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I just got my pictures back and figured I would share the link in case anyone is interested. We used a different photographer (found through our wedding coordinator). They were much cheaper than what The Finest was offering and made a really nice video for us (I like it even more than the pictures). Here is the link to their fb page: https://www.facebook.com/Amorcito-Corazon-Studio-309871612427020/ The name is Amorcito-Corazon Studio and it is a young couple with a few other people. They are very professional and you can tell they love what they do so I just wanted to recommend them for anyone looking! Here is the link to our pictures: https://amorcitocorazonstudio.smugmug.com/Lovestories/Gari-Randi/ Here is the video they made: https://vimeo.com/191331202 Good luck Ladies! I am so sad looking at the videos and pictures, make sure you take in every second!

Didn't get the pictures yet but I tried to find a few with the flowers. My bouquet is the one from the resort, the bridesmaids bouquets (babysbreath) I got from Celeste. That is the bar that the resort sets up and you can see my reception on the palapa. I got the lights, chairs, and table decor from Celeste. They used the same chairs for the reception which was helpful. We also used the gazebo included in the package but I got the greenery from Celeste as well. One thing that did happen that was frustrating is the resort has giant inflatables on the stored on the Palapa (obstacle courses that go on the ocean). They moved these directly behind where our ceremony was. My husband saw it as soon as he got down to the ceremony and demanded the move it (it would have literally been in every picture directly behind us). They told him no, and he said they had to either move the inflatables or the ceremony. Sure enough, they dug up the gazebo and all of my guests had to physically move their chairs and the ceremony started 20 mins late (super embarrassing). Make sure if you have the ceremony on the beach they don't do this to you!

Hi girls! I haven't posted on here but have read everything and found it very helpful. I actually got married at the Finest last week (10-22) so I wanted to share a few things that helped me. First of all, the wedding was amazing! Nothing is perfect but the little things don't bother me and everyone had a great time and it was beautiful. The thing that helped me the most was I actually hired an outside wedding coordinator that lives in Cancun. I was keeping her my secret but now that it's over I really think she could help a lot of you. The company is "weddings in riviera maya" , her name is Celeste, and I found her on wedding wire. The amount she saved me on just the photographer paid for her fee (btw the photographers were awesome and included 2 photographers and 2 videographers). I also used her vendor for the decorations which was ridiculously cheaper than aliqima (21 dollars for a tiki torch?! I paid $7 w Celeste). I did end up using the DJ at the resort and that was fine. Celeste also got me a violinist for the ceremony. Another thing was the girls dresses needed steamed and the resort wanted to charge $144/dress. Celeste delivered us a portable steamer! The things she did for us were above and beyond and I am going to miss texting her on a daily basis (another reason I just loved her- we texted every day and she talked to the resort for me and visited it twice to take pictures and meet w Viviana ). Also, Viviana was promoted the week before my wedding so if I didn't have Celeste I probably would have freaked. Although Victor is completely amazing as well. We had 80 people and had the ceremony on the boat beach(private) and the reception on the palapa which is awesome. It is totally secluded and huge. We also hired someone through Celeste to make the Mayan coffee that we love and had a cigar roller from the resort. The service at the reception was outstanding. It would be tough to get service like that in the US- the servers were taking people's empty drinks and replacing them while they were dancing- it was awesome! I can go on and on but I just really wanted to let everyone know about Celeste and that my experience with the resort was really outstanding. We were sad to leave and when we got to our honeymoon we honestly thought about trying to go back to Finest because we missed it. Hope this was helpful to you all! [email protected] That is her e-mail if anyone wants to contact her. I also attached one pic of the reception from her instagram.