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Absolutely beautiful thread!!! My FI and I had also planned on doubling our Engagement photo session as our guest book. Who did you use to do the printing? I'm in such awe of your creativity!!!!!!

Hey there! Congrats!!! Yes, our date is January 6th, 2012 (Little Christmas!) and I can't believe how quickly time is flying!! My FI proposed in July, and those 5 months since were gone in a blink of an eye. I am actually getting ready to send out my STDs in a couple weeks, and our wedding website is almost ready to go! Haven't started any DIY projects - you are way ahead of me!!

The pink sapphire looks amazing!!! I have to have my wedding band custom made because of the unique shape of my e-ring. Since yellow is my favorite color (and also one of my wedding colors), I'm thinking of having my wedding band have diamonds, as well as yellow sapphires. I love how unique everyone's ideas are!!

Thanks for the heads up!!!

Yaaa!!! January, 2012 bride here! Almost exactly one year away!!!!!

These are all such phenomenal ideas!! I'm almost a year away from my DW - can't wait to start planning all the little details

This is adorable!!!

What a beautiful story!!!!!!! You have such a thoughtful FI! Congrats!!!!!!

Thank you!! As though I could take credit for it, haha! Our photog was amazing and had such an eye for the unique!

Awww, congrats! A June wedding sounds amazing! We are also going to be married on the beach - we are going to go with the complimentary package, and then do any add-ons from there. And I'm so excited for all the planning too, thanks for posting!!! I think that we are going to use a travel agent for the exact same reasons. I still have to investigate it a bit, but a few months ago I did talk to one of the travel agents on this site. We'll see!! I guess I should probably get on that!! We're actually getting ready to send out our STDs - I figured, send them out a year in advance with a wedding website listed, and then we can update guests on there! Oh and btw - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!! 2012 is just next year now!

Tanya, your pics are absolutely beautiful!! Thanks for being so generous and sharing your experience!! I am also planning to have the complimentary wedding, so it was great seeing the real-live pics of it! I'll be sure to check out your reviews and comments on the 2010 & 2011 thread!!!

Awww thanks so so much!!!! I still get giddy every time I look at my ring Love this site!

Hey there RMBride2B! Congrats on your engagement!! I actually just contacted them yesterday to see when they were going to start booking for 2012, and she told me that they just got the e-mail telling them they were starting to book yesterday morning! The girl that I spoke to said to go on to the Palace Resorts Wedding site and just fill out the reservation request. If the site hasn't been updated to reflect that they are accepting 2012 reservations, just to put down the same date but with 2011 as the year. Then, in the "comments" field at the end, indicate that your request is for the year 2012. Yaa! This is so exciting What is the date you decided on? Oh, and one last thing. My fiance and I had tossed around the idea of getting legally married AFTER we come back from Mexico. This way, we wouldn't be rushing around before the trip (especially since we would be leaving for RM on January 2nd) and it wouldn't take anything away from our symbolic ceremony - which we would be considering our wedding date. I checked with the rep from Palace Resorts, and she said we could do that - they don't require a marriage certificate to perform a symbolic ceremony (believe it or not some places do!) The only thing we would miss out on is the honeymoon package which is the bottle of sparkling wine, late check out and t-shirts. I can live with that!

Awww, we are definitely kinda neighbors! My fiancé and I got engaged in July and knew we wanted to have a DW, but had noooo idea where. We decided on Riviera Maya over Jamaica, Bahamas, Punta Cana, etc bc we wanted to go somewhere where we could actually LEAVE the resort. Once I did some (ok, a lot) of online research, we were torn between Barcelo and PP. After reading on TripAdvisor, and talking to some other brides who were married there (who also were so awesome and friended me on FB to show me their pics) we decided on PP. What did you think of the site visit? I love that it's small, but right in the middle of everything - plus the sister resort on Cozumel definitely helped sell me As far as the ceremony, after considering the fact that the ceremony would be in Spanish, the legal requirements, and all of the extra charges (especially the translation fees for all documents), we decided to very quietly get married here before we leave (or after if we can). We are not telling any of our guests and then we will be having a symbolic ceremony in Mexico. No one will be the wiser This way we can write our own vows and have the ceremony in English without all the extra BS. There's actually a forum on here about it. Of course our anniversary date will be January 6th - the date we speak our vows to each other in front of our family and friends

Thanks!! We are set on Playacar Palace in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Just patiently waiting till January when I can reserve my date!

Hey there!! I use WeddingWire.com and I absolutely adore it!!! It's a free site where you can store all of your guest info, to-do items AND create your wedding website. WeddingWire's RSVP application allows guests to select their meal as they submit their RSVP, so everything can be done at the same time! You can even attach your registry to the site Mine is a work in progress (we're getting married in RM Mexico in January 2012, so I'm still waiting for prices to come out) but you're more than welcome to pull from it! It's www.weddingwire.com/kristynandjohn That's the other cool thing about weddingwire - they don't charge extra to create your own domain name. I was able to choose exactly what I wanted my site name to be Have fun!

Hey ladies! I was just looking to see if there were any fellow PP'ers out there for 2011 and 2012 I am planning my wedding for 1-6-2012 (it's a Friday) and am patiently awaiting January when I can actually reserve the date!

Thanks ladies <3

Hi coconoir1908, can you please send me details of Juan Navarro as i've heard that he is the photographer for Dreams Cancun. Thanks Hey there! Check out "Mrs. Timpone"'s profile. She's my friend and was just married at Dreams Cancun. Her photog was Juan and she absolutely loved him! Her pics are beautiful!!

Hey there! Check out "Mrs. Timpone"'s profile. She's my friend and was just married at Dreams Cancun. Her photog was Juan and she absolutely loved him! Her pics are beautiful!!

The pic above was taken outside the restaurant where John and I had our first date, and where he proposed! I'm notorious for not finishing my dinner but ALWAYS ordering dessert. When the waitress brought out the dessert menu, I looked down and realized it was actually a photo album/scrapbook he had made! I cried my eyes out while we looked at it together, then he popped the big question!!!!!!!

Here's my amazingly beautiful engagement ring. Radiant cut in white gold <3

Hey ladies! I'm a RM 2012 bride and am still narrowing down hotels. Does anyone have the price sheet for GBP? I haven't been able to find it on their site. Thanks!

Hey ladies!!!! January 2012 bride over here  We've narrowed it down to Riviera Maya and I think I'm definitely leaning towards Playacar Palace. Seems they have the best bang for your buck and since we are having an AHR, I'm definitely interested in finding the place with the best free package and a la carte add-ons!