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Thanks for the links. I did see a several pairs on moonstoneweddings.com that I may be interested in. I have checked Amazon but I didn't really see anything that I liked.

My FI's best friend asked if he and his FI could get married on our DW trip. I said yes at first but then I went back and said no. I decided that, like Karla, I didn't want to share the spotlight with anyone, nor did I want to have to make decisions with someone other than my FI about what we're going to do during that week. And I thought it would be hard to tell some guests they could come to our wedding but not theirs and vice versa. So since I've said no, they haven't even set a date yet which makes me think they may have been trying to get me to do all the planning and they were going to just jump in on the tail end.

I think since it's not a legal ceremony you can do whatever you like and say whatever vows you like. There's a thread on here (I can't remember the name though) but it has several sample ceremony wordings on it.

I think you should marry at one resort and then relocate to another (the one that has the least amount of your guests staying there) You can make it clear to everyone that you're going on your "honeymoon" and would appreciate it if everyone respected that.

I really wanted to buy the dresses but the dresses I wanted were being discontinued and had to be ordered right away and at the time I didn't have the money to pay for 5 dresses so I think I will probably pay for their jewelry and shoes and buy them a nice gift.

I had not even thought about tipping until I read this and another thread. I think I'm just going to be tipping the wait staff/bartenders at the reception and the officiant but I won't be tipping the officiant $100. I'm bringing a photographer from home and I'm already paying for his airfare and the WC that I'm working with now is not the same one who is going to be at the resort. I won't even talk to the WC at the resort until I get there so unless the WC at the resort blows me away with something she does, I don't think I'm going to tip her.

Very useful info. Thanks!

I'm planning to bring my own minister. She happens to be one of my friends who was coming to the wedding anyway so I told her that if she comes and does the wedding I'll pay for her airfare as a token of appreciation even though it's only going to be a symbolic ceremony.

I think working with a travel agent is very helpful. I had my mind made up on one resort and then my TA sent me info/pics of another resort which made me change my mind about the original resort. A TA can offer unbiased opinions of several different resorts.

If I booked with the previous bride and groom stay free program, will it change to this one?

I hadn't even thought about tipping. Thanks for this thread and the link.

I would put it in the invite to make sure people pack properly.

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMsMoulton You could put a fun twist on it "We all know your legs look good gentelmen, but please keep them covered on my wedding day so I won't be jealous" Very Funny!

Do you know if you're still allowed to DJ at the Azul resorts?

These are great. I definitely think I'm going to use them.

The towels are a great idea!

Cute! And so different.

I saw in a previous post that someone shipped their stuff to Mexico and it got held up in customs. They had to end up hiring a customs attorney to translate and negotiate to get their stuff out of customs so I wouldn't advise shipping anything before hand. In addition to the stuff getting held up in customs, one box was about $300 to ship.

Quote: Originally Posted by thefuturemrslutz ADVICE! Does Sensatori require that 80% of your guests stay at the resort that are attending the wedding? Mine does! And I honestly figured EVERYONE coming to the wedding would stay at the resort. However, lately I have been wondering how to deal with the issue of people requesting to stay at a different resort. This sounds like a huge catastrophe in the making. On my website and Save the Dates, I have made it very clear that the rooms are blocked off AT LE BLANC, and it is assumed everyone coming will stay there. However, I am starting to worry about people trying to save money and book elsewhere. Suggestions?!? Tough one! Maybe you can remind everyone that they would have to pay for a day pass every time they want to come to your resort. You could probably exaggerate the price of the day pass so people will decide they may as well stay at your resort.

Good idea!

Quote: Originally Posted by modegirl79 Hey there...getting married in St. Thomas in May while on a cruise. =) Expect about 30 people, including 5 little kids. Already have some great favor bag items lined up, and wanted to share... First off, my main color theme is green, with a little bit of purple thrown in. You have no idea what a chore it is to items in these colors! Of course, these colors totally do not work for the guys at all, but for the girls, they work just great! One "girl" item I found that I just love is a travel sewing kit. I found them for $1.69/ea. plus shipping at createforless.com. Ironically, they come in purple, green (and hot pink). I am so impressed with these kits - 6 spools of thread, buttons, needles, thimble, tape measure, scissors, safety pins. Such a great deal for the price! I highly recommend! =) I also came across these purple and green (how convenient!) flip-flop notepads. Found them at Wrapwithus.com for $1.99/ea., which was the cheapest I came across. For the guys, I am going with the obvious - deck of cards and likely a beach theme bottle opener of some sort. Haven't quite figured them out yet, since they are so "difficult!" Everyone is getting a cruise ship luggage tag (Kate Aspen favor) and a pair of Old Navy flip flops - purple or green for the girls, brown for the guys. And, finally, I work at a consumer products company and am throwing in some product for everyone - very useful product like toothbrushes, floss, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, etc. I get this stuff dirt cheap (not free, unfortunately), so it's an inexpensive way to fill up the bags! ;-) Also, wanted to mention that I found very cute sterling silver pearl lariat necklaces for my two bridesmaids at EvesAddiction.com. Their jewelry is excellent quality for the price. Let me know if you have any questions about anything - more than happy to share further information. April Great ideas, especially the bottle opener! Guys are so hard to shop for.

Very cute (and cheap) bags. Thanks for sharing!

Quote: Originally Posted by lolo ladies!!! help i found these shoes that I love and am deciding how badly i need them... they are definatley not your average shoe,that's what i love about them. Kitteneheart your pics were so beautiful I spoke to my photog about a BD shoot in mexico and he said he'd do it for $150 incl a brag book!! So i think i'm going to go for it!! That is why I think I need the shoes. They'd be hot for the pics.....i think What do you girls think. I do like things that stand out. Those shoes are HOTT!!!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by sosayi Is it absolutely ridiculous to want to get legally married in Mexico, just to have my marriage certificate *say* Mexico, on it? Is anyone else leaning this way? It seems most people got legally married at home, instead? ) I don't think it's ridiculous. It just seems like it's a hassle. I'm getting married legally in the US the week before because we're not going to get to the resort 3 full business days before the ceremony and I don't want to deal with the blood tests and most importantly I want my ceremony to be in English. I really don't care what my certificate says. The ceremony in Mexico will be the date I go by.

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart As far as I know, nothing has changed. You can bring a photographer but they either have to stay 3 nights or you pay the $500 outside vendor fee. Due to mental stress I hired a DJ, having to come up with so many playlists and having someone man the iPod just makes me cringe. $1,500 for a DJ? Yikes, who quoted you that much? The DJ's that advertise on BDW are much cheaper than that. $500, $600-ish. Tiffany sent me the packages they offer and that was the cheapest price. I didn't know it was an option to bring in a DJ. I can do $500-600 but anything more than that is out of the question!