DestinationWeddings.com

Beyond my Expectations!

From the beginning, I was met with such a wonderful planner, Pamela Gramling! She reached out to me to get a picture of what I was looking to experience and she truly hit a home run with suggestions! She worked well with my guests in getting them situated for the trip and I... Read More honestly could not have asked for a better time with 50 of our close friends and family! Everyone should be doing this and through this agency! Our guests could not stop raving about how much fun they had even well after we were home! We're all talking about a yearly return:)

My husband and I are beyond words in expressing how impressed we were with our wedding planner Amy Birkland-Peterson, through Destination Weddings. Amy helped us navigate our way in planning for our wedding and excursions while in the Riviera Maya, Mexico. Amy was extremely... Read More helpful in answering all of our many questions, she was knowledgeable and prompt. Our wedding at Azul Fives was amazing! All of our guest truly enjoyed themselves. Amy assisted all of our 48 guest in arranging their reservations and travel as well as answering their many questions, which took a huge burden off of us. While in Mexico, we were able to enjoy two excursions that Amy helped arrange. We cannot say enough how amazing she was at organizing and guiding us through the process. We highly recommend Destination Weddings to anyone who is considering getting married abroad!

We are so happy that we decided to hire Destination Weddings to help us plan our wedding, even happier that we had Melissa Shah as our Wedding Specialist. Melissa was very informative throughout the entire process and always made herself available, when needed. It was very... Read More comforting to know that Melissa is highly knowledgeable in planning weddings and travel destinations. She worked endlessly to help us create the most beautiful day of our lives. Thank you for your patience and hard work from start to finish. Melissa and Destination Weddings, we cannot thank you enough for helping us put together this unbelievable experience.

At first we had a rough start, I got a refund from wedding destinations. Although, something came over me and decided to give them an second chance. At this point we were blessed with an angel DeAna. DeAna is very patient, kind, knowledgeable and overall amazing. She responded... Read More back quickly. Always took care of any problems I was having. Giving wedding destinations another chance was the best decision I have ever made. I will recommend family and friends. Although, I will miss DeAna truly I will always ha e these great memories. Hopefully, we decide on an honeymoon and hopefully we get DeAna again.

Signing a contract and entrusting DestinationWeddings.com with the travel arrangements of my guests has absolutely been the WORST choice since planning this wedding. Several things have gone wrong and we are not even 80 days out from the day of the event, which means many people... Read More are still needing to be booked. The service that has been provided is so terrible that I released all rooms early and have begun working directly with the resort. Here are some of the things that have gone wrong in just the short time I have had DW my contact for travel arrangements: 1.) The booking process is not easy. When an individual, including myself the Bride, makes a reservation through DW no confirmation e-mail is sent to the customer. I did not receive a booking confirmation from DW and I have no idea how much the total reservation cost is or how much I have left to pay. There is ample technology available to allow for this type of service. The fact that you do not offer shows you are behind the times. Additionally, a guest should be able to log in and make a payment from their account. This way they can track their payments and they have their information at their disposal. Making the guest follow up with the coordinator is far from convenient. As the Bride, I can't believe I am unable to see my booking confirmation within the website. 2.) No true incentive to book through DW. Other than seeing who has made a reservation, there is no true incentive to booking through DW. Booking directly with the hotel has all of the same resort credit incentives and it allows the guests to make final payment 14 days prior to arrival date. "A deposit of 1-night is due at the time of booking. The full balance will be automatically charged 14-days prior to arrival date to the original credit card used when making your reservation." 3.) Pressure from the travel coordinator. I understand there is an incentive to get my guests to book through DW for a potential $2,000 credit; however, I am not inclined to pressure my guests for selfish reasons. I am scheduling a destination wedding and asking them to travel to a new country because I decided to get married there. I think I am tapped out on selfish acts. 4.) On July 10, 2017, my travel coordinator sent a mass e-mail to all of my guests telling them that Dreams Riviera Cancun is an adult-only all inclusive resort, which it is not. This email caused a lot of stress and concern for the guests that have already booked with their kids. 5.) My travel coordinator told my Future MIL that she was going to need to get a signed letter from my FI's ex-wife to travel with his son. Although she is partially right in recommending a written letter from the parents of a minor when traveling out of the country; however, not knowing the custody situation her recommendation was overreaching and wrong. She would have been best off recommending that the booking guests check the department of homeland security for the most up to date recommendations when traveling with minors out of the country. 6.) Two of my guests booked through the website and paid in full for their room. They were sent a confirmation e-mail regarding their booking; however, my travel coordinator told them after the fact that the room was not available and that they would have to downgrade their room for one night. This was clearly DW fault as their system showed the room was available and allowed the guests to book at the published rate.

