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We are looking for a travel agent to help us with our travel plans and wedding arrangements in Playa del Carmen. We'll need flights and accommodations for ~50 people this coming May. Can any of you travel agents help, or have a referral? Thanks, Joe & Dana

Any luck, Maegan? My fiance and I are researching villas as well. Sounds like we have the same criteria.

Wow, that xcaret setting is pretty nice. We're looking into that. Otherwise, I'm surprised that there aren't more options. I guess the resorts bought up all the nice spots along the coast. For a non-resort wedding, I guess we'll have to piece something together ourselves. Does anyone know if there are pretty gardens that might be available for the ceremony? We'd prefer grass over sand for that portion of the day. Thanks for the recommendations.

Ugh, my fiance and I are getting frustrated with our search. We've read through all the forums and contacted a number of wedding planners. We want to get married somewhere in Riviera Maya but don't want to do the resort thing. Ideally, we do not want the ceremony on the beach. We've been looking into renting a villa (or several for us and our guests) where we can stay and have the ceremony/reception, but that search hasn't been working out so well. So, we're hoping to find a non-resort venue that can host our ceremony & reception. The only place we've found so far is the beach club in playa. The wedding planners seem to be hesitant to help unless we pay them first. But if we can't find an ideal location in riviera maya, we might have to reconsider that location altogether. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please let us know. A garden or grassy hilltop would be ideal, with the reception under a palapa. That might be asking too much. We're open to anywhere south of cancun (aiming for a spring wedding with about 50 guests). Thank you so much! Joe & Dana

Hey gang, My fiance and I just started to really plan for our wedding. Being avid travelers, choosing to have a destination wedding was a no-brainer. We haven't set the date yet, but are aiming for April or May '09... it will be here in no time. We're looking into locations for the wedding, and have been finding lots of great info on this forum. Our plan is to go the villa route in the Playa Del Carmen area. We can't wait! Thanks for all the great tips and suggestions. - Joe & Dana