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Good luck! You could always just look in the Yellowpages for bridal stores in the area. Most will sell you a gown that's in the store....hopefully in the right size! Let us know how it goes.

Nic- I think those ones on your feet/legs might well be sand flea bites. They are quite itchy and swell more than mosquito bites. Try wearing shoes more as you walk on the sand, and then keep your feet on the beach beds/lounge chairs. Hope that helps!

Honestly, I would never have known it was not a legal ceremony. Everything seemed exactly the same as our legal wedding. Our minister/justice of the peace (really not exactly sure what she was) spoke English very well and our guests loved it! As far as I know (with the exception of my husband and his parents) everyone thinks we got "married" there legally, only we know it was symbolic. I think the only way people would know is if they are aware that in Mexico they do a fingerprint on the document. Our wedding document for the symbolic wedding was quite simple. I will see if I can dig it out and take a picture for you. (give me til Sunday...I just moved so trying to find anything is quite the adventure right now LOL) Jamie- wishing you a super fun weekend!

The beach is fairly narrow at the Sensatori, and since it lies directly on a coral reef, it's very swallow and coral/rocky. That being said it's a beautiful view and if you walk about 500 yards north along the beach, there is a beautiful white sand area to going swimming! We only signed a "Wedding certificate" for our symbolic ceremony. We did not do a sand ceremony or fingerprinting.

Funny...I have never had any problems with mosquitos when I have been to the Mayan Rivieria. But I usually get some sand fleas bites on my feet from the beach.

Sensatori is really an inimate feel, it only has 440 rooms (compared to Dreams Tulum which has almost 800) Bahia Principe I think is about 800-1000 rooms as well. The beach might not be as nice as it is down in Tulum, but the food is far better than any other resort I have been to in the area. As for the wedding every day (I think they can host a maximum of 2 a day), you will not feel less special or inimate. I don't think we even noticed all the other events going on during the week of our stay. The staff and hotel are wonderful at making you the most important person, and making sure your events are perfect! Good luck with your decision.

Sorry I haven't been on lately, just lurking. Was really busy the last few weeks, we sold two houses and moved into a new one last Tuesday. Now our AHR is just over 2 weeks away! Anyway I hope your planning is going well I really don't think it is a consistent number Maggie. First thing you have to know is that it is being done "under the table" so to speak. The WC are putting the money directly into the pockets of the workers or themselves. Management does not see a cent....hence why it is CASH only! Best thing I can tell you is to likely plan on somewhere between $75-$200, this all depends on 1) who your WC is; 2) amount of items, lights, things they have to set up (ie. the more stuff, the more it will cost you); 3) the number of table/guests you have. We had 63 guests and had paper laterns, centerpieces, menu cards, napkin wraps, name cards, table seating charts, candles (which don't bother doing...since it's way too windy), and stuff for the kids table (coloring books, crayons, toys)...and it cost us $120. Quote: Originally Posted by JaimeCF2BR Jamie, if you're getting married on the beach, I could highly recommend the beach area for the cocktail reception. Our guests LOVED the fact that directly after the wedding, they could walk over directly to the right and keep the party going. The bar was there as well! But the guests loved that they could watch some of our pictures being taken and the beautiful views. You're stressing over details that really won't matter! LOL Relax, your guests will enjoy the cocktails wherever they are. And some will go freshen up, but I don't think anyone will go hang out in their rooms. Most people love to be part of the action, and be able to partake in the great events! Quote: Originally Posted by Afaybik Did you get a price for steaming your dress? We were quoted $65 which seems high. Also they told us menu cards were included with the reception...did you know that? I can't remember the exact prices, but that seems high. Depending on the material of your dress you might not need it. I took my dress and just hung it up in the closet, it was perfect without having to touch it! (mind you it was mostly lace) ***Also a big note: LAUNDRY SERVICES ARE NOT AVAILABLE ON SUNDAY! So if you are getting married on a Monday (like I did), don't wait til Sunday to send suit/dress out. They had to go out of their way to make sure my husbands suit got pressed...and it didn't get back on Monday til almost 1pm.

