Check out these links to fabulous beach areas that Mississippi offers. 

Gulfport

Biloxi

In general, larger cities and towns are going to have more choices of hotels, motels, and bed & breakfast inns (as well as restaurants, bars, and entertainment for your guests) than remote locales. But don’t avoid considering those remote beaches. They are often far less populated,which will give you more privacy and fewer worries about gawkers and potential party-crashers. 

BEACH PERMITS:

Some municipalities may require you  obtain a special permit in order to hold your wedding on their beaches. A few may also ask you to show proof of liability coverage before issuing a permit. The permits are generally very modest in price, but vary widely among communities (starting at $0.00).

Apply for the license in person at any County Clerk’s office. Each of you will need to have a picture ID (driver’s license, military ID). Your Social Security cards and birth certificates may also be helpful. And you’ll need to know your parents’ addresses and your mothers’ maiden names.

There’s a 72-hour waiting period, but this can be waived for residents by a judge of any court in the jurisdiction where either applicant lives and if you are over 21 years old. The license is valid indefinitely. A blood test for syphilis is required within 30 of applying for the license.

If you have been previously married, you must provide the exact date when your last marriage ended and how that occurred. If it ended due to divorce within the last 6 months, you’ll need to bring written proof that can be left with the Clerk.

The license fee is $22 (cash only).

The marriage ceremony can be performed by clergy, mayors, local Board of Supervisors members, and judges of the state of Mississippi Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Circuit court, Chancery court, Justice court, or County court.

Because marriage license requirements can change, please do not regard this guidance as legal advice. 

Planning so far in advance for a beach wedding means that you need to equip yourself with facts about the weather (temperature and possibility of precipitation) for the beach location that you have in mind.

Although there certainly are exceptions, when it comes to weather, the past is a pretty good predictor of the future.and it will almost always be better than a wild guess. This link provides historical weather data over nearly 50 years for thousands of locations in the world. 

You won’t want to have the bridal party standing at the water’s edge for the ceremony if the tide’s coming in. But when will that be? Find the time of the high tide for your beach location for any day in 2009  with this link.

What if a major storm occurs or the groom has an accident that requires the wedding to be postponed or even canceled? What if an important vendor goes out of business before the wedding and you can’t get back your deposit for the cake or the music?

Consider wedding cancellation insurance. It is available online for as little as 1 cent for every dollar of insurance, and it  can cover the honeymoon, too.

Here’s one site that  has designed a special insurance policy just for coverning wedding -related events: http://www.wedsafe.com/