Paradisus Riviera Brides - POST HERE!

Thanks for the answers ladies. I'll definitely check with Perla about reserving the tequila terrace (which is what I meant by room/beach bar) I wasn't sure what that was called.

Mark and I are going down the week before everyone arrives for our 'honeymoon' first... LOL... so I'm hoping to get a lot accomplished that week too. But after reading all this, I've got a lot of info jotted down with tons of questions for Perla, so I'll be emailing her about it all in a couple days.

I'm looking forward to your wording on the sand ceremony.

Which ceremony did you all choose? We're doing the legal ceremony and I was curious about the length of the ceremony and if it's okay that we do our own vows and perhaps have a friend read one of her writings (basically like a religious reading except not from a scripture or anything)?

I know I've said this before, but thank you, thank you, thank you... you have been helping more than you could ever know!

CDN Groom, we'll be going quite low key for our ceremony... I'm definitely finding it quite overwhelming, but with all the information on here, it's definitely eased a lot of stress. It's nice to hear that other people are keeping things simple too!!

Thanks for the bouquet info - really helpful. I'm going to get the flowers from Paradisus instead of bringing them down. This means I have to sell the flowers I already ordered, oh well

Our sunset time is 7:20. Our ceremony starts at 5:30 and our photographer said that works out perfectly. We are doing "first look" pics which starts at 4:00, I think.

CDNgroom, where are you having your ceremony and reception? I bet it's awesome!

Question about meal for the photog: Do I sign them up for the buffet/plated meal or can they order a la carte from the restaurant?

My dress is not poofy and simple (no beading/lace to worry about), so I'm going to wrap it in tissue and put it in a rolling carry-on bag. It will have to be steamed anyway, so I figured it was okay to fold it up. However, I am worried about giving it to someone for steaming at the resort though. Talk about pre-separation anxiety! Did any of you brides feel like this? What was the process of getting it steamed like?

Speaking of dress... *my first fitting is this Saturday* Oh, I am so elated! It is the perfect catalyst for completing wedding projects!

CDNGroom - such a well said post above - sometimes, while I loved this forum during the planning process, it gave me more stress to see what everyone else was doing. For me, the response time was actually pretty good, usuallly only a few days .. so it wasn't too bad.

We did the legal ceremony and wrote our own vows. We also did the sand ceremony which we wrote. Both of these are attached. I also put together a "wedding day timeline" which I have attached as well.

Instead of a bouquet toss, I decided to dedicate my bouquet to my grandma - yes at 77 years old she and my grampie travelled to MExico with us. I have also attached that for anyone else who is interested!

Grandma Poem.doc

Sand Ceremony.doc

VOWs.doc

Wedding Day Schedule.doc

Missy,

thanks for sharing your sand ceremony wording, there is definitely a few lines in there that I'd like to use, they say forgery is a form of flattery... is this alright??. I've been able to read your vows as well, which were very very nice!! I don't have enough points to open the others, so once I have enough, I'll check them out!!!

Kelly,

i'm so glad you reminded me about that. the correspondence Perla and I had had in the past had only been a few, however, I did send one to her with numbered questions and she indeed wrote back with answers to all of them in the original text only her answers were in a different font colour.... it's all coming back to me... slowly...

so thank you for that! i appreciate all the advice!!

Missy,

Thanks for those documents - the wedding schedule is really helpful!

Meredith

Copy as much as you want! That's why I provided it! JulieH - I donated some points to you so you can download the rest of the attachments... enjoy!