Barcelo Maya Palace Brides

Hey VarsityGolf (Ashley)! I'm also from Missouri, Columbia MO actually and am getting married at the Palace on May 29, 2010... Looks like we'll be there at the same time! Hope the planning is going well for you. It's been pretty frustrating trying to arrange the details from afar and the WC's take so long to reply. This new photography rule has had me crazy! I've booked a photographer from St. Louis to stay for four days and as far as I know this is OK, I haven't been told otherwise...

Also curious if anyone has received the 2010 packages It's hard to stick to a budget when you don't know exactly how much the wedding package is going to cost

It shouldn't matter the number of nights that your photographer is staying and the 2010 packages are not available yet. Gabriela sent me an email 2 days ago and said the packages would be ready in 2 weeks and would send them to all 2010 brides asap. Hold tight ladies

2 weeks! They've been saying that for months! Well I hope so because I am booking my trip in exactly 2 weeks and I don't even know how much we'll be paying yet. Hopefully prices don't go up much!

Hey Sandra&Mario! We're only 5 days apart! I'm getting married on the 13th, so I'll be there for your wedding. Wait....that sounds creepy.

Hopefully pricing for 2010 comes out shortly. My lovely travel agent gave me out of date pricing.....gotta love it. That and I can't get a straight answer from my WC. She said that she would be emailing me updated prices within the next week or so..but that was almost a month ago.

Does anyone know how many days in advance you need to arrive for a legal wedding? I read somewhere that it was 4 days, not including weekends and the day you arrive and the day of your wedding. That seems a bit extreme! That is a whole week in advance to arrive before your wedding. Thanks!

I'm fairly certain it is just 4 days before your wedding, I haven't heard anything about days after...we're not having a legal wedding there. It doesn't make sense for us since it's just a hassle having it all sent to NJ and waiting. So instead we opted to have our legalities here which is basically just signing some paperwork at town hall with a witness a couple weeks before. We'll consider our wedding THE DAY of course because that's when we're exchanging our vows and I'm wearing my beautiful gown

Hi Brandy!!! Is my wedding day the date you're arriving? That is not creepy at all, lol. You're more than welcome to sneak by and catch a glimpse Welcome to the site, you're going to love it!! There is sooooooooooooooooooooo much great information! Good luck with all your planning I'm in the midst of painting maracas, lol. How exciting!