Half Moon Resort

Half Moon sits in Rose Hall, Montego Bay, on Jamaica's north coast, across 400 acres of grounds. Two miles of private beach run along the front, and the estate holds a championship golf course, the Half Moon Golf Academy and the Fern Tree Spa.

Rooms range from garden view and ocean rooms to ocean suites, pool suites and garden and ocean villas, so a wedding party can split between a classic resort stay and something more private. Scale is the draw here. This is a place that can host a large celebration and still leave the two of you a quiet stretch of sand for photographs.

The Pavilion is the natural choice for vows. It combines a wide lawn, an open terrace and a gazebo beside a lily pond, looking out to Sunrise Beach, and it works for ceremonies, cocktails and receptions alike.

Sunrise Beach hosts barbecue evenings for up to 500 people. The Event Lawn is a smaller garden space for intimate gatherings, and the Conference Centre seats up to 250 for a banquet or 670 for a cocktail reception. Three rooms off the lobby suit smaller events. Ask the team about beach ceremonies, the paperwork for a legal wedding for UK couples, and the music curfew.

Guests choose between rooms, suites and villas across the estate, so ask the team about room blocks and which categories to hold for family. Restaurants include Delmare, Sugar Mill Restaurant, Hayward's, North Pointe and spice, and there is a beach barbecue every Friday night.

Golf lessons at the academy, the spa and the private beach fill the days around the wedding. Sangster International Airport is about ten minutes away by car, and Half Moon has a welcome lounge just outside the customs hall where its team meets guests and arranges transfers.