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That's odd that your TA wouldn't include transfers. However, if you are using a TA you should have them find the company for you since that's part of their job. Ours are included and the company for transfers is Olympus Tours.

This is what my FMIL is wearing....she insisted on something long since my BM dresses are long and we ordered it in the Jade color. http://www.jasminebridal.com/J_3_1_1_1.aspx?sqno=JPN20110023&j_style_no=STYL20080821004&j_line_no=LINE20080821012&j_line_season=B My mom on the other hand....we have less than 3 months and she still has no dress, we're looking for something orange and dressy still not so easy. She does that though she always waits until the last minute even though I keep telling her the chances of finding an orange dress in the store is going to be slim to none. Fingers crossed she finds something soon.

barbiegirl do you have some pics of your hair and makeup you could share?

Can anyone tell me what kind of make-up products they use at the spa? Also should I go ahead with the make-up included in my package or hire someone else?

I've found very little information on here regarding this so I thought I'd go ahead and try starting a new thread to get some view points from people. I'm currently trying to decide on someone to do my make-up for my wedding this May at Dreams Tulum. I've narrowed it down to Adrian Guerra and Sara Tamargo. I'm wanting to know how well airbrush holds up and if it's a good idea for being outside on the beach. I read a couple reviews where brides said they loved it but I felt that some of the pics were a little shiny. I had always heard airbrushing shouldn't be used for an outdoor wedding. Any advide, tips, and feedback if you did use it or if you would suggest to stick to MAC products please share.

I'm so happy I just found this. We're doing a DIY fabric photobooth for our AHR and I've been searching all over for the best way to set things up. Thanks!

We requested for a rehearsal but I'm not sure that the minister will be there. I'm emailing him a copy of our ceremony though since I have written it up myself. I emailed him a few months ago to find out what his normal ceremony was and told him I would be writing ours and he said it would be fine and he'd carry out our ceremony the way we wanted it. I'm also going to take down 3 copies with me. I'm giving one to the WC, having one on file, and having one of our guests hold onto a copy in case we get to the ceremony and he doesn't have it.

I just contacted Adrian but I am a little worried about the airbrush technique. It is extremely humid and I feel like it makes you a little glossy, did anyone who used him notice this at all?

Congrats and welcome to the forum! I'm also a DT bride, we have an entire thread you should check out http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/thread/25646/the-new-dreams-tulum-thread-post-all-dt-qs-as-here

Great idea! I'm sure everyone is going to love this.

Maggie that's funny that you just posted about the clip in extensions I've been looking for some. These ones aren't real hair though are they? From reviews I think I definitely want to make sure it's real hair since it'll be easier style wise and keeping clean.

This all kind of just came to be I didn't really try to put it together it just happened to work out that I have at least one of each. Something Old - my grandmother's ring that she left for me when she passed away Something New - my dress, shoes, and jewelry Something Borrowed - my hair flower Something Blue - the blue crystal starfish charm for my bouquet (my bff also used this in her bouquet)

I'm doing OOT bags but they are pretty simple. I'm including a first aid kit, tylon, pepto, emergen-C, hand sanitizer, beach ball, pen and paper, and a travel mug. The bags are basically for them to use around the hotel and I added the other things just as little helpfuls because not everyone remembers band-aids or tylenol. I'm not doing sunscreen and aloe because those are things you typically take with you on vacation anyway...plus I listed it on their things to pack list in my pre-travel mailers! haha I should also add I'm only having about 16 guests....if I were having a lot more then I probably wouldn't have done them at all, since I'm on a tight budget.

I would say we are on budget....my FI would not agree, lol. However, I'm paying for the wedding myself so he doesn't really get to say too much I told him the only thing he needs to concern himself with is the fact that we aren't in debt! I was planning on 12k which is right about where we are but it's now more like 13.5k because of an unexpected expense. Both of my parents are laid off and unable to pay for their trip so we are paying for it for them since I need them there. It's 2k we weren't planning on spending but to me it is completely worth it so I don't mind if I go a little bit over budget if it means my parents are going to be there for my big day. The plus part is our AHR is being paid by my FFIL.

I just recently got my planning guide from Aurora and told her everything I was bringing down with me. I was under the impression it was $150 to set-up everything plus $3 per person. However, she just emailed me saying that it's $150 for my lanterns $130 for my fabric for the canopy, and $3 per person for all other decor. I'm not really happy with this considering I'm getting the ultimate package which included fabric on the canopy so why are they charging me for something they would already be doing I'm just bringing a different color. We'll see how Aurora responds to this.

No, we were told we won't get these until we arrive at the resort. Which is slightly inconvenient because I wanted to include these in the welcome letters. So what I'm now doing is putting room #______ and having everyone fill it in themselves.

I really liked one of the brochures on vista print, however it would not allow me to change the coloring on it at all. So I made my brochure in microsoft publisher and modeled it after the one that I liked form VP...then I uploaded it and printed it form them. I also used the rack cards from VP for the photo-share cards. Thanks to all the ladies who have me all the inspiration and help with the brochure!

hmlicos - Welcome!! I'm also a DT bride getting married May 6! Everything will come together with your bookings, afterall everyone who is planning on going won't have any trouble confirming by that date. I feel you on the dress I am 5'2 and they basically took an entire dress off the bottom for me, I figured it would be inexpensive but was quite shocked at how expensive it was just to hem it! I haven't finished my ceremony yet but there are tons here on the forum, have you tried doing a search for them? Ana - everything looks great!

Our wedding is in May and all of our trips are to be paid for by March 18th. It's different when you work with a TA compared with the hotel directly. That doesn't mean people can't still decide to go after that though. Don't forget having everyone booked by the date the TA gave you also helps you in your planning as far as knowing exactly how many people you have.

Aurora emailed me all the stuff for us to fill out our final decisions with. So exciting just 3 more months to go!

We just included our TA information for them to book. However, we do have people getting their on flights and stuff but they let our TA know that as well. As for getting to know everyone's travel itinerary if you are doing a pre-travel mailing make sure you say that you would like everyone to email their travel itinerary to you, that way you can still keep track of everyone as far as who is coming and going when.

I'm in this exact situation. We originally just wanted it small but then everyone complained because they wanted to go, so we decided fine we'll go ahead and invite everyone and figured we would have between 40-50 people. Well with 3 more months to go I have 15 people including FI and I are not all of them are booked...but I know they are coming because they are immediate family and have at least been conversing with the TA but sadly we may only have 14 when all is said and done because one of our guests who has been really excited to go and was actually the first person to book just found out she has cancer in her leg.

I think I may have to do this. I've been wanting to do another photo session including our dog this time. Thanks for posting it!

Tisha - I really like the design that you used on your menus and seat cards. Question though are you having chair covers? I really wanted chair signs that hung but since we have chair covers I'm not sure how to do that. Maggie - the flowers look great!

Thank you for all the compliments! Yeah I used the white metallic. I actually used the cream metallic for my STD"s but had this lying around and decided to use it rather than order more paper. I like the way it made everything else pop on it. I'm sure the champagne will be beautiful I know the cream I used before was a little softer than the white and it looked great. Good luck!