Any Occidental Grand Xcaret brides out there?

We got married at Xcaret in March of this year. The free ceremony is for 15 people or less I believe... We ended up paying for a private ceremony since we had 38 guests plus ourselves and two of our guests were musicians from Ireland and we needed the space for them to setup. We also rented them some sound equipment. Marialma was so fantastic! The buffet food at the wedding was fabulous and better than the resort buffet. The food though at this resort is the best we've had at any all-inclusive and we've both been to the Dominican, different resort in the Mayan, Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta! Our wedding was our second vacation there... we got engaged at the same spot a year earlier! The resort photographers were also fantastic! It is well worth the money as they know the great spots for pictures and how the sunlight will fall at different times of the day. Hope this helps!

im having my wedding here and am so excited. I took a look at it with my fiance last november and it is a perfect place in so many ways. Cancun studios are doing our pictures and we are very excited

Hi-

I am the bride, or was the bride from Leah Stafford's photographs. We were married June 19th. The chargers were free and part of the package. We did the private reception with the Carribean buffet @ $40 a person. The food was good. The centerpieces were $50 each. I didnt have to pay any service charge for Leah because she was a guest of the resort. I did pay for her to eat dinner, which is normal at any wedding. The reception at the beach club was really windy which was good to cool down my guests but bad for all the tea light candles I brought which wouldnt stay lit. I also made a bunch of luminary bags which the decorations were blowing off of because it was so windy. I would definitely bring covered candle holders if you want candles. If you have other questions you can email me @ [email protected]

Thanks for the tip on the wind! Never thought of that

So I clarified with Marialma that the $125 is $60 for the morning pass and the $65 is for the evening pass. This entitles them to everything on the resort. However the dinner at the wedding is extra. So what I am going to have the vendors do is eat before the reception at one of the buffets. Otherwise it will cost me $200US per vendor if I do a 5hr reception which is ridiculous.

How much did the sound system cost to rent? And was it sufficient?

Thanks for the tips Dawn and IrishMatrimony! it's always great to hear from past brides.

emengeeroxx -- do you need your vendors during the day? you could save $60 by having them come at 3pm. (night passes usually start at 5pm but Marialma said they let people in at 3pm for weddings)

Our wedding is at 3:30pm in PDC. We'd want the photographers/videographer at the Xcaret for around 1:30 to take some pics/video. Hopefully Marialma can give us an adjusted rate since they probably won't be doing any eating or drinking between 1:30pm-3:00pm. They'd simply be working.

I am debating on this one too!!

Can anyone help me out with pics? I need pics of the beach club. I want to see the layout of the place. Thanks!