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They look so cute. My 5 yr old would LOVE to get a hold of those lol. Great job

I think the idea is great!

Great job!!

They look amazing! Good job

COngrats on that major step in the planning process. Welcome to the forum and happy planning!!!

I would have to agree with the other girls. you have to get another dress. I wish you all the best!

COngrats on the engagement and welcome to the forum!

Hello, welcome to the forum!! Happy planning!

They look great! good choice!

Welcome to the forum, happy planning!!!

awww so glad to hear that!! congrats and happy planning!!

I worked with GIlda Badillo, I definitely recommend her. She had and assistant and was great to work with. Her packages are very reasonable also. Professional wedding Photographer in Cabo, Gilda Badillo good luck with your search.

Quote: Originally Posted by nbills511 oh great....thank you! I'll be looking out for it Also, where did you get your wedding clutch from? That is exactly what I want but haven't had any luck finding so far I will sell you mine if you want it. I used it for about 20 mins. It is made with Austrian crystals, I will sell it to you for $120. Let me know if you are interested.

Thanks ladies!! I know, I am waiting on my guests to post some pics to the photobucket account I set up. I am expecting some deposits soon ( I just started stalking folks ) As soon as I get some, I will post some..man you girls are pushy LOL ( I love it) Oh yes, I forgot to mention that 17 of my guests including FI mom and best man didn't make it because of cancelled and rebooked flights!!! We had a smaller party than expected, but honestly the day was so perfect it didn't matter if it were only us two there. I didn't understand how people always said that "it shouldn't matter the number of people that show up it is all about you and your FI." After going through this drama, I finally understand what that means!

