General wedding policies

The couple and 80% of their guests must stay at the same resort where the wedding will be performed. Only 20% of the total group can stay at a sister property or other hotel chain.

If clients are staying at other hotel chain and they wish to attend the wedding, there will have to pay the cost of the regular day pass. Customers staying at another Riu Hotel and wish to visit one of the Palaces would pay 50 USD per person. *Prices subject to change without prior notice.

Couple must respect the arrival date according with their ceremony. In the case of  Symbolic ceremonies and Renewal of vows, they have to arrive at least 2 full business days prior the
ceremony date (Not counting the Arrival Day, Sundays and Holidays), and 3 full business
days prior for Civil & Catholic weddings (Not counting Arrival Day, Sundays and Holidays).

Weddings are not performed on Sundays & National holidays

Confirmed weddings cancelled within a month of the ceremony date or upon arrival to the
hotel will be charged a cancellation fee of 250 USD.

Maximum capacity of the Riu Bambu: 60 people.

External vendors are allowed if they are staying at the Hotel where the wedding will be performed or if they pay a Vendor´s Fee of 200 usd per person (except photographers that must cover a 350 USD fee). 

Documentation

CIVIL WEDDINGS:

• Couple must be in destination at least 3 full business days proir to ceremony. (Arrival day and Sunday does not count as a full business day)
• Birth Certificate with the parent´s name (Long Form & Translated into Spanish.) Must have an Apostille from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of your country.
• Regular copies of Passports
• Regular copies of 2 witnesses Passports (Relatives can not be witnesses, sister, brothers parents, etc.)
• Single declaration (Translated into Spanish). Must have an Apostille from the Ministry of Foreign affairs of your country.
• Divorce Certificates, Translated into Spanish and Legalized by an official Judge at the Dominican Republic Consulate at your country. (If applicable)
• Death Certificate, Translated into Spanish and Legalized by an official Judge at the Dominican Republic Consulate at your country. (If applicable)

• Written parental consents Notarized (Notarized Document under 18 years)

  
  

  WEDO is an agency that works the Dominican Consulate and they legalize the documents of our customers. They have one office in Houston and Santo Domingo. You will be able to contact them at www.wedo.com.do

  
  

  - The above documentation must to be sent by e-mail to the Wedding Planner (mice.puj@riu.com) at least one month before your arrival date.

  
  

  - Please bring all your original documents in any language and their translations in spanish to the Wedding Planner at your personal interview.

  
  

• Witnesses: 

  For Civil Ceremonies you will need 1 witness for the Bride and 1 witness for the Groom. Relatives can not be witnesses, sister, brothers, parents, etc.

  
  

  Divorce

  In the Dominican Republic, men can remarried a day after they receive the Divorce Certificate. Women need to wait 10 months after they received the Divorce Certificate.

  
  

  **CATHOLIC WEDDINGS:

  We required documentation. For more information, please contact your Sales Executive at weddings09.cun@riu.com so she can send you the paperwork you will need to have a Catholic wedding at RIU Hotels in Punta Cana.

  
  

  Important:

  If the bride or the groom own the Nationality of the country where the wedding will be performed, they need to notify this information in advance to the Sales Executive due that these type of marriages need to follow different legal requirements.

  
  

Marriage certificate

• For Civil weddings: The Marriage Certificate would be issued in Spanish. Riu Hotels & Resorts is responsible to send it to your home address by DHL.  This process will take around 10 to 12 months.
• Important:

  We kindly ask you to verify the procedure that you will have to follow in order to legalize your marriage in your country, as sometimes an apostille is required. If you need to Apostille your Marriage Certificate, please be advised that you will have to cover the amount of this service.
  *Couples from Switzerland, Holland and Belgium will need to follow a different procedure.
  If this is your case, please contact your MICE Manager in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic to get further information.
  

• For Catholic weddings: The Certificate will take about 6 months to be delivered.
• For Renewal of Vows: The couple will receive a marriage certificate without legal bearing on the wedding date.
  

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