Wanting to get married in Guanacaste in May 2012- better to book hotel wedding or use a planner?

[Maricr]

I gave in and hired a wedding planner. Maria Eugenia Roldan of Costa Rica Destination Weddings http://www.crdweddings.com/main.php so far she is been amazing! Will write full review after the wedding.

[meshell83]

im also am working with costa rican paradise! I love them! Sylvia, my wp, emails me up to 3 times a day and answers all my questions right away! Our budget is a lot smaller, hopefully $7000 for about 20 people. Everything is taken care of already- the flowers, live music, dj, cake, ceremony, etc. We'll be getting married in Guanacaste as well! Best thing i did was hire a wp! cant even imagine how stressed i would be right now!