Hi Abby, Your wedding sounds and looks like it was an amazing time! I'm getting married at Aventura Spa Palace (soon to be Hard Rock Riviera Maya) on January 30, 2013 and we are also considering bringing our own speaker and ipod for music. Did you guys have speeches? If so, did you bring your own microphone? Were you able to rent a wireless one from the resort? Thanks in advance, Jacqueline