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Where to Get Married in Mexico in 2024
Mae&Co Creative’s venue heat map: our favorite luxury hotels and wedding venues in Mexico for 2024.
At Mae&Co Creative, we pour our everything into curating luxury events worldwide, and we love planning destination weddings in Mexico. While Cabo and Cancun have been popularized by resort weddings, we believe in finding high-end venues in more untouched and undiscovered corners of this beautiful country. Whether you’re looking for perfect surf, colorful countryside or cosmopolitan glamor, we have our pulse on where to get married in Mexico in 2024, and these are the best venues you haven’t heard of yet.
Casona Sforza
High-design is trending on Mexico’s Oaxacan coast, and we can’t get enough of the luxury adult hotels and wedding venues in Puerto Escondido. This coastal paradise feels like Tulum did 10 years ago, full of undiscovered blue waters, wellness retreats and jaw-dropping wedding venues in Mexico. Nestled in the beachside jungle, Casona Sforza is new to the scene, but this coastal property designed by legendary architect Alberto Kalach is already making waves. Imagine feeling unmoored from time and space basking in a private pool on the morning of your wedding day, celebrating with your closest pals at Casona Sforza’s mixology bar, then hosting an open-air reception inspired by nature. Perfect for buyouts and destination wedding weekends, this luxury hotel is sure to find its way to the top of 2024 wedding venue hit lists.
Galopina
Lauded by Conde Nast, Dwell, Arch Daily and premier design critics, Galopina is the Yucatan’s hidden jewel. As a four-room property, this luxury hotel is an ideal venue for micro weddings and intimate destination weddings. The understated minimalist luxury is a perfect canvas for events - the sharp, structural walls offer a stunning backdrop for a ceremony. And Galopina’s bold design stands apart, ready to invite modern wedding design and neutral luxury installations for an art-inspired ceremony in Mexico’s Yucatan jungle. We’re calling it: this will be one of the best destination wedding venues in Mexico in 2024.
Hotel San Cristobal Baja
Todos Santos is a romantic paradise in southern Baja California, and Liz Lambert’s iconic Hotel San Cristobal has some of our favorite venue spaces on the peninsula. Todos Santos is brimming with boutique properties that are perfect for an eco-conscious, modern wedding, but Hotel San Cristobal remains the most iconic destination venue in the area. With a range of charming event spaces - including private beachfront to an antique abalone cannery to an intimate stone chapel, this is the perfect space for the couple seeking something equally low key and sophisticated.
Paradero
As a Todos Santos wedding planner we’ve spent years cultivating rich relationships with local vendors, and Paradero is one of our favorite wedding venues in Baja California. It's a one-of-a-kind minimalist luxury accommodation, set in a stretch of quiet untouched coastal Baja, and we’re endlessly inspired by the intentional design of Paradero. Whether you’re inspired by wabi sabi interiors, poolside elegance or panoramic rooftop views, Paradero exudes the five-star luxury that you want for a destination wedding in Mexico.
Luna Escondida
Luna Escondida is a hidden gem waiting to be discovered in historic San Miguel de Allende. For couples inspired by colorful cityscapes and cobblestone pathways,San Miguel de Allende feels like a small slice of European countryside in the heart of Mexico. Luna Escondida's luxury wedding venue space features stunning gardens, conservatory-inspired villas and tranquil scenery adaptable for an atmosphere destination wedding in central Mexico. If you’re craving an idyllic retreat that feels like Italy in Mexico, Luna Escondida is one of the best places to get married in 2024.
Casa Adela
Set just outside San Miguel de Allende, Casa Adela offers couples a private slice of serenity away from all the city hustle. A long-time favorite hotel spot for luxury travelers, Casa Adela has revamped their space to offer full buyouts exclusively, making it the perfect place for a secluded, private space for high-profile clients and discerning travelers. Whether you’re searching for a Mexican countryside oasis or artistically designed spaces, Casa Adela has it all with mountain and valley views at every turn. Our pro tip: say I do on the rooftop terrace before enjoying cocktails on the pool terrace before ending the night by candlelight in the citrus garden.
Proyecto Publico Prim
Step back in time at Proyecto Publico Prim, a colonial-era historical space that once housed revolution leaders, a cigar company and some of the most iconic weddings in Mexico City. As Mexico City continues to emerge as a fine-dining and architectural hot spot, Proyecto Publico Prim is steps from Michelin star dining and the country’s finest art galleries. But the space itself is the true attraction: it’s an eclectic and elegant estate fit for luxury destination weddings in Mexico’s most cosmopolitan city.
Ex Convento San Hipolito
Ex Convento San Hipolito offers a refinded display of Mexico's colonial and architectural legacy. Wildly romantic, this space pairs natural history with elegance. This destination wedding venue is adaptable for large and intimate events, with spaces including vine-covered courtyards, salon rooms with exposed brick, open-air spaces with columns and colonial arches. As one of the most versatile wedding venues in Mexico City, this is one of our favorite places to get married in Mexico in 2024.
