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Hi everyone, Hubby and I got married Feb. 2 2010 in Cozumel and we are having an at home wedding celebration party in July for those who could'nt come to Cozumel (and those who came too !!) I am struggling with what kind of gift we could give to our guests at our AHR. We are having an outdoor, tropical theme party at a campgound.....any ideas ladies also any ideas on activities we could do at the party...starting at 2PM ending at ....? My creative juices are running low after spending months on DIY invites, OOT bags etc for our actual wedding and I knew this was the place to come to get ideas for our AHR. Thanks for your help, Julie

Haven't been on here for a bit...wow so much to catch up on....Add me to the list please.... Julie and Rob - Grand Cozumel Jan 31 - Feb 14 wedding Feb 2

Hi all, Been awhile since I posted, another February 2 2010 bride here....29 days !!!! argh. I am trying to find words for sand ceremony so if anyon has any ideas out there please email me at [email protected] My list is pretty much complete, but I know I will have forgotten something. OOT bags done, flowers chosen, ohhhhh forgot, CD's to burn yet, also making a small currency exchange card to add to OOT bags. Gotta get hunney's pants hemmed and pick up my dress on the 22nd. I wanted to get our rings engraved but couldn't think of anything "catchy", "special" to put on them, his in particular. Another thing I'd like to do and if you ladies have any ideas, templates, etc I'd love to hear from you, is a welcoming note with ideas on activities, maps, for your info stuff etc. We are staying at Grand Cozumel, so if any of you ladies can help I'd really be most appreciative. Should have come on here sooner to ask for help, but just started back to work after an injury had me laid up for 9 months and now it's all coming up so quickly. Julie [email protected]

Hi all, Been awhile since I posted, another February 2 2010 bride here....29 days !!!! argh. I am trying to find words for sand ceremony so if anyon has any ideas out there please email me at [email protected] My list is pretty much complete, but I know I will have forgotten something. OOT bags done, flowers chosen, ohhhhh forgot, CD's to burn yet, also making a small currency exchange card to add to OOT bags. Gotta get hunney's pants hemmed and pick up my dress on the 22nd. I wanted to get our rings engraved but couldn't think of anything "catchy", "special" to put on them, his in particular. Another thing I'd like to do and if you ladies have any ideas, templates, etc I'd love to hear from you, is a welcoming note with ideas on activities, maps, for your info stuff etc. We are staying at Grand Cozumel, so if any of you ladies can help I'd really be most appreciative. Should have come on here sooner to ask for help, but just started back to work after an injury had me laid up for 9 months and now it's all coming up so quickly. Julie [email protected]

Excellent. I am ready to start my list now !!!

Congrats ad welcome to the forum. I too got engaged at Christmas...2008 tho and our wedding is planned for Feb 2 2010 in Cozumel.

We were in Cozumel Jan 28 to Feb 4 2009. It is a lovely island away from all the hub bub of busy cancun. Major cruise ships dock here so staying in the downtown core area is much livlier than staying say 15 minutes up the road. Not much night life except in the downtown area. Very safe. I found the beaches to be much nicer further away from downtown. OGC is about 15 minutes or so from cozumel airport and downtown area. Taxi's or rental car easily available to go into town from resort and /or tour around island. Have been to Dominican Republic numerous times, Jamaica and Bahama's, I enjoyed laid back atmosphere of Cozumel. I do enjoy bartering tho and found this did not happen on the beach or at the resort at all.

Hello... We are getting married February 2, 2010 so needless to say we have had plenty of contact with Ricardo Torres the wedding coordinator. He is usually quite good at responding fairly quickly (within a week) to emails I find. Unfortunately I can't answer your question re catholic priest, but I can agree that the flower prices are ridiculous. I sure hope they are nice. I actually decided to get the bridesmaid bouqet instead of the bride bouqet, as it was half the price, I don't have a bridesmaid, and just can't see paying such a high price for flowers that end up wilted or we end up leaving at the resort. We have 13 people booked for a beach wedding...at 5:30 PM as I requested a sunset ceremony. I just hope it does not get too dark for pictures. I too was not terribly impressed with the recommended photographer, kind of amateurish I thought. I have a friend who is a photographer (not wedding mind you)who has offered to take pictures and I am giving all my guests a disposable camera and asking them to take candid pictures throughout the day and ceremony. We have booked the Mexican trio so I hope that works out. Have you been to the resort before? We went there last January for a time share presentation (I know...got suckered....) but silver lining was our original resort choice was undergoing major changes so we decided not to book and at least had a fairly good idea of the layout of OGC. Rooms are really nice and large, grounds beautiful, staff very friendly, had lunch at beach rest. which was very good. Anyway, glad to see another OGC bride on here, thought I was all alone ;-(((

Alas...I don't have enough points to open. Can someone send me the template pretty pleeese. [email protected]

I'm new to this forum. Getting married February 2, 2010 in Cozumel Mexico. Any brides here getting married in Cozumel? This is a second marriage for both of us, but a first destination wedding.

