Mufin1785

You have mentioned your Aunt being the person saying that They can not go. Have you spoke with your uncle the one you asked to walk you down the aisle?

I gave my bridesmaids their gifts the morning of my wedding when we were getting ready. But I told them that their jewelry for the wedding was their gift. I included little extras that was a Surprise, monogrammed Champagne flutes, a flower for their hair and a little pocket mirror. I stood in a wedding and bride had a bridal brunch where she took the girls out to brunch and gave them their gift then and that was 2 weeks before the wedding.

Private reception for 28 people $1,820 off resort Better Bouquet $36 Photographer and video $2,450 Extra centerpieces $236

We used HDC Photo they had a nice package and good price and great Turnaround. Here is my pictures from HDC http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=cdb1630feaf1b2df&sid=2AbtmjJu3btXHA They do not photoshop or crop out things the pictures were beautiful and the price was right. But I wish I would have used Katya Nova http://www.katyanovablog.com/

I believe it was called Wedding DJ App it was $1.99 but well worth it as we had created a play-list before and they had a lot of dead silence in between songs.

Yes! Thank you everyone had a great time. some maybe too much fun LOL. We had a great time swimming and dancing on the boat I would recommend a boat reception for anyone having a destination wedding.

We had planned on using our IPod and downloaded a a wedding DJ app which mixed and faded the music together. They had a dinner music section first dance section and then party music section in the app. But our venue endded providing a DJ for us.

Sorry I was not finished Invitations and postage $710 Guest book & pen $50 my total grand total $12,075.00

Here is our final total for our Wedding at Melia Caribe Tropical with reception on La Barcaza Catholic Wedding Ceremony in Gazebo: $920.00 Music Trio $270.00 Horse and carriage $75.00 Bouquet $36.00 Parasols $60.00 Brides Attire: $520.00 Grooms Attire: $40.00 Bridesmaids Attire $340.00 Groomsmen Attire $352.00 Sand Ceremony Kit $36 Cake part of Package boutinere part of package Extra guests $96 Reception $1820.00 Photgrapher and Video $2450.00 Reharsal Dinner part of Package Airfare for me and hasband $1470 5 night resort Stay $2350 Welcome Bags $245 Cake Topper and cake decoations

Our first Dance was "Lucky" Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat

Sample dresses come as is.

A two tier cake botton 10" and top 6" will feed 35 guests of course this depends how large you cut each piece. I think you could do a 1 layer cake at 12" and it be enough.

http://www.krystieann.com/ I used Krystie Ann she was great she did my hair and make-up!

we used the grill menu. food was great

Thank you! I am happy with my pictures and my dress. I can't wait to wear it again at my AHR

We packed the kits for ourselves as well not sure about our guests but we used the following out of our Kit: Bandaids- the first day my flip flops cut my foot Aloe - My hubby got sun brunt on the 2nd to last day Pepto - we both had a little stomach issue on separate nights but no big deal Hair elastic - I always loose these things Lip Balm with SPF- we used ours everyday and I know that few guests also used it Advil - I had a headache the second night What we didn't use Dramamine Anti bacterial wipes (used at least by one guests, my sister's ear piercing had closed and my hubby's sister (who is a nurse) use it to sterilize a needle to re pierce her ear so she could wear the BM's Jewelry) tums I wish we had put neosporin in the kits

I think it is your guests perception if it is tacky or not. We had a tradition registry and Honeymoon Registry. Sadly only one person got us something off our honeymoon registry. We live in a one bedroom Condo and do not have room for any more stuff. Now that our wedding is over I "hate" my condo because it is overflowing with stuff and we still need a couple of more years to save for the house.

I ordered my BM dresses online and everything worked out my bridesmaids did not care as I paid for the dresses

