Pick a date, book your dream site!

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

Such can be said about destination weddings, especially if you don't give yourself enough time for all of the planning! Charleston continues to rank as a hot spot among the top five cities across the country for destination weddings, with Kiawah Island being named Most Romantic Beach by America's Best & Top Ten in 2009.

The city is home to dozens of fabulous restaurants and countless hotels and historic homes, but venues fill up quickly so you'll want to pick a date and make booking your dream wedding site your first priority! As a general rule of thumb, give yourself at least nine months to plan ~ or a full year, if you can swing it! And when you and your FH are discussing dates, be open to some flexibility; May and June tend to be the most popular months for Charleston weddings, followed closely by late August, September and October.