Crowne Plaza Fiji Nadi Bay suits a wedding with a real guest list, a short transfer and a need for indoor backup at scale. It sits on Wailoaloa Beach about 15 minutes' drive from Nadi International Airport, offers beach and garden ceremony settings, four named wedding packages — and publishes no price for any of them. Here is everything that is on the record, and the gaps you will need to close by email.
Where can you hold the ceremony?
The resort names a beachfront ceremony on Wailoaloa Beach, its own private white-sand beach, and expansive tropical gardens. There are also two grand ballrooms, private dining rooms and a beach club for the reception side.
There is no chapel. No resort page mentions one.
No per-setting guest capacity is published either. The weddings pages state no guest limits, and the packages page says only that for larger private functions "your wedding planner can advise on additional capacity". Ceremonies "typically last 20 to 30 minutes".
Beachfront ceremonies are stated as subject to weather conditions, tides and public access regulations — the last of those being a genuine consideration on Wailoaloa, which is a public beach.
What happens if it rains?
The resort offers "selected indoor spaces" as a weather backup for an outdoor ceremony. It does not name them.
That matters, because the resort's event kits are blunt about the commercial position: Harvest states "We are unable to offer refunds or compensation for adverse weather conditions", and the Urban Sugar Beach Club kit states "The venue does not provide refunds due to bad weather".
Get the specific backup room named in your contract, with its capacity, and confirm whether moving to it attracts a charge. With ballrooms and convention space on site, this property has better wet-weather options than most Fiji beach resorts — but "selected indoor spaces" is not a plan you can hold anyone to.
Can you bring your own suppliers?
Partly, and the split is clear-cut.
| Supplier | Position as published |
|---|---|
| Photographer and general vendors | "Professional suppliers can be arranged, or external vendors may be approved in advance" |
| Celebrant | You may arrange your own, "subject to local approval and coordination with the resort". The resort can provide witnesses if needed |
| Live music | Available, "subject to local sound regulations" |
| Food and beverage | Strictly exclusive to the resort. "Catering must be provided by the venue", "no external beverages or food can be consumed on the premises", "External catering or beverages are not permitted" |
No external-vendor fee, corkage or surcharge amount is published anywhere. If you are planning to bring a photographer or planner from home, ask what the approval process is and whether a fee attaches — before you book the flights.
Flowers are not a package inclusion. The resort notes that common tropical flowers include orchids, frangipani, heliconia, ginger flowers and tropical roses, subject to seasonal supply. Photography is not a package inclusion either.
What are the reception options and what do they cost?
This is where the resort does publish real numbers, and they are useful.
Urban Sugar Beach Club
- Upper deck, top floor: up to 100 guests seated, 160 standing
- Pool: 100 to 300 guests
- Groups over 60 guests must take exclusive hire of the whole space
- Hire slots: lunch 1.00pm–3.30pm or dinner 5.30pm–10.00pm, with one hour bump-in and 30 minutes bump-out
- Beverage packages per guest, minimum 30 guests, maximum four hours: 1 hour 145, 2 hours 165, 3 hours 185, 4 hours 210. Bottle service for spirits runs "for example, $295 to $750" per bottle. The kit shows "$" without naming the currency; its food platters are stated in FJD
- The second floor is not accessible to guests with mobility issues
Harvest
| Space | Seated capacity |
|---|---|
| Private Dining Room (air-conditioned) | up to 50 |
| Main Indoor Area (around the bar counter) | up to 50 |
| Deck Area (open air) | up to 30 |
| Inner Terrace (high tables) | up to 25 |
| Outer Terrace (waterfront facing) | up to 25 |
Per-person set menus in FJD: Vegetarian Selection 95, Feast Selection 110, Signature Selection 125, Premium Selection 155, all minimum 8 guests. Buffets: Signature 125, Premium 155, minimum 30 guests. Beverage packages match Urban Sugar at 145/165/185/210 for one to four hours.
A minimum spend applies to both venues and neither amount is published, and unused amounts "cannot be refunded, credited, or transferred". Ask for the figure in writing early — it is the term most likely to reshape your budget.
Cocktail capacities for Harvest are not published, and no per-person catering price is published for the ballrooms or the Convention Centre.
How big are the ballrooms, really?
For a large wedding you will be quoted a ballroom, and here you need to be careful: the resort's website and its own downloadable capacity chart disagree with each other on almost every space.
| Space | Resort's venues page | Resort's own capacity chart (PDF) |
|---|---|---|
| Crown Convention Centre | "pillarless 493 sqm", up to 900 theatre, up to 600 banquet | 925, 37.6 m × 24.3 m, 1,500 cocktail, 1,200 theatre, 750 banquet |
| Baravi Ballroom | spans 493 sqm, 525 theatre, 440 banquet | 493, 450 theatre, 350 banquet, 300 cocktail |
| Baravi 1 | 332 sqm, up to 370 guests | 332, 370 theatre, 240 banquet |
| Baravi 2 | area not stated, up to 165 guests | 161, 155 theatre |
| Volivoli Boardrooms 1 and 2 | 59 sqm each, capacity 24 | 59 each, 50 theatre, 40 cabaret, 24 U-shape and boardroom |
A third resort page — the Convention Centre page itself — says both "up to 900 delegates" and "1,000+ guest events*", with an asterisk that has no footnote, and describes the ballroom as divisible into three independent spaces it does not name. The chart lists three "Event Meeting Rooms" at 305 each that the venues page does not mention. The chart's area column is headed "Sq. Ft." while carrying the same numbers the website publishes as square metres, and prints "00 x 00" placeholder dimensions for five of nine rooms.
