ROYAL PLAYA DEL CARMEN BRIDES: were kids allowed for the day? ...and other questions

i leave in less than 24 hours and have still never heard from my onsite WC (i've sent her 3 e-mails). after dealing with angie in michigan, this seems like a sad continuation.

on a happier note, i got a call from a friend yesterday and she and her hubby are able to come to the wedding on saturday! they will not be staying at the resort. do i need a day pass for them just to come to the ceremony and reception? ceremony is at 6, reception is following about an hour after.

diane, no day pass but you need to pay for non resort charges for the reception. Not sure about gran porto's non resort charges. for the royal, it is $60 for the reception and $20 for the cocktail hour(champagne).

diana,

wow, that's not cheap! pretty much the same amount as a day pass, huh? thanks for the info! i'll have to dig around in my information to verify.

oh, did anyone have any luck yesterday with the online check in? it's still not working for me!

Diane I'll be there tomorrow too! Nope, no luck with the online check in yet - UGH!! Last time I went there I logged in and in 10 minutes picked my room and was done. I hate that nothing seems to be going smoothly and on top of that there is pending rain....just not excited if you know what I mean.

Online check in isn't working for me either!

What does everyone think is an appropriate tip for our hair and make-up people? I'm pretty clueless on that stuff. I'm trying to plan out the amount of cash to bring.

Steph- I may be able to answer some of your questions, too. I just made my final payment and my checklist was a la carte.

I'm not too sure how I feel about making my final payment now that it's done. Aja will be transferring me to an on-site coordinator soon, but many of you have said they are slow to respond these days. I'm not looking forward to that.

Are y'all traveling with cash, travelers checks, credit cards...? I'm undecided as to what to do. I do not want to travel with large wads of cash, but am not sure how much of an inconvenience the other choices would be. This is our first time to Mexico, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Also, any one who is traveling Continental.. did you contact the airline ahead of time to inform them that you are traveling with a dress?