Wish I could give hem zero stars! Every response I've gotten from the planner assigned to me, Carolina, has been so canned that it sounds like she's just copy and pasting everything. I told her where we wanted to go and what area we're interested in and she started suggesting... Read More other destinations or resorts in the side of the island we weren't interested in. I asked her to send me options on the side of the island we were interested in several days ago and haven't heard boo from her since. If I ask her to answer a specific question, I get a vague response that does nothing but muddy things up more. I'm not about to spend the next year and a half babysitting my planner to make sure she's doing her job. Also, if you're someone who is supposed to be booking my travel and managing important details, you should probably be able to spell my name right. Just saying.

My husband and I chose to go with DestinationWeddings.com for our wedding after we had a good experience booking with them as guests previously...and I'm happy that we did. Right away we were paired with our Certified Destination Wedding Specialist Melissa Shah. She helped us... Read More select a great location and a date that worked within our budget. There is so much that I can say about Melissa, as I think she's pretty great! We spoke through email and over the phone and she was incredibly responsive. Emails that I would send in the evenings or on weekends were often replied to right away. Melissa did a great job managing the various and often changing requests and needs from both ourselves and our guests. Our travels went off without a hitch and I can attribute a great deal of that to Melissa's efforts and excellent planning. In addition to arranging the special travel requests we made (such as switching our flight seats to first class at the last minute and keeping guests rooms together), Melissa remained involved in the wedding planning process too. When it came time to work with the wedding planners at the resort, Melissa asked to be copied on the emails. She kept a close eye on how long it took for the resort to reply to our requests/questions/concerns and always took it upon herself to follow up to ensure we got what we needed. This was extremely helpful and supportive. As someone who does not like to plan any type of event, I don't know how the wedding would have turned out without Melissa. As far as perks go, DestinationWeddings.com's "13th travelers is free" came in super handy to help us afford the cost of bringing our own photographer. There are many other perks that come along with booking through the site and we were certainly happy to have them! Overall, it was a great experience going through DestinationWeddings.com and I think any couple lucky enough to be paired with Melissa Shah is in great hands!

I would highly recommend NEVER using this company! This was my first time ever booking a trip outside of the country and would be my first time I ever went to a destination wedding. From the very beginning when booking, you pick your dates and room option and it generates the... Read More price for you for the room and your stay and then also in another box generates a travel insurance price if you choose to take it. In big bold letters the travel insurance section reads “CANCEL FOR ANY REASON prior to your originally scheduled departure time. You'll be refunded in full with the exception of the cost for the plan." So of course, why not add on the insurance just in case. Come to find out months later, I am pregnant and I am advise by my doctors to not travel to a Zika prone area. I let the travel agent who was in charge of the wedding know what was going on and to start the refund process for just myself. My agent then informs me that I will not be receiving my insurance amount back because my husband’s rate was readjusted to a single rate and the difference it cost for him to stay in the room was the same price it costed for both of us to go. She said she didn’t agree with the terms, but that is the agreement they have with the resort and they have to follow the resorts rules. So I asked my travel agent if a friend that was also going single could cancel his room and share with my husband. She said the only way to do that was to front the money again for his portion for the room because they cannot transfer money. That was something that none of us could swing at the time so I then started asking why was none of this information told to me prior to booking and only came up when a refund was asked? This was all important information that should have been stated in the beginning not just to me but for anyone booking. This isn't information I would know just off the top of my head. It's something that only the agent would know and know any stipulations between the resort. If I had known this information from the beginning when booking I would have booked differently or for the most part not wasted my money on travel insurance that was clearly a pointless purchase to make. She never did answer that question for me even when I repeatedly ask her that question. I worked with another agent and a supervisor to help rectify the situation and in the end I was not getting my refund back even though it was the original agent that withheld important information from me that knowing that information I could have absolutely booked my trip differently. So I had to pay for her mistake. This company even though the agents are nice when communicating with you and tell you over and over “they understand” you will still have to pay for their mistakes in the end. Don’t book anything with this company.

THIS IS NOT A WEDDING PLANNING COMPANY THEY ARE A TRAVEL AGENCY. Overall experience was disappointing. Don't get me wrong it had some good parts if you don't want to worry about guests travel plans, but I would recommend using a local travel agency. . When I first took on... Read More Destination wedding, I was sold on a worry free experience. The only thing they did was help with booking the hotel. They don't help you plan the wedding, or guarantee where your rooms are or help you get a better deal. They help make sure your guests book their rooms, pay their rooms and book their flight. Get ready to be sold heavily on their insurance plan which is only for prior to departure if the trip needed to be cancelled. Unfortunately, our business relationship went very sour after two of our guests were denied entry in Mexico after following all of DW rules and contacting the Mexico Embassy as DW recommended to confirm of any travel regulations. No refund given or help but a "sorry for this experience". In summary if I were to do it all over again I would again use a local a travel agency as they hold some sort of accountability. Speak to the hotel directly as they can offer better deals as I came to learn this company offers free services to bride and groom but really, their cut is from the hotel bookings. This should be a great experience and sadly it wasn't.

