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I really like these. I am doing pocketfold invites as well, but a little rushed for time. I am ordering everything from cardsandpockets too, but I noticed they do custom printing and I fell in love with a design they had posted on their blog. So I sent in a request for a quote but it says it can take a few days to get it processed. After reading your post, I'm a little nervous if I can get all of these ordered in time! My wedding is in less than 5 months and I would like them to be assembled and sent out ASAP.

Quote: Originally Posted by jhartford19 Where did you get the keychain/card holders from? Your bags look great! I second this - I had not thought to put the keychain/card holders in there, but what a great idea! Please let us know where you got them. Overall very awesome. Very thoughtful, I'm sure your guests will love them!

This is great, thank you!

I almost bought those bags too, I'm glad I didn't because we are putting a beach towel and flip flops in ours and it might not have fit. I ended up finding some cute ones in the $1 at Target. Question regarding the orange hand fans you were talking about leaving on the chairs for the ceremony...where did you find these and how much were they? I am thinking of doing something similar. TIA!!

Super cute! What are you putting inside? I have a big list but I'm not sure if it will fill the bags full enough...have been looking for a pic of an OOT bag with all the goodies inside.

Quote: Originally Posted by ebernard4985 I received 2 emails from Ana yesterday.... within minutes of emailing her!!! Maybe it was a fluke, but I was very surprised by it! I wanted to substitute the Mexican trio for the iPOD speakers, however, that is not possible. Ana told me the only substitution they are allowed to do now is flower changes. For example, I am getting 3 bridesmaid bouquets instead of table arrangements because I have my own centerpieces. I have decided to keep my decorations very simple. I was going to do chair sashes, but then decided that it will look great regardless because of the setting so I did not want to stress myself out over who would put them on the chairs. I also thought that having the overlays would be enough at the reception, so I will not be doing chair sashes there either. I received some new pictures from Ana.... one of which I believe is possibly Carina from this forum She also sent me the link to Juan Nevarra's blog, and he still is taking pictures for Dreams. Maybe he is only doing the weddings that were confirmed before the switch to Adventure photos?? I am not sure, but his pictures look really great. Juan Navarros Blog Blog Nina & Yordan <http://web.mac.com/vallarta_adventures/WeddingsDRERC/ARI&CARINAWEDDING/>Ari & Carina Kelly & Patrick Nelli & Ivica Thanks for posting these. I did email Juan Navarros and he told me he is no longer the resort photographer, so it must just be for the weddings that were confirmed before the switch. Does anyone know when the switch was, exactly? I'm going to ask Ana if he can still be our photographer, I really like his work. We had our date confirmed a couple of months ago, not sure if I fall in this grace period.

Quote: Originally Posted by Laura22610 I bought chair sashes on ebay for less than $1 per sash. My wedding was Feb 26th and Ana put the sashes on for me for the ceremony and the reception for me at no charge. It seems ridiculous to have to pay for them to do that! Quote: Originally Posted by lstaff i bought my chair sashes from wedding linens direct- i think 30 of them for less than $30 (fuschia sheer ones)... ana said she would put them on the chairs for $1 each. If i wasnt such a control freak, i would have my family or friends do it haha. Thanks everyone for the input! I think I'm just going to buy them online then and probably have my friends and family to work. lol...thanks for the web site suggestions!

Would also like to add that I found some cute totes in the $1 bins at Target. I think they were about $2 each. I found some in blue and brown (my colors) with a cute design on front. Not wedding oriented, per se but I think people will use them again after the wedding, which was my goal.

About 12. We only have about 25 people coming, and almost all are couples. Even so, I think I am going to ship all the OOT contents and bags to the hotel - getting married @ Dreams near Cancun. A little tip...mimimus sells a lot of the travel/trial size things you would need. Everything from snacks to first aid. Most items are less than $1. I think total I will end up spending about $150. I bought the bags from Target in the $1 bin and besides the snacks, first aid stuff, disposable cameras, beach towels, etc. I'm throwing in some flip flops as soon as Old Navy has their sale.

Hi ladies~ Can someone clarify the chair sash thing for me? If I bring or ship my own, will they put them on for free? Earlier posts state that they did this at no charge, but I think I saw a more recent post that states they will charge you for that? $5 per chair sash seems outrageous to me.

Quote: Originally Posted by EmmaGaussoin Ana finally got back to me! She told me that you can upgrade or downgrade your package up until you meet with her at the resort and you don't need to send a larger deposit (assuming you have already sent in the initial $100). I am glad I got that answered however I asked 9 other questions and got none of those answered!!! But its a start at least. Oh, perfect. That's one of my questions answered too. Thank you!

Quote: Originally Posted by t1219 We are doing a symbolic ceremony and getting married after we get back home. Ana said we still have to be there two business days before we get married (she said saturday counts). We arrive on a sat and have to wait until that tuesday to have our wedding... Ok, this is making me very nervous as we've already booked our flight and hotel. I emailed Ana about this about a month a half ago and have not gotten a response from her. We are not getting legally married there, just the symbolic ceremony so I'm confused as to why we need to be there two days before? Is this just their preference or is that what is needed to plan everything? I've also emailed her trying to upgrade our package and find out what we need to do as far as the deposit, etc. I know she's super busy but it's frustrating to have to wait over a month for an answer to a very simple question.

Does anyone know how far ahead you need to have your sit down with Ana? We don't fly out until the day before the wedding, and I'm concerned this might not be enough time. Please help.

