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nicdeb928 - they look so good! I love the colors and I really love on the rsvp no I can't handle tequila that is so cute

Quote: Originally Posted by super19 I'll post a review sometime soon but wanted to let you know that we are back and had a fabulous time at our wedding. Our guests were totally blown away. I can't tell you how pleased everyone was with both Playa del Carmen and the Royal. I've heard many people already talking about planning a return trip as soon as possible. I'm anxiously awaiting pics to share with all of you. Let me know if you have any questions! Welcome back! can't wait to see pictures and of course read the review Quote: Originally Posted by laura_jason I am getting married at the Royal on Nov. 7th and have a few questions. I haven't been assigned a wedding coordinator yet so i am sure she can answer these for me but i thought someone on here would know already... 1. What are the resort photographers like? Do you have to use them? 2. What about other outside vendors like bands/cakes etc.? I really want the marachi band to play at the cocktail reception in the garden... 3. What restaurant do you suggest for the semi-private dinner reception? Hi Laura welcome, 1. The resort photographers are not my personal taste but here is a link to their work ::: Funever Photos ::: You do not have to use them but if you bring an outside photographer than you have to pay the outside vendor fee which is $350 if you booked after December 2. You can have any outside vendors that you would like but you have to pay the outside vendor fee for each one. They offer the mariachi band for the cocktail hour for $700 through the resort. 3. When I went on our site visit we really like Maria Maria's however after seeing Duprke's pictures Pelicano's looks like an awesome spot for a reception.

Quote: Originally Posted by nicdeb928 Hi Ladies...my passport invitations are done and they are awesome! LOVE them! i want to post pics but i cant figure out how to do it..when i click the attachment and then hit upload it says invalid file..the pics are saved as jpg...does anyone know how to do this? thanks, nicole Can't wait to see them! you actually need to use a third party source to host the images. Other wise they use up to much band with. I use TinyPic - Free Image Hosting, Photo Sharing & Video Hosting its awesome. You just upload the image and than it gives you a code, it says right next it for forums and message boards. You paste the code right into your post and voila the image with show up let me know if you ave any trouble

Quote: Originally Posted by randi.renstrom thanks! we have all of our guests staying at the royal which definitely helps. i just saw how after the 'luxury package' on the price list it says $30/person....but i couldn't imagine it would be that, PLUS the 5/ceremony, 10/cocktail, 30/reception, you know what i mean? i tried to contact Jael, so we'll see what she comes back with Oh I am sorry! gotcha now and yes that is correct. When we were doing our reception at the Royal and we had the Ultimate Luxury if its over 50 people those are the prices once it goes over 50. So for everyone person over 50 people you would have to pay that I cant remember how many people are included in the luxury.

randi.renstrom - Here are the break downs of the costs: Ceremony $5 Resort Guests $10 Non-Resort Guests Cocktail Hour $10 Resort Guests $20 Non-Resort Guests Reception $30 Resort Guest $60 Non-Resort Guests and of course if there is any time in between events you also have to consider that non-resort guests have to pay for a day pass or will have to leave the resort during that time I hope that helps

Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO Hey Jess, can you send me any info you have from Kool beach (regarding packages or anything)...I sent them an email last week but I'm bored at home lol. Thinking about maybe doing something there for fun like a bridesmaid breakfast or something..... [email protected] Gracias! Hi Lisa just sent you the stuff a bridesmaids breakfast would be wonderful there. Sorry the only packages I have are for weddings Also just so you know during the day they are a beach club and it is usually pretty crazy and loud. If you are looking for a breakfast you may want to consider La Tortuga. There food is really awesome and they have a private terrace where you can do your event. Let me know if you have more questions. Best Jess

For anyone who did a legal ceremony where in the ceremony is the legal part? I now this is the silliest question but after you do the thumb prints do they give you qipes to wipe the in off so I don't get it on my dress lol

