SoonMrsD

Quote: Originally Posted by Mary123 Hi SoonMrsD, my WD is Arisquelmy (my 3rd wedding coordinator so far). She starter responding to me very quickly 4 weeks before the weeding and now she seems to be on top of everything. Hopefully, she will not quit in the next two weeks. :-) Yay! She is mine too and she is Awesome! Always answers my question and I always call and ask her what I need or anything I'm unsure of. I actually just spoke to her today. She shouldn't because I would be upset! What is your wedding looking like? Location of Ceremony? Location of Reception? Do you have a cocktail hour? Wedding Colors? Rehearsal Dinner? Welcome Drinks? Photo/Video? DJ? Wedding Head Count? and anything else you want to share lol Girl give me details so I can bug you an ask you questions haha

Quote: Originally Posted by Mary123 Thank you for the review! My wedding is in two weeks - November 2 and i am so excited to hear that everything went well for you. Can you please share a little more about the beach reception, the location etc..? We are having ceremony, cocktail hour and reception on the beach but none of us have ever been to BBPD before? Thanks!!!! How exciting! Good Luck! I really haven't heard any negative comments! Who's your WC?

Quote: Originally Posted by jandl2013 I was very overwhelmed also. I originally wanted boarding passes as the save the date and a nice formal invitation, but i couldn't afford to do both so i chose a cheaper save the date then choose the boarding pass invite. I could not justify spending that much on just invites. It worked out though because everyone loves the magnets and it's a great reminder to rsvp and a great keepsake even for those unable to attend. I love my invites so i can't wait for my guests to receive them. My groomzilla did give his approval though...lol. Sooooooooooooo where did you get your invites? I've seen boarding passes on Zazzle, David's Bridal, Etsy and a few other places but the nicest ones are way too much

Quote: Originally Posted by jandl2013 Very nice!! That's where i ordered my save the dates from too. Magnet street had a lot of nice options. Thanks! I was actually so overwhelmed with looking and getting a decent price on magnets and I stumbled upon their website and couldn't be happier, they arrive tomorrow (Friday) and I ordered them last Friday. So now I will look for a good price on boarding pass invites my Groomzilla approves haha!

Ordered and now Waiting for my STD to arrive .. Love them!!! (www.magnetstreet.com) Now I will look through Zazzle for my invites! Fingers crossed

Quote: Originally Posted by jointurks Here's mine! Haven't decided on sash or no-sash yet Say yes to the SASH! lol

Thank you so much. Def cheaper than Etsy!

Quote: Originally Posted by tricia-m yes me! keep on going! You are almost there

Quote: Originally Posted by shugapop1 I'm using rubber stame for my envelopes Where did you get the rubber stamp? I'm thinking about it but need a good price

Quote: Originally Posted by jandl2013 Sorry for my delayed response...I just came back on and saw all of the comments. Here is the website: http://www.allurementsbyrebecca.com She printed them and shipped them to me. I'm putting the ribbon on, etc. and then once I get the stamps for the inner and outer envelope then i'll be mailing them out. Thanks for sharing I'm looking for basic boarding pass invites!

Quote: Originally Posted by NatJ Where did you end up having your reception? We are in between doing it at Bar Higuey or at a reception hall. I was worried about Bar Higuey being too hot for our guests since our wedding is in June. My WC is also Aris so I am so relieved she was great! She had it on the beach. I have the same dilemma as you but I'm getting married in Sept. I love AC and I know my guests will love me for it but Bar Higuey looks so awesome! Aris is my WC too haha

Quote: Originally Posted by lalalal1z Ladies, We just came back from our wedding stay at BBPD. Let me tell you. THE BEST WEDDING EVER. Literally, almost every person that came (we had 43 people), said it was the best wedding that they have ever been to. The photographer. AMAZING. We used Tropical Pictures. The whole stay was absolutely amazing and I wish I could do it all over again. I will say, I was wicked nervous before we left, only because, it's a horrible feeling only talking to the WC through email, but we met with Arise the day after we got to BBPD. We finalized everything that day. Easy. Took an hour at the most. Cake decision. Boom. Photography decision. Boom. Food. Boom. We added the cocktail hour, amazing. It was well worth the money, and we had it right on the beach where we got married. Arise really takes all of the worry off of your shoulders. She really is amazing, and we had absolutely NO issue at all. The only MINOR hiccup was that the judge that married us was a half hour late, which wasn't even a big deal at all, and they just moved the reception time back, so it wasn't affected at all. The professional photos came out AMAZING as well, we had Micelia. Couldn't have asked for a better photographer. I'll post pictures asap, or I can email them to you. And if you want to email me for anything my email is [email protected] There were 3 weddings happening at the same day/same time ish, and you would NOT EVEN KNOW. They take you on the trolley from the ceremony to the reception area. We all WOOOO'd whenever we saw people. Awesome ride. The food, really good. We got the tomato and goat cheese salad, awesome! The main course was the chicken, I didn't like it too much, but I don't like chicken on the bone. Other people loved it. We got the creme brulee, along with the cake. BOTH AMAZING. For the cake, we got 3 tiers all different kinds. The first layer we got vanilla cake with strawberry filling, second, vanilla with pineapple filling, and the top was the vanilla with guava filling. ALL AMAZING. The ONLY thing I could say bad about this place is that when we were trying to check out, there was confusion about us paying for the wedding. We paid for it a week before we left the resort at the front desk (they actually charge everything to your room, so you have to pay for it there and not at the wedding department). When we were checking out, they said that money wasn't applied to our room yet, even though we had a receipt. So our only wish is that there was better communication with that kind of stuff. Other than that, it was the best time of our lives and we would definitely recommend this resort. So, ladies. Do NOT WORRY AT ALL. It WILL be the best day of your life. Thank you for sharing, just emailed you!

