Iberostar Paraiso Maya

We loved having our wedding ceremony and reception at Iberostar Paraiso del Mar in Riviera Maya. The resort is beautiful, clean, and the food is delicious. Reyna, our wedding coordinator assigned by the all-inclusive resort, was very helpful/responsive once we were at the resort; My only frustration was trying to plan the wedding from afar. Details and specifics seemed to be lacking until we arrived. I think most destination wedding couples must just show up and go with the flow, but I wanted a few things, such as table numbers, or answers to simple questions, such as what color are the table linens, and they seemed slow to provide details for me until we were there. The flowers, ceremony and cake were all part of our package and were wonderful. We wished the officiant would've attended the rehearsal so we could have better anticipated the flow of the ceremony, but that was okay. We paid extra to rent the open air restaurant for our reception and to hire a DJ, and that was great, too. (Although we brought our own music playlist on an iPod and just asked the DJ to play it.) The reception food was delicious and we regret not taking pictures of each course because the presentation was beautiful. I had my hair and nails done at the SPA on site and thought they did a great job. If you want to bring your own photographers instead of using the resort-recommended Photo Caribbean, you will have to pay a penalty fee (even if you do video with Photo Caribbean). We loved this resort and plan to vacation there again in the future. Can't say enough good things about Iberostar Paraiso del Mar for your Mexican wedding venue!