Dreams Las Mareas Costa Rica

Dreams Resorts are 5* AAA Four Diamond beachfront havens, for couples and couples with children, offering a fantastic Unlimited-Luxury® all-inclusive concept. Located in the beautiful Playa El Jobo on the North coast of Guanacaste, Dreams Las Mareas Costa Rica features an expansive palm-studded beach and lush tropical jungles. Surrounding the resort is a fisherman community and the mountain range of Guanacaste, which offers guests with a variety of exciting tours and excursions. Kids and teens can mingle at our Explorer’s Club for Kids and Core Zone Teens Club, while adults can relax poolside, enjoy a romantic beach dinner or unwind at the Dreams Spa by Pevonia®. This resort is a unique and romantic paradise for couples looking to tie the knot with their friends and family, elope in luxury, or celebrate their nuptials with a special honeymoon and adventure. With a beautiful selection of private areas around the resort, weddings and celebrations at this resort come with beauty, intimacy, and a little bit of tropical magic. 

The Unlimited-Luxury® experience includes:

• Limitless access to gourmet à la carte dining options without reservations required

• Unlimited international & domestic top-shelf spirits

• Unlimited natural fruit juices and soft drinks

• 24-hour room* & concierge service

• Pool and beach wait service

• Daily refreshed mini-bar with soft drinks, juice, bottled water & beer

• Daily maid service

• Endless daytime activities and live nightly entertainment

• Theme parties, oceanfront bars and entertainment venues

• No wristbands required

• All taxes and gratuities included

• Enjoy free Wi-Fi

Please note, direct flights to Costa Rica out of London Gatwick are seasonal. There will be no flights from Mid-March 2023 until November 2023. In-direct flights are available from London via Canada & the USA (ESTA Visa required for USA connections). 

Dreams Resorts offer a fantastic groups deal, where the more you book, the more you receive. The Groups Plus Promotion offers free rooms and free room upgrades, for parties up to 30 rooms. For every 5th room* you book, you get a room free. Furthermore if your group books 10 rooms or more, you will also receive a complementary semi-private dinner, and a cocktail party for 40 people, that can be combined with your wedding package.

*The Groups Plus Promotion is seasonal, starting from 5, 6 or 7 rooms depending on your travel dates. Selected travel dates do not apply, such as Easter week and the Christmas & New Years festive period. All guests must be booked through The Wedding Travel Company, though do not need to book at the same time. Confirmed free room discount amounts are confirmed 2 months before travel due to possible group travel changes, estimates can be given in advance. No group deposits are required, and no extended cancellation period applies. Please inquire for further details.

This resort is a perfect place for a romantic elopement, or a beautiful honeymoon paradise. The resort offers stunning venues for weddings, including two intimate beach venues with dramatic views for unique wedding photography, as well as mesmerising pools for an infinity platform with ocean views, and secluded areas for private romantic dinners for two.

To confirm your special day, we'll need to know if you want a legal or symbolic ceremony, as well as your preferred dates, package, venues and party size. Once the deposit has been taken, you'll be assigned a dedicated wedding co-ordinator in resort to go into the specific details of your wedding, such as flower choices, seating charts and music playlists for your reception. Any additional events, guests and experiences you add onto your wedding package, will go through your in-resort wedding coordinator. While you arrange your perfect day, we’ll help your friends and family with their travel arrangements and add them to your party list so you grow your group benefits and discounts.

For a symbolic wedding in Costa Rica, you need to arrive 2 business days before your ceremony. For a legal wedding you and your 2 witnesses need to arrive 3 business days before your ceremony. Your arrival day counts as day 0.

Should any of your party wish to stay at another resort and only join you for the day, they will be subject to a wedding day entrance fee to be paid on arrival. External guest restrictions are limited to a maximum of 20% of your guests, and entrance is based on availability and occupancy of the resort. Alternatively, guests can stay a minimum of 3 nights at the resort, which must include the night before and night of your ceremony, and then move to their preferred resort. This will not incur a wedding day entrance fee, and the 20% restriction does not apply in this case. These rules also apply to external guests visiting from the adults-only sister resort, Secrets Papagayo Costa Rica, located 90 minutes away.

If you're looking for a legal ceremony, Costa Rica requires you to arrive 3 full business days before your ceremony. Your legal fees, such as the notary and translation costs are not included in your wedding package, however 2 of the Dreams Resorts wedding packages do include the services of a judge or minister. Your dedicated in-resort wedding coordinator will help you with the legal arrangements. After your ceremony, you will be sent your notarised and translated marriage license to your home address, within 12 weeks. Temporary copies will be given in resort after your ceremony.

In Costa Rica, same-sex marriages are legal. This means you can have both a legal and symbolic ceremony in most resorts, and Dreams Las Mareas is one of them. 

All ceremonies can be tailored to your religious needs. For a catholic marriage, the ceremony needs to be held in a consecrated venue*. If your resort does not have a consecrated venue, a catholic priest can be brought in to perform a marriage blessing in the venue of your choice.

*Dreams Las Mareas does not offer a consecrated venue. However it is possible to bring in a Catholic Priest, to perform a blessing.