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I'm starting a thread on this because the one I found dedicated to La Barcaza is not in this forum. Any DR brides looking to or already had their ceremony and/or reception on La Barcaza? After looking at all the options from my resort over and over and over again I came across a review of La Barcaza and figured it would be cost-prohibitive, but I just had to know how much it was. Turns out not as expensive as I thought and we decided to do it as a surprise for our guests. Just MOH and BM will find out the day of. Hopefully there are other brides that can share their experiences or discuss their plans to decorate, menu selection, etc.

I was there last june. FI and I rented a car and went up and down Punta Cana looking for the right hotel. We got lost several times, stopped at shopping centers, stopped to gas up, and I did not feel unsafe for a minute. It is not that populated but definitely not deserted. The locals are humble, but that does not mean or does not give the impression that they are checking you out. As you would in the States or Canada, don't be care-free.

This is so funny! my FI keep saying "assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups" and my best friend keeps saying "assume makes an ass of you and me." We can't help it, though. I would soooo have assumed that as well! I don't even know if I had kept my mouth shut or spread the word lol

Sorry about that. I say family is not a right, it is a privilege. It is so easy to say 'just don't talk to her anymore.' I guess you can only hope for the best. I say TELL HER SHE'S NOT YOUR BRIDESMAID ANYMORE or text her, or email her, or leave her a voice mail. Just joking. Really hope it works out eventually. I could not immagine not talking to any of my two sisters ever again.

This is funny. Not your story, of course, but my reaction to it. I know I would probably let it go. For some reason I strongly feel you shouldn't. I am in management of customer service for a high end automotive company. I strongly believe that if someone did something wrong they should be held accountable for it. All customer issues are highly important and we need to make sure we research every single one, but when a letter goes to the CEO or even the VP of customer service, we literally have to drop all we are doing to get the matter resolved IMMEDIATELY. I don't know how other companies work and I wish they worked like mine. If you decide to go for it, demand that they pull video tapes (I would assume they have those, specially at the jewelry section). There are other options like the consumer affairs section of your state or the Better Business Bureau, as someone mentioned before. Yes, the ring is fixed, you did not have to pay anything for it. Does it mean they can get away with hiding away and not owning up to their mistakes? I understand not wanting to do it because it is a hassle, and that is totally fine. But as many of my customers say, "It is about the principle."

You are so right. It is a vacation anyway. To be honest, when it comes to weddings, I always think about how much it is going to cost. I just don't make any comments about it. I am very conscious that people are thinking and possibly talking about how much my wedding is going to cost. For some reason they chose to tell my mom and not me so I'm chill. I would probably not even respond just because that's the way I am. I do love the "I you can't afford it, then you probably shouldn't come" comment anyway!

They have supermarkets where you can get alcohol "in a safe way" whatever that means. Ask the hotel how much they charge for opening a bottle of alcohol brought from outside the resort.

I love the idea. I wonder how hard it's transporting all that glass stuff to the destination safely... I guess you can pack your clothes inside and provide cushion with more clothing and then hope for the best?

That's a beautiful dress. Too bad it's not my size. Good luck!

I'm so sorry!

very nice

Very nice!!!!

I used the napkins that I have at home, but plan to buy he ones on the picture I posted before. This is the way it came out. The ink did bleed a little on this napkin, but the other ones are different. I'll post a picture when I have them done. I don't know when that's going to happen!

So I was goofing around at the Martha Stewart wedding website and found an idea for personalizing the napkins for the wedding reception. I happened to have ordered a free rubber stamp from vistaprint (only had to pay like 4 bucks for shipping and I ordered a bunch of free stuff). I didn't even know what I was going to use the stamp for... This is PERFECT! I have my logo on a wedding stamp, which I got delivered today, I tried it on regular, McDonald's napkins and it worked perfectly. It didn't bleed like I thought it would. I am so happy All I have to do is find the napkins on my wedding color and I'm all set. Worst case scenario, I'll get white ones. It just looks so damn cute! Like I had them professionally printed and paid a bunch of money for them heehee!

My stuff was delivered today. I got exactly what I wanted. I'm so psyched! The color matches and the quality is good.

I saw the work on your website. It's fantastic. i love it. I wish I was getting married in NYC just to get your pictures!!!!!

I'm so bummed I missed the chance to even enter!!! I just saw the post lol Their video is so interesting...

I just found this and thought I'd share because there were no responses on the post. http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/thread/64304/moments-that-matter-photography-free-wedding-shoot-giveaway-jan-2011 Hopefully one of you will be the lucky one...

I can't believe I missed this chance!!!!! So beautiful...

Hi What are you guys doing for hair and makeup? Are you using the hotel's services? Are you doing it yourself? Is one of your guests or someone in you bridal party doing it? Is anyone going to a salon outside the hotel? To those of you who already got married and used the hotel's salon, how was it?

A lot of my guests got transportation in their packages, but we probably will rent a car to pick up and drop off the ones who don't. When we did our research trip we rented a car. I was really inexpensive and we got so much out of it. Plus, parking is free everywhere we went.

I Meant we booked the reception not te ceremony on La Barcaza. Sorry.

I booked for 2/19/11 Got the dress, after some minor drama, booked the ceremony on La Barcaza as a surprise for our guests, booked the hotel and flight, bought the favor boxes, some fans because it is going to be hot, petals, grooms attire, bridesmaids dressed, groomsmen attire, need shoes too. Since the reception will be on La Barcaza we need not do the reception dinner. We chose the remeber package because it is a symbolic ceremony. It includes 20 ppl, but the hotel wants to still charge us $35 for every extra person attending the ceremony. Just for extra chairs, covers, and sashes. Easy money for them huh?

I booked la barcaza for my reception. I sent the deposit via my credit unio as it was less costly (35). Chase would have charged me 40 if I did the transaction online and 45 in a branch. You don't need to take the trip to the banks on the list. This is a regular wire transfer, which you can do through your bank. At least I would have been able to do it in more ways than one. It took abou ten business days for the transaction to clear. Oh! We did it over the phone too. It all wotked fine. I bought some linens for the tables (5) as they do not have white. Their decorations are not to my liking and too expensive for what they offer IMO. I am looking into some simple and sophisticated centerpieces. We'll see. Worst case scenario, the centerpieces will be the pitchers with water lol. I am also getting married at Bahia Principe (Bavaro) and was very upset this morning because Ana Lidia sent me an email letting me know that even though we will forgo the reception dinner, we still have to pay $35 per person extra just for the chair, shash, and "cake." $35. 35 dollars. I'm still in awe. I chose the cheapest package because it is a symbolic ceremony. The civil stuff will be done here. The package includes 20 ppl. With the list getting to almost 50 attending, I'm looking at $1,050 for chairs and sashes. Agr! I'm of course going to beg for mercy. We'll see. BTW. In your honest opinion, Am I being unreasonable?

I also bought my tablecloths, overlays, and napkins. I was shopping around for a good deal. Thank you so much