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I would say to check out the Riu Hotels. We have stayed at all 3 Riu's, Riu Jalisco, Riu Vallarta and Riu Pacifico.

They look really nice. Your guest will love them.

Welcome and Congratulations on your engagement! You will find this website very helpful. I couldve not planned my wedding without it.

I thik its very nice. I would say go for it. Using various shades of the same color will give you a nice cohesive look. It is difficult to find everything of the same color. This is your wedding and plan as how you have dreamed of it. People will always have opinions but do what you like because its your wedding.

Quote: Originally Posted by Celina WOOOOHOOOO!!!!! WHAT A PARTY!!! I am SO glad everything worked out for you! Wonderful! It looks like you guys had an amazing time! You looked beautiful! Congratulations girl!! Thank you so much Celina! We really did enjoy ourselves.

I should be getting my professional photos soon.

They look very pretty!

How exciting!! Congratulations...show us the ring.

One option would be to go out to a club. We went to Senor Frogs, Zoo, Mandala and Glow. They are all great places. But usually people are tired from traveling the first night and just want to relax. Maybe staying at the hotel bar and party with everyone there.

Sorry to hear about that post on your wedding website. Stay strong and dont let something like that or anything else ruin the happiness of your wedding. What matters is you and you future husband. As for your grandmother it sad to hear that she will not make it but with a destination wedding unfortunately there will be family and friends that wont be able to make it. Make sure you let her know that you will be showing her pictures and video. Good Luck and best wishes.

Sorry to hear about that post on your wedding website. Stay strong and dont let something like that or anything else ruin the happiness of your wedding. What matters is you and you future husband. As for your grandmother it sad to hear that she will not make it but with a destination wedding unfortunately there will be family and friends that wont be able to make it. Make sure you let her know that you will be showing her pictures and video. Good Luck and best wishes.

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Melissa~ Welcome back!!! Oh I'm so happy you posted a review! I have to agree the florist the Riu uses is AMAZING! Did she do your centerpieces as well? That's awesome we actually know her name now because that is one piece of good info for all of our PV Riu brides. Looks like you had a wonderful time! I LOL when I saw the person in the chicken costume. HA HA HA Congratulations and thanks for posting your review Thank you! It took me awhile to post my review but the good thing is that I have. Yes the florist is AMAZING she is really really nice and very good too work with. We discussed all the arrangements through yahoo messenger. She did all of our bouquets and centerpieces. We had short and tall centerpieces. We really did have a really great time. The chicken was the best!! My cousin is so funny. He did that once at one of our cousins wedding and she had a HUGE fit at the wedding. I had always told my cousin that when I get married that he BETTER bring his suit...LOL Everyone loved it. I should post the video.

Quote: Originally Posted by LRO CONGRATULATIONS! I love your wedding and thank you for posting it! you know how helpful and exciting is for us future PV brides to see these reviews! It get us all excited and makes want our wedding day to come soon! Congratulations! I'm so happy for you! Thank you and I cant wait to see your wedding. Please let me know if you need help with anything. I miss the whole planning stage.

Quote: Originally Posted by debbmach Looks like you and your guests had an awesome time, I love fun weddings! We sure did everyone was so drunk. Quote: Originally Posted by baj congrat's & thanks for sharing such a great review with pics. Thank you and no problem. I loved seeing the wedding reviews when I was doing my planning so I had to post my own. Quote: Originally Posted by ML YoungLove Congrats! Everything looked great! Thanks for the great review! Thank you I really did work hard to make sure everything came out as planned. Quote: Originally Posted by jwilke5 Congratulations!! Fantastic review, your wedding looks like it was so much fun! Thank you and yes it was ALOT of fun! I want to get married again...lol Quote: Originally Posted by alkoch Congrats! I have been waiting impatiently for this review!!! I'm glad everything went awesome and the church looks beautiful! I can't wait for mine now! Can't wait for the the other pics! You look gorgeous! Congrats Mrs! Im sure you have been waiting. Sorry that it took longer than expected. The church really does look beautiful and you will absolutely love the flowers. I have more pictures of the church from the photographer and I will post them soon, hopefully. Quote: Originally Posted by YaelM Great review!! Looks like everyone had such a blast! Congrats! Thank you. Everyone says it was the best wedding they ever been too! Quote: Originally Posted by Helen_S81 Great review Jessica, and thanks for putting in the details of the Riu suppliers! I'm so glad that everything turned out so well for you in the end. Congratulations! Thank you, Helen. We finally know who the Riu uses for there flowers. Even though there was a last minute change of hotels everything turned out better than expected. Quote: Originally Posted by nikkigard Beautiful!!! Love your table decorations. Thanks for the tip on the mariachis - that is definitely good to know for future trips to PV Awww thank you. We name every table after a special place we had been too and the candles made the reception light up. And whenever you need a mariachi call the band we used. They will definately give you a great price.

