Popular Southern California Wedding Venues

We attended a wedding in Mission Veijo in Orange County and enjoyed every Southern California minute.   We found many nearby cities offer wedding venues and settings looking out over the harbors and ocean with sunsets to behold. Several we have linked below and you will find many more linked in Orange County on WeddingLinks.com

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The nearby city of Balboa offers the Balboa Bay Club a gorgous setting with views of the channel, often filled with small boats, yachts, wind surfers and swimmers. The banquet areas offers up to 500 guests, the club has apartments for honeymoons, lodging and rooms for your guests.  View More on WeddingLinks.com/Orange

Across the 22 miles to Catalina Island we found the Terranea Resort  an excitingly romantic ocean backdrop with  lovely sunsets to enjoy.  The Resort is a fun destination for your wedding group and offers guest rooms and suites, fully-appointed villas, casitas and bungalows with residential-style amenities and some are complete with kitchens, terraces enjoy a variety of lodging at villas, casitas and bungalows. We found this a perfect setting for you honeymoon and a great place to elope to following the California laws in marriage.
View more on WeddingLinks.com/Los Angeles

Cannons Restaurant is located on a Cliff overlooking Dana Point Yacht harbor in Orange County.  The food is exceptional and plentiful with a great variety in their menus. The events, celebrations and wedding receptions they complete are well managed - So much the Knot voted it the best for many years. This company also offers off-site catering services.



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Beach Wedding Sites & Honeymoon Resorts from Long Island, The Gulf Coast to California's Pacific Coast

Pacific Sunset - Photo by Judith Rivers-Moore

There are a huge variety of beach wedding sites, romantic beach vacation rentals and beach resort hotels in the USA and the world.  Long Island and Virginia Beach in the East Coast  to California offers a multitude of coastline favorite wedding sites and honeymoon resorts. We cannot forget the beautiful lake regions in our USA that provide the lakeside backdrop for wedding celebrations and inspiring honeymoons. 

We have found beautiful settings from the tip of Florida to Maine where beach weddings flourish along the Atlantic Seaboard.  From Newport Beach, the beautiful New Jersey coastline, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach, South Carolina and the Atlantic coastline of Florida around to the Gulf Coast reveals hundreds of remarkable hotels bed and breakfasts, inns, vacation rentals and resorts.

 Beach view bedrooms & Sound of the Ocean Waves

These wedding venues and honeymoon locations provide many styles of services and you can discover these as you open up links on WeddingLinks.co. Some will house your guests making them a perfect wedding destination. Event sites sometimes have all-inclusive planning, while most give you a list of recommended local reception services eager to complete your celebration in style. 

We know many couples desire a private and/or small family wedding or choose to elope.  Often this is where the vacation rental on the beach works well for couples and they are great ideas for housing wedding guests for a nearby celebration.

Tips on Hosting A Beach Wedding: 

• Consider the time – the tides come in and where it ends up on the beach
• Choose a season with less seaweed or sea nats
• The owners of the property will suggest best times for ceremonies
• Not all beachfronts are safe for swimming – if this is a beach party or vacation time please inquire.

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Top Twelve Beach Wedding Areas In The World, From California To The Caribbean Islands

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Find Exciting Beach Wedding Venues from Puhket Thailand to Virginia Beach and San Diego

Along with garden weddings and wine country weddings we find many couples choose to have a beach wedding. Many of these are destination locations, hotels and resorts near the ocean or nearby lakeside settings. There is a tranquility and peace to hosting your ceremony at a beach, and fun quality to having a wedding reception with a beach party atmosphere. Since this is the way women shop for an event site…  You will find a variety of beach wedding venues on WeddingLinks.com with ocean or lake settings. We have linked thousands of amazing beach wedding sites throughout the USA and the world. Mobile Access on WeddingLinks.co

Review the TOP 12 Best Beach Wedding Locations Below
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There are a few management concerns I wanted to tip you off about prior to booking your beach wedding site.  Best use time is important. Blistering heat or early morning fog, when the winds come up, high tide, low tide, dangers to children and public access can be major concerns.

