Angela F

My wedding is set for 5/17/14 at Iberostar, Punta Cana. I have a photographer in mind to bring from U.S. to Punta Cana and want to know if anyone is having a wedding around that time so that we can share photographer expenses? Or does someone already have a photographer booked that I can use and help with your expenses? Angela

Hi Sarah, I attended a webinar through a travel agent at destinationweddings.com. My agent has been very helpful at getting me the information needed for booking my wedding and helping with the communication barrier between the representative at the resort and my fiance and me. The travel agent's fee is minimal and so worthwhile. I suggest having a travel agent assist. The webinar was very helpful but some of the information on it was not accurate. Overall though it was worthwhile watching one. I do not know much about the steak house or if there is a dance floor area. We have booked my wedding and hotel but that's about all at this point. I now need to nail down the details. Iberostar has three wedding packages. I can email you the information. Angela

I too am in the beginning stages of planning my wedding with Iberostar in Punta Cana for May, 2014 but am using a representative from Destination Weddings who is initiating my contact with the resort. We were able to attend a webinar for Iberostar which stated I could build my wedding a la carte versus having to decide on one of the three wedding packages offered so that we can tailor our wedding. When we brought this up, we had difficulty receiving a response from the resort other than a la carte is not offered contradictory to what Iberostar's webinar stated. Without further explanation we decided to move ahead and choose one of the wedding packages offered. Needless to say, communication with the resort is a bit difficult. Regardless, my fiance and I stayed at Grand Bavaro in March this year and loved it, and have no doubt our decision to have our wedding at Iberostar Punta Cana is perfect for us. We are now trying to pin down the location of our wedding ceremony as we are wanting to have it on the beach but understand it will not be a secluded ceremony from folks at the resorts. I am learning there are other costs such as photographer, additional flowers and other items that are not part of our package. If anyone has any helpful hints or suggestions as far as what to expect or keep in mind when planning a wedding at Iberostar, I would greatly appreciate your thoughts.