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Great pictures... Here is one of the items we are placing in our OOT bags.

We just emailed our planning document to Anel today.

Great to hear... I will be there in about 45 days.

Good Luck hope all goes well

We chose the Divine Package which includes the wedding cake, cocktail hour, reception dinner for up to 25 people. We have 28 people going so it will be around I believe $105 each person over 25 that we have to pay which isn't too bad for us... However if you are having a lot more than 50 people go then the prices could add up really fast. The nice part is that we will basically be paying nothing for our room as it will be one of the free rooms. Our airfare ended up being $810 for the both of us.

This is what we were paying for the resort: Single: $516 for 3 nights; $160 each additional night Double: $403 pp for 3 nights; $123 pp each additional night Triple: $393 pp for 3 nights; $119 pp each additional night Children 3 - 12: $185 for 3 nights; $50 each additional night Children 2 and under: $38 for the whole time. WE did have one guy that booked that had our TA book the hotel and his flight.

Hi Thomas, It really depends on where you are flying out of. I know that our travel agent didn't really book our flights people just booked their own. She was able to get us a good rate on the rooms and was able to get 1 free room per 5 booked. I went with a TA with Wright Travel Agency and she sends me updates when people book and has taken care of everything.

Hi Heather, Just to let you know we received our sashes the other day and they are really nice. I don't know why the eBay link says they are in Hong Kong as they were shipped from Kentucky. We bought 27 aqua and 27 purple.

Hi Heather, We didn't really talk about other decorations yet. We bought the divine package so I'm not sure what all comes with that. Right now we just are looking at the bow ties around the chairs. I found one of the websites somewhere on this thread I will see if I can't find it again and those came to be about 70 cents per each one, then I found the ones we bought on e-bay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120756237189&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123

We haven't decided on a signature drink yet. I gave my best man the task of trying the different ideas to se what he likes the best ha ha. Things are going pretty well we have 12 rooms reserved and all are booked except for 1 which is supposed to be booked by one of the bridesmaids tomorrow. Currently we have exactly 25 people going and that is how may are included in the packages so thats good that I will not have to incure any other costs. I found some chair sashes for about 61 cents per so I just ordered 30 aqua and 30 purple ones one for the wedding and one for dinner which is a lot better deal than paying $5 per at the resort. No nervousness or anything with yours almost exactly 1 month away?

We are also in the process of completing our planning form. We were almost thinking about doing the cocktail hour on a different night entirely kind of like a meet and greet type migle, but haven't decided yet. The Reception is free drinks anyway and it's anall inclusive resort so thats why we were maybe thinking about doing the cocktail hour on a different night. Are either of you doing a signature drink?

Thank you for all of the information we are at the tequila terrace as well so I'll let people know its prolly not best idea to wear heels

I messed up on the drink name last night was doing too many things at once... Its actually called an Aqua Velva lol I believe the drink was used in a movie. The Aqua is the colors of the Groomsman shirts and the purple is the bridesmaids dresses. I attached color shot.

Hi Sandy, Thank you for the information. It is nice having you on the board so that we get our answers a little sooner. Thank you, Ryan

After looking at the planning info it states this: We offer during the cocktail hour OPEN BAR and everybody can order anything they want for drinks , however sometimes the bride and groom would like have special drink(wedding signature drink) , Do you have a signature drink? , If you do what is it? What are the ingredients? With the word However, it makes me wonder do they still get open bar and can order everything they want, or would then they just serve the wedding sigature drink? I think because of our colors we might use the Blue Valva as our signature drink since's its an aqua blue color. This drink is gin, vodka, blue coraco, mixed and then served over sprite and ice.

Let me know what you come up with maybe I will copy ;-) Our colors are like an aqua blue and purple.. Even though it is not our color I was thinking about doing the Olive Garden Strawberry Fresco but just having it called the Finger Fresco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Rp2xJ2KsA

Any one doing a signature drink?

I have a question, are there only two options for the reception? Beach Terrace or Tequila Terrace? I have read a few comments saying that people thought the Beach terrace was a better option because it wasn’t as close to the restaurants and that the beach terrace was a better location to dance.. what is everyone’s opinion? Thank you, Ryan

They did send me a word document. If you like you could send me your email address and I could send it to you. Thank you, Ryan

Hello all, It has been a long time since I posted but was just able to catch up on all of the new threads. My Fiancée and I was able to start on the planning document last night. Were able to decide on 4 appetizers. I am glad we received the info on the two locations for the reception, I wasn't aware that one of them was so close to the restaurants. My Fiacee tells me that if they had a groomzilla show that I would be on it..

For the Love of the Game Let me start off this story by the following disclaimer: I am not a bride but a groom, and when Jami talks to other people and tells them how I am handling most of the details she says that if there was a groomzilla show that I would be on it. Jami and I were not high school sweethearts, we didn't even know each other or live in the same city. After I graduated from college I was offered a full time position with John Deere but had to move 2 hours away to the Quad Cities. I took the job and away I moved to. John Deere had a softball league for their employees and a few non-employees. One of the teams we played against had Jami on the team. We didn't really start up a conversation but you could tell there was a little flirting going on. Their team ended up beating my team and that was that. A whole year goes by and it is time for softball season again and about our third game into the season our team is undefeated and we play Jami's team again. Jami was playing second base and during the game the umpire made a bad call by calling one of our girls out at second base but Jami dropped the ball and our girl was actually safe at second but the umpire somehow didn't see the drop. Jami's team ends up beating us again because of the bad call. It was the only game we lost in the league that year. I also played in another league and I knew that we needed a girl to sub on our team so I asked Jami after the game if she would be interested to sub on our team and she said yes and I gave her my number to call so that I would have her number. I don’t remember exactly what happened to my phone but I somehow lost Jami's number. Her coach worked at John Deere so I emailed him and said Hey Jami said she would sub for my other softball team but I lost her number. He gave it to me and I texted Jami to see if she could still play. Since she didn't hear from me for so long she made plans to go to Iowa City so she never subbed. A week or two went by and we were sending texts back and forth. I finally asked her if she wanted to hang out and she said yes. We hang out and start to realize we have a lot in common. We both love sports, like the same TV shows, and like the same foods. The one big difference is that I am a Cincinnati Reds and she is a St. Louis Cardinals fan. Normally I wouldn't let this slide but thought I found something special ;-). I ended up quitting my job at John Deere and get a few offers and end up taking the job in Buffalo, NY. Jami moves with me and we bought a house together. We have been in Buffalo now for a year a half and will be getting married May 5,2012 at Now Sapphire.

With our TA our prices did include transfers to and from the airport. With the wedding package we bought we will receive private transportation. I wonder if other resorts have so much turn over as it seems like this one always has a new wedding planner.

http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/thread/74418/now-sapphire-weddings-formerly-paradisus-riviera This is the one I made the first week of July but only 2 people responded. If ours is 5/5/2012 when should we send the save the dAtes?

I tried making one but didn't get much action.

It took less than a week but I don't know for sure when my TA put the request in and received a response as she had a couple days off during that time.