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I brought my Aunt to be our Photog...we did not have to pay an outside fee since she was a guest. This was not an issue. The resort photographer's website and reviews are laughable...buyer beware! We are talking the worst pics I have ever seen!!! I did lots of research and talked to a few girls on Mr Iberostar's site that went with the Resort photog, and eeww! Trust me they are terrible! That is sad if that took away the option to go with someone other than their photog...they are awful, awful pics! Read this review: Resort Photography

For our AHR we had a Taco bar, burritos, a nacho bar (huge hit!) and rice and beans. Our cateerer did a buffet with service and a bartender. We provided the alcohol- Corona, Fat Tire, Coor Light, Miller Lite, Sangrias,Margaritas and of course tequila for shots. As for the Tequila, We bought some really good stuff in Mexico. It was amazing! people loved it! They thought the theme was great! The food cost us $12.99 a person, they also provided set up, full linens and glass wear/silver wear. It was a bargain and the food was amazing!

Quote: Originally Posted by toshalea BBtB: Did you have any children at the reception in the Los Virtales rm? I was wondering if they still charge you $6 per person/per hour for the minors who can't drink? It is a charge only for the adults. We only had one minor. You will put it in writing on your final list sheet.

I too am looking for a DIY place to ge a couple of albums. If anyone has actually gotten theirs yet, I would be very curious on your thoughts. Also, what is the cost? I have not got my pro pics back yet, but should get them soon and looking to get this ball rolling. Thanks ahead of time.

Ruin the dress? Honey, my dress was black at the end of the night. The next day we woke up at the crack of dawn and I wore it in the water and the surf totally cleaned it. I wore it again at our AHR, and people couldn't believe how perfect it looked. Don't listen to any of them...just nod and smile and then do what you want. It is your day. But definitely trash the dress! The beach is the perfect place. It will just get clean. And if you don't plan on wearing again, then who cares, trash it! Get your monies worth! I sure did! These aren't even my pro pics...I haven't gotten those yet. My dad came on the shoot with us and took these.

Quote: Originally Posted by noelynn Thank you for all the information! Very Helpful to confirm with recent brides. :-) No problem...I am happy to help.

Hi Honey, It sounds like you are under a lot of stress. I would say the best thing to do at this point is call or send an email to address all of your concrens. It sounds like there are some gray areas and you are paying a lot of money. I would also at this point, if you cant book another place, just try to stay positive and make the best of this. You are renting this property so just try to not worry about him lurking and keeping track. If you plan on going over 3 hours, tell him that and plan on paying the $200. It is better to have the time than worrying about it on your big day. Square everything away now that way you can relax and have the time of your lives on the biggest and best day of your life. This is a once in a lifetime deal. Just my two cents. Good luck! You will have an amazing wedding!

Quote: Originally Posted by noelynn Thanks for the website, I will check it out. I picked the steakhouse as well. We are having 27 people. Do know if there were any extra charges for reserving the resturants? Thanks For the wedding dinner, I think it was like $18 a person when you have more than 10 people. The first 10 are free. But it doesnt cost anything on top of that to reserve dinner.

Quote: Originally Posted by noelynn Where was your dinner at? Also, where did you get your sandframe from? Cute idea. Thanks, Noel [email protected] Our dinner was at El Rancho, the Steakhouse at the Maya. Here is the link to our sand frame. Sandframes - home1 Their site says they are not taking orders right now, which is so wierd. would just email them to see what is up. They are really good with responding. Thanks! Bess

Quote: Originally Posted by LDeeken Thanks so much, I'll have to check it out! I wonder if they would ship them to Mexico!! Also, did you get married by the minister at the resort? I'm assuming they use the same minister at the Del Mar and I was curious what you thought about him. I have read his script and it sounds awesome, but I just wondered what your experience was like. Thanks!! Leah Yes, we used the resot minister, Santiago. He was great! We wanted the ceremony to incorportate both religions, my side is Jewish and his is Catholic, so he just read from the OLd testiment. It was perfect! We loved him...the only thing that sucked was he ran out of there as soon as the ceremony ended, so I didnt even to meet him or thank him. He was there before the ceremony started, bur since I was the last to go on, so to speak... I never got the chance to speak with him. But everyone thought he did a wonderful job...it was perfect! Quote: Originally Posted by ~*Kathy*~ haha Bess, those AHR pics are awesome! Thanks Kathy...we had a blast! Quote: Originally Posted by toshalea BBtoB, Thanks for your help. I def see a theme and it sounds/looks like you guys had so much fun. I guess I am just nervous because there is a new WC, Mayra, and she doesn't answer my questions that well. Lily has been moved to the concerige desk. Eek, I wonder why they moved Lily, so was so amazing! She helped me one on one most tof the time...Tony did the Rehersal. I know Tony is pretty responsive, so trying addressing the emails to her. Or you may just have to send a follow up.

