JessiTaylor

oh what a nightmare! are you making any progress? im furious on behalf of all of you...how can this woman keep getting away with ruining people's weddings?! there must be someone knowledgable enough to help you, maybe add this info to give people an idea: what kind of budget do you have? which is your preferred date? if its weekday might be easier than a saturday? what kind of wedding (legal, symbolic) and what kind of reception? maybe its possible to find a venue and then worry about a wedding co-ordinator? personally i only know about playa del carmen venues (though pretty much every venue under the sun) but im sure someone must have more specific info about akumal good luck! if you can think of any way to help or support you without specific knowledge i volunteer =)

Well we've chosen our dream venue despite the costs - xcaret eco-park. They handle nearly everything - venues, some decorations (candles lightign path, floating candles in river, very simple candle and pebble centrepieces), food, drink, staff, lighting, staff - hostess, security, paramedic, entertainment (cant use outside bands or musicians) Thigns they dont handle - any specific decorations i want not included in the package - but these would be pretty limited finding the judge and legal documents flowers photographer arranging transport for guests wedding cake wedding favours They suggested we use an extra outside wedding co-ordinator...but given they cost around 1,000 dollars or so and there are so few details i need to arrange - should we just handle it ourselves? (well...mainly mexican fiance given he's fluent in the language) or am i risking things going to hell if i dont use a professional? im really wavering

Not sure if someone did it earlier but i just sent it to you!

Mexico has a terrible reputation its true, but the majority of violence is concentrated around the border with the US (like where i live, Monterrey) And when you here about stuff like people being shot....99% of the time they are involved in the cartels or members of law enforcement fighting them. I would never recommend you come to where i live on a holiday but i have no qualms suggesting the riviera maya as a safe destination for a trip =) Given that you will essentially arriving at airport, going directly to resort, staying in a resort all the time with the exceptions of day tours(snorkelling etc) and maybe the odd restaurant the chances of being a victim of violence are seriously low. Notable exceptions to this would be if you try to buy drugs or as in any place in the world, if you wander into dark alleys waving wads of cash and a rolex. Also, woman alone are not advised to walk on the beach very late at night especially if theyve been drinking heavily. incidents are very very rare...so its just a sensible precaution. i would say the same thing about walking late at night alone if you were going to london (where im from originally, or that would be a very random comment hahaha). also youll be with your husband. With regards to dates - April is high season, and is a little bit cheaper the last two weeks or in may. May is the beginning of the rainy season but the chances of rain are pretty low! One issue that might put you off mexico a little bit is if you want a legal wedding, you need a blood test 4 days before. people often get around this by having a courthouse wedding back home to sign the papers...and a symbolic ceremony in mexico with all the celebrations taking place then! anyways....theres so much info on resorts etc on here, im sure you will find the perfect place!!

congratulations on your engagement =) in terms of country i would look for the simplest place to fly to - so compare costs and whether its direct, or needs 1/2/3 transfers or whatever! it is definitely possible to have a nice wedding for less than 10k, a lot of hotels will offer free wedding packages if all of your guests stay there...or the costs are pretty low especially if you want under 20 people. then, look at legal requirements. for example for a legal wedding in mexico, you need to take a blood test 4 days before wedding. whereas most other countries dotn require that. finally choose the venue. all inclusive or not. family or adults only. lots of activities or somewhere quite tranquil. do you want access to the town, or you want to stay in the hotel the whole time. stuff like that =) in terms of minimum number of bookings, most places (i think) thats not an issue but you often have to guarentee your guests, or at least 80% will stay at the hotel. otherwise you end up paying more, and they need to think about buying a day guest pass which can 100 dollars or so. one issue you have to keep in mind when youve chosen a venue and want a location within the venue...a lot of the beaches are public. so you will have sunbathers etc watching your wedding and filming it. some locations within hotels are a bit more private. fully private receptions will have an extra cost, whereas if you just want to use one of the restaurants thats normally included. most resorts are really used to doing weddings and very experienced...so they have standard packages but you can add your own touches. i would say for example pretty much all of the hotels in cancun would handle your wedding very professionally and things will go off without a hitch. ive only had one person majorly complaining that my wedding will be in cancun. thing is, i live in monterrey, mexico with my fiance. my family are all in london. so one set of family would have to travel! since my fiances family is about ten times bigger...makes more sense to do it in mexico, and cancun is a much prettier place to have it than monterrey (incredibly industrial, not much to do tourist wise). but my best friend was bitching and repeatedly asking why i couldnt just do it in england, and it was soo expensive and she didnt want to go there etc etc. not even a congratulations or a pretence to care about my wedding. i mean salaries are relative to the economy of the country...so whilst my mexican friends and family have good jobs and good salaries relative to here... their money just wouldnt stretch very far with london prices! and getting 80 mexicans to england is a lot more complicated than getting 10 or so english to mexico. if people complain about it...i simply explain that its an invitation. as in i INVITE you to come. i understand its difficult and expensive.but you have the choice to come, or not. if not, i understand of course, but if you come dont come grudingly with little comments about how its a big ask and really i shouldnt be doing it

