Paradisus Riviera Brides - POST HERE!

[laurenvuitton]

You are going to feel so much better after you go down there and see everything, so much better than the pictures!! The girls are VERY nice and helpful too!! Glad you are going down there

[laurenvuitton]

We have a wedding website through destination weddings.com - not as fancy as everyone elses

[navarrabrooke]

Hi Girls - I haven't checked in for awhile. I got married at the Paradisus on November 13th, 2009. Friday the 13th! Great date! At any rate, I read through some the last few pages of this forum and wanted to offer my insight.

 

Someone asked about the beach, though I had also read some negative things, the beach was beautiful. I had no complaints there.

 

Also for our welcome dinner, we arranged to have it at the Caribbean Marketplace at no cost. Perla had reserved 50 spots and closed off a portion of the restaurant. For those who don't know, the Caribbean Marketplace is the buffet. This suited us and our 50 guests (including children) quite well.

 

I also agree with appointing someone not in your wedding party to ensure that everything is how you want it. On the day of your wedding, you won't want to be burdened with decor and other arrangements. You'll be too busy drinking champagne and getting ready with your bridal party!

 

Playa del Carmen is a must do! Lots of great shopping and fun beach bars. Include it among your lists of things to do in Riviera Maya in your welcome letter, email to guests, etc. It's about a 45 minute drive south. You can arrange a shuttle with the Paradisus bellhops.

 

My review also covers a lot of the questions I'm reading on here. Check it out - links below. I also included some other helpful tips.

 

Happy Planning!

Brooke

[avong1228]

I'm not doing any type of entertainment as it will not fit into my budget. I thought it would be nice to have something at the rehearsal dinner or cocktail hour but just can't bring myself to pay that much for 45 minutes! People will entertain themselves with plenty of booze!

 

I'm so glad you heard from Cecilia!! I didn't hear about destinationweddings.com either until I got on here and we've already booked our trip.

 

I may have asked this already but are any of you arranging any excursions for everyone? If so, what and who pays for that? Any suggested vendors to go through? Anything included at the resort? When we stayed at the Paradisus in PC, snorkeling was included!

[avong1228]

Ok, that's a great idea!!

 

I swear since I've found this board, I never get any work done!!

[laurenvuitton]

Yeah me too... wedding comes before work! Someone was mentioning earlier on in the board they hired a Mariachi band through another company (not the resort) and it was still cheaper to pay outside vendor fee. I'll have to go back and look for it.

[laurenvuitton]

Its Friday!! Dont be overwhelmed... you are so lucky that you are going down there to finalize everything.. im going to be doing it over the phone/email!

[avong1228]

Don't stress!! Everything will be great!

[avong1228]

Don't stress!! Everything will be great!

[cmj783]

No stressing - just think of the beach!

 

Our save the dates are out!