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oh jenn, that is so wonderful! and how reassuring that you have definitely chosen the right man (an amazing, supportive man) to be your husband and father of your child.

so far we are going ahead with our plan to be married at dreams cancun may 28th. we only had one guest cancel ... our families are being unbelievably supportive and i'm just so grateful. since all dreams is offering so far in the event of border closures/canceled flights is postponing or moving to the dominican republic, i've contacted the WCs at all 3 dominican dreams resorts. so far, i've heard from one (palm beach) that my date is unavailable (i am intent on doing a legal ceremony so it would have to be either the 28th or 29th). even if my date is available at one of the DR resorts, my travel agent admitted that it will be near impossible to get flights and rooms for all of us at this point. here are the WC's email addresses in the dominican republic, for any of you hoping to make the switch: Dreams LaRomana: [email protected] Dreams Palm Beach (Punta Cana): [email protected] Dreams Punta Cana: [email protected]

Quote: Originally Posted by JaimeLynne If we go on with our wedding I want to make some sort of cute t-shirts with a smart/clever saying on them for our guests! i'm thinking ours will say something like, "the stars aligned, hell froze over, pigs flu, and tom & lisa got married -- MEXICO 2009" ... it's a running (not so funny) joke that my parents have said numerous times "we NEVER thought YOU would get married" (kinda like tula in my big fat greek wedding ... i AM 36 years old already and never married, so i get it, but geez) ... so the "pigs flu" thing kinda works in my case, LOL. that is, IF we're able to go thru with things as planned. our plan B is to move to dominican republic, but 2 of the 3 dreams resorts there have already stated that my wedding date is unavailable (would have to be that day or next day for civil ceremony).

Quote: Originally Posted by yoAzul Thanks Friend We just sent out the dreaded email to all our guests... On a better note - i just posted my BD teasers in the shout box please tell me you're giving him the book anyway ... i'm sure it will cheer him up immensely!

oh yael, i'm just so very sorry! this is heartbreaking news. i have no doubt that you will be a beautiful bride and have a fabulous wedding, no matter when or where it may happen. most importantly, your relationship and your marriage will be stronger for having been through this together.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jacilynda Oh I am sooo down for a BDW Mexico brides gathering!!! And I will so take you up on a shot of tequila! haha i would absolutely be down for this as well! and if we can't get into mexico to do it, we should join the BDW ladies in vegas in august! on a f*cked up note, we had our very first cancellation today ... A FREAKIN DOCTOR!! all i could think was GREAT, that's really going to put the other guests' minds at ease that a DOCTOR refuses to go to mexico. what.ev.er!

Quote: Originally Posted by soccergurl3 Hi Ladies as most of you may know the whole swine flu outbreak in mexico has cancelled our wedding and now i want to get married at the Dreams Punta Cana. Can you ladies give me the email contact of your WC to see if I can get married here? I know on the site it says to book 125 days in advance but i only have 75, please someone help me out I don't want to scrap my wedding entirely. If any of you have any wedding information that the coordinators have sent you can you email it to me [email protected] Thanks so much for all your help ladies this forum has truly been a lifesaver! in the swine flu thread someone posted that moon palace is offering to move anyone to the palace resort in punta cana with no change fee: Swine Flu in Mexico and the U.S. i think your wedding is far enough away that you shouldn't panic and cancel, however i do understand that things are very unsure right now especially with flights canceled thru june and you might just need to have something concrete to bank on or you'll go insane. i have a feeling if this doesn't all resolve soon, there are going to be a lot more brides in this thread all of a sudden, as the AMresorts (dreams/secrets) in mexico are all offering to move trips to their punta cana counterparts! anyway you can try this: [email protected]

i took at look at the pics of the restaurant set up for a wedding and they are wonderful ... i think you made a good choice, and way to stick it to your resort (even if you did end up losing 35%)! just be sure to make certain any legalities that might have been taken care of by the resort wedding coordinator will now be taken care of here. (not sure if you were having a legal or symbolic ceremony?)

i've been vascillating all day between crying my eyes out and making dumb (and yes, sometimes tasteless) jokes about swine flu. i think at this point if i don't keep on joking i will go insane, so i apologize to anyone who can't see the humor (i know if my wedding had been canceled i'd be hard pressed to find *any* humor in the situation). but i just saw this on zazzle and cracked up ... it's just so dumb:

ALL HAVE BEEN SOLD! thanks ladies! mods, can we close or delete this thread somehow?

