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I don't know if they do budoir shots, but a close friend of my FI does photography here in ATL and does AMAZING work. I would totally have booked her if I were doing my wedding here rather than a destination. She's super nice & laid back... Once Like a Spark Photography Hope this helps! Its good to see other Atlanta brides on here :-)

Bought my dress today!! No pictures yet, but definitely will post soon :-) yay!!

Thanks for the advice! Also, as some others have mentioned above the low-mid range people that I have been looking at are Octavio Montes, Sasha Gluck, Ivan Luckie & Nate Cordova...all great choices depending on what you are looking for (and what you are looking to spend!)

I'm looking for 40-50 green satin sashes...a sage, leef or apple green color would work. Wedding is May 2011...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO WTF?!?!? That is not cool. Let's not let them get away with that. I have an email stating 10 bucks each as well and by God, that is what I'm paying lol I agree! I know they have honored original price quotes in the past (ex: vendor fee changes from $100 per vendor to $350 per vendor) so I would hope that they will continue to do that. I guess all we can do is have the original documentation and go from there...

Quote: Originally Posted by cnd_redhead ok, hope this one works. I apologize if it's too big, i'm new to posting pics and trying to sort out how to do it. My dress, essece of australia when i purchased it. It hasn't come in yet but probably july. love it!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by jamk32179 I am now working with Rebekah. Anyone have any experience with her? I've had Rebekah from the beginning (she was originally in Michigan and then transferred to Mexico). She has been pretty great so far, almost a little pushy at times asking me for information...which is something I would prefer rather than having someone who was slow to respond. She had originally told me that she would only be in Mexico for a short time, but it seems like she is there to stay atleast for the time being. Hope that helps!!

Quote: Originally Posted by rosieposie Lady Di's reception looked so nice in the garden, i'm not really disappointed we didn't get the beach. I'm having my reception in the central garden as well! So far all the pics I have seen of receptions there (ESP Lady Di's beautiful pics!!) have been absolutely gorgeous!

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Quote: Originally Posted by MaggieandJay Ladies! I had to take a date change for my resort (Long Story) but moving from May 30th to May 15th! At least still in May! My date twin!! YAY!

Quote: Originally Posted by duprk452 For those who are having difficulty with the amount of guests you have.. I would seriously consider doing an a la carte wedding. This is what we did and it saved us a ton even with our small guest list of 25. This is just my opinion, though. I totally agree! My FI is bit of a math/finance guru and created a spreadsheet of what the cost would be for us when were were thinking about what packages to get. We ended up realizing that the Classic package was much cheaper than the Luxury that we were planning on, even with mostly everything added back in a la carte. We're planning on about 40 and he calculated out that even if we get up to 50ish it would still save us a good bit of money. This is especially the case if you are going to have a good proportion of Real-resort guests. The only thing we ended up cutting were things like the couples massage and flowers for the room...minor non-wedding things that weren't that important to us since we are honeymooning elsewhere.

Quote: Originally Posted by Claire83 Hi, I've bought my dress today too! I can't wait, but I still have not received my contract from Royal Cancun - is this normal We are getting married on 6th May 2011 & paid the deposit a couple of months ago Hi Claire- I'm getting married May 15 @ Royal PDC...I sent in my deposit a couple months ago as well and actually keep getting updated contracts as we make changes along the way. I finally told her that I wanted to hold off on signing any more since we were planning on making some more changes and she said no worries! (I told her that I would sign it after we got back from our site visit in August). I would say that if you are in contact with your WC and they arent' sending you things you could ask but that you definitely don't need one because the deposit is all you need to reserve your date/time/location(s). Hope this helps!

Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan I know it can be really frustrating I just keep telling my self they are working hard with all the brides who are there now and to remember I would want the same level of attention on my day. Is there any where on there where you yourself can add stuff? If so I would go ahead and start adding That way when your WC gets to it she can confirm everything that you have. You absolutely can add things on your own. That was the first thing I did after I got my email about it just to make sure that all the information that I had been exchanging via email didn't get lost in the transition! You would need to have a login to the site though before you could do anything so I guess you'd still need to have had some exchange with your WC.

Quote: Originally Posted by ChicagoBride2011 So it it suppose to show our wedding info? Mine shows nothing. I think that until there are messages posted that its basically blank. All the other pages that are there (To-Do's, Milestones, Whiteboard) are still blank on mine.

Quote: Originally Posted by ChicagoBride2011 Hi ladies, did anyone receive an email from their WC with a website that you have to create a login and password? Just curious if anyone knows what it's for. I emailed my new WC but usually you ladies have all the answers! Yep! My WC Rebekah sent me the info a couple weeks ago saying it would "help streamline the process". I think they also have the higher management having access to it as well. Maybe its just better documented for them and easier to organize? I signed up for it and have been using it. Its actually pretty helpful to keep track of things. I will say though that the very first thing I did was post a thread on there with a copy of all our correspondence so far to make sure that everything previously talked about was documented as well! Hope that helps!