We had a wonderful experience with Amie and her team at DestinationWeddings.com! We needed help organizing a destination wedding in Playa del Carmen in April 2017 for a group of approximately 80 people and she was attentive and helpful throughout the entire process. We could not... Read More have done this without her! She was quick to respond if guests had any issues and worked with the hotel venue directly so we didn't have to. A lot can get lost in translation when working with a foreign resort and she was able to keep it all straight. She handled all of our guests' travel accommodations and arranged our transportation to and from the hotel. She even surprised us by having a limo pick us up from Cancun Airport to take us to the resort! Such a thoughtful and kind touch. Please consider this company if you are planning a wedding in Mexico!

This experience was better than I could've ever expected. I LOVED everything about our wedding. Our coordinator, Lina, was an amazing help to me and my guests. She made sure we were all well taken care of immediately. Most importantly, she helped me find an amazing place to get... Read More married. Thank you Lina and DestinationWeddings.com!

Pam Wieder-Bier with DestinationWeddigns.com is hands down the best ever. I have been working with her since last March 2016 our big day at Azul Beach the Fives resort in Riviera Maya is on June 1, 2017. She has been very patient, attentive and very fast at responding to any of... Read More our request. For anyone else looking to book your destination wedding she is the one to come to!!!

Michele was our wedding coordinator, and she was absolutely fantastic. Prompt with her responses, fit everything into our original budget, and provided us with great alternatives. I would say that if you're looking for a destination wedding, look no further than Michele. We had... Read More an absolute blast at an amazing resort that had a wonderful staff.

All I have to say is if you are thinking about a destination wedding, I would highly advise to go through DestinationWedding.com They are biggest help you can imagine. I worked with Michele Thornberg and from the begging she was there to guide through the entire process from... Read More picking a destination all the way through end. She went above and beyond. She was there to help not only the bride and groom but also all the guest attending your wedding. It was so nice to have her there to answer any questions about travel, resort, arrange booking rooms, airfare and transportation to and from the airports. Michele was also there to make sure I was getting the best service from the resort I chose. She always stayed on top of them!!! DestinationWedding.com was referred to me from a friend who also used them and I will be passing them on to others who do decide to do a destination wedding 

I can't imagine planning a destination wedding without DestinationWeddings.com. We worked with Lindsey Zager and she was exceptional. She helped navigate us through the resort selection process and took care of all our guest bookings and transfers. It made the whole process... Read More stress-free. Highly recommend!

Diane Monk with destinationweddings.com did an outstanding job planning our wedding at Generations and El Dorado Royale in Riviera Maya for 140 guests! She was a wealth of knowledge who patiently walked us through every step of the process. I had never been to Mexico before... Read More beginning this process, and Diane was so helpful in recommending cities and resorts to consider based on the type of wedding we were planning to have. She helped plan a trip for me and my now husband to tour a handful of the resorts we were considering (highly recommend this if you have enough time). She gave honest opinions and advice based on her extensive experience with resorts in Mexico, and she helped us communicate and negotiate with the resort to make sure that we were getting the best deals and service available. After helping us with every detail, she then worked with our 140 guests who attended (who each had a dozen questions of their own). It was so nice knowing that someone with as much experience as Diane has was helping to guide our guests, and it freed my husband and myself up to plan other aspects of the wedding, rather then fielding all of our guests' questions regarding their travel. Every guest had a great time! There were no issues with airport transfers or rooming problems (there really weren't any issues at all!). I do think there are easier wedding websites to customize and work with when creating your wedding page, but to be fair a few months before our wedding they updated their site, and though I haven't spent much time exploring it, it does seem to be much improved since we built our page a year and a half ago. I highly recommend working with Diane Monk.

My new husband and I just returned from our magical wedding in Riviera Maya Mexico with 70 of our friends and family and had the best time EVER! We had the best coordinator/agent from Destinationweddings.com to help us plan our perfect day, Michele Thornburg. From helping us... Read More chose our ideal location to helping all of our guests with their reservations and flights, she helped make everything possible. She also worked as a liason with our resort coordinators to make sure everything ran smoothly- we couldn't have done it with out her! Our wedding was everything we dreamed it would be and more and our friends and family can't stop talking about what a great experience everything was! We highly recommend it!!!