Quote: Originally Posted by giraffexx mine is coming for the last hour of hair/makeup as well. ok perfect! pheewww I can't keep stretching the budget lol its hit it's max That make me feel better thank you

Quote: Originally Posted by giraffexx My ceremony is at 3:30 pm, I too was worried about the sun setting so early. I wanted to make sure we could at least get an hour of light after the ceremony for pictures. Jesmcan- I think the candles will look amazing along the aisle and create such a romantic mood! Thanks Girafexx! now to convince the FI to lug the hurricanes down will be another story ahahaha

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di the photographer came like at 1 after he was done with the guys and he was just waiting for us to finish getting ready! we ran out of time to have some shots. yup, i was having my hair done while they were working on the bridesmaids and once i was done with my hair, i had my makeup done. Oh ok good to know thank you Quote: Originally Posted by giraffexx Double check with Fernando how many people he is bringing with him. I found out that he is bringing himself, another makeup artist and two hair stylist for me and 3 bridesmaids. I only heard about this after I discovered a scheduling conflict between me another bride he is working with the same day. After I expressed to him that I didn't think he was allowing enough time for me and my girls that's when I was told about the additional people. My ceremony is at 3:30 pm and he is coming at 1 pm for us to be ready by 3/3:15 pm. Thanks Girafexx! wow ya I need to double check with him on this. Samuel Luna my photographer was not going to have him come to 1:30 so the last hour of us getting ready, do you guys think that is ok, are you having your photog's for the whole time you are getting ready?

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di I had two makeup artists. Are you only having one? I would definitely tell him to come earlier if he takes about 45 min per girl. Ya I only have 1 hair guy and 1 make up guy. Did you have your photog there the whole time from when you started getting ready to the end? Did they work on the bridesmaids first? Sorry for all the questions and thank you so much for all the answers

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di Jess, CUTE DOGS!! Definitely 3 hours...My makeup artists arrived 45 min late at 12:45pm and I had 7 girls. We were barely ready by 4pm. It depends how many bridesmaids you have. Thanks Ladi_Di! this is really good to know. So do you think maybe I should ask Fernando to come earlier than 11 for 6 bridesmaids and me to be ready for 2:30?

Ya I know the lighting is a dilemma. We are taking pictures before hand and doing a first look as well as group shots with our wedding party. I think in the end I am going to line the aisle with candles in hurricanes from Ikea I think it will look nice as it gets darker.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO Hey ladies, how much time before you ceremony are you having your hair/makeup done? Hi Lisa Fernando is coming at 11am and me and my 6 bridesmaids have to be ready for 2:30 so three and half hours

I love the OOT bags than you so much for sharing

Hi I did a feature on my blog for a destination wedding in St. Thomas although it did not list the florist the wedding was coordinated by Wedding Planner St Thomas Wedding Planners St John VI Wedding Venues Planning they did an amazing job. You may be able to contact them and get some advice on florists. Or maybe they will do just flowers for you.

hi November brides, question what time is everyone getting married? Our ceremony is not till 5pm. I now it starts to get dark at that hour. I a struggling with what to do for the ceremony set up. Candles? streamers? I don't now lol is anyone else getting married at sunset?

Quote: Originally Posted by Juliet1 BTW - Boomer and Angus are too cute! Here are my two spoiled b.r.a.t.s lol close up. OMG Montey is adorable! By the way not sure you may know this but to post pictures here on the forum there is a great site called TinyPic - Free Image Hosting, Photo Sharing & Video Hosting. You upload your image and than just copy the code into your post where it says IMG code for forums etc. I did not know this until a few months ago lol. I can't remember who but it was actually a bride from the royal that showed me how Quote: Originally Posted by ChicagoBride2011 Hi, I would just call the Mexico office directly, when we called they were extremely nice. I don't think it's that they don't want to help us.... Things are just a little hectic down there right now. I received a WC finally however she is averaging a week to answer emails. I'm just trying to be patient during this transition period for them. Now if it's still like this 2 months from now I may have to speak up, but I think they are slowly getting their act together. Keep us posted! I agree I think things are really still a bit crazy. They are probably starting to get the brides sorted out whose weddings are coming up. However how long can the excuse of being hectic keep coming up? I would def give them a call the way ChicagoBride did and take it from there. At least than you can get the link to that website and upload all your stuff.

