JoanneIreland

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Ditto with Rachel above! I feel the same too, but planning a wedding at home would probably be twice as hard!

Congrats and welcome to the forum!

Cara your pictures are AMAZING! Love the underwater one, definitely one for a frame!

I'd be very interested in knowing the same if anyone has any info!

Thank you so much Cara for the review! Less than 24 hours ago I just booked the Barcelo Maya Palace for my May 6th 2011 wedding so am so happy today to read your review! If you don't mind I have a few questions for you (I'm relatively new to the forum so fogive me if some of the answers can be found elsewhere) : - The lights you mentioned at the reception, did you bring them or have to pay for them, or were they provided free of charge? - Is there a particular reason you chose the grill over the beach for the reception? We are not even sure what our options are! We are looking at the Strawberry Passion package also. - You mentioned dancefloor, did they have an area sectioned off for this? - Where did you buy the macaras? - Do you have pictures online that I can see? Thank you so much and congrats on becoming a Mrs!! Joanne

Welcome and congrats!

Welcome and congrats!

Welcome and congrats!

Welcome and congrats! I know what you mean about convincing the parents. I'm from Ireland and my family expected the wedding there. My fiance is from the US and they wanted it in Boston. When we knew we couldn't please anyone we decided on a neutral destination, so Mexico is going to be our Switzerland! A lot of relatives are not too happy, but hey it's our day not ours! We are only engaged 2 months and I have already quickly discovered that I won't be able to keep everyone happy so make so you do what's best for you and your hubby to be! Congrats again and happy planning!

Welcome and congrats!

Oh and also, if anyone is interested in sharing a photograher (my wedding is May 6th 2011) then please let me know!

Hello Barcelo Brides!! I just had an email from Xhail confirming my request for a wedding at the Palace on May 6th 2011. I am so excited! Now that we have a date and resort picked, I think i will be on here every day!! To start with I do have a question I was hoping you could answer .... does the resort provide any table top decorations or do you have to bring everything yourself? Including vases, candle holders, runners, etc ..... Thanks you so much ladies and I'm sure over the next 11 months I'll get to know you all quite a bit!

Thank MzMinze! Have you heard anything back since you mailed them the changes? I think overall your dress is gorgeous, but you are so right to pick out any flaws you see.

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Relatively new myself and have already learned so much from other brides. Good luck and happy planning!

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Relatively new myself and have already learned so much from other brides. Good luck and happy planning!

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Relatively new myself and have already learned so much from other brides. Good luck and happy planning!

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Relatively new myself and have already learned so much from other brides. Good luck and happy planning!

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Relatively new myself and have already learned so much from other brides. Good luck and happy planning!

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Relatively new myself and have already learned so much from other brides. Good luck and happy planning!

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Relatively new myself and have already learned so much from other brides. Good luck and happy planning!

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Relatively new myself and have already learned so much from other brides. Good luck and happy planning!

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Relatively new myself and have already learned so much from other brides. Good luck and happy planning!

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Relatively new myself and have already learned so much from other brides. Good luck and happy planning!

Congrats on your engagement and welcome to the forum!

Mine has a 3 sided pave too, and I'm up in the air what to do as well. If I go with wedding band I think I'll just have it made the exact width as the E-ring with 3 sides again.