We suggest – when selecting a beach wedding venue…

Pacific Sunset - Photo by Judith Rivers-Moore

• Ask the site management which part of the day offers the best use time. Listening to the management regarding best time of year to plan and best part of the day is a very good idea. They know their event location.
• If they seem sketchy, look for articles and complaints on Google regarding the location. If it is nearby, visit a few times to understand the beach location and look up the tide times for the specific date.
• Ask what the policies are for set up and break down of the ceremony and how you get to the ceremony site in your wedding dress.
• If a beach reception, you will want to know how things can be set up, water and power concerns, and lighting the way back to cars as the sun sets.
• Certain beaches have “invaders” protected by environmental agencies.  Many of us do not want the “wonder sea crabs” crawling through our wedding ceremony.
• Setting your ceremony area to close to the tides, can be a disaster as it rolls in.
• Our ever-changing earth gives a variety of sunset times. I find many couples want their vows at sunset. Beautiful yes and very photogenic with western sunsets.
• All state and most city beaches require wedding permits. You will find links to state beaches on our WeddingLinks
• Consider the difficulty of getting the chairs to the ceremony area and out later. The dynamics of this is time consuming and a struggle in the sand.

Creative Beach Wedding Ideas

Tahitian Theme Wedding - Photo by, Judith Rivers-Moore

• No high-heels.  Have a basket of flip-flops for guests
• Umbrellas for the guests to protect from the sun or fun sun hats as favors.
• Sun block available for the guests.
• When it is a beach party reception find someone to attend the children for their safety. Water is an attraction to little ones and parents may not notice their child wandering toward the water.  A play tent outfitted with fun games and a nanny may help the situation.
• There are fun tents and colorful awnings you can rent at the party rentals.
• I love the favors for beach weddings and found BeauCou.com has many ideas.
• Some resorts along the beach have transportation (golf carts) to the beach event for the elderly. Walking through sand is a struggle.
• There are catering companies that specialize in “beach parties” offering bbqs, themes and entertainment with wedding planners to help you complete the details.

TOP 12 Beach Wedding Locations For Weddings

WeddingLinks.com/Hawaii 
WeddingLinks.com/Pacific Islands  -  Tahiti
WeddingLinks.com/Caribbean Islands
WeddingLinks.com/Florida   -    both coasts and the Keys
WeddingLinks.com/San Diego
WeddingLinks.com/Orange
WeddingLinks.com/Virginia
WeddingLinks.com/Indonesia
WeddingLinks.com/New York - Long Island
WeddingLinks.com/Texas           -  Galveston
WeddingLinks.com/South Carolina
WeddingLinks.com/Thaiiland   -  Phuket

Also Consider Beautiful Lake Beach Areas Worldwide:
Lake Tahoe in California, Lake Louise in Canada, Lucerne Lake in Switzerland, Great Lakes in Michcigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Lake Como in Italy, etc.

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Ten TIPS on Selecting Your Wedding Venue From San Francisco to Atlantic City.

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Because wedding venues come with or without many different inclusions and extras it is difficult to understand their exact value when comparing them one to another.
There are several things you need to know before shopping for a wedding venue:
1. Please know your overall budget - Get a great budget sheet when you sign up for the free wedding planning book on WeddingLinks.co/best-style-e-magazine
2. Add up the number of guests - and if you want the ceremony and reception at the same venue.
3. Whether you want a catered site or one you can bring in your own caterer.
4. Type of ambiance or theme - gardens, vineyards, ranches, hotel ballrooms, yachts, beach or Victorian.

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5. Determine the type of ambiance/theme you want and select 3 to 5 sites on the web or from a magazine before you personally go to review them and compare. Understand most venues & services can be closed on Mondays. The wedding and event industry works all weekends.

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Understand your budget and what you can afford prior to shopping. It is very hard on you to fall in love with a venue and not be able to afford it...or not have it the correct size for your guests.
6. Understand that many locations can come with their own caterer and recommended vendors list....so do not hire these prior to looking for your venue.
7. Anytime you can gain the tables, chairs and/or linens in the rental, it will be an asset only if they are in good condition and you like them. We can spend a great deal covering up chairs and adding linens.
8. WeddingLinks.co  This mobile and PC website offer local and destination wedding venues & services9. A destination wedding is best completed with a person in the area where you are planning your wedding. And a professional wedding planner, a friend or family member is very helpful.
9. Some venues require you to have a wedding planner/coordinator or hire their own recommendation.
10. In order to hold the date for you, a 50% deposit is required from most venues.

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