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Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya vs RIU Palace Riviera Maya
A side-by-side look at Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya and RIU Palace Riviera Maya for a destination wedding — venues, capacity and catering — to help you choose the right fit for your guest count and style.
| Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya | RIU Palace Riviera Maya | |
|---|---|---|
| Destination | Mexico | Mexico |
| Resort group | Hard Rock | RIU |
| Max venue capacity | Up to 500 guests | Up to 250 guests |
| Wedding venues | 23 | 2 |
| On-site chapel | Yes | No |
| South Asian catering | Yes | — |
| Halal | — | — |
| Outside catering | — | — |
Pick Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya if
Your wedding is large (150+ guests) and runs multi-day — Hard Rock Riviera Maya has more venue inventory, larger reception capacity, and a more elaborate wedding-program infrastructure suited to South Asian sequences. Hard Rock is the scale option; RIU is the lean option.
Pick RIU Palace Riviera Maya if
Your guest count is intimate-to-mid (under ~100), you want a calmer adults-skewing palace property in Playacar, and RIU's simpler package pricing fits the build. RIU is the right call when the wedding is one ceremony and one reception rather than a multi-day sequence.
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