Quote: Originally Posted by cathyandchin Christine & Brandy - 11/2/2009 Laura & ? - 2/26/2010 Carina & Ari - 2/27/2010 Pam & Kevin - 3/9/2010 Ashley & Perry - 4/4/2010 Amber & Jeff- 4/10/2010 sunrise 79- 4/11/2010 Kcgcristyn - 4/17/2010 Stephanie & Jamie - 4/24/2010 Courtney7865- 4/24/2010 Jennifer & Michael - 5/7/2010 Jessica & Robbie - 5/15/2010 Margaret & Matthew - 5/15/2010 Alison & Mike - 5/20/2010 Megan & Jason - 5/21/2010 LeAnn and Matt- 5/24/2010 Ashley & ? - 5/30/2010 Rachelle & Randal - 6/3/2010 Nancy & Bruce - 6/11/2010 aperkins7- 6/12/2010 Diana & David- 6/13/2010 Erica & John – 6/19/2010 carlychristine - 6/22/2010 Evelilna & Phil - 6/25/2010 Aleka & Maka- 7/7/2010 Leah & Chris- 7/9/2010 Allison & ? – 7/24/2010 Cathy & Chin – 7/29/2010 Kelvin & Leydi – 7/30/2010 John & Lili – 8/1/2010 Alison & Jimmy 8/8/2010 Thao & Triet: 9/3/2010 Casey & Ron - 9/18/2010 Sarah & Joe – 9/18/ Mindy & Joe - /10/4/2010 Toni & Jake – 10/8/2010 Vix1383 – 10/16/2010 Adrian & Peter 10/17/2010 Kym & Brian – 10/19/2010 Emma & ? - 10/23/2010 Robyn and Chris- 10/24/2010 Reagan & Brent – 10/26/2010 wisconsionbride - 10/28/2010 Rachael & Alex - 10/31/2010 Chelsey & Travis- 11/5/2010 April & Reggie – 11/6/2010 Jannine & Pete- 11/11/2010 Ashley & Mark- 11/15/2010 Kate and Cam - 11/19/2010 Tracy & ? -11/26/2010 lnf_munchkin - 11/27/2010 Lori and Jason- 11/29/2010 t1219 – 11/30/2010 Heather & Braden- 12/6/2010 Angela & Craig - 12/8/2010 allegraapple – 12/12/2010 majimart – 12/17/2010 rscherle- 2/19/2011 saymyname74- 3/5/2011 Leanne & Adam 5/14/2011 Nikki & Tyler 9/17/2010

Hi ladies! Question on the cocktail hour - I noticed the cocktail hour menu selections in a previous post. Does anyone know what cocktail hour menu is specific to the Silver/Love package? I know the pricing is different for the Silver cocktail hour included in the Love package versus the Gold cocktail hour included in the Ultimate package. Thanks!!

Quote: Originally Posted by BBtoB I am doing fans (Oriental Trading Comp in my colors Brown and Teal) ($.90 a piece) and bubbles for the day of the wedding. I am also doing hand decorated OOTbags (white totes from Michaels and I painted with special design in my colors, so fun! )Filled with goodies, like Pashminas for the ladies (not sure what for guys yet), luggage tags (found them at Michaels tonight in the discount bins, 2 for $3 and then I decorated with bling stars and travel stickers, so cute!) I was busy tonight! I would post, but dont think I have enough points. Boo! I will see if I can save enough points to post all my stuff...I am happy to be filling my time with Arts and Crafts. I just hope everyone likes it as much as I do. BBtoB - I am having trouble finding the fans you mentioned on the Oriental Trading website. My colors are the same as yours - can you give me a product link? I love your other ideas! I am definitely doing OOT bags, but for favors am thinking the luggage tags and the fans. Thanks for your help!

Quote: Originally Posted by Laura22610 Here are the photography prices that were sent to me (what the package includes was a separate document and I pasted that below this one) Pkg.Photo 1$550 usd + 10% Tax Pkg.Photo 2$650 usd + 10% Tax Pkg.Photo 3$720 usd + 10% Tax Pkg.Photo 4$1050 usd + 10% Tax Pkg.Photo 5$1,800 usd + 10% Tax Pkg Video. 1$650 usd + 10% Tax Pkg. Video. 2$1,050 usd + 10% Tax Pkg. Video. 3$1,610 usd + 10% Tax Wedding Packages 2009 & 2010 No.1 36 Photos Color Cd. Ceremony & Beach. 1:30 hrs. No.2 36 Photos 4 x 6 Color Cd. Ceremony & Beach. 1:30 hrs. No.3 36 Photos 4 x 6 Color Cd. Ceremony & Beach. 1:30 hrs. No.4 100 Photos 90 4 x 6 5 5 x 7 5 8 x 10 Color, B&W Sepia & Mix Color. Cd. Album Ceremony , Beach & Locations. 2:00 hrs No.5 150 Photos 130 4 x 6 10 5 x 7 10 8 x 10 Color, B&W Sepia & Mix Color. Cd. Album Getting ready , Ceremony, Beach Locations. 3:00 hrs Hi ladies! Maybe I'm a little slow, but am I missing something? Packages #1 #2 and #3 look the same but are priced differently. Can someone explain this please?

Hello everyone! I love this thread, I've read so much great information already. Tyler & Nikki September 17th, 2010 --just sent our deposit in on Monday (although we have not heard back from Ana that she received it - FH assures me that she is probably just very busy and from the posts here it seems this is common anyway)

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! buehler.allison - I love the swings at the beach bar too! We decided to get married right on the beach, and I read that another bride did that and the whole wedding gathered at the bar with swings right after for a drink. Perfect!

Hello everyone! My name is Nikki and I am getting married at the Dreams Riviera Cancun resort in Puerto Morelos on September 17th of 2010. This site is great, I've already found a ton of info!