Nic- so glad to hear the dress fitting went well, and you have your hair style all set to go! Can't wait to see the pictures.

Have fun! If you have a feather boa...highly suggest bringing that! Or your husband's favorite jersey or shirt.... Let us know how it goes! I had so much fun on mine

The bouquets look fine from the top. The plastic holder does its job. I took ribbon with me, and my bridemaids wrapped my bouquet and it looked wonderful! Extras, which are on the Lomas brochure, you can pay for with credit card. Set up fees (ie. for extra items you bring with you) are CASH only. But keep in mind most of the time the cost seems to be between $75 -200, depending on how much stuff there is. Take a deep breathe, and then make the decision that will keep you smiling on your day! Have your best friend close by, since she might be able to help a lot. And let us know how it goes! We used an Itouch. But we just handed it to the WC. I am pretty sure they will have whatever cord or attachments they need to make it work.

Quote: Originally Posted by MaggieandJay Ladies getting cakes, I need some advice. We are not getting a cake for the reception but it just so happens that 5 people coming to our wedding have birthdays falling the week we are there. I was going to get a small cake for the Welcome Party I am having the day before the wedding as a surprise (One of the birthdays is the Groom's Dad) What did everyone else get and did you think the pricing was ok? It seems expensive to me. The wedding cakes are quite expensive. I would almost wonder if you could ask for a birthday cake specifically and see if the prices might be different. Or wait til you get down there and talk to the resort staff specifically?

Congrats on making the decision! I am sure everything will work out wonderfully. We took down as little as possible for our OOT bags. We went into Cancun and bought a lot of the smaller items once we arrived. (snacks, toys for the kids,etc.) It also really depends on the number of guests you have coming, we had 63, so I really had to keep the stuff I brought with us at a minimum. I think I only packed the actual bags, name tags and hangover kit (advil, immodium, lipbalm, bandaids, etc.). Everything else we bought there! Thanks for the compliment! Glad I can help.

Emailed you a template! Good luck

Quote: Originally Posted by Mwise17 I see, I see! We are going to have the ceremony on the beach, so I am concerned with them tearing down the ceremony site and having the cocktail reception overlooking (they suggested I have the cocktails on the beach)......so I am thinking maybe having it elsewhere...not sure where though. Because we are going in October....are you concerned with the temperature at night? I am nervous that our guests are going to be cold. We did the ceremony on the beach and cocktails directly after. They did not tear down the site at all while we were there....with the exception of taking the flowers (as per my direction) to be used at the reception site. The white shears and all the chairs were left there until well after we all left. So don't be worried about that. They set up some cocktail tables (tall round ones) just to the right of the ceremony site (about 15 meters down the beach) right in front of the beach bar! Our guests loved this, since we did some photos along the beach, and they got to relax with drinks and watch a little. As for temperature, even in October it should still be high teens-low 20C in the evening. Guys will be fine with a shirt, and the ladies will be fine with a light cardigan or shawl. But once you start dancing you'll all be sweating anyway! LOL There is a picture of the set up in my review under the Azul Sensatori, if you want to see.

I was worried too! But the packing tape was actually quite easy to do. We had cut our stickers (labels) down to the right size. Then I just cut the packing tape to the right length (ie. from the bottom of the chapstick to the bottom edge of the lid). It doesn't matter if it over laps when you wrap it around, since it's clear. Also we found it helped to lay the tape down on the table, sticky side up. Then place the chapstick down on one edge, and slowly roll the chapstick onto the tape. Just take your time and they will be great!

I can't help you with the weather, but they told us that the back up location is the garden terrace area. It's located just outside of the Mojoito bar, where they have the nightly entertainment. It has a beautiful view of the resort, and is covered. The backup reception location are the ballrooms. Good luck!

