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As for the kids club--my seven year old son loved it. They did a lot of fun activities and we pulled him in and out several times a day so he could spend time with our family as well. It was nice to have that option as we were pretty busy with wedding stuff and entertaining guests. The kids club is great for the younger kids--probably 10 and under, a little older would probably have been bored. They do crafts, they watch movies, they play games, they do this trampoline thing-which my son is still talking about. I'm pretty sure they only charge you once for the chairs. Bringing a sturdy enough aisle runner would be rather difficult. The one that they have is very good. It's probably worth the rental fee.

As for the 750 dollar set up fee. If you do not get the ultimate or the dreams of love wedding package, you do have to pay the 750 set up fee. If you do get a package, no fee is necessary, unless you have over 20 guests.

To ease your worries about the rocky beach...the sand itself before entering the water is not rocky. It's actually in the water directly in front of the resort that it's really rocky. I hurt my foot once headed out to the water trampoline. However, there are beautiful non rocky portions of the beach, not far away at all..

MY ADD review is posted...will clean it up soon. http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/products/dreams-tulum-resort-spa-all-inclusive/reviews/4718

We just got back too...I plan on posting a review soon. All in all, the wedding was pretty wonderful--only a few hiccups. To future brides, make sure you bring bug spray. The mosquitos for our beach reception were killer!!! I've been to Mexico in April and May and the mosquitos were fine. They were brutal on June 11. Natalia was our wedding coordinator and she was just okay...all the details were taken care of, but there was a huge miscommunication for the flowers. She picked the flowers I specifically said I did not want. Oh well. They were just flowers and I handled it pretty well. The other issue was the champagne...we ordered enough for 20 (as per our package) and when I ordered it at the reception, they refused to bring it, saying we had drank it at our cocktail hour--which we had not...some people had ordered glasses at the lobby bar, but that was at all. Very minor issues overall. I am very happy with everything else, even the resort photographer. I wish I would have purchased additional time. Teo was a great photographer--a little posey, but they turned out really nice. We hired DJ Bijan--he was fantastic. He played all of our favorite songs and then some. He really had the party going and didn't talk too much. I give him an A hands down.

We leave tomorrow morning!! I am so excited. Have so much to do.

Thank you so much for vlynn for the welcome letter. We nearly copied it exactly. Hope you don't mind. Thanks a bunch. I have been way to stressed out.

Hey I'm not sure how many points it takes to open attachments, but I really need an example welcome letter. We leave on Sunday. I am dying! I am completely stumped for ideas and stressed out. Could someone please help me?

that's hilarious.

Somehow weddings seem to bring out the worst in families. I'm having similiar bad experiences. Is it too late to postpone the wedding a bit and give people time to save up money and get adjusted to the idea a little more? That's what we did and it helped for the most part. Go to Moon Palace as just a fun getaway. I'm sure you could use some relaxation.

We are getting married in two weeks and suddenly my fiance's father has refused to come our wedding. I think it's because of me. I think my fiance made the mistake of venting to his father a little too much about our fights--so he knows only the bad stuff. His father does not really know me. He's only met me once (which weirdly I thought went quite well). He lives in California; we live in Ohio. I think he has a horrible opinion of me and hates me for no real valid reason...you know how it is when you vent to someone during arguements. I'm slightly mad at my fiance too...why couldn't he confide in his best friend or someone not quite so judgemental. I'm not perfect, neither is my fiance. I feel horrible. My fiance is devastated. The excuse the father is using for not coming is terrible. He says he's not coming because he just got his flight info from our travel agent and he is not assigned a seat on the plane (we talked to our travel agent who assured us that will change when he checks into his flight) and he insists on having an aisle seat because his girlfriend is claustrophobic. I have no idea what to do. I feel sick about this. My fiance is an only child and he feels like his relationship with his father has fallen apart. He's tried to talk to him about how much this means to him and his father says hes being selfish for insisting he be there and go to Mexico and risk him being incovenienced on the plane and for travel. I just don't know what to do at this point other than be sad and accept this terrible thing.

I tried Proactiv for myself and didn't like the results. It didn't help much at all and my skin was left kind of a weird texture after months of use. Now I use a mild acne cleanser from Neutrogena with the clarisonic skin care brush (from sephora or ulta--i know it's kind of expensive, but so worth it) and have not had a breakout in months. I've gotten more compliments on my skin than ever in my life. I've always had horrible skin--blotchy, acne, acne scarring.

Sephora all the way. Especially now they they have airbrush temptu makeup. It looks amazing in photo shoots. It's such a great base.

Thanks for sharing.

Awesome find. Thanks for the heads up. We leave in less than 2 weeks!!

What is the numer of posts you have to have to open attachments?

Can somebody please pm me a welcome letter template? I don't have enough posts to open sunbrides example and I'm running out of time!

We too are having the legal ceremony in Mexico. I am a nurse and I have received medical care in Mexico before. You have nothing to worry about. They use the same cleanliless principles we use here.

I love your bags and thanks for all the vista print explanations. I too was having difficulty with the whole "free" process. Thanks a bunch.

Love the contents...They are great. Where did you purchase the actual bag? I am getting married in less than a month and have so much to do!

We leave in less than a month and I feel like I have so much to do! I need to compose a welcome letter--any advice on that would be much appreciated. I don't have enough posts to open links--so please pm me any ideas or templates. I have no idea what to do about decorations and I can't decide if I want the reception by the dolphin pool or on the beach. I've been trying to figure out the ceremony too. We are having the legal ceremony, but adding our own stuff too it, because frankly the legal ceremony is not that romantic. I'm just getting a little stressed out. I've kinda put off the whole planning thing.

Thank you so much. The lobby terrace looks perfect. Now on to deciding the reception. My fiance just confirmed the sea side grill is out of our budget too, so we'll have to see about the reception. He really wants the beach. I'm worried about wind and sand.

So I'm officially booked for our June 11th, 2011 wedding. It's getting so close and I feel as if I have so much to do still. I am still undecided on where to have the reception. I would love the seaside grill, but not sure if it is worth an extra 750 dollars. We have booked DJ Bijan as our DJ. I am torn between the beach and one of the pools. I am also worried about wind and all of that. Maybe inside one of the ballrooms would be good. I just can't decide. Any input would be wonderful! My fiance would really like to do it on the beach and have the cocktail hour on the lobby terrace. I do like the cocktail hour idea, but just can't decide about the reception.

I am booked at Dreams Tulum for June 11, 2011. We had to book almost a year in advance to get the date we wanted...hope you don't run into any problems in that area. I would recommend contacting the resorts you're interested and see what dates they have available in May...that might help you make a decision. Originally we thought we would only have a few guests willing to fly to Mexico for our wedding, but so far we have 20 booked and paid for--it was quite a surprise. Congratulations and Happy planning.

Good luck and happy planning. I am also a June 2011 bride. You better be careful because I know wedding dates at all of the resorts fill up quickly. We had to book over a year in advance to get the one we wanted.