A10CalGal

Congrats on your engagement & planning your wedding in Cabo. We want details!! Oh my gosh, I just realized you are in Morgan Hill! My FI & I are living in Salinas. TOESNTHESAND is in Santa Cruz.

Quote: Originally Posted by TAMMYM Hey Sarah, did you pay with your credit card in downtown area? I'm not so concerned with paying by credit card at the resorts but I'm not so sure about the smaller business. Tammy, Most businesses (restaurants, marina vendors, shops) will accept credit cards. The good thing about using a CC is that your CC company charges you based on the official exchange rate on the day of your purchase. Also, you will find that most places list their prices in US dollars. I never felt like I had a problem any of the times I've been to cabo with being "ripped off" due to exchange rate manipulation. I would just check the exchange rate before you go. Today the rate is $1 = 10.927 pesos. It generally stays between 10-11 pesos per dollar.

Good eye Tammy! Both Tasha & I are using similar colors. The only thing w/votive style candle holders is I think we might have a problem w/the candles getting blown out. I was originally thinking of doing votives, but am now thinking of making small luminarias for the tables. I got this idea from a knottie, can't remember her name. I would do mine w/velum in aqua blue.

Jill, This is your opportunity to decide how you want your wedding to go down. For us, if we got married at home, it would have been rediculous - probably 200. I simply did not want a wedding of that size, and I really just want to have close friends and family involved that contributed in some way to our relationship. We chose a destination wedding for several reasons: 1. We wanted an intimate fun way to get our families together in the same place for a weekend. My fam is in Cali and his is in Arizona - Cabo is a nice meeting point. 2. We didn't want to have the obligatory invites - i.e. we didn't want strangers at our wedding. 3. We wanted to get married on the beach. 4. We wanted to do something non-traditional. So my advice to you would be to sit down with your FI and talk about what kind of feel you want at your wedding. Then use that as your guide when deciding who to invite. I will say, once you start sliding down that slippery slope of inviting people out of guilt, it can get really out of control! We've had to check ourselves a couple times in this process. I hope this helps

Congrats girls! Hey Sarah - you wanna go to Vegas with me & do some gambling? You are en fuego!!

Hello Maria, welcome. Yay, another March bride! You join myself & Tasha (NAMUMBAH) as March 07 brides. Where are you getting married??

Hey SuzyQ, welcome to the board. In Mexico you will definitely not have a problem finding a Catholic church to get married in. You did not mention your denomination, so I'm not sure if that helps you out. And as far as being overwhelmed, we can all totally relate girl! I would seriously reccomend taking a chill pill for a while & just let the engagement sink in - take some time to enjoy it for a bit, if you can, before embarking on the planning process. I only offer this advice from experience.

Tammy - you totally do not need to exchange your currency. Both US dollars and Mexican pesos are accepted every where in Cabo. You will end up w/pesos because every time you pay in cash, you generally receive change in pesos.

Quote: Originally Posted by gkashmira Christa - That a good idea about maybe adding a line to the RSVP card too. I was even thinking about having some of the free business cards from VistaPrint printed to match the invitation (which I haven't chose yet). and just say to go to our website to RSVP for the events and see details of the RD. I think that could work... this is where I could also put in a space to write in everyone's RSVP code... I should email Maye now that I've made a decision to line up BC! Has anyone eaten there before? Yes, check the Baja Cantina thread, someone just posted about having eaten there recently(can't remember who?).

Kash - I vote for the more casual atmosphere of Baja Cantina (or something similar) for your RD. It will definitely give people a better atmosphere for getting to know eachother as opposed to a structured sit down dinner. That's pretty much why I chose to do the more casual format. I am also happy with being able to provide that cool beach side atmosphere with a taco bar & 2 hours of open bar for right around $2K for our anticipated 40 guests. As far as notifying people...I posted it as an event on our website. I am working on invites this month and plan to put an insert in our invite regarding the rehearsal dinner. I think I will add a line to our RSVP card specifically for the RD. That's the plan anyway.

Quote: Originally Posted by MARIAELM I know you've seen plenty, but here are more pics posted from a friend. You can see the rehearsal dinner (at Damiana), the food at the Hilton reception, more of the Hilton hotel, bonfire, etc. Also, there are 3 camera's worth of photos (see links at top). http://www.iroli.com/pers/pix/davema...1/default.html Plenty? Are you joking MariaElena! It's great to see all of those shots. Thanks again for sharing!

Quote: Originally Posted by TAMMYM Hmm but I bet they would let us use them for a few dinners.. I should check them out before I leave next week. I forgot all about them. Yes Tammy, you should DEFINITELY look into using the vouchers since you have such a small group. I bet you can do it, just don't say anything about it being a wedding party.

Wow...that is some very sexy photography going on there. Were there any pics of them actually getting married? I guess you can do stuff like that when you are both fitness model-ish. Damn!

Quote: Originally Posted by jajaworski Hello all! We were engaged on 12/10/05 We will be getting married at coyaba (ceremony & reception) Save the dates sent out months ago, everyone booked (about 35 people), bridesmaids dresses done, all stuff for welcome bags done. Waiting until after the holidays to get my dress. There are alot of girls on here getting married in Mexico, I guess thats the new hot spot. Best of luck to everone. Wow, you are on top of it girl! Good job.

Welcome Amy! I am a Cabo bride and I am using Maye Cortinas as my coordinator. I have arranged a lot of the big details myself and am using Maye to arrange our rehearsal dinner, flowers & misc decor, musicians and provide day-of coordination.

Welcome Ciena! I agree w/Tasha, the Esperanza is a fabulous venue for your wedding. This board will be very helpful for you.

Quote: Originally Posted by EDYTA lol the bride is wearing mine and Christa's (A10CALGAL) wedding dress...guess its a very popular dress...but the pics r beautiful Hehehe...I had forgotten we had the same dress. Oh well, at least we know it looks good in pics.

Quote: Originally Posted by EDYTA k someone still has to fill me in on this whole lottery thing...I want to be a part of it 2 Edyta, There is a daily lottery & a weekly lottery. To purchase lottery tickets, go to the vbPlazaMenu in the green bar above, click it & select Lottery. From there it will take you to a screen that offers you a choice of buying a daily or weekly lottery ticket. You should be able to figure it out from there. Daily tickets are 50 points & weekly tickets are 100 points. Yes, definitely join in! We need to gang up on Sarah

Thanks for the reminder Tammy! I was just preparing a note to all of our guests regarding booking their rooms if they plan to stay with us at Cabo Surf. I will include your blurb in the email. I can't believe how quickly this is coming up!

WOW Ann & Natalie! How fun that you guys live right down the street. What a trip.

Great resource!! TammyM- if you see this, they have green leaves on this web site...maybe you can get a better price than $6each??

Yeah, wow! We can't wait to hear how it all goes for you!

I voted for >$2001...my dress is bought & paid for at $2400...I'm not sure how much alterations will add. GULP!

Hello Jill. I'm a big Jamaica fan, I've been there 3 times. Where will your ceremony be, at Coyaba?

Congrats, best wishes & party on sister!!