If your photographer is staying for the reception-yes. If they are only photographing your ceremony, then no. Quote: Originally Posted by jazz04 Is there a charge for the white sheers? Also, what is everyone doing for their guestbook? I don't want to do a normal book for people to sign and I'm trying to think of something different. Yes, there is a charge for the white sheers. The best thing going was the "exotic gazebo", $220 included 2 white sheers, and two large flower bouquets which can hang on the gazebo, be placed on tables, etc. And if the WC in Miami tell you it will be the candy wrapped look, like in the picture, just ignore them. The WC on site will hang the sheers anyway you want. For guestbook, we had a whiteboard and asked guests to write their wishes on the board and then take a picture. We will (when we have time) put all the photos together into one of those photobooks. Quote: Originally Posted by dlarocqu Yes thanks, the beach. :-) We are just trying to figure out if one hour between the wedding and reception will be enough time? We have the photographer for one hour and wondering if we should extend it. Any brides out there that have already got married? Our current time is 6 pm Wedding 7 pm Reception Should we move to 5 pm Wedding and 7 pm Reception? Are you doing a sunset ceremony? Otherwise, you may want to check the sunset times, since it will likely be dark shortly after your ceremony. Check with the photographer how and when the best time for some photos would be. I would suggest at least an hour between, so my vote would be 5pm/7pm. Quote: Originally Posted by Nada Hey Murmel! sorry! Ya it looks gorgous! I'm just in the process of picking my colors let alone anything else....STRESSFUL! Thanks for the feedback about the curfew thing....I know our company will want to party into the night so I was even thinking of renting out one of the ballrooms for a few hours after Zavaz plaza to have a midnight buffet and dance up there. But I guess just chilling out at the mojito lounge would be chill too. I was just at the sensatori 2 weeks ago and I LOVED the swinging beds in the coffee lounge. Any suggestions on what I should do? Move the party upstairs to the hall or just kinda let people do their own thing (mojito lounge, coffee bar, etc)? Any suggestions (from anyone) would be greatly appreciated!! thanks! -Nada We liked the option of people doing what they wanted. So after dinner was done, if they wanted to party with us they did, but many were tired and headed to bed. It will likely be a lot of money to rent the ballroom for later, maybe just plan for the Mojioto bar. We didn't really have a plan and after the reception was done everyone loved the 'coffee hut' area, mind you our family are all huge musicians, so we had a sing-a-long with guitars, bongos, etc.

Just randomly typing in "turquoise shoes", I think the seller was 'guys and dolls'(?)...I'll check and let you know. I searched for almost a year...and literally found them 2 weeks before the wedding! Nothing like cutting it close LOL Thanks for the compliments on the ring Quote: Originally Posted by alykay Hi Mariam, I love love your booklet although I cant see what it looks like inside Im stressing on how to do my booklet and wanted to ask you for some help. I suck when it comes to making things on the computer and I need some help guiding me with it. I cannot open the link that you have attached to it i don tknow why?? can you email me at [email protected] if you still have ur template for the booklet you made for the kids and for the oot bags for the adults, i think u said its your welcome booklet, the one u made the cover out of cardstock. Thanks. I will email you in a few days. Most of my files are on my work computer. You have to have at least 150 posts to be able to open attachments. Don't worry you'll get there soon!

