tob1kanobe

Love love love love everything - you look amazing and the pictures are wonderful.

Thanks for all the wellwishes. We had a wonderful wedding and Juan was amazing. He totally outdid himself. We have over a thousand pics. Amazing and we only did the four hour package. Sorry again for being such a slacker on here...lol...

Here it is... http://www.juancarlostapia.com/s/riu/toby/index.html I have been horrible and not on here at all - so busy with my new job but I thought some girls would like to see more pics of Riu Cabo so here it is.

love your pics - super beautiful...

Riu Cabo San Lucas - A: Riu is beautiful, the food is good and the drinks are a plenty. If you want big cups for the pool etc, bring your own. Daniela the new coordinator is great but bring all your paper work because she won't honor any previous agreements made with Adriana unless you have it in writing. The beach is beautiful and the pictures will be amazing. It was a super pain to walk up and down all those stairs for pictures in a wedding dress. I bought sandals with a big wedge heel to wear adn I am so thankful I did. The food at the Mexican Terrace was good but nothing so fabulous I will crave the rest of my life. We had to pay for the bar - totally worth it with our group because people had mojitos and vodka drinks and we drank our weight in champagne. The dj messed up our music for walking down the aisle - our MP3 player he couldnt figure out. Bryan walked to Billy Idol - White Wedding and I did too - and then we walked back up to Etta James - At Last instead of U2 - beautiful day. If this is important to you - be aware. Also, we requested a tiramisu or chocolate banana cake for our wedding cake (we paid per person for the cake since we got the basic package and it wasnt included) and got a white cake with white icing. It was gross but luckily I dont like sweets that much so i didnt care. I threw it on the beach to the puppies at the end of the night (which made my trip...i have pictures...) adn while I know the puppies probably got sick tummies, at least they were full tummies. All in all the wedding was fabulous and we had fun... oh my only other complaint is that I gave Daniela the film for our polaroid camera guest book to put out with all the other decorations and the film never made it there - so we didnt get pictures of everyone..total bummer. Pearl's Place - Ordered my dress online - it was cheap, authentic and perfect plus it came in on time - totally recommend getting pricing from them - they are in Atlanta GA Juan Carlos Tapia - A+++ so far seeing as I havent seen the pictures. He was fun and great and really into taking amazing pictures. I know they will be great and I can't wait. Can't say enough great things about him. Wright Travel Agency - Tammy (Host) A+++ she has been a dream to work with and somehow managed to be available and helpful with a newborn. Definitely recommend using her because she made the travel part easy. Renova Spa- Riu Cabo San Lucas C- My maid of honor hated her hair and mine looked like some sort of 1995 prom do with way to much slicked back etc. Luckily my friend was with us who is a magician and made us both look human and pretty. In hindsight I would have rather had done my hair myself because while I liked it and my friend fixed it - it was a waste of money. My Maid of Honor has very curly hair and they brushed it out and made it into this henious frizzball. Westin Hotel Cabo - C The hotel is amazing and truely gorgeous. THe rooms are serene and if you love architecture (I am an interior designer) this place is unreal. VEry quiet and under renovations when we were there and far from Cabo. Bad part of the hotel = Saturday we woke up and had a big buffet breakfast and then headed to the pool. I am a big drinker and live in Florida so am used to Margaritas and beers mid day in the sun. I had three margaritas in three hours and was trashed - couldnt talk and blacked out - basically, the bartender slipped a roofie in my drink. Not good. Luckily we went back to our room and slept - after two hours of sleep I woke up still trashed and thats when we realized something was wrong. My FI talked to the manager and they offered to move us to another hotel for free etc. I spent the entire night on the bathroom floor vomitting. We opted not to move hotels because it was too much work for one last night. THey comp'd all our food and were very apologetic. It worked out becasue we laid in bed the whole time and ate room service (very good) and watched movies. But ladies, beware - Mexico is where they make roofies and I guess this is not uncommon.

i made it but there is a premade one by alesso ...just google alesso, I think that Walgreens sells them...

