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I ordered 250 business cards that just have LOVE written in sand with some water washing up on shore (i googled images "beach love")- I will probably have 200 extra if anyone would like to have them (i only paid for shipping thru vistaprint). my plan is to print on white cardstock, the names and addresses of our guests. then i will have a navy blue piece of cardstock between the address side and the picture side, showing as a border. then i will put them in laminating pouches and give them as luggage tags... i have the most horrible time uploading attachments, but if you would like me to email you a picture, i can- email me at [email protected].

Quote: Originally Posted by kenlyn8984 those are just super awesome! great job I love your logo! Did you create that yourself??

Quote: Originally Posted by adelaide I have pink chair sashes. Not a great pic, but let me know if you are interested and I will dig up another one! I think there are about 45 of them. have you sold the chair sashes? also, do you have a picture? i cant see the one posted thru photobucket... thx

Quote: Originally Posted by cathyandchin OMG! this is such a good idea!! :-D Are you mailing them off to your guests or do most of them live nearby to be personally delivered? What are huggies? I'm picturing diapers but somehow I don't think that's quite right... LOL! haha yeah, i guess some call them koozies... i just didnt know what to call them! we are going to personally deliver the baskets to our guests for the most part. that will make it more personal and show them that we are excited that they are making the trip to watch us get married:)

Quote: Originally Posted by roxmysockz Slightly worried! Emailed the resort for their room prices for next year and had a reply sayin there are no rooms avaliable until the 10th April 2011, although my wedding has been booked for 8th April... What the?!?! In my opinion, they have got to be confused or just wrong... if you have a TA I would contact them and have them talk to the resort about it. I was upset when I thought that the resort was booked for my wedding. I was furious thinking that they would let me book my wedding when the resort was full. I would definitely ask them for clarification...

Quote: Originally Posted by AlisonJimmy Hi everyone!! I wanted to make OOT bags for my guests. But how do we go about shipping everything down. I just wanted to fill it with snacks, water, things like that. Not sure if I willhave rrom to carry all that down. Is anyone else making these bags? Actually, at first I was all about the "welcome baskets" that I was going to leave in everyones room at the resort. However, I decided that I would give the gifts to our guests a couple of weeks before the trip. That way, it will get them even more excited about the their trip to our wedding (and I would save myself from the headache of shipping or taking the gifts with us). In my gift baskets, I am probably going to order some mexican candy/ snacks online (Mexican food and Mexican recipes at MexGrocer.com or Mexican Candy Store : Candy Wholesale : Dulces Mexicanos : Papel Picado : Molcajete : Party Supplies : Mifiesta.com : Jigsaw Puzzle). I also thought about giving everyone luggage tags, a magazine about the Riviera Maya (my TA ordered them for me), maracas, huggies or whatever people call them- Ive heard a lot of people say that their guests used the huggies the whole time they were at the resort. Anyway, I also thought about some other reading material that my friend and I would put together, like fun facts about Mexico or something like that. I believe there is a whole thread dedicated to OOT bags if you have time to look for it:)

Quote: Originally Posted by t1219 Does anyone have pricing from the salon or spa? I have emailed the resort but no response yet. I only emailed regarding the hair and makeup, but here that info is if you need it: Hair • Hair Styling for Brides 75 min $55 • Hair Styling (Short) 50 min $45 • Hair Styling (Long) 50 min $55 • Makeup 50 min $45

Quote: Originally Posted by saza175 Are you going with the fake flowers down in Mexico or at your reception at home? I think I'm going to go with real touch flowers too, b/c they are cheaper! there is a good forum on here about flowers and stuff, and alot of girls are doing the real touch flowers. I have never seen them , but I read alot of people saying that they are beautiful, and you definately can't see them in the pictures. So either way, I don't think it would make a difference. My thought was that I would use them for both, Mexico, and our reception back home. that way I am not paying twice for flowers... for our reception centerpieces though i will do real flowers on half of the tables, and on the other half i am doing kind of a candle display with a vase and some sand... so at least the fake flowers wont be right under their noses:) i am definitely going to look for that flower forum. and thank you! i really appreciate your opinion=)

