The things people ask first.

Twelve to eighteen months is comfortable for a full weekend in Mexico. The best venues in Cabo, Tulum and San Miguel book their prime dates (November to April) more than a year out, and the guest travel side needs time too: people book flights earlier when they have eight months’ notice than when they have three. We have planned beautiful celebrations in six months, but the options narrow.

Yes, on purpose. Our production team lives in Mexico, our vendor relationships are ten years deep in seven regions, and we’d rather be the best at one country than adequate in twenty. We are happy to recommend colleagues for Italy, France or the Caribbean.

Yes. Our design and production, weekend celebrations and guest experience services all work alongside another planner. We’re careful about roles and hand-offs, and we’ve done it many times.

For a three-event weekend of 100 guests with our full-service team, most of our couples land between $180,000 and $350,000 all-in, excluding guests’ own travel. Cabo and Tulum sit at the top of that range; San Miguel, Oaxaca and the Yucatán haciendas at the bottom. Our planning fee is fixed and quoted after the fit call. We’ve written a candid breakdown in the journal.

No. Our fee is the only money we make on your celebration. Any preferred-partner discount we negotiate is passed to you, and every quote you see is the vendor’s real number. We think it’s the only way advice can be trusted.

Most vendors quote in U.S. dollars or Mexican pesos plus 16 percent IVA (value-added tax). We build the budget in dollars, hold currency risk conversations early and handle vendor payments through a Mexican entity so you aren’t wiring money to twelve different accounts. Gratuities for the on-site teams are budgeted up front rather than surprising you on the day.

A passport valid for the dates of travel; U.S. citizens do not need a visa for stays under 180 days. Airlines and the Mexican immigration system now handle the tourist permit digitally. We cover all of this, along with health, safety and packing advice, in the guest welcome guide we write for every celebration.

The destinations we work in are among the most-visited places in the Americas, with tourism infrastructure to match. We plan every celebration with vetted transportation, a medical partner on call and a 24-hour guest line. We are also honest: there are places in Mexico we don’t recommend, and we’ll tell you if a destination on your list is one of them.

November through April almost everywhere. Hurricane season on both coasts runs June to October, with September the riskiest month; the highlands (San Miguel, Oaxaca, Mexico City) have a gentle rainy season in the same months with afternoon showers that clear by evening. Our month-by-month weather guide goes destination by destination.

You can, but most of our couples don’t. A legal civil ceremony in Mexico requires blood tests in-country, apostilled documents, translated birth certificates and a judge’s schedule; the rules vary by state. The simpler path is to sign the paperwork at home before or after, and hold a symbolic ceremony in Mexico that is indistinguishable to guests. We’ll walk you through both options on the fit call.

Plan on 70 to 80 percent of your invited list for a destination celebration, higher if most guests live within a three-hour flight and you give them eight or more months’ notice. A smaller guest list is one of the quiet advantages of going away: the people who come really want to be there.

Absolutely, and many of our weekends are three-generation affairs. We arrange vetted bilingual childcare for the ceremony and dinner, kid-friendly menus, and separate programming (a pool afternoon, a piñata workshop) so parents can be guests. Some venues, particularly adults-only resorts, restrict children, which we’ll flag during scouting.