Just say "Oui" to this Grand Cayman Beach Wedding

Thanks to this couple who were visiting from Montreal, Canada for sending in some pictures for my blog. I really appreciated that they took the time to send us an email with this comment :

"Thank you very much, you're all very professional and it was a pleasure getting married with your help." Since many of our clients come from friends telling friends, and sharing our blog and website it is always good to have feedback when you're happy with our services.

For our cruise clients, so many couples tell me they chose Simply Weddings because of feedback on the various cruise boards, that I encourage you to share your experience of our wedding services with others who might be considering a destination wedding in Grand Cayman.


This groom was concerned about his English, but really all he had to say was "Oui". They said their vows to each other in French. Remember, you can chose to compose your own vows, or use the standard vows we supply.

These are the ever-popular "mango" miniature calla lilies. If you want to select and supply your own flowers that's fine with us. The table for signing, white linen tablecloth and shells for decorations are supplied standard for all our weddings.
This wedding was performed by one of our associates, Rev. Harold Paramlall. He helps us out if I am away or we have several bookings in the same time slot. We make all the arrangements, including preparing the script of your personalised wedding.

Couples enjoy the "proof" shot, that they are now a married couple.

The northern tip of Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman is a fabulous setting for a sunset beach wedding. It has the further advantage of being virtually deserted at this time of day. This town has many excellent restaurants, ask us for recommendations.

Call Joy or Peggy now to book your sunset wedding on one of Grand Cayman's spectacular beaches (345)9499933. We are now booking through 2011. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Email us mywedding@candw.ky and visit our website to see our Cayman wedding packages.

When You Have to Have The Very Best Cayman Cruise Wedding

This bride from Elkins, Arkansas is a woman after my own heart, she's a planner, and doing all the research and planning beforehand meant that she could relax and enjoy her wedding day in the beautiful Cayman Islands. As I tell my couples, your special day will be worry-free when you book with the Cayman Islands cruise wedding specialists, Simply Weddings.


I arrange to pick you up in the Simply Weddings SUV and take you to our office where you can relax, and get ready while your Special Marriage License is obtained. We can't get the SML until you are physically on the island (unless it's a weekend or Public Holiday, when we have to make special arrangements).

This bridal couple had pre-selected My Secret Cove as the special place for their wedding.

Here they are saying their vows on the little natural staging area.

Although it was only 9:30am I was glad to get some shade in this little spot.

Posing with Joy and their marriage certificate.

Don't you think these "Just Married" T-shirts they changed into afterwards are very cool?

The backs of the shirts had their names, date of marriage, Cayman Islands and their ship

This is a good shot of Smith's Cove, which has been recently improved by our Parks and Recreation Department. It is really kept in excellent condition by their cleaning crews, and I never miss the opportunity to let them know how much I appreciate this.

The newly-weds pose with the new signage at the Park. This is the real name of this park, it's the name I knew this spot as when I was a girl growing up in Cayman.

It is very easy to get married in the Cayman Islands as there is no required residency period, you can be married the same day shortly after you disembark from your cruise ship. In one hour you can be married, and back in George Town where you can have lunch, explore the shops, or even take advantage of some of the island tours. If you are traveling alone, we would be happy to arrange witnesses for your ceremony as required by law. If you are traveling in a group, we can arrange for a brand-new air conditioned bus to pick you up and take you to the wedding location.

Whatever you envisage your Cayman wedding day to be like, we work with you and within your budget to make your dream of a Cayman Island wedding come true.

Call Joy or Peggy (345) 9499933 and see our Cayman Islands wedding packages at Simply Weddings-Grand Cayman Wedding Celebrants and Planners

Grand Cayman - My Secret Cove was the right spot for this wedding last week

It was a blistering hot day in George Town, Grand Cayman. This groom and his friend, pictured are both postal workers in Arkansas. He told me his friend suggested that Grand Cayman might be a good place to get married, when the two couples were on a cruise vacation. Since they had a great time at My Secret Cove, I think this Grand Cayman wedding was unanimously voted a success.


Below is the quiet spot, not far from the George Town cruise landing, known as "My Secret Cove." Fortunately it does provide some shade these days, but I try and do my cruise weddings as early as possible, before it gets really hot. My clients help by scanning and emailing their documents in advance so that it is very easy to get the Special Marriage License which is required for visitors to get married in Cayman.


The Bride chose a special reading from e.e. cummings to read to her groom "I carry you in my heart".
Iced champagne is part of this all-inclusive cruise wedding package, seen here the newly-weds and their friends raise their glasses in a toast.

This is a private residence near My Secret Cove, but it makes a great back-drop for this formal portrait.

This quiet spot is my favourite by far. It is not available for groups larger than 6 people. How It's natural beauty adds to the special quality of your wedding day in the beautiful Cayman Islands. This spot has it all, beach, rocks, water, greenery all allow for some fantastic wedding pictures. For your unforgettable, worry-free, wedding day on one of the gorgeous beaches of Grand Cayman Island, call Joy or Peggy today at 345-9499933 or email mywedding@candw.ky.

Let Simply Weddings - Grand Cayman take take of all the details in this all-inclusive cruise wedding package.

Cord of Three Strands for this Grand Cayman Beach Wedding

When this couple from Washington DC contacted us about doing their Cayman Cruise wedding and said they wanted the "cord of three strands" ceremony, I was intrigued, since I had never heard of it. The explanation provided below is courtesy of God's Knot and you should contact them if you are interested in having this beautiful addition to your marriage ceremony.

"Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken" From Ecclesiastes 4:12

The cord of three strands symbolises the joining of one man, one woman, and God into a marriage relationship. The Gold Strand represents God at the centre of the marriage, the Purple strand represents the groom, and the white strand represents the bride.

