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Another question- for any past brides- what did you do for your transportation from airport to hotel? There's 4 of us arriving at the same time, so I looked into pricing for a limo. It would be nice to have someone waiting for us with a banner and jump into a nice town car or limo. It was $193.00 total for the limo. But they have other options that are less. Or, should we just take a cab and save our money? Are the cabs safe? lol

I purchased the Pearl Shimmer package, and the cake it comes with is beautiful, so I'm going to stick with that! Ok great, I may bring my own then too!

Did anyone bring a cute topper for the wedding cake? I think the cake is beautiful as is, but you see the cutest toppers at Party City, etc...Just curious if anyone brought their own down?

Did anyone have Suzette as their onsite coordinator? I've been put into touch with her. We have a meeting the morning after I arrive at BP to go over details. She's been kind of slow to respond via email but seems nice and on top of things. I've heard really good things about Mario, so I was hoping I'd get him. But I didn't. Just curious if anyone has Suzette and if she did a good job?

Oh good! I'm glad it worked out well. I'm sure my dad will do a good job. Not much work to do, just small announcements here and there.

& you had a friend/family member MC? My dad said he would MC for me because I'm doing the IPOD dock as well. The only things he really has to announce are first dance (only doing first dance with hubby, not doing father/daughter or son/mother dance), garter and bouquet toss, and cake cutting. I think he'll be fine. Just wondering how that went for you...

Oh so cute! Perfect, we'll do the same thing! I ordered sea shell place card holders yesterday. Getting so excited!

Ok great, thank you! I think I'm going to do place cards at each seat, so each guest can walk around and find their seat. Was it extremely windy up there? I'm thinking of doing seashell place card holders, so the cards don't blow away.

Hey guys, Any past brides or future brides...what did/are you doing for place cards on tables for dinner reception? I only have 25 guests; about 8 people per table (we have 3 tables) but I do want certain people at certain tables, so I do think I need assigned seating. Do you think I should just order the place cards and have them already placed at each seat? Any advice would be great! Just wondering what past brides did as well... - Nicole

At 60 room nights you get a 2 hour reception free + the cocktail hour. I had one more person book today, so we got to 65 room nights total, 24 guests. I think my planner told me since I wasn't using the "private dinner" that the Pearl Shimmer Package came with, that I could use that as my rehearsal dinner. So it's not an actual "private event" (which you get at 75 room nights) but it's just a private dinner at the restaurant. What's nice about getting to 75 room nights, is you can do a welcome dinner on the beach or another terrace the day your arrive, + a rehearsal dinner on another terrace and have your reception and cocktail hour.

I leave on July 9th for Cancun and my wedding in on July 12th! Only 1 month to go. We got to 61 room nights, so we get a welcome/rehearsal dinner at Tequila Restaurant the night before the wedding, and a cocktail hour + 2 hour reception the day of the wedding for free. We only have 23 people (including my fiance and I). I am a bit disappointed that there aren't more people coming, but I guess that's our fault for choosing such an expensive hotel. I think it will end up being perfect. Beach Palace is actually SOLD OUT completely for the week of our wedding. I know it's a smaller hotel, but I'm shocked they are completely sold out. That's a piece of advice I have for future brides- have your guests book early, because this hotel sells out fast! As far as the rehearsal dinner goes- do they run through the actual ceremony with you? Or is it just a dinner? Just wondering if there's a walk through or anything the evening before. I'm still working on getting all my music together, finalizing wedding favors + OOT bags, ordering guest book, and finalizing the wedding program. I still feel like I have a lot to do...I'm such a procrastinator! Any last minute advice?!? I can't wait! I'm getting so excited!! :-)

Oh great! I'm glad to hear that!

