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Congrats and Welcome to the forum Christine.

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This is such a great idea! I had not even thought about doing this for the OOT bags. Do you have pictures of your OOT bags?

Hey ladies, this is such an amazing forum! It is helpful in every regard to planning of a destination wedding. We have only been engaged since May 15th, 2009 and you all have already helped us to get our invitations started and narrow down options for major parts of our wedding. Here is a little info about me: Username: sunprncss85 Names (optional, first names only) - Christine Date & Time: Friday March 19th, 2010 Number of guests: working on getting them the best deal, just the wedding reserved so far Coordinator: Landy, though we have only been in touch with one of her assistants Ceremony location: Beach Reception location: beach by the seaside grill, hopefully Photographer: Package Photographer, other than that don't know yet Videographer: We are hoping to trade the video for some more pictures since we have a friend that will videotape for us Review (link): Photos (link) Video (link) Special arrangements / activities: None yet, we are looking into doing a group catamaran tour

Thank you so much for posting this! We have been looking all over the internet for either Tommy Bahama linen shirts and pants or just something linen for the groom and best man. This is a great help!

My FI and I met on Myspace, lol, of all the sites to meet on. He found me on a mutual friends site and sent me an email.. The rest is basically history after a few months of emailing and talking on the phone we went out on our first date and have been inseperable since. I could never have imagined that I would find my soulmate online. So now after 2 years together we are getting married.

Congrats and welcome from another future Mrs. Smith

Congratulations!! Your non-pro pics are beautiful, can't wait to see the prof ones.

Quote: Originally Posted by lakerbride My travel agent has been trying to get package rates for April 2010- nothing yet! Anyone else have any info on prices for next April or there abouts? I've sent the STDs out but would love to get the invitations out fairly soon as well so I can get an idea of how many people will be able to make. We are trying to book at Dreams Huatulco. Lakerbride, My fiance and I are getting married at Dreams Tulum in March 2010. The new printed packages are not out yet and I have been told are not going to change too much. We have booked th wedding specifically through the resort. If you email the wedding planner she can email you all the forms you will need for booking. You just fill them out and send them back. The wedding planner at DT has been very helpful and gotten back with us on all questions very quickily. Best wishes in your planning!

Quote: Originally Posted by Sita&Nate Kinda funny.... I am a Christine too and planning a wedding at Dreams (either Tulum or Cabos!). Congratulations! Christine- That is funny. How long have you been engaged? Have you gotten in touch with the wedding planner at either of the resorts?

cbnvb9 we did not get to see it. We were on vacation in the DR the night it was on and we both forgot to DVR it. "Run" is a great song as well and I love Adele. Great song choices!

Hey ladies, What song are you guys dancing with your dads too? Is there etiquette to choosing a song? Do I chose it or do I ask him to?

Welcome Amanda and Dan! Congrats! I love that you are getting married at Disney World, how fun. Good luck and Best wishes in planning your perfect day.

I forgot to ask... What song are you guys walking down the isle too?? I am completely baffled on this one and don't know where to begin.

I love the Brad Paisley song, "Then," we actually talked about the song because one of our first dates was a Brad Paisley concert and we both love his music. But in the end we have decided to go with one of both of our all time favorite songs by and artist we both love. We chose George Strait's song, "I cross my heart," the song is the perfect tempo and has the perfect words. What do you guys all think? (For those of you that have seen George Strait's movie "Pure Country," it is the last song he sings in the movie)

I believe that you can get at least temporarily certified at certain resorts. I know that the Dreams resorts offer this. If I remember correctly it costs between 150 and 200 dollars for 2 or 3 practice dives in the pool and then you are on to the real thing in the ocean. Another good option that is similar to scuba diving is "snuba" diving. The difference is that you can only go down a certain distance and instead of the air tank being on your back it is above you floating on a miniature raft. I "snuba" dove last time I was in Mexico and it cost me 75 dollars for 45 minutes of going 35 feet deep. It was well worth it. I hope this helped at least a little bit. Good luck and Happy Diving!

Welcome Jaclyn! This is an awesome site, it has helped me so much in a weeks time with planning my wedding as well. Good luck and Best wishes to you and yours!

Thank you everyone for the warm welcomes!! Over the last few days this sight has been beneficial so far. I have gotten information on easier travel tips as well, info on Dreams Tulum and the OOT. Heading in the right direction and enjoying the wedding planning so far.

Quote: Originally Posted by Duchess I am sure this has been discussed but I ordered canvas bags and printed my monogram in reverse on transfer paper and then just ironed on. That way, people had a bag to use while there but it wouldnt matter if they tossed them when they got home. A lot of people spend a lot on the bag but I personally wouldnt use a bag with someone elses wedding logo outside of their wedding events, so this was a good way to accomplish both a beach bag for the trip without spending a lot. Pashminas were a huge hit. Old Navy online had flip flops for like 2 bucks, HUGE HIT. Everyone wore them to the wedding, and I got white ones. I ordered a bunch of womens size 7-8, 8-9, and then mens 11-12, 12-13 and that covered everyone, since Flip flops dont have to fit perfectly. Other hits: Playing Cards, Brochures of what was to expect (Vistaprint) Advil Dramamine (we had to take a boat to the wedding local) monogramed water bottles Things I would have done differently: The $2 spanish phrase book from amazon was cute, but it was really old, so the expressions were like "have you seen my tophat?" all the cutesy favors like candles and starfish, it was fine but it added up the cost and I don't know if people used them Other than that, we did little frames but used them as place cards for the wedding, and I dont know if people took those with them or what. I am sure i will think of more things that were in our bags as time goes on... Oh, and we had to pack 2 extra full size luggages to get it all there. I dont trust mailing to mexico, especially not bulk items because they will seize anything that looks like it is for commerce, ie to be sold. I was told that things can simply not make it there, with no recourse. Proceed with caution. So we each had 2 checked luggages and our carry ons. No biggie, it didnt cost us extra. HTH! These are great suggestions. Thank you and everyone else who has been so informative on the concept of items in the OOT bags. It really helps in the planning of the bags. Is there an approximate amount that people are spending on these? Just to get an idea of how much to plan in my budget for the OOT bags?

Hey everyone, We are working with my stepmom who is a cheapcarribean expert as well as Auroria at the Dreams Tulum Resort to come up with a date for our wedding that is both free for our wedding and has enough room for our guests. Its a bit frustrating because we are now 10 months out and I am feeling a bit stressed with this not falling into place as fast as I would like it to. Have you had better experience with a travel agent or dealing with the resort yourself?

Welcome! I hope that you find this forum to be as helpful in the early stages of your wedding planning as I am.

Wow, what a great personnal touch to your wedding. They turned out beautifully!

Congrats and welcome to the forum!!

Hey all brides to be- My name is Christine and I am new to this posting in a forum idea. I got engaged on the 15th of May this year and am overwhelmed already in planning. We got engaged at Dreams La Romana in the DR and are looking into doing a destination wedding either next March or May at Dreams Tulum. Any help is greatly appreciated, suggestions and tips especially. So far I have found some very helpful info through this forum. Looking forward to any help.