You have found the love of your life and now it's time to set a wedding date. What could be more perfect than celebrating your nuptials with your second love...the dazzling, wedding white beaches of The Emerald Coast! With literally miles of beautiful beaches to choose from, Ocean Reef is ready to help you plan your special event.  Beach weddings have become ever increasingly popular since their first introduction here and have been noted in national as well as regional magazines. There is so much to choose from for accommodations, catering and ceremony wedding packages. Our reservation agents can assist in putting you in touch with everything you need to create a delightfully memorable, meaningful and wonderful event.  This includes contacts for wedding ceremony planners, receptions, caterers, wedding cakes, gowns, tuxedos and limos. Besides the wedding of course, you also have the option to remain here at one of our properties in paradise, to celebrate your own romantic honeymoon!

Beach Wedding Planners offer packages for the ceremony itself which usually includes the person conducting the services, chair setups, ribbons, floral arrangements, recorded or live music, and professional photography.  The price range for the wedding ceremony packages goes from $300 for the "elopement ceremony for two" up to $3,000 for more guests and frills. The average wedding package along the Emerald Coast ranges between $1,500 to $2,500.

Ocean Reef accommodations abound with a huge variety of properties available for a customized selection. These Vacation Rentals range from romantic cottages to luxury condos or private estates and everything in between. Each one of our properties has a full, detailed description with multiple photos to help you and your fiancé make this special selection. You may choose one of our many Gulf front homes or those nearby, with many architectural styles and settings offered to suit your needs. Some are large enough to sleep up to thirty overnight guests! Those that are on the Gulf provide a certain degree of privacy for ceremonies on the beach behind each home opposed to more public, open park areas.  Besides accommodating family and friends, quite a few homes have large patio or pool areas which overlook the shimmering, emerald green waters beyond, providing a lovely place for your wedding reception. 

A few favorite properties of our wedding guest include the following:

The 707 Inn at Crystal Beach on Scenic 98 in Destin is a luxurious three story Penthouse on the beach and sleeps fourteen. It is above a popular, gourmet restaurant with a large patio that overlooks the Gulf and provides a perfect centralized setting for both the ceremony and reception.

Sandcastle by the Sea is a gorgeous, Gulf view mansion with a heated lakeside pool at the exclusive community of Destiny West and sleeps twenty-two guests comfortably in 7 large bedrooms.

White House is a five bedroom home with a two bedroom separate guest house, located on the beach in Gulf Pines at Miramar Beach. This contemporary vacation home is accentuated with soaring cathedral ceilings with long arching windows overlooking the Gulf and sleeps twenty-four.

Villa Rosa is located in Santa Rosa Beach just south of Scenic 30A and has the look and feel of a large private estate.  This 7,000 square foot home has nine bedrooms and nine baths sleeping twenty-nine guests in beds. Two Bunk Rooms on the first level sleep thirteen with an adjacent game room with flat screen TV, a pool table, ping-pong, and assorted Nintendo Wii games for fun. Double Master bedroom suites and five other bedrooms encompass the top floors. The 2,500 square feet of covered balconies overlooks a big private pool and beautifully landscaped yard which is up lighted at night. It is complete with a gazebo wet bar and grill for your wedding reception area or even a pool side ceremony.

Port Royal is actually two homes connected to each other on the beach at Frangista which is on Scenic 98 in Destin. You could have one home for the bride's family and one for the groom's. This beachfront property is also has access to an elegant, large neighborhood pool nearby.

These are just a few of Ocean Reef Resort's many selections for Destin Area Weddings. We hope you and your fiancé enjoy browsing through our properties to choose your own perfect place for your own special day.  We look forward to helping you make your dream wedding a reality!