katjack

We got married at ED Maroma in May of 2012. We also had one child (that family stayed at the Azul 5 resort). We planned to get married on the beach, but it was raining, so we ended up in the cute chapel on the ED Maroma hotel property. The child was welcome there. We also had our reception and rehearsal dinner at the Maroma Marina next door because of the child. It was pretty - a big space.

Hi all, My fiance and I are actually getting married at the El Dorado Maroma (EDM) three weeks from today. Our "wedding coordinator" from Lomas Travel has been Natalia....and she has been frustrating, to say the least. At three weeks out she is still not very responsive to emails. My travel agent told us that we would be transferred to the onsite coordinator 30 days before the wedding date. However, that has still not happened, and when the travel agent asked Natalia (3 times!!) who our onsite coordinator would be, she hesitated to give her the name and still won't give her her email. We have to finalize a couple things (like if people want steak, lobster, or surf/turf) before she will give us the coordinator's information. I don't really undertand Natalia's role very well - you go to the Lomas travel website and put the item;s you want into a cart, much like you are shopping online at Amazon. Once you get there you have a meeting with the onsite coordinator to go over all of your choices. We are using Sarani photo, since she is one of the approved vendors, and Karisma charges an outrageous $800 fee to use non-approved vendors. As such, we are also getting our hair/makeup done at the spa at the hotel. We are having our rehearsal dinner and our reception at the marina next door to the EDM since we have one child (don't get me started on that...) coming to the festivities. We are doing a sunset private cruise after the ceremony, followed by a private dinner on the beach. I will let you all know more after the wedding, so you guys can know what to expect. Natalia aside, I am very excited about having the wedding at the EDM since it is a smaller hotel but still upscale. -Katie