Puerto Rico Locations

jamisoncollette · September 16, 2007

couple more pics...

sunrise and dusk in Condado just outside of San Juan and some more scenes from Old San Juan

Alyssa · September 16, 2007

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Originally Posted by jamisoncollette

Mrs. B 2008, where did you look and what swayed you to HI?

We had our hearts set on Vieques, specifically The Martineau Bay because we found out that they were being taken over by Starwood and converted to a W Hotel Retreat & Spa. Unfortunately, they are behind schedule and are now anticipating the renovation to be completed in Dec 2008 or early 2009 so that fell apart. We then looked at The Inn on the Blue Horizon which is awesome but they only have 10 rooms and we don't want our guests staying at a bunch of different places. We also looked at Hix Island House and Bravo Beach and weren't confident in their service and quality b/c of mixed reviews.

As for mainland P.R. - we looked at

El Convento

Ritz Carlton

Normandie

El Conquistator

Hotel El San Juan

Copamarina

Villa Montana

Gran Melia

None of them were really a good fit for a number of reasons including the fact that San Juan is a port city and many of the resorts are not that private on the beach meaning you can see a lot of lights at night and it is pretty developed. Also we are not big partiers and prefer a more laid back luxurious environment. So many of the resorts have such mixed reviews. Over all, the main reason is that our date (9/5/0 is not negotiable and it is hurricane season - we are really worried about that and the stress of planning an outdoor event during the most volatile weather season down there.

I am still worried about Hawaii b/c it is so far but the place is such a good fit and really has all the qualities we were looking for so we are going to suck up the distance.

If you have any specific questions about any one of them, PM me!

Alyssa