Quote: Originally Posted by SheriB Absolutey gorgeous! You guys look like you had a fantastic time. I love your dress! Congratulations!! Thank you...we really did have a blast. Destination weddings are too much fun. My dress is Sheena by Maggie Sottero

HAVING TOO MUCH FUN DANCING MY DRUNK COUSINS JOSE BRAVO THE CAPTAIN AT THE RECEPTION WHO MADE SURE EVERYTHING RAN AS SMOOTH AS IT DID THE END OF THE RECEPTION IN THE ELVATOR HEADING TO THE HONEYMOON SUITE AFTER PARTY AT 3AM!! THE FLOWERS MY HUBBY DELIVERED TO MY ROOM THE MORNING OF THE WEDDING BEACH PIC (PHOTOGRAPHER PIC LOOKS ALOT BETTER)

THE BRIDAL PARTY TABLE ME AND HUBBY DANCING OUR FAVORITE MARIACHI SONG THE FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE (MY DAD WAS DRUNK ALREADY...LOL) MY BLUE SHOES THE GARTER REMOVAL A MEXICAN TRADITION WHERE THE GROOMS GETS THROWN UP IN THE AIR BY THE GROOMSMEN OUR BRIDAL PARTY SURPRISED US WITH A DANCE OF THERE OWN. THEY HAD US SITTING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DANCE FLOOR AND THEY ALL CAME OUT WITH WIGS ON AND ONE OF MY COUSINS WAS A CHICKEN MY FAVORITE CHOCOLATE MARTINI

THE DRESS ESCORT CANDLES THE BRIDEMAIDS THE GROOMSMEN WALKING DOWN THE AISLE THE CHURCH THE CHURCH MY BROTHER(GROOMSMAN) AND SISTER(MOH) ME AND MY NEPHEW JULIAN

