According to local government statistics, each year more than 50,000 couples from all over the world choose to get married in Mexico’s Cancun/Riviera Maya region, and more than 15,000 do so in the Puerto Vallarta area! So, if you’re contemplating the idea of a destination wedding here in Mexico, you’re in great company!
The vast majority of couples—at least 90%–choose to get married at big hotels or all-inclusive resorts on the beach. Why? Well, there are at least three reasons: 1) those big hotels advertise heavily in the international wedding press, 2) they’re “known” quantities—people follow name brands because they trust them more, and 3) brides can typically just work with the hotel’s wedding coordinator to make all the arrangements, so it’s considered a relatively “easy” process.
But guess what? There’s a whole other world of smaller wedding venues on both coasts that more-adventurous couples have discovered. They research boutique hotels and even private luxury villas and use independent wedding planners and service providers in the local areas to bring together and design their events. And they have discovered one of the hidden secrets of Mexico destination weddings: By working outside the big-hotel/resort massive wedding machinery, they can achieve a more intimate, personalized and more meaningful experience for themselves and their guests. And, in many cases, they can save money in the process! After all, who can provide you a higher level of attention and personalization–an agency that considers a full schedule 20 weddings a year, a hotel with 20 weddings a month, or an all-inclusive with 20 weddings a week?
As same-sex marriage has become legal in key parts of Mexico, along with the U.S. and Canada, lesbian and gay couples can now write your own rules for destination weddings just as you write your own vows. We have found that a good number of couples are looking for a destination wedding “outside the box” of traditional hotels or resorts, and these are exactly the couples we want to work with!
At Mexico Event Design we have chosen to specifically work independently, and so we specialize in undiscovered gems–private luxury villas and charming boutique hotels–that don’t have the budgets or the inclination to mass-market themselves, and that appeal more to independent travelers instead. Like them, we are a boutique wedding design agency, so we limit the number of events we do each month and the quantity of clients we manage at a time. By keeping our numbers small, we can focus intently on each couple’s dreams, tastes, and needs, and deliver innovative and unforgettable wedding experiences for all our clients.
If this idea of an “extra-ordinary” event is of interest to you both, we encourage you to contact us directly to set up a first brainstorming meeting!