Hey ladies! I just got back from doing a site visit for both Las Caletas and Dreams PV. After seeing everything we're gonna go ahead and book for 2013!! I met with Annie and she was great and she's actually from Montreal! I found that Dreams PV is great for our guests for many reasons but a huge plus is that the food is AMAZING, the alcohol is premium and we're close to Downtown! From Dreams it is a 20-30 min cab ride to the maritime terminal marina (depending on time of day and construction) and costs 15$ US (cheaper if you pay in pesos). From there it's a 45min to 1 hour boat ride to Las Caletas. When meeting with Annie she said that if the groom and groomsmen want to head over to the island early they can take a 20min cab ride (from dreams) over to I think its called "Boca de Tomatlan" and get a boat ride with the workers for free! as of right now the workers boat leaves at 2:40pm or 4:00pm. And I think the boat ride to the island from there is 20mins. Not bad. We are expecting about 70 ppl and and we got a quote of around 11000$ but we're not adding any extra decorations and because we're planning on having the wedding on a Sunday we have to pay for 80 people. Side note, something Annie pointed out....if you plan on having another transport service bring you from the Hotel to the Marina make sure they include the 2$/person port tax. I think Las Caletas transportation as of right now went up from 12 to 13.5$/person (including port tax). Kim, you were wondering about the DJ...as of right now we're just gonna use our ipod. I think for the ceremony part one of the workers can just press play. As long as you have it clearly listed (ceremony playlist) it should be fine. Although, Annie did mention that we will have to get one of our guests to be responsible for playing the music but I think that's just during the rest of the wedding. Sorry Kim I should of taken more notes because I can't remember what she said about the MC part. Maybe someone else can answer that one. The only thing I didn't really like about Las Caletas was that there are two small and dark bathrooms (one women and one men) only lit with candles. these are the main bathrooms there are two more further up but a bit of a climb for the elders. I have pics if anyone wants me to send them just PM me. I'm thinking the men can just use the bush and the girls can use both washrooms lol. Another down fall (but not deal breaker!) is that where the bride gets ready is very hot. They do have a large fan you can use...but just standing there in my short and t-shirt I was hot. Also you should remember that there is not much electricity there which means NO lighting...everything is lit with candles. That's all I can think of right now, if anyone has any questions feel free to ask. Lianne
Hey ladies! I just got back from doing a site visit for both Las Caletas and Dreams PV. After seeing everything we're gonna go ahead and book for 2013!! I met with Annie and she was great and she's actually from Montreal! I found that Dreams PV is great for our guests for many reasons but a huge plus is that the food is AMAZING, the alcohol is premium and we're close to Downtown! From Dreams it is a 20-30 min cab ride to the maritime terminal marina (depending on time of day and construction) and costs 15$ US (cheaper if you pay in pesos). From there it's a 45min to 1 hour boat ride to Las Caletas. When meeting with Annie she said that if the groom and groomsmen want to head over to the island early they can take a 20min cab ride (from dreams) over to I think its called "Boca de Tomatlan" and get a boat ride with the workers for free! as of right now the workers boat leaves at 2:40pm or 4:00pm. And I think the boat ride to the island from there is 20mins. Not bad. We are expecting about 70 ppl and and we got a quote of around 11000$ but we're not adding any extra decorations and because we're planning on having the wedding on a Sunday we have to pay for 80 people. Side note, something Annie pointed out....if you plan on having another transport service bring you from the Hotel to the Marina make sure they include the 2$/person port tax. I think Las Caletas transportation as of right now went up from 12 to 13.5$/person (including port tax). Kim, you were wondering about the DJ...as of right now we're just gonna use our ipod. I think for the ceremony part one of the workers can just press play. As long as you have it clearly listed (ceremony playlist) it should be fine. Although, Annie did mention that we will have to get one of our guests to be responsible for playing the music but I think that's just during the rest of the wedding. Sorry Kim I should of taken more notes because I can't remember what she said about the MC part. Maybe someone else can answer that one. The only thing I didn't really like about Las Caletas was that there are two small and dark bathrooms (one women and one men) only lit with candles. these are the main bathrooms there are two more further up but a bit of a climb for the elders. I have pics if anyone wants me to send them just PM me. I'm thinking the men can just use the bush and the girls can use both washrooms lol. Another down fall (but not deal breaker!) is that where the bride gets ready is very hot. They do have a large fan you can use...but just standing there in my short and t-shirt I was hot. Also you should remember that there is not much electricity there which means NO lighting...everything is lit with candles. That's all I can think of right now, if anyone has any questions feel free to ask. Lianne