RIVIERA MAYA AND CANCUN WEDDINGS!

The Riviera Maya and Cancun areas are First Choice Travel's most "requested and popular Destination Wedding locations" our guests love and would go back again, and again!  It is a great place for a vacation so why not have your wedding here where there are so many different resort and sightseeing options...that you cannot find anywhere else!!!

 

CANCUN

EXCELLENCE PLAYA MUJERES  (NEAR CANCUN)
 
Beautiful romantic wedding for two! Not everyone wants a large wedding but they do want ROMANCE!
 

This great looking couple wanted a romantic wedding with just the TWO OF THEM!  It was everything that Michelle and Manuel could ask for!

 Our Wedding location couldn't be more amazing!
 

It was great! No complaints about anything.  Everyone at the resort was very nice & accomadating.  To & from the resort was great. We went to the Isle of Mujeres one day and had a ton of fun.  We are sad because we don't know when we can ever do something like that again.  Again, no complaints. Manuel & I so needed to go away. Thank you for your help.  We are appreciate it very much.
Michelle

 

RIVIERA MAYA  
 

ROYALTON RIVIERA CANCUN

The Royalton was where Kathryn and Erik chose for their special day!

Hi Gayle!
I just wanted to let you know we made it home safe n sound after a dream wedding and week in paradise! We had a blast and the wedding planner at the resort was incredibly helpful.  Wedding was incredible, such a dream, and wedding planner onsite, Yectli was incredibly helpful, highly recommend her! She didn’t push anything on us that we didnt want and helped us make group dinner reservations for other nights too! 

Thanks for helping us coordinate our big group!
The resort was lovely!​  ​We had lots of space to spread out, yet it was easy to find everyone in our group. the resort was very nice, great service.
LOVED the spa, hairdo services, the swim up bar, the pool exercise classes/instructors and wedding planner.
​Buffet was great, great restaurant choices as well.
 
Also- a highlight was our private catamaran which we booked - highly recommend for groups!!!! We loved it, our guests raved about this day so we were very glad we booked this for everyone; open bar, snorkeling, swim stop.

Overall, wonderful trip!! Thank you!
Kathryn and Erik Johansson  
 
 

 Blue Bay Grand Esmeralda

Renee Rzepenski and Justin Schwanke got married at the Blue Bay Grand Esmeralda along with many friends, guests and relatives!

 

DREAMS RIVIERA MAYA CANCUN

Riviera Maya Weddings are beautiful!

LEAH AND BART WILLIAMSON

Leah and Bart are married at Dreams Riviera Cancun

 

 
 
Hola gayle, 
 
Wow the resort was amazing!!! Everyone was very impressed with it, the food was spectacular and so was the service. Bart did the snorkeling with some people, others went in to playa del Carmen and some went to tulm. The resort was offering a special shopping tour to go in to playa from 4-8 for only $20 round trip, so that was a great deal.
 
Our room was gorgeous about every 3 days they would bring us big flower arrangements, unbelievable!!! Our view was all ocean couldn't of asked for a better view. 
 
 
 
Leah and Barts Wedding was amazing
 
The restaurants were fantastic everyone was ranting and raving all day and night on how great the food was. Only thing to know for future is that one restaurant closes a night so make sure to read the newsletter the night before. My favorite was the Italian and the French. I can go on and on all day about this resort!!! Lol Also the resort is very gluten friendly , Jen checker had the allergy and actually they had a gluten free menu for her very accommodating. 
 
Claudia solis was amazing, she had everything under control, no problems, no issues, our wedding turned out perfectly. I couldn't have thanked her enough. They definitely know how to plan a wedding, Claudia stayed with us up until dinner and then George stayed with us all night long, just amazing!!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
Love to have your girlfriends with you on your special day!Jump for joy at this wedding!
 
We all had such a great time , I just can't believe it s over. No one had any issues with dreams, apple or airlines.. We couldn't have asked for anything else, a bunch of us our talking about planning our next vacation!!!
 
Thanks so much Gayle!!! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BARCELO TROPICAL / COLONIAL RIVIERA MAYA

 

 Tana said this wedding couple was a blast to work with.  As you can see Tennille and Matt had a beautiful wedding at the BARCELO TROPICAL / COLONIAL in the Riviera Maya and invited some family and friends to go along with them.  It was a great group of around 40 that attended the big EVENT!

Time for just the two of us!

 

 

 

 

Here are a few pictures from our wedding at Barcelo-Maya from Maya!  Thanks again for all of your help!  

Kind regards,

Tennille and Matt

The whole wedding party had a ball!Imagine this beautiful outdoor wedding reception

See...even though we had plenty of guests.. we still had time to ourselves!

