Beach Bride 80

Welcome to the forum, the Domincan Republic is a beautiful place to get married!

Welcome to the forum!!

Have you thought of having a bachelorette party at your destination??

I think it is perfectly ok to not go with a bridal party. In fact that is the way its done at a lot of destination weddings. We attended one with no bridal party and it was very relaxed and stress-free for everyone. I would follow what your heart says to do.

You both looked gorgeous!! Congratulations.

I need some opinions on attire for the guys. I have been looking at the sticky post for Groom and Groomsmen attire and getting some great ideas too. My bridesmaids dresses are an Azalea color, which is similar to Fuchsia, and my dress is Ivory, but a very light ivory. We want to go really casual with the guys attire, like a linen shirt and pants, no suits. I am looking for outfits for the groom, best man, ushers and my dad. Would it be weird if they all wore the same thing otherwise I was thinking of having the Groom and BM and ushers wear ivory shirts and my dad wear a light blue. It seems if I don't do ivory for the BM there will be too much contrast with the bridesmaid dress. Thanks for all your help.

This site is great, thanks!!!

Congrats on your engagement and welcome! You will find great info. on this forum!

Congratulations! Once you have found a location-which this web site is very helpful for, things will really come together for you. There are so many great things that you can do with a destination wedding, that you would otherwise not have the option for with a wedding at home. Good luck planning.

Thank You for offering your services.

Welcome to the forum! I am sure you are a wealth of knowledge.

Those pictures look great! He does such an amazing job.

Those look absolutely wonderful. Great Job! I wish I would have thought of something like that before I ordered my invites.

Thank You! This is a great idea to save some $.

Those look fabulous and very professional! Great Job.

Welcome and congratulations. You will find some great planning information on this site!

Wow, a wedding in Italy!! That is a fabulous opportunity for your friends and family to visit you. Happy planning.

Welcome, I'm getting married in Cabo too!

Congratulations and Welcome to the forum, you will find many exciting ideas here.

Welcome to the forum, you will find plenty of information to make your big day special!!

Thanks for posting this great letter.

Welcome, you will find a lot of great information here. It is nice to find bride's who have experienced what you will firsthand.

Welcome to the forum, there is tons of great info. here, I am getting married at the Riu Santa Fe too!

Congratulations and welcome to the forum, interested in seeing your review and pics!

I don't know if this helps or not, but I am having my wedding at the Riu Santa Fe and I just booked recently for January of 2009. I had to put a credit card down to hold the date, if you cancel, then they take the deposit fee from your credit card. Once we have the initial meeting with the wedding coordinator we will pay for everything then, so nothing gets charged to your card today unless you cancel.