Coral Reef Club

Coral Reef Club is in Holetown, St James, on the sheltered west coast of Barbados. The hotel sits in 12 acres of landscaped gardens that run down to a white sand beach shaded by casuarina trees, and Holetown's restaurants and shops are about 15 minutes away on foot.

This is a family business, run by the O'Hara family for decades, and a member of Small Luxury Hotels with The Sandpiper as its sister hotel. Rooms range from garden cottages to plantation suites, some with private plunge pools. The hotel shuts each year from mid August to the start of October.

The wedding package, Happily Ever After, covers the minister, a decorated ceremony spot, the marriage licence and stamp, and transfers to collect the licence. A bouquet, a buttonhole, a single-tier cake, champagne and a champagne breakfast for two are included, and a minimum stay of five nights applies. The package is built around the two of you, but the venue confirms weddings of up to 150 guests. Ask the team about ceremony spots in the gardens or on the beach, a private dinner after the ceremony and the music curfew.

Guests choose from garden rooms and cottages, junior suites, luxury cottages, plantation suites and villas, so families and friends can spread out. Ask the team how many rooms they can hold for a wedding group, and whether The Sandpiper can take the overflow. The dinner plan includes the option to eat at The Sandpiper too. Days fill with tennis, watersports, the gym, golf, yoga at the spa and afternoon tea every day. The hotel books airport taxis and fast track immigration. Ask the team about the drive from Grantley Adams airport.