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Decorations
for Your Destination Wedding
Also see: Planning
a wedding at the JW Marriott Cancun Resort and Spa.
How
can the decorations set the stage for the wedding of your dreams? We put
that question--and a few others--to Claudia Alvarez, Special Events
Sales Manager for the elegant JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa and
CasaMagna Marriott Cancun Resort. Claudia gives us her tips on you can
use decorations to create a special atmsophere for your wedding
day.
How
can brides use decorations to give their wedding location a uniquely local
atmosphere?
The details are the most
important thing in order to give a local atmosphere to a wedding. For
example, because we are on the beach, you can use shells and star fish
in the wedding cake, in the gentlemens boutonnieres, in the ladies
corsages, on the tables, even in the ceremony decoration.
The flowers make a big difference in every single wedding, and in order
to create a local atmosphere it is very important to use many colors,
not just white or peach, but also red, yellow, pink, etc, because with
these you can give a tropical touch to the decor.
And
to be completely in tune with the ocean, you can use some blue lights
in the illumination for the reception area, and tiki torches if the
reception or ceremony is right on the beach.
What
suggestions do you have for the brides who would like to import decorations?
Can you assist brides in working with a customs broker if theyll
be bringing in large amounts of decorations, favors, etc.?
We can assist the bride
with everything that she needs, and we can get all the information that
the bride needs in order to import decoration. However, I dont
really recommend to the bride that she bring large amounts of decorations
because they can find almost everything here and almost for the same
price. Therefore, it is not really necessary to make this planning process
more expensive and difficult.
How
can brides on a budget stretch the decorating budget for their destination
wedding?
The casual weddings are
one of our specialties, which means not investing a lot of budget in
decoration. We can work with the bride to choose the flowers and determine
strategic places for those small beautiful decoration details
the
result is a gorgeous decor with a small budget.
Also, we have many decoration
details already in the hotel that dont represent any cost for
the couples to use such as center pieces for the tables, tiki torches,
lights, etc. You can have a beautiful wedding with a small budget; everything
depends on your creativity and imagination.
What
trends are you seeing in terms of decorations at destination weddings?
In Cancun the trend in decoration
for the wedding receptions are the lounge type setups. As I mentioned
earlier, casual weddings are the craze in Cancun, so a lounge set up
with faint lights on the beach or on one of our terraces close to the
pools are definitely popular. It is very intimate and relaxed and this
atmosphere permits the bride and groom and guests to feel unstressed
and comfortable, which is splendid, particularly considering that everybody
is usually so nervous and stressed on this special day. So you just
need to focus on the fact that this is one of the happiest days in your
life and feel relaxed.
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Photos
courtesy JW Marriott Cancun Resort and Spa
and CasaMagna Marriott Cancun Resort
To plan a Marriott
wedding, call the Marriott of your choice and ask to consult with
the hotel's wedding event planner. For more information on Marriott Hotels,
Resorts, and Suites, call 1-800-228-9290 or see www.marriott.com.
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