Has anyone had their cocktail hour and reception both on the South Bar Sky Terrace? Originally I was supposed to have cocktail hour on North Bar Sky Terrace and the dinner reception on the South Bar Sky Terrace, but Margarita said she made a mistake and they don't do private events on the North Bar. So she's switched my cocktail hour to the ocean side of the South Bar Sky Terrace and my reception dinner to the lagoon side of the South Bar. Anyone else have this set up? I hope people don't get sick of being up there for 3 + hours. I was hoping the cocktail hour would have a little different setting. What do you guys think? I'm a bit worried now.

Hey guys, So I rented the IPOD dock for our cocktail hour and reception so we're not doing a DJ. I was wondering what you guys did regarding announcements, like first dance, cake cutting, throwing of bouquet, etc...? Did you have a family member announce these things? And setting up this music on my IPOD is stressing me out. Did you guys do one long playlist? Or separate playlists for cocktail hour, reception, etc... I think I'm going to need someone a little more tech savvy to help me with this. - Nicole

Congratulations!! Beautiful pictures. I'm so glad everything turned out well. Who did you go with for photography? I love the monogram light. I just asked Alex from JSAV if we can add this. $80.00 is nothing :-) I'm so glad you had such an amazing time! Did you do any tours while you were there? - nicole

OMG, your pictures are GORGEOUS! Your photographer was amazing. Who did you use? We're sticking with the resort photographer- Ocean Photo Studio because they're the most affordable, but they're def not as good as your photographer. How many guests did you have? It looks like quite a few! How great! What favors did you do? OOT or wedding favors? I'm also doing the Pearl Shimmer package. I love it even more after seeing your pictures. We aren't doing the reception table decor the package comes with though, because it was $300.00 per table, so we decided to do something similar through Zuniga, that's a bit less money. But the reception looked gorgeous!! What time was your ceremony? Right now, my ceremony is set for 6:00 p.m. on July 12th. Sunset isn't until 7:30 p.m. so I thought this would give us enough time for pretty sunset pictures, but now I'm hearing the hotel completely blocks the sun, so the sunset pics aren't even possible. I'm thinking I should move my ceremony time up. What do you think? Congratulations! I'd love to see more pics. Does your photographer have a website? - Nicole

Thank you for all the information! I checked out the pictures on M&J photography- beautiful! It looks as though you had an amazing trip. Thanks again for answering all my questions- so helpful. Congrats again! - Nicole

Two more things! haha 11) Did you bring wedding favors for your guests? If so, what kind of favors did you do? I want the hotel staff to put all the favors in my guests rooms as they arrive. Do you think that's a possibility? 12) Did you carry your dress on the plane? How'd that go?

Oh how exciting! I'm so glad you had an amazing time! I can't wait to see your pictures. Here's some questions I have... 1) I've heard the same thing about the sun being blocked by the hotel. My wedding isn't till July, and my ceremony is at 6:00 p.m. Sun doesn't go gown till 7:30 p.m. in July, so I'm hoping this gives us enough sunlight and time to get good pictures. What do you think? I didn't want to do an earlier ceremony time because of heat. Was your dress heavy? Were you burning hot? I'm scared I'm going to be sweating up a storm lol! 2) Did you do a colin cowie package theme? I'm doing Pearl Shimmer. 3) I'm glad to hear the food was good! I went to an all-inclusive resort (Dreams Resort) in Cancun about 5 years ago, and the food was not very good. I'm hoping since the Beach Palace is a 5 star hotel that the food will be better. And from your review it looks as though it is! Exciting! 4) Did you use Ocean Photo Studio for your photography? If so, which package did you choose? 5) I'm glad to hear the sky terrace didn't need much extra lighting. What other decor did you use through Zuniga? 6) I was debating a beach ceremony. Was it private enough, or were people walking by? 7) I'm glad the IPOD setup worked out well. We're doing an IPOD setup with an extra speaker for cocktail and reception. You didn't have a DJ right? I don't think it's worth it to hire the DJ. Did someone in your family do the announcements? 8) Did you have a 2 tier cake? Was the whole thing cheesecake? I'm doing a marble cake with the chantilly cover, but if it's 2 tier I'm wondering if they can do one tier with cheesecake. From what you said the cheesecake is awesome! It's making me want to choose that one! lol 9) Did you get a massage in the spa? I just reserved a holistic couple's massage for my fiance and I the morning after the wedding. I'm excited for that! 10) Did you go on the Cancun strip at all? I have good memories of partying at some of the clubs and bars on the strip. I just want to make sure Beach Palace is close to all of that? Congratulations again on everything! Please post a link to pictures or your facebook so we can see pictures from your trip! So glad everything turned out perfect! - Nicole

