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Congratulations on being a T&C bride! Happy planning! Mary

Welcome Jessica. You will find lots of great info here. Happy Planning! Mary

I was just notified that I have Roxy too. Hope she is better than the last girl that everyone complained about. Mary

Does anyone know if Beaches allows Sky Lanterns to be set off on the property?

Awesome pics!! Congrats!

Thanks for sharing. I'm thinking about it for a possible processional song.

Can you share the informtion on where you are going to do your photo share and the instructions? This is a great idea!

Love the look of this. I'm thinking I can use it to ask my girls to be my MOH & Bridesmaids...of course changing the language. Can you post your template? Thanks! Mary

I'd like to see your list when you complete it if you don't mind sharing. I think it's a great idea! I'd like to use a list too.

I still couldn't get them to work but am able to open other attachments on this site. Moderator can you assist? I would love to have these templates Thanks! Mary Boarding Pass.doc LuggageTagInsert.ppt Passport Invite - no lines.ppt Ticket Envelope.ppt

Thanks ladies for the information about the sound system. That's a load off my mind. My fiance' and are big music lovers and I would hate to have to bring my little portable ippd player to use for the wedding & reception and have it barely audible over other resort noise or sound like crap. I too would be interested if they charge to use the sound system...sounds like they nickle & dime ya for everything else ; ). I thought about Canon in D as I really like that song but you hear it at every single wedding so I might decide to go with something more tropical and less traditional. Stella - I saw that too. I can't remember who is next on the wedding list but I sure hope there are no weddings planned during this period. How awful. I wonder how bad the damage was? Thanks for letting us know about the Brilliant virus. I was one of the unlucky ones who got the virus from their site last time and I had to reinstall my IE as a result and lost all of my wedding planning favorite sites I had saved.....grrrr. Not happy about all the time I spent bookmarking pages and now they are all gone. I hope you didn't get the virus. Mary

Does anyone know if Beaches has a sound system that can be used to play an I-Pod on for ceremony music and reception music? For those of you who recently married there - did you use it and how did it sound? We are getting married on the beach and I'm afraid an Ipod player won't be very loud and won't be heard well or won't sound good. Just curious, what did you or are you planning to walk down the aisle to? I know there is a thread on here about this but I would like to know what my fellow Beaches T&C brides are doing. I'm kind of thinking Somewhere over Rainbow by IZ for either my bridesmaids or for me to walk down the aisle to.but I haven't made up my mind. I was also thinking Can't help falling in love" by UB40 for my hubby to be and groomsman to walk into. Decisions decisions.

I should have mentioned I am looking at late May / early June travel dates.

Just curious how much did you / are you paying for airfare to T & C? I am flying from Kansas City and there are no direct flights. The cheapest (ha it's not cheap) I have found is $670 round trip. I wonder if I should wait to see if the price drops or book it now. US Air already increased their prices from $638 from a month or so ago. I'd like to hear if this is a good price or not. Thx