Quote: Originally Posted by NatJ I've been calling for like three weeks now! They keep changing their answer as to when it will be up. First I was told October now I'm told November. Oh wow! That sucks... my wedding is next Sept and I hope they figure it out by the winter! Good Luck Girl! Try Delta prices?

Quote: Originally Posted by NatJ They fly out of Miami to Punta Cana every Saturday and Sunday. We used them last year when we went to Punta Cana and they were great, but we purchased those tickets in September of last year for June 2013. This year its already October and their still not available for next June. Has me worried in regards to the deposit for the reception. Yeah I'm in NY and we were thinking Delta but maybe LAN might do... along with my fanily in Ecuador to fly to Punta Cana would be great! Um I just looked up dates and they have availability until Labor Day next year from NYC-Punta Cana and Ecuador - Punta Cana... girl try again or just call! I always call it in but the best rates are online so never book over the phone!

Quote: Originally Posted by NatJ Hi Ladies! Have any of you dealt with LAN airlines? We are waiting on them to open up flights for our wedding date but whenever I call I keep getting different responses on when their flights will be available. We much rather go with them because they are wayyyyyy cheaper than AA and the second piece of luggage is free which is excellent for carrying wedding supplies! I have my ceremony date already reserved with the resort for June 25, 2014 but have not paid the 30% deposit b/c I'd like to wait until I can actually buy my travel package. I use LAN to fly to Ecuador all the time and they are pretty good! I had no idea they go to Punta Cana ahhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm so happy now if it is cheaper

Quote: Originally Posted by Reign14 Hi Trish... Do you think the trip was cheaper later in April because earlier in the month is spring break for a lot of kids? Mine is April 12th and I'm a little worried about the travel costs and how many people will be traveling at that time. It's the weekend before Easter, and I hear a lot of school aged kids go on spring break that week, so a lot of families tend to vacation around that time. I also hear there's a convention in town the weekend of my wedding. Not happy. Thinking of moving the date! ugh that sucks! I'm getting so much for my wedding date because it's after Labor Day and the weather - Don't think too much about it, either way you guys will have so much fun, it's your day!

Quote: Originally Posted by m8chow Good luck!! You gotta show us when you're done. We're not a fan of pictures either but wanted to incorporate our dog (he's so much more photogenic than the two of us LOL) Yes hopefully we figure it out this weekend haha ... he wants a certain picture on it and I was like you are such a girl but I rather him have a voice than be mute! Awww how cute! Go on Etsy and look for STD there and maybe you will like some stuff there

Awww it's so cute but I'm not a fan of pictures especially since I don't have engagement pictures. We have an engagement video, he recorded the whole thing and tricked me lol. So I found a few but I decided to just have someone design something for me on Etsy ($10-12) and just upload it to vistaprint since I have a groupon for them.

Comes out to $350/hour. We are doing 2 hours

Quote: Originally Posted by JenniferM We've spent forever on our STDs as well. We keep going back and forth but I think we've finally settled on a picture of us in the form of a postcard with all the info. Are you also doing Vistaprint? If so, which one?

Quote: Originally Posted by m8chow We did the STDs as postcards through vistaprint (thanks to some other brides suggestions). Then I made a free website that people could visit to get info and put that on the postcard (great for the younger generation, but more info was communicated directly for the more traditional generation). I'm in the middle of making some barefoot sandals right now and then some labels for our OOT tumblers. I only have 4 months left and I'm feeling the pressure. Other than tumblers though, our OOTs are still kind of empty because the resort provides most of the things that people would need. So I keep surfing the forums for some ideas. Which STD did you pick, I can't decide ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Quote: Originally Posted by minigodiva I know the TA stuff takes some time, but it's good that it's going I didn't have to e-mail TP the spanish version of my question because I asked my WC if she can just help me book TP or how does the deposit work, and she replied that I don't need a deposit at all and that we can just sit down togeter with TP when I arrive, so I'm going her route. If I can wait to pay them later why not?! I just don't know why TP was asking me for 30% deposit prior to arrival. Ok good, yeah my WC just said she would make a note of it and no problem. I'm using TC just for their photobooth... FI requested lol

Quote: Originally Posted by minigodiva Thank you! I'll let you know when they reply. How's wedding planning? haha ok cool! It's going, waiting for the TA to give me my website with all the prices for my guests, our pictures and all their info so I can put the website on my STD ....then ready to order them from this vendor I found at the Bridal Expo.