Gooood luck! Can't wait to hear your reviews and see pictures. Everything will be perfect for both of you!

What is tres leches? I've never even heard of it. It's a Mexican milk cake, right? I've heard good things about it too. But I decided to go with them marble cake because it's a mix of vanilla and chocolate, so it will appeal to everyone.

Oh one more question- what photogrpahy package did you choose? And you went with Ocean Photo Studio right? Were they any good? Thank you, Nicole

Hi Jenni! WOW, congratulations! I'm so happy you had such a wonderful time. I went to a destination wedding in Cancun at the Dreams resort about 5 years ago, and the food wasn't great, so I'm so glad to hear that the food was amazing! I feel like since we're paying so much for this almost 5 star hotel, that everything should be perfect. The IPOD setup worked out well for you? I'm doing the two speakers and IPOD setup for the cocktail hour and reception as well. I just need to load the music onto the IPOD now. Did you put it in a specific order, for first dance, etc...? My dress is very heavy and big too, so I'm glad that it wasn't too hot. I was worried about that. You said your ceremony was at 5:30. I asked for that time, but they said they could only do 4:00 or 6:00 p.m. So I decided to maybe do "first look" photos before the ceremony, because I was worried it would be too dark after since my ceremony is currently scheduled for 6:00 p.m. Did it really only last half an hour? And was it too dark for pictures on the beach after the ceremony? Did you carry your wedding dress on the plane? Did you have wedding favors? I may have them put all the "welcome/wedding" favors in all my guests rooms upon their arrival. Do you think that's a possiblity? Did you do a themed ceremony? I have Pearl Shimmer. Wondering if you chose complimentary or themed? 60 guests is so many! That's awesome so many people came. I'm having a hard time getting people to book since it's so expensive, but it is what it is. Hopefully everything turns out as good as it did for you! I can't wait to see pictures! Congrats again! - Nicole

Hi Kristie, Thanks for your input! My wedding is July 12th. Coming soon! Ahh I'm nervous. Still so much to do. You made some really good points. I'll probably stick with what we have now. I don't want to spend the extra money moving it to the beach. Even moving the music to the beach is additional costs? We're doing an IPOD setup with two speakers for the cocktail hour and reception, with someone running the IPOD. We haven't added a DJ yet. Are you having a DJ? Are you worried about lighting at all for your pictures on the beach, after the ceremony? The ceremony should be done by 6:30 so I'm hoping 6:30 to 7:30 allows us enough time to have sunset pictures, etc...but I don't want it to be dark. Hopefully it all works out. Good luck with everything! Can't wait to see pictures and hear your review. - Nicole

Is anyone doing their cocktail hour on the beach? Our ceremony is on the sky wedding deck from 6:00 to 6:30 and our reception is confirmed for the North Bar Sky Terrace from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. Right now, I have our cocktail hour at the South Bar Sky terrace from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., however I'm worried that my guests may get a little bored with the WHOLE wedding on the sky terrace. Which is why I was thinking of switching the scenery up a bit, and having them go down to the beach for the cocktail hour, and then back up to the terrace for the reception. It's $6.00 extra per person for the beach cocktail hour location, but it may be worth it. Margarita also said I would need to purchase lighting for beach location, but it's dark. So there are additional costs. What do you guys think?