We had an idea to do our wedding at a tropical paradise destination. After trying to figure it out by ourselves we found Destinationweddings.com. It was a great experience and it would have been much more difficult to plan and organize without their help. If we had to do it all... Read More over again we would do it again with destination weddings. They were there at every step and made the process as smooth as a wedding can be! :-D

We had an idea to do our wedding at a tropical paradise destination. After trying to figure it out by ourselves we found Destinationweddings.com. It was a great experience and it would have been much more difficult to plan and organize without their help. If we had to do it all... Read More over again we would do it again with destination weddings. They were there at every step and made the process as smooth as a wedding can be! :-D

I remember clearly how my wife and I tried to cut costs for a wedding planner and wanted to plan our wedding by ourselves. After half day at Starbucks, endless conversations, calculating our budget which is definitely a big chunk of the planning, we were stuck and didn't know... Read More how we would be able to plan our dream wedding with limited time and a budget in mind. It turned out that this was the very best decision we would ever make and we do not regret a single second having spent with our wonderful wedding planner Joan Sandberg who was personally assigned to us. The process of signing up with them is pretty straight forward. You will be assigned a wedding specialist after you put down your personal information, wedding date etc. In order to show Destinationweddings your commitment about being serious of using their services you are asked to pay $50 which will be credited towards your booking later on. Joan called us shortly after we signed up, introduced herself and answered all our questions but most importantly explained us the process of how Destinationweddings will be able to help us choose our dream location and wedding venue. What we found out later on was that our wedding will cost a lot less than a traditional at-home celebration and on top of that we will be celebrating in a beautiful setting. We chose a very high end resort called The Beloved in Cancun, Mexico, about 30 min from the airport located in one of the most beautiful pieces of land we have ever seen. We were simply mesmerized when we got there. After we chose the resort, Joan sent us a link to our personal wedding website (Free of charge) where we were able to share our engagement story and details about our upcoming wedding. Also, we were able to send our "Save The Date" invitations to all of our guests through email which was pretty simple and worked our just perfect. We obviously checked the resort's website as well as other travel websites for booking directly at the resort but Destinationweddings was by far the cheapest option since they have partnerships in place for great discounted prices. On top of that they included free round trip transportation into their offered fair which would have costed us an additional $200 per party. One of the biggest advantages booking through Destionationweddings besides saving on the hotel fair is that you are able to earn quite amazing amenities if you enter a group agreement. Everything from pick up to drop off, wedding preparation, the way we were treated at the resort was truly out of this world. This resort exceeded all our guests expectations as well and people already plan to fly back there one day. Our wedding day was simply off the chart. The ceremony began at 5pm followed by a cocktail hour under beautful palm trees with snacks, drinks and music and after a short break we had our reception followed with dance by the beach. We were so pleased with everyone that helped us make this an unforgettable event. It turned out to be a very long night and by the time we came back to our 2 story casita they had put rose pedals in our room and decorated the room super cozy. Very special thanks to everyone at the Beloved! In short, I am not sure how we would have pulled this off without having Destinationweddings on our side and in particular Joan. It literally was a dream wedding and because of your service we did not spend a fortune. We appreciate everything that was done for us!

The best thing we did when we decided to get married was to use DestinationWedding.com for wedding planning. They assigned a personal wedding planner to us who took care of EVERYTHING from hotel reservations, guest reservations, airline suggestions, travel documents, and the... Read More most important conversation with hotel resort wedding planner. We couldn't imagine trying to plan a destination wedding without them. Our planner, Debbie Johnson, was amazing and professional at her job. She contacted the resort wedding planner multiple times to get details corrected for us. There was not one hiccup with the room reservations or travel documents. Everything went as wonderfully planned. Debbie was available all times I wanted to talk with her or she was punctual in returning phone calls. The use of DestinationWeddings.com only cost us $50.00 for initial survey and deposit, but that deposit was applied to our reservations..so essentially the use of DestinationWeddings.com is free!!! If any couple is planning a destination wedding, I highly suggest DestinationWeddings.com!!!!

Michelle Williamson was our representative from Destinations Weddings and I cannot say enough good things about her! Every aspect of our trip was handled efficiently and professionally, which made our travel experience totally smooth and stress free! Michelle always answered... Read More my questions promptly and didn't leave anything out! We knew exactly where to go and who to look for to get us from the airport to our hotel in Mexico! I would highly recommend Michelle to anyone who needs travel assistance. It was a pleasure working with her!

We had an awesome experience with our wedding planner, Sandi. She was extremely informative, very helpful with ever question which made wedding planning from afar an awesome experience.

We could not be more happy we chose a destination wedding and used destinationweddings.com. Any resource we could have needed was available at our fingertips. Debbie, our travel coordinator was fantastic. Very helpful and patient along the entire way. We cannot thank them enough... Read More for guiding us along to way to our best day ever. Thank you!!!!

We booked our recent wedding using Destination Weddings through Brynnly Scwartz and she was so helpful. They price match and are very attentive. Would definitely use them and her again. Thank you for making the planning process so easy.