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Davids Bridal just announced they are now carrying convertible bridesmaid dresses.

What I'm considering in terms of dress styles are all in champagne or pink. Definitely want something with colour!!

From everything I've seen, there are no hard and fast rules for destination weddings, and you can wear just about whatever you want!! Obviously for temperature concerns, you wouldn't want a great big multi layer full on satin ball gown (then again maybe someone would!! lol) but you get my drift. You want to be comfortable first of all, and yes look exactly like you dreamed so whatever works for you..... who cares what others think. If you take the time to look through photos on this site you'll see that the dresses run the full gamut of what's out there. So wear what you love and love what you wear!! The choice is completely yours!!! Good luck!!

@081114OVCUBA Hi. I just send you a message as regards posting your resort review.

I think it all depends on whether this is family or not. If it's cousins and one is invited, it's definitely rude not to invite others, even if they are people you don't talk to. It's more rude to exclude than include, and a lot of times if it's someone you dont' talk to they will decline anyway. But at least you took the high road and were polite enough to ask. If it's friends of someone else, my vote is no go. So what if everyone knows them. That doesn't mean they're family and if they aren't your besties, then step outta the line. I wouldn't be pressured into inviting people that someone else knows. If you aren't close enough to them to actually put them on YOUR invited guest list and if they weren't close enough to parents to put them on THEIR invited guest list, then they shouldn't be included, and I would say sorry. No can do. Just my 2 cents......

That's what mine is too. Canon Pixma and yep - I've done quite a bit and the cartridges do last quite a while. A word of caution..... Try to buy and use the Canon ink. If you go and buy the no name stuff, you'll void your printer warranty immediately and if anything goes wrong, you're stuck. But I've had no trouble with mine at all and it's about 6 years old now. I buy my ink at Sam's Club in the US because the prices are good, but you can absolutely buy at Costco, or even Walmart as long as you buy the Canon ink. The only think I found with the cardstock so far is that the colours are off just slightly, and I think it's because the cardstock takes so much more ink. My shades are just a smidgen darker than what I expected but nothing that I'm upset about at all.

Canon make excellent printers. We have 3 and do a lot with them - photos, documents. I've just done samples of my door cards, our key holder card and the little tags I want to add to maracas. So far so good, and I used 110lb cardstock. The printer handled it all ok with just holding on to the edge of the cardstock to ensure it feeds properly. I don't know yet if it will be heavy on ink, but with all the photos we print and other stuff, I don't find it's hard on ink at all.

I want to deal with Styling Trio so will be going to them. I like everythng I've heard.

Georgeous! Who did you have do them for you? Your date is really, really close!!

Oh my goodness..... your thread is incredible!! I've loved reading it. Your writing is great and cute to read and I love your ideas. I've been back and forth a dozen times over resorts, and after reading, reading and more reading, I'm looking at Riu Palace Mexico. lol it's funny because their remodelling and bright colours are one of the things I love!! But I'm looking at our renewal off site since we will be a very, very small group - max of 10. I have to admit that some of the review of RPRM made me a little nervous but it looks like a great resort!!

All the things I've read here over the last almost 4 years say that if you can get airbrushing, do it. It makes a big difference if you're getting married at a time of year that is really humid. It does last longer and the coverage is supposed to be awesome! I'm going to do it. I was ok with my make up when we got married but it definitely was done before the end of the day. If we're able to go ahead with our plans next year, I want Styling Trio and the airbrushing for sure!

Gorgeous dress! Congrats on the upcoming wedding! I'm sure you'll find someone to buy both! Good luck!

Congrats and welcome to the site! This is a great place for you to start your planning journey, and there are a lot of DR brides here. Choosing your resort will probably be your biggest challenge, and without a doubt a good TA will be your best time investment. A travel agent will help your guests with their questions rather than contacting you, which will free up your time for your other planning details. @@kmk2016 is right in that a DW has a way of paring down a large guest list, but if you're only looking at a 3 day stay, you definitely could end up with a large number of guests. Canadian trips tend to run an entire week but from what I've seen here, US travellers will definitely go with just a long weekend. Wright Travel would definitely be able to provide you with information that might make choosing your resort much easier. They are DW specialists and have cultivated relationships with some great resort chains. Some resorts also offer perks for group travel, so that's additional information that Wright will be able to help you out with. Here is the link to contact them: http://wrighttravelagency.com/inquiry/ Good luck and happy planning!

it's always nice to hear when someone is happy with what they bought! and thanks for the "recommend" too!!!

uuummmmmmm we're retiring to costa rica. who told who about snakes??????? please! I CANNOT retire there if there are snakes...... what about Belize and Panama? anyone been there? that's the other 2 options but costa rica is number one. we're already looking at a new condo there to buy but it will be bye bye costa rica if there are snakes!

Have you looked at http://www.preownedweddingdresses.com/ You can specifiy new dresses rather than used. A lot of bridal salons will sell their sample dresses, or brides that have bought a dress and changed their mind. You can get some fabulous pricing if you look. Then you could always go into a store, try a dress on and see how the fit is, and if you like it then buy it online from the site. Good luck.