Quote: Originally Posted by saza175 I loveeeee Stephanie's flowers! They are soo pretyy!!! Also, did you guys see their Stephanie and Raul's ceremony location on the deck? Any thoughts? i really liked it... im not sure if i like it enough to change my ceremony location, but we will see! also- speaking of flowers, i really need some opinions on mine. my bridesmaids are wearing marine (davids bridal's name for a navy blue) and our flowers are going to be bright pink. however, since i am also having a reception at home, i decided to opt for flowers that are not real. i hope that im not making a mistake... since i am having issues posting the picture, i will just ask if you think it is going to make a huge difference, whether anyone will be able to tell just from pictures? what do you think? I appreciate any thoughts!

I tried emailing Ana (hopefully I had the correct email in the first place??)- This is the message I got last night. FYI, or maybe I am the last to know? Dear Remiente Thank you for your e-mail notifying you that has been received, but due to recent changes to my mail: [email protected] will be canceled in the coming days due to the above, you are kindly requested to update our mailing address in your address book: [email protected] For your understanding, thanks.

Quote: Originally Posted by Laura22610 For those of you who have emailed the spa...how long did it take for you to get a reply? I am trying to set-up appointments for my bridesmaids and my mom for their hair. I emailed the spa email address last week and still haven't heard back when i emailed him, pedro emailed me back the same day (within an hour actually). i would try again, maybe it got overlooked?

Quote: Originally Posted by SDbeachgirl Which service are your bridesmaids getting? They have something called hair shaping and then another service called hair design? I don't know what the difference is. I'm trying to tell my bridesmaids how much it will be but I'm not quite sure. This is directly copied and pasted from the email from Pedro, the spa manager- Hair • Hair Styling for Brides 75 min $55 • Hair Styling (Short) 50 min $45 • Hair Styling (Long) 50 min $55 • Makeup 50 min $45 As part of my bridesmaids gifts, i am going to pay for my girls to get their hair done... but I cant justify the makeup! that is wayyyyy too much.

Quote: Originally Posted by Laura22610 So, there was talk about hair and make-up a few posts back...One of my friends who is coming to the wedding is a hairstylist so she is going to do my hair and make-up for the wedding. I was going to make an appointment for my bridesmaids (I have 2) at the spa to have their hair and make-up done. What time do you think I should make it for? My wedding is at 5pm. my wedding is at 5 and i scheduled them for 2pm (2 stylists for 4 girls). i wanted to give myself time afterward to do something with my hair if i didnt like it haha.

Quote: Originally Posted by rdsjcr So Pedro is the hair guy on site?? I don't know WHY I am so nervous about hair and makeup- haha. Probably because its important! we all just want to feel beautiful on our special days... im sure they can understand that- hopefully. i think pedro is the spa manager?

Quote: Originally Posted by reaganlane We fly out of Atlanta GA so it's not a long flight and we fly out that morning. Just out of curiosity...what room did yall book? I booked Honeymoon Suite but not hearing that good of reviews about it. Are you having a large wedding? we booked the honeymoon suite as well! ive heard theres not really the privacy that a honeymoon suite should have i wonder if i should look into booking a different room!

Quote: Originally Posted by ebernard4985 I need some help!!! I originally planned at 6pm wedding (june 19) and Ana suggested that I change it to 5pm. After looking at sunset times, the sun does not set until 7:31 on that day!!! I am starting to think that maybe the wedding ceremony is too early Any suggestions Are any of you getting married in the summer when the days are really long Since I am not having a cocktail hour I was thinking I should probably push back the ceremony time... maybe to about 5:30 or 6:00? at first, i had our ceremony scheduled for 4pm, but then i moved it to 5pm- i figured that the pictures of the ceremony will be sunny and show the blue water but then it would be close enough to when the sun would begin setting to take advantage of that time for more pictures. although, pictures are the most important aspect of this destination wedding (and marrying the love of my life, of course!).