Another February bride here girls....I share February 2 with Susie Q. This is 2nd marriage for us. We are getting married at 5:30 PM on the beach at Grand Cozumel. Now here's my question, even tho my hunney and I were actually in Cozumel at this same time last year, I cannot for the life of me remember when the sun started setting I would like about 1/2 hr after ceremony for pictures....will a 5:30 start be too late? I see you are from Ontario Susie Q, me too, where are you departing from and when, maybe we will be at the same airport? we are leaving Jan. 31 from Toronto. Looking forward to a few more chats before the big day !!!!

I'm a Cozumel bride, looking to book for February 2010 at Occidental Grand or Holiday Village, have you made any decisions or contacts yet? I'd love to share any info. Julie

I'm from Whitby Ontario and I've just started planning my wedding. My fiance and I were vacationing this past January in Cozumel and decided we would like to get married here also. I have the same kind of requests as you so I would love to hear any of the replies you may receive. We are thinking Jan or Feb 2010.

Hi Erica, Congrats on your lovely wedding. I am so glad to read the new reviews on here. I had put wedding plans on hold for awhile as my first grandchild was born in May and had some complications. All is good now and the plans are just about to start again. We have already "reserved" our Symbolic ceremony at Grand Palladium Punta Cana for Dec. 5 2009. I have had minimal contact with Isyuney but she has eventually answered most of all the questions I have had. It's reassuring to hear this appears to be a common theme but that that everything turns out well once at the resort. As this a second time around wedding for Rob and I, we are trying to go low key. We don't expect many guests at all so hopefully we won't look silly with 4 or 6 chairs for our guests. I'm sure we could hook a few vacationers to sit in as guests lol.... We have also been to the resort before so feel comfortable knowing what is available and the general surroundings. The one thing tho that I didn't get a chance to see while we were there was the gazebo. Is it near the beach at all? I want to go for a beach ceremony like yours, but didn't want the photo's to include any stray vacationers so it was nice to hear that they made efforts to alleviate this. Was the price quoted to you by Isyuney, apart from the extras you chose, accurate and did you pay it upon your arrival? Anyway, I'm sure if I have any more questions, I will be writing you, but again thanx for the review and post more pics please ;-))))

Julie and Rob: December 4, 2009 - Grand Palladium Punta Cana

Have you managed to get any more info from Isyuney? I have written to her about 6 times each timne asking 2 or 3 questions. She has always replied, albeit anywhere from 1 or 2 days to 3 weeks later, but only answers 1 question and sneds me the attachement for the Vow Renewal Package. (We are having a symbolic ceremony) The page she sends has very little info. I have asked about info and prices on photograpy and also info and prices on any extra costs for options...or are there any other options? I have asked about where we would have our wedding dinner and if there is a minimun number of guests required to reserve...these are the questions that have gone unanswered. Do you have any more info you could pass on to me? I haven't been able to get a direct quote on the price of this package either, other than what is on the attachement she sends me which is dated 2007.....argh !!!!!

Would you mind sending me a copy of the pics she sent you? I can't imagine having nothing to go on until we arrive. I too just have a "yes" your date is saved, but nothing else. I want to start making STD's and invites, but I'd like more info on the packages at Gr. Palladium Punta Cana

Are you saying the WC for the Bavaro section is different than the WC for the Punta Cana or Palace Section? I've have sent a few emails back and forth to Isyuney and have managed to confirm a date...April 16, 2009, but all my other questions as to pictures, locations, flowers, meals, extra's, etc, have basically gone unanswered. If you have ANY other info I would LOVE to receive it. We stayed in the Punta Cana Section last year, and would be very happy to return there. A TA with whom I have had some contact with has given me prices for pckgs to Palladium Bavaro, but nothing on Punta cana Section yet. So any TA's out there who might be able to get this info for me I'd appreciate it. Flying from Toronto, Fri, Sat or Sun departures, April 10, 11 or 12 2009, 1 and 2 week stays. Thanks for any and all info.

I had stated in the subject of my emial Symbolic ceremony and also repeated this in my email...I'm hoping she just overlooked this. I was able to tentatively book our date at Paradisus Punta Cana, but regretfully have come to the conclusion that it's out of our price range, never mind our guests. (We have 5 kids between us and would love for them to attend, but none of them are in the money so to speak. We'd have to "help" them all.) Anyway, thank you ladies for your reassurances, I'm sure all will work out in the end.

Just thought I'd share this email I received while requesting information on a "symbolic ceremony" at Grand Palladium Punta Cana (1 of 3 resorts in 1) I can't seem to copy and paste, so here is the email word for word..."quote" Thanks for your kind message, it is always a pleasure to know we have been selected as destination. We inform to you that the Judge for the moment is not booking any wedding for 2009; however we have your request and we will be contacting at the Judge, as soon as we get any information we will contact you. Please for any additional information do not hesitate to contact us again. I know I don't need a judge for a symbolic ceremony, but wondered what this is all about...no judge being available for 2009....?? Is this just for this resort?

I love your STD's !!! Someone already asked, but pleeese tell us where you got the palm tree cut out.

Looking for a TA in Durham Region (Ontario)to help with a small wedding in Punta Cana April 2009...anyone have any suggestions?

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Nice job. I'm just getting more and more ideas on here from all you crafty ladies. Hope to post some of my creations on here soon

I'd love to hear about any of the above info Otis requested. I'm booked for April 16, 2009 at Paradisus Punta Cana now I just need to figure out how to make one pof those little bannaers that goes on the bottom of my posts