Discover the Perfect Mexican Wedding Decor

What better way to create the perfect Mexican wedding decor than by having your wedding in Mexico? Sound like an impossible dream? It absolutely is not. You were interested in Mexican wedding decor. Isn’t the real thing always just a little bit better? Mexico has a ton of resorts to choose from – everything from budget hotels to five star all inclusive resorts. Try the Pacific Ocean side or the Caribbean side.

True Mexican wedding decor comes in many flavors. Are you interested in the sunrises over the Caribbean or sunsets over the Pacific? Would you like to spend your days exploring hidden Mayan ruins or busy shopping for sombreros and trinkets to take home for your family and friends? Cobble stoned streets and terraced hotels on the Yucatan peninsula. Mexico City or Cancun’s great party spirit. The pyramids at the Avenue of the Dead. There are so many places to choose from.

The island of Cozumel could be the perfect getaway for your Mexican wedding decor. The 465 year old city of Campeche on the Gulf Coast of the Yucatan peninsula offers the incredible architecture of the City of Walls, declared a World Heritage site in 1999, as well as quick day trips to nearby Mayan ruins. Maybe you’d prefer to stay in the hotel with your new spouse, drinking pina coladas at the bar in the pool and snorkeling or sunbathing. There is no shortage of fun and trouble, or quiet and romantic times for you in Mexico.

You will certainly want to bring your wedding dress if you want something traditional, but a true Mexican wedding with authentic Mexican wedding decor will be topped off by a traditional Mexican wedding dress. You just have to go a little bit early for fittings.

Other than a few family heirlooms and the rings, it is better to leave the rest of the decor to the locals. Fresh fruit, flowers, a mariachi band? You’re in the right place. All the catering, chairs and tables for outside receptions or restaurant or reception hall for indoor, will need to be arranged for ahead of time online or by phone. It may be helpful to hire a local wedding planner to do most of the heavy lifting for you.

Marriage Requirements in Mexico

There are no residency requirements, but it usually takes between 2 to 4 days to do all the paperwork. You will need your drivers licenses or passports, certified copies of birth certificates (make sure you have them translated and notarized by a Mexican consulate), copies of your tourist cards or visas, as well as names, addresses, ages, nationalities and tourist-card numbers of four witnesses.

Depending on which city you perform the ceremony, there may be more requirements and in other cities, less. For more information, call the Mexico Tourism Board at (800) 44-MEXICO or visit www.visitmexico.com on the web.