Quote: Originally Posted by orbitingbklyn thanks for this information!!! had no idea! i am considering having my photographer stay as a guest at Gran Porto (wedding is at The Royal) and then listing him as a person who i want to have access to the hotel 3 hours before like you say. i assume this will work & i will avoid the $350 vendor fee. any thoughts? it seems like from all i've read here that doing that will work. even paying for him to stay is less $ than vendor fee. but the issue i have is: should i have him stay the night before or the night after the wedding? i assume that they make you check out & leave the property at a certain time? does anyone know about this? my ceremony is 4pm and since it is winter, we will take photos before. so i'd need my photographer there by 2pm at the latest and stay the whole night. also, do you have to pay for the photographer as a guest at ceremony, cocktail hour & reception if he's not sitting & eating & just taking photos?? thanks ladies!!!!! I don't know about all of your q's (maybe someone who had an outside photog recently might be better to answer), but I do remember someone asking about the vendor fee before about having a family member doing the photography. If I can remember right I think that if they have professional equipment (tripod etc) that you have to pay the fee....I could be wrong though but it seems like not many people would have to pay the fee if staying as a guest was the only criteria :-/ I was also curious if people might have an idea of how many weddings there actually tend to be each day? I know that my WC rebekah told me there could be up to 6, and I've seen on TripAdvisor recently people (non-wedding resort guests) complaining about the number of weddings going on and quoting numbers like 7,8 and 9 which seems like a bit of an over estimate! Any thoughts? I just don't want to to feel like a "wedding factory" because I think the Royal is so gorgeous and perfect for what I want!! :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by SarahE786 Maybe you could use the contact email from the Royal's website? I don't know if I have it anymore... I'm not exactly sure who this will go to, but this is the email I have from before I was assigned a WC. [email protected]

Quote: Originally Posted by RunningBride24 Speaking of Angie....now that she's gone (well, I'm pretty sure she is) I still haven't heard back from anyone. Who did all of you contact to get your new WC? I feel my blood pressure rising. I had emailed my WC in Michigan, Rebekah, about 2 weeks ago asking about what was going on with the office. She told me that a few of them were moving to MX (including herself) and that you should have confirmation about your new one by the end of June. I had also asked a couple follow-up questions about my wedding and a couple random questions since we're doing a site visit in August. She wrote back to me about a week ago saying she just got down to MX and that she would write soon. I just heard back from her yesterday. She said that she had just gotten settled in and that things were starting to calm down a bit. Sorry that was a bit scattered...I was trying to give everyone a general time line of what seems to be going on down there. I think that things are a little busy still with the transition but it seems like everyone is settling in. I don't know who to contact though about a new WC if yours was let go or didn't travel down? Maybe you could use the contact email from the Royal's website? I don't know if I have it anymore...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lisa DSO Lady_Di, You looked amazing and everything looked perfect. Your dress if FAB! I might have to make a roadtrip to Houston and check out that store you went to! I agree!! That dress is pretty much exactly what I think I want...still have a lot of searching around to do in that department but you looked BEAUTIFUL! Loved seeing your fabulous garden pictures...can't wait to see the rest!

Quote: Originally Posted by rosieposie Congrats! That's so exciting! We're date twins! We're booked at The Royal PDC, Mexico. I'm one week before you at the Royal PDC!! Soooo excited :-)

Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan Sarah - I like the garden to and stay tuned I have a surprise for tomorrow morning but I can't show you anything until than Those pictures are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to see Lady Di's review...she's been so on top of things and organized I can only imagine how thorough and helpful it will be! I also emailed my WC, Rebekah (who has been great!) last night after reading the post. This is what she told me - "It is true that this office is closing. But I am one of the wedding coordinators that will be helping to set up the new office. Please do not worry, we are doing everything we can to make the process seamless. We will probably know your new wedding coordinator by the end of June." Hopefully everything will be for the best and will transition well. I agree that I'm definitely going to have all my emails from her on hand just for extra clarification though!

Quote: Originally Posted by jesmcan Hi Sarah yes I found it!! take a look, Playa de Carmen Wedding Photography, Donna and Patrick and Ida at the Royal Elizabeth Medina Photography Playa del Carmen Wedding Photography, Sarah and Trevor at the Royal Elizabeth Medina Photography Destination Wedding Photography in Playa el Carmen, Nicole and Alfredo, The Royal Elizabeth Medina Photography I think all three of these look beautiful. I really love how they did the light up dance floor with the lounge area. It looks great on the beach or inside. I hope this helps Thanks SOO much! Hopefully I can return the favor to someone when I'm a little further along in my planning! I agree all 3 look beautiful...I think right now I'm leaning towards the garden but its good to know how stunning the ballroom is as well!

Quote: Originally Posted by dianep welcome! i just had my wedding on may 15th - we're kind of date twins! yay! and congratulations!! what time did you have your reception? at first my WC told me that the latest they could do was 4pm and then I managed to push it back to 5pm but I was still worried about it being too hot...i had seen weddings on here at 6pm but figured since we're date-ish twins you might know how hot it got :-) jesmcan- i would LOVE to see some ballroom pics if you have them! we're definitely doing a private reception but don't think that we want to do it on the beach so I was curious what else was out there...I wasn't sure if there was a ballroom that might have a balcony so that there was a place for people to step outside for a few minutes? anyone know?

Hi Everyone! I'm pretty new to the forum, but have officially booked at the Royal PDC for May 15, 2011! I've just started planning things but was wondering if anyone have reception pictures from sites other than the beach? So far I've seen a couple from the garden and several from the beach but none from any of their indoor locations? I also have in writing from my WC that they can "make a special request for you to have 2 entrees with the other course items that same. To make the request, I will need to know how many of each entree . You will be responsible for place cards that will inform the servers which guest will receive which entree." Hope that helps! Hope that everyone is having a great memorial day weekend!

Hi Everyone! I'm getting married at the Royal PDC May 15th 2011 at the gazebo! Claire83- I was trying to decide between the beach and gazebo as well but ended up deciding I'd like to wear heels so I picked the gazebo :-) We're planning on going down for a site visit/ vacation in August to check things out and talk with the on site WC and probably are going to just wait until then to send out our save the dates...maybe take a picture of ourselves while we're there for them if we take one I like haha. Where is everyone finding color inspirations? I'm thinking a light green shade and then just some sort of neutral since the beach sets such a nice setting on its own!