Quote: Originally Posted by LDeeken OMG your at home reception looks like it was soooo much fun!!! I love the bride and groom pinatas!! I might have to invest in those too!! Thanks, it was so amazing! The pinatas were a steal. $20 each! here is the link to the store. you just call and the lady will take your order. I got them within a week. It was a last minute decision, I am so glad I got them! You can order to your hair color. So fuN! We had planned orinally to fil them wit candy and beat them, but the lady said, no dont hit them they are too cute. She was right. We couldnt bring ourselved to beat them, we wanted to keep them. Wedding Pinatas - Pinatas, Sombreros, Paper Flowers, Banners, and Mexican Party Accessories

Quote: Originally Posted by toshalea Any suggestions on how to decorate the Los Vitrales room at the Lindo? I know you can hire an outside vendor to do this, however, it's not in my budget. I know how I would do it if my reception was at home, I just don't know what to do there, what I need to bring, or what I can purchase there. We brought tea lights and shells, I gave them to Lily and she set them, up for the dinner, them over to the Los Vitrales Room...they brought the flowers from the wedding in too. She set it all up for us. Here is a link to some pics...50-58 are the Los Vitrales room. I would say for us it worked out great. We just went with their normal set up. We had the bar in there, the cake and dancing. We did the first dances and then had a balst! It was nice having the bar in there...we did lots of tequila shots. Are you seeing a theme here? Picasa Web Albums - bessbo2004 - Mexico Weddin...

I thought I would throw up these pics so you can see what kind of party /AHR we had. It was so kick ass! 80's band...tequila shots, and then of course there was me, hubby and his hammered friend Tommy ending the night by singing Journey. We had the best time ever...can you tell? I just want to know how i got the mic? haha

Quote: Originally Posted by jlj1176 I finally received my online slide show from Claudia Rodriguez. The link is below: http://claudiaphoto.com/slideshows/c...jennifer_will/ I think I am in wedding planning withdrawal.....now that the wedding and the AHR are over I want to re-do it all! I wish I was back in Mexico! Your pics are amazing! I am in total planning withdrAwl too! After planning a legal wedding, Mexico wedding, honeymoon to AU and NZ, and AHR, I dont know what to do with myself. I have been plannning for the last year. And to think we got to do all that for what most people pay for one day on a wedding! I am pretty happy about that...this is why you do a DW! but now that I am all done with the most amazing month of my life, Now what? Mexico was amazing, our party 2 weekedns ago was the best time ever! we had an awesome band, great food, and cake! Everyone said they had the best time! I want to go back and do it again. Well, I guess we can always start having kids. haha...soon enough that is. No rush. BTW, we got these great pinatas for our AHR and everyone thought they were so great. Oh and yeah, I wore my dress again,...so gald I did. I loved my dress!

I worked with DW.com too and had the same thing happen with Mexico and the swine flu. DId you already pay in full? If not, I would say go ahead and lose your $150 deposit and cancel with them and rebook the cheaper route. That is what I wish we had done.

We just got back from our whirlwind wedding in Mexico and honeymoon is Au and Nz! We did 3 weeks down under. Here is the breakdown. We had an amazing time! We flew to all the citeis in Australia, then drove all over the south island in NZ, and just visited Aukland in the North island, NZ. Sydney- 4 days ---Auqarium, Taronga Zoo, Blue Mountains, City Tour. Sydney is amazing! we so much fun! Cairns- 3 days ---Great Barrier Reef (MUST SEE!!!) RainForestation, And tour a rain forest. Melbourne 2 days (needed longer here, could have stayed at least a few more days) -Shopping is amazing! Phillip Island to see the Little Pengiuns, one of the coolest things ever! Also saw lots of wallabies (mini kangaroos) in the wild. Koala reserve all in one tour. You must see the little pengiuns!!! Then New Zealand Christchurch 2 days toured around the city Greymouth -brewery tour on the way to a Glacier Queenstown- tour to Milford sound drove to a few more little towns and then back to Christchurch and flew to Aukland. Aukland is a big city. really neat. The south island is beautiful! The most amazing scenery ever!!!! We had so much fun! The best vacation ever! Very adventurous! You will have fun!

Quote: Originally Posted by toshalea I am working with 3 different WC at the Lindo. I am worried that having 3 different people answering questions will lead to some confusion, misunderstanding. Has anyone else had the same problem? 2 of them are great and are fast to respond, the 3rd is HORRIBLE. She only answers part of a question and is really hard to understand. Any suggestions? I only worked with Lily and Tony and they were both great! Not sure who this third person is. Must have changed since last month when we were there.

