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Everything looks wonderful my fellow Andrea! Your dress is so pretty!!!

Have a fabulous birthday!

Beautiful pictures!!!

I posted my template here: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...269#post622937

This is my luggage tag template for GBC brand “SelfSeal Self Adhesive Laminating Pouchesâ€. The size is 2 7/8 X 4 5/8. I bought them from Staples online and they come 5 to a pack with loops: GBC® SelfSealâ„¢ Clear Laminating Pouches, Luggage Tag Size with Loops at Staples® I downloaded a luggage tag template from Becks and it gave me a great start. Thanks you Becks!!! I quickly realized after trying to print my draft we had completely different sized tags. Having Becks template helped me a ton to at least get an idea of what to do before altering it to fit my tags. I added a square and text box to each space on the template so you could see where to lineup the photos and personal information. If you aren’t familiar with PowerPoint all you need to do is copy and paste each slide on the preview pane to create an exact copy. We also added our logo to the bottom right corner of the personal information side. For the font we used Maiandra GD, 18 pt with the shadow setting turned on. We picked a default font that Kinkos would be sure to have so we didn’t have to make last minute changes when we got there. Before printing we deleted all gridlines on the personal information page and followed the lines on the photo side for cutting. That way you won’t have any gridlines visible on your finished product. We burned the file to a disc and took it to Kinkos. We chose a heavier grade paper (not cardstock). They have nice paper cutters available so we chose to cut them on our own. They wanted a ridiculous amount of money to cut them for us. If you are using the self laminating pouches a little tip: Make sure someone is there to help you! Once you peel the backing off the tag it wants to close itself and grab the bottom. It’s nearly impossible to do it one handed. I highly recommend having help. Here's the link to my finished tags: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t33048 Let me know if you have any questions! Good luck!

Off topic but your siggy pic is fierce Kat! Love it!

Everyone's decorations look great! It's so fun to see them all!

They look great!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by starchild Andrea the size is great and I love love love your siggy! Awww thank you!!! It was fun to make one!

Thank you for your thoughts on this one TA Dina! I also think it's ridiculous for the reps to comment on paying a TA commission. Yesterday afternoon we got a final answer from RCCL. MY TA's group dept contact tried to get them to make the transfer. It would be a transfer of the reservation from RCCL to my TA and our group. They purchased directly through the cruiseline. The group contact said it cannot be done because of the WOW deal and being paid in full already. I'm still slightly annoyed the 4 guests didn't contact my TA in the first place to get a price from her. We didn't even know they were thinking about joining us until I got a text message that said "we just booked your wedding cruise". I guess you can't tell people how and who to spend there money with. My TA told me if even one of them would have booked with our group we would have qualified for $500 more to spend on everyone. Ahhhh that's hard to swallow. We did find out they are now in our dining group so that's a positive. Thanks again for listening to my rants and giving me your feedback and support! You all are the best!

I think it's a really fun gift! I would be very excited to get that! And I should add that my FI shrugs at most ideas at first and likes them in the end.

Here's my set... I'm totally in love with it! Guess that's a good thing !

Is this too big? It's my first attempt! Edited to say: Nevermind...I made it a bit smaller. I think it was a little too big

I personally think you can handle it however you want! And everyone has a different opinion on this topic. I had people that aren't coming to our wedding that were happy to come to the shower to celebrate with us.

What program do you all use to make your siggys?

Quote: Originally Posted by Cattie RCCL can be a pain to deal with sometimes. Most of the time you get someone pretty knowledgeable, but lately it's been getting the village idiot! Royal promotes using a TA so I'm not really sure what is up there. You might want to PM TADina and ask her what you have to do exactly. I'm sure she's aware of what it takes. I'm going to have to call next week. I just booked a room under the WOW deal today for the BM and his son. So now I need to add them to my group, plus I'm still trying to get reservations for our group the night of the wedding at Portofino's, so wish me luck!! Take a deep breath, it'll all work out!! Your wedding will be beautiful Andrea!! Let me know how it goes with adding your BM and his son to your group. Our 4 guests also booked the WOW deal and are not being allowed to transfer.

I love them all but the color in #4 is subtle enough to not take away from your dress but also add the pop you are looking for.

We had to come up with gifts for our school staff and were on a very tight budget. We bought a bunch of 100 grand candy bars (the small size) and attached a lottery ticket with ribbon. I can't remember what the note said exactly but something about their work being priceless, them being worth more than 100 grand or having a fortunate holiday season? It was better than that but I am totally blanking on the exact wording. I forgot to add that people loved them!

It's such a tough adjustment for sure! FI & I deal with it every year. Now we are down to trying to do one day with his family and the next with mine. It's hard to give up the times with my family, especially because I am an only child. I feel the pull to be with them and I also feel terrible leaving them alone on any holiday. My advice, don't ever have just one child...LOL! Okay, seriously, you'll have to compromise and make it as fair as possible so there is no hard feelings. What about Christmas Eve with his family and then make the drive at night and do Christmas Day with yours?

If you find someone that needs less than 10 raffia fans I will totally buy 2! I just had 4 people book last minute and I am short a whopping 2 fans! Let me know if it's possible .

My how things change over the day since my last post. It's been so frustrating to deal with RCCL!!! So our TA called and was told our guest needed to call RCCL herself, provide the TA's info and telephone number, and the reservation would be transferred. My guest called RCCL and did just that. RCCL told the guest to have the TA call RCCL with their booking numbers to confirm. TA calls RCCL and is told they cannot switch the reservation, there is nothing in the notes giving her permission to do so. WTF she JUST talked to them? They also tell TA that guest needs to fill out a form to switch it. TA reviews form and it says they will not transfer reservations if it's paid in full. SO, guest calls RCCL and talks to 8 different people over the course of an hour, all with a different explanation. Guest is told they will not transfer her reservation to our group because they would have to pay the TA commission. They said why would we want to do that if we don't have to? HOW RUDE! So, they don't care we are bringing 27 people on their ship that otherwise wouldn't have been? My TA has the group person trying to help us. I'm not sure there is anything else we can do. I'm waiting to hear back from my TA. Sorry for the long rant, it's been one heck of a day. At this point, they are not a part of our group like we were originally lead to believe. And to top it off, the hotel we have a group contract with for the day before the cruise leaves just dropped their prices significantly. Our contract says $189 plus tax and they are online for $138 plus tax. How do I explain to my guests that being a part of our group got them a raw deal. So, yet another phone call to make tomorrow. Is this stuff every easy?!?!

OMG Kate your girls are going to flip! Courtney rocks doesn't she!

Everything looks so great! Have a fabulous wedding!

I wanted to say a big THANK YOU to you girls for suggesting they try to switch their reservations! I never even thought that was possible to do. Turns out they booked directly through RCCL and not the internet which makes it a lot easier to do. After a few phone calls they are now a part of our group! This means their dining requests will be with ours! Ahhhhh life is so much easier now! My TA is going to contact the group dept to see if this will get us onto the next tier of benefits for the group. They booked some sort of a special deal that has a lot of fine print that may exclude them from the benefits. We'll see!!! Anyway, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!

It's gorgeous! Congrats on your upcoming proposal and welcome to the best forum around!