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Congratulations! I was married there almost 2 yrs ago. I LOVED the Casa Magna! Here's a link to my review. http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/thread/48386/casa-magna-cancun-wedding-video-ivan-luckie-wedding-vendor-review-06261009#post_954671

Quote: Originally Posted by jhixson Is anyone a photographer and/ or videographer or know a photographer and videographer who is available in Cancun, Cozumel, or Riviera Maya area on Oct 17 2009? Can't seem to find anyone available and need help! Please give me the contact info of anyone you know who might be available. Thanks Julie Hi Julie Here is the link to the videographer we used Cancun Wedding Videos http://www.cancunweddingvideo.com/ And this is Mike's email [email protected] Here is the link to the photographer we used Ivan Luckie Photography www.luckiephotography.com And this is Ivan's email [email protected] Here is the link to my review on the forum for them http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t48386 Hope this is helpful and that they are available! Let me know if you have any questions. -Nereida

Hi!! We used Cancun Transportation Services and they were great. The charter bus we used was new, clean and on time. We used it to pick up our guest from the hotel, to the church...from the church to the reception...from the reception back to the hotel. I would HIGHLY recommend them. Here is a link to my wedding review that includes them http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t48386 Here is the link to their page Cancun Transportation, Cancun Airport Shuttle, Cancun Limo Rental & Cancun Bus Charters Hope this is helpful!!! Nereida

By the way...sorry for my typo that I don't know how to fix... 06261009 should be 06262009...i was typing fast and put a 1 instead of a 2.

Hi Ladies!!! I got married on June 26, 2009 and had Ivan as our photographer. Sorry it took me so long to post, but here they are... Nereida & Hugo Photo Gallery by Ivan Luckie at pbase.com I am SO SO SO happy with our photo's. They are more then we expected. I'm in love with them I heart Ivan Luckie Photography! Here is the link for my wedding review. I'm not totally done yet...but by tomorrow I wil be... http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t48386 Please let me know if you have any questions! I hope you ALL book Ivan for your weddings

