Riu Tequila Playa del Carmen Photographer · No Booking Fee, Every Occasion

Three Sessions Every Riu Tequila Family Books

Almost everyone who writes to us from this resort is travelling with people they don’t get in one place often enough — three generations in a block of rooms, cousins meeting for the first time, a family that only lines up like this once a year. These are the three sessions we photograph most for guests staying here.

Family portraits

The one everybody actually wants: all of you, in focus, in the same frame — the picture that ends up printed and framed instead of lost in a camera roll. We build the full group first, then split it into parents-with-kids and grandparents-with-grandkids without moving anyone twice, so nobody is stuck holding a phone. Our family photoshoot guide for Playa del Carmen covers outfits and how an hour on the sand really goes.

The multi-generation trip

Grandparents in four pictures, the kids in four hundred, and not one frame with everybody in it — someone always ends up behind the camera. This is what we get asked for most from a hotel this size, which is why we ask for a headcount in the first message: a group of fourteen needs a different piece of beach than a group of five. Our group session guide shows how we pace a shoot that big.

Everyday vacation memories

Not every family wants a lined-up portrait — some just want the week remembered the way it actually felt: kids in the shallows, someone buried in sand, the walk back with wet feet and melting ice cream. We shoot it loose and let it happen, and those unposed frames are the ones most families end up loving best. Our vacation photoshoot guide covers how a relaxed hour on the beach comes together.

How We Get Your Family to the Open Sand

Playacar keeps Riu Tequila a short way back from the water — about 450 metres, a ten-minute walk down a shaded path or the quick shuttle you already know by heart, which is the point: you build beach time into every day here anyway. For the session we don’t use the resort’s own strip; we take you to open public sand instead, where a fourteen-person lineup has room to breathe and the coast behind you isn’t a wall of loungers. We meet at Playa Fundadores, the free public beach at the north edge of town — nothing to book, and nothing that can cancel your morning.

It is a short hop from Playacar — roughly three kilometres we’d rather your family didn’t sort out half-asleep, so for couples or groups of up to four we can arrange to pick you up, and we send the exact pin over WhatsApp the day before. Open sand earns its place for one reason above the rest: with a big family, room matters — everyone fits, the little ones can run without a lounger in the way, and the whole three-generation group gets shot properly instead of squeezed against the crowd.

Want one frame that belongs on a wall rather than in an album? Ask about our signature beach-gown editorial sessions in Playa del Carmen — metres of fabric in the morning breeze, made for a trip like this one.

No Session Fee, No Surprises

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 when the whole family wants in — so you only ever 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 your headcount, and we will tell you which morning to keep free.