Banyan Tree Mayakoba Photographer · No Booking Fee, Every Occasion

The Celebrations Banyan Tree Couples Ask Us to Photograph

You did not book a villa this private for a crowd. Almost everyone who writes to us from this resort is marking one thing — an anniversary that took years to reach, a vow they want to say again, a honeymoon that only happens once. These are the three sessions we photograph most for guests staying here.

Anniversaries

The trip is the gift; the photographs are the part that outlives it. Five years, twenty-five, forty — the number changes and the request never does: one unhurried hour, the two of you, dressed the way you dressed for the dinner you already booked. We shoot it early, so you are back with the whole day still in front of you. Our anniversary session guide shows how we pace an hour like that.

Vow renewals

Not the big day over again — the quieter, later thing: the two of you saying it again, on an open beach, with whoever you chose to bring along to hear it. We keep it small and unstaged, and because the public sand is empty at first light, the moment stays yours and nobody walks through it. Our symbolic ceremony guide covers how a small beach ceremony is photographed.

Honeymoons

The first week of a marriage is not one you want to remember through a stranger’s phone at arm’s length. We give you a slow hour on the sand, gentle direction, and the two of you doing very little beyond being newly married — the frames you will still be looking at on an anniversary years from now. Our honeymoon session guide covers outfits and timing.

How We Get You From Your Villa to Open Sand

Mayakoba sits behind its gate about nine kilometres north of downtown Playa del Carmen — a fifteen-minute drive we treat as part of the service rather than a hurdle, because the beach it leads to is worth leaving the complex for. We meet you at Playa Xcalacoco, the free public beach beside the complex, which means there is nothing to book and nothing that can cancel your morning. We send the exact pin over WhatsApp the day before, and for couples or groups of up to four we can arrange to pick you up.

That beach earns its place for the thing couples actually want here: privacy. At first light Xcalacoco is open and nearly empty, so a vow renewal stays between the two of you and whoever came to witness it — no loungers, no crowd walking through the frame. Xcalacoco carries a Blue Flag, and Punta Esmeralda, a little further along the same public coast, is the even quieter alternative when you want almost nobody else in sight.

Want one frame that belongs on a wall rather than in an album? Ask about our flying dress photoshoot at Banyan Tree Mayakoba — metres of fabric in the morning breeze, made for a trip like this one.

Is this trip the wedding itself? Our Banyan Tree Mayakoba wedding photographer guide covers ceremony coverage on this coast.

No Session Fee — Pay Only for What You Keep

Pricing is refreshingly simple: there is no session fee. You pay $15 USD per photo with a 10-photo minimum ($150 USD), or choose a group package from $200 USD if family or friends joined the trip — so you only pay for the images you love. You can see everything we offer, and hundreds of recent sessions, on our Playa del Carmen photographer page.

Every hotel has its own rules about photography on the property. We know how each one works — message us and we’ll tell you exactly what your options are where you’re staying.

Almost nobody who books us has been photographed properly before, and they usually apologise for it in the first message. There is nothing to apologise for — we direct the whole thing, and you can see how that turns out on our Playa del Carmen photographer page. Send us your dates and what you are celebrating, and we will tell you which morning to keep free.