Just posting a quick review of my wedding at the Akumal beach on 11/8/14!
My wedding coordinator was Gina and her assistant was named Gabriela. Both were awesome! I met with Gina two days before the ceremony and went over all the details with her. I brought 17 yards of teal fabric with me for the hammock site and "kissing balls". I also brought teal ribbon for wrapping the flowers and corsages/boutonnieres, a thumbprint wedding guest book, and a cake topper. I had already sent Gina a picture of the style of flowers I wanted, so she knew exactly what to order. We were also allowed to use some orange chair sashes that they had on hand to add a pop of color. The ceremony site was decorated perfectly, the flowers were gorgeous, and everything went smoothly. Gabriela made sure my guest book was set up on a table at the dinner reception and gave the restaurant the topper for our cake.
We had our dinner at Dolce Vita and it was amazing. Great service and wonderful food. Our cake was tasty too! Gabriela informed me toward the end of the dinner that the mariachi band was running late and asked if they could play for us in the snack bar. So, upon exiting the restaurant, the band followed us into the snack bar where they played for 45 minutes. I honestly had forgotten they were included in my wedding package!
We met with Gabriela two days after our ceremony to get our wedding certificate back. She had my ribbon, guest book, cake topper, and "kissing balls" ready for us. She didn't have the teal fabric, but we told her to keep it and let other couples use it. Hopefully, they won't charge for this and we asked them to provide it for free.
We used Tropic One Photography and Martin was our photographer. We were very happy with the photos. We upgraded to a basic package which was 2 hours of photography (we did the ceremony, us on the beach, us with family on the beach, and a quick trip to the hacienda). They did try to sell us more photos after the presentation, but I declined and stuck with my package of 45 + the 15 from the Unforgettable package.
We had a great time!