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your flowers are so pretty! Congratulations!

wow-they didn't stop us at all. You can just make receipts up-I did that just in case. They did stop husband though and I was hysterical laughing-he had planned for a fishing trip and had brought down an electric reel and they questioned him about it

All I have left is the photo albums...sorry! I can probably find the websites that I got everything for though

Quote: Originally Posted by SunBride Wow, that was really generous of them to offer you the free package without the minimum number of rooms. Although I guess in essense you still paid part of the package price because with that package normally you should have gotten a bouquet and the gazebo flower arrangments free. How about the vendor fee for the photographers? Somebody else was recently told they were going to be charged a vendor fee for using DJ Mannia so I am curious what this is all about seeing as DT has never charged vendor fees before (aside from the day pass if you want them to have meals and drinks). I think that they made me use day passes which was total crap because they didnt eat or drink anything. My wedidng was at 4 and they got there at 3 and left at 7

Quote: Originally Posted by marryinghimagain Are these still available? If so, how much are you asking for them? yea they are available! I can sell them for $2 each

thanks ladies-I will say, that when this situation was happening you all were there for me and it really made me feel so much better! Big hugs to all my BDW family!

These are from my friend-Erick posed me but she took her own pictures

Quote: Originally Posted by SunBride I'm so happy to hear you still have a great experience even though almost all your guests canceled last minute. When you say you used the free package, did they actually give it to you for free? Becuase I know it's only free if you have 5 rooms booked (otherwise it's approx 800$) in your case I guess you only had 2 rooms. If they did give it to you for free, I guess it's because your other guests had paid for their rooms and perhaps Dreams still got their money? (i.e. if they canceled with cancelation insurance then the insurance paid for the rooms). Or if they did not get paid for those canceled rooms, perhaps they were just being nice and understanding. 500$ seems a lot for flowers, did you get a lot of them ? ? ? What do you mean they charged you a vendor fee for using an outside photographer? Do you mean just the day pass or did they charge you more than that? Please post your pictures when you get them, I LOVE Claudia's team's work. The wedding package was free-they didn't charge us for it. My guests all got their money back from the resort also. I got my bouquet and 3 things for the chuppah.

Met with Natalia on Wednesday and went over everything-she is so nice and was so patient with me. At this point we thought we were going to have 15 people so we went with the Silver package. I had told her that I already booked Erick Rodriguez and she told me that I would have to pay an outside fee for them. Whatever. Everything else was fine-I had emailed them prior with the flowers I wanted and they had that email in hand. Fast forward a few days and we realized that we only had 4 other couples coming down. I went and found Natalia immediately who again, was so patient with me and told me not to worry. She was off to do another wedding but asked me to come back that evening so we could talk. After I came back, we talked again and she totally understood everything and offered me the free package. Here is the deal, when she offered the package, she never told me that I would have to pay for the flowers which turned out to be $500. The next day was the wedding-had my hair/makeup at 1:30 and the woman, I think her name was Angelica was AMAZING! I was very nervous after hearing everyone talk about too much makeup. When I sat down I told her only a little makeup I like the natural look. I was so happy when we were done. My friends were shocked how great the makeup looked. I think the lesson learned, is to speak up and tell them what you like and you don’t. Natalia came and got to my room around 3:45 to come and get me. Walked to the seaside grill and then had the service. The judge was hysterical-it was very important to us that he did not mention Jesus or religion since we are Jewish-he did great. Jay told him to make it quick and it was. I have to give an A++++ to Claudia Rodriguez and her team. During my time at the resort I probably emailed her 6 times with updates and concerns. I had booked Erick (her brother) for 7 hours and Mike for the same but since my guests canceled I didn’t need that many hours. She actually called me one nigh and talked to me for 20 minutes and came up with a great package. Her brother Erick is AMAZING. He showed me some of the pictures he took and I was blown away. We did a TTD right after the ceremony and we had such a good time with it. I can not wait to see the pictures. He actually had us jump in the pool in the end. AMAZING! I would tell any girl who wants a great photographer to use Erick. The only other thing I will say is, I wanted to use DJ Mannia and I actually had him booked but because of the canceling guests I had to cancel him-he was very gracious and understanding also. I am sad that we didn’t get to use him but what can you do? I posted some non pro pictures in the Dreams Tulum thread so everyone can see :0 Let me know if anyone has any questions…

Even though we only had 4 other people at the wedding I really wanted to post my review. let me know if anyone has any questions. Check in We had a private transfer from the Cancun airport through American Express-definitely well worth the money. As soon as we got there we were greeted with cool towels and a welcome home. No champagne but that is ok. when we went to the desk we were actually given the honeymoon suite which was awesome because it was free Our room was great-as Sunbride had mentioned before the honeymoon suite was definitely not what I was expecting but it was still very nice. 2 balconies and a huge bathroom. The only draw back was that we were in the 7000 block which was really far from the pool/beach. Food-we are very picky eaters and we were very happy with everything. Our friends are very picky too and they loved everything. Most nights we ordered all the apps and multiple deserts etc. Seaside Grille-great for lunch but be warned, one day it was 90 minutes before we were finished-very slow service here. We ate here for dinner the last night and the food was excellent. Portofino-awesome. The gnocci was so good-for dinner I had the shrimp and it was very tasty. The deserts here are the best. Gohan-so my husband likes to fish and usually will not order sushi anywhere but he loved the sushi here and we actually ordered more! Asian place-it was just ok-good chicken yakotori El Patio-ate here for lunch one day and we all loved it. I had the chicken fajitas and they were great! The fried calamari was kind of gross and so was the chicken wings Bordeux-we ate here on the last night and the service was excellent. Everyone loved it here also The World Café-breakfast is the way to go here. I ate lunch one day here and it was fine, just made a big salad-my other guests had lunch there and hated it. Beach/Pool I am not sure if it was because of the flu situation or what but we were lucky enough to get plenty of chairs everyday. The entertainment staff are so fun-we did a few of the activities and laughed the entire time. Wedding details When we got to the resort I had asked if Natalia was around-and they said no. I came back on Tuesday after hearing a lot of my guests had canceled and they finally got her on the phone and she told me that I would have a letter in my room with a meeting time tomorrow.

