10 proposals in Latin American and the Caribbean that you will never forget

Charming spots in this region are more and more getting the attention of lovers or newly married couples for their weddings or honeymoon trips.

Love, relaxation, passion and expectations met to the greatest extent are the key to success for these types of trips. Tourist operators from this area have made some important progresses in the creation of a competitive product with a differentiated and special concept for a market segment that can produce over1500 dollars per person and can involve between 20 and 63 people per wedding, staying three days minimum. It implies a significant cut every time these services are requested. Only in the US, for example, half a million couples a year go abroad for a honeymoon trip and another significant number of people travel specifically to get married and it’s not uncommon that they choose a Caribbean island or country as their final destination. Cayman Islands These Isles are among the favorite destinations for this modality. Their beaches, their golden dusks, their excellent hotels, their restaurants by the beach and the diversity of options to shop and walk around are offered to enjoy a movie-like staying. Ocean surrounds everything and under the water a life explosion waits in the coral gardens. Hospitality, good service, yachts, diving, horseback ridings and more mix in this Caribbean paradise like a wonderful cocktail and with high class customer service to make lovers feel in heaven. Anguilla This narrow and long island, with a bright green heart where coconut trees are abundant, has over thirty excellent beaches. Sola Bay stands out with a thousand years old sand acknowledged to be the whitest and finest sand of the world by many people. First class facilities welcome the guests in this spot belonging to the Caribbean islands of Windward. The luckiest ones will be able to enjoy the luxury of Cap Juluca Resort, which villages are exclusively designed with mochavaris to filter the sunlight, private solariums, private decks and absolute privacy. It exceeds any previous expectations and makes the trip to be remembered like a unique experience, eagerly yarned for the rest of the life that can involve the illusion of love. Barbados With an extension of hardly 34 km length by 22 km width, it has the greatness that you wish for these types of experience. Small bays with pearly like beaches and crystal-clear waters, inland live nature, joy, hospitality and music, a whole Caribbean rainbow mixed with the British way of life in a wonderful island where the sun shines during the whole year. Marvelous golf courts, wild paths through pure scrub that you can cross by walking or by horse riding, natural parks and special areas dedicated to the conservation of the local flora and fauna. You will also find excellent shops and fancy restaurants and about 200 accommodation places. Martinique French culture and refined cuisine, first class hotels in beaches that can be the shelter of your dreams, the intact flavor of older times and countries inhabited by unsophisticated people are the best gifts for lovers or newly married couples who arrive in this island.

