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Hi everyone - more questions! I wanted to ask some people who've been for their thoughts related to our hen/stagette. We are planning on doing a girls night out in Mexico (there will be 10 of us girls). A few of the girls are very keen on doing the party bus/club hopping in Cancun but a friend I know who lives in the area has said Playa del Camen is just as good and has suggested a few clubs that we go to - also she's said that at least we won't have to travel for 1.5 hours on the bus each way. As the bride, I'm quite indifferent about the whole thing - I just want a fun night out and want to have some drinks, laughs & dance. If you were in my shoes, which one would you suggest for the hen do / stagette bearing in mind we will be travelling from the resort - Playa del Carmen or Cancun? Thanks for your help, Miriam

Hi, Strange questions. We are still trying to sort out what we'll do with guests later. I am not too keen on the poolside reception. 1) Does anyone know if we could just go to one of the bars / nightclubs in the resort and hold off an area for our party - we are quite a small group? 2) I also have seen there are extra charges likely if you bring in your own band/DJ. My partner is a guitar player so we were actually even thinking of just bringing his guitar and then he could play a bit later on in the night - either outside near the beach or somewhere in the resort. Does anyone know if this would be an issue or where we could do this? I assume there would be no charge for him since he's the groom. 3) Finally if we did go for the poolside reception, do you think the resort would have an issue with the guitar being played? He wouldn't need any speakers as its an acoustic. So we would have the speakers with an ipod for music or our own and then also have the guitar for a few songs too. Thoughts and advice would be greatly appreciated to the above. Thanks Miriam

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Thanks for that - that's great to know. Since I believe most of our guests (excluding a couple) don't speak Spanish they probably won't really know - lol. We just want to have a short poem read by our friend. I guess after the official ceremony, she can do the reading & then we can say our vows and then that's it! Thanks again Miriam

Hi, What email did you use? I emailed our request (just 3 dinners over our 14-night stay) to [email protected] about 5 days ago and haven't heard anything back. Does this also work at a very slow pace?

It is a legal ceremony - can you please advise if we are allowed a reading at Akumal beach for this? Thanks so much, Miriam

Hi, It's a legal ceremony. Like I said Eugenia said we could write our own vows but we'd really like a short reading from our friend. Any advice would be greatly appreciated .

Hi everyone - we have been told by Eugenia that we are allowed to write our own vows (excited but a bit nervous to do that but the hubbie-to-be seems to be keen). Anyway we would like to ask one of my girlfriends to do a reading. To save time (considering how long it takes to hear back from the WC) does anyone know if we are allowed to have a reading at the ceremony? Ours is on the Akumal beach. Thanks for the advice Miriam

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What email address do you email the requests to? Is there one for dinner reservations or just the standard email for the hotel?

Do you have to do this? We don't necessarily want to book it all in advance. I know that sometimes it can get packed but was hoping that we'd be able to make arrangements once we are there. I have a couple of dinners in mind that I'll book soon but not all of the a la cartes as I want to play some by ear.

Thanks - we are looking for low key for these 2 nights. I am quite keen. Other than Mezzanine, are there any other small, luxury resorts around that area? Since we are staying around Tulum we want something slightly different than what we would get at the Gran Bahia Principe. Thanks so much for your help, Miriam

Thanks - this looks like a gorgeous option. Even we don't stay here we'll definitely visit as it looks really lovely. Thanks so much for your help. x

Hi, If you don't mind me asking is the poolside reception a lot? My fiance is keen on arranging something like that but the whole purpose for us to do our wedding away was to save money. We are only a group of 20 and I thought we could probably just find one of the bars/nightclubs we liked to go to afterwards and have drink on our all inclusive. We will actually probably see you as we get married on the 9th. We leave on the 16th but obviously you'll be there before. lol x

Thanks for this too! After reading that so many people bring their own fabric I am wondering "should I be bringing fabric too?". We are getting married on the Akumal Beach and the photo appears to have a nice look & feel already. Is the fabric only needed if you want a particular look for the ceremony?

