TammyWright

Quote: Originally Posted by JANET1111 hey girls, Thanks for the ideas. I think you are right about the time thing especially. I wish we had it in the budget to pay for a weekend away with each of them, or something like that! I think I just need to mull over this some more. I wish I had starting thinking about this earlier! it doesnt have to be somewhere expensive...steve and i went with his folks to some goldrush town and walked around and just sent 1 night. the hotel was NOT expensive (prob $120 per night)

Quote: Originally Posted by REBECCA I tried that dress on. It is really flattering on. I got my dress at david's Bridal. I'd post it but I can't post photos. Mine was $599 and I love it!!! why can't you post...can i go in and see what your settings are? your pw will be the one i gave you last time.

i just thought this would be itneresting to know how many guests you had/ or think you will have at your DW...

welcome sharry!! where are you getting married in PV....jenentta almost got amrried there and i think ann (akh) is going to get married there.

Quote: Originally Posted by NATASHA Hi Janet - we've been struggling with the same thing. Although not finalized, we are leaning to "time." We're planning on giving our parents a weekend away with us. We live away from our family and we really don't see them often. For our moms - they're just starting to get to know each other, so we're planning on flying up to Napa and paying for their transportation, hotel, and one of the dinners. That way we can all get to know each other while enjoying wine and spa time. For my dad (who is recently retired and is loving learning how to cook from my FI which is a shocker given that he always hated the idea of cooking) we're thinking of flying him in for the weekend when we go to Oaxaca later next year for a cooking school weekend. It's sentimental. In 2004, both of my parents retired and I took both of them (individually) to Costa Rica. They still say that it was the best vacation of their lives. It meant so much to my mom that she and I went horseback riding, hiking, spelunking and the canopy jungle tour while she was still young enough to "keep up." (HA!). Anyway - this is on our "to finalize this weekend" list! natasha, my parents are the same way...they just want to hang out with us..when you take your mom to napa, let me know if i can help...my good friend works at duckhorn winery and i can set you guys up. i am from the area (sort of...marin)

Quote: Originally Posted by carolj Thanks for the welcome! It seems like everyone here is getting married in Cabo! We stayed at Moon Palace last spring, and that definitely on the list. There will be kids at the wedding, although I'm not sure of the total number of guests, probably 20-30. we do have alot of cabo brides on...we also have alot of cancun, riviera mya brides but they are not as chatty as the cabo brides...except for jacki...looks like she is going to get married on the caribbean side as well.

today's lottery winner is....SARAH (aqharider)!!!

we did photobooks because we got married in march. wish i could be more helpful...my parents do not want anything because they already have so much...they just prefer to do stuff with us...so what about having them over for dinner to watch the wedding vid, then have a copy for them.

Happpy, happy Birthday to you!

kashmira found a great source for free wedding websites...if you do a search in the "website, std's, invitation" section you should be able to find it. http://bestdestinationwedding.com/f/...read.php?t=679 http://bestdestinationwedding.com/f/...read.php?t=749

Quote: Originally Posted by TAMMYM Yeah everyone other then me.. :-(((( oh well, what else can I do with my points other then lotto.. lol you can buy people gifts

there is another bride here (jendhill) that is a melia bride...maybe she will see this post and can help. also, the first step is to have your TA contact them. Usually this will put them back in line.

welcome lisa!! let us know how we can help!

Hi Courtnie, welcome the the forum...let us know if we can help in any way.

it really depends on what you want... vistaprint has cheap stuff but cute... i love this place where i got my invitations.. http://www.paper-source.com/

awww...stephanie!! that is such a sweet story!

great info jen and thanks for posting an avatar...love seeing everyone's face

there is a freebie, sell, section where you can post it...take some pics and when you will get married...set a starting price...set an auction time and have people PM you their offer...or let a few people "rent" it from you.

Todays winners (and they were the biggest jackpots yet!)... for the daily lottery...Jackie (Ryjaxs19 ) and the weekly lottery goes to MariaElena (Mariaelm)!!

Quote: Originally Posted by JPMO Ok I've been waiting... did I miss a post somewhere? Are the pics up? she posted a review and a few pics...pics in the pics folder...review in pf

jennetta, if you sell it you can have an auction...

great job jennetta!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by akh How can I find out more about this lottery (I am new to the site)? I suppose I could just start digging, it's got to be here somewhere ... ! its silly...its just for pts...the instrux are in the first post of this thread... to find the lottery, go to the "vbplaza menu" link..

welcome marci... we have heard peter hatton is great as is lazy gourmet...not fans of WIP but oh well...have you heard of lovely weddings? they are newer WC.

this review is from tripadvisors. ========================= My husband and I were married at EDR on October 7, 2006. We were at the resort from October 3-13 and just LOVED the place. I have traveled a great deal and while I knew I would like the place, I never imagined I would love it as much as I did. From the second we got there, the staff worked to make sure our stay was perfect in every way. This place is heaven on earth Food: We loved the food. Our favorite was the Italian place, but we really did like every place we went and we REALLY loved room service. It was fast and always really yummy. At dinner, things tend to be a bit slow but that is sort of nice when you are on vacation. You just sit back and relax and they bring you all this beatiful food. The portions were sometimes small but if you order all the different courses that are offered, there is no way not to be full and they will always bring you more. The staff in every place we ate would bend over backwards to please each and every person in the place. We has no trouble getting reservations at the places we wanted to eat at. We did make them early and we did not mind that process at all. Knowing that each night we were going to eat at a different place was something fun to look forward to. Room: We were in a swim up casita. It was just out of this world. Because it was our wedding we went all out and did not mind spending the money. We had wedding guests staying in all different room groupings though so we really go to see what the differences in rooms were. All of the rooms were so very nice. I would have been happy in any of them The biggest difference in the casitas is the pool system rather than the rooms themselves. The casitas do have outdoor showers and are bigger but the really nice part is having the more private pool that goes along with each casita section. For each group of 15-20 casitas, there is a pool that goes along with them. Each of these pools has their own swim-up bar and we had soooo much fun in this pool. we met wonderful people who were also staying in our casita section and just really loved how nice it was to just sort of fall out of our room and into a pool that was tons of fun but not in any way overrun with people. I may have loved the main pool too, but because we loved our pool in the casitas, we never went there. It was also nice having a relationship with the bar tender in your pool area. Over our 10 days, we got to know our bar tender well and he really took care of us (Julio ROCKS!!!!!!). He knew which music we liked the best and he knew the drinks we liked and he made sure we never had an empty glass. We were in the 28 section of the casitas so if you want Julio, that is where you will find him. The only thing that we did not love is that from the swim up casitas, you can not see the ocean. You can hear it, but because you are on the first floor, there is no ocean view. From the second floor casitas, there is a great ocean view. Wedding: The wedding saff at the resort worked super hard to make sure that everything on our day was perfect and it was just that, PERFECT. I got my hair done at the resort and I loved it and I loved the flowers that I ordered as well. Everything was taken care of and done just how we had asked. We were thrilled. This has gotten too long so I will stop now, but I just have to say, this place is amazing. We loved it and so did all of our wedding guests. It was really a great place with a wonderful staff.