Five of the six wedding venues at Grand Velas Los Cabos hold 150 guests or more, and the largest, Grand Velas Ballroom, seats 600. That is the number to start from. A South Asian weekend usually needs four different rooms, and here you can have them without sending anyone back into a space they sat in the night before.<\/p>\n
The resort in Los Cabos, Mexico publishes 6 wedding venues. Grand Velas Ballroom tops the list at 600 guests. Miramar is the smallest at 70. Everything below comes from those published figures and nothing else.<\/p>\n
| Venue<\/th>\n | Max capacity<\/th>\n | Suitable for<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Velas Ballroom<\/td>\n | 600<\/td>\n | Wedding, Cocktail, Reception<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Terraza del Mar<\/td>\n | 500<\/td>\n | Wedding, Cocktail, Reception<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ambassador Ballroom<\/td>\n | 350<\/td>\n | Wedding, Cocktail, Reception<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Azul Beach<\/td>\n | 300<\/td>\n | Wedding, Cocktail, Reception<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Azul Garden<\/td>\n | 150<\/td>\n | Wedding, Cocktail, Reception<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Miramar<\/td>\n | 70<\/td>\n | Cocktail, Reception<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nGiving each event its own room<\/h2>\nTreat the table as a running order. Azul Garden suits the mehndi. The sangeet needs a dance floor and a stage, so it wants Azul Beach or a space of about that size, not just seats. The reception goes to Grand Velas Ballroom, where 600 means the family stays together in one room.<\/p>\n The ceremony is different. Here the smallest number in the table can be the right answer, because a mandap needs the right setting and enough chairs for the people who will sit through the rites, not the biggest floor plan. The 70-guest end of the grid exists for exactly that.<\/p>\n Scale matters less than you might fear. With 150 guests, 5 venues are open to you, so four separate settings is easy. Plan for 300 or more and 4 spaces still hold everyone.<\/p>\n Morning events never meet an evening noise rule, so a haldi or pithi at 10am is safe. Only the sangeet and the reception run late enough to hit a curfew. Whatever outdoor space you book for any event, put the named indoor backup on the same contract line as the venue.<\/p>\n The music curfew nobody has stated<\/h2>\nGrand Velas Los Cabos publishes no entertainment curfew, so there is no figure here to repeat. Ask for it in writing, for each venue and each night, along with the price of an extension. Resorts on this coast generally cut outdoor spaces off earlier than indoor ones, so the reply tells you which rooms the two late events can use.<\/p>\n Gaps in the resort’s own material<\/h2>\nThe published venues and capacities are clear. Four other things are missing: a mandap specification, an open-flame policy for the havan, a baraat route and animal policy, and any named South Asian certification for the resort’s planners. We will not fill those in from guesswork. Each has a real answer, and you want it on paper before signing.<\/p>\n What the package price leaves out<\/h2>\nTwo items move the final bill at any resort. One is outside vendors. A package covers setup, ceremony structure, dinner and bar. It never covers the photographer, videographer, DJ, dhol player, dance floor or uplighting, and if you bring your own, an outside vendor fee lands on top of what the vendor charges you. The other is guests who are not staying on site. Both are priced in what an all-inclusive wedding package does not include<\/a>, and the multi-resort comparison sits in the true cost of a South Asian destination wedding<\/a>.<\/p>\n For this resort, ask for four figures in writing: the entertainment curfew per venue, the outside vendor fee, the day pass rate and the legal ceremony fee. A quote with all four can be compared with another resort’s. A quote with only the package price is how two weddings that look identical end up thousands apart. We request all four as routine, and planning costs couples nothing because the resorts pay us. Send us your dates and guest count<\/a> and we will collect the answers.<\/p>\n |