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Hey! You can see the pictures if you go to the top of the website and click on "IMAGES". There is an album in there from "Erin" and I think it's titled "RIU Palace". Let me know if you can't find it.

Hello RIU Palace Brides! Thanks for starting this thread, I think we have a few others...I can't keep up I am getting married RIU Palace Cabo Sat. May 11, 2013. 4 months! Getting nervous that we may have over 50 guests, but hoping not more than 65. 25 booked right now Kylene is my coordinater; I pretty much have all the info I need thanks to this site! I haven't really emailed her too much. Colors: Coral, Ivory, Turquoise/Aqua Hair: Suzanne Morel; Makeup: My cousin is a makeup artist Photography: Gilda Badillo Videographer: Jorge Ibarra Wedding Attire: Done! Save the Dates: Done! Did the boarding pass template through zazzle.com; Invitations: Designs by MK--she will work with you on designs and is affordable. I found her through this site. Still need to: Figure out music (DJ, playlist). And all the things you can't do until 2 months before(Flowers, reception site). We are looking at Baja Norte for the reception and doing a free welcome party in the Piano Bar on Thurs night. The rehearsal dinner will be a sunset cruise probably through Sunrider. (Cabo Mar was booked already). We have planned activities Thurs(Welcome drinks), Fri(Rehearsal), and Sat(wedding). That's it so guests can then enjoy their vacation too I think that's it! Best of luck to all of those planning. I'm sure I will have more questions as we go!

Congrats! We are doing our honeymoon in Isla (wedding in Cabo). I can't wait to go to Isla, I have heard wonderful things about it! Best of luck to you, and hoping you don't fall off the cliff! haha

Hi! I'm getting married at Riu Palace Cabo in May! When are your weddings? I emailed Kylene about sky lanterns (assuming these are the same as wish lanterns---the ones you light up and set off into the sky?) and she said they do NOT allow these. She didn't really give an explanation. Hope this helps. Happy Planning!

My wedding coordinator is Kylene...I guess its too soon to say whether she is good or bad since they really wont talk to you until 2 months before the wedding...that's why this forum is so helpful! I can email you the pricing info someone sent to me if you PM your email address to me...not sure if it will change by August or not....

Hi, does anyone have a pre-travel brouchure they did for Cabo? I can't open templates yet so haven't had much luck. Please PM me if you have one you can email me: [email protected]. Thanks so much!!

Hi All, We are actually doing a dinner cruise through cabo mar. It's supposed to be a fun atmosphere with dancing, drinks and food. I've heard there is a whale watching excursion that is pretty cool. The guys are planning to do golfing and fishing as well.

Here is what ours said...we added an insert with the invitation and rsvp detailing the events of the weekend. It is about the size of an RSVP card and turned out really cute! On the RSVP card we asked for RSVP's for the wedding, rehearsal dinner, and at home reception. Insert 2: Special Events We look forward to celebrating with you! All wedding guests are invited to our special events. Scheduled events officially begin Thursday, May 9th and continue through Sunday, May 11th. Welcome Reception Thursday, May 9th 8:00 P.M. Piano Bar, Resort Name Casual Attire Rehearsal Dinner Friday, May 10th 7:00 PM Dinner cruise, details TBA Resort Attire Wedding and Reception Saturday, May 11th 6:00 p.m. San Jose Gazebo, Resort Name Resort or Semi-Formal Attire Brunch Sunday May 12th, 11:00 a.m. Resort Name, TBD Casual Attire For Further Information on travel, please contact our travel agent, Name here at xxxxxx by January 29, 2013 (if you wish to put a deposit down versus paying in full). For the most up to date information, please visit our website www.namehere.com Insert 1: (RSVP Card) Say "we do" reserve your spot on the beach by xx date M______________________________________ ____Bags are packed ______Toasting from afar Please join us for a sunset dinner cruise/rehearsal dinner on the tenth of May ________Yes, dancing shoes are ready ______No, I need to rest up for the wedding Please join us for a Reception upon our return on June xx, 2013 at the Restaurant name & address ________Yes, Margarita with salt ______Sorry, I'm all tied up

We are going to start at Jos A Bank. It's a men's store....looking for Tan "summer" suits. Will post if we find anything good

I also booked Jorge! I'm really excited and think he will be great!

Hi Katie! Congrats on your wedding in NOLA. I love the city and live in Houston so we get to go often. Let me know if you have any questions. While I don't claim to be an expert I have friends who live there and one who almost got married there as well!

I decided not to take a chance! I booked Suzanne Morel... If there is anything included in my package from Renova maybe I'll just use it for the TTD or rehearsal.

