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Can someone tell me what time outdoor and/or indoor receptions must end?

Quote: Originally Posted by kokobellaa Hi Everyone, I am getting married at Beach Palace on August 31st 2014! I have been reading some of your threads and getting little scared!lol. We just started to plan after we reserved our dates. This is going to be a Indian wedding. I am mostly likely brining in outside vendors for makeup, photography, cake. Does anyone know of any good make up artists? Or does the resort have a good artist/stylist. Our site visit in in december. I didn't hear anything about the $800 vendor fee for outside vendors? So far, we have talked to Kalena only.. any reviews on her? It would be nice to find other indian brides who are planning their wedding at BP. Good luck and have fun planning everyone:) Renal Hi Renal Ive heard of past brides highly recommending Tania Tagle... I believe you can find her on facebook.

Hi Ladies! Im torn between Dreams Cancun and Beach Palace.... has anyone done a site visit to both?? The gazebo looks stunning but every picture I see looks like there is a hurricane of wind during the ceremony (bridesmaids hair all over the place, bows on chairs flying like flags). Has anyone been in the gazebo for a visit and noticed the wind? Thoughts?

Quote: Originally Posted by mrspfafftobe Here is a breakout of our budget. We also took a honeymoon in Punta Cana which we paid for with a honeymoon registry and cash gifts from the wedding (about $5,000 total). This includes absolutely EVERYTHING we bought or paid for from day 1 - we literally saved every receipt and it's all included here. For reference, we had about 60 people and the wedding was not at an all inclusive resort. All in all, it was money well spent. We had a lovely wedding, much nicer than the money would have got us in Boston where we live. My one budget "regret" is the photographer, which is funny because in the beginning it was the ONE thing I wouldn't budge on and decided to splurge on. We hired the "best of the best" and our pictures were very good, but I think we could have gotten almost as good for a fraction of the cost. There are a LOT of good photographers in the Rivera Maya, so do your research and don't necessarily get sucked in by the big names. We originally wanted to have an AHR but we just couldn't afford it after how much our DW ended up costing. Almost everyone we really wanted to celebrate with was able to make the trip, so we didn't really see the need to have another party. Plus, I just don't think I could have taken on planning another reception. One was already too much. Maybe it's just me but I thought wedding planning was SO stressful! Paper goods (Invitations, Calligraphy, etc.) 2,478.44 Dress/Attire/Wedding Bands 6,332.33 Ceremony/Reception (Food and Decor) 22,580.32 Photos/Video 6,200.00 Flowers 3,068.00 Gifts (Welcome Bags, Wedding Party and Family) 3,166.79 Travel (Including Site Visit) 7,616.93 Other 1,079.19 Total 52,522.00 Out of curiosity which big name photographers did you use?

Quote: Originally Posted by Sarah P Hi! My fiancé and I are getting married at Dreams Cancun on January 20, 2014! I visited Dreams in April and loved it most out of the 4 or so places we visited and countless hours of research. We're swapping the cocktails for the 10 extra people for the reception and I'm bringing a photographer friend so they are giving me an upgraded cake I think instead of that. It's really so beautiful I'm not really going to worry about many decorations and going to focus on the guest bag and other stuff to thanks our guests for traveling all that way to share in our day. Can't wait!!! Hi Sarah! Could you tell me which other resorts you went to see? And why you chose Dreams? Thanks!

Hi Kristie Sorry if I missed it somewhere but who was your photographer? Thanks!