Airline Delta D- the only reason they didn't get a F was because we EVENTUALLY made it to Cabo. Mother nature sure played a cruel and evil joke on us! Our departure date coincided with the largest snow storm of this year and last! Our original flight was canceled (we were scheduled to leave on a Thursday for a Sunday wedding) we were informed that we were rebooked on a flight to leave on Monday (missing the wedding entirely) I literally spent several hours on the phone the night before we were scheduled to leave trying to speak to a live person at Delta. One of the numbers rang busy and the skymiles number had at least a hr and a half wait time!. I finally spoke to someone and they informed me that due to the weather the flights were canceled or full and the best they could do was get us out on Monday afternoon. After speaking to the 3rd or fourth person and supplying them with the airport codes of all the airport codes within 200 miles of NY I was able to find a flight to get us out from Binghampton airport (190 miles away from NY!!) on Saturday morning. This flight would get us into Cabo at 1:00PM. We were not happy about getting into Cabo the day before the wedding, but we were DESPERATE at this point! We rented a car one way and drove our behinds the 190 miles. Once we got there to check in, they nicely let us know that we didn't have tickets for this flight!! THey were never reissued for the new airport. Can you say "meltdown?" Not only did we NOT have tickets, cut here we are with overloaded wedding bags with wedding items. 2 of 3 of our bags were overweight and the woman behind the dest was a complete *itch about it!! The agent was on hold with Delta trying to get our seats issued, the flight took off in less than 15 minutes and this "woman" rudely tells us "don't think we will hold this flight for you" all I could do from reaching behind that counter and scalping her bald was the thought of sleeping in jail with my wedding dress as a cushion. I politely said "thank you for your hard work" we literally were cleared 8 minutes before the flight was scheduled to take off! Delta and their customer service during this incident FLAMING D- they sucked! The kicker is after she saw my wedding dress she said..."oh it was YOUR wedding? I'm sorry, now I want to cry." I was thinking "I want to make you cry!!!" Ground TransportationWe used Cabo Transfers Ericka Wolburg was fantastic, always staying in contact and making the process easy. I emailed her 2 mins before the airplane door closed on the second leg of our trip to let her know we finally had a flight and she had a driver there with my name on a sign (in my favorite color red ) I was sooo happy to be in Cabo AND see my name on a sign that I cried! I would definitely recommend setting up private transportation before you arrive in Cabo. The airport is a zoo!! Everyone calling, tapping you trying to entice you to come with or over to them. It was a bit overwhelming. We used porter to carry our MANY bags, he said to us.."Ma'am, sir follow me and only me, hold your baby and just keep walking" we looked at each other and followed orders! We told him that we had private transportation and he lead us to the area where we needed to be. Thank goodness for him and Cabo Transfers..highly recommend them and a porter, made the process much easier. I did have to show receipts as I had 3 LARGE bags, because of this forum, I already knew to have some to show it was not a problem. She asked me to press the button and it was green so off we were Resort Dreams A++++ We arrived to cool towels and champagne. I drowned that champagne after all of my travel drama!! Checkin was easy breezy we went to our room and was instantly wowed. Our honeymoon suite was great..we had 2 terraces opening out onto a grassy area, just steps to the beach and the main pool. THere was a chilled bottle of champagne on the table and a vase of fresh flowers were promptly delivered upon our arrival. It was fantastic the moment we got there until the moment we left! Room service was ALWAYS prompt and hot! We ate at all of the restaurants except Himatsu (not a big sushi fan) all of the food we ate tasted great. I actually miss the drop of the dime attention from the wait staff and workers around the resort. Being that I hate to cook it was a much appreciated change to just order food at the drop of a hat and have it delivered in no time. Wedding coordination Yorai A++++++She was absolutely wonderful. I had another coordinator from the resort initially ( I won't name who) and she would NOT return calls or emails. After waiting 2 weeks for a reply to an email, I called up and Yorai answered the phone and has been answering my questions and putting out fires ever since. Any question no matter what it was she answered me promptly and fully. I told her I was very sad about arriving the day before the wedding and she assured me that we had been communicating the entire time and she knew what I wanted and was confident that the day would be perfect and perfect it was!! She is great to work with and super sweet. Her haircut is so cute and funky. I should mention that she ran a half marathon the morning of my wedding and twisted her ankle she was hobbling aroung the day of the wedding, but did not slow down one bit. I felt so bad that she was working in pain. SHe pulled it off and the day was absolutely beautiful. THe only problem I had was that she left at about 8PM and her assistant (male) took over and towards the end of the night he said that he would have the centerpieces delivered to various rooms, well they never showed up, even our centerpiece from our sweetheart table that had a high vase in it that could fit my bouquet didn't show up . I called Yorai the next day to say that I needed the bouquet to take pics with the photographer and she informed me that all of the centerpieces were sent back to the florist because she thought we didn't want them. I was sad because the centerpieces were so beautiful that I wanted to enjoy one until we left. She did have my bouquet, so I was happy about that. That mix up wasn't really her fault, it was her assistant that told me he would have them delivered. If you want your centerpieces, be sure you are clear on this before you leave the reception area. Hair/Makeup Suzanne Morel