Tammy LaGorce

Some couples are trading far-flung destinations for domestic locales that offer the feel of a getaway without the expense and logistics of international travel.

One could say Raquel Figlo and Brian Bell, two lifelong rock fans, sealed their relationship with a Kiss — the iconic rock band, that is.

Jackie Miller and Matt Hochberg were born in the same hospital and attended the same preschool, but first met as teens at summer camp.

Dr. David Witzel and Paolo Valore, one of 33 couples who will have wed or renewed vows during “Romeo and Juliet,” made even the actors emotional.

Tommy Winkler, a TikToker known as “The Food Guy,” threw pebbles at Jess Pappas’s window when they were college students with Covid.

When Arian Reed, a founder of an Atlanta-based venture-capital firm built by and for women of color, became a queen in Africa’s Ivory Coast, Benjamin Mougarbel, a Ghanaian businessman, took notice.

After getting legally married in Palm Beach, the couple exchanged vows in the Caribbean this weekend, according to a spokesman.

Dr. Michelle Nguyen and Alex Dias got married among scoopers and freezers at Salt & Straw in Portland, Ore.

Dr. John Cook and Sylvia Auton had known each other socially for 15 years through her husband. After their spouses passed, poetry and an accidental FaceTime changed their trajectory.

Boomer and Gen X parents helping to pay for a wedding are sometimes finding themselves at odds with the couple over what qualifies as a must-have.