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Everything looked like it turned out wonderful! Thank you for the guest book idea, i will be using some of your questions!

Everything is so wonderful! Where did you get the starfish pieces for the cake table from?

Everything looked great! I loved the water bottle idea!

Everything looked amazing! Congrats

Everything looks great! Thank you very much for your temps!

Great thread! Thanks for sharing your ideas, I just may borrow a few!

So many great ideas! IT all looked amazing!

Everything looked amazing! i love the program you made, how cute!!

What a beautiful wedding! It makes me want to go to that resort!~ I loved the wine cork idea!

Great job! thank you for the lantern info!

WOW! You did so much! Everything looks great!

Congrats! i love the idea of luggage tags for the table seating!

Great Job! Everything looked fantastic! Thank you for the heads up on Studio Suits, we are looking for linen pants for all 9 of our grooms men now!

Your wedding looked so wonderful! Thanks for sharing your templates, and you do such amazing work!

Everything sounds so lovely! I really need to be able to open these attachments, I want to see your pics!!

Thank you so much for the details Cry's mom! I do have a question...If i opted to not pay the $15.00 per person for the bar located at the pool, is the other bar that is located one flight up an actual bar that you would sit down in, or is it a stand alone bar that you would stop by and grab a drink from? Do you think that it would be convenient enough to send my guests to instead of having them set up the bar that is already located at the pool? Thanks!!

HAPPY WEDDING DAY Michelle!!!! Congrats!! Enjoy your Cabo trip, and let us know how all of your fabulous details worked out!! (with tons of pictures of course!)

I love your dress Mishele!!

Hi Mischele! I just wanted to say hi, and let you know how excited I am! I had originally wanted the Baja Norte, then I changed my mind (mostly because the FI didn’t want to spend so much) so we decided to have a private dinner on the steakhouse terrace to save some money. Well, after much convincing, we are going back with the baja norte!! I also feel much better about it, since Adriana can somehow book it now, and I don’t have to wait until 2 months before to find out what restaurants are open for us to choose from. ( I am super crazy planner chick and can’t stand not knowing things!) The baja norte is also so much more of what I imagined of having for my destination wedding since its outside, and poolside. I love the lights that they hang, and I am definitely going to bring paper lanterns and make them hang them on the light strings. They come with batteries…I am wondering if the WC thought that you meant paper lanterns on a light string before when you asked if you could have them? I know you said that her reasoning for saying no was because there was no room for them correct? So I wanted to know if you have spoken to the WC about menu choices yet? I have an older menu for the private/per person selections but I don’t know if they will change for 2012, especially since they say “prices effective until 2010†so I know they are old. Do you know if they set up a bar right out by the pool for us, or if they use one that is already out there? What time is your reception starting? I know the sun sets at 6:30 the day of our wedding, so I am just a tad worried that there will still be a few people hanging out by the pool till 5:30 or so, I am hoping that after the sun sets there won’t be anyone around. Sorry for all of the questions! Happy planning!! By the way, I got my dress last night! -Kary

Hi Crys! Just wanted to say thank you for the update! Your pictures look great! Congrats on the wedding!!! So glad everything turned out so nicely

Hi Michey, Thanks for the heads up...$350, WOW! Are you just shipping the stuff to the WC? Did she say how long it would take to arrive? The date is getting closer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very exciting!! Do you have everything all set? -Kary

Hi Lcbarnes, Welcome! This blog is super helpful, and you will find a ton of great ideas I am getting married at the Riu on 5-12-12…I can’t answer all of your questions, but I would love to try and help. Have you ever been to the RIU? I also booked the Royal package, I just felt the caprice was too much and I am not using the hotel for my nails, makeup or hair anyways. That is great that you found a good travel agent. My TA started us out with just a land only rate since the airfare changes daily and it was also good for 60 days. We didn’t get enough people to book and she wanted us to put down the $2,000.00 deposit ourselves to hold the rate. Well my party wasn’t booking, so we said we wanted to switch the company to Apple Vacations and use someone that could give us land and air rates. That seemed to help a little; we now have 16 people booked. Who is your wedding coordinator? I have Adriana, she is great. Although my wedding isn’t until May, I am crazy and I need to have as many details in place as possible. She has been really great about getting back to me. I have requested info on the flowers, and with your Royal package you get: 2 medium flower arrangements ( I am guessing for centerpieces?) Regular size bouquet (bride) 1 bag of flower petals & Groom Boutonniere. Type of flowers included: Roses, Gerber daisies, daisies, star lilies and greenery. I guess you pay extra for exotic flowers like callalies and orchids. The florist’s website is www.floreriatreboles.com Just an FYI, all the extra prices for the flowers are pretty expensive. I have 9 bridesmaids so I may end up making their bouquets before I leave since they are $65.00 apiece through the resort. I am using Suzanne Morel for my hair and makeup. It’s expensive, ($230.00 American with tax and tip included) however, I would rather be happy than worried and I have read only great things about her staff. For the semi-private dinner I believe you only get the restaurant for 2 hours, with reservations at either 6:45 or 8:45. To be honest, you will find that finding out the answers to several questions like how many people you can have/costs/menu choices has been frustrating to me. I believe if you have under 40 (it could be 50 now) you can have the semi-private dinner. I also think that you have to go with the set menu. I think if you wanted to order off of their private menu, you would have to pay per person. Also know that with their dinners, they only include beer, wine and pop. It doesn’t include liquor, that is a $15.00/per person fee that you have to pay. You also can’t have music at the semi-private dinner. I originally thought that the champagne they speak about was for toasting at the dinner reception, but Crys just got married there and they toasted after the ceremony. Sorry I can’t answer everything, but I look forward to planning our weddings! Keep me updated on your plans! -Kary

Hi! I feel you, our wedding is 5-12-12 and we only have 4 friends booked, and the rest is family. Are you using a travel agent? We are using one, and originally gave our guests land only pricing. No one booked at all with that, so now we gave our guests land and air. It seemed to help a little bit, most people keep talking about booking. I know when we attended a Jamaica wedding in March last year we didn't book until January, so maybe people are just taking their time. It is annoying though, I want to order everything now!! And you can't do that until you have an idea of how many people are coming!

Thank you for all of your pics! Your DYI stuff was very cute.

Thank you so much for your review~ ! I am so excited to utilize your templets, thank you so much!!