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So I was going to comment on Kya's first post that i quoted but then Ann and Ali said exactly what I was going to say! Great advice Ali. I think it is best to just start planning details that you want on your own. collect pic examples of flowers, tables, aisle runners, etc. so that when the coordinator does contact you, you are ready to go because you have it all ready. Kya- 4.5 months out is a LONG LONG time. As Ann said I dont think it was until about a month or so before the wedding until i really started communicating with the coordinators. Planning a LC wedding is super easy and stress free. I knew how busy the coordinators were so i really tried to not "bug" them months and months before. I would just come here instead and ask all of my minor detail questions i would get answers much more quickly here too. Oh and in regards to your FI not having his attire yet..try not to let that bother you either. My DH didn't have his suit until 1 week before we left! yep i stressed and was sort of PO'ed at him because it really was the 1 thing he HAD to do. but well he did get it done and it was fine! I am sure Kelly will get those new coordinators trained and up to speed in no time!

yes sparklers are fireworks. i am 99% sure that you can not carry those on a plane (carry or check onto a plane that is). i think your only option is to ship them

Samantha as someone already mentioned you really should use the search function on the the forum first. there is already a main Las Caletas thread. If you read through that most of your questions will probably be answered. http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/t/51931/las-caletas-couples-post-here-all-lc-brides-please-read-1st-post-red-text also you should probably read through the forum rules as well as you could get banned for starting new threads that already exist http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/t/32313/click-here-for-faq-s-and-to-learn-how-to-work-this-forum

Lesley your pics are SO BEAUTIFUL! I totally stalked your photogs blog and seeing your pics makes me so want to do it all again because it just looks SO MUCH FUN! your dress is amazing!!!! and i love the TTD pic with sand all over it! I love that you trashed your beautiful dress!!!!!!!! there is just something about sandy TTD dress pics that is so cool! Can't wait to see more TTD pics! where did you guys go in PV do take those pics? how is your dress today? pretty clean i bet?

haha! I love it! I am glad you didn't say he was some random stray, although I didn't see his fancy tie that is hilarious! what an adventure for little Coochie Flies!

great pics and I love your dress and chuppah! where did that little dog come from!?

YIPPPPPEEEEE! thanks for posting Nathaniel! although, this only leaves me with wanting to see the whole slideshow!! beautiful!

well Nathaniel and Megan how did it go?! will one of you come back and post an update PLEASE?! (actually maybe even just a quick teaser or SOMETHING!?) I am dying over here I know it was fab but I can't wait to hear the details!

Megan! did you get hitched in vegas?! I saw you posted you were there! i was going to ask you but then figured it prob wasn't appropriate on facebook haha details! you are soooooo close! woooooo!

Hello! It has been awhile since I have checked in, congrats to all the recent brides! I still love hearing your great reviews of LC when you return, oh and seeing the pics too! Our 2nd anniversary is this weekend, I can't believe it has been 2 years already! Anyway I was getting all nostalgic i think so that is why I decided to check in today our plan this weekend is to watch our wedding video and relive the memories, then next week we are heading to Playa del Carmen to celebrate! Yay Megan! you are getting so freakin close! we signed the certificate after the ceremony prob towards the end of cocktail hour. we did it after we had taken our pics. how is your planning going?!

Hello Playacar Palace brides!! I am old married BDW'er but still come around here every now and again because I love seeing all of the most recent DW pics and such, plus this site was a life saver when planning my wedding. Anyway my husband and I just booked our anniversary/vacation trip for the end of april and we are going to be staying at Playacar Palace! We love the palace resorts are excited to stay for the first time at this one! I thought I would pop in here now and see if anyone wanted me to check anything out at the resort and/or needed pics of anything, rooms, beach, pool, etc. etc. I am sure you have seen all the pics you need but if there is something you want me to scope out for you guys let me know! Also, we will be arriving at the Cozumel airport and will be taking the ferry across to Playa del Carmen so if anyone needs info on that I would be happy to share! Let me know! happy planning!

yay congrats to all of the recent brides! I never get tired of seeing videos or pics of LC you might want to read back through some of the thread about others thoughts on completely surprising your guests with a boat ride, especially if you already have over 70! Some guests might want to take dramamine, some guests might want to wear different shoes than originally planned (ex: high heels vs. flip flops), people might want to take a jacket or sweater especially with being gone for several hours, etc. the boat ride is a great feature but I would just think about your guests and the total surprise. at the very least i would suggest that you let them know there is a 45min boat ride to get to the private wedding location. that way there is still the element of surprise.

woo hoo! everything turned out great! and thanks for the shout out! can't wait to see your pics!

