Hello Brides. After much research I decided on Secrets Maroma. It offered everything I wanted, great beach, great reviews, all-inclusive and no kids, sorry for my nieces and nephews but like previous brides have stated this is the bride and grooms day. When I first started I was between excellence, playacar and maroma. I compared all the reviews and excellence and maroma were the runner ups, however you couldn't beat the beach on maroma. Yes maroma is a bit on the pricier side and it feels awful to make family pay to attend your wedding. What I have tried to do is rather than being all about the wedding we are making it a family (large family) vacation . Seems silly but so far it's working! Next thing I did was look for a travel agent in my city/state that specialized in maroma resorts. I didn't want to just hire any TA. So I found two, after interviewing them, I fell in love with one and she has been amazing with all info and getting me in contact with the resort. While I don't have set prices yet, since its a 2015 wedding, I have been keeping an eye out for all sorts of sales/promotions for the resort, and looks like they have them year round. Hopefully with a promo plus a group discounts prices won't be as bad. Not worried about airfare since its pretty steady pricing year round. One thing I'd recommend is to sign up for the resort newsletter/email updates, FB them, place them on your Pinterest! You will be surprised as to how much info you can find out from postings. I still have not started any planning, other than the confirmed reserved date for 2015 , I'm starting a bit early just so I don't panic at the end. Happy planning!