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Okay, so I finally got a response back from the WC but it is a different one. Not sure if they have 2 or if there is a new one!? Anyway, I will post all the questions that I have asked over the last few months and the responses I got for everyones FYI. How long must you be in the country before you can be married? The couples who get married need to arrive 2 days before the wedding How many weddings can be booked per day? It will depend of the judge’s agenda How far in advance must you book weddings with the hotel? Between 6 months and 1 year The witnesses for our wedding, do we just have to send a copy of their passport to you ahead of time? Yes if you want olso you can give us upon our conversation meeting with the rest of the documents. Your witnesses should be not relative (I meant not families) What type of seating arrangements are there for the reception usually? Normally we suggest the clients to do a head table with the bride and groom with minimums 8 or 6 person and the rest of families around this table. Is there a contract or a deposit that we have to pay to confirm our wedding date (symbolic ceremony)? The ceremony payment is directly here For the beach wedding, are there chair covers? we have special Chairs for the but we have not Covers Do we get a choice of which restaurant for the reception? For the Restaurant we have 6 diferent Style: Mexican,Chinesse;Italy,Dominican,Spanis & gourmet Is there any place to have a dance? We have place where is possible How much does it cost for a day pass? We have hired a photographer that will not be staying at the resort. for the Day pass ( 50 ) dollars per person Is there a website for the florist that you use? We have not website for the florist we contact here directly My daughter wants to have hibiscus flowers in her bouquet, is it possible to change the bouquet offered in the package?Can we order additional flowers for the bridesmaids, etc? Bride bouquet RD$ 1.501.78 (US$ 46.9) Corsage & bracelets RD$ 465 (each one) (US$ 14.5) Buttons RD$ 207.14 (each one) (US$ 6.47) Bridesmaids bouquets RD$ 775.00 each one) (US$ 24.21) The price is in Dominican pesos, the price in dollars depend of the rate change of the day. But normally are between 31 and 33 pesos, so the price in dollars is approximately (can be change) Do you have photographers /videograghers on site? What is their charge? -This info is listed in an earlier post

We are doing it, but we haven't decided if we are going to get the photog to do it for us, or just get a couple of the wedding guests that like taking photos to do it. We are planning on doing an excursion to a little village a couple days after the wedding, and we are going to take my dress real dress and do pics there, but that won't be the same day as the TTD session. As for the dress, my Mom is making me one that will be similar to my real dress, but lighter and more flowy. I wasn't sure about using the realy one just because we are having a AHR and my dress is white and teal, so I am not sure about what will happen to the coloured part or if it will run! I am playing it safe and doing the 2 separate dresses. I can't wait!!!!

I would like to do the garter and bouquet toss, but it will depend on how many single people are there. Yari - I like the idea of tossing the bouquet to all the ladies, maybe we will do that as well and the garter can go to all the men. We are making my garter to match my dress, and I am not worried about the cost of the bouquet, as I won't be able to bring it home anyways, and it will probably die before we leave. The only thing that I am trying to figure out is whether to do them at the AHR as well. There will be a lot of people there that won't be at the DW, and we could just get a little thing of flowers and make another garter.

Quote: Originally Posted by dragonfly I am confused as to why the mother of these children couldn't take them 14 is an awful age, the worst for girls in my parenting experience, they do get better. Kenda at 14 once lost her bedroom door for 5 days because I told her she better not slam the door on me, well she did so she lost her door, she has never slammed it since:) fbil sounds selfish, and he is doing his children no favours by spoiling them, good for you for not being his doormat! My sister lost her door for a week once because of the same thing. It was soooo funny. My sister is 16, spoiled and mouthy, but not to the same extent as my FI niece. My sister knows when to back off unlike some other children, and if she doesn't back off, she gets put in ther place. As for the mother of the girls, well, that is a long complicated story, and is not a good place for them. Usually when the girls do get to spend time with her, all three of them have attitudes, and they are much worse than normal. So far this weekend, the one with the big problem has been a bit better, and my FBIL has been cracking down on her a bit more, but I think it should have been started a long time ago. Anyway, off to work I go and then back out camping!

Rachel - Your theory is exactly what I was thinking. A brain tumor would make sense with her craziness right now and according to the previews Derek & Meredith are only getting one last chance for a successful surgery or the program is being cut. I think that Rebecca will be the last chance and will probably survive. That will probably be one of the big events that ends up bringing Derek & Meredith together again. There is my whole theory anyways. Oh yeah, I think that Callie is trying to figure out if she is interested in Erica or not. I think there will be something between them, but not sure how long it last. It might just be a fling.

