Wedding ceremony conditions and the necessary documents

If you will soon have a wedding, for sure, in your head you have a lot of ideas about how to make it unique – the most beautiful, the most romantic. However, you should not forget that a wedding, especially in another country, should be organized properly.

Details of the official wedding

Start the preparation for a wedding abroad several months before the trip.
Select a location of your wedding ceremony.
Provide a complete set of documents for the official ceremony not less than one month before the wedding. The hotel takes a deposit, which is irrevocable.
Plan your arrival at least 4 working days before the wedding day to prepare all the necessary documents for a formal ceremony.
On arrival the bride and the groom have to make a blood test for VDRL, VIH, and RH. The cost of medical examination is 250 USD for 2 pers., it’s necessary only for official marriage (price change is possible!).
The period from the ceremony to getting a marriage certificate can take from 4 to 8 months.
In the context of the tour "The official wedding ceremony" you can stay at any of the resorts of:
Yucatan Peninsula: Cancun, Riviera Maya, Playa del Carmen;
Pacific coast of Mexico: Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos;
Cuba: Varadero, Cayo Largo, Jardines Del Rey.
The offer does not include the legalization of marriage in another country (it is realized in Mexico and Cuba at extra cost) – only for the official ceremony.
The package cost is calculated reasoning from the number of guests specified in each offer. Additional services are paid separately.
Each offer could have changes at extra cost.
The hotel is not responsible for the impossibility of the official ceremony of marriage in the case if any of the spouses has not any of the documents listed above.
The hotel is not responsible for inability of providing the services thereon the political instability in the country, natural disasters, strikes, epidemics, etc.

Official documents requirements:

Valid passports of the bride and the groom;
Scanned copies of passports of the bride and the groom;
Scanned copies of birth certificates of bride and groom (without apostille and translation);
Questionnaire;
If the groom’s or the bride's surname in the passport is different from that in the birth certificate or the surname of parents, the certificate should be translated into Spanish and put the apostille;
If the groom or the bride is divorced, a notarized copy of the certificate of divorce with translation into Spanish will be required;
If the couple is arriving with friends who will be witnesses at the wedding, then the following information about the friends is necessary: the name, the date of birth, the place of residence and the place of employment;

Recommendation: As in Mexico and Cuba a certificate of marital status is not required, the Mexico Experts Travel recommends to receive a written authorization of newlyweds that they are not married, in order to avoid any misunderstandings.

All documents should be sent on the email of the manager which attends your order either on e-mail of the agency: info@metmexico.com.

Additional services

We can also arrange the following services (if they are not already included into the wedding package selected) with an extra cost:

•           Photographer & video service;
•           Additional flower arrangements;
•           Live music (mariachi, Mexican trio);
•           Private cocktail reception;
•           Private wedding reception with dinner;
•           Hairdresser and bridal make up;
•           Manicure, pedicure and other SPA services;
•           Rent of a yacht or a boat

…or that special extra touch that you have always dreamed about! Just let us know!

A questionnaire for an official ceremony of marriage in Mexico

1. Full address of the residence of the bride and the groom – Dirección del novio y de la novia.
Groom’s address (Novio):
Bride’s address (Novia):

2. Place of employment and profession of the bride and the groom – Dirección de trabajo y profesión del novio y de la novia.
Place of employment and profession of the groom (Novio):
Place of employment and profession of the bride (Novia):

3. Names of the groom's parents (as matched in passports) – Nombres de los padres del novio.
Father (Padre):
Mother (Madre):
Names of the bride's parents (as matched in passports) – Nombres de los padres de la novia.
Father (Padre):
Mother (Madre):

4. Full address of the residence of the groom’s parents – Dirección de los padres del novio.
Address:
Full address of the residence of the bride’s parents – Dirección de los padres de la novia.
Address:

5. Place of employment and profession of groom's parents – Dirección de trabajo y profesión de los padres del novio.
Father (Padre):
Mother (Madre):

Place of employment and profession of bride's parents – Dirección de trabajo y profesión de los padres de la novia.
Father (Padre):
Mother (Madre):

6. If the couple is arriving with friends and they will be witnesses at the wedding – Testigos.
Witness #1: name, date of birth, place of residence and place of employment:
Witness #2: name, date of birth, place of residence and place of employmen: