Weddings on a cruise is not a new trend and I always thought it was a great idea. On a cruise, the food and alcohol are already paid for so the cost of the ceremony ends up being a couple of hundred, or a few thousand at most. If the wedding is small enough, the bride and groom may even pay for the guests to be there. But when we were in St. John and St. Thomas last year (see posts from our trip), every wedding planner we talked to frowned upon the cruise ship wedding. They said they line up the brides on the beach and conduct the wedding like an assembly line. They said it’s impersonal and you get married in front of many strangers. The New York Times wrote an article in favor of the idea.
Source: Piotr Redlinski Photography
I don’t want to pick sides but I always wanted to hear from someone who did the cruise ship wedding. Have you done a cruise ship wedding? Know anyone that did?