Oh my gosh I'm so sorry to hear that. So what are you going to do? Have a full wedding at home instead? A trash the dress would be a really fun thing to do. Why don't you talk to your photographer about it and see what they suggest? Rather than cancelling the photographer completely, you could do a few shots in your dress, then lead into a TTD session. Good luck and keep us posted!

Now there you're getting into a totally different situation, and that can really get awkward. Our AHR was no kids, but only because we have grandchildren, and it was my husband that said no. He felt that we should enjoy our party and he knew darned well that I would have at least one kid in my arms if we did allow them. The other thing, I have grandsons that can be "hell on wheels" sometimes. They aren't properly watched and controlled and don't have manners at all. Our room had floor to ceiling windows along one entire wall and we really were afraid that if the boys got tearing around the way they usually do that there would be some kind of accident, and we just weren't prepared to allow it. So we said no kids. Everyone made their respective arrangements and it all worked out just find. But absolutely you will get people that think "oh no not my kids". That is where you will need to make some decisions. If they show up with the kids what do you do? I would advise being forthright and up front that there will not be place settings for children. A word of warning though.... you're going to get kids. Maybe set up a separate room where there is a babysitting service? Or individually talk to the parents that you know will try and bring them and be honest and up front and say "we're really sorry but we've made the decision to not have children as part of our wedding. we understand if that means you won't be able to make it but it's the decision we've made". then stick to it. Don't turn around and have a ring bearer and flower girl because you're just insulting your guests. Good luck!! I'm glad we didn't have to deal with this!!

Several things off the top..... Can you afford to help them out with any of the costs? Are you having a legal wedding or symbolic one? If it's symbolic you don't need a bridal party anyway since witnesses aren't required. Are you going to run into hurt feelings if you don't include everyone in the bridal party or could you pick just a couple and everyone is ok with it?

No way!! You book someplace else, you pay your own way! And like @@kmk2016 said, after negotiating a group rate they decide to go someplace else, then nah nah not a chance. Pay up. My only exception would be if for some reason I chose an adults only resort and there was someone coming with children that had to stay at another resort. Then I might pay for their sitter or something and help with the day pass. Otherwise, that's just rude in my mind. I agree with you - I'd be annoyed too!!

Oh I love those!! Especially the little heart!

My inlaws have been there a couple of times because they do these cruises that are sometimes 60 days long and it's someplace that they really love. I think 9 days would be great, and enough time. What an awesome honeymoon!!

It's a very difficult situation. And I've said before, we want everyone to be as happy about it all as we are. I mean really... beautiful beaches, tropical drinks, sunshine. What more could you ask for? And adding the romance of a wedding to all of that and it's almost magical. The tough part with friends is that you can get into jealousy too. And you may not even realize that's what it is. Then there are people that just plain out resent the fact that you're even asking them to spend money to attend your wedding. It's not that they don't have it, they just don't want to spend that much on you!! There are just a myriad of reasons why some people won't attend, and some of them just stick in your craw. They're people that you think you can count on, or that you've gone out of your way for. Whatever it is, it just bites. But there isn't anything you can do about it, and sometimes you need to sleep on it for a couple of nights then wake up and realize that it is what it is. When all of our plans fell apart, it nearly split my husband and I up after almost 10 years together. We argued about how people were behaving, or things that had been said. He finally put his foot down and said we're going ahead with the plans that we want and have worked for and screw everyone else. And walking down the aisle towards him, I realized that was what it was and should have been all about from the get go. I will say, when we walked into the restaurant where we had our little reception dinner, it hit home that we were all by ourselves and in a small way it made me angry. We had people that backed out only because others had, and they were afraid it was going to cost them more than what our group rate had been. In the end we got the last laugh. We had a great time in Jamaica, we got married the way we wanted to and we ended up paying $300 less per person than what the group rate was because we booked just 2 months before. Sometimes I think in planning a wedding we lose sight of what the real idea of it is. Would I do it over if we could go back and have a few people there? Maybe. I'm not really sure. I know if we get lucky enough with circumstances that we can plan a vow renewal next year I hope the people that have said they want to go actually do go. After what happened with our wedding I'm not holding my breath. And if it means I again make the walk by myself towards the man that means more than anything in the world to me to say thank you to him for all his support over the last couple of years with all the hospital stays and doctor visits and everything we've beent through, then that's exactly what I'll do. lol besides...... having people watching you is highly overrated!!

Just as an FYI, Canadian Tire sometimes puts luggage on sale and you can get suitcase sets (2 or 3 inside 1) for as low as $39 if you catch the really good sales. It's the exact kind of of stuf that you could take and leave behind. Air Transat too don't count a wedding dress. It's an extra they allow.

You could try the Buy Sell Trade forums and see if there is anything there. Just do a search in the search bar at the top.