CaraW

Jen!!!!

to the forum, Kelly!!!

That is perfect!!!! What a beautiful dress.

Quote: Originally Posted by harv0136 Does anyone know how many days in advance you need to arrive for a legal wedding? I read somewhere that it was 4 days, not including weekends and the day you arrive and the day of your wedding. That seems a bit extreme! That is a whole week in advance to arrive before your wedding. Thanks! Hey harv0136, It is 4 days for a legal wedding and 3 days for non legal.

Quote: Originally Posted by CaboBride4 I'm doing a site visit over Labor Day Weekend, and no I've never been to a RIU. I'm excited, and boy do I need the vacation. This should be an awesome experience. The more I look at this site the more I know I made the right decision in going away to get married. I think there is something magical about getting married on the beach, it is going to force me to just sit back and enjoy the day. I know what you mean!!! At first, I thought I made the wrong decision because all the prices were coming back so high and it didn't seem like people were willing to pay. But we got an awesome quote and now I couldn't be happier!!!! And that's the way it should be - the bride should be able to sit back on her day and enjoy it, instead of stress. Quote: Originally Posted by brandynd Yes, our date is confirmed. Funny story on the coordinator though. Our first travel agent was a bit shady, and kept changing the amount they wanted for deposits and stuff after we had called ahead ten minutes earlier, so we went to a different company. Somewhere in the shuffle we lost our wedding coordinators info. I think her name was Xhali....something along those lines, it was a really unique name. Now Ana has taken over the plans for our wedding. She seems really nice, but I've heard some not so nice reviews on her work in the past, which is making me a little uncomfortable. Oh yes I've heard of Xhail, I haven't heard of Ana though. I have Gabriela and so far she's been good. Are you a part of the Unnoficial Barcelo forum? They are SO helpful there!

YAY! I booked Ivan for our wedding next May!!! I am so happy.

I used Rebecca at Allurements by Rebecca Allurements by Rebecca and she was so helpful!!!! I love our monogram.

to the forum!!! It's great here, isn't it??

to the forum, Erin!!

Quote: Originally Posted by brandynd Hello everyone! Oh my goodness there are a lot of us, and that makes me feel so so so much better! Cara, you and I are sight buddies! I'm getting married at the Barcelo Riviera Maya Palace on January 13, 2010. I am so excited! I'm just a little concerned, because my wedding coordinator has been a little slow on getting the ball rolling. Maybe I'm just being paranoid though, since the wedding isn't until January. I'm just a nit-picker....everything has to be perfect....so on and so forth. We only have a small number of people going at this point. 22 have booked, and I don't know how much higher that will get, because most of our friends are finishing up their senior year in college. Anyways, just thought I'd stop in and say hello really quickly! Brandy Hey Brandy!! I know what you mean, the coordinators can be a little slow at getting back to emails. Have you confirmed your day yet? Which coordinator do you have?

to the forum, Missy!!! Cara

to the forum Brandy!! Great choice of resort.

Quote: Originally Posted by RCBlondie Hi CaraW - we are getting married June 3, 2010 in the Mayan Riviera (resort yet to be confirmed). The invite list is getting a bit out of control, just over 125 pp! Yikes! But I think we will have about 40-60 people; you never know until the book though. I have some pictures of our trip to Barcelo back in Dec 2006. If you would like to see them send me a PM and I can forward you a link to our site. Wow 125 people!!! I think we invited somewhere around 70+, and ended up with 55. LOL Quote: Originally Posted by CaboBride4 Cara, You don't know how great it is to hear that someone went to a wedding there and had a great time. I was starting to get worried because all I hear are Dream's brides when Cabo is mentioned. We are heading down over Labor Day weekend to scope it out. Can't wait! Have you visited your site already? I've actually heard from 2 people that the resort is beautiful. My coworker, and someone my aunt knows also went to a wedding there and said it was perfect and absolutely gorgeous. And I'm sure you can't go wrong with a Riu!! They are one of my favorite resorts. Have you ever stayed at any Riu before? We won't be able to do a site visit unfortunately. We thought about it, but it's just not in our means right now. But luckily we've heard nothing but good things about this resort, so it eases the mind a bit.

Quote: Originally Posted by RCBlondie And CaraW - you both chose a very beautiful resort! My FI went to Barcelo Maya Colonial (it was the newer one when we were there in Dec 2007) and absolutely loved the place. Would have booked our wedding there but decided we wanted to be between Playa and Cancun, to appease our ADHD friends (hehe). The beach is so beautiful; light posts on the beach make for a very romantic evening walk. The pool is to die for and the buffet was probably the best I have ever had at an AI. Never got sick of it, surprisingly! AWWW that is so great to hear!!!! I got goosebumps when I was reading this, I'm getting so excited!!! Quote: Well, congrats to you both! And CaraW, wow, 55 people booked already, that is going to be so fun! I can't believe we have that many guests. I didn't think we were even going to have 30. lol Thanks so much RCBlondie! Where are you getting married?

I REALLY loved the reply!!! Well said!! And what an idiot he is!! Threatening slander... I can't believe him....

I can't see it either. I'd love to though if you have other pics

Welcome to the forum Kathy and congratulations on your engagement!!!! Cara

Welcome to the forum Misty!! Cara

OMG how unprofessional is right!!!! You are definitely not over reacting. I can't even believe he would ask you those things.... wow... I'm shocked. I don't even know what I would say if I got that email. I would be livid.

Hey CaboBride 4!!! Welcome to the forum. We are date twins!!! I'm also getting married on May 14, 2010 - except our wedding is in the Mayan Riviera. It's funny though, we almost went with the Riu Palace Cabo. It looks so beautiful, and someone I know went to a wedding there, they said it was amazing! Good choice.

I love this thread! What a great idea. All of the pictures are so cute!

Welcome Renee! I am also getting married May, 2010.

Welcome to the forum Katie!! You've come to the right place, this forum has so much helpful information and I am sure you will figure things out once you've browsed through some posts on this site. Ask lots of questions - everyone on this site is so helpful!

Congrats and welcome!!!

I don't think it applies because then they are considered a guest at the hotel.