My husband and I spent several weeks looking for the perfect wedding venue. Neither one of us is native to Florida, but we were willing to consider a destination wedding on the beach. 
After several partly satisfying venue visits in the area, we had almost given up our beach wedding dream, until we met Brooke and visited their beautiful property at the Island Hotel. 
Their recently renovated resort was an absolute hit amongst all of our wedding guests. The hotel is filled with several fun activities for any age group. There are multiple gorgeous event spaces to pick from including a few with breathtaking beach views. 
Brooke did an excellent job of explaining the logistics behind renting their event spaces, including going over seemingly trivial but potentially extremely important details about heaters and back up venue spaces. She even offered to volunteer showing our photographer around their beatiful venue to capture gorgeous photos. 
Another clutch feature the hotel offers is their beatiful island suite. We utilized it as a hangout space for our friends and family during the entire weekend, and we couldn't be happier with it. 
The Island Hotel went above and beyond to host our three day Indian wedding filled with several different events during the entire wedding weekend. Their hotel manager Dana was an absolute delight to work with during the entire process. Thanks to her and the entire hotel staff's promptness and organization skills, our demanding wedding weekend was a huge success. 
We very highly recommend this wedding venue, and most importantly, the people of the Island Hotel who were responsible for making our big day amazing. 

Omg where to begin… let me start by saying that Dana B. and her staff are literally the exact team you dream of when you think about your perfect wedding. Most venues we toured had wedding staff that came across as mildly snobby, entitled, and mainly worried about the money. Luckily for me, Dana and the team couldn’t be further from that. Dana was so extremely warm, accommodating, helpful, and truly became family to us by the big day. She happily fielded an over abundance of calls from me, my mom, my MIL, and my husband both at work and on her free time, and did so eagerly with no signs of frustration - just sheer hospitality (and trust me, we were annoying). She even cried when she saw me on my wedding day… I mean, how much kinder could this woman get! My husband and I are very particular people and had a specific vision of having our 200-person ceremony on the Island Green, cocktail hour at the Tavern by the pool (indoor / outside concept), then the reception back on the Island Green. My wedding was not light on decor (included an entire Polaroid wall for guest seating), and despite my other vendors telling me the quick flip on the green couldn’t be done, Dana was our advocate and absolutely made my dream happen! My husband is also very picky with food, and Dana and her staff went above and beyond to create a tailored meal experience for our guests - something that I’ve never seen at any other wedding. Additionally, the entire wedding weekend with all of our guests staying at the resort just made the experience the most dreamy weekend (no ubers necessary, there are airbnbs across the street if the hotel doesn’t work, great location for adults and kids, affordable food, tons to do, plenty of other venues on site for RXL dinner, and restaurants within walking distance). And it’s soooo affordable! Weddings in general are very expensive, but you’re not going to find the same caliber of venue for this price (or a Dana) anywhere else. Trust me, I looked near and far, and this is IT. Any other venue / hotel on the beach will charge you almost twice what the Island will for lesser quality of experience, staff, food, etc. And if you think Rosemary beach is better - it’s literally half the size of the island green (they cram people) and 3x the cost because of their exclusive vendor list. The Island is truly a one-of-a-kind place with one-in-a-million people as staff who we now can call our friends. Thank you Dana and the Island staff!! We love you!!

There are no words to describe how perfect The Island was for our wedding! The scenery is absolutely beautiful! So many wedding ceremony and receptions and great on-site places for pictures! It is conveniently located with plenty of food and drinks options. The staff was amazing! Everyone from the customer service at check-in, to the housekeeping, and the bartenders/servers! Dana was a dream to work with! She checked in on us frequently and made sure our big day was perfect! I can’t recommend this place enough!