Quote: Originally Posted by zorlack76 I certainly dont mean to sound insensitive...but for those of you whose wedding isnt any time soon, has anyone thought about trying to cash in on this swine flu deal. It sounds like some hotels are going to be losing a lot of business. May be a great way to renegotiate the prices a little bit. Just curious if anyone has thought about it. Of course, my heart goes out to all who have been affected by this. I cant imagine how difficult it would be to cancel a wedding or move all of your reservations elsewhere. I hope it gets under control very quickly. it's ok to "go there" ... we're all friends here, and i'm sure anyone who knows you from discussions in this thread knows you don't mean anything by it. if you were a noob it might come off worse. i have to admit even i was thinking if i had just waited to book airfare i would have saved hundreds. however, as far as the resort is concerned, i doubt they will budge an inch on money matters. i was surprised (pleasantly) to see that they would even offer to move a wedding to a different resort.

aw i can see why you're so in love with it ... good times!

Quote: Originally Posted by Sapphire723 Ugh.... I just got back from Mexico and I have a mild case of three of the symptoms (cough, sore throat, and the runs). While I'm pretty sure that it's not the swine flu and instead it's just the result of too much Mexican food and traveling, I'm wondering if I should get tested to be safe. I know that if I cough in front of my boss, she's going to try to quarantine me herself unless I have proof that I'm not a piggy flu carrier. I really hate all the panic and my heart goes out to those of you who are having your trips canceled or your guests freaking out. it really couldn't hurt anything to see a doc ... if nothing else they can prescribe you medicine for whatever else it may be. you're right, anyone who knows you were just in mexico will panic ... *sigh* doesn't EVERYONE have a cough and a sore throat after flying? i always do! (unless it's a sore throat from screaming because i was too drunk to know i wasn't whispering, or from singing loud horrible karaoke or something) and the runs when you've been to mexico? ... well gee, never heard of that before! LOL

diana, i'm sure everyone is grateful for your first-hand knowledge of the current situation in mexico, but don't let all this swine flu nonsense make you think for a moment that we aren't still dying to see your pics and review! you don't get off that easy! LOL. do you at least have a teaser pic or a non-pro one of your wedding day that you can share?

Quote: Originally Posted by ajs3531 For you fellow Palace Resort brides: Swine Flu in Mexico and the U.S. here's the same info on what AMresorts is offering. AMresorts would be all zoetry, secrets, and dreams resorts. http://www.amresorts.com/travel-aler...27_mexico.html

this is my correspondence with diana (dc22173) who just returned from her own beautiful wedding at dreams. i asked if i could share it with all of you to help put minds at ease, and she said yes of course: Quote: Originally Posted by dc22173 We just got back about an hour ago. Everything was wonderful. I am glad this flu thing did not become a big deal until after my wedding on Saturday!!! It has not reached Cancun yet and no one at the resort seemed too concerned with it. I did notice the cooks wearing face masks on Sunday... I guess to put the guest at ease. For everyone else it was business as usual. I hope that this has not ruined any of your plans to go there. I had 18 people come and not one has gotten sick. Most of them came back to the US on Monday. I had my two kids ages 11 and 18 at the wedding and so far nothing. I think that the media has escalated this thing a bit too much. I was reading the paper in Cancun and they even said that Cancun has no incidences of the flu. Most of the people that have gotten it live in Mexico City which is hours away from Cancun. We kept our hands clean with anti bacterial lotion and did not drink the water unless it was from a bottle. We even brushed our teeth with bottled water. I would not hesitate to go back next week if asked Diana

michelle, my almost-date-twin, my heart is aching for you. i know none of the options seem like any consolation at all, even if they prove *possible*. it all sucks beyond measure. we didn't purchase travel insurance, nor did any of our guests, so if the same happens in the US we'll be screwed too. moving the date or the location (to dreams punta cana only) would be our only options for not losing a ton of money, and as you said, all those options seem like shit right now. i know no amount of these will help, but anyway.