We did the LED throwies. Super simple to make, we made them all at home with the plastic tab. Essentially it was the battery, 3 LED lights, plastic between the contacts and battery, tape to hold together. To make sure the connection didn't loosen after the tab got pulled we bought those metal paper clamps (at Staples) to hold everything together. We also tied the string to the metal clamp. Then all the wedding coordinators had to do, was pull the tab and hang inside the latern. Quote: Originally Posted by Nada Nada November 15th, 2011 Anyone been in there in Nov? How was the weather? I have been to Mexico in November before. It is just the tail end of their rainy season, so you might have half hour rain showers on occasion. Temperatures would range 23C-28C. Quote: Originally Posted by Nada The picture of your table setting looks gorgeous Maggie! I'm thinking of doing the whole "less is more" since all the other decor gives it a nice touch. How was it having the 11 pm curfew on the event? I am assuming you had the reception at Zavaz plaza..? I think you're refering to my table setup...thank you! The reception was at Zavas Plaza. The 11pm curfew was no problem for us. We started at 6pm and they slowly closed up around 10pm, but we just moved the party to the 'coffee hut' and kept partying. The 'coffee hut' is at the bottom of the huge stairs, and is a large covered gazebo with lots of couches, swinging beds, chairs, tables. Plus we just ran up the stairs for drinks at the Mojoito lounge, and one of the waiters realized how many of us there were, he just started to come down and take drink orders for us! It was awesome

Ahhh...that make sense! Love the idea. (might have to steal it for our AHRs) You could go with the back piece or without, it would look great both ways! Maybe add a small picture from your actually Mexican wedding by the palm tree

Nic- what is a post box? You've done a great job...I just have no idea what's it for?

In the room: Bathroom- shampoo, conditioner, body wash, bars of soap, cotton balls, kleenex, small sewing kit, shower cap, hair dryer Fridge-beer, soda, water Other- ironing table, iron, ipod alarm clock, ice bucket, 2 (?) glasses, 2 coffee cups, coffee machine, coffee pack, sugar, sweetner, creamer (powdered type) Quote: Originally Posted by stephmac1818 1) we are not getting a dj, we are having a dj mix songs back here to play on a ipod, will this work? 2) do we bring our ipod and speaker for walking down the aisle music on the beach? 3) how is the food? we are having a BBQ buffet with new york steak. 4) how is the wedding coordinator? do i have to make a time schedule with cake cutting, first dance, etc or do they do that? will they hang lanterns under the reception area? 5) we have 10 people in our wedding party. how many tables should we get? tables of 6, 8 or 10? also do they even do U shape wedding tables for the bridal party, there will be 12 of us. is that what destination weddings do or does everyone sit at circlular tables?? any help with this would be amazing 1. That should work fine. Only thing is if you are using your own ipod dock for your dinner, you will need someone to operate it (ie. for speeches, first dance, etc.) We rented the amp and speakers for dinner because we wanted a microphone. This worked out really well since someone from the resort operated it the whole night. We just handed him our ipod and he played the music for dinner and dancing, and stopped the music for speeches, cake cutting, etc. It worked really well. 2. They provide (NO COST) an ipod player, speaker and microphone for your wedding service. Give them your ipod with very specific playlists (ie. Groom entrance, bridal entrance, signing registry, exit song, music for guests sitting) and they take care of it. 3. Sorry can't help here. 4. The wedding coordinators are amazing. You should have an idea of what you want for your ceremony and reception, but they will go through the timing of everything with you at your meeting. Usually the day after you arrive at the resort. They will hang laterns, and decorate with your items at a small charge...cash only. We had laterns, centerpieces, menu cards, name cards, guest book, kids games, coloring books, etc. that they put out and I think it cost us $120US. The price will vary depending on number of guests, items to put out, etc. 5. We had asked for a rectangular table, but they told us they did not have any. So we used the round tables of 8. We ended up with 2 "head tables" we had our bridal party with their significant others sit with them. It worked out well for us. (however we did see another wedding later in the week with long tables.....so ask and see) good luck!

Love the shopping part Moving...ekkkk....sometime soon. So not ready. The last week has been nuts, between trying to get this house ready to sell, my sister in law giving birth and my best friends' mother being rushed into surgery....haven't really be able to start preparing. At this point I am thinking it will be later in the month.

Thanks ladies! Her name is Georgia Laurel Anne. Glad I could provide some entertainment LOL

Finally have a good picture of my shoes to post!