Well after reading all of the great ideas i contacted Yazmin today, and she got back to me very quickly. She may be the woman who saves my sanity! It went from being super fun thinking about my wedding to being a complete nightmare and overwhelming she sent me back a form so i could fill out details about myself and what i want...but actually im still not sure what her prices are!

I found a post on tripadvisor from a guy Matt_UKTX from july 2011 listing hotels that were friendly to outside vendors. any comments to see if this is still the case? its an important factor in my decision making. He said after an extensive site visit, these were the friendly ones: External vendor friendly resorts: - Hotel Marina El Cid - Ceiba del Mar - Hacienda Tres Rios - from my own email contact i know you have to use their lighting/DJ but can use own photographer and flowers. and own band "if you can find one" - Valentin Imperial Maya - Dreams Cancun - Dreams Tulum - Dreams Puerta Aventuras - NOW Jade - NOW Sapphire - Secrets Maroma Beach - Secrets Silversands - Zoetry - Cancun Palace - Sun Palace - Beach Palace - Moon Palace - Le Blanc - Cozumel Palace - Isla Mujeres Palace - Aventura Spa / Cove Palace - Playacar Palace - Xpu-Ha Palace - Grand Palladium - Banyan Tree Mayakoba - Fairmont Mayakoba - RIU Palace Riviera Maya - Sandos - JW Marriott in Cancun and they said inflexible hotels - Azul Beach - Azul Sensatori - Azul Fives - El Dorado Maroma - El Dorado Royale / Casitas - El Dorado Seaside Suites - Excellence Playa Mujeres - Excellence Riviera Cancun - Dreams Riviera Cancun If this is an uptodate list it would help me MASSIVELY

We are hoping to see if they have dates available in february/march next year! i was in cancun this weekend and its my perfect temperature - not too hot and not too warm! from what i gather, the reception dinner can be private...its only the ceremony that would have people around? i feel like all the dates are going and i need to book my wedding asap! and the little ticking clock i have in my head is really not helping my stress levels

I know the idea of paying twice for food is pretty annoying. I guess you could try to reserve the a la carte restaurants for a normal meal if you do it in advance (or might not be space) but im assuming you couldnt have any special decoration (you know flowers etc). might not bother you though! pools normally do have a closing time, i think around 8ish for a lot of them. i was just in grand coco bay (dont look it up, i dont recommend it haha) and that was at 8. Pool bars may close earlier bars...really vary. depends if you are looking for normal bars or more like a disco type place. sandos caracol (which i did like, is a lovely place) had one 24 hour bar, and the lobby bar might have been 24 hours too. the pool bars often shut earlier..so at sandos i think it was 5-6ish beach...you can walk on the beach at any time so i assume you could swim too? but at your own risk as lifeguard wouldnt be working

the worst is id only turned on the hot tap and it was absolutely scalding hot...had to wait ages before i could reach down and take out the plug. imagine if i had got in =S i think i do need to relax a bit more, planning a wedding is supposed to be fun and ive just got really overwhelmed by it all

theres a lot of great info in this thread!! we're looking at this resort either as just a base for everyone to stay (with outside venue for reception and ceremony) or possibly for the wedding itself. I was starting to lean towards havign everything at one hotel...but after seeing a wedding at sandos caracol with hoards of sunbathers surrounding the ceremony and one drunk guy shouting ugly things at the couple, im really nervous about having it on a public beach. its much cheaper to do it at a hotel though and h3r has great reviews. so i feel completely stuck and unable to make any decisions!!

