Meyer2010

Quote: Originally Posted by pbobzin Can anyone tell me what the upgraded suites at Catalonia are like? We have some guests that are thinking about upgrading to suites so that the children and adults would have separate sleeping quarters, but I can't find anywhere what the layout of the room is like. are the sleeping areas separate with the sofa bed in the living room and the king bed in the other room or are the beds together in one room with the living room just being separate? This is what the description of our suite is. SUITE One bedroom with king bed, 2 plasma TVs, terrace with mini-pool, separate living room with pull-out sofa, ceiling fan, mini-bar, special amenities, room safe, full bathroom with hair dryer and direct phone access. Hope that helps! When are you getting married pbobzin?

Do whatever song makes you happy! It's your day and it's your choice! Go for it Girl! I'm really emotional and I want to pick a song I won't bawl my eyes out to. I'm thinking "My Girl" by The Temptations. Upbeat, not too fast but a really cool song. What do you think?

Quote: Originally Posted by TeNeil I am definitely making progress in our planning........but have tons left to do. I have everything organized in my mind, but nothing is actually completed. I am going dress shopping on Saturday (have to go out of town.....only one bridal shop in my hometown). I know that this is cutting it close for time, so I am crossing my fingers. Was anyone able to order a dress within 4 months? I am picking up our invitations from print tomorrow and will hopefully mail them the same day. Photographer is booked! (Thats one thing off the list...haha) Lots to do, but loving every minute of it! I think most bridal shops say 6-8 weeks so I think you will be okay. The other thing is you can search the clearance rack for your size and just have it altered if you run too low on time. I found a lot of dresses I liked on the clearance rack but some of them were sample dresses so they were worn out from girls trying them on and dirty. I haven't booked a photographer yet! My brother is taking a video of our wedding but haven't got a photographer yet! Yikes! Just enjoy yourself! Try not to get too stressed out! This is suppose to be a fun time, just remember that! ~ Erica

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMsMoulton if Any other brides are looking for a linen suit try Cubavera | Guayabera Shirts, Linen Shirts, Mexican Wedding Shirts, Guayaberas, Linen Pants, Shorts, Suits they have an awesome WHITE linen suit my fiance just got his in and I am soooo excited at how great it was! WE also got our guys shirt the pick stitch one with short sleeves from Cubavera!!! Love their quailty and price. As for me dress ordered & in already at the store shoes (white and silver reef fanning flip flops with a bottle opener) got them Girls dresses are getting ordered reception site for home reception in april is booked noon wedding at moon palace on feb 27th done groomsmen outfits are all picked out and best man has already put it on future husbands suit is in his closet first 25 boarding pass invites went out in the mail on friday So I have no idea if i am ahead of of the game or behind it at this point. Wow... that is a great website! I love the styles! I think you're doing great on time! This is what I have done/yet to do! So you're still ahead of me! My dress is being made as we speak (1st fitting on Sat. Sept. 26) Have my 2 pairs of shoes (white flip flops w/crystals & white wedge sandals with cork bottoms) Girls dresses are already bought (Jcrew silk chiffon juliet dress in clover) Reception site for home reception on Feb. 19th is booked DJ for AHR is booked Flowers at AHR not ordered yet (still deciding on flower variety) 3pm wedding booked on the beach at Catalonia Riviera Maya on Feb. 10, 2010 Still need to get the groom/groomsmen outfits STD's getting mailed out Oct. 1st Passport Invitations going out Nov. 1st/Dec. 1st timeframe Good Luck!

I forgot to mention my monogram is suppose to look like a postage stamp. Our invitations are passport invitations too. We have a "travel" theme. Looks like you are getting married very close to my wedding date! Nice job on the cardbox! I hope to make one of these for our AHR in February.

Quote: Originally Posted by TeNeil Very crafty! Meyer2010.....did you make your own monogram or have it made? I think it is great! Hello! I had it made. I also have it in black font so we could use it on koozies, stadium cups & visors. I used Ten4 Design Studio, she was very quick and is doing all of our STD's, invitations, Thank you's, etc. Ten4 Design Studio | Designing Solutions 4 Life, Business and More My FI wasn't too crazy about the "mexican flower" in it but it grew on him and now he likes it. Ha-ha!

