Punta Cana Wedding

[Gooner]

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Originally Posted by kalikid4life Hi Chris, I too am trying to married in PC and have a catholic wedding. Here is what I've found. Pretty much any hotel will do a catholic ceremony. They all have a catholic package all you have to do is ask. I have been in contact with the Head of the catholic church in the Punta Cana area and in a nutshell you can do a catholic ceremony in any location other than the beach. The paper work that the priest emailed me said that as long as it's not on the beach and in a respectful location you can have it anywhere. Now if your question is you want to get married in a catholic church that is a much longer and complicated issue. The hotel has to coordinate dates and payments with the church. That is a church requirement. Most wedding coordinators are LAZY especially Dreams Punta Cana coordinator Sharron Pitches and Dreams Palm Beach coordinator Melani Mena (Yes I named names). So figure out if you want it on the resort or off the resort in a church. Also, I'm not sure if you have been getting replies to your question off the message board but this is for the people who post the well wishes. The well wishes are nice but when people have questions they are useless. Let me know if you are considering an off resort wedding because I have more info and all the contacts for the churches and bus companies. I am still fighting with several resorts to get them to actually do some work.

Thanks for the response. Much appreciated! I am currently communicating with Palladium Bavaro with the intent on using their facilities (Gazebo) for the catholic ceremony. I feel it may be too hard to transport all the guests to a nearby church and would love the 'openness' of a Gazebo. I also am having some difficulties getting responses. I sent some emails over a week ago and have slowly started to get responses. Are you planning on doing it at a resort or a church?

Thanks again...

[flbluiiis]

Welcome! Don't get too discouraged with the slowness of response times. I know it is a common issue from the posts I've seen on this forum. Sounds like you have a pretty good start! Best of luck with the rest of your planning

[TammyB]

Hello, congrats on your engagement and welcome to the forum. It looks like someone already answered your questions, so I'll just add that we had several threads on Punta Cana that I' am sure will help you with other planning needs.

[kalikid4life]

No Problem, We were planning to do it at a church off the resort. Which none of that is a problem. I got in touch with a transportation company, the church and everyone in between. The only problem was the wedding coordinators who do not want to do anything outside of the package. Just remember when dealing with them that you are giving them a lot of business depending on how many people are coming down plus the cost of the wedding package. Whatever you do don't give in to what they say. Just take your business down the road if they aren't working for you. Like I said every hotel does Catholic weddings (the island is over 85% catholic) so that's not a problem. However having them actually doing something beyond these are the dates and this is how much you owe seem to be.

[angela040504]

Welcome and happy planning!

[bholthof]

Ugh! It seems like such a hassle to try and plan a Catholic wedding! As kalikid4life said, ask your resort about specifics for Catholic weddings - and you may have to look into off-resort options if you are getting married in a church.

[mariusz]

welcome Chris - happy planning!