We arent paying for anyone - theyre responsible for flights and hotel. if they can;t make it ill understand, but i really cant afford to pay for everyone. we have a 100 guests, but even if i only paid for bridesmaids/groomsmen it would still add up to a lot! i will cover the bridesmaids dresses, and tux rental for the groomsmen. possibly makeup on the day? shoes they can wear whatever, and accessories too. i still havent worked out how i can choose bridesmaids dresses for 2 bridesmaids living in england, and one living in north mexico where i live!

in this day and age, i dont imagine that anyone can miss that wearing white is a big faux pas. hopefully your sister in law will say something to her if she realises you dont like the idea. The problem now for brides, that if you express a strong opinion about something...you get labelled as a bridezilla!! assuming shes not evil (and lets face it, some mother in laws are) then i guess some people think of white as the best way to stay cool in the sun?! there are a few cultures where wearing white isnt a big deal...so if she is from a foreign culture that could be it. i must be honest...i am not sure i would be able to bring it up with my MIL. itd just be too awkward. i think i could manage to compromise...if she is wearing a short dress, rather than floor length and white then i guess i could deal with it. Any other of my guests though i would have a word with/ so how is the dress for your MIL?! pure white or with a pattern? short or long?!

ok.... so i stayed in a resort for one night as part of my site vsit. i loved the fact it had a jacuzzi in the room! but it seemed that the jacuzzi didnt have a hole for excess water. so if you fill it too much, then it will go on the floor and makes everything wet so i went to bed around 11pm. and i turned the jacuzzi off im sure of it. and then i had a bad dream and i woke up at 4am...and i heard the jacuzzi running and it was only half full. but i let the plug open when i got out to go to sleep...so the water should have drained away. and the plug was closed and the water level half full. i know i sound insane .... but if i had left it for 5 hours since i went to sleep then water should be on the floor!!! im sure i didnt leave it on and forget it! it sounds more crazy when i write it down. but i emptied it before i went to sleep i know it...as i was sitting in the water while it emptied/... but there is no way that if i had forgotten it that the room would be ok, because as i said...it has no hole for excess water. oh i sound mad i know/ ive been known to sleepwalk before... generally i tend to rearrange furniture (lining chairs up in rows, i dont know why) but its been a while since i did that last. guess its that or a ghost! i was alone in the resort as my fiance had to fly to mexico city for a meeting the day before i left...so i guess ill never know but this stresses me!

This isnt related to my wedding (as i havent had it yet)...but a wedding i saw yesterday on the beach at sandos caracol during my site visit! so there is a small area roped off for weddings, and either side there are all the sun loungers with people sunbathing/ it was around 4.30pm so still a lot of people around. i think it was a symbolic ceremony...as was over super fast. and just as theyre finishing up and walking to the table with champagne for toasts. And there was a drunk guy...late teens but must be old enough to drink, who obviously thought it would be hilarious to start heckling and shouting stuff like "don't do it...its a mistake! youll regret your wedding" while laughing manically. what an ass!! i *think* the couple didnt hear, but some of their guests definitely did. what a nightmare! its really swaying my decision towards having a private wedding somewhere... as if i heard someone saying that i'd go over and make a show of myself by shouting

of course! the office is in playa del carmen, on avenida first with street 24 my main contact was Giorgia Maricchio 00521 984 147 26 80 email - [email protected] They are super friendly and very fast at replying!

well im glad you liked the review! im trying to be as comprehensive as possible as there is still a limit to how much info you can find on this site on non-hotel venues! they did feel clean, though as i remember it some of the doors looked a little bit battered. theyre simple but nice enough. also im sure they will clean them before the wedding and get rid of water and sand that has dripped off people coming from the sea etc beach and sand areas also felt clean...no rubbish, and no leaves or anything. im not a fan of beaches that have the sand all mixed up with little bits of dead palm trees etc - i know its nature at work but i dnot like it. and didnt seem to be the case here i do have a few photos but our camera was playing up a little bit. my fiance has run off with the camera cable but i will be back home tomorrow and can upload what i have then. Enzo is the man who was there, had completely forgotten his name - so thanks for that! im a bit sad that my site visit is coming to an end...im quite enjoying spending hours with lots of people who want to talk specifically about my wedding details (even my closest friends and family have limits to how much they want to discuss it all hahaha)