 

EL DORADO ROYALE WEDDING

Lovely couple from Minnesota and all their guests at the El Dorado Royale!
 

Christine Cook and Matt Biehl from Mound Minnesota invited some close friends and relatives to their beautiful beach wedding at the El Dorado Royale in the Mayan Riviera.  Pictured are the happy couple and thier guests.  Christine and Matt loved their swim up Casita Suite room!  The whole group had a blast at the wedding and enjoyed the resort tremendously.

 
 
EL DORADO MAROMA WEDDING!!

Tasha and Daniel Greene Wedding

 

 

Tana,

Everything was AMAZING!!!  We cannot wait to go back!  It'll be a few years though, BUT you DEFINITELY get what you pay for!  El Dorado Maroma really knows how to spoil you!!!  It took some getting used to tell you the truth.  It was absolutely phenomenal though.

 Thank you again for everything

Tasha and Daniel Greene
 


Just the two of us!

 

Catalonia Riviera Maya
 

First Choice Travel's Lynn Ewerdt is congratulating her clients Jason and Jessica Welter on their beautiful wedding!

Lynn said she was so happy with the wedding and what an awesome job Catalonia Riviera Maya did for the bride and groom.

 

"Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage and your family be."

Family weddings are fun!

Sand ceremony pictured are: Bride Jessica, groom Jason (Welter) daughter Emmalee, son Carter (Helms)and bride’s mother Debbie Tenor looking on.

Jessica and Jason Welter – "Best wishes today and always".

Catalonia Wedding

Family picture back row is Chuck (Tenor, father of the bride), Debbie (Tenor, mother of the bride), Jessica (Welter, bride), Jason (Welter, groom), Maryann (Welter, groom’s mother) and Kathleen (Wennesheimer, aunt of the groom)"Family memories"

 Here is the whole family

Iberostar Paraiso Lindo

Katie Morgan and Jay Polakowski planned their wedding at the Iberostar Paraiso Lindo and invited this whole group of family and friends to join them witness the ceremony of a lifetime!  I love to hear it when the BRIDE says it was PERFECT!!! 

 

Keri and Eric De Bruin had their destination wedding at the Iberostar Paraiso Beach Resort in January

Keri and Eric De Bruin said their wedding was STRESS FREE!

 

Keri said “"Our destination wedding was stress free - what a great way to start a marriage!" 

 

 
Iberostar Quetzal Wedding for Sadie Brown and Dan Cambon
 

Hi Gayle,

 

The wedding was fabulous!  Everything turned out perfect.  We honestly couldn't have asked for more.  The resort was amazing.  Everyone thouroughly enjoyed themselves.  The wedding went great thanks to their wedding planner, Gabriela.  And the photographers were talented and enthusiastic. 

 

I'd love to share some of the wedding photos with you!  They should be on their way to me now...hopefully I'll get them in the next couple days.  Once I do, I'll send you an email.

 

Once again, thank you for all your help.  You really made this a stressless experience for Dan, I and our guests.

 

Best Regards,

Sadie Cambon
 
 
Mother of the Bride:
 

Gayle,

The hotel Quetzal was fantastic… from the peacocks, to the monkeys, waterfall, flamingoes, everything was colorful and lush AND pristine! Don’t ask me how they do it! The rooms were very nice, comfortable, etc.  Service, impeccable.  Food – ok.  Drinks great.   

After the lovely beach ceremony, the photos took up some time while others watched and had nice hoirs d’oeuvres ,etc and then we wall walked to a restaurant close by where the food was served…Oh the DJ was bad!  He had no clue of what was wanted… My daughter, as all of us speak perfect Spanish and he still couldn’t get it right! So she put on the Ipod she brought and left it at that…We all danced and danced till we were kicked out! JJ 

We had a lovely 5 day break there!@  Absolutely NO problems of any kind…but WE did get stuck for 10 min at the airport as we took the bait of someone in blue who said he represented our travel group…AH! 

Did go to any side trips…not worth it to us!  The distances and the time (all day trips) would have detracted from our get-together! 

Until the next trip – thanks so much for your patience and friendly service.  Oh!  We were NOT put in one o two buildings…but through the hotel… BUT we took walkie talkies to communicate!  Aha…we got them! 

Hasta pronto – 

Lilly Taylor for the Cambon-Brown wedding   
 
 
THE SANDOS PLAYACAR BEACH WEDDING
 
Take a look at the gorgeous photos of Jim and Megan Larson's wedding!
 