Also, here is our wording (tentatively) for the wedding RSVP: Insert 1: (RSVP Card) Say "we do" reserve your spot on the beach by xx date M______________________________________ ____Bags are packed ______Toasting from afar Please join us for a sunset dinner cruise/rehearsal dinner on the tenth of May ________Yes, dancing shoes are ready ______No, I need to rest up for the wedding Please join us for a Reception upon our return on May 31, 2012 7:30 pm at the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ________Yes, Margarita with salt ______No margaritas for me

This is tricky! Check out this link: http://dwbridesbio.weebly.com/dw-etiquette-qa.html We are inviting everyone that is invited to the wedding, to the AHR. Basically, we are just keeping it simple with one list. If you are on it, you get invited to both If you aren't, you get invited to neither. lol. I didn't want to explain to anyone why they would be invited to one, but not the other. I could def. see if you had a really small destination wedding, then inviting more people to the AHR. I don't know, I think it totally depends on the couple, the budget, and the situation. Best of luck to you!!

Hi ReyDar! How was your wedding on 10/20?? We would love to hear the details when you have some free time! Congrats and I hope it was awesome!!!

Hello and welcome to the forum!! I am getting married in Cabo in May and also really went back and forth regarding photography. I will share with you who I looked at and ended up going with. The reason I struggled making a decision is because photography is based so much on personal preference. I haven't really read ANY bad reviews on here once someone used a photographer...how can that be? haha Anyway, I ended up going with Gilda Badillo based on a few things: 1) Her work I have seen online and that she sent to me. Mostly I love the vibrant colors she uses and detail of her work. While I don't want a bunch of posed pictures, I also like a mix b/w photojournalistic and some of the more polished pictures (Ps, I am clearly no expert on photography!) 2) Customer service--She is extremely friendly and responsive. She was the one who recommeded and helped me book my videographer as well! 3) Price. Let's face it...I'm getting 7 hours of coverage (including a trash the dress the next day) for $2,000. Sounds too good to be true, but I have seen her work and read good reviews. I'm pretty sure that comes with the DVD's of all the pictures and option for the book, etc. All of that being said, here were my other choices that are also well known on this site: Juan Carlos Tapia-very responsive and has great reviews. No denying his work is beautiful Dino Gomez-Also very responsive and great work. Alec & T- I loved their work. They were already booked for my date Dennis Berti Manuel Burgion Thomas Barron Bradley Frazier-has a unique style Best of luck to you on your search!

Congrats! I am 5/11/13 too! In Cabo, however.

It is Mango Productions, I think you can google them and pricing is on there...

You can bring outside vendors and pay the $300 fee for them to be there for the day. Just for referrence...I am using Gilda for photography 7 hours (6 hours wedding coverage plus 1 hour TTD the following day) and Jorge Ibarra for videography (5 hours day of wedding). Gilda and Jorge are good friends and actually, Gilda recommended Jorge to me. I think they are both reasonably priced and very good, based on reviews and the work they have done that I have seen. I don't know pricing on RIU photography but I do know Jorge wasn't any more expensive in terms of videography. Best of luck in your decision! I also considered for photography: Juan Carlos Tapia and Dino Gomez. They are more expensive than Gilda, but also very good (in my opinion-obviously it's personal preference).

Hi Brooke! You should really check out Gilda Badillo. I don't know what your price range is, but that is who we are using and I think she is EXTREMELY affordable. She is super responsive and nice. You can search her on Facebook and she has a website. Other brides on here have used her as well. Good luck!

Pretty dress! I'm also looking for an affordable dress for TTD in Cabo. Would love to hear how it turns out and how the seller was to work with. Thanks!

Hi EV! I am a 2013 bride who does NOT want to have an AHR. However, my Mom actually really wants to have one. So, to compromise, I am letting her plan this one The reason I don't want one is like you said, I want to just go all out for the wedding and not have to plan anything after that. My issue is this: I would like to have AHR where I can invite coworkers and people that I'm not inviting to the wedding so we can all celebrate together, but apparently that is not Kosher. I think if you invite them to the wedding, you invite them to the AHR, and if you don't invite them to the wedding, you aren't supposed to invite them to the AHR? See? So confusing and alot of hassle in my opinion So, to answer some of your questions... we are probably going to have it on a Sunday (cheaper) and do beer and wine and "brunch/lunch". We won't do a ceremony and I'm not wearing the dress. It will be more of a celebration/party than a wedding. We may try to do a slideshow/guestbook and cake or something like that. Interested to hear what everyone else is doing!

I have the same question about hair at the Renova spa... I'm bringing my makeup artist with me, but trying to figure out hair...