ALL ABOUT OUR DREAMS PLAYA MUJERES WEDDING | Cancun Destination Wedding Planning + Resort Details
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Here are some more details about our wedding in Cancun!!! Please leave any comments below and I’ll answer them in my next video - I’d be more than happy to answer ANYTHING!
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Would you be able to go over your worksheet? And the pricing
I'm about to book my wedding at Dreams! This video was soo helpful. I don't feel soo nervous now! ❤
@@nicholebrucker4195 HUGE congrats to you!!!! Enjoy every second - it will fly by and it will be amazing
TYSM for this video! We are getting married on April 30th 2023 and I'm so excited!!!
Love this! How many days did you stay before the wedding? What freebies did you receive, any upgrades with the room? What was a deposit like and that process?
Hi Paige my fiancé and I love your video and are looking into booking here. Dreams recommended going through a travel agency for a larger room block and better rate for our guests. Did you do this for your wedding? Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you!
@@MichaelMeeks-u7g we used a travel coordinator - Vacationeeze (seen in description) and loved them. The owners were super knowledgeable of Dreams too which was so helpful!!!
Also congratulations!!!! :)
Wow! I’m within 2 weeks of my wedding and no one has reached out to help!! I’m now regretting choosing Dreams Playa Mujeres!!
Congratulations @janm5170! I am just starting my wedding planning process and would love to hear how this turned out. I would be very stressed with no contact within 2 weeks of my wedding.
Hi! I'm late to this vid but I've been looking into this place for a wedding lately. Do you know if you need a certain % of guests to stay there to have your wedding? I'm trying to avoid that stipulation as some of my guests might want to stay somewhere cheaper
Paige thanks for allowing us to help you plan your wedding. Your videos are great. Jack
Thank you for all the info! So helpful ! It lead to us booking our wedding here for December 2023! What location at the resort did you choose for the cocktail and reception?
First, congrats!!!!! You will have the time of your life 🥰
We did the beach for all 3 (ceremony, cocktail, and reception!) as we didn’t want our guests to be walking around everywhere all night - worked out great! But I think if you did a different location for the reception etc it would work just fine!
Hello! Thanks so much for this video! I am interested in planning a Dreams wedding in Punta Cana! Do you have a list of questions you brought to your wedding coordinator for the resort you wouldnt mind sharing?
Hi 💖 congratulations!!! I do not have a list of questions saved unfortunately - we definitely asked as we went while planning (via email) and our coordinator was always helpful!
Hi Paige, did they give you the option of doing a plated dinner for the reception or did you have to do buffet?
Hi! I believe we had the option for buffet or plated :)
The best place to celebrate!!
When you said you had access to secrets, did that include all inclusive food/drinks over there as well or did you have to pay?
amazing video! we are getting married here in 05/2023, this is great info!
Did the total 15K include the cost of the rehearsal dinner? Did the coordinator or planner help organize a rehearsal dinner?
Hi, our wedding is on March 3rd, 2023 I have a similar guest count of 22 rooms, with around 47 guests. I was wondering about the amount of your reimbursement for every 5th room (if you don't mind me asking?) A majority of our guests selected Garden View. I love the video so helpful your wedding was beautiful!
Hi!! Congratulations 🥰 You will have a BLAST! We definitely did get every 5th room booked reimbursed about a month after the wedding - I can’t for the life of me remember how much exactly (and we had some guests do the pool view cheaper room so those rooms where refunded first) but whatever the cheapest rooms are will be x4 (for 22 rooms!) back to you! Hope this helps a little bit :)
@@paigeelizabeth8723 omg you’re the best! Such a quick reply I appreciate you!!🥰
Did you do any excursions with your family?
@@gabriellamartinez5790 we did not! But some of our guests did excursions on their own :)
@@paigeelizabeth8723 this is a long shot but would you be willing to jump on a quick call with me for a few questions? We're two months out and the nerves are definitely setting in...
What was the average cost for your guest flight + hotel package? Did you take that under consideration when finding a resort?
Not sure on the exact amounts for that as our guests were from all over the US and their flight costs were all different. We definitely kept this in mind when choosing a destination - we figured Mexico would be easiest for most of our guests compared to further countries from the US etc!
How many days before the wedding did you arrive? Meaning like, if your wedding was on the 25th, how many days before that did you have to prep and do the last minute things like hair trial and rehearsal dinner?
2 days (3 nights) before! I did trial h/m day before and had my bachelorette party there the first full day there
hey paige can you tell me how you initially provided wedding info to your guests? did you put your travel agent contact info on your save the dates? did you wait until the travel agent created the room booking website to send out save the dates? any tips? thank you!
