Guides

Planning a wedding on the Caribbean coast

Everything here is first-hand: 14 years photographing weddings in Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum. The light, the weather, the resorts and the weekend around the day.

The light

What time should your ceremony be?

The sunset on your date decides it. A calculator for your exact day, a month-by-month table and two real timelines.

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Rachel & Josh — Wedding at Nizuc Resort and Spa Cancun

Choosing

The resort photographer or your own?

Every resort package is different. What to ask in writing, what changes on the day and what to check before you sign.

Alexa Collins & Tom Shields — Wedding in Garza Blanca Cancun

The weather

Rain, wind and sargassum

The three things every couple on this coast worries about, and how each one is planned for before the day.

Wedding at Secrets Moxche Playa Del Carmen

The weekend

The wedding weekend

A destination wedding rarely starts on the wedding day. Which events to photograph, and which one I would never leave out.

Mehndi, Hindu Ceremony, Sangeet Night Wedding at Hyatt Ziva Cancun

Multi-day

Planning a South Asian wedding in Cancun

Three days, seven events: what a real South Asian celebration at Hyatt Ziva Cancun teaches about the timeline, the team and the resort.

Destination

Getting married in Tulum

Costs, legal requirements, seasons and sargassum, venues, and how to plan the day around the light.

By venue

Planning at a specific venue?

42 venue guides: the ceremony spots, where the light lasts and how each venue handles outside vendors.

Find your venue