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Hi Angela - welcome to the forum & best of luck with your planning!

Hi Courtney - welcome to the forum!

Your brochure looks great! I've never used Vista Print but I'll have to check it out after seeing so many ppl on here talk about it

Those were my thoughts as well.. some of our guests will most likely stay longer and I would like at least a couple of days for us to spend by ourselves as newlyweds! Plus I probably wouldn't mind the change of scenery

I'm a Chicago bride Getting married in the fall of this year in Riviera Maya

Haha! I love the cold feet socks! So cute

On a side note - are any of you brides planning on moving to a different resort or different area for your honeymoon? My FI wants us to fly someplace completely different for our honeymoon like Jamaica but I'm not sure how easy it would be to get a flight from Cancun there

Congrats & welcome to the forum! Sandals looks like they have beautiful weddings!

I'm looking into the fake flower idea for the flowers on the table at the reception. I LOVE flowers but am afraid it will just be too expensive to have the real ones through the resort! Did most of you ladies get a sample flower before you placed your order to see what it looked/felt like? The only thing that worries me is it seems so rushed to get your order placed with one of these silk flower florists ASAP because apparently they book up so fast.

Quote: Originally Posted by Matt May We shoot lots of weddings on the Mayan Riviera. Here is our experience from a photographer's point of view at the resorts which offer both gazebos and beach wedding sites: SAND Pros: Full 360 degree all access photography. All angles of the ceremony can be easily captured. Even lighting. Lots of room to shoot. Cons: Sand is hot, so don't go barefoot. Any shoes the bride wears will sink in the sand until your foot is flat, so wedged shoes sink as much as heels. Hint, very cute be-jeweled flat for the ceremony, change shoes for the reception. Make sure to check the tidal level. We had one ceremony site that was close to getting washed away and we had to go into the water to shoot the opposite angle of the wedding which showed their guests. GAZEBO Pros: It's pretty. Can provide shelter from hot sun or random thundershowers that are part of an average day in the tropics. Cons: Make sure there is room for your photographer inside the gazebo. Some gazebos do not have easy access all the way around or even room inside, so your photographer can only get one angle (straight on). Gazebos that are open and not closed in work best. Some gazebos are elevated. Slated Gazebos will cast shadows of different shapes onto everyone if it is a sunny day, so the lighting is not even. An overcast day is perfect for gazebos...lots of even lighting! So the moral of the story, is look at your choices from a 360 degree view to see what your photographer will be able to access during your ceremony. It really is a Different way of looking at a venue site. However, a good photographer can make anything work!!!!! Hope that helps. Fantastic post! I never thought about it in that aspect.. definitely something I'm going to be keeping in mind when I have to choose gazebo or beach

Quote: Originally Posted by Laura22610 Oh, I just wanted to share with you guys.. I wanted to have maracas at the ceremony because I saw on the forum somewhere a picture of maracas on the chairs at the ceremony with a little tag that says "shake at the kiss"...It looks really cute and I think that everyone shaking the maracas would make a great picture! So, I found also that there is someone, who is also on the forum, who makes these. Her name is Mishka from Mishka Designs. She is super nice and her maracas are hand painted and really pretty. She is in Puerto Vallarta and will ship the maracas directly to the resort. I thought this was great..they look beautiful and I don't have to worry about buying them down there or packing them to take with me! Here is her website... Mishka Designs' Blog: A Maraca By Any Other Name... and here is the thread about her work... http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...maracas-51655/ By the way...I just noticed my ticker is down to just days...yikes!! Those are so cute! I love how they come in so many different colors/patterns! Any idea on what the prices are? I didn't see any on the blog. And congrats on being in the homestretch for your wedding! Not too much longer

I can't see an image of the first one for some reason - it says image unavailable. But I think #3 is beautiful!

Quote: Originally Posted by sammysgirl my lovely ring! Its a Verragio from the Paradiso collection I LOOOOVE the detailing on the side of your ring! So beautiful

I was just mentioning this to my TA - because they were supposed to send us our contract on Saturday and it still isn't here! She said everybody in Mexico & the Islands live by "island time" and just don't have the same sense or urgency that we do. And as TA Jennifer said, I'm sure they're super busy

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We're doing navy blue, apple green and ivory

Karen - Your invites are gorgeous! I love the color of the invite & ribbon and the little charm is just the icing on the cake

Welcome to the site Jen & I'm sure you'll find all of the answers you're looking for on the threads in here! I know it helped me in my choice tremendously!