Hey Sarah! We just sent out the booking brochure to each of our guests separately via text! And we also included it on our wedding website that we listed on our invites for reference as well :) Hopefully that makes sense!
Tysm for the tips! I have a questions about tipping for the entire wedding, how did you go about tipping for like outside vendors and included vendors? I’m assuming this isn’t included in the total price? Also when you paid everything did you have any last minute surprise charges that you were shocked about or everything was clear? Currently looking into having my wedding here thank you ☺️
Our guests tipped our wedding day staff accordingly (definitely important but the staff don’t expect it but of course they deserve a bit.. But we didn’t our wedding day but did throughout the rest of our trip!). For outside vendors, I googled each of them tbh because i wanted to do right too - we did 20% for companies and $100-$200 extra for self owned vendors (ex. Our photo/video was family owned!)
We didn’t have any last minute charges that surprised us - they’ll go through your entire excel sheet with the budget attached a day or two before your wedding day to ensure everything looks good to go and that’s when you’ll do the full payment too :) Our experience was pretty up front and clear
Loved you wedding and story! I’m actually going to plan my wedding here. Do you think it’s necessary to hire a wedding planner (excluding the coordinators on site). Do you think it’s beneficial to have some more hands the day of the wedding besides day of coordinators?
I would say no! We only had Marcela and she took care of EVERYTHING for us (from the resort so excl. Photo/vid, hair/MU for us). Granted our wedding was only 50 people so definitely a bit smaller - if you have a larger guest list then I’d maybe ask your resort coordinator if they think it’s needed at all. Seemed like they know how to handle huge weddings though, in my opinion! Hopefully that made sense!
I need HELP I don’t know where to go or what steps to take I’m planning to get marry around April next year, what are the websites to look at packages and all that
Congrats!!! I’d start here www.amrcollection.com/en/resorts-hotels/dreams/mexico/playa-mujeres-golf-spa-resort/events/weddings-honeymoons/wedding-packages/
And then make sure you email the wedding team (it’s listed on the Dreams Playa website somewhere!) and get the process of contacting them started (we found it sometimes it can take them awhile to respond so be patient and ensure you follow up if you don’t hear back!)
Hopefully that helps!!!! Xo
Hey Paige thanks for the video it was so helpful im getting married dec 2024 at dreams cancun! I was wondering if you upgraded for flowers and how much that was? Also how much was the dance floor? Did they also provide wedding welcome signs?
Hi - congratulations!!!! So exciting! I can’t remember the exact price of things at this point but I do know that the welcome sign(s) we’re around $200. I did update my bouquet - it was not cheap but I did love it! I think it was ~$300 to upgrade it! The dance floor was somewhere around $1k - they give you options on size etc too so it can vary of course :) I hope this is helpful!
If you all do the beach for the reception, the dance floor is a must for sure with the sand! It would have been not so great without it so I have no regrets there!
Yes we are doing beach for all 3! Thank you so much I’ve asked and they haven’t responded so I wanted to see how much I should expect to spend. Thanks again ☺️
@@MichelleMorales-qu6dd no problem :) We definitely didn’t get a direct contact for questions etc until a couple months before our wedding! Also, our prices were mid-Covid times so I would expect them to have varied since then!
I’m in the beginning steps of planning my wedding at Dreams Playa Mujeres! I was curious how the process was with getting decor and flowers? Did they have lots of options for you? Also you said you did the wedding on the beach, did you have issues with resort guests walking by?
Same girl same!!!
I just attached pictures of flowers/decor ideas I liked(from Pinterest mostly) onto the excel sheet and Marcela replied (within a month of the wedding I’d say) with what she could accommodate and how much it would be!
The beach location is almost 99% private - it’s off to the side of the main areas a bit (I was concerned about this too but it wasn’t an issue AT ALL). The beach gazebo Is definitely more in the main crowd areas.. we were able to “watch” a few other weddings going on there during our stay from the pools so I wouldn’t recommend that if you want privacy!
What did you do for your welcome party?
@@christinahaworth5697 We opted for the rehearsal dinner option (you pick which one you want free with the Beyond Package). So we didn't do an organized welcome party - just all gathered ad hung out in the preferred lounge.
I’ve watched your video so many times, I forgot you said that! So sorry! Thank you for answering my questions, I’m sure I’ll have more for you 😁😂
Hi Paige! Currently planning my wedding here. Did you go with the recommended DJ or choose an external DJ? If you did go with the hotel DJ, how was your experience with them? Thank you!