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Best New U.S. Hotel Wedding Venues in 2023
Mae&Co Creative’s hotel heat map: our favorite new hotel wedding venues in the United States.
One of our favorite things to do for our clients is source their venues. It takes hours and hours of research with sometimes weeks of reaching out, negotiating contracts and figuring out logistics - but it’s so worth it when we can bring the perfect location to our clients and have them say “oh my gosh, this is everything we want”. Music to our ears. And after thousands of hours of research, here are our favorite new hotel wedding venues in the United States.
Ulum Moab
It’s no secret that we love creating elegant designs in the desert, and this is one of the best new hotel wedding venues in Utah. Created by the visionaries behind Under Canvas, ULUM Moab is an upscale desert lodging experience and venue just steps away from Looking Glass Arch in Moab/ ULUM Moab offers upscale accommodations tucked into an expansive, secluded desert setting south of Moab, Utah, with views across Canyonlands National Park. Their viewing lounge features expansive floor-to-ceiling glass windows and thoughtful, organic design, creating a perfect luxury desert wedding venue for couples who want their guests to stay up all night and party ‘til dawn.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel
Planning luxury events in New York City is an all-time fave, and the Fifth Avenue Hotel is at the top of our list for best new hotel wedding venues in 2023. Set to open in mid-2023, this hotel promises ballroom elegance. The hotel wedding venue spaces will showcase beautifully restored Gilded Age details - perfect for brides who love opulent and luxe style. If chinoiserie accents and antique mirrors are on your mood board, this New York hotel is the perfect wedding venue for a trend-setting bride planning a luxury Midtown wedding in NYC..
Eastwind, Oliverea Valley
Destination weddings in the Catskills are trending for 2023, and the all-new Eastwind, Oliverea Valley is the perfect hotel wedding venue for an upscale celebration in nature. Nestled in a lush mountainside, upstate setting, this new boutique hotel includes a fine-dining restaurant, an outdoor pool, a communal fire pit and hammocks throughout. This hotel wedding destination is perfect for a full wedding weekend experience in nature, it’s an ideal place for a multi-day intimate forest wedding with all your favorite people. It’s a more exclusive Autocamp, and we’re all for it.
Bowie House
Set to debut later this year, The Bowie House is an urban retreat from Auberge Hotels that pairs Fort Worth’s western roots with modern flair. The Bowie House promises to dispel all myths that big city hotel weddings are set in ballrooms - instead this destination hotel venue in the U.S. will offer both expansive wedding venues and intimate private event spaces. We’re picturing luxury wedding celebrations in the rose-colored library, followed by a lavish dinner parties set in the property’s private enchanted gardens. For brides with bold taste, especially those with a love of all things disco or western, the Bowie House is a must-watch new hotel wedding venue.
Ambiente
We love all-inclusive luxury hotel venues, and Ambiente is a high-end hotel and venue we’ve been eyeing for years. Recently opened, Ambiente is a landscape hotel and event venue designed to cater to discerning guests seeking a scenic escape with modern, elegant accommodations in a nature-focused setting. The elevated design is perfect for couples who value minimalist luxury and find inspiration from Sedona’s red rock landscape. Planning a luxury wedding in Arizona is no easy feat, bit the modern elegance of this desert wedding venue is entirely worth it.
The Monarch
We love planning luxury micro weddings in Joshua Tree, and this newly finished Fieldtrip property is the perfect AirBnb wedding venue. This luxury desert event property is a modern, design-forward space that features a few of our favorite things: floor-to-ceiling glass doors, a custom pool, a large outdoor terrace and sweeping views of the surrounding desert and mountains. This desert wedding venue is an ideal venue for couples looking to flex indoor/outdoor spaces to create a desert sanctuary under the stars.
The Proper Santa Monica
Dubbed as “Santa Monica’s First and Only Luxury Lifestyle Hotel” the Proper Santa Monida is one of the best new hotel wedding venues to open in 2023. With over 16,000 square feet of wedding venue options, the Proper Santa Monica is offers unique settings for everything from formal black-tie weddings to understated courtyard ceremonies to late night rooftop receptions alike. A dynamic west coast wedding venue, this is the perfect spot for a luxury five-star hotel wedding.
The Caldera House
Rugged mountain landscapes are the perfect setting for planning a destination wedding, and the Caldera House is our current crush. This intimate boutique hotel and wedding venue rests in posh Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This upscale resort town is a longstanding favorite among ski-enthusiasts, and the Caldera House is bringing modern luxury to a mountain setting. We love the idea of ushering guests from the hotel venue to the nearby tram, cascading up the mountain for a remote destination wedding. Designed with onsite accommodations for 60 guests, it’s only a matter of time before word gets out on this new luxury wedding venue.