Xcaret - This place stole my heart (cheesy but true). unfortunately i believe is uber expensive so not sure if can fit in the budget. absolutely stunning location, foliage, wildlife and buildings. all you could ask for in a venue. Graciela, the special events co-ordinator, showed us around and she was lovely and bilingual so both i and mexican fiance knew what was going on! There were 2 chapel options - the fransisco chapel and the other one (i forget the name) franscisco chapel is stunning,,,open air structure with sea views. has some planted flowers (pink) so i guess you would have to work it into your colour scheme. wooden benches, and nice breeze as is open air on top of hill. i loved it!! simple but incredibly beautiful. max capacity of about 200 people i think. there is a special entrance for this chapel. The other chapel option is based around a cenote (natural undeground spring/well/water thing)...so has water at the bottom and kind of a mini cave. huge capacity of thousands of people (3500?). it has seats on different levels (like a theatre) The one issue i had with this chapel is that it smelled like horses. it has windows at the top, that open to the area where the horses live and you can tell. also the water at the bottom has a film on it...not quite stagnant but getting there as there isnt really a water flow. both chapels are decorated by candles by every row of seats the smaller reception area is basically an open air room. its nice but not *that* impressive. the real winner is the big reception venue for weddings of 90-100 plus! to get there they have a special spiral walkway that they line with candles to get there, and you pass an underground river with lots of floating candles though a lowish cave like tunnel. its kind of like a giant cave but has open spaces at the top.They have a stage for live music/dancing.dj and lots of space for tables. their set up is quite simple, so you definitely need to add flowers or something. they provide a centerpiece of black stone, a white candle and some pebbles. there are some hills and a bit of walking to get from place to place...so heels might be a bit difficult. if we choose there, we will provide flip flops as a kind of party favour my only negative is that we had planned for a beach wedding...and its not on the beach. but its so beautiful i think would be worth it!! oh and they wont let us bring outside music in...and told us that if we dont like the list of songs their "approved" bands play then we have to pay for them to learn new ones =S the event timeline of this place is that normally couples arrive and take photos around 4.30...and guests arrvive 5.30-6ish. then ceremony, and recept1ion so you wouldnt have the element of surprise wakling down the aisle and "revealing" the dress. first lady i spoke to said private events were post 7pm though so it was a pleasant surprise other places i looked at and thought were nice enough places for a wedding...but this was the one that truly got me excited. graciela also gave me advice about best times for weddings and temperatures in different months! so... in summary, isla de la pasion, xcaret and blue venado were the main private places i visited. i also have a few comments on wickys and some hotels. but its very late and im sleepy! any aspect i missed, either post a reply or PM me! Jess

Zenzi - i visited it despite the fact that they failed to reply to my emails in english or spanish. shame on them. the guy who spoke to us repeatedly emphasised that there was no possibility of a private event as "locals like to drink here". but kept telling us he would squeeze us in. great. i dream of my wedding being in the corner of a bar so that locals can continue to have their fun. so the bar prices :$180 pesos/person for the house bar including smirnoff vodka, bacardi, cuervo tequila, beers and soft drinks . includes mixers and ice $220 pesos/person per hour with better brands (no more info given) also includes mixers and ice also you can buy bottles: wine $ 400 pesos tequila 1000 - 1300 pesos rum -1000 pesos for dollars divide by approx 13. Thats all the initial info theyd give me, they wont send menus unless im super interested. which frankly im not!