Quote: Originally Posted by lisaloo79 Just another quick update! I emailed my aunt about the dress. Told her about my weight-loss and she was SUPER happy for me! She then informed me that she will be home on the 10th of December - about 3 weeks before I leave. I think it'll be enough time for her to alter the dress, at least I'm hoping that it is. I plan on taking pictures this week of me in the dress so I'll post them as soon as I can. I'm getting excited now!!!!! Awesome Job Girl!!!! Keep up the good work, send some good karma my way, I'm trying to drop some pounds too! Can't wait for the updates!!

Oh I can't wait to kayak! I will definitely bookmark Paamul lagoon! What is lomas? Is that just a bus/van rental place? Yeah, I want to make sure and do my homework so our guests have options for riding into playa or going to cozumel. Did you take a trip to either of those places? I'm curious how smooth it is to get to either place.

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan we bought snorkel stuff for around $25 at kmart. I'd suggest skipping the fins & just getting a mask & snorkel. I'm not sure how often you could rent it out since I packed my own. I don't think they were strict on the 1 hour limit either. The kayaks were my favorite. Oh kayaks! Are they single or double kayaks? That is such a relaxing sport! Thanks for the info! ~ Erica

The more and more I read about these "real touch" flowers the more and more I want them!!! I mean what would I do with a real bouquet? I could enjoy it for 1.5 days and then it would die. Why not have something that lasts forever!!? Oh decisions..decisions..decisions!!! :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by BlieLena Hi all Brides to be!! I always need to start off by saying how much I appreciate everybody supporting this website , its given me soo many inspirations that I will start to post photos of soon, such as my invites. I have been going back and forth about real or not real flowers but after alot of soul searching I decided that the real touch made more sense and here is why.... I am getting married in The Riviera Maya and orchids are flown in from Costa Rica per my WC and are 18 DOLLARS FOR ONEEEEEE HEAD of the big cymbid. I really wanted all my bridesmaids to have green w/ accents of magenta since there dress in magenta. Holy cow you know how expensive that would be for 6 BM, eeeeeee!! SO plan B would have been to go with a different flower but I can't get it out of my heart soooo 1st reason for me to think about real touch. The next day most of my guests including bridesmaids since the wedding is on a Saturday are leaving and when I was just recently in a wedding I kept my BM bouquet till it got moldy hahaha because it was sooo pretty and such a waste to have these girls only enjoy if for one night. SOoo instead they can keep them as a keepsake and take them back on the plane with them which you can't do with real flowers. I asked one of my BMS what she thought because hey maybe she always invisioned fresh flowers for her bouquet but she was super excited about the idea of keeping hers!! 2nd reason to think about real touch. My bouquet: The same wedding I was in she had to leave on her honeymoon the next day and wow I couldn't imagine only being with my bouquet for one night, the whole time while she was gone I was wondering who she gave it to! It was big and amazzzzzing!! I thought I don't want mine to ever die if it looked that beautiful and ummmmmm pricey!! I was super super nervous too about how my bouquet vision would translate from my WC to the florists and again would have to sacrafice alot of money for those damn orchids I have to have Our save the dates and website has the orchid theme I ve wanted to keep up with. 3rd reason!! TTDress Session!! I get to use my bouquet again and go in the water with it!! Love itt!!! 4th Reason! I will keep it forever and ever and ever!!! 5th Reason And final the cost duh But that was never really the #1 reason for going real touch, as a bride we manage to make what we want happen!!! It was the icing on the cake! And now for who I am working with and would highly recommend or consider!! Orchid bouquets Berry and Wine toned flowers I love the orchid of paradise one but we are doing magenta roses and orchids with green orchids and touches of white ones. Soo dreamy! I am doing a 12inch with silver wrap so I can glue my own purple swaraskies (sp) The BMS are getting all green orchids with touches of magenta roses and orchids. Opposite of mine 8 inch bouquet We are also doing 5 GMens in Green Cybs and a 1 purple/pink one for the Groom that she said will match my bouquet. Also getting 10 mixed green and purple cybid. real touch for the cake and one mini bouquet of mine for the bridal toss Grand total..................$560 for all of it!! $35 for shipping. Mailing her a 300$ deposit to get it going tomo. I think this is an awesome deal and I am sooo excited the only thing we need to worry about in MX is our decoration flowers which will be real of course. She will be sending me pics of the flowers then pics of the finished products and I can tweak anything then I don't like. She was soo nice to talk to and I feel so good using her! I told her I would give her a shout out here! Let her know I sent you I really looked thru alot of postings on here and the web. Debated back and forth alot! When I asked my WC about MarieSam's bouquet (BDWF member) she said they weren't real and I was like oooookay I need to reconsider this real touch thing!! If you are considering real touch forget about for one second the only sucky part is that YOU will know they are not real but think of all the other positives and take a chance! The worst thing that happens you don't like it and you get real ones. Or you have a visual tester for the real thing for your florists and you can keep the copy version. Hey I think that is worth 100 bucks Good luck and I ll keep you posted with any pics I get!!! I'm so bummed... I can't open her website. Can you post some pictures of your flowers? I'm dying to see them! ~ Erica