The wedding took place at Governor's Beach, Grand Cayman Island

The happy couple's "we did it!" shot

The wedding party enjoy a celebratory jump!

When you book an all-inclusive Cayman Cruise Wedding with Simply Weddings - Grand Cayman it includes access to our Bridal Room to get dressed. For these and other special touches for your Grand Cayman wedding contact us at (345) 9499933 or mywedding@candw.ky

Todays vendors include, ceremony by Joy for Simply Weddings, video by VIP Productions, these photos supplied.

Simple, Elegant, Residents' Grand Cayman Wedding

Now that we have had a bit of rain, our garden has begun to look a bit better. The bouganvillas are all in bloom. However most of our registry office weddings are held inside with the air-conditioner going full-blast. Today's couple were no exception,even at 9 am, it was a scorcher.

Joy with a local couple

Some of our registry office weddings are very casual, others like this one this morning, are more elegant. The bride is from Thailand, and the groom is Caymanian.

Inside our spacious office at 306 North Church Street

The limousine was a surprise for the bride, I think it's the largest one on the island. If you look behind the limousine you will see one of the cruise-ships in the harbour. We are ideally located on North Church Street (near Kirk Supermarket, in the ERA Kirkconnell Realty Building) and easy for visitors and residents to find.

Not everybody is lucky enough to get a limousine ride. You will see the Simply Weddings van
around town, especially on cruise-ship days.

Residents of the Cayman Islands must be married by Banns. Your wedding can take place 7 clear days after the Banns are published. If you want a civil (non-religious) ceremony at my Registry Office, or elsewhere in Cayman call Joy or Peggy at (345) 9499933.

Impromptu Grand Cayman Cruise Wedding was quite unusual

Today was a most unusual day for me. We had two weddings planned, one was a fairly large cruise wedding with lots of extra services, the other was a simple Registry Office wedding for a local couple. I was sitting at the Haagen Dazs cafe reading my Kindle and waiting for my bride and groom to meet me so I could get their Special Marriage License, and take them down to my office to get dressed. A woman came up to me and said something about getting married.

This couple from New Jersey, with the bride's parents and her children, got married at the Governor's Beach

At first I thought she was talking generally, and then I figured out she was saying she and her fiance wanted to get married today! Her stars must have been aligned or something, because everything just fell in place. Sometimes brides spend over a year working with us on their destination Cayman wedding, and this one just fell in place in ten minutes.

I sent the bride and groom down to the office to see Peggy and get the legal requirements done, and set off to do wedding number one, my big group from Washington DC.

Joy with the newly married pair, at Governor's Beach

In the meantime, the bride and groom returned to their ship and got the bride's parents to come and be their witnesses. They visited one of the local jewelry shops where they bought the wedding ring. They then took a taxi to the wedding location, where I was to meet them at 1 p.m.

It can't be any simpler than this, to get married on Grand Cayman

Grand Cayman Island is one of the few places on the western Caribbean cruise-ship circuit where you can be married while you are on the island for just a few hours. There is no residency requirement, no blood test. All you have to do is to have the correct documents and a Marriage Officer to do the ceremony. For this couple, due to luck and circumstances, their impromptu wedding just fell in place. In most instances I do only one cruise ship ceremony per day, particularly if the planned wedding includes a large group and many details. I do this because I dislike rushing my couples, and it is most important to me that the bride and groom enjoy their experience in the Cayman Islands.

I get many, many referrals through word of mouth, and comments my couples make on Cruise Critic and Trip Advisor. So if you are happy with the service provided by Simply Weddings, please take a moment to share your experience with your friends and co-workers and of course on your social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. You can share this and any article on my blog by email and other sites just by clicking the "Share" button at the end of this article.

You will find me on Twitter under Joy of Weddings, and do become a fan of our Facebook page, Simply Weddings - Grand Cayman Wedding Celebrants and Planners.

To avoid disappointment in planning your Cayman Islands cruise Wedding or wedding vow renewal ceremony, call Joy or Peggy, our wedding coordinator at (345) 9499933 or email mywedding@candw.ky

We are now booking Grand Cayman cruise wedding packages and vow renewal packages through 2011.

Surprise Wedding Vow Renewal on Grand Cayman Island

We often get requests to perform a wedding vow renewal ceremony which is going to be a surprise for either the husband or the wife. This is a simple way of commemorating a very special anniversary, and creating lasting memories of an unforgettable Grand Cayman holiday.

This was a 20th anniversary vow renewal with the couple's three children in attendance

In order not to spoil the surprise, I brought the wife's flowers to the beach instead of having them delivered to the condo.

Listening to the beautiful words of the wedding vow renewal ceremony

Steel-pan music added to the ambience of the sunset ceremony

Express yourself! And they did.

Before planning your wedding, or vow renewal check with the manager of your condo to see whether they permit weddings and vow renewals on the beach. Some Cayman condos are very accommodating, some are not, and some charge a fee. Of course, we can always arrange your ceremony at one of the local free beauty spots, like Smith's Cove, Governors Beach, or Mary Molly Hydes beach.

This was one very surprised, and happy wife.

Grand Cayman is an idyllic spot for a romantic wedding, vow renewal or honeymoon. Simply Weddings - Grand Cayman specialises in simple, elegant, and personalised ceremonies suitable for couples and small groups. Call Joy or Peggy (345) 9499933 to book your Grand Cayman Island wedding or vow renewal today or email us at mywedding@candw.ky

Today's wedding services vendors: Ceremony by Joy for Simply Weddings - Grand Cayman, Trisha's Roses, Steel Attitude, Dubadah Boldeau Photography