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Hello, Anyone having a wedding in the Hard Rock Cancun? Anyone a member of the Hard Rock Legendary Hotel's club (the one that includes Cancun, Punta Cana and Puerto Vallarta?) and planning a wedding using the member benefits? We just arrived from Mexico today and visited Riu Palace, Aventura Palace Spa and Cove (to become a Hard Rock Hotel chain in June 2013) and the Hard Rock Cancun. We really liked the Hard Rock Cancun, but didn't meet with anyone from their wedding department. I wondered if anyone has has thoughts on this particular hotel, recommendations for vendors etc... Thank you!

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.

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.

We are planning a wedding for June 2013. I do not have the $ to hire a wedding planner or the time to do it myself. I could do it but don't have the time. We are leaning toward using Apple Vacations wedding services. We have traveled often using Apple Vacations and have had nothing but good things to say. However, this is a wedding we are planing not a 7-10 day all inclusive vacation and I think I was an event planner in a past life and would love to hear some feedback on your experience, thoughts, comments, positives and negatives you had using them to coordinate your wedding. Thank you in advance for your help.