Wedding Blog

How this all started…

It was September 2006. He was adamant that we stay at the all-inclusive Le Blanc Spa Resort, the #1 rated hotel on Tripadvisor, and I was pestering him that it was a waste so money to spend so much for a “regular” weekend getaway. We had been going out for over 5 and 1/2 years at this point. When the driver heard we were staying at Le Blanc, he asked if it was our honeymoon and I bitterly said, “No” and gave Mr. Lovebird a mean stare, jokingly of course.

The moment we stepped into the hotel the concierge greeted us by name, which I found a little strange, but I figured that’s what service at the “best hotel” in Cancun is like. We got an ocean-view room on the top floor without even asking; I figured we just lucked out. The concierge also asked if we were celebrating a special occasion and once again I replied with a “No.”

We get to the room and there’s champagne and flowers, and I’m thinking, so this is what they mean by all-inclusive and didn’t really think anything of it. Once the bellboy left, Mr. Lovebird whips out his camera and does the touristy thing of taping the gorgeous room, and all of a sudden he says ”OMG, what’s that.” What happens next is a little of a blur, but it was pretty much me freaking out, thinking it can’t be what I think it is because there is no way. And when I saw “it” I closed the box immediately and started freaking out and crying. Mind you all of this is on tape. Then he gets down on one knee and asks “the question.”

When we left our room to have lunch a little later, we had a few of the hotel staff congratulating us and one even asked if we liked the “flowers” he put in our room. Apparently, my boyfriend, now fiance was in constant contact with the hotel before we got there planning this ”surprise engagement.”

Cancun will forever hold a special place in our hearts so it wasn’t a hard decision to pick it as our wedding destination.

I was first inspired by Mrs. Ant to have a destination wedding. Her wedding was absolutely beautiful and her guests seemed to have a wonderful time. I only hope mine could be half as successful as hers. Wish me luck!