BeachBrideToBe

Hi Everyone! My FI and I have been doing a lot of research on Azul Sensatori. It is definitely our top choice as of today. I have a few questions that I've been having a hard time finding the answer to. Would love to hear what other brides have to say! Our wedding will be in April/May of 2014 and we're estimating around 40-60 guests. 1. How private is the beach ceremony and the Zavas reception? From most of the pictures we've seen, it looks like they do a pretty good job keeping other resort guests away but it is hard to tell since these are professional photos from the right angles. We want an intimate celebration without bare chested old men gawking at our event 2. We don't want the party to stop after the reception. Did you all go out to the Mojito Bar afterwards? How was it? 3. Did you use the preferred DJ? DJ All Music I believe. I looked at his website and it looks like it would be about $2000 to have him for the cocktail hour and reception. Seems a little expensive but with the $800 vendor fee, I doubt we'd be able to bring an outside vendor in that would be any cheaper. What was your experience with DJ All Music? If you brought someone else in, how was it and (if you don't mind me asking) how much did it cost? 4. Did you use the preferred photographer? Caribe. What was your experience with them? We aren't extremely impressed based off their website but maybe their work is better than what shows up on the site? We really like Elizabeth Medina and Del Sol but are thinking they are way out of our price range (still waiting for a quote). Does anyone have any other recommendations for local photographers? 5. How many weddings does the Sensatori have on the same day? Did you notice the other wedding and did you feel like you received less than dedicated attention because of it? Thank you VERY much!!

We too have been finding that everything is way more than we originally thought, although I suppose a lot less than if we were having the wedding in the states. Our budget is just based off our anticipated costs, we're still over a year away. We'll be doing whatever we can to cut this down, hopefully closer to $17,000. For 50 guests at Azul Sensatori (haven't booked but it's our top choice) Ceremony package: $2500 Cocktail Hour: $800 Reception: $1250 Cake: $600 DJ: $2000 Mariachi band (45 min - cocktail hour): $900 Violin (45 min - ceremony): $600 Flowers/decorations: $3000 Photographer: $2600 Video: $1000 Make-up/hair: $750 (incl BMs) Bridal dress: $3000 Grooms: $300 Bridal party gifts and OOT bags for everyone: $1500 Other misc: $1000 Flight and hotel for me and FI: $4000 Total: ~$27,000

Would someone please email this to me? [email protected] Thank you so much!