Quote: Originally Posted by andreaz Very cool idea for the guest book! Any advice on weddings at the riu...I am getting there next may. just make sure that you keep all documents, plan on using the beach for the ceremony because its so pretty and really great for pictures, no matter what something will go wrong so just accept that the day will be fabulous but not perfect...enjoy...there is a lot of info on this site about Riu and weddings...

here are some pics we have from the wedding..primarily the decorations etc..

I promise to post more tomorrow and to write a long long review...xoxo

Taking a moment to send thanks for the shout outs and to tell everyone that it was wonderful. Juan rocked, the Riu is beautiful, The Westin is amazing and i am so glad that now I just get to relax and be married...full review when i get back -- and some dirt on my MIL's insanity right before I walked down the Aisle!!!! You Riu girls will love it and everyone else - no worries, its amazing. Hugs and Kisses from Cabo - more soon.... Toby

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Quote: Originally Posted by LC_Rachel Toby, LOVE THOSE! I want them for myself but I'm thinking I need a wedge though. Is your ceremony/reception on sand? If so, maybe I can do it to. If you can, I can right?! mine is not on the sand but there are tons of shoes that are that cute and lower heel...i'll pull some for you...

i had the same dilema and decided to get dyeables - because i couldnt find any bright shoes i liked. these are the ones i ended up with...go with what you love - why not its your wedding day.

Thanks girlies - if i don't die from exhaustion or stress it should be a blast!

Hi Girls: I have been crazy running around trying to get everything ready for our AHR and for our wedding in Cabo. And my AHR is super crazy because we are doing a tiny ceremony where our friend who is a notary is going to marry us and we will sign our legal documents. Super crazy and wild. I will post pictures when we get back. Wish me luck - less than 48 hours of single - hood before I am legally married!!!!

If you want a wedding at Riu I think you have to choose one of their packages. There are extras etc to add on. You can use your own vendors - but you have to add in the cost to bring them on site. Some girls have been lucky and havent been charged for everything but assume you will be. If you have a five person mariachi and its 70 per person to come on site - thats an extra 350 - lots of money in my opinion. The church I believe is in San Jose so if that is really important - you may want to have a hotel closer to the church - i think you are looking at a 30-40 minute bus ride. I dont know if they have a church in Cabo - other girls on the forum will be able to give you more info.

Is that exactly how many items will be on the table and their positioning? ARe you using round tables or rectangular etc? Humans like odd numbers and we like symetry. Depending on the shape of your table - you could add chocolate to give some contrast and a mirror would help too. Here is a great chocolate fabric if you want soemthing dark. Also - I liked nabumbah's table where she used ribbons to create runners - super pretty. Taylor Rental Party Plus Naples: Glamour Copper Pintuck

We leave on Oct 29th so we will miss you. All else is well with Daniela - she has been really nice and understanding since my freak out...lol...i'll let you guys know how she does. She said she has everything but I think I will email her all of my previous requests.

She has the same email as adriana - [email protected]. She is really nice and got back to me super soon. She just freaked me out because I am literally two weeks away from my wedding and now there is this new coordinator - who I hope knows what she is doing... - asking me to pay extra and all this other stuff. She emailed me saying that we were having the same meals offered at Mexicano and thats why it wasn't additional monies. Let me know know if you have any questions or if anyone wants to see the optional menu.

ok I freaked out too soon. I can still have the regular menu if we don't want to upgrade. The new planner - Daniela is nice and accomodating - she is honoring my previous set up with Adriana...whew - two weeks from the wedding and I am starting to freak out quick...lol...

Did anyone else get an email that Adriana is gone and the new wedding coordinator is Daniela? She just emailed me the menu options for our event and said that we have to select what we want - and they want to charge us per person ($35-$45)!!!!!!!!!!!! It was always included right IF you had it on the Mexican TErrace HELP!!!!!!!!!! I sent the documentation I have but I am so worried that they won't honor it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!