Lin&Scott

WELCOME BACK KATIE!! WOO HOOOO YOU'RE MARRIED!!!! SO glad you had a fabulous time and wouldnt change a thing- me either!! Whit' LOVE your wedding website, stunning! Just popping in to say congrats to everyone!! So excited for all of you, keep up the good work and good luck! Cheers!

LOVE the "maragrita" theme! Counds very unique and perfect for Mexico! Katie - I KNOW!- it feels like yesterday I was on here wondering about what the place would be like and worrying about family stuff! Now I'm a Mrs! ..And loving it! Wait till you're at OT, man oh man it's beautiful. Now that I'm home I refer to it as "Paradise" LOL! Hubby catches me sometimes just sighing and saying, "Ahhh, to be in paradise again..." So jealous you're all going there!! Hahaha! Katie I could NOT imagine what you're going through. It gives me wrinkles and grey hairs just trying to imagine. You deserve to have the best time and as soon as you get off the plane enjoy a $1 beer on the bus ride to OT!! LOL! They're ice cold and the beginning of all your worries washing away.... Keep up the good work girls and good luck!! -Lin

GOOD LUCK KATIE!! I am thinking of you and sending you all the best! Talk about a hitch before the wedding knowone could have expected! Everything's going to be Ok, you'll get out of there on time, safe and sound! Your day's going to be so special and beautiful! Best of luck, have a "Miami Vice" for me!! -Lin

Best Wishes Angelfire!! Cant wait to hear all about it!!

Katie, my mom was being the same way. I ended up not being able to talk to her about everything because it became negative, the rest of the family was hit and miss. I dont know, but I think they all also get nervous when it's closer to the wedding date because they all only got worse when it got closer, LOL!! I am able to laugh because it's all over, at the time I was literally screaming! Do what you can do for Y-O-U! That's what it's all about and once your family sees OT they cant be upset because it's so stunning! BC Bride, SO HAPPY you got a book from My Publisher!! I LOOOOOOVE mine and the photo quality was AMAZING!! Glad I was able to share that with you! Tons of love and well wishes, Lin

Best Wishes Angelfire!! Katie, I cant wait to see your boudoir pictures (LOL... did I spell that right?), I can only imagine how excited you're getting. I was there and wedding, wedding, wedding was all I could talk about!! How are things going with family? Mine was being really difficult, and some of them being control freaks, when it got closer to the date, hope you're having a better time! Keep up the good work ladies, Lin

Hi all! "Soon to be..", one thing that saved me some $ is that the flowers I bought/used to decorate my arch Ana split beautifully into 3 and made them into stunning centerpieces for my 3 tables. The big colorful one for my head table was included in my package. Try not to over worry about decor because the place is so stunning you wont need as much as you think Good luck! Katie long time no talk, love your new siggy! Beautiful, you must be getting so excited!! Bonnie, it seems you really dont like the idea of having your wedding at OT, which is fine. I can understand your objections. The fee to "protect the reef" we only ever paid to use the sailboats provided there and I thought it was a good deal to use a sailboat anyways. There's big menu at all the restaurants so your guests wont need to spend the extra $ for lobster etc if they dont want to, you'll have lots of other choices. The "Privledge" package was gifted to us by a family member and I didnt notice it much. It was nice to have Crown Royal, otherwise I just felt cool having the nicer bracelet. Good luck to you wherever you choose to go but please have some etiquette when talking about OT as many other brides have already chosen this as their wedding location and your comments are probably only giving them grey hairs. Hope your wedding is everything you have dreamed of. Cheers, Lin.