We went with the hotel one! NO regrets - they were awesome!!!! Verified all our songs and song lengths. He was so fun and did a GREAT job with the playlist! (We just chose the first and last dance song but said usual wedding dance music for the rest and it was great!!!)
Congrats! Did you have to pay vacationeeze? Did they help you and your guest book the hotel and flight ?
Nope! The resort pays them after everything’s complete I believe :) and yes they helped our entire group book rooms and then the airport transportation in MX! Our guests booked their own flights and sent over the info to vacationeeze
@@paigeelizabeth8723 how far in advance did they book your accommodations?
@@marikazabat2935 we had to have our resort reservations in and confirmed with vacationeeze 3 months in advance I think! But the invitation process we started about 9 months before so our guests could plan accordingly!
Did you guys do a desert table?
Assuming you mean dessert - yes! It came with the meal we picked out
Hi:) Congratulations, and Thank you so much for your videos, they are very helpful:)
Can you please tell me how the "Every fifth room free" works? With all inclusive packages, each person staying in the room is paying around $2500, so how much would you get back for the free rooms? Does this money come back to the Bride and Groom? Also, is this option available only in the Beyond package? Thanks so much:)
Hi! Thank you! Yes - literally just every 5th room you get reimburse to the bride and groom (a check, 2 weeks after everyone is back home!). We had a handful of people do basic pool view rooms (not preferred club), so those being the cheapest in our group were the ones that got reimbursed for! But if everyone in your group got preferred ocean view - you would get every 5th one booked back unless things have changed since last year :) And yes - it is a perk of the Beyond Memorable package; other packages may include it also though - I can’t remember! They provide a brochure that lists out all the benefits of each package though :)
Hi! Thank you so much for the helpful video. Did you have someone you worked with at Vacationeze? I’m looking into a travel agent? Also, how was room rates?
Hi! No problem :) We worked with Jack and Sharon directly - they own the business I believe :) Room rates were alright when we booked because it was mid Covid - they have likely changed since then! Vacationeeze would get these prices for you and provide them
@@paigeelizabeth8723 Thank you so much!
did you have a 3 hour reception? it sounds short. Can you put the opt out of the 2 hour rehearsal dinner and put it towards your reception instead??
Hi! We did do the 3 hour reception - I know there was an option to add an extra hour on for an additional cost but we did not do that and it was perfect for us! I’m not sure if you could trade the hours around; you would have to ask a coordinator! Hope this is helpful :)
@@paigeelizabeth8723 thank you! and beautiful wedding! i am looking into that photographer as well :)
@@sarahvickstrom6289 we LOVED them for photography and video! Could not recommend them enough! 🫶
We just booked for July and are on the fence with the preferred club upgrade. Do you remember what the extra charge for it was? Thx and congrats.
I wanna say ~$200 more for a 5 night stay! Keep in my mind we booked in the middle of strict Covid though! So I’m sure prices have changed a bit
@@paigeelizabeth8723 When I was looking at prices, the preferred club rooms were almost double I think. If you get a basic room, can you upgrade for the privledges of preferred, or do you have to book a specific preferred club room category?
@@howardhorowitz8779 I am not sure about this - I would think it would still equal out the same here. If you were to book a basic room and then desire to update to a preferred, I’d assume you still pay the difference. I would ask your planner/concierge if you are staying at Dreams soon :)
The BEST
Did she say when she's going to Mexico? Whats the best months that are not as crowded?
Not sure what you mean by this exactly? But it wasn’t busy for us in Jan! Although Covid was a bit ramped up during that month post holidays so could have made a difference maybe!
@@paigeelizabeth8723 did you feel safe there?? Thats my biggest concern. Want to book our wedding but being young parents of 2 young boys it's my biggest worry
@@jadejones9708 We did, yes! Coming home after our trip, we had no concerns and didn’t hear any from our guests either! Dreams Playa is nice as it is off the main strip of resorts/busy areas. Obviously it’s still Cancun, but we definitely didn’t have any concerns!
I know with the beyond memorable package gives you comp upgrades every 10 rooms but are they room upgrades? Or nothing to really be excited about??😂
We just got reimbursed for every 5th room! No upgrades lol. But the day before we arrived they did upgrade my husband and I’s room which was nice :) this is based on availability I believe though!
Congrats! How did you contact them initially? Did you just inquire through their website? Thanks!
Yes! There should be a specific wedding info email listed somewhere. May take a few days to hear back - be persistent with them if you don’t hear back within a week I’d say!
