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Quote: Originally Posted by shugapop1 That is correct. Noooo buying. I was actually lookijg at things for u guys. Someone has eggplant as their color and I saw eggplamt chair sahes yellow organza sashes. I saw lots of blue, turquoise and orange and coral stuff. Los of luggage tags oOOOO MY COLORS ARE CORAL AND TURQUOISE! Let me know if you ladies see anything interesting haha

Quote: Originally Posted by MrsTobeD Ok I'm doing in 11 months in advance so not horrible lol .... what about the invites?

Quote: Originally Posted by tricia-m My wedding is November 2014. I've already started with preliminary booking for my entourage and family. We just finished our engagement/save the date photo shoot. I will then be sending my save the dates in October. Then whomever has rsvp'd I will send them an official wedding invitation for about 4 months in advance. I'm a little ahead I think haha. I was thinking of sending STD in Oct and the invitations after the Holidays, my FI thinks 9 months is too short notice! I think he's crazy lol ahhhhhhhhhhhh this is the only thing bugging me! Where did you get your STD and invites? or have you?

Quote: Originally Posted by minigodiva I hope these prices don't change to drastically for 2014. There's so many things that just add up. Well when I first started looking I was already taken aback at the price changes for the packages so when I ask I make sure to say 2014 because I am planning ahead with the same budget! lol Ugh so many little things! Are you doing a cocktail hour? I have such a fear of so many people coming I'm scared to send out my save the dates lol

Quote: Originally Posted by sialingbride My dress brought from babyonline dhate Did you send them a picture of your dress? How does it work exactly? Also, how long did it take?

Quote: Originally Posted by Trish Upshall ahh ok. i did receive that quote from Marlene in the begining but i didn't realize that was for DJ Mannia. Thanks You should ask and make sure it's him just in case, none of us want surprises on our wedding day lol Welcome!

Sept 6, 2014 @ Barcelo Bavaro Palace Deluxe!

Yes read above ... The $1300 includes DJ, MC, fireworks for first dance and strobe lights but this is the pricing from Aris, my WC.

So it's $1300 for everything with the hotel package or $700 without the MC, fireworks and lights. Those are the only packages the hotel offers. He has his own packages but it's for other hotels he doesn't have exclusivity for I think but it's not a huge difference.

Quote: Originally Posted by tricia-m What was the price you were quoted for dj and mc? And is this without the 'fireworks'? Does anyone know if there is no mc, does that mean there is no mic at all? I'm trying to justify all the costs :s On the sheet for pricing it's $1300 with fireworks and MC plus other stuff or $700 with just the DJ and a wireless mic Quote: Originally Posted by LovelyGemini SoonMrsD, do you know if DJ Mannia is one of the DJ's that our WC's give us the pricing for? I chose the package that includes the MC, but don't know if DJ Mannia has to be booked separately or has a different price list. I've also read great things about him. Yes he is the recommended one so no outside fees to worry about, I was so happy when I was told! He has a different price but when I compared it's just different packages offered from the hotel and the DJ, difference is not bad at all in my opinion. You are paying $300 more for fireworks and flashing devices as in comparison to his package for the wedding. The only thing I'm not happy about is the extra hour but it is what it is. Did we all get the same pricing, please say yes lol lol

Quote: Originally Posted by Junelove I just got married in the Hard Rock in Punta Cana and we used HDC....and the only thing i can say is Their work is simply AMAZING!!! EVERYONE LOVES our pictures and most importantly WE love our pictures! they look like they should be in a magazine/ad for a destination wedding we cant get enough of them...BEAUTIFUL!.. and they are PERFECT to work with! Did you have to pay any fees to have them at your wedding?

