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I haven't decided which one to go with yet but I'm leaning toward Rainfall of Envelopes (Rainfall of Envelopes - Online Money Gifts For Weddings, Baby Showers, Graduations, More). They seem to have the lowest rates I've seen so far and a friend of mine who used them was very happy with the service. This is a link to the section that discusses their fees: Rainfall of Envelopes Fee Policy Anyone else use them before?

I'm also glad someone brought this up. Been struggling with this issue. We got married a year ago at the courthouse and only told our parents and siblings. Even our closest friends don't know. I'm not sure when/if to break it to everyone and how they will react. Any ideas??

We recently decided to hold our wedding reception at Jelly Fish. We're having the ceremony at PPC on May 31, 2010. It comes out to be slightly cheaper than doing both ceremony and reception at the resort and also Mayte at Jelly Fish said that we can stay as long as we want whereas the resort package is only for a three-hour reception. I'm excited! I've read good reviews about this place so hopefully it will all work out well.

Quote: Originally Posted by erinsny24 I was wondering if anyone else was going to do something like this. Has anyone else thought of donating money to the Red Cross or one of the other relief organizations instead of doing favors? I have gift bags for everyone but we haven't done a favor yet and one of my thoughts was to donate money to help Haiti. I think that's a great idea. I want to look into doing something similar.

Does anyone have contact info and rates for DJ Mannia? I've been looking but can't seem to find it. Thanks!

Does anybody have a website or email address for them? Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by foxytv The Reserve is a tram ride away from the beach. It is a gorgeous area, but if you want to be near the pools, beach and/or restaurants, get a Royal Service room. We were married in the gazebo and stayed in RS Room 1303 and it was a perfect location for the bride and BM's to get ready and walk down the aisle from our room. Hope that helps! Thanks foxytv. That helps a lot!

Thanks guys! This is helpful. I think we will go with Royal Service.

Quote: Originally Posted by Outdoor_girl1010 The Reserve will have kids and the Royal Service won't. That is how we made our minds up. We are staying at the sister resort PPR. Thanks outdoor girl! I also heard that Royal Service is closer to the beach but other than that I'm not really clear on the difference between the two.

Hi everyone, I'm in the process of booking our accommodation for our wedding in May at PPC and was wondering if those of you who have visited the resort have any advice on which room type we should get? We want to treat ourselves since it's our wedding and honeymoon and we are hesitating between the reserve and royal service. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance and apologies if the topic has already been discussed! Meli

Quote: Originally Posted by jdrewett How adorable!! I love the RSVP boarding passes too! How long did it take to design/order them? What did you do for your save the dates? Hi Jdrewett! I did a rush order of 75 passports and RSVP boarding passes and it took about two weeks for the design and production. I was less creative with the save-the-dates and just used e-vite Meli

Quote: Originally Posted by ddk5576 Those are great!! Perfect!! Any way you can give me an idea of how much they were? We are trying to figure out which route to go with the passport invites-doing some comparison shopping! Any info on pricing would be greatly appreciated!! Much Thanks! Hi ddk5576! With Sarah, the pricing was as follows: $40 non-refundable Design fee I got the 6-page passports which are $4.00 each (she also has two-page save the date passports at $2.75 each and 10-page passports at $5.00 each) Shipping is $10 Rush fee is $75 RSVP postcards are 75 cents each

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart How exciting!!! Can't wait to see pix, I'm mid my own passport invites at the moment and figuring out what info to put inside is SO difficult for me! Any suggestions are greatly appreciated Hi Kittenheart! Deciding what to put inside the invitation can definitely be a bit challenging. I only had two pages of information since I decided to translate everything into French which took up a lot of space. So, I ended up just providing information about the resort and how to get there basically. Below are some suggestions from the Sproullie Designs website that might be useful. Good luck! P.S. LOVE your Halloween costume. I'm a big fan of TB Some ideas of what could be included in your passport invitations: Location/Country Information Resort Information/Booking Local Activities Weather info What to pack or Wedding Dress Code Daily group activities (for example: one page could be dedicated to each of the 3 or 4 days you have activities planned for your guests) An “about us†or “how we met†page Travel Agent information Travel Tips Ground Transfer Info Rehearsal Info Wedding Day Info Reception Info Welcome Dinner Passport Requirements

Thanks for posting the pics Sarah! Still getting a handle on how to navigate this site The invites turned out great and all my guests were very impressed. Thanks again for your amazing work!

