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    OFFICIAL Gran Bahia Principe Riviera Maya Thread

    in Riviera Maya and Cancun Accommodations & Site

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    obviously it's best to double check with your wedding coordinator, but here's my take:

     

    • That is the cost per hour for you to not have a DJ.  So a speaker and microphone for speeches and then the speaker hooks right to your iPod for music.
    • Honestly, the toast is about 15 minutes and so I don't think that'd be a good use of the live music.  It's much better during the meal and I have seen it done in the restaurants and not just the private poolside receptions (it's shown in my latest destination wedding pictures on my blog).

    OFFICIAL Gran Bahia Principe Riviera Maya Thread

    in Riviera Maya and Cancun Accommodations & Site

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    Noon is hot, but getting married in November it won't be terribly hot.  Plus there is a lovely breeze by the ocean.  

     

    It's hard to wear shoes and the walk is long.  I started in flip flops and quickly kicked them off.  They were flopping sand into my dress and onto my legs.  It was then sticking because I was hot.  No fun.

     

    BBQ Theme dinner is a private buffet dinner by the pool.  It's dinner, drinks, and dancing all in one.

     

    For a normal reception you get the restaurant for 2 hours.  If you pay to have it private I believe it's the same price as the poolside dinner, if they even let you do it.

     

    Remember that sun sets on the west side of Mexico, so you actually won't see the sunset.  It'll be setting over the jungle.  Still a great time to take bride and groom photos, but you'll want all of your other images done and over with by that time so people can freshen up before dinner.

     

    Hello everyone! I am getting married on November 20 2014, at the Akumal Beach location at 12 noon. That was the only time available unfortuantley, as I was hoping for a 1 or 2pm...Will it be really hot at that time? I'm not sure what to wear on my feet if anything, for walking on the sane.... anybody have advice on that? 

    I also have a few questions...what is the BBQ Theme dinner night? Is that the private dinner on the poolside?

     

    I am hoping to get Arlequin for my 85+ guests- and I was told 5:30pm for that...but how long do we get the restaurant for I was told 2 hours? I read in an earlier post that someone had it for 5 hours??

     I'm hoping it will be private as we have a large group coming....after dinner then do a private poolside reception.

    Also, when is the best time to take pictures. I would like some after the ceremony, but thought maybe right before dinner taking some pictures with the sunset...

    Thanks for your advice and replies! :)

    OFFICIAL Gran Bahia Principe Riviera Maya Thread

    in Riviera Maya and Cancun Accommodations & Site

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    Things may have changed, but when I did the BBQ dinner I paid per person, even for the 18 month old babies I had there.  But you may be able to negotiate that.

    The bar is basically everything you could ask for.

     

    As long as your reception is at the same resort as your dinner (or you do the theme dinner, in which case it's all at the same place) you won't need to worry about the flow.  It'll work lovely.  The only time it gets annoying for guests is when you  have the ceremony at one resort, the dinner at another, and the dance at yet another.  That's a lot of running around and trying to catch a ride.  Especially for 80 guests.

    Gran Bahia Principe Akumal/Tulum/Coba - POST HERE!

    in Riviera Maya and Cancun Accommodations & Site

    Posted

    I'll do what I can...

     

    Hi all. I'm just beginning to plan and I'm doing things kinda haphazardly until it's close enough to start talking to travel agents. (I'm hoping for Nov 2015). I've got a few random questions for anyone who might know the answer. 

     

    I want to bring my own officiant for a symbolic ceremony. We'd do the legal stuff in Canada on the down low and get my aunt's lawyer husband to officiate the ceremony. I'm worried about other brides who claimed that they requested a non-religious symbolic ceremony and the resort officiant talked about God anyways. My question is does anyone know whether the resort will still supply us with a mock wedding certificate to sign during the ceremony? And will they give me a hard time about using my own officiant?  Yes, I believe you can bring your own officiant and it's not a problem.  I have read reviews and seen pictures when people have done this. Obviously, verify with your wedding coordinator, but it shouldn't be a problem.

     

    Secondly, I want to walk down the aisle to the Over the Rainbow/What a wonderful world medley because I have good memories of dancing with my father when I was a child to What a wonderful world while standing on his shoes. I'm having trouble finding other songs with a similar feel for the rest of the ceremony. Any ideas? We're open to some pretty kooky ideas (copacabana on the steel drum, anyone?).  I had Over the Rainbow/Wonderful world walk me down the aisle, but I didn't really coordinate the rest with that song.  A variety of songs that I liked.  We walked out of our ceremony to Walking On Sunshine.

     

    Thirdly, I've read a ton of posts about the photographer and included photos, but it's not entirely clear to me how this works. Is photography during the ceremony plus the 10-20 photos included in the package covered, but if you want posed photos after the ceremony, you pay the hourly rate?  The included pictures is 10-20 photos, total.  That includes the wedding ceremony and very few posed photos after the ceremony.   If you want more, you will have to pay more per picture and if you want more time then you have to add on the hourly rate of $350 for 20 more images.  So you can get 5 images from the ceremony and 5 posed after the ceremony to total 10, for example.

     

    And lastly, the poolside reception - I've seen posts on here saying $1100-1400 for three hours with beer, sparkling wine and special cocktails.  Is that for the option with the DJ, or is that for the speakers but you use your own iPod? There are two separate prices that are outlined in this post: http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/topic/63282-official-gran-bahia-principe-riviera-maya-thread/?p=1514324

    Here is the info copy and pasted:

    Poolside Reception (Cocktails and DJ or Music) Only Reception Prices:

    These options are for 30 persons maximum, in case there's more people will have an extra charge. 
    This packages includes 3 hours of open bar, set up, soft lighting, cocktail tables, Tiffany chairs, microphone, and music. (so this includes DJ).

    National Bar:         
    Beer, Rum, Vodka, Tequila, Cocktails, Gin, Whiskey                      $1900 USD 
    Special Cocktails: 
    Beer, PinaColada Cocktail, Margarita Cocktail & Sparkling Wine   $1100 USD 
    Special Cocktails without DJ but with Speakers so we can play our own music: 585 USD

     

    So $1100 for 30 people WITH a DJ, $585 WITHOUT a DJ.  $1400 is 50 people WITH a DJ

    Thanks, everyone!

    OFFICIAL Gran Bahia Principe Riviera Maya Thread

    in Riviera Maya and Cancun Accommodations & Site

    Posted

    The cost for the day is $1000.  That includes full day wedding coverage and the edited full resolution digital images.  It also includes an online gallery for family and friends to view the images (I can show you the most recent wedding I shot at Akumal if you'd like to see an example of that... but be prepared, it has 1200+ images!).

     

    I'd have to verify with a travel agent the cost of staying at the Akumal side but I would guess it'd be around $2000 TOTAL for each of you.  Possibly slightly cheaper.

    OFFICIAL Gran Bahia Principe Riviera Maya Thread

    in Riviera Maya and Cancun Accommodations & Site

    Posted

    Hi LeeAnne,

     

    There are two options for what type of photographer you can have.

     

    You can hire the resort photographer or you can fly in your own photographer.

    If you fly in your own photographer, they have two options.  Stay for 3 nights and pay a $400 fee or stay for 5 nights (typically cheaper).  

     

    January flights are expensive right now, though.  Hopefully they'll go down.  Typically to hire me it's about $2750 but with prices what they are currently it'd be $3400 USD.

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