viajerajulie

The Mr. and I are torn between two Catholic chapels in Cancun; the Marriott CasaMagna and the Gran Caribe. My hubby is Mexican and we want his family and friends to be able to attend, so we have to keep guest costs low. Also, I'm kind of in love with the Gran Caribe chapel. Still no firm date (although our anniversary is 6.25, so anything close to that would be awesome. Advice and ideas are welcome! We are hoping to go do some site visits in August 2011! So glad I found this site! The reviews and the firsthand information is soo helpful! Looking forward to meeting other DW brides!

Hi all! My name is Julie and I'm so glad I came across this website! I'm excited to be here! A little background on my hubby and I: We met in 2006. I'm a Spanish teacher and he's from Mexico, so it was like fate! We dated for about 2 years before he popped the question. We planned a big, traditional wedding here in Baltimore and then (for a variety of reasons) things fell through. We knew we wanted to be married though, so we did a very small courthouse ceremony and promised ourselves that we'd have a church (Catholic) wedding at a later date. We have since planned an canceled a second church wedding here, this time due to finances. Times are tough! And so now, we are looking at the possibility of doing a destination wedding in Cancun as a middle ground for both families. His family wasn't able to attend the civil wedding, so I'm hoping he can get a good group of family and friends to come to this one. So far, I am absolutely in love with the Lady of Guadalupe Chapel at the Real Gran Caribe. That's my first choice. I'm not expecting us to have a huge turnout for the wedding, since it's destination...so I'm not planning a 'reception', so to speak...more like a dinner. We can do our dancing in the clubs that night! And we will likely have a big party back here to celebrate as well! So excited to be here and learn from you destination brides! Any advice is absolutely welcome, as I'm a true newbie to this concept!!