LEIGH

First of all....WELCOME!!!! I am getting married at Dreams in Cancun in October...If you don't have a travel agent yet, you can pm me and i will give you her contact information....she has helped me out soooooooo much with everything! I haven't even personally spoken with the WC for dreams yet.....she is awesome, it will really allow you to have more fun with you wedding planning! If I can help, please let me know! Congrats!

Quote: Originally Posted by sydskyga Awww....I'm so happy for you guys! Congrat's and can't wait to see the pictures!!!! Nevermind...just saw your site! Beautiful!!!!

Awww....I'm so happy for you guys! Congrat's and can't wait to see the pictures!!!!

Anny~ awesome pics, and I love the water pics. it's beautiful! Sorry you had crappy weather though!

Quote: Originally Posted by cancunbride2be Ok ladies...I am getting a little bit worried here, so I am hoping someone that got married at Dreams Cancun or is getting married there can help. I have attempted to have Claudia (the wc) send me some sort of contract for our wedding at the resort. She confirmed our date and time and then said she would write me at the end of Jan. with 2008 prices and contract. I have written her a couple of emails since the last week of Jan and have not recieved a response from her. She did send me an email saying that I need to send 1/2 the amount of my wedding package as a deposit by March, but with no pricing or contract attached. I am starting to get anxious about getting everything set in stone because we want to go forward with other planning but we need to know that we are set at Dreams. How does this all work?? Should I be expecting a written contract? We've changed some of the wedding package and Claudia (wc) waived the off-site guest pass fee, so I want it in writing so there are no he said she said problems when we get there next January. I have no idea what to expect or how this all works...so I am hoping some of you can ease my mind (or let me know how to get this ball rolling)!!!!! Thanks so much everyone!! I love this site..it's always so helpful! I wanted to add the idea again of you contacting my travel agent...she is very helpful, and doesn't cost anything extra! dAnd she actually already has a lot of this information that you are missing...She will answer so many of your questions, and i think that would really help you out..on top of being one less thing for you and your guests to worry about! If you want, PM me and I will forward you her information!!!! She has been my life saver!!!! She can normally get a reply from Claudia with in 24 hours... Good luck, and happy planning!

I think that we are doing the same thing as jilly....We have a close friend that will "marry" us in cancun.

Quote: Originally Posted by jilly76 Yeah, the cakes aren't spectacular, I'd like to see if they could put a second piece on top, to make it look a little better, but I honestly don't care about the cake enough to pay more for something better. No, I booked 5 nights in the Jacuzzi Jr. Suite, because I knew I would want a larger package than just the free one, and the additional two nights were a lot of money that I could use towards the package I wanted to buy, and because we are only going to have two weeks off from work, so I wanted to make sure we had enough days at el dorado and then still had a couple of days at home before we had to go back to work. Did you book 7 nights? No, we only booked 5 nights.....I think that we have decided to just do a coctail reception and probably just rent the sound stuff from them and play our ipod....trying to decide on the dance floor.... yeah, we will not be doing the cake and toast and other stuff....

Quote: Originally Posted by jilly76 ok, heres some more things I found today in an old email from dreams Attachment 399 Attachment 400 HMMMMMM, these cakes are about as convincing as the photographer samples! Jill...are you staying the 7 nights that is required for the free package?

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Welcome!!!!! You will find tons of information on this site! Let us know if we can help! Good Luck and happy planning

Quote: Originally Posted by cancunbride2be Ok ladies...I am getting a little bit worried here, so I am hoping someone that got married at Dreams Cancun or is getting married there can help. I have attempted to have Claudia (the wc) send me some sort of contract for our wedding at the resort. She confirmed our date and time and then said she would write me at the end of Jan. with 2008 prices and contract. I have written her a couple of emails since the last week of Jan and have not recieved a response from her. She did send me an email saying that I need to send 1/2 the amount of my wedding package as a deposit by March, but with no pricing or contract attached. I am starting to get anxious about getting everything set in stone because we want to go forward with other planning but we need to know that we are set at Dreams. How does this all work?? Should I be expecting a written contract? We've changed some of the wedding package and Claudia (wc) waived the off-site guest pass fee, so I want it in writing so there are no he said she said problems when we get there next January. I have no idea what to expect or how this all works...so I am hoping some of you can ease my mind (or let me know how to get this ball rolling)!!!!! Thanks so much everyone!! I love this site..it's always so helpful! How many people are you expecting to join you two?

I'm so sorry that you are having a hard time with the resort....My travel agent has helped me out a lot with questions that I have had....I still haven't sent her a personal email because my TA does it, or already has the information from previous destination wedding..... If you don't already have a TA, I would strongly recomend it! My wedding is 8 months out, and my TA said that it's still a little early for her to start the planning details with me...If you need anything at all, please conctact me! (i'm getting married at Dreams Cancun also!) Good Luck!