@@paigeelizabeth8723 thanks so much! Still haven’t heard back from them :(
@@Andrea-wk7ct hmm.. I’d reply to your own first email and sent another short message to them maybe!
Did the 15k include your stay and flight?
Our initial deposit went towards our room (so technically, no) but it felt free because it was 6 months after our deposit lol. And no to flight either!
Is the $15000 including your stay or just the wedding?
Not including our stay - but with our Beyond Memorable package, every 5th room booked from our guest list was free (you get the refund about a month after you return home). So essentially it was free, along with more for us (we booked 23 rooms total with our guests). Definitely a GREAT perk about our package for sure
@@paigeelizabeth8723 is the 15,000 including your dress and total of the entire wedding or just for the wedding ceremony/reception itself
@@morganmosley30 15k was what we spent at the resort alone - photography, dress, H&M, etc was all separate!
When are the payments due? Also, I know you mentioned you invited 90 people and only about 50 went. Did you have to initially commit to 90 and pay the difference when they didn’t show up?
i forgot to mention- your video has been so helpful! i’m looking into the same resort for March. thank you for all the info!!!
Outside of our initial deposit to secure our date etc, we paid the full remainder amount the day before the wedding at the resort! As far as the amount of guests - our package was set for a specific amount of people (I can’t remember exactly but I think it was like 49-79?) so we based our invites off of that max amount but also had a list of “for sure yes’s” and just planned accordingly! In the end, we definitely didn’t “have” to pay for every person we invited. Only the people that were all signed up to go! By that 3 month prior mark you should know 95% of that confirmed # of guests and just plan for those :) Hopefully that makes sense!
Do you remember how much the fairy lights were? I’m getting married next year at dreams natura but it says you need a quote for the lights!
Around $1,500 for the fairy light tent!
Was there an extra charge for alcohol? How much did you end up spending there, if so?
Nope! We didn’t pay for any alcohol the entire trip/wedding! Just tips
Was that because everyone was staying at the resort?
Also did you have any guests stay at surrounding more affordable resorts that didn’t have access to the all inclusiveness?
@@jenw7959 not exactly sure the exact details on the requirements or if there are any… we were never given an option so my best guess is it’s just given when you book a wedding there regardless of guests reservations etc. (since it is an all inclusive resort). We had a few that looked into staying else where close by but ended up at the resort in the end so not sure! I’m pretty sure they get access to everything for the day if they pay the $150 entry fee for the day
Did the 15k include taxes and service fees?
Yes - that was the total we were charged the day before at the resort :)
Did you hire a wedding planner? If so, where did you find your planner?
Dreams provides for a day of coordinator who helps you plan all the up to and the day of your wedding and this met our needs 100%!
@@paigeelizabeth8723 ok that's good to know - they mentioned that but I was nervous when they said they'd provide one a few months before the actual wedding day.. but it seemed it worked out for you!
@@ashleygolebiewski8406 I had the same worries! And they told us we’d hear from her 3 months before and it turned out to be 2 so i was stressin a little! But she got everything done for us no problem! I think as long as you have all your stuff picked out (or just ideas w pictures etc) to send to her, as well as the excel formed they send you filled out you’ll be set!
@@paigeelizabeth8723 What about lights/vendors, etc on the beach? Did you shop around outside of the Dreams or did you just pay the fees for this without shopping? I'm on the fence with obtaining a wedding coordinator to handle all without extra $ nor stress. I just wanna show up, get married and party LOL
@@roband2000 we just paid for any specific lighting we wanted! Ceremony was still daylight so for the reception with did a fairy light tent (my dream and I thought it was so worth it!!) and to my best memory everything else they kinda lit if needed etc. The coordinator they provide with the resort does the work once you pick out what you want - I wouldn’t recommend getting an additional imo! We wanted the same (no stress, pretty, party ready etc) and our day worked out perfectly! Marcela took care of all the set up, rehearsal, our wants/needs, everything!
Who was your officiant in Mexico? Did you use the minister that they provided or did you have your own? I already asked one of our guests to be my officiant but I saw we were charged on the spread sheet for a minister.
My dad was ours! If I remember correctly, when we filled out our spreadsheet the fee was only for the resorts provided officiant. Could have changed since then! I would def recommend using someone you know as we felt it made it more meaningful :) but of course totally up you y’all!
@@paigeelizabeth8723 you’re the best! Thanks so much 🥰
Wow I’m working with Jared at vactionezee and they are making my experience horrible. When I had jack he was awesome though 🥹😭
Oh no… I’m SO sorry to hear this!! We only ever had Sharon or Jack the entire time we worked with them - wonder if that’s why?