Elegant Hotels offers a plethora of fantastic wedding options, with a portfolio that includes seven luxury properties on Barbados’ Platinum Coast including Treasure Beach, The House, Tamarind, Crystal Cove, Turtle Beach Resort and Waves Hotel & Spa and Colony Club . With each featuring a distinct personality and offering, couples can even have their dream wedding at one resort, and enjoy a change of scenery at another for their honeymoon if desired.
With the Tropical Luxury wedding package (available at all properties), bride and groom can wed on a stunning white-sand beach or serene tropical gardens in an intimate ceremony with family and friends. The package includes the dedicated services of a wedding co-ordinator to plan the celebration and take care of all legalities, a personalised wedding website and gift registry, welcome cocktails, a wedding cake and champagne toast. If a dazzling sunset backdrop wasn’t memorable enough, couples can opt for dramatic extras such as a steel pan drummer, guitarist or saxophonist to serenade the ceremony, an aisle peppered with rose petals and tropical floral arrangements. After dancing the night away with loved ones under the stars, the happy couple can savour a leisurely Mimosa Breakfast in Bed the morning after. The Tropical Luxury Wedding Package costs from £782 per couple.
After the big day, newlyweds can switch up the setting at another Elegant property for a honeymoon that suits their personal vibe. With Elegant Hotels’ signature Dine Around Programme, they can also enjoy fine-dining at any of the seven resorts throughout their honeymoon.
Elopements &Micro-Weddings
For couples keen to shun the wedding fanfare or the stresses of party planning, Elegant Hotels offers a ‘Just The Two Of Us’ package at each of their seven properties. Elope with an intimate beachside ceremony (where witnesses can be provided by the dedicated wedding co-ordinator), and follow with a private beach dinner under the stars and a signature couples massage. Toast to your happiness with a Champagne ‘morning after’ breakfast for two and take home a personalised wedding gift. The package costs from £1,561 per couple.
Or, those who want to keep it small and simple in line with the ‘micro-wedding’ trend can opt for a sophisticated hotel takeover of the adults-only The House or Treasure Beach.
With its 34 suites, The House feels like your very own private island. As well as a dedicated wedding co-ordinator on hand to create a spectacular beachside ceremony and glittering reception with your nearest and dearest, the on-site Romance Concierge can create unforgettable tailored experiences to enhance the celebrations – from a barbecue-under-the-stars to sunset beach dinners. The boutique property effortlessly caters to discerning couples with fine dining experiences and luxurious flourishes from dedicated service ambassadors.
Wedding guests can unwind with a complimentary ‘jet lag’ massage on arrival whilst the suitcases are unpacked in their suite, and ease into evening with sunset cocktails and canapes. Daily champagne breakfasts on the beachfront deck and enchanting afternoon teas are ideal for lazy days, whilst thrilling experiences such as water-skiing, sailing and stand-up paddle boarding are destined to create treasured memories.
Book: https://all-inclusive.marriott.com/the-house-by-elegant-hotels.
Treasure Beach, with just 35 suites, is another fantastic micro-wedding option for lovers of art and gastronomy. After a picture-perfect ceremony against the backdrop of a dazzling sunset arranged by the wedding co-ordinator, there’s plenty for couples to enjoy either alone or with friends and family.
Guests can perfect the art of pastry-making and food-styling, savour signature dishes from award-winning chef Javon Cummins with an interactive Chef’s Table experience, shake up tropical cocktails in a series of hands-on workshops, and try wine tasting and pairing sessions with the resort’s sommelier. Culture vultures can not only discover the island’s creative hubs, museums and art galleries with guided art crawls, but create their own paintings on the deck – with easels and canvas for hire – as well as rock mandalas as treasured souvenirs of their special trip. Following the day’s activities, guests can enjoy nightly cocktail sundowners against a picture-perfect sunset or retreat to their spacious suites (many with private plunge pools) to enjoy a nightcap.
Book: https://all-inclusive.marriott.com/treasure-beach-by-elegant-hotels.
Familymoons – Couples with children can go for a ‘familymoon’ at the all-inclusive Turtle Beach, where the whole clan can immerse themselves in Bajan culture and unwind together just as the locals do with beach cricket, calypso dance lessons and domino challenges.
While the newlyweds enjoy blissful post-wedding time on the white-sand beach, there’s plenty for kids to do at the Flying Fish Kids Club where they can become ‘honorary Bajans’ through learning the local lingo and cooking authentic dishes. Rates from £225 per night.
Book: https://all-inclusive.marriott.com/turtle-beach-by-elegant-hotels.
Zen – With its tranquil surroundings and an array of spa treatments, the all-inclusive Waves Hotel & Spa is ideal for a rejuvenating ‘zen-moon’ for two. Sensory spa treatments, such as the Signature Bespoke Ritual where two massage therapists synchronise rhythmic movements for total body exfoliation are destined to relieve any post-wedding stress.
Outside the spa, couples can spend the first heady days of marital bliss on the white sand beach or by the two pools, try their hand at mixology classes, or embark on an island adventure tour to visit historic churches and tour rum shops. Rates from £267 per night.
Book: https://all-inclusive.marriott.com/waves-hotel-spa-by-elegant-hotels.
Culture – Honeymooners keen for a true taste of the island can toast to nuptial bliss at the prestigious Colony Club, which features the island’s first-of-its-kind Rum Vault. The vault boasts 150 rums from all over the world, including Barbados – considered to be the birthplace of rum – neighbouring Caribbean islands and international destinations such as South America, Mauritius, Fiji and Japan. Whether a connoisseur or simply curious, the dedicated Rum Ambassador, Corey Sobers, is sure to entertain and inspire with his extensive knowledge, impressive mixology skills and vibrant personality.
Newlyweds can savour rum-and-chocolate pairings, signature tasting flights and intimate rum-paired multi-course dinners for two, whilst discovering the stories behind the spirits. Championing the use of locally-grown produce, the property also features an on-site organic vegetable and herb garden and a tilapia pond with aquaponic technology, which complements the culinary offering. Couples can learn about produce through weekly garden tours and ‘Garden to Plate’ cooking demonstrations. Rates from £215 per night.
Book: https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bgilc-colony-club-by-elegant-hotels/.
It’s really easy to get married in Barbados:
It’s on the UK green list, with just 2 tests required for arrival, 2 for departure. Fully vaccinated travellers get a free test on arrival at the airport and have to quarantine for 24 hours until they have their test results. No quarantine needed on return to the UK.
No required waiting period or minimum length of stay
Dedicated wedding planners at Elegant Hotels makes all the local arrangements for you such as the marriage licence, private transfers to the registration office, officiating ministerial services, witnesses (if required) and even a personalised wedding website and gift registry (all included in the Tropical Luxury Wedding Package)
