Couples are choosing wedding locations outside the vicinity in which they reside. Some of the more popular romantic and exotic locations include the California Wine Country, Hawaii, Jamaica, and Las Vegas. Destination weddings are thus more intimate, usually under 100 people, with invitees comprised of very close family and friends.
Rehearsal dinners are likely to include everyone as well.
Wedding weekends allow couples the opportunity to spend more time with family and friends, enjoying special activities planned throughout the weekend. A house may be rented by the couple, with a drop-in BBQ one day, and a wine tour the next. The Wine Country is a perfect location for a destination wedding or wedding weekend because of its many gifts a spectacular California coastline, the magnificent Redwoods, San Francisco, as well as an outstanding region for food and wine. Longer reception times mark another Millennium trend. Because of the amount of time, energy, and money that couples expend creating a dream wedding, couples are cherishing longer reception times to savor the occasion with family and friends.