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Welcome Sunny, I'm another Caletas bride (of the past)! You'll find great help for your sis here )

Quote: Originally Posted by JaimeLynne I got an email from Nicole today and it looks like we are on!!! Thankfully they are going to let us pay our deposit in June and she just said if anyone else shows interest in that date they'll let us know and go from there. Sounds like we're a GO though!!!! P.S. I find it a little odd/disturbing that our "other" WC has not contacted us ONCE since we met up with her. I've sent her at least 2 emails since then and NADA. We wanted to use her to organize our WD but I'm not sure that's going to happen now... This just shows how exemplary the staff at LC is and why we have decided to have our ceremony there. I can't even count the number of emails I've received from both Nicole & Kelley since our site visit. Yay! That is disturbing that you haven't heard from them, as far as they know you're still interested, right? That scares me ...good thing you've moved on. Do you know where you want your WD? I'm just throwing this out there because Bill is fabulous to work with and very attentive. I had coordinators approach me after an online inquiry for PV restaurants, and they were going to charge me to to what we did ourselves in the end. You wouldn't need to hire an outside coordinator to set up something amazing here: (I know I always push this place but the food/views/price is right) Barcelona Tapas - Puerto Vallarta Restaurant - Barcelona Tapas [email protected]

Some people feel outside guests should never have to pay the day pass. My feeling on the day pass is that they should know from the start that you stay at "x" hotel with us there is no fee, you make your own arrangements there is a day pass fee. In your case, the hotel you are at is pretty pricey so the odds of everyone staying there are slim, I would only pay that much to attend the wedding of my brother or someone really close to me. Luckily I didn't have this issue since I didn't have a resort wedding, but I really think you have to suck it up and pay for it at this point. Sorry ( I still don't get karma 100% but here is some info http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t784

Quote: Originally Posted by chrisnessa How much drinking we did and still stood. Yes, I think they have a magic drinking fairy there because even my guests remarked they had never drank that much tequila and not felt sick or passed out...lol Not to mention tequila on the boat ride home...how crazy is that? Quote: Originally Posted by Feb14Bride How hard Nicole (and Kelly now too) worked to make our day special - just for us. Nicole really made us feel as if it was the only wedding they had there (at least I felt that way). It was so hard to imagine that they had a wedding the very next day - and would be doing the exact same things for that couple, and the many couples to follow. They really made us feel like we were the absolute, most important, and only ones there. Sorry, I'm not explaining this very well, but they just make you feel so special! I absolutely know what you mean! I felt the same way )

Quote: Originally Posted by LadyP Thank you thank you. Ok LA girls we if we have another meet up because he gets the part. Everyone has to eat the blue cheese filled olive. LOL Well you don't have to twist my arm! LOL That's awesome Catherine! All of his hard work out here is paying off fast. *fingers crossed that he is exactly who they are looking for*

Gosh that's tough since you already sent everything out. So I'm guessing your guests don't know about the day pass fee? I don't think you should spring that on them now so if you go with this place you'll have to pay that for them. If you move the wedding to another resort, they'll still be flying in to the same place, right? So that's not a huge deal but you need to find out asap. I don't know if any resorts don't have the day fee there, but look around asap. Good luck!

Cool picture Amanda! Lindsay I guess we both stalk the VA website, I just found it this morning..haha I bet they do a great job with Cabo weddings, plus their excursions in PV are top notch so I bet their Cabo tours are too. Maybe one day there will be a Cancun Adventures...lol

Hi Christina! It's Jamy...glad to see you here! There is tons of information )

Quote: Originally Posted by LC_Rachel No Jamy I didn't mean to make it sound like YOU made it sound easy. The article did but since Morgan proved it was a spoof then I guess there is not need to argue with a silly article. haha. But even though it's not a REAL article, that thought process did exist in the '50s. That's just more of an exaggerated version. I know, I wanted to clarify just in case someone else thought so. But you're right, the thought process was there in the 50s.

Quote: Originally Posted by IrieBride08 Jamy, I do agree with your points and in my heart and hope to cater to my man once I'm his wife. (With the exception of "his topics of conversation being more important than mine" and "you have no right to question him".) But, I have to say that for now, I am SOOOOO spoiled! If we're both all curled up and comfortable on the couch and I ask him to bring me a cup of water, he will get up and bring it to me. I think this sweet part of him is a large reason why I love him so much, because he's such a big, tough guy (He's such a caveman!) who is willing to cater to me in countless ways. We tease each other because I rarely cook for him, (We don't live together yet.) but he cooks for me all the time. I do plan to cook once we're married! I think it would blow his mind if I started being "more domestic". Teehee!! You mean we have the right to question them? lol j/k Yeah that is ridiculous! There's nothing wrong with him doing those nice things for you! He sounds like a sweetheart )

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan If it makes you feel better, the article is fake. I had it emailed to me a few month ago so i looked it up on spoofs. it's not a real article from the 50s. Haha..now that's funny! I still feel the same

Yep, a few generations ago there was no balance. Staying home with the kids is a full time job, you're right. I hope I didn't sound like I think it's easy, sorry if I did. I guess I don't think of it like I have to dote on him, I want to. And he doesn't expect me to and is very gracious, that is an important component. Maybe if I have kids and stay home I won't be so into him, but I hope I never lose this feeling. 50/50 is the best, works for us too )

