DinaQtobe

I gave my guests two options for dinner - Surf and Turf or Seafood Stuffed Chicken, which they listed when they RSVP'd. I then gave Ramon a seating chart with the meal selections - a selection of two meal choices was absolutely fine, because I had the seating chart. Past brides have also displayed meal choices on the place cards - ie different colors for different selections. So yes, the hotel needs to know who is eating what - either on a seating chart or through place cards. Also, about the liquor, could you go into town to a liquor store and pick up the specialty booze you want? It might be cheaper than having the hotel provide it to you. I honestly feel that the sky is the limit in Mexico, but it will cost you. It seems like whatever you want they will accommodate but for a price! Hope that helps!

I see you are getting married at the Now Sapphire. If you have the Divine Package, have you considered using your live musician (1 hr) for the beach bbq? Would solve the entertainment issue if you already have a DJ for the day of the wedding...

We sent in our wedding planning form 30 days prior to our wedding. This seemed to be enough time for everything to come together, however, our wedding was in a low-wedding season and we did not have any add-ons other than what was included in our package. I would send in your planning form when they indicate, usually 45 days prior. You can always send Anel and Ramon an e-mail indicating the extras that you want prior to the 45 days ahead. I believe the photobooth is with Adventure Photos so I can't imagine that it wouldn't be available. Does that help?

We did not use a microphone for our speeches. We only had 19 people total and it wasn't necessary for us. Our ceremony was at 3:30, cocktail hour at 4:30-5:30, and then reception 5:30-8:30. Keep in mind this was in November when the sun sets quite a bit earlier than other parts of the year. We wanted to be able to have sunlight for our photos, which I think turned out great. By the time we sat down for dinner at 5:30 it was completely dark. We chose to have our cocktail hour and dinner back-to-back, but you could have chosen differently if you wanted. It was perfect for us. Ramon helped us with the "schedule" during our planning meeting as we were unsure of what would work best.

We did not use a DJ. We brought along our own wireless and blue-tooth speakers for the dinner and dance. This worked very well for us as we did not have to pay the additional speaker rental fee (and now get to keep the speakers ourselves!) After the dinner, speeches, cake cutting, first dance, mother/son and father/daughter dances there was little time left in our reception of 3 hours (approximately 45 minutes), so I am very glad that we did not pay the extra money for a DJ. When the bar closed (after our 3 hour reception) we still danced for another half hour or so and then went to the disco, which was a lot of fun! Our meeting time was arranged after we got to the resort. They left an envelope in our room to tell us when to meet. I had filled out the planning form with the type of flowers I wanted, and listed the specific colors. I also attached a picture into the word document to help. In the meeting Ramon went over all of this in great detail. I also showed him pictures on google on his computer of what I wanted, so you could definitely pick them that day. I have to add that I left a lot blank on the planning form that I was unsure of. In the meeting they go over everything with you, and can help you make those little decisions that you were unsure of at the time of filling it out. Ramon was awesome, I felt like everything was going to be perfect after our meeting - and it was! They do so many weddings every week they are pros! I hope that helps!

Speakers are included for the ceremony. We gave them our phone and the music was played from there. Ramon or Anel will go over which songs you want played during your planning meeting a day or two before the wedding. We used the guitarist for the cocktail hour and it was a great decision! He played a wide variety of songs and the guests loved it!

I think she probably means more about what airports they are leaving from. Also, it seems that most Canadian brides have their friends and family join them in Mexico for a week, while most Americans only go for 3-4 days.

I used stretchy string, but one size definitely does not fit all. Two of my sisters have the same size feet as I do, which made making them very easy. My youngest sister has larger feet, and it was hard to know exactly how much bigger to make them. We live very far apart, so I ended up making two different pair of different sizes for her, and thankfully one of them fit! If you can have your BMs try them out while you are making them it will be easier.

I was married in November also (though not at EDR, though I have been there!). We had our ceremony on the beach and it was perfect. It doesn't hurt to have a good rain back-up though. The weather was beautiful the week we went in 2013. The sun does set very early in November and you might want to alter your ceremony time for this. If you have any questions, PM me. All the best with planning!

