Travel Tuesday - NOW Jade

text by: Tiffany Check (lead wedding planner and travel agent at Travel & Events With Style)
Infomation and images provided by: AM Resorts

It is the time of year again.  That time of year where couples are looking for the best spots to host their destination wedding in the tropics.  We are going to try to give you some of our top spots that are the makings for a fabulous destination wedding in Central America or the Caribbean.

My pick today is: NOW Jade in the Mayan Riviera, Mexico: 

The Now Jade Resort is an all-inclusive resort located 12 miles from the Cancun International Airport, and just minutes from the quaint fishing town of Puerto Morelos. Offering white beaches and crystal clear waters, this resort is alongside the sparkling sea with the world’s second largest coral reef.

Now Jade features 550 spacious, modern suites. Each suite has a mini bar refreshed daily with soft drinks, bottled water and beer. As well as offers 24-hour room service. Enjoy one of their amazing ocean viewjacuzzi suits. Guests may choose from any of the 5 premier specialty themed restaurants, as well as a buffet, a bistro and a cafe, all without reservations. There are 6 bars and lounges that serve unlimited international and domestic top shelf spirits.

 Explorer’s Club - This fully supervised children’s program entertains kids ages 3-12 with different daily programs based on science, nature and exploration. Activities include: Sandcastle competitions

 Guests enjoy Unlimited-Luxury® service including: Full breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks each day • Theme parties and entertainment • Unlimited natural fruit juices and soft drinks • • Live nightly entertainment • No restaurant reservations required • No wristbands required • Expansive, sugar-white beach and crystal-clear waters • Expansive swimming pools including an adults-only • Teens activities • Explorer’s Club • Fitness Center • Complimentary greens fees at Playa Paraiso Golf Club • All taxes and gratuities.

Now Jade Riviera brings you the pure pleasures of Unlimited-Luxury.

Here are some wedding locations we suggest for your ceremony:

The Beach

The Seaside ceremony

Pergola Ceremony

Fountain Ceremony Location

Check out one of the weddings we had at NOW Jade this past March 2012 that was featured in Style Me Pretty.  Also, stay tuned because we also have a stunning wedding that will be featured in It's Love Magazine in March 2013 that Tiffany Check planned (Kayla and Branton)!

Krista and NathanNOW Jade, Mayan Rivieraplanner: Jaime from Travel & Events with Style

Chelsea & Steve- 02-01-12

text by Tiffany Check, wedding planner and travel agent for Travel & Events with Style

After a quick stop back in Winnipeg after Nadine & Ricks wedding at the Melia Tropical Punta Cana I boarded another plane to join Chelsea & Steve with their friends and family to Mexico for their wedding. 

Chelsea and Steve dated for 8 years before he proposed to her. Chelsea always envisioned her big day to be a local wedding with the big fruffy dress, and the large reception party. After beginning the process of planning the details of a local wedding they became quickly over whelmed with the choices and cost of having a wedding here in Winnipeg.  That’s when we started looking at the different options of a destination wedding. Once I went over the options they had with a destination wedding and a destination wedding planner it was very clear to them that a destination wedding was the way to go for them.

Chelsea and Steve choose the Sandos Caracol Eco Resort in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. It is a lovely resort that is child friendly, but also offers an adults only section. This is a perfect solution for couples who have guests that will bring children to their wedding but would still like some alone time.

The morning of the wedding we woke up to rain. You know the saying “It is good luck for it to rain on your wedding day” well the bride wasn’t of the same opinion when she had her wedding planned to be on the beach. I remember ensuring for over and over the morning of the wedding that it would be ok…rain or no rain it was her and Steve’s day and it will be one of the best days of her life. By lunch time it stopped raining and started to dry up still no sun but Chelsea was just grateful she would still be able to walk down the aisle on the beach. As the bridesmaids walked down the aisle everyone stood up waiting for Chelsea and her dad to walk down the aisle. Just then the sun came out. The sun was shining and Chelsea & Steve had their gorgeous beach ceremony!

Here are a few pictures of their lovely wedding at the Sandos Caracol Eco Resort.

Cheers!

-Tiffany