Destination wedding planners - how did you choose your destination

We chose Cozumel because it has such a large part of our hearts. Our first vacation together was there with his family for Christmas, and we have gone pretty much every year since.

It is also where he proposed, at the most beautiful lighthouse (I am OBSESSED with lighthouses). It was an easy choice deciding to get married on the island.

We chose Punta Cana for our wedding mostly due to cost efficiency for our guests, and the positive feedback we heard about food and beaches. We were open to other countries/cities but we fell in love with the modern resort our travel agent proposed!

We are doing a destination vow renewal in Hawaii. My fiance has always dreamed of getting married there and has actually refused to vacation there in the past if the person wasn't "the one". She has never been but I have and it's beautiful so of course I was on board with this. We were going to have our whole wedding there but thought the planning would take too long and we wouldn't be getting married until 2020 and didn't want to wait that long. So we're having a small local wedding in June and then running off to Hawaii in the fall to have a honeymoon and wedding number 2!!