when I had talked to them they were not going to do a credit for almost anything. You might want to ask them if you can use the photographer for Friday night if you are doing a welcome party. That is what we were going to do

your pictures are so pretty!!

wait what?? I was just there and I didn't see that at all!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by hanna Bummer, totally missed out on those bags.. I bought some from Beth before her wedding and they are awesome! I wish I had enough for all our guests cause now the ones getting the plain canvas bags are going to be bummed.. oh well. Thanks Beth!! Hi Hanna! I am so happy you liked the bags! Petals hasn't gotten back to me yet so if I dont hear by the end of the day about them I will repost them!

I also totally forgot that I have photo albums available!!! I think I have about 8

I got them from amazon. I think I just put in boat bags and they came up... The spanish for dummies and the bags are gone... tissues and pashminas are still available

awesome...that was easy They were great-I kept a few myself because they were so useful. I am going to send you a PM

cool-how many do you need?

So I am sure you all saw my thread about my guests canceling...bad for me, good for you! I have tons of extras! My OOT bags-they were great-my friends used them everyday for the beach-they were big and water proof! I will get rid of these for $2-I have 8 Spanish for Dummies-have 10-will take $1 Pashminas-these were great! I have 10 and will take $2/each-they are a really pretty color blue Still have the tissues also Also have 4 or 5 raffia fans Thanks for looking!!

yea-she takes forever sometimes! Try emailing Natalia. [email protected]

Quote: Originally Posted by clinicalgal Hi Everyone! Thank you so so much for this thread!! Dave and I are about 99.9% sure we will be planning a wedding at Dreams Tulum, so far it is the absolute favorite for us. We had a few questions to those who have planned or are currently planning wedding here. If you are able to help, it would be SUCH a great service to us. Feel free to private message me or leave answers here, i'll check back regularly 1. We are in desperate search of a rabbi. Landy said there isn't one at Dreams or near by. Any Jewish brides or grooms that can help with this? Our rabbi won't travel with us :/ 2. How do you go about decorations? Are there options or are you supposed to bring with you what you want and they decorate it for you? 3. How do you chose WHICH package to purchase (for the down payment, etc) when you aren't sure how many guests will attend?? 4. I do not plan on renting out the ballroom and a private dj for the night - isn't there a "night club" at the resort? Have wedding parties just taken place there, utilizing the resort's already provided entertainment?? Or is the night club not really as great as they make it seem?? 5. Would ya'll recommend opting for the private dinner/cocktail hour on the beach after the ceremony or just going to one of the included restaurants with the wedding guests? Is this even an option depending on number of guests? What are you all doing? I think that's it for now Any and all answers are welcome, i'd LOVE to know what everyone is doing. And if this isn't the right place to post these questions, i'm so sorry - i'm definitely new to all this Thanks!! Galina hey Galina- We are Jewish and we decided just to get married in the US before we left. There is a cantor on the forum-I think her name is Cantor Debbie and she travels. We were going to do the seaside grille for dinner for our guests or the beach. As far as the packages go, you can change them-I was supposed to have the Ultimate, then met with Natalia and decided on the other and then in the end went with the free option. It is all arranged when you get there

Quote: Originally Posted by khomac Thanks for bringing this thread back to life! I will have a pre-travel party a week before we leave. Everyone is travelling from my home town so this way I can give the bags to them in advance. I figure this way I don't have to buy expensive things like mugs, beach bags, etc, and instead can remind them that they have one week to purchase these things. I can give them tips and ideas at this party and prepare them for the trip instead of supplying everything for them. So far in my kit I put: Hand sanitizer Packs of Kleenex 2 Pens Luggage Tags Playing Cards or Soduko Book Hand Cream Mini First Aid Kit Hibiscus coin purses (Oriental Trading Co.) Information Booklet (If you want a copy, PM me) Personalized thank you card Aloe - Is this a cream? A liquid? Where did you buy it? It is a gel for sunburn...my friends used that the most

Here are some no pro pictures my best friend took. She was amazing!

Quote: Originally Posted by northernflasher Congratulations, So glad to hear everything worked out despite it all being against you! You are a role model to us all with your positive energy and determination to allow nothing to affect your wonderful day, when I find myself stressing over the little things that really dont matter I'll remember to follow your example... Cant wait for the review. You are so sweet. Trust me, I was very upset but decided not to let it ruin my day!