i live in virginia beach and wanted to have mine on the beach in september, im scared it might be to chilly because i want a sunset wedding, right when it turns dark. and i was talking with a girl at work who had hers on the beach, she said it was so worth taking the risk and she had a backup plan in the hotel next to the beach, but the week before she was tuning into the wedding channel. but as far as decorating, if your doing a beach, tropical flowers and tall candle pillars look awesome, and for budget, get fake small palm tree like plants that you can just stick in the sand for like 5 dollars down the aisle(pathway) you will be walking!