These three groups host most of the South Asian weddings that happen in Mexico and the Caribbean, and they operate very differently from each other. One publishes nothing and negotiates everything. One has the deepest venue inventory. One has an actual Indian restaurant. Here is how they compare on the things that decide your wedding.
| Hard Rock | Palace Resorts | Royalton | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Programme | Ishq, with Mehndi artists, Indian entertainment and specialist chefs | No fixed South Asian package; everything custom | Kohinoor, in two named tiers |
| Published pricing | None. Everything negotiated. | None. Everything negotiated. | Yes, tiered and public |
| Indian kitchen | Established programme, all restaurants inside the all-inclusive plan | In-house Indian catering; Moon Palace reported complimentary from 75 room nights | Standing Indian restaurant with its own dedicated chef |
| Venue depth | Good, and the Riviera Maya property splits adults-only and family | The best in the market. Moon Palace has 11 wedding venues and 8 ballrooms. | Rooftop, beach and ballroom; solid rather than exceptional |
| Capacity ceiling | ~350 at Punta Cana | 300 at Moon Palace, 400 at The Grand | ~300 |
| Transfer | 20 min Punta Cana, 55 min Riviera Maya | 20 min Moon Palace Cancun | 20 min Riviera Cancun |
| Loyalty tie-in | None relevant | None relevant | Inside All-Inclusive by Marriott Bonvoy |
Package figures and room-night thresholds across all three groups change frequently and most are not officially published. We treat everything here as a starting point and confirm the specifics in writing before you sign.
You have a large guest list, you want five events in five genuinely different spaces, and you want the shortest possible transfer from the airport. Moon Palace is the most referenced property in this category for a reason, and we have run two weddings there.
Food is the thing your family will judge the wedding on, and you want to budget from published numbers rather than negotiate blind. A standing Indian restaurant with its own chef is rarer than the category's marketing suggests.
You want everything inside the all-inclusive plan so guests never reach for a wallet, and you have an agency with real supplier contracts doing the negotiating. Nothing is published, which cuts both ways.
The honest answer is that availability usually decides this before preference does. Peak-season Saturdays at the strongest properties go eighteen to twenty-four months out, and the group with a date is often the group you choose.
