Waves Hotel & Spa by Elegant Hotels

Waves Resort & Spa Barbados sits on Prospect Bay in St James, on the west coast, around 15 minutes from Holetown and from Bridgetown. Formerly Waves Hotel & Spa, it now runs as an all-inclusive in Marriott's Autograph Collection.

The rate covers meals, drinks, entertainment and non-motorised watersports, which keeps costs simple for guests. There are three restaurants, Seascape for seafood, Dosa for a tour of southern Indian cooking and Organic & Co for lighter local food, plus an adults-only spa, a family pool and an adults-only pool across the road.

Ceremonies are held beachside or in the garden. For the reception, Waves Beach takes up to 100, the gardens 80 and the adults-only pool 150, the biggest option. Dosa seats 60 for a banquet, and Organic & Co suits 25 to 40. Packages run from Simply Elegant, with licence, officiant and coordinator, to Just The Two of Us, with a private beach dinner and steel pan music. Ask the team about the curfew and music rules on the pool deck.

Book ten rooms or more and a group rate applies, so the guest list can sit under one roof. Ask the team how many rooms they can hold. A current offer lets children up to five stay free, which helps families. Days go on yoga, Pilates, sunrise beach walks, paddleboarding and waterskiing, and a free water taxi runs to the sister resorts. Grantley Adams airport is about 25 miles away. Ask the team about airport transfers, as transport is not part of the all-inclusive rate.