The Jim Larson and Megan Fielkow wedding group stayed at the Sandos Playacar.  Gayle says this whole group was so excited to be part of this wedding!!  Everyone including the bride, groom, the family and friends were so fun to talk to and to work with!  They couldn't wait to go.

 

 

Hello Gayle!

 

Incredible!  Couldn't have been better!  It was fantastic.  The Wedding was unbelieveable!  Everyone at the hotel was so friendly and helpful with the wedding,  it was just excellent!  The food was great.  Weather was too.  When it wasn't as sunny everyone got together and hung out and met each other. 

 

Here are some pics of the amazing evening at Sandos Playa Car.  (see the slide show on top of this page)

 

Thank you again and again for the outstanding job you did for us!!!!  That week changed many of our lives, and created some new friendships that will last for many years to come! 


Jim Larson
HealthMarkets Inc.

Another stress free destination wedding at Sandos Playacar!
 

Gayle,

Yes the wedding was a blast!!  And while the weather was cloudy/rainy most of the time - it really turned out gorgeous for the big event!   Erin 

Gayle -
The wedding was AWESOME! We had the best time! So much fun!
The place was really nice and Megan was the most beautiful bride!
Stephanie

The Best picture & Megan's Favorite is #300 - Just our style. Megan loves the crazy face pictures. Molly Johns

 

 

 

SANDOS CARACOL BEACH RESORT

SANDOS CARACOL BEACH RESORT AND SPA IS A SISTER HOTEL TO THE SANDOS PLAYACAR ABOVE IN THE RIVIERA MAYA WAS THE SETTING FOR THIS WEDDING FOR ANDREA ZIEBEL AND BILLIE MCCARTHY

 
Andrea and Billy McCarthy Wedding at Sandos Caracol
 

Tana
We had a great time.  The resort was wonderful. 

During the typical wedding you are lucky if you get to talk to everyone once.  We had an week in paradise to spend time with our closest friends and family, so when our actual wedding day came, we were able to savor every moment without hurrying to greet everyone.  We are still in awe at how perfect everything turned out.
Thanks
Andrea and Billy McCarthy

MOON PALACE WEDDING


Jason and Jodi Meinen made an appointment with Tana Kubricky one of First Choice Travel and Cruise's WEDDING and HONEYMOON Specialists

Jason and Jodi Meinen made an appointment with Tana Kubricky one of First Choice Travel and Cruise's WEDDING and HONEYMOON consultants.  Together they planned their Destination Wedding of their dreams!  They were so excited and nervous about planning this special event that included 25 of their closest friends and relatives.   Jodi came in with the pictures after the wedding and said everything was perfect! The bride and groom chose the Mayan Riviera and they all stayed at the  Moon Palace over Easter.  It was a blast and the bride and groom look very happy!   hmmmm How Romantic!

 

 

 

 

OCEAN CORAL AND TURQUESA

 

Hi Gayle!

Everything with the resort was great! The wedding went off without a hitch! There were no complaints. We had our meeting with Veronica. She was wonderful. We asked to change the time of our dinner because our dinner was going to start at the same time the Badger game was starting for the final four.  She was very accommodating  We chose to go with all white decorations and everything was very elegant. I was a little worried that because I wasn’t making very many choices or giving much direction on decorating, but there was no need to be. I couldn’t have been more pleased. Everything turned out absolutely beautiful.

 

We had great wait service, everyone was soooooo polite and anytime there was a concern they were so quick to solve it for us.

Omar from Lomas travel was WONDERFUL and the gentleman who was working with him was great also (I didn’t catch his name). They were so helpful and made everyone feel comfortable and welcome. They always remembered our names and made sure that we were being taken care of, made sure we were drinking enough water, and were very helpful with picking out excursions. There were several different excursions that our group did. I will have to get a list from everyone and get back to you.

Other than the reservation confusion, we had the privilege room and were told there were no reservations for dinner.  We really didn’t reap any benefits of being privilege other than our wonderful room.  The restaurants were amazing. The food was delicious. The wait staff were fun and friendly.

 

Lindsay Leinberger and Luke Bader Wedding!

 

Mother of the Groom:

Our time was wonderful. The place was beautiful and the people kind and helpful. Omar Rosado and Ross did an excellent job taking care of our group. They were always available to help us with our wide array of questions. Omar's efficiency was very appreciated. Oh..the wedding was better than a fairytale...it was God's blessing!  
Thank you Gayle for great assistance. 
Sue Bader

 

The Riviera Maya and Cancun is one of the most popular choices for Destinations Weddings!  Great for families, couples and everyone in between!

 

Time to start planning your WEDDING OR HONEYMOON!   Contact the EXPERTS, not the Amateurs!