Quote: Originally Posted by Tifuhhknee My aunt and uncle from Chicago and little brother snorkeled at the resort for what seemed like hours, their backs were baked through their white t-shirts! Snorkeling gear is free for one hour per day and you get flippers, goggles, and a snorkel itself. We brought our own cheap goggles and all had snorkels that you keep from Xel-Ha (you see way more fish closer up at the resort than you do at Xel-Ha). You can also "rent" a kayak for free for an hour to paddle around. Near where the wedding is held, there is what used to be a bridge (has since broken between the two trips I took there). What is left is some colverts (sp?) under water and the fish hang out there. A lot of people fed bread or bananas to them from above. The main part of the beach is mostly reefs and you can swim all around them looking at cool fish, lots of pretty colors, in their natural ecosystem. The urchins didn't seem to come out until mid-afternoon and they were small and black. We were barefoot and had no problem. I have an underwater case for my digital camera and even have pics of all the fish I was chasing around! It was a blast. Thanks for the information! We will definitely do some snorkeling by the broken bridge! I'm so much more excited now! I didn't think it would be possible but this is great information and now I can't wait to go!!!! Are you planning on getting married there in 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan they have gear you can borrow for free. we brought our own. i wish i wouldn't have bothered packing the fins, but water shoes are good. mike stepped on a sea urchin. you can take a cab ride 2 miles north to paamul which has even better snorkeling. That's excellent news! Most of my family doesn't have snorkeling gear. I will tell them to bring water shoes! I heard some of the rocks were rough. I think snorkeling is so relaxing and I think we will do it alot! So it's FREE every day for an hour? That's a great deal!!!

Love them! Great Job!

Quote: Originally Posted by amdecker Just an FYI... I just got back from our wedding in Cancun (symoblic ceremony) at the Riu Palace Las Americas. It went so well! The officiant was fantastic. She said the nicest things and at the end, had us sign a document (a certificate that is not official but looked like it was). Those in our party that didn't know it wasn't legal were none the wiser. I wish I knew the name of the officiant, she was fantastic and I didn't get a chance to thank her. We didn't have to show anything and aren't getting legally hitched until later on. But to us, its just paperwork. We will always consider that day our wedding day. Congrats on your wedding!! I'm glad your officiant was good! I worry about ours. Our $399 symbolic ceremony fee will be waived but we do have to pay $300 for an "officiant" to marry us. We could of had a hotel staff member do it but we figured our guests would think it was fake. So we opted for the "officiant", I hope our guests won't be able to tell. Your "officiant" didn't mention "Renewal of vows" right? That is my worst fear, if they slip up and our guests find out! Yikes!

