SunBride

I want to see them but I can't because I'm at my parents who only have dial-up. Will have to wait until Wednesday. I can't wait since everyone says they are so gorgeous. Are you going to post a review? Please please please

I just saw dollbird posted her photos, thought I would post it here for anyone who misses it, hopefully she will post a review too! http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t39905

Quote: Originally Posted by t777a they can turn the air on ? i thought it was unairconditioned. thank for the tip There is no air conditioning in the chapel Quote: Originally Posted by Bethanykd Hi girls! I am new here and I posted my info, but I haven't been added to the list yet... Could you please let me know who I need to get my info to. Quote: Originally Posted by thedeanerswedding Hi Bethany, I'm in the same boat - i'm not sure how to get my name posted...and i'm not sure how to find sub-threads in the Dreams Tulum thread. I feel like I am using a computer for the first time! Not sure what how to get around I am the one who updates the list. I only do it about once a month as it is a lot of work and because I have to contact one of the moderators and ask them to make the changes. But every time somebody posts their info I save it in a word document and then once a month or so (whenever I have a free 2-3 hours!) I organize it all into the pre-existing info on page 1 and then Carly (moderator) will copy and paste it in. So don't worry, your info will get posted you just have to be a bit patient. The last time I did it was Feb 26th. Quote: Originally Posted by Dreams425 Hi girls. I have an important question for those who are already married. My DW planner in the states neglected to tell us that we needed to have an apostille certification on our birth certificates. Now I'm frantic because my fiance and I are both from different places than where we currently live and your apostille certification has to take place in the state your birth certificate is from. have any of the DT brides had or not had the apostille on their birth certificate? Now my planner is saying she doesn't think we need it but the resort website says it is required and I'm panicking that I'm not going to be able to get this done before we leave on April 19th! Any advice is welcome! Thanks! No you just need a regular birth certificate. I posted that info on page 1 (section 4). The info on the website is definitely misleading. Quote: Originally Posted by Bethanykd Deanerwedding... I completely understand! I posted a general post and I got all these people telling me to go to this thread and you are the first person to say anything to me. Please let me know if you find something out on how this works! All I know is I get a bunch of emails that have nothing to my questions?! The reason you are getting the emails is because your settings are set so that you get an email everytime somebody adds something on this thread. If you don't want to receive the emails, change your settings (I think you go to "quick links" in the upper left corner and then "edit options" I can't try it now becuase I will lose what I am doing) This is a thread to a forum, people will answer other peoples questions if they know what the answer is, they post it for everyone to see because that info can be helpful for other people too. But it means there is a lot of info that may not be useful to you. It's best to come visit this thread ever day or two or three and take 5-10 minutes to read what everyone has posted and if anything in useful for you, copy the info into your wedding planner book or whatever because you may have trouble finding it again later since there is so much info. Our thread can definitely be overwhelming because we have a lot of brides posting a lot of questions and other information. That is why I created this thread and posted all the most important info on page 1. It would take forever for somebody to read the whole thread from page 1 to page 179! The more time you spend on the forum, the more you will find out how it works. Quote: Originally Posted by angruck I had a thought when I was trying to come up with decoration ideas. Everyone always talks about the tulle and other decorations they take down to tulum for their wedding. Instead of everyone taking down decorations each time, why don't people sell their decorations if someone else's wedding is close to their own and they don't need all of it anymore? That way costs are down for both and everyone isn't lugging all the stuff back and forth before and after the wedding. Anyone interested in this? We would each have to talk to each other and see who is using a color or decoration we like. I wonder if landy and anabel would hold the stuff at the hotel if the weddings are close together. People have asked about leaving stuff at the resort but unfortunately the coordinators said no because they have no space to store the stuff. Quote: Originally Posted by WisconsinBride Can anyone who has had a civil ceremony tell me how the wording is or what is said? I couldn't find the link to it on page 1. Has anyone had it done in English either? For the religious ceremony the text is posted right with the info, section 5.2. For the civil ceremony, the text is posted with the attachments under post #5 (towards the bottom of the page, right before "member contributions" section) Always remember to save the attachments, otherwise it uses up points every time you open them.

