If it is true that love makes the world go round, then Tobago is the ideal place to get your head in a spin. The sea, the sand, the moonlit nights and balmy breezes are all the ingredients in our intoxicating love potion.

Small bays make terrific hideaways for loving twosomes. The ocean beckons in a dozen ways. On any day, on any beach, a spectacular sunset (or sunrise) is almost guaranteed. A wonderful place to catch the sunset is Flagstaff Hill, overlooking Charlotteville; take along a suitable chilled bottle of wine.

Romantic lobster dinners served by candlelight; long walks in beautiful places; holding hands on a rustic bench as you watch the pelicans diving into a translucent sea; sipping a golden rum punch to the gentle music of a tenor pan; waking to the bird song and sleeping to the surge of the ocean. No doubt about it; Tobago is for lovers.

......and Marriage

Should the romantic urge get the better of you, new laws have made it easy and convenient to get married in Tobago. Three days’ local residence and a minor amount of paperwork, is all it takes. Fees are eminently reasonable.

Many hotels are happy to help you with wedding arrangements (you can also contact the General Manager at SCUBA ADVENTURE SAFARI for help), catering the refreshment (including the wedding cake), and providing accommodation for guests. They will take care of the paperwork and arrange special extras such as a priest or minister, a steel band or a videotape of the ceremony. The more imaginative (or adventurous) can be married on a beach, a boat, under a waterfall or even 40 feet underwater.

Whatever your choice, its just a Special Marriage License away. Once you have been in the country three days, you can apply for one at the Warden’s Office IDC Mall. The license cost $30TT; valid identification (passport) is required and widow(er) or divorced persons must show documentary proof. For a further fee of $50TT, the ceremony can be performed in the Warden’s Office. The marriage certificate must subsequently be taken to the Registrar Office in Scarborough to be registered. Stamp duty for this service is $25.00TT

Did we hear you say "I do"? !Splendid!

Eaulin Blondel