...hold hands on horseback on a sandy white beach...
...or paddle a kayak up river to sacred Hawaiian lands before and after the wedding day.
Is this you?
If you want to be surrounded by tropical flowers, azure blue seas and swaying palm trees on your Big Day, this is the place for you.
Hawaii’s Big Island offers a wide choice of accommodations and wedding planning services. You can be assured of exceptional treatment during the most important moments of your life.
Listen to this: Hawaiian Air has a "Wedding Wings" program tailor-made to help brides, grooms, and their guests to get cheap airline tickets to Hawaii as well.
Big Island Hawaii Weddings: Must-Know Info
To be married in the state of Hawaii, you must first obtain a Marriage License here from a Governor’s Office agent. You need to be 18, single, and to appear in person with $60 and a photo ID. There are no residence, citizenship or blood test requirements. If you are divorced, you must know the month and year your divorce was final.
The License is valid only throughout the state of Hawaii and is good for 30 days from the date of issuance (including it).
Download a Marriage License Application from the State of Hawaii’s, Department of Health - Vital Records website. Fill most of it in advance - it will save you time. Arrange to be here on a week day to get your marriage license, as these offices are closed weekends.
Big Island Weddings: Wedding Planning Services
A Big Island Hawaii wedding is an unforgettable event, and there are so many ways to go about creating memories that will last for a lifetime. Instead of organizing your own, why not enjoy a stress free wedding? Hire a Hawaiian professional wedding planner who can arrange all the details before you come.
Basic assistance, which only involves help with finding a location, a minister, a photographer for half-an hour, a couple of orchid leis, and a wedding video are under $500.
Big Island Hawaii Weddings: Wedding Packages
Wedding packages can be as simple and as lavish as you would like. They start at $700 and go to nearly $3,000 depending on the number of guests, desired number of photographers, the type of flowers, and of course, the location.
You can have a grand, elaborate wedding in any of the island’s 5 star resorts or an intimate garden party at a private Hawaiian cottage.
Or, have a wedding long on romance and short on expense: a romantic sunset ceremony on the beach, with the sounds of the lapping waves as your wedding music and resident turtles as extra guests...
For more non-traditional venues, choose for a ceremony by a waterfall in the lush tropical jungle, or on board a 50-ft. teakwood sailing ship.
Want a no-expense-spared wedding?
Opt for an extravagant ceremony at the Four Seasons Resort at Hualalai.
You get a professional musician playing the guitar, ukulele or violin for 1 hour...
...and you have the romantic luxury of 2,000 dendrobium orchids sprinkled at the wedding site!
Would you like to be that lucky bride?
This package includes a relaxing 50 minute massage for 2 to get rid of pre-wedding stresses and a romantic dinner on the beach for the bride and groom.
Want more beach wedding ideas? We highly recommend these beach wedding packages! You will find here everything you need to know about your beach wedding, including the perfect attire, ceremony, wedding gifts, beach reception and more, be it in Hawaii or elsewhere on the beach.
Big Island Hawaii Weddings: The Honeymoon
After the wedding, totally relax during your entire stay here. Enjoy a honeymoon suite as part of a special package at one of Big Island resorts, have a world of your own in a secluded bed and breakfast, or savor your honeymoon at the most romantic Hawaii all inclusive resorts.
Big Island Hawaii weddings are for those who want to steal a kiss under a waterfall in a tropical paradise...
