AmyandRich

Quote: Originally Posted by diamondpooch I had a moment of weakness about my dress today! Although I love love love it, when I tried it on the other day again (hehe) I realized how heavy it was! And how long the train is! I'm scared it's going to be a million pounds in the hot Mexico sun! I went with a full satin dress, with a train... yes it was heavy, but I would do it again!!! I love how it looked in photos and it really was "my dress". I'm sure you can make it work!

We stayed at Secrets Maroma.... LOVED it!!!! There are 2 other Secrets that also get great reviews on trip advisor.

The flowers were real...they smelled WONDERFUL!!! I had the resort spread fuschia and orange rose petals all over our dinner reception table.... turned out great as well!!

Congrats and welcome pineapplebride!!

Quote: Originally Posted by OceanWonderland I know this has been asked not too long ago, but what's the email address to book our hair and make up appts? Think that needs to be crossed off my to-do list. Also, does anyone know how much it costs for them to do your make-up? This is the email I used: [email protected] This one is answere by Jana Switch, the spa manager. I believe the costs for hair style and make up application are $45 each. Jana can email you a spa/salon menu with all the prices.

Quote: Originally Posted by taranyc Thanks Amy. I went more glamorous...I went in wanting beachy, but fell in love with this one by Alita Graham. I got it at Kleinfelds...so much fun. Here is a pic. http://i1008.photobucket.com/albums/...1930-large.jpg xoxo, tt Very sheak hollywood!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by taranyc Hi everyone. I got my dress this weekend...I love it. I was so nervous for no reason...so excited now and I can't wait for my fittings!! Congrats to all of the upcoming June brides!!! Can't wait to see your reviews, planning threads and see pics! xo, tara How exciting!! Can't wait for pics. Did you go traditional or beachy?

Congrats!!! Tulum is beautiful.

Sstryker - Congrats on booking a Dreams Tulum wedding!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Nicyx Great review, thanks for sharing.... Loving the flower and ribbon idea for the hair, havent seen this before :-) x Thanks! The ribbon blew in the breeze like a veil would, but wasn't bulky. I was really happy with how it turned out looking as well. There are tons of websites with bridal ribbons.... everything from simple likeI used to crystal encrusted.

Quote: Originally Posted by LeNell Hi Everyone, I just got married @ dreams tulum yesterday Saturday May 29...Everything was great!!!! i'll write my review soon Congrats!! Cant wait for review and pics!!!

Oasisgirl - Sounds like you were really happy with how everything turned out...glad to hear that!! Can't wait to see photos!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Amymarie I just returned from an amazing week at Dreams. I will post my review soon, just wanted to say everything was great other than the ceremony script was wrong and was religious instead of the symbolic and he asked us to do the sand ceremony when it was supposed to be our moms. All in all i got really lucky cause the rain took a break long enough to have my ceremony on the beach while i know there were lots of brides married in the chappel that week. I also was lucky enough to have the sea side grill last minute. I will post more soon. XOxo I can relate to the ceremony mess up... My husband was called by 3 different names!! We got our video in the mail this weekend and our reactions to the wrong names are pretty funny!!!

I gave our wedding cordinator a cash tip... she earned it!! The average salary in Mexico is much less than it is here in the states. Also, I didn't feel that I knew our coordinator well enough personally to buy a gift that she would find meaninful. I like the idea of the letter of recommendation. I think I may need to do that. Great idea!!

Quote: Originally Posted by jaynreneewed Another success story-can't wait for mine! You are going to LOVE it!! Dreams really seems to have weddings down to a science.

Quote: Originally Posted by L&A2010 Thanks Amy! Again, the tables looked beautiful and seems like and easy way to go. WAY EASY!!! I hauled 3 stuffed suitcases and 2 carry ons down to Mexico (we were there 12 nights). I didn't have the room, or hands to haul anything more. I also like the idea of real flowers and petals instaed of fake ones. You can almost always tell.

Quote: Originally Posted by orionandmari072510 I love your bouquet! Gorgeous! I requested these same colors for mine but I am glad it looks great. I was afraid the colors I chose would look funny! Thanks for sharing! I actually chose these colors after meeting with a resot photographer during our site visit. The photographer pulled up photos from other weddings and pointed out that bouquest that are bright and colorful show up much better in photos. The sun and sand tend to wash out lighter colors. This is also why I chose darker eye make up --- so you could see my eyes in the photos.

