pink shell beach resort & marina is a dream wedding setting!

Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina

This is a sponsored post. All opinions are, as always, 100% mine.

With our 36th anniversary coming up in August, I’ve been thinking about what we would do differently if we were planning a wedding now.

Since travel has become a real focus of ours since the kids have grown, I would seriously consider a destination wedding. I love the idea of giving friends and family a reason to take a trip, and I think a destination wedding – a beach destination, especially – is perfect for multi-generational guests. And I strongly believe weddings are more meaningful with guests of all ages.

Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina

I recently discovered Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina in Ft. Myers Beach, which was Wedding Wire Couple’s Choice Award Winner 2017, and I’m now enamored with the idea of having a destination wedding there. If you or your kids are getting married anytime soon, here’s why it seems ideal (and, if you agree, please add me to your guest list!):

Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina

. In addition to the indoor ballrooms, you can get married on their private beach or in their tropical Butterfly Garden event space. Imagine the amazing photos of the bride and groom surrounded by the youngest and oldest guests barefoot in the sand or laughing and reaching out to greet the beautiful butterflies. And between all of the indoor and outdoor space, they can accommodate weddings from 20 – 150 people. And when you have your wedding on their beach or Butterfly Garden, you automatically get an indoor ballroom as a “back up.” So rain or shine, you know your wedding will happen.

. A variety of one and two bedroom condo suites accommodate singles, couples, families in any combination.

Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina

. There are activities to make everyone happy from luxurious treatments at their full-service spa to beach and water craft rentals. I would start the party on Thursday night with free Stargazing on the Beach for all and a Seaside Campfire complete with s’mores. This would bring smiles to every guest, whether they’re five years old or ninety five. On Friday, guests could go on a relaxing nature walk together. The more adventurous could even opt for a WaveRunner ride through the Gulf of Mexico, getting an up close and personal look at the dolphins, manatees and birds.

Doesn’t this sound fantastic?! Pink Shell Beach Resort seems made for weddings. There are professional wedding coordinators on site, and lots of packages with custom options available as well.

Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina

Hmmm … I think I might have to talk about this with Michael. We haven’t renewed our vows in years, and I just may be able to get that destination wedding in Fort Myers Beach, after all.

110 thoughts on “pink shell beach resort & marina is a dream wedding setting!

  1. You know, I wish I had gone away for our wedding.
    I was so focused on getting married at the church we attended I never even considered going away. Our friends got married in Mexico and it was such a great trip for everyone. I am totally pushing my daughter to go away to get married.

  2. I love this! This looks beautiful and like a great place to visit. I’ve been trying to convince my husband to go on a vacation so hopefully this will do it!

  3. This looks like a great wedding destination & getting married on the beach is so special. Our oldest got married in Nantucket where he spent many summers as a child & it was special.

  4. Wow! 36 years of marriage, congratulations! Indeed this place is such a romantic place to renew your vows. Will look forward to your updates in case you decide on getting married again.

  5. OMG this looks so beautiful! Makes me kind of jealous because I never had a wedding. We went to the Justice of Peace and got married in front of the building under some trees.

    For my 10 year anniversary I would like to renew my vows, but have my dream wedding. This is definitely something to think about because I don’t want a huge wedding. This be perfect for a small intimate wedding with a few family and friends.

  6. Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina looks like a perfect getaway for a destination wedding. Looking forward to your 36th-anniversary celebration soon!

    P.S. -I’d love to be on your guest list! 🙂

  7. What a lovely location for a beach wedding. if I had my way, I would have wanted a beach wedding too. We could still have our dream beach wedding when we renew our vows on our 35th wedding anniversary. 🙂

  8. A few years ago, my step-daughter had a destination wedding on the beach. While it wasn’t Pink Shell Beach Resort, the day was truly something to remember with the sunshine sand beneath our toes!

  9. Oh my goodness! The Pink Shell Resort looks incredible! We were in Fort Myers Beach in March and stayed close to the Pink Shell. The beaches are amazing!

  10. Some people repeat their vows at a special anniversary, so I just came back to see if you wrote about this … as these types of events would be smaller in terms of the people who would travel.

  11. So beautiful! I am 36 and have still never been to the ocean yet. This was going to be my year to finally go but life got in the way and it’s not looking promising. *sigh

  12. I have been to Pink Shell Beach Resort and it is truly stunning! It’s gorgeous inside and out! It’d make a perfect destination for an anniversary getaway!

  13. I stayed at the Pink Shell in December 2016. It was beautiful, and I can understand weddings on that beautiful white beach! I met a couple there who were about to marry on the beach.

  14. Our son and daughter-in-law are going to a destination beach wedding in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. My husband’s first reaction was that destination weddings are very expensive for guests. Our son and his friend, the groom, are now 33 with firmly established careers, so the expense of a destination wedding isn’t as daunting as it would have been in their early 20’s. My take is that destination weddings are probably more intimate affairs—if you’re not a movie star. I’d consider attending one at the Pink Shell Resort and Marina, especially during the winter when I’m looking for any excuse to escape to somewhere warmer than Philly.

  15. What a beautiful place! I have been married for 22 years but if I were to get married today, I probably would do a destination wedding. Heck, I might have to plane a second wedding just to do it on that beach!
    🙂
    Traci

  16. The Pink Shell Beach Resort sounds like a great place to have a wedding. They have amazing night live activities on the beach. I will have to share this post with my niece and her fiance. The two bedroom condo suite sounds like an awesome idea for my family. Thanks for sharing this amazing resort.