Quote: Originally Posted by msglave Lisa, It's really terrible. It's already enough to plan your wedding long distance, but when you don't hear from anyone and only know what's going on with the brides on here and not your own planning, it's not a good feeling. I am going to PM you a copy of the message I sent. Msglave and Lisa have you guys tried actually calling them at the wedding center at the royal? You really should not have to do that and this is absurd. I am sorry that you guys are having to deal with this. I thin maybe you guys should call them.

Quote: Originally Posted by Juliet1 Thanks! I think we're almost done with the planning - just a few little things. BTW - I just looked at your web site and saw the picture with your frenchies - we have one too! OMG you do! yes Boomer and Angus - Boomer is the brindle and Angus is white with brindle patches. They are the second loves of my life lol you will have the share a pic of yours.

Quote: Originally Posted by Juliet1 Hi everyone! I'm a newbie to this web site and am so excited to read all of the posts! We're getting married on September 17, 2010 and I have a few questions for anyone who has already gotten married there. 1. Has anyone used the hair and makeup people at Spazul? Were they good? Did you bring your own makeup or use what they had? 2. Has anyone used the Real Official Photographer - Funever Photos? Did they do a good job? 3. We're at a loss as to what to include in the welcome bags. We are thinking about creating a specail wedding logo to put on visors and playing cards, and we'll have straw/raffia fans on the seats at the ceremony. Does anyone have any other ideas? Thanks! I'm looking forward to reading your replies! Welcome your wedding is right around the corner. I have not had my wedding yet but you came to the best possible place. Happy planning

Quote: Originally Posted by ChicagoBride2011 Does Kool Beach Club have a website? I've looked a few times and can't seem to find one. I want to email them for pricing to see how much a welcome dinner would cost. Thanks ladies! Here is there website KOOL - Restaurant bar by playa tukan you can see the royal right in the picture that is how close it is here is their e-mail [email protected] Lilliana is the wc there

Quote: Originally Posted by Augustbride2011 Jesmcan, sory for calling you Jill before. Anyway, can i ask what make you choose the Royal over the Playacar Palace? Oh don't worry its not problem The convenience of being down town. For us is was all about location, location, location Like I said we have a lot of events that we have planned on 5th. We also have a pretty young group. We have a lot of late twenties early thirties and know people are going to want to go out at night. Also we fell in love with Kool Beach Club where we are having our reception. It is just a short walk over from the Royal and we are going to have a mariachi band walk over with us. It offered us peace of mind that our guests could walk around and not have to worry about cabs or transportation.

That is such a sweet story! I love it

Quote: Originally Posted by Augustbride2011 Ok Ladies, I know i already said that i was set on having my wedding at the Royal. But the promotions going on at with the Palace Resorts are making me second guess myself. Anyway, my question is... Did any of those of you that went site seeing looked at the playacar Palace? I know the Palace Resorts have great reputation, but by looking at the pictures it does not seem that the there is no really private place to held my reception. What are your thoughts... it will be greatly appreciated as i am trying to get those invites ready asap. Thanks, Luz Hi Luz we have gone to the Palace Playacar before. It is absolutely beautiful and I would say it is more private because it has its own beach. The public do not walk around the way they do at the Royal. However it is a cab ride away to down town. We personally like being right down town especially because we have three days of bach, bachelorette and jack and jill parties as well as our welcome dinner is at Wickys right down town. So I guess my question is if you don't mind being far away from 5th avenue and are looking for a quieter location Playacar is a perfect choice.