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Congrats Ashley!!!!!! Melbeern: I too, started looking at this reviews from Tripadvisor, but honestly, no matter what resort you look at you are going to see complaints from people so you have to trust your insitinct and go with what you feel.

I just pm'ed you!!! Hope some of your stuff is still available.

Quote: Originally Posted by KMK Getting married in DR on 4/24/09. Any suggestions? Do you mean "4/24/2010"? Congrats!!! Welcome to the forum, there is tons of information. If you haven't picked you resort yet, I would encourage you to do that since your wedding is little shy of 5 months away! Good luck with everything

I sent you a PM as well!

Hey Melissa: My name is Misty and I agree 100% with Nat, you will not need an outside WC, especially Luxe! I called them and they quoted me like $1500 to just help me pick out a resort and reserve rooms...booo!!! Any travel agent can do that, and since you have already picked DPC, you will be just fine working with any of the coordinators there. I noticed that you said you are planning for Spring 2010, I would encourage you to go ahead and reserve your date if you haven't so far to make sure it is still available. My sister just finished my save the dates (that was one of my Christmas gifts!!) and we used vistaprint to do the printing, but we are doing everything else ourselves.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the DPC Brides! Hope you guys have a great holiday with loved ones Misty

Thanks for posting this Toya! I will be taking a look at this right now!

Quote: Originally Posted by Adrian'sMommy Hi ladies, With a few of our weddings less than 6 weeks away I was really freaking out what I was reading! FI and I booked the Dreams Ultimate back when we first booked it is a pretty good option. We have had the worst experience with our TA and she got fired! No one even called to tell us..grrrrrrr We are having our reception on the beach and I am waiting to hear about being able to have music and dancing. I stopped reading trip advisor...we went to Excellence in rivera maya last new years and i read nothing lots of bad...it was amazing though...I have to stay positive or else I will have a heart attack. Are there any recent reviews from forum members? I think it is best that you go ahead and contact your WC at Dreams and let them know what your expectations are and CONFIRM everything over email and make sure you print it out and take it with you, ex...time of wedding, final cost of wedding with your added guests, and make sure your room accomodations are right. I think you can relax a little bit. There is also a forum on Facebook for Dreams Punta Cana Brides with pictures that might help to confirm that you picked the right resort. Stay positive that everything will work out the way you want it, just remember to get everything in writing!

I am also getting married on 8.9.10 at Dreams Resort & Spa in Punta Cana, DR. It seems like time is flying by, so far I have booked the resort, booked the photographer, created website, put the deposit down on my dress, and I am mailing out the Save the Date next week. I will make sure I post them on here since I know they are going to be really cute. I am still struggling with favor ideas and deciding on doing OOT bags. Things are adding up quite a bit so we'll see what happens. If anyone has cute favor ideas please pass them along and I will do the same. Congrads to all the August 2010 brides!

Quote: Originally Posted by nsbride2010 Hey ladies! A girl who recently posted a review on tripadvisor.com sent me her webpage with all of her pictures from her wedding at DPC. She had a beach ceremony with a reception on the Himitsu terrace. Apparently, her experience with Carolina was not great... she said the wedding was fantastic but the WC caused a lot of stress! You can go see her review online, it should be on the first page or it might have gotten bumped to the 2nd... either way its a good one to read!! Let me know if you wanna se the pics I will send the link along I just read her review and sent her a PM to send me some wedding pictures. Her experience was horrible! I am going to make sure I get EVERYTHING in writing before I get down there and become fluent in how to rip someone another a$$hole if they plan on re-nigging on promised accommodations! Lord I hope I don't get banned from the forum for expressing my feelings, but I'm just being real! I will update you guys once I recieve any pictures from her and send them out as requested. Nat, can you send me the ones she already sent you. Thanks! Misty

Just PM'ed you, if they are still available, I am interested! Thanks!!

Natasha and Tara: I just sent you all the information Erin so graciously sent me and Toya! Hope this helps everyone. I am going to review it tonight and tomorrow to see if this can work for us as well.

Thanks Erin

Quote: Originally Posted by ebredhawk tam, this is exactly what we're doing. if you want to get in touch with flori (the wedding coordinator) you can email her at [email protected]. she is super responsive too.. i got 3 emails from her just yesterday. i can email you the pictures she sent me too. there are tons of good reviews on here as well. Can you send me this as well. I am going to email them now for pricing. Thanks. My email is [email protected]

I'm starting to feel better after reading you guys responsing. I am drafting my own email up for her as we speak. I needed a couple of days to get my numbers together from this new pdf file against my original budget. I am determined to pull this off! Thanks ladies and I will send any updates I get from any of the WC's as well!