Hi all!! It's been a while since I posted here but I'm back! We had our rehersal dinner at the buffet because Ana let us do it there for free. We were split into 3 tables which was a bummber, but there was nothing we could have done about that. We all ate and chatted together, I talked aloud explaining the next Day's events. The we went outside to the Pool Bar area, (during dinner hour it wasnt crowded there), and gave a little speech about how excited I was and happy everyone had made it. Then we partied the night away at the pool bar! I thought it was good enough and free!! Otherwise, I came on today to let you ladies know about this fabulous publishing website I found. Since in Mexico they only give you a mexican photo Album for your pics I wanted a better book that kept all my pictures safe, would last forever and could include some vacation pics as well. I found it!! They're reasonalbe for the amazing quality of photo and book you get. Check it out: MyPublisher | Create Photo Books, Cards and Calendars with free MyPublisher Software! I am just SO happy with my book, I had to share. I got the biggest size, basic format (for first time book makers), chocolate brown leather and it's STUNNING!! Got to my house in less than 2 weeks! Happy planning and congratualtions to you all!! Lin

Katie you're so excited and I love it!! I know your day will be amazing!!

Great Review Olya!! Glad you had a fabulous wedding! To the Bride getting flower petals, if you want white ones we got them for only $1 per big bag in the states. They are sold at many "Dollar Plus" kind of stores and were actually really nice. Then you can pack them in your bag, they'll take up almost no room. For white and other colors Wal Mart had them for a dollar a bag also, the bags were just a little smaller. Happy planning everyone!

So excited for you all!!

Good luck with your dresses girls! Air Transat would not let me hang mine but I didnt have to push to hard for it because my dress was fine being folded. There was lots of room in the above compartments for baggage, but I was in first class. Knowone else in the party complained of not having room and I know Brides should always get special treatment, so again Good luck!! We booked all our excursions, ( Catamaran, Xcaret- family also went to Xelha- Chitzinitza etc), through the Transat rep (Hugo), or through an excursion planner who worked along with the entertainment staff at the hotel. I would recommend working with the hotel staff, or Hugo, to get not only the best prices but to be safe. A family member of ours tried to book Chitzinitza (I'll never learn to spell that right! LOL!), through an outside source and she got ripped off and ended up paying money for nothing at all. Very sad. The hotel staff is also very friendly and accomodating. They want to make it work for you!! Good luck once again, you have all chosen a BEAUTIFUL place!! Much love, Lin -a happy Newlywed!

Hi Brides! PinkBride I would suggest waiting until you're there to plan your excursion. Twice while we were there the entertainment staff planned trips to Coco Bongo and another Club for $60 per person including transporation there/back and open bar when you get there!! I thought that was a really good deal. Would recommend Coco Bongo although I didnt go my Uncle did and also a few people we met. It looked AMAZING not only a club but a Vegas show inside. They had a sort of Cirque du Soleil/Matrix show. Looked really cool. Once you're there, and if you have many people, you'll be able to barter and get a good price for all of you. Good luck with your planning everyone! Wish I was there right now! * Newlywed

BC Bride I am so glad to hear you had a wonderful wedding!! My Husband also LOVED the Mini liquor bottles in the room! LOL! Your dress was STUNNING! Best of luck to all you beautiful Brides in the future. Love, Newlywed

Hi girls! For me the additional expenses just added as we got more guests. We expected 15 people and ended up with 34 so that added up but I never thought it was outrageous, (and I was still on a tight budget!), the only thing extra was boutineirs (sp?), for my Dad and Best man.. forgot those while planning! Ana also gave me a better deal on our bridesmaid bouquets when I was there since I wanted "small" ones. Food we chose was AMAZING!! EVERYONE loved EVERYTHING, and that's a lot of people!! We got the beef wellington as our main course. Delicious and big portion. The appetizer was a mixed green salad with vinagarette dressing and feta cheese in a tortilla bowl. Lime sorbet to cleanse your palete and creme brule for desert. All great! The sound system was great for us. We brought a loaded up ipod and it worked perfectly. The sound was clear and could even be heard clearly into the foyer area where we had our first dance. I LOVED having the private room for our reception. Perfect for speeches/toasts. Everyone could be seated and we got away from all the people (A LOT!), watching us on the beach. It felt very exclusive and everyone loved the intimacy, the room was stunning. Good luck and happy planning! -Newlywed