A++++Hair --Deana A+ Being an African American woman, I am very particular about just anyone doing my hair. Not everyone can work with ethnic hair. My usual stylist decided (last minute I must add) that traveling to Cabo would be too expensive for her and I was in a panic to find a replacement. I emailed Neysa Berman initially and personally response time was a little slow and time was definitely of the essence at this point. I had less than 2 weeks before my wedding!! I emailed Suzannes team and got a call from Suzanne herself the next day. She assured me that she and her team was experienced with working with brides with all types of hair types and I booked without any hesitation. I emailed some inspiration pics and a pic of myself with my hair pulled back off my face. She gave me critiques of the styles I chose and her pick of the style that she thought suited my face the best. THis made me much more comfortable with my decision. Makeup --Karisma A+ from Suzanne's team. SHe was quiet, beautiful and did a great job! I had inspiration pics of the look I wanted and she made me look natural but enhanced. I think she did a great job. I will post pics as soon as my guests share them. Videographer Baja video productions Enrique and Marci were so sweet and great team. They were wonderful to work with! They worked well with the photographer and did not seem to interfere with each others creative process, but rather enhanced each others work. The videographer offered suggestions to the photographer and vice versa. I can't wait to see the finished product. There was one point where we were on the beach taking pics and the tide came in hard and fast. We were posing along the shore line with the BM and MOH all of the guests were standing up on a hill looking down at us. We saw horrified looks on everyone's faces and like animal instinct we all took off running up the hill w/o even looking back, we all sensed danger lol that should make for a GREAT video! Photographer Gilda Badillo A+++ She came with an assistant 15 minutes early and got right to work! She began with detail shots and of about the first 50 shots she took I loved all of them! Throughtout the day she did not seem intrusive into the events of the day instead she seemed so naturally apart of my beautiful day as the events unfolded. She picked us up the next day for pics in downtown San Jose. She knew the area and great places to take shots and had a great rapport with other business owners around the neighborhood and they welcomed us into their establishments to get some great shots. SHe was wonderful and even took us to Western Union..(long story!) WHen researching photogs in the area there was one name that kept coming up..I won't say who, but I bet you already know his name. I was determined to come up with someone else who also did great work and was reasonable priced (even though I didn't have any budget restraints) and I did. I will post a separate review for her when I have some teaser pics to attach! DJ Ricardo Patino A++++ I can't say enough nice things about this man! He was so sweet! His wife is a part of his team and she took pics throughout the night and said he is emailing me some pics how nice and unexpected!! I gave him a playlist and he played everysingle song on the list and added some from the artists on my lists. My group wasn't heavy into dancing, but they ALL said how much they appreciated the music selection. I made sure that he and his wife had food and drinks and they were soooo appreciative of the gesture. I made sure they even had to go pieces of cake. He emailed me and let me know how much he and his wife appreciated us. I have great pic of me behind his board, wearing his head phones. I will post as soon as I get it. He is highly recommended!! Flowers Florenta A I worked with Rosio and Lola. Lola delivered my bouquet and ladies coursages to me in my room. She was so sweet and the flowers were beautiful. My bouquet had a few flowers that looked a little crusty around the edges, but I told her and she fixed it right in the room. The bouquet wasnt in my possession over night and it didn't hold up that well. I don't know if they forgot to put it in water or what, but it didn't look all that great to me after one day. For the flowers that looked a little crusty the next day, she made up 10 fold in the beautiful centerpieces at the reception! I sent her a tiny pic of an inspiration centerpiece and she made it look 10 times better than I imagined. They really did a great job! Fire Show Luenas De Fuego A+++ Lunas de Fuego oh my goodness all I can say is wow!! I expected 2 dancers and recorded music. Well I got live musicians and about 8 dancers. We were all blown away!! THe show was fantastic and the fire stayed where it was supposed to If it is in the budget, I say definitely worth it!!!! THe guests are still talking about it and telling everyone how much they loved it. * I should say as if on cue as soon as the fire show ended SOMEONE ELSES firework show began all of the guests spun around and raved..."wow, what a perfect ending!!" I was like... "yes, so glad you enjoyed it" lol *evil grin* yes I took the credit for someone elses work! not like it is the first time Cigar roller A++ arranged through my amazing WC Yorai. My hubby likes cigars every now and then. We wanted the dramatic effect of having someone there rolling the cigars rather than having a box of cigars. The guest male and female all enjoyed the cigars while lounging on the lounge furniture. I tried one for the first time and it was mild and nice. The roller was super serious, but smiled for a pic with me then immediately after the pic was snapped he snatched the cigar he gave me out of my hand and went back to work LOL. I didn't take it personal, he was serious about his craft! I respect that. Lounge furniture A++ Dennis Catering, arranged though Yorai, the furniture was clean and looked great in person I know there are a lot of A's in my review I absolutely had a perfect day and I didn't even imagine that it could have been so perfect, but it really was. In the end it didn't matter that our vacation was cut two days short. It still was perfect from the moment we arrived until the moment we left. We will definitely return sometime this year. We can't even wait until the anniversary.