Isla de la passion The sand was beautifully soft here and really nice to walk on! The chapel for catholic weddings was uber simple…basically a smaller version of the palapa (palapa = basically a giant beach hut…thatched ceilings, pillars but no walls) for receptions but I guess you could dress it up. Its all sand so you would have to rent a dance floor for dancing. There is however lots of space and can be adapted for bigger/smaller weddings. The palapa is pretty spacious and there are plastic sheets that can be pulled down in the event of rain or strong wind. In terms of bathrooms there are quite a few, I think was 3 sets of double bathrooms for men and women. they are approx 5 mins walk from reception site Here the event time for private events is 5pm, so if you want to have a wedding ceremony rather than just a reception you have time to take photos in daylight (unlike some beach clubs which say post 7-8pm1). Its also 100% private which is lovely (tourists come during the day but are gone by nighttime) One drawback is that your guests will have to stay in Cozumel for at least the wedding night, as ferries back to playa del Carmen finish at 9pm. Which I hadn’t thought about till she mentioned it, I think I imagined we would all travel back after the wedding. The cabin for the bridal couple to stay in is very nice – its all made from wood. Theres a master bedroom with a massive bed and a small balcony with 2 chairs and a table, and then a smaller bedroom with 2 twin beds (good if the couple has children). There are fans and AC throughout the house, and a big television downstairs. Its also minutes from the beach, and has hammocks and ground level outside furniture if you want to spend time outside Pros- private, soft sand, Mariza the co-ordinator there is super nice and very accommodating. They are very willing to cater to dietary requirements and adapt the menu if necessary Cons- we were invited to go for a site visit and I wasn’t happy when I realised a wedding reception was going on at the time. She encouraged us to take a closer look but I kept thinking that in my wedding I really wouldn’t want strangers observing what was happening…especially on a “private†beach Another con…and this is super strange I know, is the racoons. There are a lot of them. Mariza explained that they were super friendly and tame, and how she used to have one in her kitchen as a pet and scratch its belly…but as an English women who has never ever seen a racoon before they unnerved me, and when one came incredibly close to me I had visions of it savaging my ankles and having rabies hahaha Also is a bit of an effort to get there Final con- I explained a lot of my guests would be drinking whisky and apparently is not included in the open bar. She said im welcome to bring my own bottles…but im not sure I would want to pay twice for people to drink. Unfortunately we saw the site in the dark. we travlled around by golf buggy and saw lots of things...but maybe i would be more positive if i saw it in the light/

ok first things first...anyone thinking of doing a site visit in playa del carmen - dont rent a car!! seriously! seems like a great idea to visit all the places but there is literally no parking whatsover. when we visited wickys we had to walk a total of 8+ blocks to find somewhere we could leave it. so: Blue venado: it took us about 15 mins driving down the carretera from playa and then 5-10 mins down its own small little track. its very secluded so you can see the stars really well when it gets dark which is very nice so we spent about 2 hours with giorgia (i think is the owner?), a man who works with her and elena the wedding planner that they recommend. we were there from 4.30-6.30ish so we saw it in daylight and after it got dark. they showed us pictures of other weddings, furniture options and decoration options. the tables they have are nice enough - small square dark wood ones. couldnt see the other furniture options in person which was a pity. I had been under the impression that a food tasting was literally tiny pieces of food to try, so we ate before hand as we were starving. unfortunately they then gave us pretty much full sized portions of everything so we were stuffed!!and this is what we had: bruschetta - home made toasted bread with chopped up tomatoes with a balsamic vinegarette. quite sweet (but balsamic vinegar is very sweet so thats normal) but good. Then a fish soup. the bouillibaise. (spelling not sure). smelled great, looked great and orlando (fiance) said it was very good. I hate all seafood so i couldnt really judge that one. they gave us both portions of it and i ate some of mine to be polite. my only comment is it tasted like fish haha. looked very attractive though, dark red, chunks of fish and garnished with a piece of bread Then beef medallions with mushroom sauce, served with the garlic fettucine and vegetable gratin. the beef was very tender and the mushroom sauce was great. the fettucine is handmade, and cooked the italian way (so garlic and oil, rather than in a kind of creamy sauce). Be warned though, as it is italian they do cook it al dente. which for me is absolutely fine and i enjoyed it, but orlando and his family prefer pasta cooked to death (as in seconds away from being total mush)so he wasnt a fan and wouldnt eat it. so depends whether you like pasta with a bite to it or not! Vegetable gratin...well mixed vegetables like carrot etc,nicely cooked and i liked the cheese they sprinkled on top. then for dessert they gave us apple streudel and chocolate cake. The apple streudel tasted absolutely delicious, had lots of cinnamon which i always love...but was a little bit soggy. ive never actually had it before but i was under the impression it was supposed to be crispy? chocolate cake - was the one thing of all the food i really wasnt a fan of. i dont know why, it tasted "different". All in all...it wasnt the best meal ive ever had but i did enjoy it a lor...and i wouldnt have a problem serving it at my wedding! They also gave us some kind of passion fruit vodka drink on arrival...which i liked but it was very sweet so i dont think i could manage more than one! then orlando had a whisky and soda and i had white wine. The white wine was pretty good actually, i didnt love it but its much better quality than ive found in most restaurants or supermarkets in mexico and is easy drinking! bathrooms - i think there were 3 mens and 3 ladies toilets. -heres a changing room if you want to put on a reception dress or change into anything lighting - extra lighting is definitely needed here i think. when the sun went down it was too dark for me - i mean you can see other people there but its very subdued- so they have some lighting, but i think a little bit more is needed. maybe the kind of uplighting under the tables or something similar So the pros and cons pros: -completely private event. you wont have strangers wandering around while youre celebrating your reception and/or wedding -the palapa is really big and spacious -the fact that the palapa is simple means its kind of a blank canvas...you can change the look by decorating it how you want it. they said if you have a buffet they will keep bringing out food until the food time finishes,so dont need to worry about running out of particular dishes. a - theyre probably the nicest people ive dealt with. Saying stuff like "we understand that planning your wedding is stressful-a big deal so dont hurry....take your time and just let us know when youve made a decision". i like that they dont go in for hard selling tactics. and theyre willing to help you find anything you want, even if they dont have a specific contact. - the fact outside vendors are allowed is great - gives you greater choice. also if you are using elena as wedding co'ordinator she said if you find an outside vendor you like that she doesnt know...she will research their reputation and can warn you if they have a bad reputation/ -They have a small deck area that would be perfect for a dance floor so you dont need to pay for an extra one unless you want the special lighted kind -they generally reply the same day! which is a blessing, given how many venues take forever cons - inside the palapa itself its fine, but the sand on the beach and outside of it isnt that soft...its a little bit scratchy. perhaps becasue its been such a secluded beach whereas places in cancun have very soft sand as it gets trampled by everybody. but youll mainly be in the palapa so not too bad - orlando didnt like the fact there were little boat/jetski things around the entrance. said it looked messy...i didnt really care though so dont think its a big issue - when we arrived there was a LOT of algae/seaweed in the water so it didnt look very nice. they said that this was very unusual and the beach is cleaned daily, but there had been particularly strong wind that day so it blew all this stuff in. im inclined to believe her and aslo the event will be mostly in the dark...so not a huge issue Orlando says he would give the place 8/10 and i would probably give it 8.5/10 I really didnt like places like wickys where i think the public would always be around...so for me its probably between blue venado or xcaret! i really liked the idea they gave me of lining some of the pathways with tiki torches etc, i think it could look very pretty! oh and they said if any of your guests want to leave early they can arrange taxis easily (for example i know my father will want to go to bed a lot earlier than the friends of orlando!) i think thats all the info i can think of right now for that venue. (i think perhaps seperate posts are better for venues...but its not me trying to up my post number!)

