AE Loves Mexico!

El Tabano is one of our absolute favorite places in Mexico. It's a little roadside restaurant right in the heart of Tulum. The owner, Laura, is fabulous and has cultivated an amazing group of local Mexican women to prepare the food in their open air kitchen. This traditional Mexican food is served Tapas style (Laura is Spanish) and the larger your group, the more delicious dishes you can sample. They also make fantastic artisan cocktails like cucumber margaritas and mojitos. The level of service and food are so amazing that you almost forget you are in the middle of the jungle until the lights dim when the blender is turned on. Now that's true Tulum style.

Style Me Pretty Post Today!

Check us out on Style Me Pretty today! These photos are from a wedding we did a few months back in Tulum, Mexico. Lovely photos were shot by the amazing duo Paco and Betty, based out of SF. Jamie and Justin were such a blast to work with and if you can't tell from the photos, just oh so in love. You can catch the full story on SMP.

AE Loves Mexico!

This past weekend, we had the joy of doing a wedding in Tulum, Mexico, inspiring this full week of blog posts centered around Mexico. While we can't show you the full shebang in all its glory just yet, we are happy to share a few preview photos. Hope you enjoy them!

This particular wedding took place at Be Tulum, an amazing resort in Tulum. The hotel is very boutique, so perfect for a wedding with 30-50 guests. The hotel itself is really nicely done, the rooms are modern and clean, the staff is great and the wedding venue is a great space as well. There are plenty of options nearby for rehearsal dinner, as Tulum has an abundance of fantastic restaurants.

Full story about this couple and more actual wedding photos to come soon, we promise.

AE Loves Mexico!

Being that destination weddings are our specialty, people ask us all the time what our favorite destination is. While it's a really tough question to answer, we all agree that Mexico is the best location for a destination wedding. It's gorgeous, tropical, easy to get to, affordable, rich in culture, and delicious. In celebration of our love for all things Mexico, we'll be posting a set of photos each day this week featuring weddings and locations we love in the big MX.

Reasons to have a destination wedding: you'll have lots of extra time to spend with family and friends since they'll likely spend the whole weekend with you, you'll probably end up with a lower guest count since not everyone will be able to travel (i.e. lower cost for you), no pressure on any of your family members to entertain, and it's so relaxing to be far removed from your every day norm.

If you're considering a wedding in Mexico, we highly recommend Tulum, Saladita and Zihuatanejo (Troncones Beach is amazing and there's a cute town called Saladita nearby for day trips). Each town has its own personality and culture, from the quiet little surf town of Saladita to the more action-oriented Cabo and Tulum, which falls somewhere between the two. Virgin America flies direct from SF to Cabo and Cancun (about an hour and a half drive from Tulum). Zihuatanejo has its own airport. Virgin also flies direct from NYC to Cabo and from LA to Cancun.

Check back tomorrow for setup photos from a wedding we did in Tulum this past weekend!