I wore the same thing that I wore under my dress for the wedding. I had cups sewn into the dress so I did not need to wear a bra. I wore light colored underwear. To the brides that are worried about their dress after a TTD: My dress was fine We did a TTD in the ocean and then moved onto the pool. I am so happy that I did one, it added to the essence of our wedding photos. The ocean got a lot of the dirt that the dress picked up from wear on the day of the wedding. After the shoot I put the dress in a bath full of cool water. My dress had a lot of rushing on the sides. I had to gently release the sand from these areas which took about 20 minutes. After a good soak I let the dress dry on our balcony overnight and the next day it was as good as new! It even looked better after the TTD than the night of the wedding. Seriously. Don't worry about ruining your dress. The "trash" part never really happens. My sister took our photos and I think they turned out great!

I know some brides at the Now Sapphire have used cocktail hour for their rehearsal dinner instead of the actual wedding. That cuts out that extra $20/pp right there. I would definitely not order more cake - we had 19 guests and most people didn't even eat it (me included - our dessert was amazing I didn't want cake!). Ask to have the cake set up where guests can go and take a piece themselves - most wont!

The cost of alterations was more than half the price of my dress. It honestly is a bit crazy. I trusted the seamstress that I went to though, and she did an amazing job.

Is there any way to delete a photo? Also, every time I try to change a cover photo in one of my albums (from before the upgrade), the site tells me that I do not have permission to perform that action....

I made some for myself and my sisters (the bridesmaids). They wore them on the beach for the ceremony and photos. We were married later in the afternoon and the sand was not hot at all. They also had shoes for the reception (which was not held on the beach), but never ended up putting on their shoes. I think they felt comfortable with the foot jewelry because they didn't really feel like they weren't wearing anything on their feet - they looked really pretty. I likely spent about $25 on all of the materials for 4 pairs and I have TONS of beads left. I probably only used 1/4 of the beads. I bought seed beads at the dollar store, and the rest came from Hobby Lobby, Walmart, and Michaels.

It's ok to not know everything. It will all get finalized when you are there and meet with the WC, absolutely no worries at all. Your day will be wonderful, regardless! Please feel free to ask any questions though! What do you mean by the layout? I would love to help...We also had a symbolic ceremony. We changed our ceremony time from 3 to 3:30 on the advice of Ramon (due to sunset times in November). My bridesmaids walked down the aisle first, followed by me with my parents. The minister that performed the ceremony approached my husband right before the ceremony and asked if we wanted a religious or spiritual/love type script. He spoke a lot about love and relationships, it was really beautiful. We wrote our own vows and he incorporated the time for us to say them into the ceremony perfectly. The ceremony took maybe 20-30 minutes in total from the time the guests took their seats. After the ceremony my husband and I walked back up the aisle followed by our wedding party and then our guests. Champagne was immediately served to all guests. A few minutes later the resort photographer had the entire wedding group go to the beach for photos. This took a very short time, maybe 10-15 minutes. The guests then had cocktail hour while we finished photos. When photos were finished my husband and I joined the cocktail hour also. I found that the timeline was fairly flexible when we met with Ramon... he gave us some great advice on how things should flow. I didn't do programs with only 17 guests... I felt it was too much work and I also didn't know the timelines of how things would run. I don't think they were missed though, everything was very relaxed and no one required much direction. I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any further questions...

I got married at the Now Sapphire and LOVED IT. The wedding packages included everything we wanted. 15,000 sounds insane to me! The NS is just north of Puerto Morelos. A cab to PDC should be less than $50 if your guests wanted to visit. Though not in PDC, the Now Sapphire meets many of your criteria: - Disco open every night (really really fun) - Family friendly with a special kids club where the kids can hang out all day - Wonderfully sandy beach, no rocks (hard to avoid seaweed unless at Maroma) - All Inclusive with good food - Wifi in the rooms and around the entire resort - Jacuzzi suites You can get ocean front rooms which are steps from the beach. Building #1 is steps from the pool. The pool is huge at the Now Sapphire. If you are a preferred guest (which I highly highly recommend), you can also reserve chairs by the pool or on the beach - saves a great amount of time searching for spots! Your entire party can be reserved in the same spot too! Have you looked in Playacar at all? It's just south of PDC and has the most amazing beach also.