MaggieandJay

Welcome! This website is the most helpful Site!!

I vote for Dress 1!

So have you ladies started deciding on resorts yet? I have a short list but I am not sure

I am shooting for a May 2012 wedding so you are no longer a lone wolf

Did we decide on a date in May ladies? I am still on the search for my resort but I got it narrowed down

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrs. Sands I just booked here for February 22, 2011!!! If you have any suggestions, helpful hints that would be great. I am wondering where to have my reception, dinner and dance there? Thanks! wELCOME! This thread has the best info! And the girls are awesome!

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Katie~ but mega happy today - FI phoned me this morning and he's soooo excited it's great and we can now say that we leave THIS WEEK!! and we get married NEXT WEEK!! Oh. my. God!!!!!!!!! haha YEAH! I am so excited for you! Your going to have a AWESOME Wedding!

Quote: Originally Posted by elifrigo Hi Girls!!!! I just finished our website!!! tell me what you think! ~ Our Wedding ~ Nosso Casamento ~ Nuestra Boda ~ THANK YOU! Looks AWESOME!

Quote: Originally Posted by taylorwd Hiya ladies!!!!!!!!!! I'm back and we had the MOST AMAZING time!!!! AB could not have been more perfect for our wedding. I can't wait til I get my pictures and can share with you. Oddly enough, being a bride I didn't carry around my camera that day so I'm at the mercy of our families and my photog, LOL. Unfortunately, it rained and rained and rained our first 3 days there. Not just sprinkles or mist but full on side-blowing rain. We had to cancel the sailing trip (no worries for all you gals that have booked with Paradise Catamarans...full refund with no problems) and ended up renting vans to take our guests into town for dinner instead. They were getting a bit stir-crazy with the rain. BUT, somebody was looking out for us because we went to bed the night before the wedding to pouring rain and woke up to blue skies on wedding day!!!!!! The clouds rolled in around ceremony time but the first drop didn't fall until the final blessing. Perfect timing if you're going to have rain on your wedding day! I'll write a full review later with all the details but I just wanted to pop in and say that the whole experience at AB could not have been any better. Superb everything: food, staff, beaches, onsite team. Absolutely perfect! Now I've got a lot of catching up to do!!! Welcome Back and CONGRATS!!!! Can't wait to read your review!

Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan hi girls, as you can see i am a vendor now as well as a member here on bdw i started my own blog ( destination inspirations) specifically for inspiring those planning a destination wedding. I wanted to personally thank you girls because it was you guys that really helped me come up with this idea. You guys help inspire me daily and i can't wait to see all your amazing weddings so thank you again great blog!

Quote: Originally Posted by cjb0arder13 OMG that's the cutest thing I've ever heard!!! I picture Eeyore, looking all sad in his little stall in Mexico, not getting to go party with the guests... I have never seen my FI so excited as when I mentioned we could do a donkey cocktail hour. I swear, he perked right up. I have a feeling we'll be doing the donkey cocktail hour no matter what... Just to chim in that one of the big selling features for My FI is the Donkey as well. When i told him about it he said and I quote "Can I get my picture taken with it? He also pointed out that with our group the beer wouldn't be in the buckets for very long anyway so the donkey would love us more. Right now I am still picking a resort but Azul is in the lead partially due to the donkey. LOL. PS Love all the input from you ladies! I didn't even know about Azul till I tripped across this thread.

Hi and Welcome! Happy Planning. I am in the process of picking a resort right now and The Royal in Playa is on the short list. Read the enitre thread for the Royal in Playa something about allowing kids in is the title. It is long but so worth taking a couple days to read it all!

We have been together 5 years and it will be 7 years when we get married. We lived together 3 years

Those are AWESOME! I had generally the same idea but i am not nearly as crafty or talented! Good Job!!

Do you know when your going to have another webinar for Azul resorts? Azul Sensatori is one of my leading resort choices but i would love to learn more. I took the Sandals webinar and it was super informative! Please let me know if an Azul one is coming down the pike.

We picked out "Everybody's Free" Which the orginal version is done by Prince but we are using the Choir version from The most recent Romeo and Juliet Movie Soundtrack (The one with Claire Danes from the 90's) She walks down the aisle to it and since I saw that movie I have wanted that. Plus bonus it's only 1minute 23 seconds so it's a great short amount of time since I don't have BM

Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan Hi I am getting in 2010 but when I was looking in 2009 rates did not very that much from 2010. What month are you looking for? January is really expensive compared to other months so some ties rates can really vary depending on the month your looking into. I am looking at May 2012 but since I won't know those rates for a while May in general

Ladies who are getting married in 2011. What are you finding is the avg Price per person you guests are spending on the trip? I am narrowing down resorts and the cost to my guest is one factor. A ballpark would be awesome! Thanks! PS This forum rocks and is so helpful!

Ladies who are getting married in 2011. What are you finding is the avg Price per person you guests are spending on the trip? I am narrowing down resorts and the cost to my guest is one factor. A ballpark would be awesome! Thanks! PS This forum rocks and is so helpful!

Thanks for the review. This is one of the resorts on my short list!

Quote: Originally Posted by Jenny310 Is anyone that is working a travel agent to book everyone's trip getting any comps? My agent said that if we have 30 rooms booked for the same dates our room will be comped for the same days. Unfortunately right now we are looking only 23 rooms booked. I just feel like we are giving both the the travel agent and Royal a lot of business not to get anything comp'ed or discounts. I was curious about that as well. The Royal is the frontrunner for me right now but i will have a large wedding of about 100+people so not only do I need a resort that can handle that many but I would love to get something out of all that business

Have a wonderful time and CONGRATS!

Quote: Originally Posted by steponmyknee hello, fellow houston girls! I'm in kingwood, getting married in san diego on may 15. welcome!!!!!

I am down for a Meet and Greet in may for sure!

I am in Midtown and a May 2012 Bride which is really far away! I would love to get together!