If you are looking for the perfect place for your destination wedding, this is it!

We were married at Dreams Punta Cana on Dec. 8, and it was everything we'd hoped it would be and more.

Wedding

Our wedding was perfect.

We had 12 guests, and our wedding was held at the gazebo at 4 p.m. with a dinner at El Patio afterwards.

Yessica was our wedding coordinator, and she was just amazing. I was a little nervous because our coordinator was switched about a week before the wedding, but there was no need to be. Two days before the wedding, we met with her and she went through a checklist of items she needed to know and that was it! Everything we wanted just magically appeared on Dec. 8. It was great!

After the ceremony, we had a private dinner at El Patio. Yessica had two round tables set up for us at the back of the restaurant with small table for us to place our guest gifts and cake. The manager of the restaurant came out and told my husband and I how the evening would go, and then brought out champagne for everyone (we never asked if we wanted this, and were not changed for it!). The food and service was AMAZING.

If have a small wedding party, I would highly recommend El Patio for your reception. The restaurant has a large empty space in the back where they put us. Even though we were in the restaurant with other people, it felt incredibly private!

Resort

The resort was lovely - giant pool, beautiful beach, gorgeous landscaping.

We stayed in the Preferred Club - Building 6, and so did all our guests.  Everything was very nice, and the concierges were great. If you needed something, they were there within minutes.

Every restaurant was delicious. The buffet had a nice variety of food, and the waiters at all the restaurants were amazing.  Oh! And, the burgers on the beach at lunch - SO good! My favorite was El Patio, and my husband loved Portofino. The only one we didn't get to was Hitisimu.

Just two complaints -

• About 50% of the staff doesn't speak English (the waiters at breakfast, some of the late-night staff, housekeeping). If we were to go again, I would definitely learn some key phrases.
• Everyone is on "Dominican time." I would make sure your ride back to the airport is a good 30 minutes earlier than you think is necessary. Our ride was 20 minutes late, and our families' was 40 minutes late - and no one but us seemed to be bothered by that...

Overall, I would definitely visit the resort again. Everything on our wedding day was just perfect, and we really couldn't have asked for more!