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Quote: Originally Posted by OchieBride Anyone know where I can get those wooven fans I see everyone with. Anywhere in the GTA, surrounding or within 45 min drive...? I ordered mine from Koyal Wholesale...(US website but will ship to Canada)...they have lots of other unique things too.

Congratulations!! Welcome to the forum...I'm sure you will find soooo much useful information and great tips

I don't think anything needs to be translated beforehand...unless you were married / divorce and your last name shows up different on your passport and birth certificate. Is this correct?

Quote: Originally Posted by KLee147 Hi ladies, I've just e-mail both of you on behalf of Emme (hope you don't mind Emme). Enjoy! No worries Keira

Awesome!! Congratulations

OOOPS!!! I made a mistake...every time I talked about the "Japanese" restaurant at the Hacienda...I really meant the "Oriental" restaurant. Sorry!! The Japanese is at the Coba and the Oriental is at the Hacienda...and the Oriental is excellent!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Joss Klee - i would have pm'd you but i'm not able to somehow. Actually, i'm not able to pm anyone. Weird. Can someone send the pics / prices to: [email protected]? Thanks. Hi Joss...I just emailed the pictures to you...the price list is posted as an attachment on the page before this one in this thread...

I also forwarded the flower pictures off to jules and swocanadianbride... Jules...we didn't have to leave a deposit with the resort either. Paloma pre-booked everything and we just had to fill out the form and email it back to her once we had all of the information (such as our booking number, etc...). I find that now that I'm under the 3 month mark...we hear from the WC (Karla) quite a bit more. It's all good...

I've attached the price list. I also tried to add the pictures...but I think the files are too big. GBP Flower Price List.xls

lm1984...thanks for the prices!! I must say that I am a bit surprised and really rethinking about flowers for my 4 BM's...it would be an extra $150 US...so maybe I can do something up here before we go...hmmmmmm...just not sure... courtneybgorman...I'm sorry...I can't say anything about the Italian restaurant because we didn't try it. The only restaurants that we've been to are Le Gourment (Coba), Japanese (at the Hacienda), Mexican (Tulum), and Gran Tortuga - Steak (Tulum). They were all excellent!! We are going to have our wedding dinner at Le Gourmet.

Seriously...those are freakin' awesome!! I can't believe that you PAINTED that on!! Great job...KEEP 'EM!!

Is it time to set up a thread to "Boycott Bittersweet" yet? Count me in... I've been following everything since day one and I feel soooooo bad for you...and even worse now since things haven't been handled very well by this vendor. Like everyone else has said...the fact that you're getting married to the man of your dreams is the most important thing...flowers or no flowers Wishing you all the best for your wedding in the Dominican...have an amazing time!!

Congratulations Desiree and Tyler!! Wishing you all the best and hoping that your wedding in Mexico is absolutely amazing

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Quote: Originally Posted by lm1984 I'd rather email it. If you give me your email address, I can send it. Thanks a bunch!! My email is [email protected]

Quote: Originally Posted by courtneybgorman can someone email the flower pictures to me at [email protected] Thanks!!! I just emailed them

Quote: Originally Posted by lm1984 I have a flower price list. If anyone wants it, let me know. Yes...please Can you post it here...or would you rather email it? Thanks!!

Quote: Originally Posted by darya12 Emme ,I just emailed you the pictures,may be you can post them for other brides too. Wow!! Those are beautiful flowers!! Did anyone send you a price list with them as well? I know that you get a basic bouquet included with most wedding packages...but what if you want to upgrade...or get bouquets for the bridesmaids? Does anyone have pricing? Thanks for the email Darya12...