I’ve been back…sorry for taking so so long!!! The wedding was “the best wedding ever†according to many of our guests. I want to thank all of BDW past and present members because without everyone’s help the wedding of my dreams would have not happened. I did not do a planning thread because there were too many things to finish up before we left. I will try my best to capture every detail as best as possible if I miss something please feel free to ask me. The Ceremony was held at Iglesia Maria Reina de la Paz. Father Gonzalo was very wonderful throughout the process. We paid $6,000.00 pesos and that included all of the church services and the flowers. The required paperwork for a religious ceremony is: bride and groom’s baptismal certificate and confirmation certificate, pre-cana completion letter, letter from local priest stating the completion of catholic marriage requirements and civil marriage certificate. The number is 322-209-1545 The Transportation----We used Superior Tours Vallarta index [email protected] We received wonderful service from them from start to finish. Payment was sent via paypal with no problems. They arrive on time to the hotel to pick everyone up and waited for us at church to drop us off. The Flowers----I used the Riu’s vendor, which is Gloria Rodriguez from Concepto Floral. [email protected] and her number is 322-121-2284 She was so wonderful to work with and the flower arrangements were beautiful. I wired her 50% deposit and she met up with me 2 days prior to the wedding to pay her the balance. She did all of our flower arrangements: bride’s bouquet, 5 bridesmaids bouquet, 5 groomsmen boutonnieres, 2 corsages, flower girl petals, 9 centerpieces, and cake flowers. Her prices and work are excellent!! The Cake----I used the Riu’s baker for the cake. I was not going to have a cake because it was already too late but the Riu decided to bake the cake for and it was beautiful and delicious. It was a 3 layers vanilla cake made for 70 people. The decorating was done so nicely and it went well with the flowers. The only thing is that everyone completely forgot to cut the cake…lol. Its ok at least the photographer took pictures of it. The cake was put away in the fridge and the following day everyone came to our suite for cake and coffee. It worked out perfect. Riu Palace Pacifico----We originally were booked at the Riu Vallarta but because it was closed for the whole month of October, we were upgraded, including all of our guests, to the Riu Palace Pacifico. When we first arrived for check in we asked the receptionist if we had the honeymoon suite. She stated that we didn’t. So I began to question her about since we were told we were going to have the suite. We did not get anywhere with her whatsoever so we just waited for the meeting we were going to have in few hours with the Riu manager. When we met with the manager Ernest, he was awesome. He said what ever you want is yours just let me know. He asked if we liked the honeymoon suite and we told him that it was not given to us. He immediately called and had our room changed. He brought in the chef and the captain who was going to take care of our wedding and he told them that whatever they want make it happen. I left so happy from that meeting. We ended up having the honeymoon suite for the whole week, a rehearsal dinner free of charge, appetizers added to our wedding dinner free of charge, a tequila shot station supplied by the hotel, a free wedding cake and the best captain ever. The service we received the wedding day was spectacular and we owe it all to Jose Bravo. He basically played the role of our wedding coordinator. He made sure that everything from the escort candles to the whole events of the wedding was happening on time. The wedding reception started at 6 and did not finish until about 3am!!! It was suppose to finish at 12. Even though we had the mariachi playing until 3 am we did not get any complaints whatsoever. It was a great time. Everyone says that it was the best wedding they had ever been too! Our Photographer was Alfonso Lepe from Photo Vallarta - Wedding Photography - Puerto Vallarta, Sayulita & San Pancho. He was incredible to work with. He answered all of emails promptly and answered are phone calls as well. He has great prices and his photography style is great. We had 5 photographers the whole wedding day. We were supposed to get our pictures before we left but because there were so many pictures he sent us the links to our pictures. We have over 2000 pictures!!! They are so beautiful and he captured the moments just right. Here is his contact info I really do recommend for anyone to use him you wont regret it. Contact Info011 52 322 223 8179 Alfonso Lepe011 52 322 223 2766 [email protected] 52 322 13 555 26 The Mariachi was the best mariachi I have ever heard they were perfect. We got them for a very very great price. Please use them instead of the outrageous prices that the resorts quote us. We got them for 1 hour for mass 3 to 4, 2 hours for dinner 6:30-8:30 and then we had them come back from 12am to 3am. We had a blast with them and the best part about it is that they knew everyone single song that the family requested. My family loves mariachi so is was well worth it. Here is there contact info and please let them know that Jessica and Junior gave you their info. If anyone needs me to call them for you because of the language barrier just let me know. Pedro Verduzco 011 52 322 205 8533 The Dj was Dj Scooby and he was amazing. I can’t thank him enough for everything that he did that night. Everyone was up and dancing the whole night. I found him on the internet and I was very skeptical on hiring him but after Junior talking to him several times over the phone we decided to hire him. We are really glad that we made the right decision. He brought an overhead projector, smoke machine, lights, ballons, pom poms, bubbles. It was a blast. We sent him pictures of ourselves and he compiled them into an amazing slideshow with music. We also wanted to remember our family members that had passed away so we sent him their pictures and he put them into a slideshow. Here is his information. Contact Info011 52 312 0287 Ramon Saucedo Alcaraz011 52 311 6091 [email protected] 52 312 310 4696 THE MOMENT YOU ALL BEEN WAITING FOR....THE PICS!!!!!!!!

Thanks for this thread...I really needed something to get my head out of family wedding nonsense. They are driving me crazy!!!

I am so sorry to hear this news I know how you are feeling since this recently happen to me this past June. PM me if you need to talk. I know that its not easy to deal with this.

Everything seems to be going well. We are leaving on Saturday so I hope that things come out ok. Thanks so much for all of the support. Planning a wedding is alot easier with BDW.

So sorry to here that...has your wedding coordinator gone to there store to see if she can find them there?

Congratulations everything looks great...you have a great MOH!!

We are planning on taking a limobus next saturday it will be about 15 of us. Im so excited.