RachelAnn: were you maybe quoted 350$ for the sound system because you were going to have one of the staff member control it too? That is the only reason I can think of why they quoted you 350$ instead of 150$.

Quote: Originally Posted by sdtooley I am so torn right now between ordering my own fabric to take down with me or just sucking it up and paying the fees at the resort. The only thing that concerns me is if they do have colored fabric for the gazebo? I am not even sure what color I would like for the gazebo but if I do end up wanting it I would hope that they would be able to access it. So basically does anyone know or has anyone used the material at the resort for other things besides just the tables? Also does anyone know if they have fabric to drape on the ceiling of the seaside grille or is that something that everyone has just brought from home? Thanks ladies! I think can't wait was the first one to get the seaside grill drapped with material (check page 1, I put it under "member contributions") and the resort charged them several hundred dollars to buy the material!!!! I would definitely bring your own. It's so cheap at idearibbon .com Plus it's not that heavy to pack, although if you bring like 6 big bolts it might take up a whole large suitcase (although it might not cost too much since it's so light). When I packed mine, I pulled out the cardboard piece from the middle and it took up way less space.

Quote: Originally Posted by jennyjean7 If you use your iPod for the dinner, then all you have to do is hook it up and push play and in every room there are iPod docking stations to play it! :-) I brought our marriage license home b/c we were going to get it "Apostled" and translated here in Dallas instead of paying them the fees and waiting the months to get it back...but that's really your choice as it would cost less here at home to get that paperwork done...plus you have the license in hand So you were able to remove the docking station from the room? Other recent brides said it was wired to the wall.

Congratulations! Thanks for posting a review. What a wonderful idea for the sand castle cake! And your hair looked beautiful.

Quote: Originally Posted by Nic Dragomire Um.. I have a bit of a problem with this statement. at no point do I consider going to photograph a destination wedding a "vacation". Im a professional, with the responsibility of traveling, shooting, archiving, traveling home, and editing to deliver what I hope to be amazing photos to a bride and groom. Although I love to travel and photograph weddings, Im not really going to go into why its not a vacation. If anyone wants to know why, id be happy to respond to a PM. But trust me, if you hire a professional, there's no "vacation" involved. Although it may not be a full "vacation" for the photographer, there is still some vacation to it. I mean, you may be working a lot of the time but chances are you do still have some time to relax and enjoy the sunshine. I mean, no offense, but on the flip side of what you are saying, I have a problem with photographers saying that travelling to photograph a wedding is not a vacation at all! I guess it depends on how long you are going for and how much you are working. If you are only there 2-3 days then yet, between the travelling and the photographing there may not be much time to relax. In my experience, my photographer was there for a full week with us (travelling from Canada, it's pretty much the same price to go for a week or 3-4 days). She photographed all day on the wedding day, and a 2 hour trash the session the next day. Other than that, she pretty much only took photos of us three times, in the couple hours following our arrival, on our trip to the ruins (and she still did her own thing most of the time we were there, she just shot pictures of us for a bit of the time) and one day on the beach she took a bunch of pictures of our group. She took a couple other pictures here and there if she had her camera with her. I would say that over 75% of the vacation she had no obligation to us and didn't even have her camera with her. Now that being said, I realize that she was on this vacation alone, not with a friend, her daughter or anyone else, so it was somewhat of a lonely trip for her, plus she had no say in the location or the resort, so it's definitely not the same as a real vacation. But it would also be totally wrong to say she was working the whole time and didn't get to relax and enjoy the sunshine and beautiful resort. Bottom line I think is that the fact that the couple are paying the photographer's trip definitely has to count for something, although it's not the same as if they were giving that amount to the photographer in cash. It may not be a full "vacation" but it's probably still better than being at home! That's why there are so many photographers out there dying to do DWs. Not saying all this to attack you personally Nic. I've just read so many times photographers saying that shooting a DW isn't a vacation at all, and I guess I just find it hard to believe they don't find a little time outside the wedding day to enjoy themselves.

