AmyInMI

Quote: Originally Posted by Jentwo Amy - your invites look awesome! I love the raffia final touch. Can you please tell me where you bought it and if online, how did you know how many bags to buy? Thanks! I just bought a package of the raffia at Hobby Lobby. I did not use much at all. A small package would be fine.

Ok, I am having a hard time keeping up with all of the requests for templates. Like I had mentioned a few months ago to those of you who PM'ed me, I have misplaced the actual files (on a zip drive somewhere, I need to find it!!) but here is a generic template. Enjoy!! std-template-pocket1.doc Template_pass.doc

Aww, I am sorry to hear you are so disappointed. I understand her church is important to her but maybe you should call her and see if there is a better time to meet instead, so you can show how important this is to you. Maybe she did not realize how much you were looking forward to the meeting. Good luck!

Quote: Originally Posted by amy706 Other questions I asked Sandra and her answers: DJ has cords for Ipods. She recommends bringing CDs- easier for the DJ. Also don't expect the DJ to emcee the event. he just switches CDs basically. He does have a microphone for speeches though or if you want someone else to jump in and announce the cake cutting,etc I am glad to hear this and happy that we decided to just rent the speakers for an Ipod versus paying $150/hour for some to hit the play button!

Here: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t7819

Hey there Amanda! I am sorry to hear you are having such a tough time with this girl. I currently work as a "tech" while I finish up nursing school and know that it can be very stressful but there are no excuses for her behavior. If I was in your shoes, I would take it up with your boss, that is what she is there for. This must be brought to her attention because this tech is compromising patient care by not cleaning them up promptly, harassing them, ect. If your boss will not maintain confidentiality, I would make HER boss aware of it. An employee should not feel intimidated to report something so important to her boss because she will not keep your name confidential. There is no reason she can not keep your name confidential! It is more than likely that you are not the first person to complain about this tech. I would assume she would act this way no matter who the nurse is, correct? Be thankful that you are non-union, sometimes it is a pain in the butt to get anything resolved when you are union because the union will attempt to protect the employee at all costs. I would just try to sit down with your boss and tell her everything that is going on. Maybe even have some of the other nurses who have witnessed this behavior talk to your boss as well. I think if you approach the tech yourself, there could be more conflict than if you have your boss do her job and talk to her. GOOD LUCK!!

I am also curious where you got your BM dresses at. We have yet to decide on ours!

Quote: Originally Posted by Olive You are the BEST! Thank you so much!! I came into work this morning with my desk full of work, my voicemail flashing, my inbox with far to many messages but thanks to you I feel GREAT! If you don't mind me picking your brain what sort of questions were on your hit list and what were her answers? Sorry to hijack the thread but I just realized your wedding is 10 days after ours, and the day we fly home! What day are you arriving?

Thank you so much for posting your review Amy!! Those of us bride's who were unable to do a site visit before the wedding really appreciate and rely on these reviews!! I just had a few questions for you: 1) Did the rooms seem musty at all when you entered them? If so, which one(s) did you notice most? 2) Which night of the week was the Mayan show? I am sure I will have a few more questions but I think that is it for now. Again, THANK YOU!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Sarah You were on my list of people to PM tonight- glad you saw this! Definitely let's get together- I'll bring my BD book. PM me and let me know when you have time Sounds good! We can always meet up at work too. I'll PM ya in the am, I am on my iPAC for school lol

