West Indies

Most hotels propose marriage and honeymoon packages, and certain establishments even offer halls and private suites for those preferring an indoor celebration to an open-air one. Newlyweds easily obtain special treatment when they arrive, such as a bowl of local fruit, bouquet of flowers, bottle of champagne or wine.

The following is a list of the original documents that must be provided by the future newlyweds before the ceremony (documents in a foreign language must be translated into English).

• Currently valid passport
• Birth certificate
• In the event of divorce, divorce papers or similar document
• For widows and widowers, a death certificate for the deceased spouse
• In the case a name has been changed, provide an official act of name change
• If one of the spouses is a minor, provide a notarised act of consent from the parents or legal guardian
  

. Marriage requests on Saint Kitts and Nevis must be filed by one of the island's notaries and sent to the of the attorney general's office who will prepare and sign the marriage certificate after a minimum stay of two days on Saint Kitts and Nevis.