Welcome! Everyone on this site will do anything to help you with your planning.....Good luck and Congrats.!

Quote: Originally Posted by A10CALGAL Yeah, I tried to use that tactic with my group...didn't work! yes, I'm using an TA, but since our guests are coming from California, Arizona & Texas, many of them are on their own in terms of finding decent airfare. Everytime I see a low fare (I am constantly trolling the net for these!) I email whomever it pertains to. At this point, I think it's just an RSVP problem. What cracks me up is that my FI's sisters, who have been married & know what this is like, still haven't sent their RSVP's although I know they are booked. HELLO, I need some numbers here people! OH well, I'm just going with it. 6 weeks!!!! yeah, I'm not expecting a lot of the rsvp's either! Just a huge relief to know they have just made reservations for the AI resort! Most of our guests are just going to do airfare later....considering that we have 8 months until the big day!!!!! yeah, the in laws are starting to get me 2! I'm just not involving them with anything at this point on! And I have NO time for negative statements about ANYTHING!!!!!

Welcome! I am getting married at Dreams and then moving over to the el dorado royale for our honeymoon! enjoy, and let us know if we can help!

OMG! I almost fell out of my chair again! thanks for the laugh!

Quote: Originally Posted by Natalie M We sent out 150 STD's I believe and we have about 70 people coming and we did it the same way, we told everyone they had until a certain date to book to get the best rate on the room. Also in my X-mas cards I also sent out a reminder and we sent out one final reminder a week before via email. It is great because now we know who is coming and even if we have a few stragglers add on that is fine as well. But for the most part we can plan our budget out correctly! Then again my FI and I are anal so that could be the reason as well! Yeah, it def helps to have a "deadline" somewhere in there! I've been kind of antsy about the OOT bags, and now after friday...will have a pretty darn good idea of how many of everything!(well, at least a better idea than before!) and we did STD's and two letters in the mail and a few email reminders....i think all of the reminders actually helped!!

Quote: Originally Posted by A10CALGAL Fantastic Leigh!! You have very good guests. As for me, my wedding is in less than 6 weeks & I still don't know exactly who is coming~! My FI's family is driving me crazy...I made him call them yesterday. SEND THE RSVP!!!! We sent out 40-ish STD's and invitations and at this point I think we will have approx 25 guests...but I budgeted for 45, so I'm good. OH, trust me....the only reason we have people already making reservations 8 months out is becuase there is a special rate that will expire on this Friday! Are you using a travel agent?

Cool website! I love looking at things that you guys post that I have never seen before!! Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by Ryjaxs19 Oh geez your making me nervous. lol. I'm just afraid 1. Dont want to hurt anyones feelings by not inviting them and 2. What if I only invite 30 people and 5 people end up booking. Maybe I should be rethinking this. Hmmm, I should probably really sit down with Ryan and devise a guest list and then start cutting it back a little. Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to make you nervous.....It was just a total surprise to hear that so many people ARE coming! And most of them are the ones that we least expected!!! It really is something that everyone should consider into their budget because now our budget is doable, but tight!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Ryjaxs19 Oh how exciting. Your lucky you have good little guests that actually get the booking thing done. Some brides are having some issues with this. I am definitly underestimating how many people will actually go, we will probably send out 75 invites and I'm really hoping the actual number will stay under 30. I'm sure you will find a way to make it happen in your budget, these things always seem to work out in the end. OH NO! Don't underestimate your guest list! I learned the hard way! All of the guest that were invited but were put on the negative side to attend are ALL coming! We have guest that have verbally commited, just haven't follow through yet!(If they don't book by friday, then they have to pay full price!)

Quote: Originally Posted by akh Well that's exciting news - how many people did you invite? At least you know way ahead of time - I am still wondering about 1/2 of my guests! we sent our about 50 invites..(maybe more...fi keeps adding!) I think that its actually a good thing that they are saving money but have to book it by friday to get the cheaper rates!!!

I didn't think that reality would hit this soon!! My travel agent had some special rates for our resort that expire on this Friday, and with that being said...We went ahead and sent our STD's so that our guests could save some $$$$$!! I think that we were thinking that about 15-16 people would actually make it, but we already have 16 people that have made their reservations!! We found that most of our guests are making this into a "vacation" while they are at it! So this means more $$ for our reception, more $$ for the OOT bags...etc.! I hope that none of you under estimate your guest list like we have!!!! Not upset, just surprised actually...and will be re working our budget!!!!

Thanks Jill! Great Website! This will be very useful for your website!

Welcome Tracey! Our Dreams Cancun brides list is growing! I will be getting married there in October.....You will find tons of great information on this board! Let us know if we can help!!! Happy Planning!