Acapulco WeddingMoons

Acapulco Bay

WeddingMoon: A combined wedding & honeymoon, often in the same destination and/or resort.

With its spectacular half-moon bay, golden sand beaches, and dramatic mountain backdrop, Acapulco was one of Mexico's earliest resort getaways. In the 1950s a group of Hollywood's then-superstars—including John Wayne, Errol Flynn, and Cary Grant—bought a cliff-top hotel to use as their own private escape from the Hollywood scene. It wasn't long before other travelers, celebrities and regular folks alike, began pouring into this tropical paradise.    
 
Acapulco has changed in the years since. The victim of mass tourism, it's crowded with high-rise hotels, cruise ships, and dance-till-dawn discos. Even so, this place has many charms—a sensational nightlife, many superb restaurants, and, in particular, the Bay's profound natural beauty. Those in search of tranquility can still find it on the bay-side stretches beyond the resort area, or on the peaceful beaches of nearby towns, nipping into Acapulco proper when they're ready for action.

With over 200 hotel choices ranging from inexpensive to luxurious, Acapulco is the ideal location for a destination wedding. Many of the region's world-class hotels offer extensive wedding menus, from on-site banquet services to romantic nuptial suites. Wedding and banquet services are available at the Camino Real Acapulco Diamante, Emporio, Elcano Hotel, Fairmont Acapulco Princess, Fiesta Americana, Grand Hotel Acapulco, Las Brisas, Quinta Real Acapulco and many others. The hotels offer a team of wedding professionals to make this special day unforgettable.

Many hotels offer attractive wedding/honeymoon packages. Here are just two offerings:

Las Brisas Acapulco

Las Brisas Acapulco: Once named the "Best Resort for a Honeymoon or Romance Vacation in Mexico," Las Brisas Acapulco is a unique complex of 251 private casitas that are perfect for enjoying time alone. With the Las Brisas Honeymoon Package, couples are welcomed to their Brisas Beach Club room with rose petals leading from the door to the bed, fresh flowers, and a bottle of champagne. The romance continues with a 45-minute couples massage as well as dinner, wine and dessert on the casita terrace. The package also includes daily breakfast delivered to your casita, a car with driver available for one night, an upgrade to a suite (if available), and two bathrobes. The package price is $1,865 (4 nights), $2,185 (5 nights), or $2,506 (6 nights), including tax and tip. Valid until December 15, 2009.

Acapulco Fairmont Princess

Fairmont Acapulco Princess: The Bed and Breakfast Package at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess allows couoples to enjoy breakfast daily while overlooking the Pacific Ocean from their terrace. Couples can add on either of two spa packages available at Fairmont's Willow Stream Spa: "Ritual for Two" begins with a therapist showing the couple how to give each other spa treatments before being left alone with a variety of mud's and masques to use on each other, followed by a side-by-side full body aromatherapy massage; "Hip to Hip Honeymooners" includes a side-by-side brushing with a rosehip oil massage application and full body wrap. The "Bed and Breakfast" package is valid until December 19, 2009 for $208 per night with a three-night minimum, tax and tip not included.

 Suzie Rodriguez, the Honeymoon Travel Examiner, is also executive editor of The World's Greatest Honeymoons