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Yes - we had a completely private reception poolside. The dinner had to be buffet style which was fine by us - we weren't there to be formal. Just to have fun. The food was amazing anyway. The price we paid for the reception was expensive. They charged us $3130 USD for the poolside reception which included the dinner...bar...and DJ with lights etc. We even had to pay an extra $700 to extend it to 11:00pm. I guess I can't really complain much tho because everything was perfect.

Thank you thank you!! yes we actually ended up talking to the taxi driver who took us to Tulum ruins for our engagement shoot. My photographer told him the things he was looking for (shallow areas, but not too dark..etc) and he suggested Casa Cenote - even took a lil detour to show us and we didn't like it too much - so then he suggested the Dos Ojos cenotes and they were perfect. The only poopy part was that it cost us $100USD to go in to take professional pics. But given how well they turned out - I'm not complaining.

HOLA EVERYONE!!! JUST got back last night!!! I'll post a FULL - detailed review in a few days once i've made my way through the mountains of laundry - ha ha - but I'll give a mini general overall review now.. THE WEDDING WAS PERFECT!!! It could not have gone ANY better! I had Jazmin as my WC - as I got married on the Tulum beach and had a private poolside dinner/reception. Jazmin was AMAZING!!! I know alllll the other brides have said the same thing and I will attest that they ar 100% true. These ladies know what they're doing - so any concerns you may have will float away once you get down there. Also - to clear up a few things regarding the resort photographers. Everyone is under the impression that GBP is the reason for the restrictions on outside photographers...THIS IS NOT TRUE!!! When I had my meeting with Jazmin - she literally said - I don't care who you have for a photographer...its Arrecife that is the issue. As mentioned before...you do have to sign a sheet declining their services and Jazmin did warn us that Arrecife might show up the wedding day to poke their noses around and ask questions about who was taking pics etc. They never did - which was good. But she said if they did - just to tell them we didn't like their pics on Facebook so we don't want them. LOL - no joke. We did in fact bring our own photographer from Canada and he was with us for the entire week so even if Arrecife had gotten pissy - they couldnt do a thing about it. So for those of you who are reluctant to use Arrecife - don't feel obligated to! If you want to bring your own - then bring your own!! The 5 day stay rule is however true. I will get into more details about everything else in my review but I wanted to set the record straight on the photography issue. Here's a couple teaser pics in the meantime!! (Tulum engagement session, wedding day, and TTD) ANY QUESTIONS FIRE AWAY!!!!

JUST got back last night and we did book the mariachi band for when our ceremony finished - TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!!

Outta here in just a few hours ladies! I promise I'll post allllll about it when I get back!!!

Its a big 48 page file - but this is the most up to date Floral catalogue I have Hope it works! CATALOGO SAC NAH flores novias.pdf

I think you can pick them up - not 100% sure tho - don't quote me on it. I do believe he's in Playa del carmen - which is only about a 20-30 min drive from the resort - so ya - you can get your dad's to take a cab down to get them for sure - **IF thats where he is - ha ha Again - i'm not 100% sure - so I would email and ask Marvin

Well if you don't care much about flowers and the resort offers ones you like - then i would use them because you'll prob get a lot included with your package. Unfortunately for me - none of the ones that were included in the package were what i wanted - so i was going to have to pay over and above. What i did was send the exact pics above to Jazmin (my WC at the resort) and got her to quote me and send the exact same pics to Marvin and got his quote. There was literally $1000 difference in the grand total with Marvin. I can't remember what the prices were (per flower) from the resort - but Marvin is charging me only $190 for my bouquet and the resort was like $500-something - no joke For the boutonnieres and corsages they were fairly similar - Marvin is charging around $20-$25 per Bridesmaids bouquets with Marvin are only $75 - and the resort was chargin over $100 You do have to pay $100 USD for deliver to the resort BUT you don't have to pay a vendor fee because he's just delivering - not really coming onto the resort. I'm having to pay a vendor fee for my hair and makeup people but thats all

Thanks! and you're welcome!

Depends on what kind of flowers you want. If the resort provides what you want then you're all good - especially if your wedding package includes flowers. If you're wanting more extravagant flowers like Orchids...the resort can and will get them for you - however it will cost you quite a lot I'm using Maya Diseno Floral - Marvin's prices were SO much better than what the resort quoted me. You don't HAVE to use an outside florist - but it's really up to you - what you want and how much you wish to spend

ha ha - no worries! Yep - just sent Marvin pics of a singular green cymbidium orchid and told him i wanted them for the cake. He actually sent me samples of centerpieces and I chose from the pics..changed up a couple flowers and he was more than accommodating. I've got the blissfull love package - and I honestly don't even know what flowers come with that. But I do know that for the 'bride's bouquet' - I just ordered what flowers I knew were included - and i'll be using that as my 'throw bouquet'. As far as the other flowers that are included - I havent discussed any with Jazmin - Maybe we'll do that when we meet - if not - I guess that means i'm foregoing them - ha ha All i care about is that I get the ones i ordered from Marvin. Yes - he's scheduled to deliver them the morning of the wedding. He does have a delivery fee - its $100USD which is definitely steep - but again - I still saved SO much money by using him rather than the resort. Here's what Ive ordered - pics I sent to Marvin Boutonniers Corsages Bridesmaids bouquets with the dark purple calla lilies My bouquet

Sure am! ordered extra!!