TammyWright

dreams los cabos!! they get the best reviews...my review is in my siggy...let me know if you have any questions!!

Quote: Originally Posted by hoyt75 We're having our 'ahr' at a brewery and we have designated a few people to bring certain dishes that they're well known for. 1) it's a casual event 2) we're a very very close group of family and friends 3) their will still be about 100-170 people 4) we are paying and reimbursing for the food, they just have to cook it. We don't really consider it a 'wedding reception' it's more like a party with 150 of our closest family and friends. that is very different than having a reception and expecting all the guests to bring a dish to share...i'm sorry but i stand by my first comment that it is very tacky. as trish said, people may go to your reception and say to your face that it was no bother but i am sure most people will be talking about it for awhile about the reception that they attended that was a potluck. note: when i say "you" i don't mean you hoyt because what you did is not a potluck...you asked friends to help with specific parts of your reception and even reimbursed them to help.

well Miss M...i can see you are pleased with your wedding another satisfied dreams los cabos bride! great vendor choices!!

i think it is a horrible idea. if i was invited to a wedding reception and they told me it was a pot luck, i would think twice about going...it takes work and time to make something and cart it somewhere to serve. and i am one of those people that actually LOVES cooking and bringing food to people...i do when friends have babies, to my son's school etc. but to be asked to bring something to a reception to me is a little tacky.

hi there, i am the dreams cabo specialist as well as a dreams cabo bride. Nov. is a very popular time in cabo and as the hotel books up, the rates will go higher. additionally there sale rate did change recently so that could have affected your rate. if there are other weddings booked around your time (and i have a couple) and they have blocked rooms, there may not be that many rooms left to block. i book ALOT of weddings with dreams cabo and well as host the webinar with them. please let me know if you have any questions...or ask erika as she seems to be very on top of it with the dreams cabo posts.

Quote: Originally Posted by chipotle99 ....and the forum rules Who reads those first anyway? I never posted as a "newbie" either! Oops! people who don't want to get banned from the forum read the rules and follow them. if not they can lose forum priviledges.

bumping for the newbies...we have had some posts about how to get ahold of the TA's on here...

hi daniela, i would stick with your resort but do know that Zoetry is more expensive than most resorts in the RM...it is over $500 a night for double occupancy (and that doesn't include kids...the kids rate is about $100 per night) when most people planning DW's in RM try to stick to around $200-350 per night double occupancy just to make it easier financially so more people can attend. When i first was looking at locations we looked at a resort that was $600 a night but knew only about 1/3 of our guests would feel comfortable paying that so we chose another resort that was $290 per night.

welcome tot he forum fer...you did an awesome job with heather's wedding at dreams los cabos.

deep sea fishing ATVing surfing tequilla tasting cigar rolling and drinking we did all 3 and it was a blast...deep sea fishing can get expensive and people can get sea sick. atv is super fun but if the guys are not careful can be dangerous.

they are just chairs with while covers on them...so you can't really see what the chairs look like underneath. in my review, you can see pics...

Quote: Originally Posted by TBApril30 I understand what you are saying but you can definitely find a judge or JP in the US who speaks Spanish and who would be willing to perform a ceremony in Spanish. in the US pretty much get ANYONE can go online, get certified and perform the ceremony naked with a lit sparkler coming out of his bum if they want but that doesn't mean that is ok in other countries. in the DR as in mexico, legal ceremonies are taken very seriously and only a few people (usually judges) are allowed to perform them. the legal ceremonies are pretty standard but if you want a customized ceremony, you may want to consider an officiant that can perform the ceremony how you want it...maybe do the legal ceremony before or after the symbolic one. i just find it a little ethnocentric when people go to other countries to get married and have such an issue with the legal ceremony being performed in the official language of that country.

welcome to the forum. why would you think that the judge of another country would preside over a legal ceremony in a language other than the language of the country? would US judges preside over court in other languages, like spanish or chinese just because the defendant was latin or asian? if you really want the ceremony in english have you thought of doing a symbolic ceremony with an english speaking officiant? here are the top 5 languages spoken around the world. english is 3rd and less than half the amount of mandarin but we do not expect other countries to speak mandarin even though it has such high numbers. 1. Mandarin Chinese - 882 million 2. Spanish - 325 million 3. English - 312-380 million 4. Arabic - 206-422 million 5. Hindi - 181 million

great promo Ivan!

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yes, photogs are supposed to get a permit to work in mexico. i think it is called the FM-3 visa if they are living in mexico or the FMT visa if they are just there a short time, but you should check mexican consulate to be sure.

sol has been a long time platinum vendor on the forum. she is very sweet and does amazing work!

here's mine...i put it on a word doc and used different colors for each guest to make it easy to see when each person arrived. I also included activities that were scheduled on certain days so I could get an idea of how many people to expect at each event (welcome dinner, snorkel cruise, etc) BDWGuest Arrival Chart.doc

bumping...i see alot of siggies that do not conform to the siggy rules.

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the commission structure isnt different but alot of brides do not want to plan for worse case scenario so they would rather not have to deal with signing a contract and putting a deposit down on rooms if they do not have to. as a ta that specializes in dw i have seen it happen all too often where the hotel does sell out and we have to scramble to get rooms. as a bride that has had her dw i know we all want to believe that our guests are going to behave as we like them to (book their rooms/trips on time, rsvp on time) but this does not always happen so you really have to have a contingency plan. with alot of brides, they are hesitant to do a group block because they do not want to fork up such a large deposit. i may advise them to just block rooms for a small percentage of their group (min of 10) so they have rooms for the last minute bookers if they are late getting their STD cards or invitations out or have real slackers in their group.

have you asked the wc there to send their wedding package...it usually has photos of reception and ceremony sites.

well, not all all-inclusive resorts treat you this way. there are alot that do treat you very well. that being said, Andrew is right... it is probably a GREAT thing that they treated you like this from the get go BEFORE you booked your wedding with them. can you imagine if you booked, deposit paid, guests booked and they started treating you horribly...then it would be too late to change your mind.

I am hoping dmitris comment was not about your misfortune but as a ta i see comments all the time about hotels selling out, brides not asking about outside vendor policy then freaking out and wanting to blame everyone and everything else and not place blame the lack of due diligence on their part. It is hard to give good advice in situations like this without it sounding like an "i told you so" but hopefully this will help future cuba brides

That really sucks about your wedding. It is too bad your hotel could not have given u some warning about the new enforcement. Proper visas have been discussed before and it is an important reminder to brides to make sure you are covered. Governments are the same everywhere. They all want their cut.