Hi everyone! I recently had passport invites made by Sarah at Sproullie Designs and I love them! My guests are just receiving them and everyone is raving about them. We went with a traditional looking passport which we modeled after a passport from the Dominican Republic (which is where we are getting married). Inside we listed information about the resort and our TA. We also made the invitation bilingual (French and English) since I have family members who don't speak much English. I will post pics as soon as I figure out how but I just wanted to say how happy I was with the invites. Sarah was great to work with and I was on a very tight deadline which she was able to meet with no problems.

I got the same email. Haven't acted on the information yet though.

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

Melissa and Jason~ May 31, 2010 Paradisus Punta Cana __________________________________________________ ____ September 2009 Clare & Ross: September 7, 2009 - Ocean Blue (date to be confirmed) Chris & Martin: September 9, 2009 - Ocean Blue (date to be confirmed) Lori & Keith: September 9, 2009 - Excellence, Punta Cana Kenya & Eddie Sept. 12, 2009 - Dreams Punta Cana Kim & Jason September 18, 2009 - Dreams Palm Beach Kristy & Vince: September 19, 2009 - Dreams Punta Cana October 2009 Carmen & Tiny: October 09, 2009 - Catalonia Bavaro Beach, Punta Cana Jeannie & Jorge: October 10, 2009 - Dreams Punta Cana Jen & Dave: October 10, 2009 - Majestic Colonial Punta Cana Darcy & Dave: October 11, 2009- Melia Caribe Tropical- Punta Cana Angela & Jason: October 20, 2009 - Majestic Colonial Punta Cana Kelly & Pablo: October 22, 2009 - Majestic Colonial, Punta Cana Jenny & Matthew: October 27, 2009 - Melia Caribe Tropical c & d: October 27, 2009 - Majestic Colonial, Punta Cana November 2009 Tanya & Joe: November 4, 2009 - Palladium Palace, Punta Cana Veronica & Paul: November 5, 2009 - Majestic Colonial Punta Cana Lisa & Jim: November 5, 2009 - EdenH Real Arena Punta Cana Sandra & Rob: Novemeber 7, 2009- Ocean Blue/ Sand Golf & Beach Resort Erin & Trent: November, 9, 2009 - Melia Caribe Tropical Rosa & Eddie: November 10, 2009 - Barcelo Bavaro Palace Leslie & Gerry: November 16, 2009- Majestic Colonial Andrea & Chris: November 24, 2009, Majestic Elegance Krista & Dave: November 25, 2009 - Sirenis Tropical Annida & Sante: November 27th, 2009 - Dreams Punta Cana December 2009 Julie and Rob: December 4, 2009 - Grand Palladium Punta Cana Amber and Dan: December 5, 2009 - Majestic Colonial Tara and Philip: December 7, 2009- Majestic Elegance Nonnie and Marj: December 10,2009-Grand Palladium Punta Cana Beth and Ian: December 12, 2009- Excellence Punta Cana Lindsay and Tracy: December 31, 2009 - Majestic Colonial January 2010 Jacqueline & Craig: January 5, 2010 - Sirenis Tropical Nicole & Michael: January 23, 2010 - Bavaro Princess Shelby & Michael: January 23, 2010 - Dreams Punta Cana Jocelyn & Michael: January 25, 2010 - Dreams Punta Cana Lisa & Adam: January 2010, Dreams Punta Cana Nicole & Chad: January 12, 2010 - Dreams Punta Cana February 2010 Anne & Tim: February 20, 2010 - Jellyfish Restaurant (Staying at Melia) Amber & John: February 27, 2010, Paradisus Palma Real March 2010 Jennifer & Cory March 13 2010- Palma Real Punta Cana Kim & Ron March 17, 2010 - Dreams Punta Cana Diane & Devin March 25 2010 - Paradisus Palma Real Anna & Lawrence March 26 - Majestic Colonial Erin & Pat March 27 2010 - Dreams Palm Beach Lindsay & Seth March 28 2010 - Paradisus Palma Real April 2010 Courtney & Michael April 13, 2010 - Grand Palladium Punta Cana Tracy & Mike - April 13, 2010 - Grand Palladium Royal Vanessa & Eddie April 16, 2010 - Majestic Colonial Steph & Jason April 16, 2010 - Grand Palladium Palace Punta Cana Alli & Darren April 19, 2010- Majestic Colonial Punta Cana Tammy & Ryan April 19, 2010- Grand Paradsie Bavaro(Alli were getting married next door) Crystal & Tyler April 20, 2010-Gran Bahia Principe Punta Cana Jennifer & Trevor April 21, 2010 - Gran Bahia Principe Punta Cana Helen & Scott April 21, 2010- Gran Bahia Principe Punta Cana Dianne & Adam April 21, 2010 - Grand Palladium Punta Cana Jess & Aaron April 22, 2010 - Majestic Colonial Punta Cana Stacey & Eric April 22, 2010 - Dreams La Romana Erin & Jeremy April 28, 2010 - Dreams Punta Cana Amanda & Craig April 28*, 2010 - Grand Palladium Punta Cana May 2010 Jennnifer & Trevor May 11th 2010 - Majestic Colonial Rosa & Larry May 15th, 2010 - Excellence Punta Cana Heather & George May 15th 2010 - Dreams La Romana mary & joey may 21st, 2010- dreams punta cana Lauren & Nate May 18, 2010- Majestic Colonial Sara & Adam May 22nd, 2010 - Indecided, Punta Cana (Palladium, Dreams, Iberostar or Excellence) Iris and Mike May 27, 2010 - Majestic Colonial Rebecca and Hector May 27, 2010-Grand Palladium Punta Cana Shanelle & Michael ~ May 28, 2010 ~ Paradisus Punta Cana Susan & Roberto ~ May 28, 2010 ~ Dreams Punta Cana Valerie & Jake May 29, 2010- Dreams La Romana Melissa & Jason~ May 31, 2010 Paradisus Punta Cana June 2010 Bobbi And Tyler: June 4th 2010 Majestic Colonial Jen & Joe: June 5, 2010, Dreams Palm Beach LaToya & Micah: June 18, 2010 Dreams Punta Cana July 2010 Natasha & Benjamin - July 2, 2010 Dreams Punta Cana Lynette and Darnel July 13, 2010 - Dreams Punta Cana Laura & Zach July 15, 2010 - Majestic Colonial or Grand Palladium Palace Jenn & Andrew - July 21, 2010 - Majestic Colonial, PC Liz & Miguel - July 26, 2010 - Undecided location {Santiago, Puerto Plata, or Punta Cana James and Jessica- July 17, 2010 -Paradisus Punta Cana August 2010 Jeanette & Julio - undecided Punta Cana, (PPC or PPR) Aug 2010 Linda & Robin: August 3, 2010 - Paradisus Punta Cana Denise & Julio: August 7, 2010- Punta Cana- Melia Carib Tropical October 2010 Autumn & Dominic - Oct 16th, 2010 - Dreams Punta Cana Michele & Andrew - Oct 19th, 2010 - Majestic Colonial Luciel & Emil - Oct 20th, 2010 - Melia Caribe Tropical July 2011/ 2012 Yvonne and Andrew- last week of july 2011/ 2012 (money dependant), dreams la romana

Hi everyone, My name is Meli and I'm new to the forum. I finally decided on and booked a location for my wedding. I'll be getting married on Monday May 31, 2010 at Paradisus Punta Cana. I'm super excited and can't wait to share info and ideas with the other brides-to-be on this forum. Cheers, Meli