are looking into.

Luckily, I have plenty of time to plan, but would love to know how your overall experience was.

Thanks!

I am getting married in Turks & Caicos in 3 months (yikes!), and we are honeymooning there as well. I am not getting married in a church though- doing the beachy thing at Point Grace Hotel in Provo. My guests are staying at both Point Grace & the Sands Resort which is right next door.

To be honest, I kinda pulled resources from all over the place to plan the wedding. I picked the venue online- they handle the catering & flowers, I'm flying a photographer in from Brooklyn that I had my heart set on (if you choose to use a photog from the island, it will be Tropical Imaging- they basically have a monopoly), and I'm doing all my own music on an iPod. If you need dj's or musician's, your venue will help you with that- again, there are basically a few "go-to's".  Supplies on the island are limited, so I will have to ship a lot of stuff there before I go (ie- favors, decorations, etc).

As far as websites, I really stuck to the major blogs- this one, 100layercake.com, stylemepretty.com, martha stewart weddings, instyle weddings, etc. There is a surprising lack of inspiration & ideas geared towards tropical destination weddings (unless you want to incorporate palm tree & seashell motif's in your wedding). I had a lot of trouble finding invitations in particular- many companies now cater to more of a "vintage" bride. Martha Stewart did issue a Destination Wedding magazine this past fall- see if you can get your hands on a copy.

Have you looked at any venues yet? I was there in November and tried to scope out a few places, so I may be able to help you on that one....

So happy to have a fellow Turks bride here!

I just got married at Point Grace Hotel which is about 4-5 properties down the beach from both the Somerset & the Regent Palms.

kindlil-  I toured the Somerset when I was scouting a wedding location- it is gorgeous, looks just like the pictures and the pool area is gorgeous. We only had lunch there on our honeymoon but heard from other people that O'Soleil is great for an upscale dinner. The only issue I have heard about the Somerset is on tripadvisor for the single "lockout" rooms (ie- not a full suite but have an adjoining door that connects the room to the suites) and that they can be loud. Message me if you want more details as I met with the coordinator as well and she showed me exactly what they do for a typical wedding. I also did a cake tasting with the chef;) Either way, a HUGE lesson I learned the hard way is that going and looking for yourself is really important. If you can narrow it down to 2-3 properties and then go see for yourself, you'll be able to figure out which one is best for you. And then I would plan on at least one more planning trip somewhere around 3-4 mos in advance if you can. Emailing & phone calls made things drag out so much longer when I could have had the same things solved in a 30 minute face-to-face meeting. 

KES- I only saw the spa at the Regent Palms...holy moly is it gorgeous! The manicurist at my hotel was on maternity leave when I was getting married so the front desk booked me at the spa at the RP instead. It's soooooo pretty there, all the buildings are a white-ish color and it had a european chateau feel.  I wanted to go back for a full tour (if I wasn't so busy getting married haha!). The only "drawback" to the spa is that it wasn't on the beach, it's set up by the front entrance right by the road so if you're looking for an oceanfront massage, you'll have to go to Point Grace but they don't do couples massages. Hey, I guess you can't have it all! I heard really good things about Parallel23 but didn't get a chance to try it. Let me know if you need any other honeymoon suggestions- I tried almost every other restaurant on the island;)