I'm a newbie too!!! We just booked our wedding date for May 10, 2013. We decided on the RIU Las Amercias because the price is pretty reasonable and we wanted our friends and family to come. Some of are guest have said they'll come if we can keep the expenses under $1,000.00 per person for 3 or 4 nights. I think that limited our choices. You can search for DIY ideas on here, but I found it easier to go to Pinterest and search for wedding (Save the date, programs, or anything else to do with a wedding) ideas. A lot of the pics are from this site and it'll redirect you back to here.. If you find out any ideas or tricks-of-the-trade please feel free to share them with me.