rafaelchloe

They were pretty good they did my aunts hair and makeup as I brought an outside vendor for my hair and makeup and for my bridesmaids but since my package came with a free make up and hair I let my aunt use it and she looked fine.

Hi ladies I got married on October of 2012 at riu palace punta cana and I can tell you that you have nothing to worry about, I had exactly 196 guests at my wedding and yes there were some hiccups but they were minimal basically seating arrangements because of the set up of the steakhouse (private reception), I had magnolia as my wedding coordinator and I can tell you she is great! She answered my emails and crazy demands a year before the wedding, she was very patient and there was nothing that she would not do. I understand that now she is at the sister resort but still does weddings here, I would have loved to have my guests stay at the new resort but they were still under construction. It does tend to be a little pricy if you start adding stuff, flowers, linens etc. I spared no expense even bringing in a well known band to play at the wedding being that this was my request and the hotel had never had a band of this type play here they never told me no! They were so friendly and courteous, all my guests and I felt like kings and queens for the week! My package came with makeup and hair which I didn't use as I had booked an outside vendor for this, they were very accommodating and even gave me another room so they can do all my bridal parties hair and makeup no charge for this. Food for the wedding was amazing, wedding cake was amazing as well, for flowers I choose very tall simple center pieces, for bridemaids bouquets and buttoiners I had a family member bring them from a local florist as y family are Dominican, magnolia arranged them for me without a problem and set them how I wanted , I brought a lot of stuff from ny that i had shipped prior, from plate charges to all my stuff for my welcome bags, liquor for the wedding was also supplied by us. One suggestion that I have maybe this just happened to me because I had so many guests, a lot of my welcome bags went missing from reception as I gave it to them so they can hand to my guests upon check-in, I started getting complaints from my guests that they didn't receive their bags, when I questioned them they had no cue what I was talking about, I used the videographer from the hotel, I beleive it's Antillana, and they were horrible! The guy that was recording got sick and didn't record very important things, the actual DVD only played in my lab top no where else, it took me almost a year to get another one back. If you have any more questions I can answer and send you pics, email me at [email protected]. Happy planning

hi happy planning to you i am getting married on oct 14, 2011 at riu palace also!! how cool!