Quote: Originally Posted by angie_tx Oh thanks Tara, i would appreciate that. so you think 30 is the max number of people they can do the long table for? i hope so! they look better and seem a bit easier to decorate. i saw your other response about the wedding guide prices, do you know if you have to go by the guide she sent with your confirmation (for me it was 2010) or the guide for which you put down your deposit (i put mine down in Aug. 2009) i did noticed after looking online and then booking and then getting the new guide that there was quite a few changes. i hope maybe i can print that 2009 guide out and bring it with me and see if i can work with that instead. can you pm me that guide if you have the 2009? thank you. Hi Angie... I booked in 2009 for 2010. There were a few emails sent to me with 2010 prices. I sent an email (ok, emails...) to the wedding cordinator confirming my 2009 prices. I then sent an email where I listed every line item of all my extras, added the 11% sales tax at the end and sent it to them to ok. When I got their response that my list was accurate, I printed and brought it with me in case. When it came time to go over the final invoice and pay for everything... their invoice somehow came up $200 less than what I emailed them. Obviously I didn't complain!! I think that by listing every item, in simple, short English and the price, it leaves a lot less room for misunderstanding. Good luck!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by northernflasher Congratulations Mrs! Glad you had such a wonderful day. Your tables looked gorgeous, wish I had thought of that!!! Thank you! I LOVED the way the roses smelled on the breeze! I wouldn't be surprised if someone shot a picture of me sniffing the table!!! Your pictures turned out awesome! It looked like your wedding party really had a GREAT time! Congrats!!

Quote: Originally Posted by angie_tx Thanks Amy, nice review, for some reason i couldn't see your pics, probably my work computer blocking them though, i've been printing pictures of everything i want all week just because of yours and Michelle's advice. Thanks again! Angie - If you can't see the pics when you try again next time, let me know and I can email a few to you. If you are considering the resort photographer, you'll definately want to see some of te great work they can do!

Hola!! I wrote an initial review and posted it under the Reviews section. Pictures included! I will add more later. Thanks!!

For brides worried about the resort photographer... Don't!! I LOVED the photos! We purchased the disk containing all 300 photos because we could not narrow it down to 100!! Continuing on........ 7PM: Cocktail hour. Lobby Terrace. We chose this location because of: 1. Close to a bar. 2. The lobby bar has a/c... wanted that incase it was too hot. Rich and I showed up for the last 15 minutes. We had a few more group photos and some photos with the Marriachi band. The band sounded nice. Guests seemed to like it. 8Pm: Dinner We originally had planned for our dinner to be at the Dolphin pool... Another wedding had paid for the SeaSide Grill and had booked a DJ. This resteraunt is only about 20 feet from the dolphin pool... I did not want their wedding to over power mine so Rich and I chose the beach. Only the far side of the Relax Pool is a small grove of palm trees on the sand.... it felt like we were on our own island!! It was romantic, intimate.... AWESOME! Lighting was good enough... We could see just fine. The breeze did not disturb any of the petals on the table. We had no issue with mosquites or anything else. We went with the Golden menu... Bruschetta, citrus salad, surf and turf, chocolate cake and wedding cake! We made no special requests and were happy with everything. The wedding cake was Three milks, strawberry filling... Really good!! We hired the guitarist to play while we ate. He was wonderful. He played Mexican ballads, dance songs and a great rendition of "What a Wonderful World". We would get up and dance between courses... he really set a beautiful tone to the dinner. One of the best investments we made. Afterwards: A few of us went dancing at the discotec... not a bad little club! Enough for now.... I will try to remeber more details and add them later.