My fiance & I are staying at the Gran Bahia Principe Akumal for 2 weeks and getting married there on 9th May 2013. We ideally would like to stay out of the resort for 2-3 nights so we have a bit of time on our own. Our travel agent has suggested Cozumel as an option since it's not too far but I was wondering if anyone knows of any other towns/beaches/areas (that are less than 2 hours drive) that may be nice. We just really want somewhere to relax with maybe a few things to do in the evening. Also we do not want to spend a fortune for these 2-3 nights so please bear that in mind. Thanks for your help, Miriam

Hi - I live in the UK but am actually a fellow Canadian. we actually wanted a ceremony at 4pm (a bit later). I am not sure if you will be able to get an earlier one or not. However all I can say is if you don't I'm sure things will be OK. This is my 2nd marriage so let me offer you a bit of my thoughts. My first marriage was at 630pm and I loved having it a bit later. All my friends thought I was crazy for doing it so late but our day was structured differently but worked so well. As a bride it is so lovely not to feel rushed and ease into the day - spending time with your friends, having a lazy breakfast, etc. If you are worried about daylight you could always meet your groom before you get married. It is a nice idea in a way as you can look to meet one another secretly somewhere and just take all your 1-1 photos together. A lot of people don't like it as it takes away from the surprise at the alter but I actually think its very intimate and special. We did this and then we did a special session with just our wedding party - so we all had seen each other before the actual nuptials. It was really great though and it still felt special when I walked down the aisle. Finally the ceremony won't even probably take 30 minutes so you will have plenty of time to take pics after and before dinner. If you want to take photos at about 430/445 on the beach, develop a list of the pictures (rolling order) you must take at this time to get the daylight. Send this to the photographer so they are clear on what you want and when. Then as soon as the ceremony ends get one of your bridesmaids / groomsmen to assemble these people in order. The others can go off and have a drink/champagne - most will watch you as the photos are taken. Then once the photos are done - I would think this would be about 515/530 max you will head towards the restaurant for food. Or change the restaurant booking to 630pm if you want to allow a bit more time for sunset photos or something. Changing the restaurant booking shouldn't be an issue. we are getting married in akumal on the beach. Our reception is going to be at the dolce vitta mainly because of the food choices.We are getting customised marracas for the ceremony so everyone is supposed to shake them at the end when we kiss and they will act as one of our favours. The material sounds lovely - I don't know dimensions though - sorry:(. We aren't really bringing much else to decorate for the ceremony but will bring a bunch of stuff to decorate the tables for the reception. Our WC is Eugenia - she has gotten in touch and seems quite nice. I used to work in events so I have quite high expectations. Now that we are a bit clearer on the legal stuff i feel a bit better. I'm quite confident about everything else really but more concerned about that than anything else. Enjoy your wedding - hope my tidbits from my past have given you food for thought if the wedding time has to stay as is.x

We are having a legal ceremony - does anyone know how many songs we need to prepare? We are thinking of just bringing our own music. We have started to talk about a processional & recessional but I wasn't sure if we also needed a song during the signing of the marriage cert or anything else. Does anyone know this? Thanks.

Thanks for that - 2 it is then as we believe that we'll likely have about 20 in the end.

Yes - I just phoned her yesterday and I think that is a better way. I feel a lot more at ease now. We are going to sort all the details out this weekend. On the legal requirements I heard that if you DID NOT change your name (which I didn't) legally with your first marriage it is likely that you can be considered a single and won't need apostile or translation. I don't think men have to as they (obviously) don't change their name. Our location is the beach location which is what we wanted - we are going to pick frutos del mar and since we are probably only having about 20 ppl or under I guess we can select 2 items for each course which is good. The issue is that my parents, in-laws and fiance don't like seafood but I LOVE it and so do most of the others. Good Luck, Miriam

Hi Tammy, I got ahold of them in the end. We got our menus too. Was it you who said that you are having the reception at frutos del mar? We just weren't clear if we had to pick the meal or if our guests can just from the menu we got once we select the restaurant. Let me know if you know.x

HI, thanks for this. Where did you find this? We should (theoretically) have the same paperwork. I have never seen this - I thought this was likely the case but nowhere does it say that. I never changed my name so I guess that all I need is my divorce and birth certificate - without translation or legalisation. My fiance obviously didn't change his name so I guess he is in the same boat. I am on the phone with the hotel now - a fun experience (I'm kidding).

No - nothing. I even phoned the resort today. I'm very upset about this. Our wedding is a few weeks before you and we haven't been given what you have. Also I am a bit worried as the other person who replied said different information. It is just very confusing. I will phone her again tomorrow as I need this to get sorted. It will stress me out which is against the whole reason why we were going to get married there.

Hi, Our wedding is on 9th May so a bit before yours I think. I'm glad to hear that you don't need translation. Was just a bit worried as have had some issues with FC. Have you heard back from your WC? Ours is Eugenia and still nothing - am very annoyed to be honest. I know that they have a lot of weddings etc but it is very close