We live in Arkansas and got married in August 2023 at Hacienda Siesta Alegre or HSA (a true dream of a venue hidden in the rainforest, highly recommend!).
We signed on with our venue and all of our vendors sight unseen. Naya met with us on zoom 3 times so we could get to know her and view her platform before we hired her as our full time wedding planner. She was also able to confirm our venue (HSA) was available for a Saturday in August before we signed her contract.
Naya has a great portfolio, great relationships with vendors and her planning platform makes everything easily trackable. We had 20 vendors in total and Naya highly recommended the 18 PR based vendors. We flew our photographer out and a family member officiated. We found the band ourselves (La Super Banda - also highly recommend!) through social media and wedding wire research, but Naya is the one who sealed the deal and got us the contract through her relationships in the industry.
My parents and I were able to fly to PR in May 2023 and Naya planned and organized 2 days worth of meetings, tastings and trials. We did a venue visit, catering tasting, hair & makeup trial, cake tasting and churro tasting. We also stayed at the Hyatt Regency Grande Reserve during this site visit, which is where our guests room block was (we also had a welcome party on the beach there and highly recommend!).
The day of the wedding was perfect, there was always the chance of a hurricane or rain with an outdoor venue in PR during early hurricane season, but we couldn't resist. The entire week was absolutely perfect! We were on the island for an entire week and there was some rain every day, but in true Caribbean rain fashion, it would rain for 10 minutes and then get sunny again.
Naya had a backup ceremony space at the venue decorated and ready to go if rain came, but we didn't need it, as the weather was perfect! We got about 10 minutes of rain at the end of dinner, but HSA has everything covered other than the dance floor, so it was a great time to get some photos with our guests before we started to bust some moves on the dance floor with La Super Banda.
Like I said, the wedding day was awesome, flawless and smooth, it was very relaxing being at HSA getting ready all day in the peacefulness of the rainforest and knowing Naya was there to take care of everything. Naya was a true professional, very organized and communicative and our timeline she put together with us was great.
If you are engaged and in the planning process and have the option to hire a full time wedding planner, do it! Especially for a destination wedding, the planning process can be stressful and it is wonderful to have eyes on the ground and an expert in the industry to guide you as you go.

My wedding was on June 15, 2024 in San Juan at the Marriott Stellaris-Puerto Rico. I had a pleasure of working Hayxanair. She was an absolute perfectionist. There was no request that was beyond her capability. As a woman of color, she completely understood my needs. She has an amazing personality and demeanor. She knows the Puerto Rico landscape. Her selection for vendors and venues were amazing. I would highly recommend her and her team for all of your wedding. She is absolutely the best.

Naya and her team are SPECTACULAR! Truly could not have gone through our entire wedding planning process without her. From the moment we met with Naya during the earliest stages of our 2.5 year long engagement up until our wedding weekend, she went above and beyond our expectations which eased our stress having a destination wedding. She was always attentive to detail, quick to respond, and just SO kind and caring. Helping both during visits to PR where Naya coordinated walk throughs and tastings as well as long distance via Zoom with all the advice and suggestions she made, everything she did was extremely helpful. Naya and the whole team making sure all vendors were in the know of the timeline and everything happening the day of our us at ease and allowed us to really enjoy our big day and we are indebted to her for that. If you want the very best and to feel relief during your wedding planning, HIRE NAYA 🙌🏽🤍