{"id":53074,"date":"2026-08-15T02:58:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T02:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weddingplan360.com\/news\/?p=53074"},"modified":"2026-08-15T03:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T03:39:13","slug":"all-inclusive-wedding-package-what-is-not-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingplan360.com\/news\/all-inclusive-wedding-package-what-is-not-included\/","title":{"rendered":"What an All-Inclusive Wedding Package Doesn’t Include"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every figure on this page is taken from a named resort’s own published package or policy material and was verified in August 2026. Where we could not source a number, this page says so rather than quoting a range.<\/em><\/p>\n

You saw “free wedding package” or “$1,649” on a resort website. Then the quote came back at three times that, and now you are trying to work out whether you are being upsold or whether you misread something. Usually neither. The package is one line on a quote that has six, and almost nobody lists the other five in advance. Here they are, with real numbers from real resorts.<\/p>\n

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Tax and service charge: about 31% on everything<\/h2>\n

Start here, because it is the biggest one and it applies to every other number on this page.<\/p>\n

Published wedding prices in Mexico are almost always pre-tax<\/strong>. Expect roughly 16% tax plus a 15% service charge<\/strong> \u2014 about a 31% uplift \u2014 added to the package, the per-person reception, the upgrades, the lot.<\/p>\n

Worked through: a Gemstone ceremony package with a Gold reception for 50 guests at Garza Blanca Los Cabos<\/a> comes to $10,295 on the published rates. All-in, it is nearer $13,500<\/strong>. That is $3,200 that appears at the end of the process rather than the start.<\/p>\n

The practical consequence is that you cannot compare two quotes unless you know whether each includes tax and service.<\/strong> One resort quoting gross and another quoting net will look like a $3,000 difference that does not exist. Make it the first question you ask, every time.<\/p>\n

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Every number on this page is a rough guide, not a quote.<\/strong> These are published rates and policy figures taken from resort material, and they move with your date, your season, the day of the week, your guest count and how many rooms your group books. Use them to sanity-check what you are told, not as the number you will pay.<\/p>\n

WeddingPlan360 guarantees the lowest price<\/strong> \u2014 on guest rooms, on the wedding package, on the whole event. We book these resorts directly and constantly, which gives us group rates, contracted concessions and special discounts that are never published on a resort’s website or anywhere on this page. Several of the fees below are routinely reduced or waived on a group booking. If you find a lower price, we will match or beat it. Get your exact quote free \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The day of the week, and the month<\/h2>\n

Published prices are almost always the midweek, low-season<\/strong> cell of a much bigger grid. The clearest published example we have is the Dulha & Dulhan South Asian package used across the Dreams properties, priced for up to 79 guests:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
When your wedding falls<\/th>\n2024<\/th>\n2025<\/th>\n2026<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Nov\u2013Jul, Monday\u2013Wednesday<\/td>\n$10,449<\/td>\n$11,049<\/td>\n$11,699<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nov\u2013Jul, Thursday\u2013Sunday<\/td>\n$10,999<\/td>\n$11,699<\/td>\n$12,299<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug\u2013Oct, Monday\u2013Wednesday<\/td>\n$9,499<\/td>\n$10,049<\/td>\n$10,599<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug\u2013Oct, Thursday\u2013Sunday<\/td>\n$9,999<\/td>\n$10,599<\/td>\n$11,149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The identical wedding swings $1,700 \u2014 about 16%<\/strong> between a Tuesday in September and a Saturday in February. Prices also rise 5\u20136% a year, which matters if you are booking two years out.<\/p>\n

The same pattern holds outside South Asian packages. At Hyatt Ziva Vallarta<\/a>, the Lavish & Opulent package is $6,089 Monday to Thursday and $6,669<\/strong> from Thursday noon through Sunday; the Luxury package moves from $13,553 to $14,222<\/strong>. Our own listings, like most published sources, show the midweek rate.<\/p>\n

If your date has any flexibility at all, moving off Saturday is the single largest saving available to you, and it costs you nothing.<\/p>\n

The per-guest charge above the package limit<\/h2>\n

Every package covers a band of guests. Go over it and you pay per head \u2014 and the rate varies by a factor of more than thirteen depending on where you book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Resort<\/th>\nPackage<\/th>\nPer additional guest<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Dreams Sapphire<\/a><\/td>\nWedding In Paradise ($1,249 \/ 10 guests)<\/td>\n$16<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grand Palladium Jamaica<\/a><\/td>\nPalladium Signature ($4,700 \/ 20 guests)<\/td>\n$20<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hyatt Ziva Vallarta<\/a><\/td>\nIntimate Elegance ($1,649 \/ 10 guests)<\/td>\n$45<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dreams Sapphire<\/a><\/td>\nEternal Love ($4,349 \/ 20 guests)<\/td>\n$101<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hyatt Ziva Vallarta<\/a><\/td>\nLavish & Opulent, Luxury<\/td>\n$105<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hyatt Ziva Cap Cana<\/a><\/td>\nLavish & Opulent<\/td>\n$130<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hyatt Ziva Cap Cana<\/a><\/td>\nLuxury (staying guests)<\/td>\n$135<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dreams Sapphire<\/a><\/td>\nBeyond Memorable ($10,399 \/ 79 guests)<\/td>\n$137<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grand Fiesta Americana Los Cabos<\/a><\/td>\nAbrazo, Coraz\u00f3n<\/td>\n$140<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dreams Sapphire<\/a><\/td>\nDulha & Dulhan ($9,099 \/ 79 guests)<\/td>\n$219<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos<\/a><\/td>\nSouth Asian four-event package<\/td>\n$270\u2013$280<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

On a 50-guest wedding, the gap between a $20 and a $137 overage rate is thousands of dollars \u2014 and it is completely invisible in the headline package price. Ask for the per-guest rate and<\/em> the guest count it starts at before you compare anything. Children are often cheaper: Grand Fiesta Americana charges 50% for ages 5\u201312.<\/p>\n

When the reception is priced separately<\/h2>\n

In Los Cabos especially, the “wedding package” frequently covers only the ceremony. Dinner and the open bar are charged per person on top. Garza Blanca Los Cabos<\/a> publishes both halves, so you can see the whole shape:<\/p>\n