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Welcome Ashley!

Quote: Originally Posted by jean-marcus ill ask wehre she got them i offer discounts for second marriages keep it in mind haha jk soon as she comes back frm the honeymoon ill find out you better

Welcome to the forum Mandie!

I hired cabo flowers and Dj ricardo. Both have very good reviews. Good luck!

congrats an dhappy planning

Quote: Originally Posted by NYJen Ok, JM you need to ask her where she got those shoes and then report back to me immediately!!! I MUST have them!!! LOL!!! Oh, and great pics!!! I AGREE - J-M where are the shoes from? she is so cute!

oh beautiful pictures, I want those BRIDE undies, where can I buy them?

Wow, good for her!

haha my friend called me the other day to say that her dog ate her undies x2 and they both came out the other end.GROSS!

white gold all the way, You will save soo much! You can get it custom made for sure if you bring the picture in to a jeweler. My FI is getting a 10 K gold ring and apparently as time goes this metal will look great. I was worried at first b/c it's a low karat but the jeweler recommended this over platinum! It's way cheaper!

oh i see that I'm late...it's FRAUD! now I'm wondering if the makeup is good and worth it for 1$? They ship to Canada!

I think E.L.F products are always 1$, no? A Cool New Makeup Line (e.l.f. Products For Eyes, Lips & Face) Only $1 Apiece! - Jim and Lynnette's Fun Times Guide

We also used a TA from itravel2000 and I shopped around alot. We are staying at the Riu palace Cabo San Lucas in October 2008 and for 1 wk A.I with flight from T.O - Each guest is paying 1400$ taxes included! Really good deal for a 5 star hotel in cabo.

Welcome and good luck! This forum is wonderful and will help you with all the planning!

I also got my BM dresses from PB here is the link: Style MS215 | Priscilla of Boston

Quote: Originally Posted by adrianna28 Here are the ones I want... These ones...

Quote: Originally Posted by IrieBride08 Ooohhhh! These are super cute! Where are they from? I really like these, where did you get them?

Below is the link to my BM dresses in dandeliion (yellow) They are melissa sweet. Style MS215 | Priscilla of Boston

no room block for us when we were looking around but all hotels did charge a fee. Good luck!

We are staying at the riu and having our ceremony at the church and reception at the westin. Westin wants 500$ fee and sheraton wanted 2000$ fee.

Welcome and happy planning!

Welcome Natasha! Have fun planning.

very nice maura. hopefully they have this for you or something similar. How many tables are you having and how many sitting at each?

Ya I'm not a mirror person either. I like simple modern things. I'm having high cylinder vases with orchids attached to horse tail. I can't find the pic but it will look kinda like the medium vase but with green orchids instead of yellow. http://images.theknot.com/ImageStage...arge_image.JPG

Quote: Originally Posted by Maura we're already going to be inside basically because we are in the restaurant la playa. i am wondering if that will change the rules for us at all. in mexico, normally weddings go until like 4 am the next day -- so jose is really pissed at the mention of us having to cut our reception short at all. (jose's best friend's wedding last year, we stayed until 6 am the next morning and when we left people were still dancing and drinking!) i am going to talk to jose's mom this weekend and ask her to address the reception ending time issue with them and let me know what the outcome is. krista, how much are you paying for DJ Ricardo? Quote: Originally Posted by Maura There seems to be a growing number of us Westin Los Cabos brides on here lately, so I think we need a thread to share what everyone is up to! Post your date and as many details as you have! WEDDING DATE:August 9, 2008 WHY WE CHOSE LOS CABOS/THE WESTIN We chose Los Cabos because almost my whole family is from Chicago, and almost his whole family is from Mexico City. No matter what, someone's family was going to have to travel far, so we decided on doing a destination wedding to a place we wanted to go. We aren't into huge traditional weddings which is what we felt we'd be obligated to have if we married in either of our home towns. I'm an anxious person anyway and am not comfortable with tons of attention, so we also figured that by having our wedding out of town we could cut down on the number of people who "have" to be invited. Since my FI is from Mexico originally, we wanted to get married in Mexico and Los Cabos was one of the few places he deemed acceptable. For some reason, my FI doesn't like AI resorts. So, we wanted to pick a place that was private, not gargantuan in size and that would give us a guarantee that we would be the only wedding held on our date so we could have the full attention of the WC and the staff for whatever we need. We absolutely loved photos we saw of the Westin and from other weddings held there and knew it was the place for us. The mix of the modern architecture plus the colors make for very dramatic scenery, which we loved. We also love the fact that it has a timeshare section of the hotel, the Regina Club, in case any of our family members want to spend the whole preceding week vacationing with us. CEREMONY **UPDATE** Ceremony is now for sure at the Westin. Padre Juvencio gave away our ceremony time so we are doing a private quickie church thing with our parents to make it "legal" in the eyes of the church, and then doing our big thing with the guests at the westin. RECEPTION We were given two options: Restaurante La Playa or the pool deck. We are heavily leaning toward La Playa because both locations have equally beautiful views of the ocean, but La Playa has a roof over it. The sides of the restaurant are open air though. I have some photos I will post later today to show the difference between the two. End of August begins the rainy season, so we shouldn't need to worry too much about rain in the beginning of August but you can never be too careful. If we do it on the pool deck and it rains, they would move us indoors and we don't like the indoor options. I also had spoken with another BDW member, KarlaV, who had her reception on the pool deck, and she told me that if she had to do it over again, she would've picked a more private location at the Westin because there were other hotel guests walking by throughout the night. MENU We will be doing some kind of cocktails between the ceremony and the beginning of the reception so that we can sneak off for some photos of just the two of us. We have still not decided our menu selections yet, as we have a bit still before we have to do so. We do know for sure it will be a plated dinner served to the guests. Amazingly, one of FI's best friends owns a wine/tequila importing and exporting company and has generously offered to provide the wine and tequila for the evening as a gift. WEDDING COORDINATOR UPDATED 3/2/08 We still dont have one. Been dealing with Karina Jajan who is the general sales manager and Maira Gallegos who is the group reservations coordinator. They answer emails fairly quickly but seem to be trying my patience a lot lately. PHOTOGRAPHER Bradley Fraser. We booked Bradley for 5 hours based on many wonderful examples of his work as well as recommendations from other clients. NEW! VIDEOGRAPHER Enrique Diaz from Baja Video Productions. Very excited about this because I wanted a video and originally couldn't afford it, but they gave me a great price so I reworked my budget to fit it in and I am so happy I was able to! I can't think of anything else right now... Welcome to all the Westin Brides out there(and anyone thinking about becoming a Westin bride)! Share your details and experiences with the Westin here! Maura, I really want a videographer but they seem to be very expensive. Do you mind me asking you how much you are paying yours and for how many hours. Thanks,