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Thanks for sharing your info Jessica!

Great thread Liz!! Looks like you had a great time! Your wedding planning is going to just fly by from now until June! Happy Planning!

You look AMAZING!!

How adorable! I love the colors!

I love them! the colors are really pretty!

Looks great! I love the flash drive idea!!

CONGRATS SYLVIA!! Love your pictures!!

Quote: Originally Posted by liznsergio LOL!!! Well it's funny you mention the "spiral notebook"...because I have something similar to it with a gazillion tabs separating the subjects..flowers, colors, OOT bags..etc. So no worries....when I read "spiral notebook" I knew EXACTLLY what you meant ) Well I hired and outside WC before I came accross this forum (which is a ton of help). We will be looking at Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach, Dreams, Casa Dorada and the Hilton....and maker our decision before we head back home ) Thanks for the info Melette!!! Have a great day! OMG! SO DO I! This gives me an idea to start a thread on "show us your wedding planner! It'll be HILAR to see what the other girls are towing around! Take tons of pics! Can't wait to see them! Quote: Originally Posted by JGAMMAGIRL77 The review is soo helpful!!!! Thanks a bunch. I was wondering if you were able to negoiate a lower price with Sunrider. I think there online price is $45pp. I didn't know if they offered you a group rate? Jessica Hi Jess. You know, It never crossed our mind to try and negotiate that! It was just the 2 of us. I wonder if the other girls on the forum has tried to negotiate a group rate?

Quote: Originally Posted by deefalvey Melita - GREAT REVIEW!!! Question for you....How did you schedule your food tasting? I am going down for a site visit May 29th and have asked Yarai several times about doing a tasting and have gotten no response. Thanks Deanna Hi Deanna! I emailed Yesica and gave her the date's we would be there and that we wanted to do our resort visit. She picked a day that was best for her schedule. Then she emailed me the food options, and had to give her our 2 choices per each course. This is where Dino came to my rescue! I totally forgot to send her my course choices! I emailed her 5 days prior, with no response from her. So, i emailed Dino to ask him to get in contact with her, and she confirmed the day we left. From what Yesica has told me, may is their busy wedding month. from thursday to saturday they had 4 weddings! By next week, if she hasn't already responded, i would try and email her again. good luck!

love your review Andi! You are always so thorough and so detailed! Thanks again and CONGRATS!

Yamille!! Your planning thread is awesome! Have a great time and i can't wait to see your pictures when you return!

Quote: Originally Posted by liznsergio Hi Melette! Awesome and detailed review of your site visit. My FI and I wil be doing our in 3 weeks, we will be in Cabo for 7 days...can't wait!!!! Do you have an outside WC? I'm so jealous! You are going to have a really good time! I was so sad to leave! But, January is not too far away. Our wedding is just around the corner. I do not have an outside WC. I thought about it, ONLY because I wasn't sure how i was going to plan our wedding in another country. But the ladies on this forum have helped me a whole lot. Not to mention, you are going to do a site visit. The on-site WC for most resorts are pretty much all you need, they are good at what they do! Because of this forum, Our wedding was already planned the first 2 months of planning! My advice: Write down all of your questions prior to you going to your visit. I keep a spiral notebook with me at all times to jot down questions that would come along the way. If i didn't have my notebook i'd write my questions on receipts, napkins, and even on my hand! It sounds crazy, but it'll help you along the way. No matter how small the questions are, small questions add up. And it's nice to get the answers in person, versus playing e-mail tag all the time! Have fun on your visit, and can't wait to see your review! Which resort are you going to have your wedding at?

There are tons of ideas on this forum! I've seen magnets, Postcards, Magnet/postcard from vistaprint: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t20498 and http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t35869 on ofoto.com i found these save-the-dates: Kodakgallery.com*View Card Detail On Orientaltrading.com, they have these message in a bottle invites for cheap, but instead of the invitation, you can easily print one out on Microsoft word- saying save-the-date instead Tropical Invitations In A Bottle The possibilities are endless! Hope this helps! and happy planning!!

