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Hi Michelle, Welcome and congratulations!! Hope you enjoy the planning There must be someone here who can help you out with some info about getting to a church.

Quote: Originally Posted by KLee147 You're too cute Janet. :-) Quote: Originally Posted by sammysgirl this is insanely cute! Thanks ladies. I felt kinda silly.... I do like the picture, but it didn't make the cut for the album! lol

Quote: Originally Posted by Meyer2010 Thanks! I love it too. We are used it on STD's, invitations, keycard/tip holders, koozies, stadium cups, etc. I used ten4 Design Studio, it's located near my hometown and they have been great to work with! That's nice you had a DJ right at your resort! I'll have to go check out your wedding review! Congrats!!! Their work is just gorgeous. I seriously wish I had been on this forum more BEFORE the wedding lol. Does your resort have an in-house DJ? If not, there is one that has gotten rave reviews from the girls on the Bahia Principe thread... DJ Bob. He's an indepedent DJ it sounds like but some of the girls have requested him and he's really awesome and it sounds like his fees were the same as the resorts fees.

Quote: Originally Posted by KLee147 We leave in Halloween!!! woot woot! You gonna dress up on the plane!? btw, I still crack up every time I see your siggy. How excited are you... just a couple weeks before you head out!

Quote: Originally Posted by sn0048 Yay I have been watching this thread and seeing everyone's amazing pictures and I finally have something to contribute I Love this pic because it was one of our last and I was getting pushed and pulled by ocean and I we could do was laugh! Getting to see B for the first time I love these... you look SO happy. Even though you were pushed in the ocean hehe you look like you were having a lot of fun!

Quote: Originally Posted by Outdoor_girl1010 I have seen that a couple of girls on here are from houston. What area are you from? I'm originally from Canada. But right now, I live in the Museum District of Houston... just moved over from the Galleria area. How about you?

Quote: Originally Posted by estella1007 I got mine through ebay... 120 New PERSONALIZED SHOT GLASSES Party Wedding Favors - eBay (item 350205322997 end time Oct-19-09 13:38:08 PDT) They came out great too! These look awesome. I wish I had known about these.... definately I will keep them in mind for future events... maybe an anniversary party! I love the look of the smokin hot pink and orange ones, especially for a tropic/beach wedding.

Really? HD underwater? The equipment must be nuts! How do you waterproof it? Inspired by fairytales. I like that. What girl doesn't want a fairytale wedding. Me personally... The Little Mermaid is my favorite movie, so an underwater TTD would have fit right in

Welcome to Midnight24, Raykel and Mike&Wendy!!! Congratulations and happy planning!! Oh my gosh, Nicole and Emme are already gone to Mexico. I cannot wait to read their reviews!! eeeks. Swocanadianbride - I'm originally from London too! small world. I don't have a template for a welcome letter... we ended up writing individual notes by hand. We grabbed some Bahia Principe letterhead at the front desk, wrote these for the guests the night before they arrived and made sure to include our room number and how they could reach us. Then we dropped them off at the front desk and they delivered these for free... whereas delivery of the OOT bags would have been $2/ea. Then we also did OOT bags that we handed out at the welcome dinner/rehearsal dinner. On the outside they said "Welcome to Mexico. Thank you for joining us. We hope you enjoy your stay." (Kinda hard to see in the pic attached.) Group Rates - we didn't end up doing a group rate because people were coming from all different directions. Most of our guests booked through Expedia or Orbitz or directly through the hotel website. The best rates seemed to be around 8 months before the wedding, and exactly one month before the wedding (but no later bc the guests that booked last min ended up paying really steep rates.) HTH.

I loved scrolling through this thread! Sooo many fantastic pictures!!! Here's one of my favorites from our wedding day... I'm running with kissey lips lol

Incredible. Breath-taking!! What a beautiful cenote too! lol I always wondered what those little fishies swimming in the cenotes looked like and now I know

Sooooo beautiful!! I love you wedding. We were married at the Bahia Principe and visited Akumal a few times... went right past the CEA. The setting is so idyllic, but I had no idea the CEA could look so gorgeous. You looked beautiful. Congrats! Did you see any sea turtles?

Beau Coup has them - they're listed as votive holders, which is kind of nice bc people who drink can use them for booze, and others can use them for candles When I searched online for shot glasses when we were thinking of doing them as favors, there seemed to be a lot of companies who made them, but the shipping was killer for some. Like, they'd list the glasses as 50 cents each and then shipping was $50, so make sure to look out for that.

Yup! Hi everyone! Hi Jennifer... I'm in Houston also

Oh duh, it says right there the Catalonia! That's going to be really nice.

Erica, I love your wedding logo... so pretty! We did have a DJ. We used the resort DJ, who was pretty good. To be honest, I never really saw him the entire time. He had already set up shop when we arrived at the reception. We had given our WC an ipod with some songs to him started, and so he already had that. Ooooh your wedding is in Puerto Aventuras! Gorgeous location. Will it be at a resort? Quote: Originally Posted by Meyer2010 Nice schedule... did you have a dj?

I was wondering about this too before the wedding, and it ended up that our WC just planned it for us... thankfully! Here is ours - both planned and what really ended up happening (just so you know so you can plan some extra time where we fell behind) Noon - my hair appt 1 PM - mother in law and bridesmaid hair appointment (started late) 2 PM - makeup 3 PM - getting ready and bridal portraits (oh, by the way, during this entire time, the guys were in the pool, at the pool bar, smoking cigars and basically just hanging out!) (also, we set aside hours for this, and it's a good thing.... i lost a bracelet and one point and that took some time to find) 4 PM - guys start getting ready (can't find mother in law and best man) 4:45 PM - leave for ceremony site (we were running late by this point, which cut into time for family portraits) 5 PM - ceremony 5:30 - end of ceremony, champagne toast, then family portraits (we had to make these quick to get to dinner, while we were getting photos, the other guests headed to the restaurant and got drinks. I'd budget more time for portraits if poss.) 6 PM - reception dinner & toasts (we didn't specify an order for toasts, but they ended up going - best man, my friend, maid of honor, DH's friend, my dad, DH's dad) 7 PM - cutting of the cake, followed by another dessert and mayan coffee (dessert drink) 8:30 PM - poolside reception starts, we get announced, and first dance... then dance dance dance 10:30 PM - poolside reception was over... and we were exhausted.

Congrats and welcome to the board. The DR is so fun... I'm sure you'll have a blast having your wedding there!

Congratulations!! And welcome to the board... July 2010 will be here before you know it!

Welcome and congratulations! We were at the Bahia Principe which is just a few minutes north of Dreams Tulum. Have a wonderful time... both planning and at the actual wedding!

Got around to posting pics finally... here they are...http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...ml#post1012419

Alrighty... last set Dinner and Poolside Reception Our Cake Caprese Salad Mayan Coffee Ceremony Poolside Reception First Dance Feel free to PM me if you want to see any specific photos of some detail. Oh and you'll see a lot of these guys........

Ceremony & Portraits Ceremony Location - On the Pier Walking Down the Aisle Loved the swings at the beach bar! One of my favorite pics A view from the Bahia Principe Akumal beach Bridal Portrait Our Rings

Hey Time for more photos (finally!!) The Resort Fiesta Night Getting Ready Outside Spa Inside Spa Getting Hair Done Dress Detail... gettin strapped in! My Bouquet You'll get one of these rockin little golf carts to take you to the ceremony site. Sure beat walking in the 5pm August heat!

bwahahha Keira - your costume is so awesome!! (tho maybe it needs a NSFW disclaimer? )