Quote: Originally Posted by Tifuhhknee Was not married there, but stayed at this resort twice. The sand it all pretty soft where it is high and dry. Couldn't stand to wear flip flops on it because the sand flies up behind you and hits your rear end. I have tons of pictures from on the resort and different things we did outside of the resort as well, if anyone is interested in seeing the resort or excursions you can e-mail me for pics. [email protected] Just thought I'd offer. There was a wedding that took place last time we were there and it was adorable. The bride came from lobby past the pool we were in that has the swim-up bar (best place to get drinks, btw) and EVERYONE was cheering and clapping. Very fun crowd, they were from Lafayette, Louisiana. Good luck to all of you and it is a great resort where you can snorkel for hours and not get bored (our favorite part). Wow! I love snorkeling! We were wondering if it was a good spot to snorkel. Some of our guests have never done that. Do you know if they charge for that or is it free? We weren't sure if we should tell our guests to bring their own snorkel gear or not. ~ Erica

Quote: Originally Posted by DarcyJAde My grandpa is not able to make it anymore (health issues) so the 3 of us went to City Hall last night. We did excahnge rings (for the day). No one else knows though. It was so quick it doesn't seem real. Congrats! I think we are going to do the same thing with my Grandmother. She isn't able to travel to Mexico so we will take her with us to the City Hall. We are going to surprise her and pretend we are going to lunch! I can't wait!!

All our guests are staying one week! It might be worth checking with your resort directly. The WC at my resort sent me the wedding packages. I understand all resorts are different. But definitely do your homework, it doesn't hurt to ask the resort directly! Good Luck!

Hey Cat Brides!!! Let's get some chatter going! I just got the 2010 wedding package list. What perks is everyone getting? We are doing the Renewal of Vows ceremony ($399) but since we will have more than 10 rooms booked, we get it FREE!!! I wish I could post it but I don't have enough posts yet! ~ Erica

Nice job! I love the bright orange!! Our stadium cups and koozies just arrived yesterday. I will get pictures up soon! This is exciting!!! ~ Erica

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda I am glad at least I am not the only one with a dud travel agent. She is a one person shop and totally clueless. We are getting absolutely nothing in perks. I am going to go to my hotel directly to see what they can do. Does anyone know if you can switch TAs midway through? Could I transfer all of our reservations to someone else? My TA actually said to the tour operator yesterday on the phone "My client thinks you can negotiate better rates for her because she is booking 15-20 rooms at the hotel. This is not something you can do, correct?" Even the tour Operator was a little taken aback and told her they can look for promotions and offer rate matches. I really need to ditch this lady like a bad habit! Oh no... get a new TA fast!!! This is a bad sign. Everyone knows you get perks when you have booked multiple rooms. You are bringing lots of business to the resort you are staying in. They will find a way to compensate you. Even if it for spa credit or money off rooms! You have plenty of time to find a new TA! Good Luck! ~ Erica

We are also using DW.com and staying at the Catalonia Riviera Maya, these are two of our perks! FREE WEDDING PACKAGE The Renewal of Vows Ceremony ($399 value) is free with your group reservation of 10 double rooms, staying for a minimum of 5 nights (equal 50 room nights). This offer is not combinable with other promotional offers. We also get a free upgrade to a suite if we have 15 rooms booked. Good Luck!

Quote: Originally Posted by KRama We plan on heading down to City Hall here in Calgary with our MOH and best man and having a very un-romantic legal ceremony. We want it to have no significance to us since our "real" wedding will be the one we have in Mexico. This will just be about the paper work. That's exactly our thoughts too! It will just be Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork!!! Mexico will be the real deal! We will do the "renewal of vows" ceremony ($1000 cheaper than legal) and our guests will have NO idea. We've already asked the judge in Mexico to send over the vows and they are almost exact as the real vows. Easy as pie!!! Yum!

OMG... I was just thinking about this! We just hired our DJ for our AHR and I had no idea what time to have everything! HELP!!!

Nice Job! I might steal that idea! Are you using it in Mexico or at your AHR? I'd be scared to travel with it, hoping it wouldn't get crushed! Congrats on your wedding day... looks like it's getting very close! :-)