Hi! I'm not a Punta Cana Bride, but a future Dreams Los Cabos bride to be. To beach or not to beach? That is the question. In my opinion, it's all personal preference. When we finally agreed to have a destination wedding, on a resort with a beach, the first thing that came to mind was how nice it'll be to have sand inbetween our toes while we exchange vows. It's a formal event... In an informal situation and environment. The gazebo is beautiful at the Dreams Resort. I did have second thoughts when i saw it. But the whole time we were on our resort visit last week, the beach just kept calling me. That was the deciding factor. A lot of the brides have had their ceremony at the gazebo, and their pictures are so beautiful! I'm sure they can agree it's all personal preference. I Hope this helps!

Quote: Originally Posted by mich999 Melette - thanks for the review. We are using Sunrider for our rehearsal dinner (next week!!). I'll let everyone know how it goes. We leave this Saturday - hoping we don't have your flight issues, I don't think I could handle that with my dress in tow! : ) You are totally going to enjoy it! The crew was just hilarious! They had a dance routine and everything! The food was good and they tend to your every need! especially with the drinks!! I don't wish what we went through with the flight on my worst enemy! It was just all bad! I hope you don't go through our flight plan. You should be o.k. because the swine flu mumbo jumbo is dying down. Quote: Originally Posted by Erika J Melette- your review is amazing, thank you for all the details and the food pics. sooooo helpful. I am sure I will come up with more questions later but for now... THANK YOU!!! Please feel free to ask me anything when you do! I may just have the answer for it! Remember, I did have my spiral notebook full of questions! Yesica was so sweet. She must have thought I was Nucking Futs!! Thinking to herself for me to LOL!

Love your review and pics! Thanks for sharing!

I know i'm a little late! MarieSam!! I love your engagement photo's! Your photographer was right! Both of your smiles are totally infectious!

CONGRATS! I love the way you incorporated the "swine"! priceless!

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Angela~ Thank you so much for your review, and for all the pictures too! I am hungry just looking at them!!!!! Dreams is one of my top choices right now and the only reason I am hesitant is because of the cost for our guests and the proximity to Cabo San Lucas (further than I'd like to be) but ...I had no idea it was only a 15 minute walk to San Jose Del Cabo so ...that is a definite bonus! Thanks again! We stayed at the Presidente Intercontinental which is a 15 min walk to downtown San Jose. 10 min. if you are a sprinter! LOL! from presidente to dreams is 10 min cab ride. Dreams is a 13 min cab ride to the hustle and bustle of Cabo (yes, i kept track of the clock! LOL!) To tell you the truth. We were hanging out at the Pueblo Bonito Rose, which is right dab smack in the middle of everything going on! But, at the beach, The ambiance is totally different! It was a lot more busy and a lot more street vendors on the beach and just totally, a lot more noise! I couldn't even shut my eyes for 5 minutes before i heard "Mam, i have necklace, bracelet, anklet. Good price, almost free" I heard it so much, it's become a montage in my head that keeps repeating itself!! LOL! Don't get me wrong.. There is nothing wrong with that, BUT for R&R, it's not my cup of tea? But it's a great place to hang out and have fun!

Quote: Originally Posted by Tammy Host great review...i am so glad you met with yesica. she is so sweet... i think your guests will really enjoy dreams. ps. out of sfo alaska usually has the best non-stop rates...sometimes united are lower...but i usually fly alaska. I'm so glad we were able to squeeze our resort visit in our wedding budget. I highly recommend it if the wedding couple is able to. My only regret is not getting in contact with you sooner to organize and schedule it with you! I'm sure all of what we went through would have been avoided. But, with the swine flu mumbo jumbo. Who knows! I definitely know my guest will love Dreams!

