Rachel and Jans

Wedding date: 10/4/2025

Venue: Bahia Principe Luxury Akumal - Riviera Maya, Mexico

Photographer: JJ Studio Photography

Tell us about your experience at Wonderland Bridal: My personal shopper, Jasmine, was simple fantastic. So sweet, personable, and picked out the perfect dresses guiding me from my "liked" list online plus what was on their "White Friday" sale. I went in with intentions only for a prelim try-on (we didn't even have a wedding date or location set yet!) Every dress I tried on was better than the last, but once I put on this Stella York dress...there was no turning back! The glitter! It was "me" from top to bottom. I said "YES!" to the dress after about 5-6 dresses and less than 2 hours. So much for a prelim try on! haha.

Tell us about your wedding!: Our wedding day was just perfect. Rain was a concern all day but we decided to risk it and keep our original location at the stunning gazebo as opposed to the "plan b" inside one of the restaurants. It was H-O-T but the greenery and waves crashing in the background made every second worth it. We said "I do" in front of 30 of our closest friends and some family, cocktail hour, dinner, then dancing under the stars. I couldn't have asked for anything more and we wish we could do it all over again. The "post wedding blue" are real! We were in Mexico for 9 days total (arrived Tuesday morning, wedding Saturday, and left the next Wednesday afternoon) - and probably could've stayed another week if our "real" lives didn't demand our attention.