Quote: Originally Posted by heidi_lk a legal wedding is basically out of the question... so sad. are you sure? the requirements for legal weddings in other locations are actually somewhat more lax than those for mexico. it might still be possible for you!

Quote: Originally Posted by drtracy Oh my laughs Lisa, I love you (whoops, is it too soon). I was thinking of something similar, maybe some nice pics of us all washing our hands together, miming a cough while everyone backs away... so many possibilities. BTW ~Some countries are being affected differently b/c they have universal health care or a different health care systems.... As we remember that there are many people on here from different countries. In the US insurance companies can't "choose" to arbitrarily stop covering you for something without notice. If you have out of network coverage you have it unless they expressly tell you that they are removing the coverage from your benefits package. They still cover you when you engage in an illegal activity and get hurt (i.e. a DUI that results in an accident)... exactly what i was thinking, but cabobride said in canada AND the US. although i can totally see not covering us IN mexico as a possibility. i guess i should look into that with my provider. glad i could provide a few laughs. i was really strong until today (i guess because i didn't think there was any way i'd be effected with my wedding still a whole month away), but i kinda unraveled today and needed to laugh badly.

Quote: Originally Posted by Maybride2009 I am just afraid that if I re book everyone (24 people) though the us that they will cancel flights there too and then I will be really screwed. i understand completely ... all the news of canada's canceled flights has had me freaking out today ... i had a "nothing will stop me from going" attitude up til now but canceling the flights certainly would. what company owns royal? can you possibly be rerouted to one of their resorts in another country (this is what dreams is proposing, either that or postponement)? this is a total shitstorm. wtf?

Quote: Originally Posted by Maybride2009 soooooo...air transat just cancelled the flights for both sides of our families! hmmmmm....I called american air and the said my flights arn't cancelled....but they expect they will...so technically...we have no way to get to mex. omg, i'm so sorry ... is it possible to fly into the states first and then to mexico from there?

Quote: Originally Posted by CaboBride2010 I thought I would mention that I have read this on many many news sources today and just saw on the evening news, that pretty much all insurance companies in Canada and the States will NOT cover anything to do with this swine flu if you go to Mexico after the notice to not travel unless it is necessary travel to Mexico was put into place two days ago. So just keep in mind if you do go to Mexico still, that your insurance will do absolutely nothing if God forbid someone does get sick. I am not trying to scare people, I just think as much as this may be a hyped up disease, that this is just another thing to keep in mind. that is ridiculous and is like saying they won't cover you for lung cancer if you smoked despite the warning labels on cigarette packs. i find it hard to believe. could you please post a link to at least one reliable source where you've seen this?

ajs, your fiance is the sweetest. jaimelynne, your friend mentioned she could tell you which masks were best ... has she? i'm looking for ones that are not only effective, but that also will photograph well in bright sunlight, LOL! (ok come on, anyone who doesn't take advantage of that photo op is crazy. we will all remember this for the rest of our lives, and the true story of our weddings wouldn't be complete without a nod to the swine flu. i'm actually considering a pig bride and groom cake topper now! LOL)

Quote: Originally Posted by BachataBride School Shmool!!! Ditch class & come to Mexico with me!! LOL! shit, at this point you may have a whole bunch of us with rescheduled weddings coming with you! LOL (i hope the hell not tho, as much as we'd all love to meet you) i confess that i just unraveled like a cheap sweater over the whole swine flu nonsense as i keep seeing people with ruined plans and canceled weddings on here. i lost it, and sobbed my eyes out for like an hour, when honestly, so far i'm not even effected by it. no one has mentioned canceling and my airline hasn't halted flights. i had been so strong, but then i lost it. it's the first time ever that i can say this forum did more harm than good for me, LOL. reading about everyone else's wedding tragedies sunk me!

Quote: Originally Posted by Adlergray I think we have decided to go to Tulum unless something drastically changes. We leave may 14. Are we being stupid? are other people going? we are going unless we CAN'T go due to canceled flights and such. the only option my resort is giving is to possibly switch to punta cana (which i don't want to do) but will look into as a worst-case-scenario kinda thing.