Every year, our friends at Fora Travel release their Hot List - the destinations, trends and new openings shaping the year ahead, built from real booking data and insights from hundreds of advisors (Richelle is one of them). The 2027 list just dropped, and we could not wait to read it with our couples in mind.
Because here's the thing: a few of 2027's biggest travel moments aren't just great trips. They're great weddings.
For the destination wedding
Malta
Bookings are up 129% year over year, and Delta launched a seasonal nonstop from New York (JFK) in June 2026, which makes getting your favorite people there far easier than it used to be. Seven thousand years of layered history, honey-stone architecture, and coastal views that need almost no decor. Malta is for the couple who wants Europe without the Amalfi crowds.
Slovenia
The number two fastest-growing country on the list (+152%), and United starts a Newark-Ljubljana nonstop in May 2027. Picture it: a ceremony by Lake Bled's storybook chapel, a few days hiking the Julian Alps with your wedding party, wine country toasts in Goriska Brda. Small enough that your guests see the whole country in a week - and never sit on a bus for long.
St. Thomas & St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Up 148%, and here's the part your guests will love: no passport required for U.S. citizens. From Charleston or Charlotte, your people are on turquoise water with one easy flight. Pair St. Thomas' resorts with St. John's protected beaches and you have a wedding weekend that doubles as everyone's vacation.
For the honeymoon
Finland
If your dream honeymoon is more crackling-fire than beach-chair: Helsinki design, saunas, and Finnish Lapland Northern Lights, with three Finnish hotels now holding Michelin Keys. Winter weddings, this is your sign.
Egypt
Mark your calendar: a total solar eclipse passes over Luxor on August 2, 2027, and Mandarin Oriental is relaunching three of the country's most storied hotels (including the Old Cataract in Aswan, the place that inspired Death on the Nile) in July, just ahead of it. A Nile cruise under an eclipse is a once-in-a-lifetime honeymoon - but dates around that week will go early.
How we'd plan it
This is the part we love most, because it's both of us. As your planners, Love, Evermore Events designs the wedding itself - the venue, the weekend flow, the guest experience, every detail on the ground. And through Evermore Travel, Richelle is a Fora PRO advisor, which means the travel side lives under the same roof: flights, room blocks for your guests, and the honeymoon after.
When we plan a destination wedding, it starts with people, not pins. We work with supplier contacts on the ground in your destination - the local teams who know the venues, the vendors and the way things actually run - so nothing about your weekend gets planned from a distance.
And because your guests are traveling for you, their experience gets planned too. We partner with DMCs (destination management companies) for the guest side of the weekend: arrivals, transportation, the in-between moments that turn a wedding trip into everyone's favorite trip.
That's really the heart of it: a destination wedding should feel like a vacation from the minute you land at the airport. No logistics at the baggage claim, no group chat chaos about who is getting who where. Your travel advisor has already taken care of it - flights, transfers, rooms, the plan - so the only thing left to do when you land is start celebrating.
Honeymoon planning is included with our Full-Service planning, and available as a $500 add-on with Partial Planning or Event Management. Not planning your wedding with us? Anyone, anywhere in the world can inquire about honeymoon planning for the same $500. The fee covers everything - not just the hotel booking, but the full itinerary - with Fora perks like room upgrades, daily breakfast for two and property credits along the way. Room blocks are part of the package from Partial Planning and up. One team, one plan, no hand-offs - from Charleston, Charlotte, or wherever you’re starting from.
Ready to wander? Start here: https://secure.foratravel.com/intake/evermore-travel/9hi1HCe8o2
Cheers to your evermore.
Destination rankings and stats via Fora's Hot List 2027: https://www.foratravel.com/hot-list-2027