Reception-The Cascada Terrace is the best place for our approx. 85 guest. This is where we chose to have our cocktail hour and reception. It's right in the middle of the resort, beachfront, but Yesica explained that it will be blocked off and also said what Ana has told me, the guest are usually respectful when wedding are in progress. Both levels are considered the Cascada Terrace. Upper level- Guest tables. Maximum 8 tables of 10 people can fit comfortable on the upper level. We may be 1 table short, but we'll figure it out. Lower level-we plan on having the guest sign, cake?, cocktail hour, our sweetheart table in the middle, which later will be moved to transform to the dance floor once that starts! Sunrider Sunset boat cruise A FUN FUN FUN! The crew was awesome and funny! I highly recommend the Sunrider! We plan on going on it again with our wedding party, possibly after our rehearsal. Like the cast? LOL! Here's the sunset Pueblo Bonito Spa A++ Honestly, we did get duped into attending 1 timeshare meeting. BUT, it was only to get the free SPA! LOL! And boy was it worth sitting there for 1 1/2 hours to get the free spa certificate!! We both got facials! My face has never been so smooth and clear!! We loved the pampering! Mango Deck A After our spa we walked along the beach and had a late lunch at Mango deck,and to also check out DJ Paco. Not sure if he was the DJ that day, but whoever it was, was playing great music! The food was good, and who doesn't take advantage of the 2 for 1 deal?! 4 rounds later, and the bill is the one that takes advantage of you! LOL! The entertainment was fun and had us laughing the whole entire time! Well, That was our quick 5 days of R&R, and so much fun and well worth it!

the SPREAD From the Canapes, we can choose 5 cold and 4 hot. They all sound really good and can't make up our mind. We still have quite a bit of time, so we don't have to tell her our definite choices till 4 weeks prior to our wedding. But we did choose our appetizer and main courses Appetizer-Puffed pastry filled with Salmon and wild mushroom served with white wine sauce or Snow crab cake served with avocado and tomato dressing. We chose the puffed pastry salmon! It was so good i wanted to finish the whole thing, but i had that dang ol' spiral notebook of questions! Soup-Mediterranean fish soup. The soup was good! It reminded me of Cioppino! (sorry no pic, we finished it before we remembered to take a pic! LOL!) Main Course-We're giving our guest a choice of Beef Tenderloin or Fish-Sea Bass, only because there are a hand full of our guest that do not eat red meat. Yesica expresses concern about having 2 main courses only because it can get confusing to the wait staff to deliver the correct meal to each guest, especially when we are having approximately 85 guest. So she only asks to make it clear and easy for them-We plan on having our 2 motif ribbon colors on the guest placecard as an easy way for them to not get confused. Final #'s for the diner choices should be sent to her no later than 3 weeks prior to our wedding. The Coral ribbon for Beef and the Aqua for the Sea Bass. My favorite of the 2 is the Sea Bass, I loved the mashed potatoes! Really creamy! My FI liked the Beef. Dessert- This is where we could not make up our minds. We tried 2: the Mille Feuille of wild berries served with Irish Cream and the Tulip of strawberry and Vanilla ice cream They were both really good! Cake- Tres Leches or Chocolate. This was a no bainer for us. We both HEART tres leches cake. The chocolate was good too and really moist! I asked Yesica about having a signature drink for our wedding. I showed her our color swatches and with a snap Francisco the bartender brought us drinks with our colors! They were both so good we couldn't make up our minds which one we wanted, and Yesica saved us and said we can have both!! Aqua- Sea of Love & Coral- Cabo Dream Ceremony- We chose the beach for our ceremony. This is the approximate location of the beach where it will be held. More to the right, on the other end of the wooden path-way. STILL MORE COMING....