Our wedding was February 9, 2013 at the Melia Caribe Tropical Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. We had 26 friends and family members travel from New Orleans, Maryland, Arizona and Texas. It was the best time of our lives and the wedding day was the best day of our lives. We would not change one single thing (maybe have the groomsmen kept their pants on). I’d also like to thank everyone on this forum. I could never have planned this wedding without the ideas, creativity, and support on this forum. Resort A- The Melia Caribe Tropical resort is absolutely beautiful. It is a very large resort plenty for everyone to do. We were upgraded to a Royal Beach Suite upon Arrival. Check-in/Guest Rooms B- We arrived on February 6th at about 4pm. The rest of group arrived February 7th at 4pm, with a few with a check-in on February 8th. We waited to greet our guests with welcome bags. We booked a room block over a year in advance but our guests were spread out throughout the resort, it was disappointing. Welcome Dinner A+ We held a welcome dinner the day after everyone arrived at the Dominican Restaurant, which has a large semi-private room to accommodate a large group. We gave decoration to our wedding coordinator and she set them up beautifully! Food was ok at the Dominican restaurant not the greatest. We had a Mardi Gras themed welcome dinner. Melia Wedding Coordinator A++ Our wedding coordinator was Heniciy Santana .we gave her all thing for our ceremony and she set-up for us bride and groom signs for the chairs, fans for the chairs and our sand ceremony. She also made sure our cake was delivered to the La Barcaza. The Wedding A++ Our wedding was magical. We chose the Melia wedding package. Which is the “free†package. But it is only for 12 people so we had to pay extra for champagne and cake for the rest of our guests, but she only charged us for 4 extra guests. We did a Catholic ceremony; I was not impressed with the priest. . We did a sand ceremony also, which was beautiful. Ceremony lasted about 30 minutes. Melia Garden Gazebo - A++ We chose to hold our wedding in the garden gazebo which is one of the reasons I chose Melia because I loved their Gazebo. We chose the garden location for the beauty of the gazebo and for the privacy. They decorated the gazebo with fresh flower arches which were really pretty. There is also a nice “aisle†where you go over a little bridge to get to the gazebo. I highly recommend this site for weddings at the Melia. Musical Trio B We chose to hire the musical trio to play the processional music and they also played for about an hour, during champagne and photos. I barely noticed the musical trio! Everyone else seemed to love them They played Cannon in D for my bridesmaids and for me. La Barcaza A+ I was nervous about this because they had switched owners before my wedding date, but everything was great. OMG! I don’t think I will be able to do this justice in words. It was amazing and made our wedding the spectacular event that it was. La Barcaza is a small yacht that you can rent. We rented it for 3 hours for our reception. It has a top deck with lounge sofas and the lower deck they set up for dinner. They set up our dinner with 4 large square tables of 8. The way the tables were set up made for a very intimate feel. Dinner was served during sunset – incredible. The food was delicious!! Grilled chicken, beef and veggies. When dinner was over, we cut our cake, then they moved the tables and we did our first dances and then PARTIED!! We brought our own music on an iPod, and they had a doc for their speakers, but to our surprise they had a DJ, which was great. I am telling you – our reception was incredible, awesome, wonderful and amazing. It was so nice to do something a little bit different. They doc the boat at this “natural swimming pool†That’s right, I went swimming on my wedding day! I took off my dress, handed it to my mom and hoped in the water. It was so much fun. When I got out, I towel dried off and changed dresses! Flowers B+ I went with the white roses and added 6 orchids it was $36 extra. My colors were orange and pink they wrapped the stems in pink and orange ribbon which looked nice. The bridesmaids had parasols. For my centerpieces on the La Barcaza I used Caribbean Celebrations which I was very happy with and received my compliments The Cake A++ The cake was beautiful and YUMMY! And beautiful! They added flowers and it was 3 tiers. It was vanilla with Guava filling, the boat served it with fresh pineapple. I brought the cake topper and starfish from home. Photographer B We did not use the resort photographer. We hired Arnaud Brichet from HDC Photo – Punta Cana Wedding Photographer. He was incredible!!!! He was so sweet and made us feel instantly at ease. Posing for all those photos is not the most natural thing in the world, but he made us feel so good. The pictures were great but they do not use Photoshop as they are some great pictures that were ruined by having an iron in the background of the videographer equipment. They do have a very quick turnaround with the photos which is great. The Video had songs my husband and I did not care for, but Arnaud said we could change it but it would take a long time, I wish he would have told us to pick 4 songs beforehand. Hair and Make-up A We did not use the Spa we hired Krystie Ann and she did myself and 4 Bridesmaids hair and Make-up in our room we ordered room service and champagne and were able to relax. It was great and she did a great job!

We rented them from Al's formal wear they were $79.99 each and had a 10 day rental

We booked 4:30 - 7:30