Quote: Originally Posted by teamtejeda *****Question on PAST NOVEMBER WEDDINGS: Was the weather nice?? I was in Cancun for New Years one year and the weather was horrrrrrrible. I was curious to see if anyone was effected by the end of the "rainy season" (( I apolgize if someone posted this but frankly I cant sit through 130 diff pages hahah to research)) I would like to have my wedding on the 30th of Oct actually.. so OCT feedback will be much appreciated as well. There are probably not a lot of November brides still around, so the best way to get the answers to your questions would be 1) go look at the list of brides and send a PM to the november ones (especially the ones who actually posted reviews, they are more likely to respond) 2) read the review of the ones who got married in November and see what they say about the weather 3) start a thread in the Mayan Riviera sub-forum with the subject "Weather in November" and ask for opinions from other November brides. The weather isn't something specific to DT so might as well draw on the experience of all brides in the area. But before posting a thread like that it would be a good idea to do a search and see if you find something similar (if you do, just add to that thread instead of starting a new one). I know one time somebody started a thread about weather and Paul Schrank, videographer from PlayaWeddings (he did my video) gave a really good description of the different seasons and in his opinion which were best for weddings.

Wow, I think you win the award for being fastest with your review, you were only married 2 days! Great review and beautiful pictures!

Wow, I think you win the award for being fastest with your review, you were only married 2 days! Great review and beautiful pictures!

I asked the mods to create a master thread on this as there were so many, and AnnR created this one: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t38173

Quote: Originally Posted by Teesha Hi ladies, Quick question...what is the etiquette on tipping now? I would've had no problem tipping anyone and everyone if we weren't being charged 10% tax and 15% gratuity on everything we are booking for the wedding. That's a 25% mark up whereas before there was none. Please help! Well tipping has always been optional (much more so than being, for example, at a restaurant in North America where it is expected). The problem is we don't know who the 15% tip goes to. If I were you, I would ask one of the coordinators how the tips are split. I'm sure the food staff will get some of it, so I wouldn't be too worried about that. I would want to make sure the coordinators get a share, so if they didn't, or if I was unsure, I would give a seperate amount to them. The good thing about tipping is that a little goes a long way in mexico. For example even giving just a 20-50$ tip to the coordinator would be very appreciated. It would probably be equivalent to more than a day's pay (maybe several days, I can't remember the exact amount resort people get paid, I just remember it's very low by our standards).

Makes me wonder if she was wearing a ski helmet. A young girl from Toronto died a week or two ago from hitting a tree. She was wearing a helmet. So a helmet doesn't protect 100% although obviously it helps a lot. I wear one and I don't see why others don't. It's comfortable and keeps my head worm. Is it really simply because it's not fashionable? There are so many people wearing them now days (when I ski at Mont Tremblant I would say a good 30% or more of skiers/snowboarders are wearing them) that it's not like you stand out when you wear one.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lulu Here are some of our pro pics from our wedding at DT in February. We hired Citlalli Rico to do the ceremony and cocktail hour and then she came back the next day to do a TTD session. We are absolutely thrilled with the pics...she was so sweet and did a fantastic job! We really enjoyed working with her...it was a blast, especially the TTD session. Here is a link to some pics... Picasa Web Albums - Lisa - Wedding Pics ... Beautiful photos! I always LOVE the work done by Claudia Rodriguez's team. (I had planned on hiring them before I decided to bring a photographer) Thanks so much for sharing.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lulu Here are some of our pro pics from our wedding at DT in February. We hired Citlalli Rico to do the ceremony and cocktail hour and then she came back the next day to do a TTD session. We are absolutely thrilled with the pics...she was so sweet and did a fantastic job! We really enjoyed working with her...it was a blast, especially the TTD session. Here is a link to some pics... Picasa Web Albums - Lisa - Wedding Pics ... Beautiful photos!!! I always love the work done by Claudia Rodriguez's team! (I was going to book her before I ended up bringing a photographer with me). Thanks so much for sharing!