Asef, I know that you are new to this forum and have started several threads already. Have you taken the time yet to do a search on any of these possible locations that you are looking into for your wedding?this forum is filled with a ton of useful information on many different locations and I think that if you take some time to do some reading and research here on the forum many of your questions will be answered and you can narrow down your location choice. Also it will probably be good for you to read through these two threads as well. http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/thread/32313/click-here-for-faq-s-and-to-learn-how-to-work-this-forum http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/thread/795/new-members-important

are you looking for a map of the bay? or a map of what is at Las caletas? there is a great map of las caletas in the vallarta adventures tour brochure...i can't seem to find that online. this is the only bay map I was able to find: http://www.vallartaonline.com/tours/WhaleWatching/ it is on the right of the page, tour route. the actual las caletas map is floating around on BDW somewhere

Welcome back Sheri! congrats! Here is another BEAUTIFUL LC wedding I came across today on Elizabeth Medina's blog. AMAZING I especially like the pic of the bride sleeping in the hammock...such a great pic of how your wedding day should (and will) be at LC! http://www.elizabethmedinaphotography.com/blog/2011/02/puerto-vallarta-wedding-photography-mattie-and-julians-las-caletas-wedding/

reviews are now under the wedding vendor tab http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/products/category/wedding-vendors you can post a review of any vendor but do a search first to see if someone else already has so that you can add your review there. If the vendor you want to review is not there you can add it

we didn't have a signature drink but I am sure you could?! just check with Kelly beforehand to make sure they can have all of the proper ingredients to make whatever you want them to. Also to remember the bar can't make frozen drinks because of the electricity, there is no blender. um on the timeline I think it sorta depends on a few things and you can decide your own timeline to an extent. For example if your photog and groom are going to be at LC earlier in the day...you could certainly get a ton of pics out of the way so that you can fully enjoy your cocktail hour. If your FI is not planning on going over earlier in the day and arriving with the guests then I think that pics would have to be during cocktail hour. I know there are some brides on here that have done it both ways. Reggie came over with our guests so we had to do most of our pics during cocktail hour. I honestly don't feel like i missed it though, LC is so small and intimate that our guests could fully see us taking the pics and our friends kept running beers down to the beach for us to have in between pics! Although I will say that the time between the ceremony and beginning of dinner (so cocktail hour) went SO FAST, it was like i blinked and that part was all over.

have you tried searching the forum for other threads that are out there about brochures? i know there are a lot of examples posted on here

LOL I really stressed out about shoes for some reason! My hubby is much taller than me...like a foot. so needless to say i always wear high heels around him. well there was no way i was going to be able to do that at LC. So i bought white wedge flip flops similar to these: http://www.victoriassecret.com/ss/Satellite?ProductID=1265384492914&c=Page&cid=1265388124579&pagename=vsdWrapper well then i started stressing about falling on the stairs in my tight dress and wedges. So i had the great idea to walk down the stairs barefoot and then put on my wedges at towards the bottom. Well that didn't happen, there was too much going on! I ended up being barefoot for the entire night...ceremony and reception. Which wasn't the plan because my dress was hemmed for me wearing the taller shoes. Oh well, looking back it was fine. there was a noticeable height difference between my hubs and I in our pics but whatever. long story short. dont worry too much about the stairs. and if you want to go barefoot, do it! the sand wont be that hot and how often do you see a barefoot bride? LOL this funny too. so did you go barefoot too the whole night?

BEAUTIFUL congrats!

did you try using the search function to look for it?

Have you tried doing a search on this topic? It has already been heavily discussed on numerous threads that are on the forum already. here is one of the more popular ones: http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/thread/41334/ttd-trash-the-dress-thread-please-post-all-of-your-questions-here

Everything looks great! Congrats! I loved your personalized ping pong balls! what a great idea! Last time we were on vacation in Mexico some group had one of those inflatable beerpong things and it was just being passed down from group to group...what a great idea!

Kya, Take some time to read through this thread, there is a lot of talk in here about Fernando who does hair/make up for LC weddings and can be hired through Kelly!