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Thanks so much you guys.....I can't believe this has finally arrived....all these months of planning and it is here. Surprisingly I"m not nervous....slightly anxious but not nervous....we leave to go to the airport in about five hours. I'm so excited! I'll have to do my review when I return. THanks again ladies!

Hello ladies, I was wondering if you have a legal ceremony in Mexico and you go through the blood work, etc. is there anything you need to do once you get back to the states to have your marriage recognized as being legal? (particularly in New York)? I went through Maye Cortinas to get the judge and set up the blood work, paper work processing etc. Thanks so much. I leave tomorrow for my wedding on Saturday at the Westin and I had this last minute fleeting thought and was like, oh sh*&....I need to figure this out before I leave tomorrow. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much!

Thanks guys...3 weeks and counting or actually less than that now!

Hey thanks guys. I think we are actually looking at the Riu Palace. Does anyone have any experience at any of the AIs that Tammy listed? thanks

Hi, can anyone recommend any all inclusives in Cabos besides Dreams? My FI and I aren't taking a real honeymoon until about a couple months after we get married but we did want to hang around Cabos for 2 or 3 additional days beyond our wedding date. We didn't want to stay at our hotel where the wedding is as we would have already been there about 5 days prior to the wedding and also it isn't all inclusive. So, we were just looking for an economical, cool all inclusive place in cabos to hang out for about 3 days after we get married. Any suggestions? Thanks

OK, I know this is a fine time to ask this question being as though my RD is in exactly three weeks but, what exactly are you supposed to do at a Rehearsal dinner? My rehearsal dinner is at the resort that Im getting married at and we are having a buffet dinner. We have a Playlist set up so we can just run the ipod all night. What else do you do at a RD besides EAT? I thought about a slide show but I'm actually reserving that until Sat. during the reception as people are walking in. The fire dancers I'm using during my welcome party the night before (Thurs) so, I'm fresh out of ideas...we aren't giving any gifts because we purchased the attire for our bridesmaids and groomsmen. We are only giving gifts to our parents. So, what do exactly do I do at the rehearsal dinner?

Yeah, I know what you mean about getting nervous about guest booking. I was sweating bullets. My save the dates went out in September. I had like 6 people booked by December! The deadline for booking on my invitations that I sent out in Jan. was Feb. 11th. It wasn't until like the 2nd week of Jan. that the bookings started rolling in and even went like a week passed the deadline. I would say if you have a contracted deadline with the resort to make the rsvp/accommodations deadline that you put on your invitations at least a month before. My deadline with the resort was march 5th and my room block was filled probably by like Feb. 15th or so. So, I escaped that one!

Hey you guys, I actually ordered them from a small sporting goods store in my community. They do a lot of tshirt printing, trophy work, etc..... I can give you their information if someone wants it. Just PM me. Thanks

I'm sorry you guys have been having trouble with the Westin..I too suffered with that but I don't think I've been impacted that much by their slowness. Becuase of all the crap I have going on with med school now and residency (match day is this thursday and trying to move, etc. I ended up hiring a wedding coordinator in Chicago to do all of my corresponding with the Westin. Between her and my mom, things have gotten done. She's also coming with me in three weeks so I know that she'll be on top of things making sure the weekend goes smoothly. I also worked with a travel agent in the states to negotiate my group rates, etc....so, between the TA, my mom and my WC at home, they all are fiesty women and when things were slow lets just say they lit a fire into some folks at the Westin. Unfortunately, with some of my other friends who have gotten married in Mexico, they report the same sort of slowness in communication. I don't know if that is a culture thing with respect to how business is done there vs. here in the States, especially chicago and new york (where I'm hoping to do my residency) things are done very quickly and things are fact paced. Anyway, I've noticed that I haven't answered questions: DJ is DJ Joaquin...we are just using him for the reception and using our IPODs for the other events we are having. We're also using the saxaphonist. He is amazing. I heard him play when I went down for a site visit in December...He is amazing....I remember sitting at the bar thinking to myself, there must be a KennyG CD hidden and playing somewhere because I can't believe this guy is playing live...He was that good. WC is Maira Ceremony locale is the beach right in front of the pool deck....decorations are by Del Cabos Designs Cocktail hour is on the pool deck Reception is Arricefes and yes I did have to do the buy out but by the time you have 150 guest and a sit down dinner for them and alcohol you reach that buy out price....but for that amount of people, I still came out cheaper than if I would have done a sit down dinner with liquor in Chicago. Flowers: Mazarte Florals Things are crazy now with the wedding in three weeks but if anyone has any questions please let me know and goodluck gals.... I'll keep you posted with where I match next week for residency.

Hey you guys....so I'm getting married three weeks from this Saturday at the Westin and my ceremony fan proofs came back last week...I'm so excited about them I thought I would share...enjoy! We're getting married on the beach so I thought the fans would be a nice thing to have. I thought about parasols but I didn't want anyone's view to be blocked....I have over 80 guests so a ton of parasols I thought could have gotten way out of hand. Ceremony Fan Draft.pdf

"I love your dresses! There is a store in toronto right near me - mind me asking if they were super pricey?" Hey thanks guys...I'm super excited so many people like the dress.....one of my bridesmaids actually found it for me. It was kind of pricey...I ordered through a bridal store in NYC and they gave me a discount because I was getting more than 4 so it was like $164 plus tax....I didn't ship them so I saved cost there. I went to pick them up when I got them and distributed them myself.

Does anyone know of any good on line websites to look for necklaces for bridesmaids? This is the link to my bridesmaid dress below. I have 6 bridesmaids of them. Yale Strapless Dress - Siri Thank you.

Hey, I was hoping someone could give me suggestions on fun places to go to hang out with my girlfriends in cabos a couple of nights before my wedding? We're all staying at the westin los cabos and I know we probably need to head to cabos san lucas for the night life...any suggestions on a nice dinner spot and hang out places for afterwards? I leave April 1st and most of us are staying the entire week and a couple of days after my wedding on the 5th. thanks a bunch. LaKesha

WHEH!!!!! My room blocked filled and then some....Man, I was sweating major bullets....anyway gals, goodluck with your planning process....my wedding is in 4 weeks and I'll be sure to do a detailed review of everything when I get back......right now I'm just doing detailed crap like seating charts, place cards, menus, welcome bags, blah blah blah. I'm so super excited but also super stressed hoping everything will be executed according to plan! Sorry I've been MIA for a while...I have a licensing exam in three weeks for med school. Feel free to ask me any questions. Happy Planning!

Yes, the Westin only does one wedding per day...often you are the only wedding the entire weekend. That's why I chose it.