Samples of photos taken by resort Photographer Filemon:

Hi everyone! My husband and I were married on May 7, 2010 at Dreams Tulum. Here is the recap: -I'm not going to get into the airport and transfer service to get there... everything went smooth.... - Check In: We reserved a beahfront room. When we checked in, we were told that none were available until the following day. They put us in a honeymoon suite, which was really nice. We moved to the beach front room the next day as I really wanted it!! It was close to the ceremony site. We were in Room 1614... the room was really pool front, with the beach behind the pool, but still nice. The noise level was pretty low for being right next to the pool. - Wedding Coordinator: Natalia She was great. We met with her on day 2. She took us to a quiet area in the lobby and we went over all of our details. She had copies of my previous emails already printed out. I made last minute changes and she didn't blink an eye. I highly recomend PICTURES!!! If you want certain colors in your bouquet, bring a sample... things can get lost in translation! If you want your reception set up a certain way, bring pictures... I brought a photo AND drew a diagram for her!! - Wedding Package: Ultimate (we had 16 guests so this worked well) -Extras: Bows on the chairs. Natalia knew in advance via email that I wanted fuschia bows. She had a fabric swatch at our meeting. Black runner for reception table. Natalia had a sample swatch of a sheer blck fabric. I asked her for an opaque black... not a problem. Flower petals: I bought 12 bags of petals and had the resort carpet them on our reception table on the back table runner... looked AWESOME!! 2 Extra flower arangements. The package came with one centerpiece for the receptions.... I used 1 long table and added the 2 extra flowers and 6 candle holders that I brought myself. Guitarist. We had him play during our reception...more later Photos - we upgraded to the 100 photo package. More later. Extra boutinere Sound System for the Ceremony Total, including package: $3250 Natalia presented us with an itemized bill before we paid. Everything was correct. TIP: One month prior, I sent Natalia an email in which I itemized all of our costs, and added the 11% tax. We reviewed this together via email and came to an understanding. I believe this really help billing accuracy!! Day before Wedding: We took our guests on a sailing/snorkeling trip. We charted a private excursion through FatCat. We had a great crew and a GREAT time!! Wedding Day... May 7th!! 9 am: 3 of us girls went to the spa for massages. We scheduled these via email about 2 months prior. The spa was really nice, really relaxing. It was an Awesome way to begin the day! I did tell my massuese that I was having my hair done later and asked her to please keep any oils away from my hair. She did a good job. 12 pm: 4 of us were having hair and make up done.. the first appointment was my sister and law at noon. I got sandwhichs from the Coco Cafe for the two of us and sat with her at the salon while she got started. 1pm: My hair appointment. I brought a photo of what I wanted and she got pretty close! I went with an up-do. I used a ribbon and flowers instead of a veil. 2Pm: The stylist did my make up. I asked for "hollywood" and got bridal. I did not have a photo... did not get what I wanted. I found a Glamour magazine in the sitting area with a photo I liked.. I brought it back to the stylist and she did her thing... I was sooo happy with the results!! Again... bring PHOTOS. I paid for Mimosas and chocolate fruit and cheese platter fro everyone in our party. I was in the stylist chair when they were brought so the chocolate was hardened by the time I got to it. I chowed down anyway... I did not want to pass out walking down the aisle!! 4PM: In my room... fidgeting! My dress had been delivered and was hanging up. I had folded my dress up and crammed it into a carry on to get it down there. The resort picked it up the day before to steam it.. Came out beautifully. (On the other side of the resort... We took advantage of the free groom's room the night before.. we gave it to my brother and his girfriend to use as they had brought kids with them. The resort delivered my husbands suit to this room.. which the resort only let him have until 2PM. The suit was locked in a room that we had no key to. Rich tracked down Natalia who fixed everything.) 4:30PM: My Mom came to my room to help me into my dress. Her and my Dad sat with me until Natalia came to get me. My bouquet was delivered... everything I wanted!! 4:45PM - Photographer (Filemon) came to the room to snap a few pics 5Pm: Natalia called the room... our minister was in a car accident and would not be coming! She said they were finding someone else to officiate. 5:30PM - Natalia came to the room and escorted me and my parents to the beach ceremony site. We had rented the sound system. The resort has a collection of classical/traditional music that they can play while guests are seated. I walked down the aisle to Canon in D. The Ceremony: I believe another wedding cordinator drew the short straw!! She started by stating that we were "Gathered here today to join Amy and Aaron"... Aaron?! She then called my husband "Adam"... By the end, she got his name right. I found it all kinda humorous.. Rich wasn't as amused! After the ceremony... group photos and Mr & Mrs photos. We paid for an upgraded package which got us picture on the beach, around the resort and during cocktail hours. More to come....