Quote: Originally Posted by heatherjones Yes, all three of my Dollarama's have them. Oh, and those plastic bags- they have one big strip or two strips of orange/ blue/ green or pink on them- those are the ones that I'm using for our beach bags. LoL. Those candles here have a lot of air bubbles in them though. ~~ When we found the mesh bags, we felt the difference in weight between them and the plastic bags, and that was the deciding factor. The plastic ones were light, but the mesh ones were extremely light, and since we have so much other stuff to pack and haul down there, we grabbed the mesh ones. We got them in purple, pink and turquoise.

We are planning on ordering the mugs from Mugs, Coffee Mugs, Shot Glasses, Wine Glasses, Beer Mugs, Champagne Glasses, Wedding Favors, Sports Bottles, Promotional Pens at Discountmugs.com

I have written to Carolina, so I am hoping she will write me back even though she is not my WC. As for some of the extras and the costs of them, this is what I have: Musical Trio - $75 US Horse & Carriage - $45 US Bridal Bouquet Upgrade - $47 US Corsage & Bracelets - $15 US each Buttons Holes - $7 US Bridesmaids Bouquets - $25 US These prices are approximate, and are actually charged in Dominican Pesos, so it depends on the exchange rate.

I went to Dollarama a couple weeks ago and found my OOT bags!!!! We walked into the store and saw these plastic beach bags and grabbed 30 of them. Then when we were walking through the store, we came across these light, mess bags with a drawstring top. They are super light, and they won't fill up with sand. So we put the plastic bags back and grabbed the mesh ones. We finally found some more of the vases that we are using as our centre pieces at our AHR. Hmmmm....what else....oh yes, we founda few pack of the lipsmackers that were mentions in another Dollarama thread. I think we ended up going to 2 or 3 Dollarama's and at one of them they had 2 gel candles that were in the wrong place, but they were about 6 inches tall and had shells and starfish in them. One was blue and one was green. I wanted them soooo bad, but couldn't find anymore, so I didn't get them. Has anyone else seen these?

Welcome to the site. Good luck and have fun planning your DW. Punta Cana is a beautiful area to get married in if that is what you decide. I will be a DR bride in Nov.

That is great news!!! Every little bit helps and that is a big difference in cost.

Quote: Originally Posted by foxytv I totally forgot to do a guestbook for our DW. Now, our AHR is Saturday and I'm not sure what to do b/c some of our DW guests are not able to make the AHR as well... Are you just going to have the typical guestbook at the AHR? If so, you could just leave a page or half a page for each person that was at the DW so they can write a little note, and get those who can't make it to send you a little note that would fit in their spot. Then the people that are going to be at both can sign in both sections. I am doing the same thing for both DW & AHR, so those going to both will have 2 pages.

Quote: Originally Posted by Emily&Matt Could the "Save the Date" be the same color as "April 18, 2009"? I like the tree a lot. That is exactly what I was thinking. I agree with the changes that you are making as well. They are going to look wonderful Morgan. You really are a great BM!

Among those who still need to book are 2 BM, and 2 GM. There is a possibility that one of the BM won't be able to make it, but that won't mess things up. If both BM do come, then we will ask another friend of my FI to be GM as well and even things out. It would be nice to know what is happening though so we can ask someone if we need to or not.

That is yet another neat idea. I would probably have it at the reception in place of the guestbook. Then as they arrive, they can stop at the table, sign their card and write their message before going to their table.

That is amazing. So far besides our little family of 4, we have my parents and sister, my MOH & her Mom, my Aunt & Uncle, FI BM & his gf, 2 of my co-workers & their husbands, my Mom's BF and her soon-to-be ex-husband, and one of my Mom's good friends. That sounds like a lot writing it down, but there are more that are supposed to be coming and just haven't booked yet, so we will see. Still no one from FI family to book and one of his brothers is supposed to be standing up for him.

I am sorry to hear about the book missing. I am glad to hear that you can get another one though. Morgan - that dream is hilarious. That sounds like the types of dreams that I have. When I tell people about them, I usually get these weird faces and laughter!

