Wedding at Riu Palace Riviera Maya

[Nicyx]

 

 

Originally Posted by elissae 

 

Thanks for posting this Nic!  My name is Elissa & I am planning an April 2013 wedding at the RPRM!  I am waiting to determine the Easter/School Break so i can pick my week to go & tie the knot!  My soon to be step son will be a sophomore in HS when we go so we want to do it while he is out of school & does not miss anything.  I tried to find you on FB, but you were not there. 

 

I have vacationed there in April 2010 & loved it!  We are looking to do a civil ceremony so I need to determine what day I have to arrive in order to be married by Wed at the latest.  LOL!

 

We originally thought we wanted a beach wedding for 4pm, but are thinking perhaps a Gazebo one instead.  Did you do a cocktail hour after the ceremony?  Then dinner?  Any insight you could share would be great!  

 

Congrats & Thanks!  :-)

 

 

 

 

 

Hey there. Good Luck with your planning, I miss it soooo much... although im sooo happy to be a wife to my gorgeous hubby :-)

We had cocktail hour after photos then diner :-) We never had many people with us (7 inc us) so we just went with the flow, as we didnt have to plan for people.... how many guests you got going?

 

This time last year we were 20 days away from flying and 25 days away from being married!!!! Where does time go??? xx

 

We hopefully going back to Mexico next year April/May time... not sure what resort but hopefully nr RPRM so we can sneak in for a peek :-) Were Off to Cuba for our Anniversary this year xx

[Nicyx]

LOL, OMG i am soooo thick.... 25 days, i do not know what date or month i thought i was in but its actually, 49 days til we flew and 54 days til our anniversary.... I really really do not know what i was thinking yesterday!!!

LOL xxx
 

[arptoark]

I cannot tell you how happy I am to have found this website.  AWESOME.  We are planning a wedding in Riviera Maya and are leaning toward using Apple Vacations to help take care of the travel arrangements and just purchase their wedding package. We are loving the pictures and pricing in the Riu Palace Riviera Maya.  When you guys post please share who you worked with and any advice you could provide.  I can't wait to see the pictures, I feel like we are great friends sharing something so meaningful.  This is both of our second marriages as we both were married young and probably shouldn't have gotten married in the first place so we are both doing something out of the ordinary and more relaxed, meaningful and memorable.  Keep up the good posts and I will do my best to share any findings as well.

[elissae]

Hi - Welcome to the site, Arptoark - you WILL LOVE IT!  

 

My name is Elissa and I am getting married at the Riu Palace Riviera Maya on April 2, 2013.  It is my first wedding (I am going to be 44 in December) & my FI's 2nd (he's 48).  We are super excited!!!!!  Have you picked a date yet?  Cannot wait to hear your ideas!

 

There are a group of us brides on this website who are also marrying there.  We have been sharing ideas in the thread I pasted below:

 

http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/t/25118/riu-rm-palace-brides

 

It may help you to read this thread from beginning (page 1) to recent postings by us, the current brides, (page 379) to learn about the resort/wedding planning ideas.

 

MY FI & I used Wright Travel (highly recommended on this website).  Our TA is Wendy Hicks and she is FABULOUS!  We did a group booking and have 55 people booked so far!

 

Look forward to seeing and talking to you on the forum!

 

xoxo

 

 

 

 

Originally Posted by arptoark 

I cannot tell you how happy I am to have found this website.  AWESOME.  We are planning a wedding in Riviera Maya and are leaning toward using Apple Vacations to help take care of the travel arrangements and just purchase their wedding package. We are loving the pictures and pricing in the Riu Palace Riviera Maya.  When you guys post please share who you worked with and any advice you could provide.  I can't wait to see the pictures, I feel like we are great friends sharing something so meaningful.  This is both of our second marriages as we both were married young and probably shouldn't have gotten married in the first place so we are both doing something out of the ordinary and more relaxed, meaningful and memorable.  Keep up the good posts and I will do my best to share any findings as well.

[Moments That Matter]

Congrats BPG027 + welcome aboard! here are some beautiful wedding "moments that matter" we shot recently at the Rui Palace Riviera Maya - showing what an amazing place it is - so good choice! there's an album link here to see more photos.......enjoy, and all the best with your plans http://https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.374141939486.153686.18683524486&type=3

 

[elissae]

I cannot open the facebook link.  I found you on Facebook, but cannot find the RPRM photos.  :-(

 

Can you resend link or post some more?  Thanks!!!!

Originally Posted by Moments That Matter 

Congrats BPG027 + welcome aboard! here are some beautiful wedding "moments that matter" we shot recently at the Rui Palace Riviera Maya - showing what an amazing place it is - so good choice! there's an album link here to see more photos.......enjoy, and all the best with your plans http://https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.374141939486.153686.18683524486&type=3

 

[arptoark]

It has been a long while since I have been on DW.  My fiancé and I are heading out to Riviera Maya this Saturday, January 12, 2013.  Cannot wait.  Our wedding date is tentatively set for the first week of December 2013.  We have 5 hotels we are considering and trying to get it down to our top 3 before we leave on Saturday.  Our goal is to visit the venues, choose one, pick the date and sign the contract (I hope).  We are no longer going with Apple Vacations as I stated before.  Unfortunately we didn't find that there was much of a savings having the wedding planned through them.  As of today we are planning on visiting Barcelo Maya Palace Deluxe and Riu Palace and have to decide which third hotel is a contender.  We are leaning toward the Barcelo Deluxe.

 

I have a few questions for the group:

 

How did you all estimate how many people will be attending?  We are inviting about 100 people and I would like to think that we will have about 25-30 (which would equate to approximately 15 rooms) people but am not sure.  How necessary is it to have a good estimate, 1 year in advance?  I have not sent out the save the date or the announcement as we want to know what options we have for our guests stay.  Are we doing things backwards?

 

My other question is:  How much more do/did you have to pay above and beyond the wedding package?  Unexpected expenses?

 

Last question: I am a closet party planner and am really trying to let-go of many of the details of wedding planning, isn't that why many people choose a destination wedding?  I was telling my fiancé that maybe we should consider getting a storage space out there and send stuff to it!  Ha... just joking.  Did you have a color scheme?  Did they have favors and fun little personal touches?  Can you bring your own or do they provide stuff.

 

I have a zillion more questions but am doing my darnedest to take it slow. 

 

Thank you in advance for your consideration, comments and suggestions.

[liz24]

Hello I am newly engaged and I've made arrangements to have my wedding next Sept 2012 at the Riu Palace Riviera Maya. I requested a beach front wedding. Has anyone had a wedding there? If so, how was it? Any advice. And which dining restaurant did you chose for the reception? Any pics of the wedding scenery would be great as well. This is my first time planning a wedding so I'm nervous. I just want everything to run smoothly with no drama, if that's possible :-)

I'm not sure if you'll read this! Just looking for a little feedback on your wedding. I am getting married May 31. I'm torn on whether or not I should use the resort photographer. Who did you go with?

[liz24]

Anyone have a keycard template they are willing to share?

liz_hund@hotmail.com