Wedding are difficult celebrations to organise at the best of times. Despite being the celebration of the number one day in two people's lives, often they are the breeding ground for disagreement and discontent. Without compromise and fantastic communication from and between the bride and groom, organizing a wedding can be a bumpy ride.
Beach weddings can bring additional complexity to the matter. To start with and obviously, a beach wedding is an outdoor wedding. This brings the weather into the mix. If you are planning a beach wedding (or any type of outdoor wedding) you really need to have a contingency incase the weather (heaven forbid) turns bad on your special day.
Councils and local government can be a problem. We all know they like having rules for everything, not to mention charge people for anything they can, and weddings are no exception. You need to check with your local council to see if there are any special permits required and if so, what is the process and cost for approval. There can be nothing worse than an officious council worker stopping a wedding mid ceremony - but this is the type of thing they seem to enjoy.
The public can be an issue too. It is rare to get permission to use a public beach exclusively from the public. So you may need to look to booking a part of a private beach (as part of a wedding reception package). Or if you are going to use a public stretch of sand, you may need to look to other means of controlling public interference.
Wedding planners can be invaluable assets for beach weddings due to the additional complexity they bring. A wedding planner can be engaged to deal with all the regulatory and other detail, when planning an outdoor and in the public domain, wedding.