Welcome Mindy & congrats on your engagement!

Thanks Laura & Boo, I really want an outside photographer and don't want it to break the bank with the cost plus the extra surcharges! My TA never mentioned anything about a per person charge - yikes! Boo - that is insane about the cost markup of the DJ!! I guess this destination wedding idea isn't going to be as cheap as my fiance thought

Just a random question to brides who are farther along into planning their wedding at Dreams.. I saw a post in a different Dreams thread about surcharges for an outside vendor coming on site (not just a day pass charge) - is this something ALL dreams are doing for 2010 or just that one? I copy & pasted what was in the other thread because I'm not really sure how to link to it: EXTERNAL PROVIDERS POLICIES The Dreams Puerto Vallarta Hotel policies, do not allow external suppliers to provide their service inside properties installations, in areas such as entreteiment, decoration, illumination, audiovisual, equipment, rentals, photography, etc. The Hotel has all the necessary services for such events and therefore, we take the full responsibility to protect the respected name and reputation of our Company using our own services, please, allow us to manage your private event; otherwise in the case of services by an external provider absolutely necessary, and/or requested by our client for success of the event, the Dreams Puerto Vallarta Hotel will apply a surcharge for our services´ displacement, which is based on the total of participants in such private event, as follows: • From 0 to 50 people: the charge will be 500 usd American dollars • From 51 to 100 people: the charge will be 1,000 usd American dollars • From 101 to 150 people: the charge will be 1,500 usd American dollars • From 151 to 200 people: the charge will be 2,000 usd American dollars Also, as per for the external providers contractor, must leave a 500 usd American dollars guarantee deposit in case of property and/or installations damage. If there is no damage, such deposit will be returned once the event is over and has been reviewed by our personnel, making sure the installations were presented clean and in perfect condition without any damage whatsoever. We must mention that if the client decides to use the services of an external provider, the Dreams Puerto Vallarta Hotel has certain rules, policies and procedures to be observed: 1. The Dreams Puerto Vallarta Hotel Security personnel will request of the external provider a detailed inventory describing of the external provider a detailed event which they will bring into the Hotel in order to control entrance and exit of equipment. 2. The external suppliers is 100% responsible for the equipment entering the property, the Dreams Puerto Vallarta Hotel is not responsible for damage nor theft of such equipment. 3. The external provider must advise the Events Coordinator Management at list 1 (one) day in advance, the time of equipment arrival to be used in Hotel installations, and also a list of the personnel (full name, profession, craft, etc.) who will be working in mounting, planning, design, decoration, etc of the event so that each of the personnel before entering the installations passes the Hotel Security Booth of presenting identification and for receive a nametag of external provider. 4. The external provider will have no right to be in the guest area, but should only be in their working area or designated area for the event, on the contrary, will be expelled from the property immediately. 5. It is prohibited to drill, nail, pull down, etc.. any Hotel area nor installations. 6. It is prohibited to connect to lighting system or internal energy source in the Property; if the provider requires light energy for the event, they must advise the coordinator of the event so he or she can notify our Maintenance Manager who will approve where they can connect. 7. It is mandatory that the personnel of the external provider maintain proper and respectful behavior while on Hotel premises.

Wow!! I'm jealous - beautiful site!

Quote: Originally Posted by mspattemac Hi! The lady isn't explaining it to you correctly (or probably doesn't know herself). 24 karat gold is naturally a mustard yellow color. What you see in stores is usually 18kt (which is 75% gold, 25% another alloy), 14kt (58% gold) or 10kt (41% gold). Natural gold is soft so it is mixed with other alloys to make it more durable. You get white gold when they mix gold with alloys that will make it turn white. Most of the white gold jewelry that you see in the stores has a rhodium plate on it to give it a whiter appearance (lots of silver is also sold with a plate over it to give it a shinier look). With time the plate will wear off and expose the metal beneath which in a lot of cases (not not always) will have a yellowish tint to it. You white gold will never look at yellow as a yellow gold ring but you will notice that slight yellow tint. On my ring I only really notice it around the bottom where it probably gets dinged more. Ah ha! I get what you're saying now Thanks for clarifying! I just told this to my fiance and it was something he didn't realize either! We are totally oblivious apparently!

Wow - I feel kind of silly because I didn't even know that white gold turned yellow!!

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your engagement!