janette34

They could walk, but I wouldn't recommend it, it's pretty far from the Presidential location to any of the bars, except for the Disco, which won't be open. We paid extra to have the lounge furniture set up so our guests would have a place to sit. We probably spent about an hour doing pictures and my guests enjoyed the appetizers and champagne and just mingled.

Not really OOT bag items, but Haute Look has some great décor on sale right now and they ship to Canada, with a flat rate shipping fee. I've ordered from them a few times and have always had great luck. This a member's only site so anyone who wants an invite can use this link http://www.hautelook.com/invite/JThompson3115

I also used the DJ provided by the resort, I was scared as many other past brides have said they were horrible. I guess I got lucky b/c the guy we had was great, he played a nice mix of music some really current stuff as well as some great oldies.

Yes it is. Feel free to send me your address & I can get a quote for shipping.

You could do what I did, go to your local dollar store and buy sleeves of trading card protectors, bring them home and use a hole punch to put a hole in them and then use the luggage straps to slip thru. I'm also from Canada so I feel your pain! I purchased clear luggage straps from Ebay I think I got 100 for about $6 and the trading card sleeves (hard, rigid plastic) were 10 for $1. I just used Word and made my own custom tags to put inside the sleeve.

The bridesmaid dress was on clearance for $49 at a wedding show, I belive it was an Alfred Sung dress.

HP Deskjet All in One F4280, the only thing I had problem with was the ink smudging on the pearlized paper, had to let everything sit for a long time to dry completely.

Did you change the printer settings to cardstock? I had the same problem until I played around with the settings. I have an HP printer and mine kept jamming until I found a setting that worked.

I have an odd request for any upcoming brides who are going to the Grand Sirenis in the next few weeks. Can someone please take some pictures of the wedding coordinators office? When I was married there last year they asked if they could bring in an outside photographer to take some pictures to use for marketing purposes and I'm curious to know if they used any from my wedding.

I had 9 people for the airport transfer as my documents stated 10 people were included, when the van pulled up it only had seating for 8 so they had to call for another, not a big deal the other van arrived in only a couple of minutes. They may have changed it from 10 to 8 so they would only need to use 1 van rather than 2.

I had the presidential package, but did not get the presidential suite (my own fault, I only upgraded about 2 to 3 months before the wedding). We were given a room in bldg. 19, right on the beach. I had stayed at the resort before so I knew what a reg. room was like and our room in bldg 19 was much nicer. Our balcony overlooked the beach, we had a nice little sitting area, 2 flat screen tvs, computer with internet (great for checking for updates from our photographer), a nicer bathroom and the furnishings were updated. I saw pics of the presidential suite on here and yes it is nicer than the room we received but we barely spent any time in it anyway so it wasn't an issue for us.

No, I just gave them a list with table numbers and guests.

The tables that were used at the palapa for my reception were round and could fit 6 to 8 people, 9 if I really wanted to squish them in.

I can't help with the 2014 pricing, but I can answer a few of your questions. The palapa is available for 4 hours, you can have it for more but they will charge you per guest for the bartender and per hour for the DJ. I don't belive the hours are specified, you can schedule your dinner/reception for the time you want. You can eat there depending on the size of your group, I had 35 people and there was plenty of room. In the case of bad weather there is a back up location, I believe it was somewhere inside the spa. The location of the palapa is away from all other areas of the resort, except the disco.

I used the resort DJ and was totally happy with the guy I got. I didn't request anything in particular and he played a lot of current songs that got my group up and dancing. He didn't do any speaking but that may have been due to the fact one of our guests became the unofficial MC for the evening. The sound equipment was fine for our needs, they provided a microphone for the speeches.

The presidential package includes the private beach location out by the disco. It's worth going with the presidential package just to have the palapa and all the other perks that go along with it - upgraded suite, spa treatments, etc.

I wouldn't stress too much about it. You will meet with your wedding coordinator for about 3 hours once you arrive and go over all the details. You should take all your decorations, favors, music, etc with you to the meeting. Make sure you have a seating plan done with menu choices if necessary and the rest will fall into place.

Pink linens and pink sashes have been sold, orange still available.

I bought one of these pouches last year at my local dollarama - I never used it for my camera, but had lots of other things in it and nothing got wet. I think they were $2 when I got mine last spring.

Have you considered the Ocean Turquesa? It's in the area, all inclusive and family friendly. When I was there it was pretty laid back and quiet.

Yup, I know all about this one! I packed them after spending hours making my own DIY tags for them and they never made it to Mexico. They called for me over the PA at the airport before we boarded, took me inside a little room while I watched them open my luggage. They took the sparklers but were very nice about the whole thing even offering to let me remove the tags so I could buy new sparklers once we got to Mexico.

When I try to send a PM I get the message "No Message Entered" although it is there. When I click on the person's profile to send a PM I get an error saying "Not Available At this time". On the homepage I can not see any posts other than the most recent when I click the button to see more nothing happens.

I had to pay an extra $40 per person for a plated meal (only 10 guests were included) the cost is for the extra staff they need to have on hand to do private functions or at least that is what I was told.