You can find spectacular landscapes with several reserves that seem to belong to the Genesis times where a subtle smell of flowers and fruits can be felt around over one thousand square kilometers. To the west, excellent Caribbean, white sand beaches skirt the shore. Little romantic hotels and resorts can be found among the gardens. The myth of the happy man described by Luis Stevenson in his wonderful book The Treasure Island.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines These tiny Caribbean islands have been among the top ten wedding and honeymoon destinations of the region, for years. This is due, among many other reasons to the renowned Petit Saint Vincent Resort, a complex of 22 ample bungalows, arranged on an independent islet and originally conceived for couples of lovers looking for an absolute intimate, private and discreet staying. Regardless of the fact that the access is only possible by sea, one of its best details is that customers have a mail box out of their rooms where they can leave their requirements to the waiters on duty. They also have two flags for each cabin – one is yellow to indicate they are ready to receive the service and the other one is red indicating their desire not to be disturbed. Mexican Caribbean Even when this type of product can be found in all Caribbean Mexican area, Holbox and Isla Mujeres are two reference points. There is the so-called Secret Hotel in Playa Media Luna, with only nine rooms in a spacious beach chalet with a romantic design, large windows overlooking the sea, its own restaurant with full silverware, fine dishware, pure white embroidered tablecloths and an excellence service. There is also Playa del Carmen with Desire Hotel, a dream come true with only 15 rooms with bathtubs next to the bed, spacious terraces with hammocks and service is customized. These customers receive a special attention and they are given baskets of fruits, bottles of champagne or wine, a spa session or a tour around old and ceremonial Mayan locations, associated to couple fertility and love. The contact with nature, shamans and Mexican cuisine, declared Intangible World Heritage by UNESCO, are a high class complement. Jamaica This land of forests and rivers has a hotel on Negril Beach, Hedonism II, (not the only one belonging to this chain), which is absolutely thought for love and free enjoyment. Here, beach, sun and pleasure join in a perfect combination selected by many for their bachelor parties. Bloody Bay beaches are also very popular among lovers as well as famous Port Antonio, to the East of the island, where Errol Flynn consolidated his Don Juan reputation and the film Blue Lagoon, a beautiful wild love picture that showed the world the seductive powers of the Tropic. Discovery Bay, Runaway Bay and even the famous Dunn´s River Falls, with platforms for the guests to stand on and have the wedding ceremony, are among the country’s most popular locations to get married. It includes exotic ingredients like music, birds, reggae notes and recently cut flowers. This is the selected destination for many special packages intended for weddings or honeymoons. Puerto Rico It is a worthy destination, with famous beaches like Luquillo, La Pared, Racetracks, Siete Mares, Domes, Boquerón o el Sardinero; marinas and World class golf courts. Additionally, it has a beautiful capital, San Juan. Very near there is the natural monument known as The Anvil, which is still an enchanted forest in which you are certain that everything was there from the very original moment; like a living memory of biblical scenarios where Adam and Eve first met. There are all categories of hotels for this market segment and in all possible scenarios and there is a feeling of careful attention to these guests. Dominican Republic Here you can find the best proposals of the region in terms of destinations that you can not refuse. Also, here there are names already enlisted among the best World class options for tourists like Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Playa Bávaro, Casa de Campo, La Romana and Cayo Levantado, among others. Isolated beaches sheltered by a range of coconut trees and exuberant nature with surrounding melodies and the unique colors of the Tropic are the basis for first class hotels located on the most beautiful scenes. A variety of tours, nautical sports and very special complements like a fee in one of the place’s good golf courts or a bachata and merengue night are very pleasant opportunities. There are some alternatives for all the possibilities and the hospitality and good character of Dominicans will always be there. Cuba Havana, Varadero, Villa Clara’s northern keys and the north of the eastern province of Holguín, have the best wedding and honeymoon offers in Cuba, the biggest island of the Antilles. This is based on the good quality of these destinations with excellent four and five hotels and resorts, manager by some of the most important international Hotel Chains represented in the Caribbean. These are ideal spots to get married and have an unforgettable honeymoon that will meet the expectations of the couples who are more and more looking for a combination between a paradise beach and an excellent service. They also seek some ingredients of adventure and the possibility to have a contact with the country’s culturally or geographically interesting locations, in which Cuba is a leader in the region due to its tour offers and the great range of attractive activities to enjoy without getting into bug and expensive movements from one place to the other. Some other love film destinations Tiny French overseas territories in the Caribbean like Guadalupe and Saint Martin, receive thousands of honeymooners. 10 minutes flight away from the latter we can find Saint Barths key is a paradise between coral sands and warm waters attended by the lucky ones who got a room at Villa Les Mouettes, a wonderful 7 bungalows complex with butler service, cellar, French cheeses and chocolate croissant baked in a neighboring bakery. Walkways get into the forest ending in a platform like to have a great view of the vast ocean in absolute privacy. It is one of the most exclusive destinations of the region and it is still free of great number of tourists. However, this luxurious French-like honeymoon is one of the most expensive of the whole eastern hemisphere. Likewise, Saint Lucia Island has a favorable reputation for this modality. It is the jewel of Windward. Tourists can select any of the beautiful facilities in Reduit Beach, Anse Chastanet, Toc Bay, Anse Cochon and Jalousie Bay. Catamarans, motor boats, small yachts, and water motorcycles are the best taxis in this beautiful island where practically everything is by the ocean, from cabarets and piano bars to restaurants and casinos. Aruba, the so-called happy island is also an interesting spot to take into account. Actually, it is frequently selected by many couples to celebrate their wedding or spend their honeymoon or renovate their marriage vows in an unforgettable setting. Several beaches, natural parks associated to beautiful hotel resorts and their experience with this modality have made this location to be one of the most demanded by this segment through the years. One of its special offers is the sea weddings. For this, they have prepared some boats with enough space on the deck to arrange the guests and celebrate the special occasion with family and friends.