Oh my goodness i find this thread absolutely terrifying. as a destination bride you have to put your trust in the WC to do their job to the best of their ability. Especially if you are arranging everything from a different country! I am at least living in Mexico - so although it would be a 90 min plane journey to cancun i could always hunt down missing wedding co-ordinators at their office address if necessary...but nobody should have to do that. Im looking for a WC now and im going to make sure i research it thoroughly!

picking something i want is the tricky part since i dont know exactly how i want things! i wish id been to more weddings in the past (ive only been to two) so id have a few points for comparison. and i wish id paid more attention to things like colour schemes/decoration at the ones i have been to! Ive never really spent so much money in one go, or on any one thing or event, so planning a wedding and getting quotes upwards of ten thousand dollars (since i have so many people on the guest list)... i feel a bit like im planning an imaginery event with monopoly money. I need to start seeing it as "real" money so i don't start casually saying things like "mmm an extra two thousand dollars for XYZ...why not!" hahaha

This weekend is our planned site visit to playa del carmen so we can finally pick a venue for our wedding. Friday - Blue venado appointment with food tastings Saturday 9am - wickys appointment 6pm - isla de la pasion appointment Kool - no official appointment but will check out the venue Blue parrot - will probably pass by after 10pm to see the noise levels and how it would affect a reception Xcaret im trying to do saturday lunchtime or sunday morning - having trouble getting through to them =S Zenzi and fusion were options for me, until they failed to reply to any of my emails in english or spanish in the last month- so ive blacklisted them haha. Im not expecting people to beg for my business, but if im asking for a quote for a big wedding of at least 100 people i think i deserve a reply! canibal royale - my least favourite option but ill look if i have time Anyway...the point of this thread isnt simply to tell you my plans haha. I will take notes and lots of pictures...but if anyone has any specific questions that they wuold like me to ask please let me know =) i can check this thread before i go, and in the mornings/evenings while im there =)

mmm having got the banquet menu info from linda at wickys, it does seem to be more expensive than blue venado and the alcohol brands not as good. its strange, i seem to be more interested in value for money here - whereas if i was getting married in england i would fully expect to pay higher prices haha