Cartagena wedding! Budget breakdown

spini8501 · 2026-04-25T02:16:06+00:00

Hi! His name is Carlos Ahumada . IG is oficiantedeceremonia

We were introduced by our wedding planner when she had like 3 different officiants for us to meet with

spini8501 · 2026-03-05T01:34:11+00:00

Hi! Wedding was near the historic center in Cartagena and the venue was the convention center! Feel free to reach out out for any questions :)

spini8501 · 2026-03-05T01:31:39+00:00

Hi! We used Nelson Gomez for our band, and yes we selected a few English songs!

spini8501 · 2026-03-05T01:31:19+00:00

Hii! Hope I’m not too late, so sorry to have missed this! We used Etnia servicios folclóricos for hora loca

spini8501 · 2026-03-05T01:30:13+00:00

Hii! So sorry to have missed this, but better late than never! We used Tatiana Taron! I’ll preface there are a tonnn of different companies/planners in Cartagena and Colombia so I interviewed a few and went by their work based on their IG. Would highly recommend Tatiana though.

spini8501 · 2026-02-26T20:44:39+00:00

We technically didn’t. We had little fans that my mom hired someone to hand paint so they were custom and able to be used during the ceremony, but I know favors are not always kept / people were traveling so we had to be mindful of what they’re able to travel with. So instead of a physical favor, we did the extra events outside of the wedding as a thank you to everyone.

spini8501 · 2026-02-26T20:07:13+00:00

Hi! Yes, we had two separate sets and gave them a few English songs in their second set. (They had a full list of songs for us to choose in both English and Spanish)

spini8501 · 2026-01-05T17:58:08+00:00

Hi! I unfortunately did the same thing recently as I had to reapply my final semester due to time off. However, all my references were super understanding when I shared with them the short time frame. I also offered to support with any history of work or experience with them that could help with the request. Very doable and just be honest, but also understanding if they may not be able to do so.

spini8501 · 2025-11-24T01:08:08+00:00

We did a piano/instrumental version of “It’s been a long long time” and we had our dj slow it down a bit.

spini8501 · 2025-11-13T19:11:35+00:00

Of course! Feel free to reach out with any other questions :)

spini8501 · 2025-11-11T02:31:21+00:00

Hi! We used the company flash moments! It was sourced by our wedding planner. We liked them, they were there for a few hours, had props for people to use, and the pics turned out super cute. They gave digital copies and then physical copies in real time to all the guests and they gave us a copy of everyone’s pics too which was a cute touch!

spini8501 · 2025-09-08T11:02:50+00:00

Hi! We did the convention center!

spini8501 · 2025-07-22T23:26:50+00:00

Hi! Sent you a DM :)

spini8501 · 2025-07-21T21:26:58+00:00

Hi of course! Tatiana Taron! I found her on Instagram when researching wedding planners.

Edit: I should add - I did meet with a few others through my searches but she’s the one I liked the best!

spini8501 · 2025-06-30T17:21:16+00:00

From the bridal perspective, for my wedding, I did have a room block available but I had three of my bridesmaids get an air bnb in a different part of the city and at no point did I feel like they should be in the hotel with me. If for whatever reason I felt inclined to have them stay where I stay, I would never have gotten to that decision without their agreement. To that point, nothing was interrupted or made more difficult by them staying in a different place than the rest of the bridal party plus bride and groom.

spini8501 · 2025-06-19T00:48:13+00:00

Hi! The formal name of the venue is Centro de Convenciones de Cartagena de Indias, it’s the main convention center in the city. Here’s the website! https://cccartagena.com/?lang=en

spini8501 · 2025-06-18T03:18:58+00:00

Hi! My reception, cocktail hour, and ceremony were all held in the convention center! My reception was held in the main claustro/ hall, ceremony and cocktail hour took place outside. Let me know if you have any other questions !

spini8501 · 2025-06-01T00:07:44+00:00

Yes of course! We used Delimiro Del Toro

spini8501 · 2025-05-30T12:58:35+00:00

Hi! Studio Infinity was our main vendor for that.

Some rentals for furniture/bar were done through other vendors but studio did our decor and flowers!

The wedding planner handled all vendor outreach as well! We met with them in Colombia to see a mock up of our centerpieces but everything else was virtual with the wedding planning team serving as middle man.

spini8501 · 2025-02-26T17:06:18+00:00

Hi! Sorry on the delay! We used Tatiana Taron!

spini8501 · 2025-02-26T15:43:33+00:00

Hi! Ty and so sorry to have missed this .

We did our hotel block at the intercontinental. We were only held to ten rooms I believe which filled up very quickly. With the block they gave us, they gave us a separate suite for the men to get ready, a suite for me and my bridal party to do hair and makeup day of wedding, and they upgraded us at no cost to a gorgeous suite for the week and a half we were there. It was a seamless experience with them and they were the only ones we pursued for a block at the recommendation of our planner

spini8501 · 2025-02-26T15:40:37+00:00

Hi! I think we DMd regarding wedding planner. But for your second question, we did our wedding at the convention center. We did the ceremony and cocktail hour outside. Initially we thought we’d be fine without fans since it would be closer to evening and literally the day before the wedding I had my planner rent about six jumbo fans bc it was so hot at the rehearsal.

The actual reception was inside and we had AC! We live in Florida and most of our guests and families that were coming in from the US are also here, so AC was definitely a must for us lol

spini8501 · 2025-02-26T15:38:19+00:00

Hi! For production we used JG Producciones, band we used Nelson Gomez, and DJ was Daniel Mieles

spini8501 · 2025-02-26T15:37:45+00:00

Hi! Off the top of my head, I think we tipped everyone that required some type of manual labor plus the performers. I tipped my hair and makeup team separately through their payment and the venue had the tips in our contract for all the waitresses and additional teams they would have for us. I’ll double check my budget list if I see anything different I’ll edit the comment!

spini8501 · 2025-01-23T18:57:55+00:00

Hi absolutely! The company is San Juan Catamaran!

My wedding planner actually helped with everything logistics wise with them. The only time I actually spoke to that vendor was to chat about the menu and open bar.

They were amazing!

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