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMrs.L I work full time and have a part time job that I go to after work doing massage therapy. So, he knows to not expect any of this from me. If I was a stay at home mom, yes, the house would be clean, and dinner ready. Yep, you're exempt....lol

Quote: Originally Posted by albrosious actually, i see your point, Jamy. I do agree that it is important to listen to your man. and I do like to at least brush my hair before he gets home and I do usually make dinner, even if it is a meal-in-a-bag. so, yeah, i see your point, i will not tear into you Well you have one up on me because I probably would forget to brush my hair...lol And there's nothing wrong with a meal in a bag, shoot even ordering a pizza is great, just something he doesn't have to figure out after work. And I would want the same if I worked and he stayed home....plus fresh baked cookies Quote: Originally Posted by Jones4Me I SOOOOOOOO get that too! I like to have him feel comfortabl when he gets home. Yes I work too and take care of my daughter. But, his job is VERY physical and draining. Almost every night I offer or just give him a back rub or rub his bald head or something. I am so NOT a feminist. And, I LIKE to take care of my man. It makes me feel good to do nice things for him. I have even started making his lunch the night before about half the time (when he says yes, as I ask if he would like lunch the next day). I LIKE getting his horribly smelly work clothes clean and fresh... I like being good to him. But some of those ideas were TOOOOO much! Like my grandma's! Well yeah, it is from 1955 so some of it is silly.....like "knowing my place". I've never been good at that either. It sounds too much like him telling me how to act and that doesn't jive well with me....haha

Okay ladies, I've never been good at feminism so tear my head off if you think I'm nuts, but I actually agree with most of this! Not the let your hubby stay out all night or put on your make-up and ribbons part, but some of it I think is lacking today. Let me explain... "Modern" women have been re-programmed to bow to no man and make him cater to you, without much reciprocation. Everyone here is pretty smart, but in society in general, there seems to be a lack of respect for our men. He better buy me this, do this for me, etc. I'm not cleaning up after him, he can cook his own meals, you know the rest. If I'm home all day while DH is working, the least I can do is pick up the house and have something cooking (it helps that I love to cook). I should be happy to see him and listen to what he has to say at the end of a long work day. (not do what he says, there is a difference) Nobody wants to come home from work and be greeted with complaints or a cold welcome, and I enjoy making my man comfortable. I do, however, draw the line at make-up. What the heck do I need that for if I'm sitting in the house? LOL There should be mutual respect, and I'm sure women in 1955 didn't get that, so I don't want to go back there...lol But I think if women (in general of course) softened up a little and took care of their men better their men would take care of them better. I know many a miserable single woman who is putting out none of this and expecting the world in return. Maybe it depends on the man? Okay, let me have it

I don't know when this started, but Vallarta Adventures (the Las Caletas people) has a Cabo Adventures now! They do weddings with dolphins by your side at the Cabo Dolphin Center! The company is highly recommended by many of us, and I am so excited for potential Cabo brides that this is now an option. Wow! Look: Cabo Adventure Weddings - Get Married in Cabo San Lucas Mexico

Yes, they'll be working so they should probably stay pretty sober, right? Good idea!

Come on down Lindsay, the more the merrier! Yes, I am inviting everyone to the wedding that we are crashing! May 24th '09 you say? Mark your calendars girls....hehehe! J/K...(unless Jaime isn't cause I wanna go and Ann's baby needs to see Caletas)

Thou shall not spam, that's the golden rule...for vendors anyway...lol

Quote: Originally Posted by Jones4Me 1 - Can someone please direct me to a detailed list of rules? Again, my search is not working and I now know I can't ask for help on the shout box to find the rules. The advanced search has been working sporadically for me but it worked right now. These are the only posted rules I could find, if there are other threads maybe Ann or someone can list them: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t8853

Quote: Originally Posted by AnnR Jamy isn't joking ... but then I can travel and bring the little one along. You may end up having more guests than you hoped for! Congrats on the decision - you won't regret it! Oh, Jamy, I've had like 5+ reference emails in the past couple of weeks. I've answered them all - but it's becoming a full time job! I refer all of them here too, but not sure any have showed up yet. Oooh yeah Ann, you can bring the tike! And yeah, how do you write an email about LC that is brief? Impossible! It took me an hour to write this email, and I was rushing...lol

Welcome to the forum! I'm not familiar with that area but you'll get lots of pointers here from people who are!

With us I think it was the opposite, people ate the cake but didn't eat too much of the dessert buffet. It's not too expensive per slice compared to what I read here about other locales, but if you'd rather save the money it's no big deal to go without it.

I'm a little late, but we stayed at Dreams for our wedding. The actual wedding was at Las Caletas so I don't know how Dreams prices are for ceremony and such, but they also do have a fee for guests not staying there. I just wanted to say that it is a gorgeous property, the beach is among the better ones in the area, and it is in a private cove so there isn't a strip of hotels/people along the beach. They also control the vendors since they can't just walk from hotel to hotel like they do on other PV beaches, and the vendors are far less aggressive than I've found at other PV resorts. Happy planning! PV is great all the way around so wherever you go will be wonderful )

Hehe...don't say it if you don't mean it, because we will so be there...shoot the WC's know us, it won't be that hard to crash! LOL Nicole used me as a reference for an upcoming Caletas bride, and I got an email from this lady today. She sent me a list of questions and Will is all "Does she expect you to answer all of those?". I was like "I hope so because I have soooo much to say". LOL Love that place!