Matt Adcock

Hello lovers! Wanted to share with you some recent photos of a wedding at Hotel Esencia in the Riviera Maya, set on one of our favourite beaches in the region. This is a dynamite venue for an intimate destination wedding. Great service, beautiful grounds, amazing food, top notch all the way. This wedding was very emotional, the Cosmic Mayan Ceremony with Maria and Charlie is so very special. Leann of LM Weddings did a fantastic job as wedding coordinator! To see the whole slideshow, click Hotel Esencia Wedding. Congrats to Caroline and Tyler and thanks so much for inviting us to share this day! Anyone planning an Esencia wedding? Happy travels everyone!

Love the idea of treating everyone to a tour, so many great things to see in the Riviera Maya! With the XelHa trip, transportation should be included, I would contact their call center directly and ask about logistics or ask to speak with someone in group sales. You'll often do better with direct phone communication than emails. Most tours do run about $100 USD per head (or more). Even with a discount. You could try contacting some of the "lesser known" places directly and try to make a deal, I would check out Rio Secreto (amazing place!), Hidden Worlds, Aktunchen, Aventuras Mayas (some great tours with them). As the pp poster said, there are ways to rent transportation and check out Akumal, Tulum, etc.. Good luck!

Congrats to everyone planning their 2014 Dreams Cancun weddings! It is a beautiful spot for a destination wedding, they are real pros at what they do too. The gazebo is so picturesque, great place for a ceremony. Just to give you a little taste, here's a peek at the Dreams Cancun wedding of Channing and Jordan (click the link for all the photos!) Happy planning!