Quote: Originally Posted by BakersGirl Your bags are AMAZING! I love the bags themselves. Would you be so kind to share the template for your welcome book? I am just starting mine and need some direction. Good Job!!! Attachment 4641 Here you go.. Cabo welcome packet.ppt

Key chains are sold, thanks Cindy!

Quote: Originally Posted by Jess3414 These are amazing! I wish you could just make mine for me LOL Jess, I could probably make yours.. how many do you need? I have a lot of stuff left over because of the weather messing up a lot of my guests flights. I have sooo much stuff for sale: 11 tote bags @$3.50 each 17 key card/tip holders with wrist cords attached @ 8.50 for all of them 16 small candles in small white mesh bags- 36 small white mesh bags @ 12 for $3 5 red luggage tags @$5 for 5 15 flip flop key Mexico chains @$7 for all of them 15 can opener/light key chains @$7 for all of them 10 packs of cards in plastic holders ready for your custom sticker @10 for $10 Let me know if you are interested and I will find out shipping costs to your city.

Quote: Originally Posted by nbills511 great planning thread...thanks so much for sharing! hope your day was everything you dreamed it would be!! Where did you get the cake to-go boxes from?? I got the boxes from Michael's . I have PLENTY of these items for sale. I will post the items at some point today.

I would have to jump on the Yarai praise bandwagon. She was my WC as well and was super helpful and accomodating throughout my stay at the resort this past weekend (Vday) she even helped with booking problems when my guests showed up and needed the rooms changed to different peoples names because of flight cancellations and delays (17 of my guests couldn't make it LAST minute due to weather conditions in NY and Atl) She had me at ease and assured me tht even though the number of people didn't arrive as expected that my wedding would still be beautiful and BEAUTIFUL it was! Yarai is GREAT!!!

I was a Dreams Cabo bride last weekend and I was treated like a queen from the day I stepped onto the property. I am biased but my vote is for cabo!! I spoke with someone who worked at PV and said that the resort is not as nice as Cabo. I am giving their opinion because I have not been to PV. CABO BABY!!! lol

That's were my guests stayed that didn't stay on property and they LOVED the resort. Great deal Jess!!! Congrats!

Susie: Gran Bahia Tulum, Jan. 27-Feb. 11, (Married) Julie: Grand Cozumel Jan 31 - Feb 14 (Married) Alison: Beaches Negril, Feb 4-8 (Married) Erica: Catalonia Riv. Maya, Feb 7-14 (Married!!) Shelk: Rui Palaca, Riv. Maya, Feb 7-22 (Married!) Timberly: Dreams, Los Cabos! Feb. 11- Feb. 16, (Married) Tesia: Occidental Grand Xcaret, Feb. 11-18 (Married) Chris: Barcelo, Feb. 13-27, (wedding Feb. 18 ) Krista H: Feb. 14-Feb 28 (wedding Feb 18 ) TeNeil: GBP Tulum Feb 14-21 (wedding Feb 18 ) Breens: Barcelo Tropical, Feb 14 - Feb. 22 (wedding Feb 19) Rayanne: Gran Bahia Tulum, Feb 21 - Feb 28 (wedding Feb 25) Tricia: Moon Palace, Feb. 23-Mar. 4 (wedding Feb. 26) Brooke: Moon Palace, Feb. 24-Mar. 3 (wedding Feb 27) Everything was amazing. All of my planning really came in handy. My WC said that she was so impressed with my powerpoint information I emailed her complete with pics for the additional tables lol. I was about 20 minutes late AND my MOH forgot to attach my veil!! I was soooooo pissed that I walked down the aisle without my veil, but in the end it didn't matter. It was so windy that it would have probably looked crazy whipping everywhere. I had a chance to take pics with it later so it all worked out fine. When we were taking pics on the beach, the tide came in and wet my dress, it was so funny to see everyones faces behind the photog looking like disaster was about to strike.. we all just started running back up shore no one even turned around to see what the trouble was LOL we all sensed danger and took off running sooo funny!! Can't wait to see the video of that. Then the photog snapped a posed shot of me pouting after getting wet LMAO true Timberly drama queen fashion. The next day I went into town to take pics with the photog. We got some great downtown "real Mexico" shots. I can't wait to see them. I enjoyed every minute of it. I was so worried about my hair, but the ladies came in and made me look beautiful. I am getting my review done and will post that soon. I had every intention on going to work today but I didn't get to sleep until 5:30 am so work at 8:30 was NOT an option. I know it has been said before, but everything will come together and look beautiful. Try not to worry ladies!! Welcome our April (first to be stalked) bride. Can't wait to get to know you.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tammy Host Jess. One of the reasons the hotel charges the day pass fee is to keep the resort from feeling "overwhelmed". You have to look at it from other guests perspective. They paid good money to stay at the resort and use the resort facilities. Your guests that do not book at the resort DID NOT. It is very unfair for the resort guests that paid to stay there to be inconvenienced by others that did not pay. The day pass fee goes to cover extra food AND service costs that will incur with people not staying at the resort. That brings it all into perspective Tammy. I had to pay the day pass for 6 guests and did not even complain. I know the costs to stay on property and I saw firsthand the EXCELLENT service that was provided throughout the entire stay so I know that it is worth every penny!! If I were you I would not plan around hopes getting the day pass fee "waived" not only would it not be fair to other brides that had to pay the fee, but it is highly unlikely that they will waive it unless your guests had reservations at Dreams and showed up and was given a room at the sister property. (This happened to 2 of my guests) For what I believe is a rare occurance, Dreams was so accomodating by providing free taxis to travel back and forth between the hotels --they were literally right next door to each other..no taxis were used except when it was dark. Those guests were given free passes to use the faciilities at all times and received other treats for what could have been an inconvenience it they weren't so darn helpful and nice. They offered to move them on property the very next day, but they stayed at the sister property because they were so well taken care of.

Great pics, I am sure he will love these!