Quote: Originally Posted by KLee147 If someone wants to send the flower pictures to me I will add them to the forum too. It's my secret talent. ;-) [email protected] Secret talent...lmao...that's funny!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by BahiaBride16 Awww your plans sound awesome!! If I were you I wouldn't worry too much about your wedding being at 2, Ive heard so many stories about them running on "Island Time" so it will probably end up being around 3 anyways...lol!! Having a DJ is a good idea to get the dancing started!! And so we can have our first dance! Is DJ Bob the one that they offer throught the resort? I've also heard good things about him Also is the Hacienda the disco? Or something different? Lol...I have so many questions still! Sorry... I don't have any pictures of the flowers, I just picked my favorite flower and then asked Karla if I can get them for the wedding. So Im gonna take a picture of a bouquet I like with me, and hopefully they can copy it Can you post some pics of the different cakes, I am interestd to see what they look like Are you getting your hair and makeup done at the spa? Oh and our trip is through Nolitours/Air Transat and you? My biggest concern is that it's too hot out for everyone at 2pm...but at the same time...I don't want it to rain!! LOL... DJ Bob isn't affiliated with the hotel but he's done many weddings at the GBP. Tlseege had the resort DJ and was really impressed by him. *On a side note...do you think she's had her baby yet?!?! I've noticed she hasn't been on the forum lately...lets hope she's got some wonderful news when she comes around The disco is located in the Hacienda...the Hacienda is a large complex full of stores, restaurant, etc... One of my best friends is my hairdresser so as long as she can hop on a seat sale...she will be coming to do my hair (BIG SMILE!!)...and I'm not too fussy when it comes to makeup. We went with Air Canada Vacations because they were having some amazing deals around the time that we booked. Since then, the prices dropped, and then they skyrocketed...so I think we were pretty lucky with our package. ACV have alot of nice upgrades too...

Quote: Originally Posted by darya12 I do have pictures of the flowers they offer .I just do'nt know how to post them ((( If any one intrested I can email it to you I would love it if you could email them to me please!! My email is [email protected] And...don't feel bad...I don't know how to post pictures either...LOL...I can do attachments but not pictures

Your plans sound great!! Yes...I agree that Karla has been pretty good with replying to emails. I think everything will fall right into place once we get there. We have about 40-50 people coming (mostly out of Calgary)...doing the ceremony at 2:00 pm Thursday at the gazebo...(would have preferred 3 pm but they didn't have that time available)...dinner at Le Gourmet at 6:00 pm...and a poolside reception after that. We have hired DJ Bob as I have heard rave reviews about him. We just have to figure out how long we will need him to stay for. If people still want to party it up afterwards...everyone can head over to the Hacienda because the Fiesta night should be over by then. I'm not too sure about flowers and cake. Keira sent me the cake pictures so I have a pretty good idea of what they offer...but I don't know about flowers. Do you have any pictures? Lucky for you that you got the extra 1/2 day Who is your package with?

Quote: Originally Posted by BahiaBride16 Hi Emme, Congrats on your wedding! I'm getting married at the Coba on October 16th Getting SO excited!! Congrats to you too!! Is that ever cool We originally picked October 16th as well because we were flying Sunday to Sunday...but then it was switched to Saturday to Saturday...so we bumped our wedding up a day to October 15th so nobody had to fly with a hangover Do you have most of your planning done? I would love to hear about your details!! We will definitely have to get together for a celebration drink!!

Ewww...chubby or not...he is just

We went to the GBP in 2005 and this is what I remember about the Hacienda... It's the first big building when you arrive at the whole resort complex. You have to pass this and then you take a left to go to Tulum or a right to go to Coba (first stop) or Akumal. Yes...you can definitely walk along the road...but there are a few trolleys that take you back and forth. The walk to Tulum would take 3 minutes...but the walk to Coba / Akumal would be about 15 or so. It is kind of shaped like an "L" and inner courtyard is open. The stores that surround the courtyard are jewelry, cigars/smokes, clothing, and MANY souvenier shops. The disco is here...and was hilarious because I believe that it is open to the general public so there were many Mexican men totally drooling over the ladies dancing...LOL!! There is also a Japanese restaurant here that has excellent food! There is also a Scotia(?) bank machine where we found our best exchange rates...which it was perfect. There was also a sports bar there where we had a few coronas at...but I'm unsure if the guys paid for it or if it was all inclusive as well. We would always fill up our travel mugs at our hotel and go out for a while...you can totally take your drinks anywhere and the Hacienda is considered to be part of the whole resort so "anything goes" there too. On the outside of the courtyard is a mini-market made up of about 8 kiosks that sell souveniers. If you're looking for souveniers...buy them at the hotel because you're not going to get any better deals on 5th avenue in Playa del Carmen...(we found PDC to be more expensive even if it were only a dollar or two)...and it's convenient you can just take them right back to your room. We did go to the Fiesta night which is one great big Mexican show. It's a bit sad to say...but we kind of "snuck" in because we had booked our ala carte at the japanese restaurant that night...which gets you in the gates of the Hacienda before the festivities begin (around 9 until 11)...and once you're in you're good...except they did give out seperate wristbands and we didn't have any in case they were checking. Honestly, if we would have been asked to pay $17 to be there...hmmmmm...not totally worth it...and I found the regular nightly shows to be more entertaining...BUT...that's only my opinion...and other people may absolutely love it?!?! Hope this helps...I'm a very visual person too