Thanks for sharing great idea!! Mary

Wendy sounds like you have a lot done already! Great feedback about the bridal show. I wish I would have seen your comment about the separate email address before I went. I too got the annoying "free gifts" calls. Quote: Originally Posted by wendy5512 Hey Lizzdee! It sounds like you've had a great, relaxing summer. Thanks for the heads up about Monica! She was assigned to me as my WC, but she kept rescheduling via email for the last couple months and we were scheduled to finally speak two weeks from now. Hmm. Before I call Beaches to be assigned a new WC, is there really any benefit to do this, or is there anything that the "Monica' would do for me besides pre-sell upgrades I probably don't want? Jillvella, I hope this helps with your question: My fiance Dennis works for the USPS and said that as far as he knows the USPS still accepts letters with the hand stamped wax seal. The issue is the automated machinery in the "postal plants" that now sort the mail in the departure and receiving cities may pull the wax seals off the envelopes either completely or in parts. Everyone, it has been so fun to read what everyone else has planned and is planning! I am so thankful that the Beaches Turks & Caicos brides are sharing so much great information, especially when Beaches hasn't been communicating with me at all. It's been almost 2 months since my engagement and I am amazed how much we've already completed! There are still a lot of little touches and details to handle, such as the, "fun passport invitations or more traditional" debate, but I have over 8 months yet. My mom and I were at the bridal shop less than 24 hours from the proposal. I chose the second dress I tried on - you just KNOW when it's right - and they have already completed it for me! On another sentimental note, we incorporated the diamonds in my grandmother's bridal set into a more modern wedding band to match the engagement ring, and we are just waiting to get it back, plus we have all the other rings plus the veil, shoes, and my options for jewelry. My sister ordered her MOH dress, plus we scored at some end of summer sales and have the outfits for the best man, my parents, and BIL. Dennis has two shirt options, and we just need to find some nice linen pants for him. Oh! I am really excited about the STD cards we designed in Adobe Illustrator/ Photoshop! I saw another bride's idea for "vacation sign postcards" in the DIY section a while back and became obsessed with the idea. My fiance's brother in law (best man) helped us get it done. He was very patient when I kept changing "font picture" piece in Illustrator, and he created and recreated the final layered project in Photoshop about 3 times to get them just right. We should get the postcards back from the local printer by the end of the week, and I will try to upload a sample of what we did! I am so glad we went with a local print business - they are only charging us $18 for 50 finshed postcards with full color on both sides! Also, I went to my first bridal show last weekend which was fun even though I already either have what I want, or know what I want to do already. I had hoped to see some options for sand ceremonies, but no one had anything, but the cupcake sampling was worth it alone! I signed up to "win" a few of the vendor's contests, and while I didn't really win anything, I am now getting crazy emails and phone calls saying I have been selected to win this or that, but upon digging deeper they really just want me and my fiance to come to various sales presentations where I am eligible to receive hotel vouchers that I must pay for to use. One of them offers tungsten wedding bands if we show up, but we already have that covered. In any case, I have found this aspect a bit annoying, so I have an idea I would like to pass on to others to consider who haven't been to a bridal show yet: Create a NEW email address that you will use just for bridal shows or wedding stuff, and don't give out your phone number unless you mean to do business with that vendor. Once your wedding planning is complete and the honeymoon is over, disable the email account you used specifically for the wedding and you don't have to worry about "unsubscribing" to every email. I hope it helps someone Those of you that had a sand ceremony, did you use a container that was able to transport the "wedding sand" back home in one piece? I'd love to add this to the decor of our master bath "tropical oasis", but haven't found a good container yet. I appreciate any ideas! Wendy

I love looking at the blog too and can't wait to see our pictures on the site next summer, but unfortuantly I got the trojan virus from the site ....grrrr. It's a pain to get rid of and it alters your system. If you get the virus or any other virus or malware - install Malware Bytes http://www.malwarebytes.org/ it's free and will remove it. I ran Microsoft Security Essentials and it couldn't find and remove it. . It . . n Quote: Originally Posted by Tropical Imaging Hi, I am off island right now but emailed Andy last night and he had responded "its a trojan virus - only affects pc's and is not consistent so no one has "found it" on the website.....very bizzare" We still have our web company checking it out to see if they can find anything on the site as they haven't so far, and will post a notice on the blog as well. Krys

Great idea to get these. Thanks to whoever posted the link. Also a great idea to try them at home under your dress.

Hi LaurenMarie, Where did you get your flowers.? What kind are they? I think they look so pretty against the T&C sky and water. thx Mary

Hi acw8511, Welcome and congrats on your upcoming wedding. Join us on the Beaches - Turks & Caicos Roll Call thread. Be sure to add yourself to the list of brides and thier wedding dates. Mary

dHi, I'm getting married at Beaches Turks & Caicos on June 4, 2012! I have been enjoying all the posts on BDW and think there are so many great ideas...I'm starting to get overwhelmed with which ones to do. Anyone have tips on how you are organizing or saving the the ideas so you can access them later? So far I have: Date booked Hotel booked Group rates secured Save the Date sent electronically via TheKnot.com Wedding website done on theknot.com 2 Dress bought (and at home!). One of the dresses will be for a TTD photo shoot. But not sure if this is the dress I want. Thinking i might want to get a sexy knock off for the shoot. Photographer booked (TTD) Lots more to do. Happy planning ladies!

Michelle, I have several cats I would like to give you- lol.

Brandy, what kind of dogs do you have. You are so right they are like kids. You should be proud this thread you started now just hit 100 pages! Thanks so much for bringing us all together.

Just for fun I thought I woudl take a poll of the T & C brides to be & newlyweds. Tell us: Is this your 1st, 2nd, or too many to count (lol) marriage? Do you or your FI have kids? If so, how many? (You can include furkids if you want ) I'll start....This is my second marriage (I'm a widow). I have two teenage boys and 1 dog. My FI has 4 furkids (Cats) which my dog wants to eat

Congrats! Looking forward to hearing all about the big day and the rest of your stay!