Quintana Roo
Tulum & Riviera Maya
Jungle, cenotes and a barefoot kind of luxury
Best months
November to April
Fly into
Cancún (CUN) or Tulum (TQO)
Guest range
30 – 180 guests
Nonstop from
- Houston2h 15m
- Atlanta2h 50m
- Chicago3h 45m
- New York4h 10m
The Caribbean coast south of Cancún is where design-led couples come for palapa roofs, jungle ceremonies and the clearest water in the country. It rewards planning and punishes improvisation.
Why we love it
Nowhere else in Mexico lets you marry in a jungle clearing at four, swim in a cenote at five and dance on the sand at ten. The Riviera Maya’s aesthetic is instantly recognisable: raw wood, white linen, pampas and palm, candles by the hundred. We work hard to make each wedding here feel like yours rather than like the destination.
The new Tulum airport has changed the math. Guests who used to face a two-hour transfer from Cancún now land twenty-five minutes away, which makes a three-night weekend realistic for people flying in from the East Coast.
What to know
Sargassum (seaweed) season runs roughly May through September and is unpredictable; we design ceremonies with a jungle or pool backup that is good, not a consolation prize. Power and water infrastructure varies wildly between venues, so we bring our own production partners for anything with a real sound system.
Tulum’s hotel zone is small and popular. For groups above 120 we usually move north to Akumal or south into Sian Ka’an, where private estates can host a full weekend.
Signature moments we’ve planned here
- A candlelit ceremony inside a cenote, guests seated on stone steps, a cello echoing off the water.
- A welcome dinner at a beach club with a 40-foot table set right at the tide line.
- A morning temazcal and breakfast for the wedding party, run by a Mayan family we’ve worked with for eight years.
From our archive
Celebrated in Tulum & Riviera Maya.
Next destination
San Miguel de Allende