Oscar_Ernie

I LOVE those hanging orchids! Your dress, bouquet, everything looked perfect. You are so beautiful!!!

Welcome, welcome! Congrats on your recent wedding. Hope it was everything you hoped it would be!

You'll find all sorts of ideas and advice here. Everyone is SO nice! Besides checking out the Mexico threads, I also googled and used sites like tripadvisor.com to help me get started. It feels so overwhelming at first! But once you've found "the place" I think it gets a whole lot easier. Congratulations and good luck!!!

It looks beautiful! I love the one during sunset. SO romantic! Can't wait to see the pro pics! Congrats!!!

Okay, so I looked into this, but I have to say that I'm still VERY skeptical. lol You say you don't use very many coupons, but isn't that how you get your savings? I'm just confused! Reading through that site it seemed like they just tell you where to get the coupons for everything, then it's up to you to search them out and cut them. Then, once you find them, you go to the store-making sure you read the fine print (i.e. you have to buy two to get the discount, etc.)-and then have to hand over a fistful of coupons when checking out? Okay, it's gotta be easier then that if you're so excited about it!What am I missing? LOL

Wow! You got are really great deal. You are so beautiful! You guys look SO happy! Thanks for sharing!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by sarah_prieb I'm hoping that I can get my husband to show me how to post our slide show tonight when I get home from work. I'm useless when it comes to computers. Hopefully we will have time to get that up! Thanks for the wonderful comments! Can't wait to see it!!!

Asking your dad to call would be smart. Asking your BMs might be asking a bit much of them, but if you think they totally wouldn't mind, then go for it. Personally though, if I was that worried about it, I'd be making the calls myself. Maybe they'd realize it was VERY important if the busy bride took some of her own precious time to make the calls. I know this may not be realistic for you, but just thought I'd throw it out there. I know if it was me and I was really concerned, I'd just do it myself. It's terrible, but sometimes I just have to go with the "if you want something done right, just do it yourself."

It looks stunning on you! Congrats! Only a few (okay, several) more days!!!

Congrats and welcome!!! I'm pretty sure there's a Rui area on the forum, so I'm sure you can share your info and/or maybe get some info you don't yet have. Your wedding is coming up so soon, I bet you're totally excited! Congrats again!!!

Welcome to the forum!!! I did a lot of research on Mexico and the Caribbean, and a little on Hawaii. It seems to me that you can get a whole lot more for your money in Mexico, but that's just what I've discovered in researching the more "luxury" resorts. The Caribbean also seemed less expensive than Hawaii. But, Hawaii is pretty much perfect year-round as far as weather is concerned, so it's an amazing (and beautiful!) option. Another thing to take into consideration is where you and your guests will be flying from. It makes sense that the closer your destination, the cheaper it will be. Of course, that's not ALWAYS true, but usually. Hope this helps you a little. Good luck!!!

Yay! You two are so adorable and the pics are fantastic!!!

It looks like it was absolutely amazing! I'm so glad it was such a great experience despite the rude Gustav! Can't wait to see the pro pics!!! Thanks for posting!

Perhaps this is TMI, but what about when you start sweating? Especially on an important day, I'm sure I won't be all fresh and clean all day long. Can you imagine walking down the aisle, and, oops! lost my pretend underware! LOL!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by adias.angel I like the way this is worded. You might want to put some marketing spin. Instead of saying it so straight out, turn it around as a positive thing. Something like for everyone staying with us at the Excellence you will be saving some money by not having to buy a day pass (usually $70). Clever wording. I really like the more positive spin. Great idea!!!

WOW!!! They look like magazine pics! You look absolutely beautiful! Congrats!

Welcome and congrats! I agree, it's never too early to start planning!!! Check out the Cabo threads, I'm sure they can help you out. Good luck!!!

Congrats! You look beautiful!!! I love the dress!

Quote: Originally Posted by dainanewell We are extremely lucky because my parents are paying for everything....so blessed to have such amazing parents!!! Wow! You are VERY lucky! If my parents offered, I'd definitely take them up on it. However, they went into SO much debt for my sister's wedding a few years ago, I just could never ask them to help us out. Besides, I'm 29 and feel like at this point it should probably be our responsibility. LOL! Now, if only I could get a full-time teaching job...it'd REALLY help!

Your pictures are beautiful and you both look SO happy!!! Thanks so much for sharing!

Oh, my gosh. Is that seriously real? That's just nuts!!!

What a bummer! I'm so sorry!!! I'm sure you must feel devasted. (I just checked out your website and I love it! It looks SO good and it's so informative. It may be the best I've seen yet!!! Great job!)

Quote: Originally Posted by Shay2679 Not a silly question at all. It is one that I certainly wanted answered and I did...I think. Micaela was going to verify for me, but she said it was a voucher that could be used basically antime after our wedding. For us, that only leaves two days, but...hey...whatever! I'm not sure how "intimate" it will be...it is on the beach..but...I really don't care! Just as long as it is he and I, it'll feel private! I love the idea of it. That's good to know. Some of the things in the package aren't "musts" for us, but I do think this one might be kinda nice. Although, again, I'm still trying to weigh how much the extras are really worth. I find it kind of annoying that Royal is one of the few resorts I researched that don't offer a reasonable "free" package. There's NO way we could afford that high a category of room just to get that package which doesn't even really include much. Actually, I spent a lot of time crunching numbers between the top three resorts we'd been considering. Royal is definitely the most expensive, but depending on how many guests we decide to have it may be A LOT more expensive. I'm having second thoughts about it even though I shouldn't really even be worrying about it until we've decided a firm date. LOL! But it just looks so ideal for us...well, we'll eventually get it figured out. I'm guessing by the time we do it'll be too late (either to book, or for our guests) to do it next summer, but that'll just give us some extra time to squirrel away money!

Quote: Originally Posted by Shay2679 The other thing with the Luxury Package, is it states that there are something like 25 or 36 photos (can't remember which) are also included. From the information I have gathered, this is not Photography service, but rather, 25 of your favorite pictures (whether they be from the Royals photog if you choose that option, your own photog, family photos whatever) that you send to your WC digitally. They assemble a little album for you. I just wanted to clarify that, because, I thought we might be getting a little extra, like onsight photography, or something, but no... OH!!! I had totally assumed that meant photography service! Well, that might change things. Even if I'm forced into using their photographer, it's still going to cost a bunch more money! Hmm...well, if we decide to wait until 2010 maybe it won't be a big deal. However, if we decide to just go for it next summer, we may have to forgo more things....hmm...well, thank you for clearing that up for me! I'd never have known!!!

You look beautiful! It must be so exciting to be so close to your big day!!! The dress is gorgeous!