I highly recommend Claudia she was worth every penny! Our wedding pictures were something that we really wanted to be perfect and we were willing to pay a little extra. So if you're in the same boat I would definetly go with Claudia over the hotels photographer you won't regret it. We have had so many people say they have never seen such beautiful wedding pictures even compared to other destination wedding pictures. We are so happy with every shot she took. She was really creative and did a great job at capturing the emotions of the day. She was also really friendly and helped me with my hair and make-up touch ups throughout the day which was pretty frequent as it was so windy that day. She is also really good at responding to emails right away and her english is perfect as I know it can be very frustrating planning a destination wedding with a lack of communication. Overall if your wedding pictures are really important it is worth it to negotiate with your wedding co-ordinator in order to get Claudia.