Quote: Originally Posted by rdsjcr I am getting married at 4pm... (October 24th) - I was told that was a good time. Anyone else? Also- what are you ladies doing about your hair and makeup? I know there are places down there that do it... and if I remember correctly in one of the packages it is included. Have any of you found people to do it down there? Or for anyone that has already gotten married- who did you use? (this is such a hard decision as you cannot really do a trial ahead of time) Thanks a million i emailed pedro castillo at [email protected] to talk to them about scheduling hair appointments for me and my 3 bridesmaids- what makes me even more nervous than getting my hair styled for my wedding by a total stranger, is the fact that he said "there is plenty of time to find 4 stylists for your appointment". i have my appointments scheduled and i plan on bringing several pictures, but i have an aunt coming to the ceremony that could fix it if for some reason i hated it:) as for the make up- i decided that makeup application wasnt worth the cost of getting it done!

Quote: Originally Posted by Chelsey & Travis Hi Everyone! I'm planning a smaller wedding (around 20 guests). I'm hoping to just go with the free Paradise package and then add on extras. Does anyone have any information about reception options for this? I'm wondering if it is possible just to have a dinner together in one of the restaurants instead of paying to have a full reception. Does anyone have any information/advice? Thanks for your help! i am doing the same! since we are having a reception back at home after Mexico, i had my TA ask Ana if there was a way to arrange a welcome dinner at no additional cost. it just seems silly to me to pay for food and drinks at an all inclusive resort. but i have never been anywhere, so who am i to say?! Ill let you know if i hear back from Ana though!

For those that are concerned with the privacy of the ceremony, my TA heard back from Ana about that issue, and Ana said replied that they are working on the privacy issue and they have signals of some sort to close that area and she would close the area off for every wedding.

Quote: Originally Posted by meenaya Hello, I'm a newbie and am researching a last-minute wedding in the Riviera Maya/Cancun area in April/May 2010! We are looking for a kid-friendly AI resort with good food for about 50 guests, with a nice aqua beach and less than 1 hour from the airport. We are trying to avoid wedding factories and would like a relatively secluded beach wedding location with a good wedding coordinator. We have visited Paradisus Riviera and Moon Palace, both which have seaweed and dark beaches. Has anyone had or seen weddings that you would recommend? Thank you in advance!! We chose Dreams Riviera Cancun- it opened in October 2009. I would check out their facebook page, there are tons of comments from previous guests- some even post their pictures. Happy Planning!

Chris and Leah- July 9, 2010 We chose to have our reception where we live, so I hope it won't be tacky for us not to have one in Mexico also? I haven't gotten very much done as far as planning goes, but I did get the options for the bouquets emailed to me- There is also a slideshow for extra charge bouquets that i cant quite figure out how to post, it keeps saying upload failed or something. But I can email it if anyone is interested. BOUQUET_INC[1].pdf BOUQUET_GOLD[1].pdf

Quote: Originally Posted by anita09 Hi Leah- My fiance and I are looking into getting married during July 2010 as well! What time did you end up choosing for your ceremony? That's what we are having a hard time deciding about right now because the time at sunset is unfortunately already taken! Anita We chose 4pm- I read on some website that the worst time to get married is from 10am to 230pm (because of the lighting and its the warmest part of the day). So I figured if we got married at 4 we would still have the sunlight and if we wanted to, we could do some sunset pictures with just the two of us on the beach afterwards. Are you doing a site visit prior to your wedding? The most difficult thing for me is not having any control over certain things- if the wedding were in my city, at least i could see the site and have more say in what we want and dont want for the wedding. Maybe thats just the control freak in me:)

Hi... My name is Leah and my fiance, Chris, and I will be getting married on July 9, 2010 at the Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort. We were originally going to get married in November 2010 but then I bargained with him and told him that if we can get married sooner, we can go away and get married:)