Hello Brides!! Sorry it has taken me SO long to post my wedding vendor review. I hope you find my review helpful. I am almost done with it. I am only missing my review for Casa Magna. I will post tomorrow. I wanted to go ahead and post because I have been contacted by a few brides regarding Ivan Luckie Photography. Please email me if you would like some extra pictures, or have any other questions. This forum has been SO amazingly helpful. I have recommended it to so many brides. Now I am so happy to help other forum brides with my review. ENJOY Vendors: Celebracion (Even Planner): B Alejandra was recommended to me by Casa Magna Marriott. We wanted to have a Catholic ceremony held at the Capilla de San Juan Bautista de La Universidad la Salle. I was told I needed to go through her in order to have the date set and paper work taken care of. All her prices were VERY reasonable. We went through her to set up and confirm the date and time of ceremony, Pianist and Soprano singer for ceremony, and floral arrangements for the church. I also ordered a white rose bouquet for the offering to the Virgen Mary (Catholic tradition. I’m not sure if I’m explaining myself correctly.) and for the tossing bouquet. •Alejandra Chavez (Coordinator): B She was very very nice. Her emails aren’t as organized as I like, but I am very picky. I prefer to keep replying to one email so that we can both keep all information on one continuous email. She liked sending new emails, sometimes with subject lines, sometimes without. She wasn’t the quickest at replying, and would sometimes forget about my emails and questions all together. I was emailing with her for about 8 months, so I didn’t panic if she forgot something. We were both on the same page with information and pricing about 1 or 2 months before the wedding. When meeting with her in person she was very sweet and polite. We met her in person a few days before our wedding to take care of our bill. She gave us a list that broke down every detail. She had also included, as an option, to have her services for the day of. I believe the price was about $400 USD. Since we were only using her services for the ceremony, we felt that this price was steep. We asked what she was offering to do for us for our hour ceremony. She said she would physically be there for any questions and to help organize anything we needed. We passed on this service. We didn’t end up needing her after all. •Floral Arrangements: A+ The prices she was able to give us were AMAZING. Very well priced. I wasn’t too picky about the flowers. I just didn’t want the church to look bare. They were very very nice. After the ceremony my sister grabbed the floral arrangements that were placed down the isle and brought them to the reception. She had them set up on some empty tables we had for gifts. They were PERFECT! •Pianist and Soprano singer: B Initially VERY upset. I believe we paid about $350 USD for a Pianist and Soprano singer to be there for the entire ceremony. There were suppose to arrive there before I did so that I would have music playing as my wedding party and I walked down the isle. It was total SILENCE. They had not arrived. I wasn’t told they were late by anyone. There was a very nice lady there, not sure who she was, that informed me (as I’m steps away from walking down the isle) that they weren’t going to be on time. Apparently they had a break in that morning in their home. I wish they had sent a replacement or at least called Alejandra to let me know. I had no choice but to walk down the isle is total silence. It felt creepy. About half way through our ceremony I FINALLY heard them. She has the voice of an ANGEL. She was signing Ave Maria, which is the song I had requested to walk down the isle. They stayed through to the end. Things are bound to go wrong. Initially I was going to call Alejandra and ask for some kind of discount, but after the wedding I was so tired I just didn’t have the energy to argue. Cancun Transportation Services: A Cancun Transportation, Cancun Airport Shuttle, Cancun Limo Rental & Cancun Bus Charters We needed to rent a charter bus to transport our guest’s from our hotel, to the church, to the reception, and back to the hotel. I had read about Cancun Transportation Services on the forum and the reviews were great. I contacted them for a quote. Their prices are different for a Wedding/All day event then what their hourly rate is. You will need to specify that you will need transportation for an all day event. The prices are better this way. I dealt with Robert Sommers through email and over the phone. He’s super quick to respond and FULL of energy. I also chose to rent a limo for my bridesmaids and me from the hotel to the church. Then my new Hubby and I took the limo alone from the church to the reception. It was VERY important that we have a moment to ourselves and the ride from the church to the reception was perfect. We had a chance to reflect on just being married, bloopers and each other. The charter bus was clean and on time. They supplied it with waters, which was great! It was a HOT day. Our limo was also very nice, clean and on time. We even had a bottle of champagne in there that we popped immediately! The charter bus picked us all up on time after the reception. It was perfect. Planner1Events: A+ Planner1Events Gabi Lavor (Coordinator) A++ We met Gabi through Casa Magna Marriott. She supplies almost anything you need. We first met her during our first meeting with Josephina Luna. Josephina had a table set up for us to get an idea of what our set up would look like. Gabi brought her beautiful linen options and had floral arrangement options as well. Gabi was very well prepared with brochures and pictures on her laptop of other services she provided. After many many emails months in advanced, we chose to only use her for her beautiful lounge furniture. She is so incredibly professional, detail oriented and sweet. She was very quick at replying to my emails and questions. She also provided pictures for my reference. She was great to work with. The reason we didn’t use her for linen’s was because we chose to go through Casa Magna for those rentals instead. We rented 3 sets of all white lounge furniture for our beach set up. It looked absolutely beautiful and was a hit at the wedding. I HIGHLY recommend her to any bride. Cancun Wedding Video by Mike Cantarell: A++ Cancun Wedding Videos | Mayan Riviera Wedding Videographer | Mike Cantarell I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE our wedding video. We couldn’t be happier. I checked out their website, watched their highlights wedding video’s and knew I needed them to capture our special day. •Mike Cantarell: A My emails went through Mike to reserve our date and schedule payment. We actually had Gerardo “Jerry†Guzman film our wedding. Mike was great at responding to my emails very professionally and quickly. He was very understanding and patient with all of my questions and requests. He also let me know exactly what I should be expecting the day of. He let me know what time Jerry would be arriving and what he would be filming. He also provided his office and cell number if we had any questions. •Jerry Guzman: A++ We chose the Wedding Video III Package. Since his services were reserved for 5 hours, I chose for him to first meet us at the church for the ceremony. I figured since I had the photographer take pictures of me getting ready, I’d rather have our video begin at the church and have him available for more time during the reception. Jerry was so sweet and introduced himself as soon as he had a chance when I arrived at the church. Throughout the entire wedding he was always very close by and capturing every important moment. We just received our video and I couldn’t be more impressed or happier with Jerry and his work. He has such an incredibly creative eye. I have watched the video over and over again. I never imagined having such a beautiful video that captured every moment I enjoyed and missed. (Being the Bride kept me busy busy busy) He asked me to choose 5 songs and he would chose from my choices to add to the video. He was very open to all my suggestions and requests. He turned around the video in a very reasonable amount of time. I will forever cherish our wedding video! Ivan Luckie Photography: A+++ www.luckiephotography.com Ivan Luckie: A+++ I was so fortunate to come across Ivan’s name through this forum. I believe that during the time that I booked him, there were 2 other brave forum brides who booked him as well. We all went off of the work he has on his website, crossed our fingers, and hoped for the best. I had read on the forum the reviews the 2 other brides gave him when they set up a meeting to meet in person. They had nothing but great things to say from the first meeting. Now I’m so happy to be able to post a review on this forum about Ivan for other brides to read. When I first contacted Ivan I was very impressed by how quickly he responded to my questions and emails. Sometimes, please be patient, he takes a little longer to reply…just a few days. This usually means he’s working and will respond as soon as he gets a chance. Sometimes even very very late at night. Wedding day: We had arranged to meet before the wedding, but since he had just finished up a Cancun wedding the weekend before, we arranged to meet the morning of. I felt totally comfortable meeting with Ivan the day of, since we had emailed so much and he had already answered all of my questions. We met in my room early in the morning, and then he came back a few hours later, per my request. I wanted him to start taking pictures of me after I was done with hair and makeup. Ivan is so easy going and relaxed. For a stressed out bride, it’s a breath of fresh air from all the other chaos going on around. At one point, I mentioned how hungry I was and asked someone to run downstairs to grab me something to eat. Ivan gave me his Snickers Bar! You can see in some of my pictures that I’m holding it in my hands The rest of the day/night went perfectly. He captured such beautiful moments. He was always just an arms length away. ALL of my wedding guest’s loved him and said they knew the pictures would be perfect. I honestly couldn’t have asked for a better person to work with. Ivan is so incredibly talented and professional. I would HIGHLY recommend him to any bride. Here is the link to our wedding photos Nereida & Hugo Photo Gallery by Ivan Luckie at pbase.com

Welcome to the forum!!! You will soon become obsessed!! There is SO much helpful info on here One of my best friends got married there April 2008! It was a BEAUTIFUL wedding!! Happy planning!!