None of this makes the venue unsuitable — it makes the number you are quoted worth confirming. For a wedding reception, ask for the specific room, the specific set-up, and the number of guests it holds with a dance floor and a top table, in writing. Then compare that to the figure in your quote.
What about rooms for your guests?
The resort publishes its room categories but not much else. Standard rooms come as 1 King, 1 King Accessible and 2 Double, with suites running from King Junior and King Corner Ocean View through One-Bedroom King to Two-Bedroom Suites with pool access, pool view or garden view, configurable as two kings, a king plus two singles, or a king plus bunk beds. Room sizes and maximum occupancies are not published.
The total room count is not on the resort's own site. Trade press puts it at 324 rooms and suites, with one 2024 account describing 324 as the eventual figure after a phased completion. Treat 324 as third-party rather than resort-confirmed.
No nightly rates, no wedding room block and no minimum-night requirement are published. One price-adjacent notice is: a 5 per cent Tourism Service Tax on accommodation bookings made from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027, which sits on top of VAT.
What are the wedding packages?
Four are named, with inclusions published and no prices at all.
| Package | Published inclusions |
|---|---|
| Intimate Fiji Wedding (couple only) | Three nights in a Pool View Room, a beachfront ceremony with a dedicated wedding planner, marriage licence and certificate, and a three-course wedding feast on the beachfront lawn |
| Love in Paradise (up to 10 guests) | Everything in Intimate, plus a two-hour beverage package, a one-tier wedding cake and table centrepieces |
| Dream Fiji Wedding (up to 30 guests) | Four nights in an Ocean View Room, a traditional Fijian warrior escort to the ceremony, a choice of Fijian lovo feast or international buffet, a two-tier cake, and a DJ or acoustic duo for four hours |
| "We Still Do" Vow Renewal | A beachfront ceremony, vow renewal certificate, honeymoon room set-up and a celebration dinner for two with champagne |
We could not find a published price for any of them in any currency. The brochure linked from the weddings page is a JavaScript flipbook that returns only its title. The per-extra-guest charge is not published either, and the only event durations stated are the two-hour beverage package and the four-hour DJ.
The licence is explicitly included only in the Intimate package. For prices and the current brochure, contact groupsnevents@crowneplazafiji.com or +679 670 0700. For a comparison of what Fiji resort packages typically contain and cost, see our separate guide to Crowne Plaza Fiji Nadi Bay wedding packages and costs.
What are the legal requirements?
Fiji posts a Notice of Intention to Marry at a Births, Deaths and Marriages registry for 21 consecutive days; if uncontested, you may then marry. Most destination couples instead use a Special Licence to Marry, which waives the 21-day notice and is granted "only in special circumstances, such as for foreign visitors staying in Fiji for a short time".
Both parties must be at least 18. You will need passports, divorce papers if either party is divorced, a death certificate if a spouse is deceased, and — as foreigners — a Certificate of Single Status, Certificate of Search, or certificate of no legal impediment. Japanese applicants must provide a Koseki-Shouhon. At least two witnesses are required, aged 21 or older and able to sign their names. Your marriage certificate can be apostilled under the Hague Convention through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On the published fee schedule — effective 1 August 2019, the most recent official one we could find — a Notice of Marriage and Declaration is FJD 16.35, an application for Special Licence FJD 54.50, and solemnisation by a registrar including the marriage certificate FJD 54.50, or FJD 109.00 outside office hours.
These are guidelines only — confirm current requirements and fees with the Fiji Registrar-General's Office on (679) 331 5280 before you set a date. Last reviewed 21 October 2026.
What is the resort actually like for a wedding group?
Seven swimming pools, including a family pool, and ten dining venues on the resort's own count — Harvest, La Bottega, Urban Sugar Beach Club, Azura Pool Bar & Kitchen, Breeze Swim-Up Bar, Latitude Lounge & Bar, 17.78 Whiskey Bar, Bean Bar Café, The Lobby Lounge and in-room dining. Local press puts it at eleven; the resort's own two pages list seven and ten respectively, so take ten as its current position.
There is the Mareqeti Spa for massages, facials and grooming, and the Tutuwalu Kids Club — genuinely useful for a wedding with families travelling.
Accessibility is unusually well documented for Fiji: accessible parking, ground-floor accessible rooms with clear turning space, grab bars and raised-height toilets, furniture rearranged on request, lift access to all upper-floor rooms and suites, and visual alarms in guest rooms, hallways and public areas.
Choose it if…
Choose Crowne Plaza Fiji Nadi Bay if your guest list runs past 30, you want guests off a long-haul flight and into a pool within half an hour, you need genuine indoor backup at ballroom scale, and you have families travelling who will use the kids club and seven pools.
Look elsewhere if you want a chapel, a published all-up price before you enquire, your own caterer, or the seclusion of an island — Wailoaloa is a public beach in a working resort precinct, not a private cove. Fiji Marriott Resort Momi Bay and DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Fiji are the closest alternatives of comparable scale, and Smugglers Cove Beach Resort, Ramada Suites by Wyndham Wailoaloa Beach and Tokatoka Resort Hotel are useful nearby room blocks for guests on tighter budgets.
Three things to settle before you sign: the named wet-weather room with its capacity, the minimum spend on your reception venue, and the external-vendor approval process and any fee. None of the three is published, and all three will shape your day.
Next: compare with getting married at Castaway Island Resort for the island alternative, and see Fiji Marriott Resort Momi Bay wedding packages and costs and DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Fiji wedding packages and costs for pricing you can actually read. The hub is Fiji wedding resorts. Suppliers near Nadi include Nadi Bay Photography, Celebrant Fiji and Firefly Flowers Fiji.
