Vanessa Minnillo, 30, and Nick Lachey, 37, were married Friday evening on a tropical island.
The couple, who became engaged in November, were wed in front of 35 friends and family, who were flown to the secret location as a surprise.
“Nobody knew where they were going,” Minnillo told People.com.
Adds Lachey, “Our wedding invitations were in the form of a plane ticket. We told them they were going away and the attire was ‘island chic.’ It was all very vague.”
“For us, this is just a stepping stone to do what we ultimately want and that’s to start a family together,” says Minnillo.
The wedding can be seen on TLC’s special “Nick & Vanessa’s Dream Wedding” premiering on July 30th at 9pm ET.
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