Welcome to the forum!!! You will soon become obsessed!! There is SO much helpful info on here

Welcome to the forum!!! You will soon become obsessed!! There is SO much helpful info on here

Quote: Originally Posted by CaraW Does anyone else find that his response time is a little slow? I am just trying to get some prices from him and I can't seem to get them. He emailed me back at one point asking what I wanted (wedding day coverage, TTD) and I am still waiting to hear the prices. Cara Hi!! He's got JUNE_DREAMS wedding tomorrow and mine on Friday. That might be why he's delayed a bit. Trust me, if he wasn't busy he'd be replying super fast. I can't wait to post pictures for you ladies to see his work! I leave to Cancun on Sunday and hope to meet with him in person soon! Wish me luck!!!

Hi everyone. I just wanted to post this thread as a heads up. I am heading down to Cancun this June 21st for my wedding on June 26th. All of my wedding guests, and I, had booked our hotel stay for Oasis Viva Beach. This hotel is also adjacent to Grand Oasis Viva Beach. I needed to call the hotel directly to ask them a question. I had my Mom call for me since her spanish is perfect, and mine isn't. She was told that the Oasis Viva Beach is temporarily closed. She asked why and the man told her that it was due to the drastic decline in tourists. Since the Oasis hotels are a chain of 7 in Cancun, they decided that it was in their financial benefit to temporarily close it and transfer their guest to one of their other hotels. I am SOOOO glad we called ahead a time so that I can arrange to block rooms off in another Oasis hotel and have all of my guests stay together. We received NO phone call from the hotel or Expedia (who we booked with) regarding this change. I just thought I'd give you all a heads up incase you have booked your hotel stay and weren't aware of this change. I'm not sure how long they will keep the hotel closed. The man informed my Mom that as soon as tourism picks up, they will reopen it. He doubts that it will be reopened by the time we head down there. Now I've got to call all of my guests and give them the GREAT news . I'm leaving in 18 days. The wedding stress is starting to REALLY kick into full gear. Wish me luck. Also...my FI found a website that tells you which hotels are temporarily closed in Cancun right now...please check it out Funjet Vacations

Thank you for posting this. I'm so sorry for your horrible experience. I was considering booking him before, but I chose to go with Luckie Photography instead. I have an upcoming wedding June 26th. I JUST had Michael email me yesterday (before I read your post) asking if I was still interested. He informed me that another bride was requesting his services for the same day! I REALLY hope the other JUNE 26TH bride is on here and read's you post before she sends in her deposit.

Hi Ladies!!! I just sent him my deposit at the beginning of the week. I haven't heard back from him confirming he received my payment, but hearing that you ladies met him and he seems like an honest guy is great! Yay to Ivan Luckie Photography!!!! I can't wait to see you girls post your wedding pictures. I've got 76 more days to go!!!

I'm booking him too. I'll be sending him my payment on Monday. I hope a previous bride reads this and puts us all at ease. Let's cross our fingers ladies!

Quote: Originally Posted by Paula0509 Hi, We booked our Catholic ceremony for our May 30th wedding at the "Capilla Inmaculada Concepción" at the El Pueblito Hotel in Cancun; however, we just recently received a call from the church we're filing our paperwork with in the US, saying that we can't use this church because it's not recognized by the Vatican! I guess this church does not meet the requirements necessary to be able to perform a ceremony recognized by the Catholic church. Needless to say, I'm scrambling to find a church for our 75 guests. I'm especially bummed because this church looked sooo cute in the pictures -- it had a great outdoor element that I thought would be so fitting with the destination wedding vibe. So with that, does anyone know of any Catholic churches in Cancun? I hate to sound picky, but I'm really looking for something that is bright and airy, and embodies the feel of Mexico/destination wedding as much as possible. I've researched online but haven't had much luck, especially when it comes to finding photos of the churches. Any suggestions would be so appreciated! We'll need to book something asap so that our church in the US can continue processing our paperwork in time for our wedding (can take upwards of 2-3 months...eek) Hi Paula! I think we've emailed before right? I'm getting married at the University as well for our Catholic ceremony. Josephina had given me the name and email of the women in charge of booking the weddings there. Here is her email address: Alejandra Chavez email: achavez@[email protected]. Josephina had told me I had to go through her in order to book. I was unsuccessful getting a hold of anyone directly through the phone directly to the chapel. Try the direct number first the other member provided. Alejandra is not the quickest at responding, but she'll get it done for you as long as the day is available. Let me know if you need anything else.