Congrats Sarah!! I plan to take a look at your website and am very interested in ordering a book from you for my BD pics. Maybe we can get together one of these next few weeks and discuss it. I am so happy for you!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Sannjn Also...since we will be getting the Gold menu for our wedding dinner, that doesn't include it being private, does it? We are planning on eating either on the beach or the patio area (which looks really nice). I understand there could be people around...but it isn't really a big deal, is it? We also want to play music (via our ipod and sound equipment)...it will be ok for the beach and patio location...right? Thank you for reading and your help! Sarah Hi Sarah! We are getting married on May 10th at Dreams. We are having our reception on the Patio/Terrace area and are purchasing the Ultimate Package. If you have your reception here (from what I understand), you do not need to pay the additional $750. The $750 would be applied if you had a reception on the beach or closed one of the restruants for a private event. I hope this helps Quote: Originally Posted by jean-marcus if anybody wants to see photographs from a wedding at Dreams Tulum and get a feel for the resort i have tons and tons in a private gallery just click on Collages.net Home and username is "laura david" and password is 15095 when you are prompted for an email just make one up like [email protected] i hope you find the photographs useful Thanks for sharing Jean-Marcus! I will definately take a peek! Quote: Originally Posted by SunBride On a side note I think it's stupid that when you upgrade to a better package, you don't get anything as a reward for booking the honeymoon suite or for booking 5 rooms or more. You'd think they would reduce the price by 800$, which is the cost of the free package when you aren't eligible to get it free. This is definately true!! I specifically asked this because when we were originally looking at getting married at a sister resort in Punta Cana, they subtracted the value of the "free" package off of the other 2 packages if you met the qualifications. Ohh well! We felt that the middle package was not worth the $ when we priced it out, but the ultimate package (the one we decided on) is with the cost compared to what it would be if you purchased everything separate! Let me know if you have any more questions! Try to have patience with Sandra and Landy, they are very over-worked! I used to get really frustrated with them until Lisa and Jason and Karen came back and talked about how hard they work and how busy they are!

Yes Stephanie, you are a forum snob! j/k! I think many of the "elders" (as I once put it before) have the same frustrations! Glenda, Thanks so much for starting this thread!! HOPEFULLY we will all see the impact of it soon, I know the search issues have been a huge deal lately! I know we are all guilty of not searching a few times during our membership but now that the board is growing so fast lately, it is really important ti get this under control! Thanks again! And Jason... you crack me up!! Great post!! Now we really need to find out how to get you and Karen's wedding legalized!!

Our wedding package at Dreams includes videography so we are just using that. If you are happy with Reggie's editing skills and have 2 people who volunteered to shoot the video for you, I would just do that and save the $$ for something fun

Niceeee!! How do we order them? lol

Welcome to the forum! I am getting married at DT on May 10th! Good luck with your planning!

Hey there Jen! We actually REALLY wanted to get married here. The only reason we went with Dreams Tulum instead was because of the price. At the time, it was going to cost just over $2000 per person for the trip from Detroit (air, lodging, transfers, ect) through Apple Vacations. We felt that it was a lot of money to expect our guests to pay to come to the wedding. We really liked that it was Adults only, which Dreams is not. Let me know if you have any more ?'s!

Wow, they look great!! Thanks for posting!! What bakery did you guys use? We are thinking about just using the cake at Dreams but they can not do the seashells like I want so I either have to find somewhere local here who can make them or order the cake from an outside baker... who knows! Glenda, I like the new pic too!

Awsome!! Congrats Heidi!! I want to pay ours off so I have one less thing to worry about but Aaron is such a financial guru that he wants to keep the money in the bank and earn interest on it instead of paying it off. The balance of our trip is due March 21st. I do see his point though, there is no incentive to pay ours off yet so why not make some extra $$ on that money, right? You must feel relieved to have that paid for though! Woo hoo!!

Everything looks great Paula! Have a wonderful time!

Quote: Originally Posted by sabonner Just picked up "Spanish Phrases for Dummies" in the 1.00 bins at Target. So cute! Great idea!!

Here is a link to the new "interactive" map that Dreams posted: Dreams Tulum

Oops, double post!

I am giving 1 bag per couple or 1 per single person. We are planning to have everyone meet for a welcome dinner or drinks the first evening and we will hand them out then. I have or plan to purchase the following for my bags: Bags from Oriental Trading Co Suntan Lotion from Dollar Tree (actually smells good too!!) First Aid kits from Dollar Tree Small bottles of Tylenol from Dollar Tree Packets of Immodium from Sams Club Chap Stick from Sams Club Snacks from Sams Club Travel Candles from Michael's Crafts Beach Towel from Meijer CD of music Flip Flops (Pink Old Navy ones for ladies, brown ones from Kohls for guys) Beach Balls from Oriental Trading Co Pink Emory Board nail files for ladies from Dollar Tree I know there are a few more things I am forgetting but all my OOT bag things are at my parent's house...

Thanks for posting your review Lizzy! I am super excited to hear that you had such a great time! I can't wait for our wedding at Dreams Tulum!