Quote: Originally Posted by jpitts78 Any other suggestions for restaurants? We have to pick a place for the rehearsal dinner, and I was thinking maybe the Italian for that one? The romantic dinner for just Mark and I is the La Brisa (they pre-assigned that one - don't know what they do for that). The Italian was amazing! I don't think they could have a bad resturant. Not possible.

Quote: Originally Posted by jpitts78 Any other suggestions for restaurants? We have to pick a place for the rehearsal dinner, and I was thinking maybe the Italian for that one? The romantic dinner for just Mark and I is the La Brisa (they pre-assigned that one - don't know what they do for that). So is that one person paying the fee for the day? Can't you just go to the bar, do you have to reserve it? Since you have a small crowd, I would just thin you can go there? Quote: Originally Posted by noelynn Did you eat at the Brazilian Restaurant "El Rodizio"? I'm trying to decide if I want my wedding dinner at the Steakhouse, which I heard great things about or the Brazilian.Thanks, Noel I didnt do the Rodizio. You are at the Del Mar, right, so those restaurants are different from the options at the Lindo, Maya, and Grand. When you stay at the Del Mar, you can go there and the Beach restaurants only. When at the Lindo, you can have the previous and also some at the Maya. Still not all. Then the Maya gets all theirs and the previous. The Grand you can go to all. We didn't make it to the Del Mar or the Beach. Sorry.

Yeah, the Rhapsody is at the Grand...the los vitrales is at the Lindo. If I were you I do have your wedding dinner at one of the grand resturants, then go to teh Rhapsody bar and have your cake and dance etc...then if you still wanted to party,go to the Galaxy. The Galaxy is the resorts club in the Central Complex. The theme is cheesy, but we had so much fun dancing and drinking! And it was included! We did shots and seriously had the best time! There were lotws of brides there with there dresses on. We went the other nights, but didn't make it on the wedding night. We did the Los Vitrales room and the lobby bar at the Lindo. It was super fun, then we check into our hotel at the Grand. Are you looking for traditional things like a first dance? The option I said with Grand would be a more laid back intimate approach, but that is what I would do if all our peopel were staying at the Grand. The Rhapsody bar looked pretty awesome!

Quote: Originally Posted by jpitts78 Hmmm... is the Rhapsody bar the same as the Los Vitrales? If it isn't how big is the Rhapsody bar? I'm trying to debate if it's worth having a reception with only a dozen people. Or just have a cocktail thing only. So if your wedding is at the Grand and all your peeps are staying there with you...they have some amazing bars at the Grand. We flipped when we saw them. Unless they have a los vitrales room at the grand...The Los Vitrales room is at the Lindo, it is ok...but it doesnt compare to the bars at the Grand. There is a sports bar and this Jazz bar...I wonder if the Rhapsody is the Jazz bar, that place was sick! Just amazing detail! You will flip! You will have no reason to leave your resort. Although the Maya is nice. We had our dinners at the Steakhouse and the Seafood Restaurants there. But seriously, I would never leave the Grand if I didn'f have to. We only stayed there 2 nights as we switched over for our honeymoon...we never looked back! It is the nicest resort I have ever seen. And my uncle, who travels all over the world and stays in really nice places, said the same thing. Oh, I want to go back so bad. The Lindo was nice, but the Grand was like the Bellagio times 10! You will have the most amzaing time! One of the fancy bars at the Grand also had a dance floor...so plenty of room and I would say would be perfect for 12 people. Stay there the whole time...you will love it!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by toshalea Thanks ladies I have a small number of guests right now, so I am leaning towards the hotel DJ. Did he use lights and such that a regular DJ would? The lights in the room have a dimmer, so it had nice ambiance, I also brought tea lights.

Quote: Originally Posted by toshalea Thanks! I am just concerned about the DJ- I've read that he doesn't speak English so you have to have someone do announcements anyway. Is this true?? I emailed DJ Bob- reviews on here say he's great- and he quoted me $600 for 4 hours. My reception is only 2 hrs so I am waiting for that price quote. I'm not sure that I want to spend that much more when I can make a playlist on my IPod and use it for $100! Any suggestions? I met DJ Bob while I was there...he was really cool! I asked him how much he would charge and it was more than I wanted to spend. But if I had the money in my budget I would hired him. But we still had a blast! My BH did our announcements. The IB DJ is really nice, his english is not perfect, but he understands a little like song titles and artists etc. It was coold cuz he played things liek YMCa and other wedding favs that I did not have on my playlist. Be sure to not dilly dally on getting from the wedding dinner to the Los Vitrales room. We had the room from 830-1030, and they turned the lights on on 1030 on the button! And cut off the music. We were late getting there so we cut ourselves short out of party time. Just FYI.

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