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Quote: Originally Posted by crazyldy I am getting married at dreams tulum I love the look at ana and jose but the cost was too much Congrats! Do you go through the hotel for all of your vendors (flowers, DJ, etc.)?

Congrats and welcome to the forum. You'll figure out the language pretty quickly, but it is pretty confusing at first. I'm getting married on the Riviera Maya in February. I love it there!

Quote: Originally Posted by Nikki&James Would like your opinion please ladies... Do you think walking down aisle to Dont wanna miss a thing by Aerosmith is ok? I LOVE it but dont know if it a bit lively, what do you think? I don't think it's too lively. And it's a great song! It's especially great because you love it, so that's why I think you should totally go with it.

You found some great vendors! I love the florist website. It looks like you got alot done during your site visit. Good luck on your next visit! Are you doing a rehearsal dinner?

Hi and welcome to the forum! Good luck with your invites. I used theknot.com to help me with my wording. They give you lots of choices, depending on who is throwing the wedding and whose names you want on the invite.

HI and welcome to the forum! Happy planning!

Welcome to the forum! happy planning

I don't think you need to invite your future MIL at all. Especially if you are not close with her! My future MIL has 2 sons and just wants to be included in wedding planning, when possible. So I went shopping with my mom and sisters and narrowed down my choices, then I invited my future MIL to come along on a separate shopping trip so she felt included. My FI told me I got big points for that one! But I think you should only do what you feel comfortable with. It is your wedding after all. And it only happens once!

Hi and welcome to the forum!

Hi Everyone, This forum has been awesome for me in my wedding planning so far, but I haven't been able to find a thread on here that is just for Tulum brides. I'd love to hear from you, if you're out there! We are getting married at Ana y Jose Beach Club on Feb 27. We decided to do a Welcome Party at Playa Azul (which has a great bar/restaurant on the beach) and Rehearsal Dinner at Ana y Jose Hotel. The FI and I just went to Tulum for a site visit 2 weeks ago and I got a hair trial done by Nora (she was great!) and we did tastings at the Beach Club of our dinner choices and also of our wedding cupcakes, which are through Dolcet bakery. I'd love to hear what vendors others are using, your event locations, and hotels where your guests are staying. Any other Tulum brides?

Hey Ladies, I just went to Mexico for a site visit and we brought down all of our OOT bags. We had ALOT of crap so we needed 6 large suitcases to fit it all, so we split it between the 6 of us. (The FI, our parents, and me.) The people at customs were sooooo nice to us. They looked through our bags, asked for receipts, but really there were no problems. Oh, and I let my dad do all the talking since he was like proud father of the bride who really had no clue about what he could carry into the country or where we were even staying, but he looked so touristy and honest that I'm sure they were like, how can we not trust this guy? It was kind of humorous to watch but I think it worked out well!

Quote: Originally Posted by tdotey My reception will be starting around 6pm so I don't think it will be dark enough to do this but I wonder if the ship will let me hang them in a lounge... When are you getting married? I'm getting married in Feb and sunset is at 5:20ish so it'll be dark by 6.

Quote: Originally Posted by caporrone Hey Mel - This is something that we did last month at our wedding for place cards... very similar to your idea if this helps give you a better visual... our guests loved it and thought that it was so cute. Tip - the parasol umbrellas wouldn't stay open and were very hard to write directly on them. so i then improvised and wrote our guests name's and tables they were at on sticker paper (blank labels) and cut them to size... then opened the umbrellas that day and stuck on the names and it kept the umbrellas wide open. I stuck them directly into flower foam board and covered it all up with sand as the last step ~CC This is adorable!!! I love the idea.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sheeoni I was considering getting those fake candles to put into some lanterns I have, but this would probably be way cheaper. It really lasted 3 weeks? That's amazing! Yes, it did! It's crazy because I expected them to last a week, tops. I made them exactly the way the directions said to. I am really happy with them because we can light them and drop them off at the wedding site and not worry about them for the rest of our trip, knowing they'll still be lit for our entire wedding!

I was just at a wedding and they did the closest birthday also. I thought it was really cute. It got everyone at the table talking. Of the choices, I vote for the dancing. I think it's a good way to get the party started!

Quote: Originally Posted by JessicaANDJermaine we will be having names of songs that will be playing thourghout the night as table names. when that song plays everybody at that table MUST get up and dance.....should be fun That's a really cute idea! I like it.

Hi! Welcome to the forum! It's been a huge help, I'm sure you'll love using it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Laura22610 I have booked Claudia also for my wedding and she reconfirmed with me too after her laptop crashing. Looks like she is going to be busy the weekend of Feb 27th...I am getting married Feb 26th No way! That's funny. Don't tire her out too much :-)

Hi! I'm getting married in Tulum in February 2010 at Ana y Jose. Our weddings are pretty close to each other's! 1 - We were not offered any discounts, so 15% sounds really good to me! 2 - I am heading to Tulum this weekend for a site visit and hair trial. I can send you a pic after. I'm not getting my makeup done though. 3 - We are helping to coordinate transportation in shuttles to/from the airport, but we are not paying for it. Our travel agent is helping to coordinate. We are going to have transportation that goes up and down the beach road for our events, since we have guests at a few different hotels. That we will pay for. Good luck with your planning!

Update: My light is still lit! It's been like 3 weeks. I love this idea. And it's really not alot of work to put them together.

Quote: Originally Posted by Taghan We put the info on our website and used "beach chic" with some examples for both men and women. We did the same! Here's what we put on our website. Might be too much info, but at least we won't get any questions! The rehearsal dinner and wedding will be "dressy casual" or "beach chic". We'd like you to wear whatever you are most comfortable in, but if this helps, here's some ideas: Ladies Sundresses, skirts, dress shorts, light pants, etc. Pretty much anything you would wear when going out for a nice dinner on vacation. As for shoes, anything goes (flip flips, sandals, bare foot, etc.). Whichever you prefer. Gentlemen Khakis or light pants, dress shorts, long- or short-sleeved button downs, collared shirts. No ties or jackets are needed, but welcome if you'd like! As for shoes, anything goes (flip flips, sandals, barefoot, etc.) Whichever you prefer.

Those are great...love them!

Hi Nicole! Welcome to the forum. It's a great resource. Tulum is a great choice -- I love it there!

Quote: Originally Posted by Bride-chill-a I got in touch with her...she emailed me right back saying it's been a nightmare since her computer went down. Thankfully we are still booked with Citalli for our wedding day without any confusion! Great! I'm glad it all worked out.

Hi Girls, This thread is awesome. I wish I found it before I dress shopped! I had no idea where to start. I did NOT want to go to Kleinfeld at all, but I ended up caving and went. I wanted to try to stick with smaller boutiques, if possible. I went to a sample sale at Adrienne's on the LES (hated it), Saja in Nolita (dresses weren't my style) , Nicole Miller in Soho (thought it was great, but didn't find the perfect dress). I ended up finding my dress at Veka on Mott St. in Nolita. I had my Kleinfeld appt. after Veka and I actually had a nice experience there. But the best part was that they had sooooo many dresses and I tried on a ton. But none of them were better than the dress that I found at Veka. So it helped me confirm my decision :-) One of Veka's two owners will help you at your appt and they are so nice and patient! I went to the store 3x to try on my dress with different people (my mom, FI's mom, my best friend) and the never seemed to get annoyed. I would definitely recommend it.