  17. What a gorgeous place for a wedding! I need the two-bedroom condo suite during my next family vacation so I don’t have to listen to my kids argue all night lol.

  18. I think you should definitely renew your vows there – it looks stunning! And if you manage to find me a man, I’ll send you an invite to MY wedding there;)

  19. Lois:

    You had me at beach, but what a beautiful resort!
    Your photos of the beach, views, and room seal the deal–what a beautiful place to celebrate. Happy anniversary!

  20. This definitely looks like a place that I would get married in! Those spa treatments are calling my name

  21. Like you mentioned, I would live to be a guest at a wedding at Pink Shell! It looks dreamy. Perfect spot for a vow renewal if you ask me!

  22. I love Florida! Every winter I escape the cold to Cape Coral & Fort Myers and it’s so beautiful! It’s definitely a great choice for a wedding!

  23. That beach is absolutely beautiful! The resort looks amazing as well! We have been looking for somewhere to go on vacation, going to look further into this amazing resort! Thank you for sharing with us!

  24. Oh my gosh! Fort Myers Beach is in my backyard! We only live an hour from there. Perfect stay-cation idea! Will definitely look into it! Thanks for the tip!!

  25. What a beautiful location! Beach weddings are always so romantic. I hope Michael thinks it’s a good idea to renew vows on the beach. I want to see your photos of that event!

  26. The pink shell beach resort & marina looks like paradise! This place is definitely a dream wedding setting for any bride and groom and people that want to renew their vows.

  27. Oh my! It is beautiful and it has that romantic vibe. I love that you can get married in the beach, that’s the dream! The suites are really nice too!

  28. I had an outdoor wedding and it was so hard not to worry about the weather! Having a gorgeous backup ballroom would have been awesome for my nerves

  29. Too late to pick out wedding locations for this guy, but Pink Shell might just be it for some big anniversary. Renewing vows in this setting would be something else. It being far away from the West Coast or Europe, where we hail from, it might also keep the “unwanted” guest away 🙂

  30. That places looks beautiful! I’ve never heard of it, but it sounds like the perfect place for a wedding. Destination weddings are so much fun!

  31. I was thinking of a destination wedding for mine but then I realized that I’m not really into weddings. So we just had a quick one at the court house. Lol. If anyone’s getting married in this place, I’d definitely want to be invited though. :p

  32. I think destination weddings are so wonderful, especially beach weddings. There is just something so special about them. Pink Shell Beach Resort looks like a perfect venue for a gorgeous destination wedding, and the Butterfly Garden sounds spectacular as well.

  33. Wow! This looks beautiful and perfect for a wedding! We are looking for somewhere to renew our vows for year 15 and this looks perfect! Congrats on 36 years!

  34. Wow! Definitely the place for renewing ties!
    Destination weddings have a charm of their own. I am tempted to get there now. 🙂

  35. Aw, many congratulations on your upcoming anniversary! This looks like a perfect setting for a celebration, I’d definitely choose somewhere like this if I get married!

  36. Wow, what a stunning beach property! I can’t imagine a more beautiful place to renew your wedding vows than this. Planning a destination wedding in this resort will be super fun. All the best for your plans and wish you a fabulous wedding anniversary in advance ?.

  37. This looks like a beautiful setting for a beach. Fort Myers has some of the prettiest beaches in Florida. We visit them a lot over the summer.

  38. Congratulations on 36 years, wow!
    We are celebrating our very first anniversary in September, which is so exciting to me!
    I don’t think I would ever do a destination wedding. Even though they look totally dreamy!
    My husband and I don’t come from wealthy families and it would be like forcing them to pay thousands of dollars for the event.
    We had a beautiful wedding in a forest in Québec, with our family and closest friends and would do it all over again, exactly the same!
    I also like the fact that we got to have a separate honeymoon, just the two of us in Sri Lanka. Travelling is kind of our special thing between us two 🙂

  39. This place really is the dream location for a wedding. Our dream was always a beach wedding but it is not possible now. We would love to come here anyway to stay

  40. We were so close to having a destination wedding on the Florida Gulf Coast, but by a strange twist of fate that mostly involved the family backing out of a Mexican destination wedding, the wedding guests ended up on our honeymoon in the Bahamas. A long an sorted story but the point is having a destination wedding was the perfect thing for us. Why? Because all of the preparation is done on site, we didn’t have to worry about any of the logistics. Our wedding day was truly the happiest day of our life.

  41. Congrats for your 36th Anniversary and many more years of love to the lovely couple. Pink Shell Beach and Marina Resort looks so romantic and dreamy place for perfect destination wedding.By booking here we get a indoor venue as Backup which is also a worth as sometimes weather is really unpredictable.

  42. Whoa, what a lovely place. I am sure it is an ideal choice for destination wedding. Destination weddings are in vogue across the globe. The couples are breaking the conventions and making their wedding day memorable. Places like these come handy.

  43. The Pink Shell Beach Resort looks perfect for a wedding. The surroundings are so beautiful, not only would it be getting married in paradise but also the wedding photos would be incredible. The excursions and activities available at the resort look super fun too.

  44. It does look so beautiful. And if you are doing a renewal of vows there for a second wedding it looks perfect. If you are considering this place I would do that for sure.

  45. Perfect location for a wedding. In fact, it seems perfect for everything else too. I can just roam around or just lie down doing nothing amidst all that whiteness. There seem to be a lot of other options too for those who need a bit more activity but I will be happy with the beach itself.

  46. 36th wedding anniversary sounds just awesome. You must plan it really well. Yes, go for a destination wedding. This place looks lovely and makes a perfect place to celebrate something so important. Just go for it!

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