Peter Island Resort , British Virgin Islands

If you are looking for a secluded location for your honeymoon, consider Peter Island! The Peter Island Resort is the largest luxury private resort in the British Virgin Islands. The resort is steeped in intriguing pirate lore and unspoiled landscapes. Just four miles south of Tortola, the island offers travelers 1,800 acres of uninhabited, unsurpassed privacy, intimacy, and lush, native vegetation in addition to world-class snorkelling and diving.

It has five white sandy beaches and twenty secluded coves.

The island is surrounded by the Caribbean Ocean, Sir Francis Drake Channel and the Atlantic Ocean.

Peter island offers high standards of style and accommodations. Your personal Island Host will tend to your every need. Charming Beachside Junior suites and Oceanside rooms are remarkable, while the resort’s three villas are extraordinary.

The resort’s island buyout and villa stay programs have become popular choices for the elite, noted CEO’s, destination weddings, honeymoons,  family reunions, special anniversaries, and birthdays alike.

The island’s romance experts have chosen a few places for a romantic tryst, from an elegant afternoon picnic, a deliberate island stranding, a candlelit beachside dinner, a romantic sunset, or an afternoon of total spa bliss in one of the oceanside bohios , just to name a few.

Peter Island was first established as a resort in the sixties and has recently undergone extensive renovation. Check www.peterisland.com for more information about specials and packages.

Some of its most recent awards include: Gold List; Conde Nast Traveler and the Top 500 List; Travel & Leisure Magazine.

Photos and facts courtesy of Peter Island Resort

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Muriel MacRae is an associate wedding coordinator, a design consultant and event choreographer, and a destination wedding coordinator with Creative Weddings and Occasions and the owner of a boutique travel agency called Del Sol Travel.  She is a certified wedding planner and destination wedding coordinator through the Wedding Planners Institute of Canada. Getting to know and understand her clients is critical in helping turn their ideas and vision into a unique and memorable masterpiece when creating their dream wedding. Located in Calgary, Alberta, she plans weddings, destination weddings, and honeymoons for couples in and around the Calgary and Banff area and throughout North America. For more information about planning your wedding, honeymoon, or romantic getaway, please contact her at muriel@creativeweddingsandoccasions.com or phone 403-477-0643.

Planning for Your Out of Town Wedding Guests

There are so many parts to planning a wedding that it can sometimes be overwhelming. One more thing that a bride has to think about is planning for the out of town wedding guests. Usually there are too many people to have them stay at your house so other arrangements have to be made. One of the things to consider is contacting a hotel in the area and getting a group rate for your guests who stay there. In fact, depending on the size of the wedding, you might want to contact two or three local hotels at different price ranges so that your guests have a choice of accommodation. For those brides with a wedding website, the different accommodations could be described on the website along with the nightly rate and a contact phone number.

Photo courtsey of Muriel MacRae

If there are a number of guests staying at a hotel without transportation, you might want to arrange for a bus to transport your guests from the hotel to and from the ceremony and wedding locations. This can be a tremendous benefit which your out of town guests will really appreciate.

For guests travelling a long distance to the wedding, you might want to contact a travel agent to arrange a group rate for air travel. Usually you need a minimum of ten people in the group in order to receive the group rate. West Jet allows brides to call them to receive a number which will allow any of their wedding guests flying anywhere in North America to receive a 10% discount off regular fares.

Photo courtesy of West Jet

Finally, you might want to plan some day trips before or after the wedding for those guests who would like to see the sights in your hometown. Many guests who are travelling to a location which they have not visited before will enjoy your thoughtfulness.

Sometimes, it does not take much to keep your out of town guests happy. Thinking of ways to make it easier for them to find accommodations and transportation is just one of them.

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 Muriel MacRae, owner of Del Sol Travel and Del Sol Destination Weddings, is a travel consultant and wedding planner who specializes in destination weddings and romantic getaways to tropical areas such as Hawaii, Costa Rica, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the South Pacific. Located in Calgary, Alberta, she plans destination weddings and honeymoons for couples in and around the Calgary area and throughout North America. For more information about planning your destination wedding, honeymoon, or romantic getaway, please contact her at travelinfo@delsoltravel.ca or phone 403-477-0643.