Yeah I am still not clear on this because the Ulitmate Package only covers up to 20 guests, so does this mean you have to pay the 15 setup fee for every chair after 20?

Yeah, I picked the Ultimate Package to avoid all these necessary charges, so that's why I am so upset. I am flying my own photographer out there and don't even need there damn 50 pictures that come with package, I just needed the dinner and cocktail hour covered! Ugh, I am going relax before I ruin everyone's day around me, because that's just how mad I get. I tend to get to a point where the next person that pisses me off gets the outburst really meant for the person that initiated the emotion, where in this case is DREAMS, and I can't curse in spanish but I might as well sit here and learn how too!!

The music/dancing is kind of a big deal to me. I wanted to have my first dance with my husband on the terrace for my guests to see, as well as my dance with my dad. I am not going to be able to have those moments at a disco. We all plan on going to the disco too but it's just those other moments that mean alot to me. What is the point of having a audio equipment rental if you can play music? What the point of being able to rent a video screen if there is nothing to hear on it, that's where I am confused. I guess I'll just wait and see what the outcome is. I picked a package so I am hoping the $15 dollar setup fee per guest doesn't apply. I can deal with the 3 hour limitation I guess

I am waiting to hear back from DPC but I seriously upset. To be honest, it makes me not even want to give them my business. I have read the horror stories of secret fees being added on to your final bill when you check out so right now, even them telling me over email that I am safe makes me feel like I can't trust them. I am at a lost right now. Me and the FH have discussed possibly having our wedding somewhere else like Toya or even considering having it here now. Guess only time will tell!

I agree with all of you and I hope this doesn't apply to us. I put my deposit down based on what was told to me from the WC and from what was advertised on the website and it wasn't this setup fee shit and this restriction on time and no music bull! Sorry I'm pissed right now, but I'm glad I decided to take a look for updates...just never expected this

That's why I think it might be beneficial to use either the Love or Ultimate package, that way that stuff is covered. They can't say that the setup fee is not included in the package deal because that is not listed in there little fine print at the bottom of their restrictions/exclusions! I just need to have my co-worker call there bc I can't speak a lick of spanish bc this email crap is taking to long!

Yeah Toya: I highly advise that you check into this since the count for your number is so high. Especially since it looks like if you want to do the buffet style, you will end up having your reception inside the World Cafe'. I could be wrong, but that's what it looks like from my perspective.

Quote: Originally Posted by nsbride2010 ok you guys, I am having a serious heart attack over here! what is all of this SH*T about?!?! I'm gonna check all of this out on my lunch hour and met you know what I gather from it all. Any emails between w/c and people should all be passed around between us, so we can see if there are any discrepancies! My email is [email protected] I will be sure to do the same! If this gets too out of hand I might change resorts. We will have to see!! I'm thinking the same thing! i guess since we have all been asking these questions, they felt the need to put up a pamphlet with all the questions answered, but charging an additional $200/per hour is ridiculous. They even put something up about it's better to pack your own things and not ship them because they will not be held responsible. Already started looking at Excellence and Paradisus as a back up.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jocy Thank you SO much for posting this!! I have just sent my WC a VERY unhappy email...I'm going to be furious if these changes apply to us. Surely they can't expect this to be ok like 6 weeks before you're wedding, it's absolutely ridiculous. Yeah I am so glad I took a look, if she emails you that the changes will not affect individuals who have already booked there wedding can you please fwd me her response so I can have it for my "records" file that I am putting together. Thanks! My email is [email protected]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tam thanks for posting this! A lot of changes have been made and WTF!! Not really diggin' some of them, that's for sure. Now we have to pay for table cloths too? Just for plain white ones? They put them on the tables anyway for all meals.. No it says colored table cloths are $10 so I am assuming the white ones are still free. I just really need to sit down and determine how my day will play out time wise. My ceremony is at 5:30 so I need to know if I need to wrap up dinner by 8:30 to avoid the additional $200 fee per hour. Ladies now is the time to compile all your emails of the promises that have been made to you so you can dispute charges if need be!