Destination Wedding Planning
Compare Wild Blue Waters Wedding Packages
Three lengths of private-estate experience on Hawaiʻi Island — and a clear look at what separates them.
Most couples begin by comparing price. That is a reasonable place to start. But at a destination wedding, where nearly everyone has traveled to be there, a second question matters just as much: how much time do we want together?
Wild Blue Waters offers three wedding experiences. Each one includes exclusive access to the same private oceanfront estate. What changes between them is the length of time the estate is yours — 24 hours, 72 hours, or 120 hours — and the number of overnight stays that come with it.
Three lengths of experience
Three Ways to Experience Wild Blue Waters
These are not tiers of quality. Every experience includes the same exclusive use of the estate. They are simply three different amounts of time.
A Complete Wedding Experience
The Moment
24 Hours
$8,900
For couples who want a full wedding experience with time to prepare, celebrate, and stay overnight.
A Destination Wedding Weekend
The Embrace
72 Hours · 3 Days, 2 Nights
$10,900
Turn your wedding into a relaxed multi-day experience with time for arrivals, celebration, and meaningful moments together.
A Full Wedding Escape
The Journey
120 Hours · 5 Days, 4 Nights
$12,900
Make Wild Blue Waters your home base for a complete destination wedding experience on Hawai‘i Island.
Side by side
At a Glance
Every value below comes directly from the current Wedding Packages page.
| The Moment | The Embrace | The Journey | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $8,900 | $10,900 | $12,900 |
| Estate access | 24 hours | 72 hours (3 days, 2 nights) | 120 hours (5 days, 4 nights) |
| Overnight stays | One overnight stay | Two overnight stays | Four overnight stays |
| Estate use | Exclusive estate access | Exclusive estate access | Exclusive estate access |
| Four-bedroom home | Included | Included | Included |
| Pool & jacuzzi | Included | Included | Included |
| Preparation spaces | Included | Included | Included |
| Parking & electrical access | Included | Included | Included |
| Post-event cleaning | Included | Included | Included |
| Additional setup & gathering time | — | Included | Included |
The Moment
- Price
- $8,900
- Estate access
- 24 hours
- Overnight stays
- One overnight stay
- Estate use
- Exclusive estate access
- Four-bedroom home
- Included
- Pool & jacuzzi
- Included
- Preparation spaces
- Included
- Parking & electrical access
- Included
- Post-event cleaning
- Included
- Additional setup & gathering time
- —
The Embrace
- Price
- $10,900
- Estate access
- 72 hours (3 days, 2 nights)
- Overnight stays
- Two overnight stays
- Estate use
- Exclusive estate access
- Four-bedroom home
- Included
- Pool & jacuzzi
- Included
- Preparation spaces
- Included
- Parking & electrical access
- Included
- Post-event cleaning
- Included
- Additional setup & gathering time
- Included
The Journey
- Price
- $12,900
- Estate access
- 120 hours (5 days, 4 nights)
- Overnight stays
- Four overnight stays
- Estate use
- Exclusive estate access
- Four-bedroom home
- Included
- Pool & jacuzzi
- Included
- Preparation spaces
- Included
- Parking & electrical access
- Included
- Post-event cleaning
- Included
- Additional setup & gathering time
- Included
Check-in and check-out times are confirmed during the inquiry process. Guest capacity, layouts, and any custom multi-day arrangement should be confirmed directly with Wild Blue Waters.
24 hours · $8,900
The Moment — A Wedding Day With the Estate to Yourselves
The Moment is a complete wedding experience built around a single day. It includes exclusive estate access, ceremony and reception use, one overnight stay, access to the four-bedroom home, pool and jacuzzi access, preparation spaces, parking and electrical access, and post-event cleaning.
It tends to suit couples whose celebration is centered on the wedding day itself, who want somewhere private to prepare, and who would rather not pack up and drive away a few hours after the last dance.
Because the estate is exclusively yours for that window, setup, ceremony, reception, and the following morning all happen in one place.
72 hours · $10,900
The Embrace — More Room Around the Celebration
The Embrace includes everything in The Moment and extends estate access to 72 hours — three days and two nights — with two overnight stays, additional setup and gathering time, space for a welcome event or farewell gathering, and a more relaxed wedding-day schedule.
That extra time changes the shape of the weekend rather than the wedding. Arrivals do not have to be squeezed into the same day as the ceremony, and vendors have more room to set up without competing with getting-ready time.
What you host in that additional space is entirely up to you. Any catering, rentals, or programming for a welcome or farewell gathering is arranged with your own planner and vendors.
120 hours · $12,900
The Journey — When the Destination Becomes Part of the Wedding
The Journey includes everything in The Embrace and extends estate access to 120 hours — five days and four nights — with four overnight stays, time for several wedding-week gatherings, a relaxed arrival and departure experience, and more time to enjoy the estate and the surrounding island.
For couples traveling a long distance, this is the version where the destination stops being a backdrop. The days before and after the ceremony belong to the celebration too, and no one is watching a clock on the wedding day.
A straightforward comparison: for $4,000 more than The Moment, The Journey extends estate access from 24 hours to 120 hours — 96 additional hours, and three additional overnight stays.
A practical framework
Which Wild Blue Waters Package Is Right for You?
There is no single right answer. Working through these questions together usually points clearly toward one of the three.
- How much time do we want at the estate?
- Are some of our closest people staying with us?
- Do we want the celebration centered on the wedding day, or spread across several days?
- How much setup and preparation time does our event require?
- How much time would we like after the wedding before leaving the estate?
- What does our overall wedding budget allow?
It also helps to see the estate itself. The Big Island Wedding Venue page walks through the ceremony settings and grounds, the Wedding Gallery shows the property through the day, and the Frequently Asked Questions cover the details couples ask about most.
The real difference
Think About Time, Not Just the Wedding Day
What Wild Blue Waters offers is consistent across all three experiences: privacy, space, flexibility in how the celebration is built, and room to be present with the people who traveled to be there.
Choosing between the packages is really choosing how much of that you want. A longer stay is not a better wedding — it is a different one, with more unhurried hours around it. If you are still weighing the practical side of an outdoor celebration, the rain plan guide is a useful companion to this one.
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