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Wow, that was a quick engagement! Congrats on the wedding, I hope that it was just as you wanted!

Hi Tara! Congrats on the engagement and happy planning! We're getting married at city hall as well to avoid having to arrive early and skip all of the paperwork! Otherwise most Caribbean islands also have stay requirements... some places in Mexico can ask for as long as 2 weeks! My fave was St-Barth asking for 2 months!!!

Hi Becky! Congrats on the engagement and happy planning! I'm getting married in PV too, I'm so excited!

Would the resort / WC be able to let you know? Sorry, I don't know the answer but good luck!

Quote: Originally Posted by Monty Crysto Anyways...just trying to decide on some ice breaker games for when everyone arrives. If anyone has any ideas...we will take them!! We're doing the karaoke as the icebreaker activity / get to know everyone party. It should be a blast! I was also thinking of doing a crossword puzzle (who knows the bride and groom best sort of thing) on the rehearsal night. Not sure yet though, just ideas! I'm not stressed at all about my bridesmaids - if it were up to me I'd have none but FI has two friends standing with him, so it would look weird if I had none! I'm mostly stressed about choosing the colours because I love everything! I just can't figure out how to pick. I can't ask FI because his colour opinions are very... unique! As an aside, I was thinking that we could do on here something similar to the Post Your Wedding Date thread, so this way we'd know everyone and could congratulate them as weddings come to be! It would also be fun to know who is getting married before or after you - or even who will be there during a site visit if you're doing one! Either use the copy/paste function or use the "quote" function. December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 Magalie & Travis (mlabbe) - May 16, 2010 June 2010 July 2010 - Resort closed - August 2010 - Resort closed - September 2010 - Resort closed - October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 Cheers!

Quote: Originally Posted by Monty Crysto Anyways...just trying to decide on some ice breaker games for when everyone arrives. If anyone has any ideas...we will take them!! We're doing the karaoke as the icebreaker activity / get to know everyone party. It should be a blast! I was also thinking of doing a crossword puzzle (who knows the bride and groom best sort of thing) on the rehearsal night. Not sure yet though, just ideas! I'm not stressed at all about my bridesmaids - if it were up to me I'd have none but FI has two friends standing with him, so it would look weird if I had none! I'm mostly stressed about choosing the colours because I love everything! I just can't figure out how to pick. I can't ask FI because his colour opinions are very... unique! As an aside, I was thinking that we could do on here something similar to the Post Your Wedding Date thread, so this way we'd know everyone and could congratulate them as weddings come to be! It would also be fun to know who is getting married before or after you - or even who will be there during a site visit if you're doing one! Either use the copy/paste function or use the "quote" function. December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 Magalie & Travis (mlabbe) - May 16, 2010 June 2010 July 2010 - Resort closed - August 2010 - Resort closed - September 2010 - Resort closed - October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 Cheers!

Congrats! It looked amazing, I'm so happy that everything went so well!

Hi Wendy, congrats and welcome to the forum! Best of luck with the planning. The Riu Santa Fe is stunning, you will have a fantastic time there!

Hi Tanya, congrats and welcome to the forum! Best of luck with the planning, it will be such a fun wedding!

Hi Tina, congrats and welcome to the forum! Best of luck with the planning. I haven't been to either island, but you'll find tons of info on here!

Hi! There are definite pros and cons, it all depends what you are looking for. It's not for everyone, but in the end I think that it is very much worth it! Best of luck.

Hi Justin, congrats and welcome to the forum! Best of luck with the planning!

Hi Crystle, congrats and welcome to the forum! Best of luck with the planning - it can get overwhelming at first but it will all come together!

Hi, congrats and welcome to the forum! Best of luck with the planning!

Hi Ashley, congrats and welcome to the forum! Best of luck with the planning!

Hi Kristen, congrats and welcome to the forum! Best of luck with the planning! St Lucia is stunning, it will be amazing!

Hi, congrats and welcome to the forum! Best of luck with the planning! All of those places are a little bit different, and all have their pros and cons - but you can't go wrong! With your wedding date though, maybe start by looking for the region that will have the less chance of rain?

Hi, congrats and welcome to the forum! Best of luck with the planning! You'll find tons of info on Cabo and Azul on here by doing a search!

Hi Sooner, congrats and welcome to the forum! Best of luck with the planning!

Wow Sharon, those are amazing pictures! No kidding you're so happy! My fave is the B&W one with the mangrove roots. I don't know why, maybe because it's so different!

Hi Sarah, welcome to the forum and congrats!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by shreets Way to go Magalie! whoo hoo! That's a lot more than I've accomplished. We're still stuck on figuring out a date! So which photographer did you decide on? I bet five months is going to go really fast! Do you have any other DIY projects planned? I went with a fantastic Vancouver photographer, she was offering her rate at 50% off for destination weddings as she is trying to get expand her portfolio and for the cost I get an engagement session (that I will use to cover my city hall wedding I think) and a day-after shoot. I'm pretty excited! You can see her site here: Vancouver Wedding Photographer | Amber Hughes Photography - Home. As for the DIY, I also plan on doing the invites, the menus, all of the seating-related stuff and probably some decor items, not sure what yet! So I really have to pick my colour theme... I'm being asked to choose my flowers and I have no idea! Did anyone ask for flowers that were not on the list? Some of the costs are outrageous and some of the choices are just not inspiring me. I'm also having a hard time choosing my MOH and bridesmaid - the ones I thought of asking no longer know if they can come . It gets to me quite a lot at times and I just get into a mind frame where I'll just buy two dresses and who ever shows up can wear them! Silly, I know! Anyone else had issues with this? Shreets, good luck with getting things started!!! It takes some time in the begging but it gets better. Maybe asking them what dates they have free may help narrow things down?

Stunning dress! I'm sure that you'll find a taker!

Hurray, I booked my photographer & chose the minister. I'm getting things done! Now if I could only finish and mail those STD, otherwise they'll turn into invites!

Oh my, breathe! It will be ok! A good start is to have a look at a wedding checklist and to start from the top. For example, theknot.com has a great one. Then you should try to focus on the big items, like the location (where do you want to get married - country and location!), hotel, etc. Once you get started, it gets a whole lot less overwhelming. You still have a lot of time ahead of you!