Banquet Hall Wedding Venues in Puerto Vallarta

Shannon

5.0 out of 5 rating

5.0

We chose the Hyatt Ziva for our wedding and it was the perfect choice. The hotel is small enough that you see family and friends and large enough to have activities to do. We had 65 guests and they enjoyed the food, beach, excursions, and pools. The wedding coordinators and staff were very accommodating and made sure that everything went smoothly. The staff goes above and beyond to make guests feel welcome and taken care of. The rooms at all levels are nice and we especially love the club rooms. For our wedding we held it at the Pureza beach and did the pool deck reception. It was beautiful and felt private. We had 65 guests and there was plenty of room on the pool deck. We used the recommended DJ from the hotel and they were great, we had a playlist for them and they remixed it really well. We extended the reception by one hour and we’re very happy that we did that so there was enough time to dance. I did the hair and make up at the on-site spa which is included in the package. I would definitely recommend doing a hair/makeup trial to get everything figured out as I had different ideas than my stylist, in the end we figured it out and it turned out exactly as I had wanted. I would get your nails done before you go as mine came off immediately with the nails included in the wedding package. The wedding coordinators were very responsive and could make anything that I asked happen, all I had to do was send a picture! We started planning from the day I booked it. Everything turned out just as I had pictured and even more. We did a beach bonfire for the grooms dinner and added a sound system, we did not add lights and it was ok because the staff set up some small lights anyways. We hired an outside photographer in Puerto Vallarta- Ave Sol with Eva which I would highly recommend!

Eli

5.0 out of 5 rating

5.0

Hilton Vallarta Riviera: Wedding Event Coordinator: Hernan Arenas & Alfonso Even months later it is difficult to put into words the love and joy that we experienced during our wedding week in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico from May 22 - 26(and celebrating on May 24). So just know that words cannot do justice the amount of dedication, thoughtfulness and care that everyone involved in our wedding week put into to make it the most amazing time ever for my husband and I. We are a queer couple from Pittsburgh, PA that currently reside in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. While the area is known to be one of the most queer friendly areas in the United States- it is not financially feasible unless you are willing to sign a contract a for 30K from the jump for nearly 100 guests. Eventually, we decided to start looking into a destination wedding in a queer friendly area in Mexico since we figured a lot that a lot of our family/friends would be traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast- why not make it a big vacation week for everyone? We checked out several venues(via internet) and while they were accommodating, responsive and budget-friendly they were not offering the what we had in mind for our wedding without making a lot of compromises. After months of researching we came across Hilton Vallarta Riviera located in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico through this video. https://youtube.com/shorts/-KLa_zQkCnM?si=N9_4AVqNrMttkj3n featuring Hernan Arenas, the wedding coordinator of the venue. We just knew this was the place we wanted to have our wedding at. This is probably around April-May 2023(not sure to be exact) Within days of contact, my (now)husband spoke with Hernan via zoom for their initial meeting while I was at work. He was so excited and within a few weeks we chose a package, signed that contract and started to survey potential guests on whether or not they would be interested in attending our wedding in Mexico. (The contract only required 30 guests, but we had a list of about 130 people to invite. Of this total, 81 friends and family met us the following May at the Hilton Vallarta Riviera for an extraordinary time. Flash-forward to May 19, 2024. We decided to fly in early to prepare and do walkthrough of the space with our planner(shoutout Citlalli from The Green Planner Events- 10/10 would recommend their services for being responsive, acknowledgeable of not only PV, but the Hilton, as well. I will tag and post recommendations for vendors in the post-comments as this ultimately was a group effort and I would 10000000% recommend every vendor again, but being that this is a review for the Hilton Vallarta Riviera- I will proceed with that.) So, upon arrival and our first time traveling out of the country of the USA. We finally reached our destination. We were pleasantly greeted by every staff member we encountered throughout the checking-in process to concierge for making reservations for dinner and spa treatments to exceptional service over the course of our 3 day last-hurrah before our 81 guests arrived and the wedding festivities would commence. Days leading up to the wedding: Our planner met us at the resort, we did a walkthrough of the event spaces with Hernan and Alfonso and discussed certain timelines of the wedding. They planned a lovely rehearsal on the sky bar and dinner at La Luce. We chose to have our ceremony on the Sky Bar and reception in the Beach club area. 10/10 would recommend both during that time of the year(bring hand-fans)! Don't miss out on the opportuinity to have the most amazing wedding at Hilton Vallarta Riviera All-Inclusive! Hernan- wedding event supervisor Alfonso- wedding event coordinator Alejandra- room dining manager Alaejandra - concierge Sandra - waiter Olaya- waiter Eduardo - pool waiter Eduardo - beach waiter Antonio- hotel lobby bartender Gustavo- bartender Jair- bartender (makes lovely signature cocktail suggestions) Yami- Pool staff Gabriella - Spa Gina - Spa Diana - Spa Josslyn- Sunan waitress Juan - hotel staff Juan - waiter/room service Alan - Bingo Alan Entertainment Libny - waitress Blanca - waitress Saul - waiter Lucas-waiter Jaime - waiter Daniel - waiter Erick- Barman Antonio - bellman Antonio - room service Andre Rodrigo Julio - La Luce rehearsal dinner Chef David Martinez - La Luce rehearsal dinner Carlos - sunan asian Bastaría - sunan Asian Gabriela - spa Aaron- spa Gabriel- spa Diana - spa Gerardo - bellman