It's easy to see why Hawaii ranks as one of America's top destination wedding locations - incredible weather, fabulous sandy beaches, luxurious hotels, gorgeous scenery with abundant flowers and greenery, heart-stopping vistas and more.

With so much to see and do on each one of Hawaii's main islands - Hawaii, Maui, Moloka'I, Oahu, Kauai and Lana'i - many couples see the exquisite wisdom in combining their destination wedding with an extended honeymoon, and starting their marriage right on the sun-dappled beaches of this island paradise.

Hawaii, "The Big Island" is simply breathtaking in its natural wonders, with an absolutely dizzying array of settings for your destination wedding: volcanoes, black-lava fields, snow-capped mountain peaks, alpine meadows, glacial lakes, underwater caves, waterfalls, rainforests, and beaches with gold, black and green sand!

Kauai, "The Garden Isle" is the most tropical and the most romantic, featuring Wailua Falls, fern grotto and Waimea Canyon. Maui, "The Valley Isle" is perfect if you love golf, hiking, windsurfing, tennis and water sports. Oahu is highlighted by the legendary beach at Waikiki, while also renowned for its tropical flowers and plants, ideal for a beautiful destination wedding ceremony.

Moloka'I, the "Friendly Isle" is the least developed, and sports sand dunes, coral reefs and rain forests, the state's highest waterfall, longest white-sand beach, and world's highest sea cliffs. Lana'I, the "Secluded Island" was the site of Bill & Melinda Gates' wedding, and, we'd have to say, if it's good enough for the Gates wedding party...

Truly, Hawaii is a perfect wedding destination, featuring an infinite variety of choices, all of them quite lovely, settings you dream about when you seek the Perfect Moment.

Destination Bride: A complete guide to planning your wedding anywhere in the world author: Lisa Light asin: 1558707034