Quote: Originally Posted by VinceBride2B Okay, Ive read thru this a few times, and maybe its because I'm having a slight panic attack, but I'm not seeing who had the problem with Dreams and Photosouvenir?? And what happened?? I was planning to book them for our 2009 Dreams wedding! Is Dreams not allowing them to photograph at the resort?? From what I understand, the problem between Dreams and Photosouvenir has been resolved. There was someone at Dreams that is higher up in the rankings that had a problem with them, and would not let them on the property, but that is now over. There is another thread about the problem if you want to read a bit more about it. http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t19604

The last time that we went down there we had a wonderful check in at the airport there, but not everyone did. There were a couple people in our group of 15 that had to pay for excess weight, but it wasn't too much, and it wasn't too much of a surprise who it was. Since we had our baby with us, my FI and I were taken to another line that they had just opened up for those with little children and the elderly. We put our bags on the scale and we went over the weight limit, but they let it go saying that we were allowed 30kg each. Sweet! The guy in the line next to us was not so lucky, as his bag was over the 20kg limit and he had to pay a lot. Then he was standing behind us in line to do the tourist visa thing, and we told him that we were given 30kg each for our luggage. He decided to go back and ask them if it was 30kg or not. Somewhere between the line we were in and the ticket counter, he lost his boarding pass and tourist card. He had to pay for another boarding pass before he could get through the security gate and get in line to pay the $30 for another tourist visa! We had a good laugh with him about his expensive trip to get back home. Then when we landed, we made the comment about still having to get through Canadian customs without having to pay for something. The poor guy then had a 6 hour lay over before flying to Sask. At least he had a sense of humor about the whole thing. This is not really anything bad about the DR airport, it is more bad luck for one unfortunate traveller! LOL

We are still looking at doing both the excursion to Altos de Chavon and the OOT bags. We have saved $ on some of the OOT bag stuff getting it at Dollarama, and the excursion will only cost us the price of the vans to get us from the resort to Altos de Chavon and back. It is something that everyone has expressed interest in doing as well, before we started thinking of paying for the trip.

Quote: Originally Posted by michelle08 These are all great ideas! Thanks...I was also going to put the favors on the same table but I might want to put them at the dinner tables too... I am the most indecisive person i know! UGH! I was going to put them all on the tables and do the seating plan. I have since decided to for go the seating plan and just have the favors on the guestbook table. Each person will have a little box with their name on it and their favor inside. With them being at the guestbook table, everyone is more likely to stop there for sure.

I really like this sign too, and I am thinking that I may put it on the table even if my FI nieces are still coming and maning the guestbook table! It is a nice little added touch.

I figured that if there are any left over OOT bag stuff, we can give them to some special people who couldn't make it, or even as part of a Thank You gift to people that help us out some how but don't go.

That is a neat idea as well. So many great things and so few you can do!! LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by deznchris2006 Haha, thanks I should check out some people's planning Bio's, but I think FI would kill me if I come back with more things I want to do. My sister (MOH) and I have been going back and forth about a guest book. We were thinking Poloriod, but now they aren't really making them, and with digital cameras, I don't know if it's worth it. So, what I think we're going to do is ask my cousin to be in charge of taking everyones pic. (she's into that stuff). Give her a stack of small ziplock baggies and each one will be personalzed with this on a printed label: Aunt Yolonda & Uncle Chuck Please write your Well wishes, Place them in this bag and put in the basket on the table. When we return home we will compile a Scrapbook/Guestbook which you will be able to see at our at home reception on March XXXX When she takes someone's pic, she gives them the bag and directs them towards the table (when she has no more bags, she'll know she got everyone). On the table will have the poem BeckyN posted in a large frame and in a smaller frame: Please use only one side of the paper, as we want to put them in a scrapbook. Feel free to use several pices of paper and colors and have one basket with Aqua, Feusia and Silver paper and another basket for the baggies filled with wishes. I dont' want to lug a scrapbook there and home...and this way we decorate it how we want and add extra pics if we want to I love the idea of having the coloured paper and getting everyone to write on that so you can bring it back and put it into the scrapbook. I have been trying to figure out if I want to take the whole scrapbook down or just the pages that I need. It will probably come down to how much room I have and how much extra weight I can fit in without going over. Quote: Originally Posted by BeckyN Hehe... no I had that concern as well. In another bio where a bride did something simialr she actually had put pieces of cardstock where she wanted teh photo w/ "your photo will go here" so that guests wouldn't write in that space. But I defintely agree that doing it separately and putting it all together later would be easiest. My only concern is that people will get confused since its not the traditional guest book and not do it or something. I have done something similar to make sure that no one writes where I want to put the pic. I have several pages made up already, and will make more if I need to. I will also be doing this at the AHR too, so I will need a lot of pages in the end. Here is a pic of what I did for the pages, although they are all slightly different.