Quote: Originally Posted by Denise L I am also wondering....for those past brides who have had beach receptions..where did you hold your cocktail hour? I want to have it on or near the beach but don't want to pay the extra $12 per guest to be served. What would be a good bar near the beach to hold the cocktail hour? You could have your cocktail hour at the Sugar Reef bar. There is a huge seating area that is shaded. It's a really nice bar and right next to the beach. Check out the photos on page 2 Quote: Originally Posted by t777a ok i have been in contact with annibel and she is my coordiantor. did anyone else have her? i have never heard anyone mention her just landy. There are many many brides currently using Annabel. If you check out the detailed bride list on page 1 you see which coordinator each bride has been in contact with.

I got mine at dollarama, 5 for 1$. They are just little laminating kits.

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan I love being married. I didn't think anything would change, but there is just this wonderful extra feeling of love around us. It's subtle, but there is definitly something different. Nope, nada, 100% the same as before for me!

Quote: Originally Posted by JeninVirginia I sent similair items. Paid 245 dollars to send- it got to Mexico and would not clear customs- I had to pay another 215 to send back. They opened it up and since items were from China, India they said I woud have to pay taxes on it. $1400.00 in taxes. I suggest you put it all in a suitcase. If your wanting your guests to have the stuff before they arrive do what I did. I just sent each guest their bag by fed ex and they brought all their goodies along. I'm going to quote your experience on page 1. We get this question a lot about people sending stuff in advance. I think it's best that they learn from others' mistakes!

Quote: Originally Posted by jawedding Hi! To all of the recent brides, how did you find it getting married on days when there are multiple weddings? Did you feel like you were constantly running into other brides? Was it a turn off to see so many weddings during your vacation? Also, if music has to end at 10:30.. what did you do after (and did you find that having a 3pm ceremony gave you enough time for dinner and dancing?). What time does the s un set in early january? Thanks so much ladies!! I have read in the reviews that many girls said there were other weddings the same day and they hardly noticed them. Some said that they stressed about it before hand but it ended up not being a big deal at all. I don't think anyone has complained about it, everybody was plenty surprised that it went very well. You could do a bonfire, or go to the disco. Or you could just gather at the Sugar Reef bar for more drinking and chatting.

Awesome thread! I'm sure future Couples brides will really appreciate it. I know the Dreams Tulum ladies really appreciate all the work I put into that thread and it makes it all worthwhile. This link is posted in my review of my trip to Couples Sans Souci (which I notice you posted the link to) but it may be worth having it's own link to make sure it's not missed (I know my review is crazy long and people might not notice this link to pictures). These are all the pictures I took of the resort on my trip. I took special care to take a ton of pictures of the resort during the trip, and I even put captions under each photo to explain what they were, hoping it would be helpful for future brides. Picasa Web Albums - Stephanie - Couples Sans ...

Don't worry 2bebridejamaica, as time wears on you will start to get over the wedding withdrawal. I know for me it was really bad in the first few months but now in the past 6 months or so it's died down a lot. It's resurfacing a little this more though this month since it's our 1 year anniversary.

