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Welcome and Happy Planning

Quote: Originally Posted by mauraw i posted somewhere else on the forum earlier today about how we LOVE our wedding window site. we get so many compliments and people are always telling us theyre so impressed with how beautiful it is. and it was SO easy to set up, and we even did our own domain name through godaddy instead of through wedding window. it was super easy and a little more cost effective IMHO. Yep, we are building ours on wedding window and like mauraw said, buy your own domain and try not to pay more than 10.00/yr. (bought ours for 6.00/yr)for it, that way you own it when your wedding window contract expires.

This is a great thread. Thanks for starting it. Anybody find any of those cheap (inexpensive) drawstring backpacks. I think my guest can take them on the excursions. And now I have to go scout out all my target stores for those books. Thanks again.

A very special from another future costa rica bride. Please take lots of pictures. When you say green, do you mean a green colored dress or green as in made from eco friendly material? Either way, I think that would be unique. Are you having BM's. If so, what color will they wear? I watched the martha stewart show when she had two designers (famous, but I can't think of their names right now) who did a 'something' graduated light blue dress. You could barely see the blue. The show is probably still in reruns on the the FLN channel. I would suggest that if you have BM's, that your dress is distinct enough so that no one thinks your one of the bm's coming down the aisle.

Thank you for your review, it's so helpful. And your dress....well it was the perfect destination dress. Working on making my destination wedding in Guanacaste area of Costa Rica. And I have a few (well, a lot ) of questions. You mentioned how much the photographer cost. Do you mind giving out the videographer's price? Did you ever get the DVD back? Did it turn out like you thought it would? How many photographs did you get in the photographer's package? Were his pictures digital? Thanks in advance for all your help.

from another Chicago Bride!

Congrats and . Happy Planning

Congrats and Thank You. You mods have made planning so much smoother.

Check out the post by JanaBrook (sp) around Oct 12th 2007. She linked the powerpoint monogram version. Check out some of the earlier threads. They are very helpful.

This is a great thread, I will have to remember this when booking. I am going to call my TA to verify the prices quoted for my guest are accurate. I would hate for them to think it's one price and then get another one on their statements when they get home. Thanks again.

Well, they look great. I just assumed I read something wrong when I saw the later pages had the dates of 2008, so I'm sure your guest will be so taken with how beautiful they are they wont notice it at first. They will probably figure it out as a snafu (before your phone starts ringing off the hook). Atleast you can laugh about it.

Welcome and happy planning from another Chicago bride.

Welcome. I can't offer any insight on the location or vendors, but the other post are definetly correct. You can find great ideas in the invitation forum on your save the dates. If you are crafty, I would suggest enlisting your crafty friends to help out. To save time I used already folded cards from my local paper source in Chicago, but there are a lot of paper places online. After I had bought a stamp for the front of the passport, a friend told me that she had a monogram stamp made for her personal stationary at a store like office depot or staples (but I think it takes a week to get). So you could buy a stamp (maybe linked hearts)at a craft store. Then stamp the front and emboss it to raise the stamp. For the words like 'passport', I bought a clear stamp with a set of Martha Stewart letters. If you don't know how to emboss they will show you how at a scrapbooking store...but be warned it's addictive. I will try to post mine, but until I figure that out, there are great ones to be inspired by on the forums. Good Luck, you can do it.

My friend got married in Miami at a hotel on the beach and they had the wedding out by the pool ( I can't remember the hotel but it's part of the Marriott chain) and it's farther down the beach. As for PR, I liked it but it reminds me of Miami, I stayed at the Sheraton? near the area where the cruise ships port and there was just so much going on. A club right outside our balcony, great if you want to hear music but we had just left there because we were tired and wanted to go to sleep. The good thing is no passport is required. I would suggest maybe looking at hotels that aren't that close to the ports if you are looking for something more relaxing. Hope my rambling helps.

I was trying to decide between Punta Cana and Costa Rica (two places I haven't been). We were leaning toward Dreamsand then I saw some pics of a new resort someone posted on here. I think it was Eden H. It looked pretty cool and contemporary. I think my guest would have liked it. I'm not sure of the prices, though. Sorry, probably added to your research/stress

Thanks for all the welcomes and replies. I love it here. Leaning toward Costa Rica(it's lonely on that thread) Well now all efforts are on figuring out all the details for Costa Rica

Welcome from another (leaning toward) Costa Rica bride. Are you getting married at a hotel or off site?

Welcome, this board is full of useful information. It may take a while, but you've come to the right place. I'm doing an all inclusive with options for guest to choose other hotels. Sometimes when booking packages the airline/hotel will throw in a free wedding. We were going to use Nwest but we have a travel agent that got better pricing for our guest and they can call her with questions :-).

A Happy Welcome from another newbie

Welcome and Congrats from another newbie!!!

Hello all: Came across this site while searching possible wedding destinations... and well I think I overloaded on tripadvisor. Just when I think I want to go to Costa Rica I see that most people here loved Cabo. Are there any hotels(beach fronts) in Cabo where you can swim in the ocean? I read on another post that they were able to swim at the Hilton? FH only request was that he be able swim in the ocean. This site is full of post so it looks like I have a lot of reading to do... Arrgh Thanks, TandyJ