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CARMEN LABORIN Casa de Sierra Nevada, an Orient-Express Hotel in San Miguel de Allende offers a top-notch team of planners, all accredited through the Beverly Clark Certified Wedding Professional Program, and they’re ready to help you realize your customer’s dream weddings.” On a budget? Not a problem: all six of their award-winning properties in Los Cabos and Mazatlan offer a complimentary wedding package organized by said certified planners when brides book a minimum combination of rooms and nights. The Water Wedding package at the Sunset Beach Resort & Spa in Cabo San Lucas, for example, costs $1,500 for up to 15 guests. However, if 10 rooms are booked for three nights each, it’s on the house! pueblobonito.com Real Resorts: Real Resorts has four- and five-star all-inclusive properties in Cancun and Playa del Carmen, encompassing options for full-fledged family destination weddings to adults-only luxury events. The brand recently announced new wedding options for 2013, including a new Jewish Wedding Ceremony that includes services by a local rabbi; a new Mexican Wedding Ceremony; an enhanced Catholic Wedding service (which includes its private Catholic seaside chapel in Cancun); and a new Vow Renewal Ceremony that’s complimentary for couples who originally married at the resort. “Real Resorts recognizes that each wedding needs to be as unique to the couple as their love,” says Fernando Garcia, managing director of Real Resorts, “so we work with each one to individualize their wedding planning and deliver their perfect day.” realresorts.com 40 / march 2013 34-41 TakeAVow.indd 40 RIU Hotels: The all-inclusive RIU Hotels offer several venues for brides looking to take advantage of Cancun’s legendary nightlife and sugary-white beaches. Hotels include the RIU Caribe, with its famous Mayan-style architecture, the RIU Palace Las Americas and the RIU Cancun, both located right in the heart of the hotel district, and the newest property, the RIU Palace Peninsula, which opened in 2012 next-door to the RIU Cancun. The resort company makes planning easy with its dedicated wedding website, which offers varied packages and services. For example, the 2013 Classic Wedding package—perfect for wedding couples traveling without companions—costs only $930 for a religious ceremony ($950 for a civil ceremony). riuhotels.com Rosewood Hotels & Resorts: With one property in the Riviera Maya, one in Los Cabos and one in the heart of colonial San Miguel de Allende, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts offers brides a selection of the most romantic destinations in Mexico. The largest of the three, Rosewood Mayakoba, recently underwent a $1.6 million renovation. “The resort’s natural beauty, along with the wide range of venues including the recently inaugurated beachfront Palapa, The Plaza, the Lagoon Lawn and Avicenia, plus the personal attentiveness that our staff provides makes for a magical and unforgettable wedding,” says Arianna Iturralde, the on-property wedding specialist. All properties participate in Rosewood’s A Perfect Match program that allows couples booking a wedding to take advantage of a special honeymoon offer. rosewoodhotels.com recommend.com 2/21/13 9:58 AM http://www.pueblobonito.com http://www.riuhotels.com http://www.realresorts.com http://www.rosewoodhotels.com http://www.recommend.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Mexico Wedding Planner 2013

Editor's Notes/Agent Speak
Hotel Desk: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
Tour Talk: Travel Indochina
Safaris in Southern Africa
Un-Cruise Adventures in Alaska
Alaska is Celebrating in 2013
"Hard Rock" Chicago-Style: Rock out in the Windy City
Mexico Destination Weddings & Honeymoon Planner
Girldfriends' Getaway at Eden Roc, Miami Beach
Kyushu: The Rising Sun of Japanese Destinations
The New All-Inclusives in Jamaica Claim Their Turf
RIU Punta Cana
Costa Rica: A Trio of Detours
Touring Central & Eastern Europe

Mexico Wedding Planner 2013