Well for the first 6 months or so following the wedding I was sad all the planning ws over. I planned mine so quickly (4 months from engagement to wedding, and the first month and a half was spent choosing a resort so that left 2 and a half months for all the other fun stuff!) that I didn't have time to get sick of it at all. I was sad it was over. I had the two reception after so that stretched things out for an extra 3 months but it wasn't as exciting as planning for the actual wedding and trip. During that time of wedding withdrawal I threw myself into helping the Dreams Tulum brides plan for their weddings, as many of you know from having a peak at our awesome thread. It's been fun helping them as they are so greatful for my help. But my interest in that is slowly wearing off and I'm not needed as much as I used to be as the thread has really taken off and there is a huge amount of ressources (list of upcoming and past brides, reviews and pictures) to help out the future girls. I just wish there was that much info available when I was in the planning stage. (The same can be said of the whole forum, it has really taken off like crazy!) But I will continue to post a few updates in the thread to keep those lists and links up to date. We will be celebrating our first year anniversary is a few weeks. I'm feeling so nostalgic thinking back to how much fun I had last year with the planning. I definetly miss the DIY projects the most. I was VERY crafty as a kid, spending all my allowances on craft supplies. I stopped doing crafts when I was in my mid-teens. The wedding was the first time I got back into making beautiful things by hand and I loved it. I'm also nostalgic thinking back about the trip, as it was a wonderful experience to spend a week with our families (it was just mine and my husband's immediate families there, 9 of us, so it was really special). I've love to vacation with them again, I want to make it a bi-annual tradition (one year my side of the family, one year my husband's) but I can't seem to convince anyone, none of them have the money to travel or if they do they have other types of travel they would prefer rather than all-inclusives. But definitely I wish we could do a trip like that again because it was really wonderful. I have been contemplating starting a little wedding side business, either wedding planning or selling/renting wedding supplies, but haven't really done anything concrete yet and don't think I will soon, it will just stay as an idea in the back of my mind for now, along with all the other business/career ideas I have. The one wedding thing that is still left for me to do is my photobook. I am making one using Lumapix Photofusion (like Morgan!) so it's very time consuming, it takes me an hour or more per layout. I decided to use this as I hated how mypublisher and Blurb and the other programs really limit you in what you can do with your layout (picture size and position, text position, font and color, etc). But doing it all manually definitely takes longer, especially if you are a perfectionist like me. I procrastinated for a long time as I new it would be very time consuming. I started at Christmas and am now almost half done. I have been working really hard on it the last month and hope to have it done in another month or two I really gotta get it done soon otherwise nobody will ever look at it! As for personally, nothing has really changed. I find it funny that some of you find marrage to have been an ajustment or to have had changes in your relationship. For me and my husband, things are the same as before and the wedding was just to make it official. But we had been living together for 3 years already, 2 years of that in the house we had bought together, and we had been sharing our money since buying the house, so NOTHING changed at all when we got married, there were no new rules or routines to adjust to. There definitely was no "honeymoon" phase. When we got married we said it would be probably 3-5 years before we had kids. Now that I see how boring our life is, I don't really see the point it waiting too long (unless I make a career change and things take off, which I would love to do but not sure what/how). It's been a year already, I think we will wait another 6 months or a year before trying, or at least we will re-evaluate then. I can't believe how many people get pregnant asap after getting married, although I guess I am one of the younger brides (25 when I got married, just turned 26). Okay, I've babbled on for WAY longer than planned!

Quote: Originally Posted by MajikDreams Hi Everyone! Username:MajikDreams Name: Jackie Date & Time: April 11, 2009 Wedding package: Ultimate Wedding extras (and cost charged):Not Sure Type of ceremony:Symbolic Coordinator:Anabelle Number of guests: 45 Ceremony location & time:Beach at 4pm Cocktail hour location and timeon't Know yet Reception location:Seaside Grill Hi Girls! SO excited to be here - I've been lurking for almost a whole year!! You are all wonderful and have awesome information to share. It's so much appreciated! I do have a question, though =) I need to find a DJ/MC for the reception. I looked into DJ Bob (who I found in the vendor reviews page), but he's booked. I also looked into DJ Mannia who is just too darn expensive. Any other recommendations? BTW: Sunbride, you are the best! So helpful! You're like the DT guru! And your photographs are BEAUTIFUL! Wow, your wedding is less than a month away! You should have stopped lurking sooner!!! Makes me wonder how many brides we really have on this thread since I would guess that for every bride who has said hello, there are probably at least a few who haven't, so we probably really have several hundreds, maybe even a thousand brides on here! Anyways, good luck with the last minute planning.