Cancún Bound!

What's the Special Event?

Congrats to my cousin, who got married in June 2023! Back in March 2022, she sent out invites for a destination wedding in Cancún. Now, being probably the only one in our friends group who will hold a destination wedding, she is really milking the destination wedding theme (and I love that for her).

And so, her invites were passports! The concept is ADORABLE.

Although the invites she sent out were cute and well thought out, there were a few things I would like to redesign if I had the chance.

Here is the original:

From left to right, we have the front, back, and the inside.

Things I'm not a fan of:

The gradient in the front seems like a printer mishaps, however, it was intentional.
The date of the wedding (6.24.23) is written four times throughout the invite, and is mistyped once.
The fonts are inconsistent and the signatures are not actual signatures, where I feel like it'd be more meaningful.
Although I understand this invite is to have me watch them join together for the rest of their lives, if I want to hang this invite on my fridge, I'd like a different picture of them where they're not so intimate.
The arrows on the bottom are facing the wrong way (supposed to be < instead of >)
I wish it looked a little more like a passport (but not so much that I'd mistaken the two if I was in a rush running to the airport).
(If you're confused about the food on the bottom, those are the names of the four pets they have, not their favorite food.)

Things I love:

The concept
The repetition
How they included their pets

How would I change it?

I'd make the cover blue like the US passport, since most, if not every, guest is an American citizen.
Triple check spelling errors.
Keep font consistent and give actual signatures.
A different picture where they're still cute together, but not kissing.

From left to right, we have the front, back, and the inside.

Things that I've changed:

The cover of the passport - I've made it resemble a US passport in color and font, however, I've added Mexico as a clear destination on the cover.
I've changed the inside cover to have a sneak peek of the Mexican scenery (picture by yours truly) as many of the invitees have never been to Mexico.
At most, there are two different fonts (just italicized and capitalized to seem like different fonts).
I've added (fake) signatures to make it seem more customized.
Although I do like the stamp on the top page, I believe that international stamps go in the middle of the booklet so I took it out and extra date as the code at the bottom of the page.
Because I was a little confused by their Type P/Code Union, I changed it so that it says Type Destination/Code MEX, similar to how the US passport say Code USA. Although our passport does say Type P, I thought it would've been cute to say Type Destination
Some of the subject lines have been switched out because I thought different info could have been added while others are repeated often. For example, because their names have already been clearly written three times, I switched that out with the travel agent, which the bride has been verbally explaining to everyone.
I changed the bottom so that the arrows are pointing the correct way (yes, I did pull out my passport for this).
I kept the same format of the name and date on the back to keep the back looking classy and not empty.

Things that I've kept the same:

Because the bride did most of the heavy planning, I had wanted to put her name first (i.e. Cece and Andrew). However, it seems like she wanted it to be "Andrew and Cece".
The invite wording stayed the same as I thought this was something they wanted to convey themselves.
I kept the pets on the bottom as I thought it was cute that they included their pets.
The inside stayed a bit of the same sandy color, although a different shade from the original.
I thought using the date as passport number was pretty smart so I also kept that.

If budget and time allowed...

...I would have included a boarding pass.

In addition to the main wedding, the couple have planned and subsidized excursions provided by the resort. Instead of having a boarding pass that would be repeating the information, a boarding pass that tells guests about the optional excursions would be a great way to help people plan their vacation!