It's my turn ladies! Take a seat, and make sure you have a drink in hand. It all started Saturday, May 9th. My FI received a call from Expedia.com, Mexicana cancelled our flight because of not enough passengers due to the swine flu, and we had to wait till Monday, May 11th to find anything out. Long story short. While we were patiently waiting in limbo, I decided to get my hair done. =) At 4:30pm my FI calls me while my head is in the sink getting rinsed, Mexicana has us on a flight to fly out that same night at 10:00pm. At this point, we were only half packed because #1 we didn't even know if the trip was a still go, and #2, I am only working with 1 arm because of my cast on my left wrist. After a whirlwind of rushing, we get to SF airport with no itinerary. Just our flight time. Come to find out, Mexicana put us on 2 connecting flights! Our supposed to be a "2 hour flight" ended up being a flight tour of Mexico! From SFO we went to Mexico City for a 5 hour lay-over, to Guadalajara to p/u more passengers, then finally to Los Cabos 16 hours later! We arrived and zipped through customs in 10 minutes! Which was great cause we just about had it for airports! We walked past the sliding doors, and that's when the encounters with the hustling began, and never ended till we left Mexico. TIMESHARE AFTER TIMESHARE AFTER TIMESHARE. Just people up in your grill trying to lure you in with gifts after gifts, AND IF YOU DIDN'T CAVE IN, it's the guilt trip of "I need to feed my family" It became overbearing at times. But, we got through it. In booking our resort visit back in January, We were up in the air between 2 resorts, Presidente Intercontinental and the Dream's Resort. We stayed at the Presidente. We checked in, and went straight to the pool for some lunch and margaritas! The next day, We met with our photographer-Dino Gomez and Rev. Marco Arechiga at the Dream's resort. Instantly we fell in love with the Dream's resort, and so glad we went with our original choice! Dino Gomez We cannot thank Dino enough for all the help he has given us! He is a very laxed and laid back kind of guy, just like us. Other than being our photographer, he has been our source of information and "go-to" guy for getting in contact with Yesica. He was even nice enough to call Rev. Marco on his cell phone for us to see if he can meet with us sooner than our scheduled time. We can't wait for our wedding and TTD shoot! we had 1 hour to kill before our meet with the Rev. so, we laid out by the beach under the hut and just let everything soak in, AND to jot down our random questions. Rev. Marco Arechiga Let me start by saying this guy had me at "Hello!" We agreed to meet at the rendezvous bar, and he would be wearing a white shirt. Prior to meeting him, i saw a pic of him on his website. I walk up to a guy which i thought was him and with a big grin on my face, I say hi to him and introduce myself, he gives me a puzzled look, so i asked if he was a Reverend, He says No, he was meeting someone for fishing! I felt so moded and embarrassed, I apologize and say "wrong guy". and then he just laughs and introduces himself! The guy had jokes! And we are always the ones with the jokes!! Our meet was great, it wasn't even our wedding day, and he had me in tears. Other than being a jokester, he is deep and very passionate for what he does. I've gone to so many weddings, and not once have i seen an officiant so into the couple like he is, and this was just our 1st meet!! He explained in depth and detail, the meaning of all of the traditions we plan on incorporating into our ceremony. Words can't explain how glad we are to have him be the one to marry us. Even though our wedding in Mexico will not be legal, his words and prayer is binding enough. No court judge can ever bind us together like he can. After our meet we headed back to downtown San Jose, only a 15 minute walk way from our hotel. Wedding Coord.~Yesica Thursday was our meet with Yesica back at Dream's. She is the sweetest person and there for all of her brides! She is there to make sure that your dream wedding comes true! I had a spiral notebook full of questions, and she patiently answered each and everyone one of them even during her busy day! She gave us the tour of the property and gave her honest opinions on everything i asked. Straight to the point, which is what i like and very organized. NOT FINISHED.. MORE TO COME

Not a problem!

I confirmed with Yesica on our resort visit last week. It is $1 per bag to hand out when your guest check-in, and $3 to be delivered to room when they arrive. They do not deliver to outside guests. Hope this helps.