@claruickie: When I hit Quote, it came up blank, like this: Quote: Originally Posted by bridemoonpalace

Quote: Originally Posted by vivaliciouschic So... Ladies. My dress is here!! I am so impressed with my experience with dressilyme. I ordered the dress and it was done within 2 weeks plus alterations i have asked them to do to the necklines. Then gave them the ok to deliver and it is here within a week. Total it took them 3 weeks to do everything for me. I am amazed at the craftmanship. and even my FH is impressed. His friend who is a wedding photographer told me that the material used is of a great quality, with about 4-5 layers of different materials used. The laces are not the stick-to-the-material, but the proper ones used like on expensive, real deal branded bridal gown. I need abit more alterations just because i like it tighter on me and i am going to permanently sew in the sleeves into the dress, as i have asked them to do a detachable sleeves on mine. Quote: Originally Posted by vivaliciouschic So... Ladies. My dress is here!! I am so impressed with my experience with dressilyme. I ordered the dress and it was done within 2 weeks plus alterations i have asked them to do to the necklines. Then gave them the ok to deliver and it is here within a week. Total it took them 3 weeks to do everything for me. I am amazed at the craftmanship. and even my FH is impressed. His friend who is a wedding photographer told me that the material used is of a great quality, with about 4-5 layers of different materials used. The laces are not the stick-to-the-material, but the proper ones used like on expensive, real deal branded bridal gown. I need abit more alterations just because i like it tighter on me and i am going to permanently sew in the sleeves into the dress, as i have asked them to do a detachable sleeves on mine. Wow! This is awesome!

Quote: Originally Posted by Jenny2014 I am addicted to Pinterest! You can find me at mccallumjen I have a secret DW wedding board, but anything I post to my actual wedding board are things I don't care if people coming to my wedding know about. Got it, my board is alive and public .... I simply post and I only have a few really nosy people but they won't know lol Just started following you! I have my destination board and I'm pinning for a friend for her wedding 3 months before mine on Long Island so look and pin away PS Just noticed my wedding date is about 2 weeks before yours awwwwww

Quote: Originally Posted by Trish Upshall Thank you ladies! I had a nice sigh of relief after reading your responses lol. I am bringing a photographer down with me and she is staying at the resort for the whole week with us so photography is dealt with my other concern was dj, which i will probably just use one frm the resort since the vendor fees etc seem to be very high and we are already tryng to budget lol. Happy planning everyone!! everytime i read posts on here i get more and more excited!! We are all mostly for DJ Mannia, the resort recommends him and he has amazing reviews. Plus a friend of a friend had him for her wedding 2 years ago. Good Luck on your wedding and planning!

Quote: Originally Posted by MissJali Did you find me? My name is the same...MissJali Just started following you! Girl I have so much on my profile lol - My wedding and a good friend of mine is also getting married next year so I post on her board as well! lol

Quote: Originally Posted by Trish Upshall ok so i am probably the WORST when it comes to wedding planning! My wedding is still 7months away (April 2014) I have the date booked and ceremony time and reception etc...but haven't booked or discussed anything else with the coordinator. Which I believe from reading through the past comments, is no longer working there so I emailed the other day and still ahven't heard back. Should I be booking and reserving a dj this far in advance? and with decor etc do I need to let them know colours or does most of this get dealt with once we are there? I am the WORST wedding planner ever!!!!!!!!!!! Ps.. Thank goodness for this thread or else i would be even more lost! I love all the pictures and posts from all the past weddings!! Makes me so excited for mine!! Don't worry about that at all! I had no idea about anything and when I discovered all these lovely ladies, it was heaven sent. Now everything makes sense! Ask away if you have any questions, we are all here to help each other!

Quote: Originally Posted by MissJali i have pinterest also. i have a secret wedding board as well. I haven't been on there recently... Ok I will find you.... I'm hooked and pinned so much stuff, well I have a wedding board!

Quote: Originally Posted by moodyc82 I just pinned it to my Pinterest Album and gave you credit! haha.... by the way does anyone use Pinterest?

Quote: Originally Posted by flyingchild Also, I like your wedding date! I am the weekend before you, maybe I will run into you there Nice you will be a labor day weekend bride! Did you already book the day? How exciting!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by MissJali Has anyone found out how much it will cost to extend the reception hours? So depending on the DJ Mannia package you choose it could be $236 or $433, just for the extra hour. I might do it since everyone keeps telling me its worth it but it's so much money lol

Quote: Originally Posted by myyooths Hi Ladies, So I finally got billed and I see that the Catholic Wedding gets charged a separate $550. Do you guys know if this is applicable to all packages? I have the Strawberry package. I too was assigned to Aris! Whoohoo with her track record on this thread, I think I'm in good hands. Yeah the catholic wedding fee is for every package the same price,l I just find it amazing how it went up from $200 this year to such a big jump in 2014. She's my WC and she's on point, I love her, my wedding is about a year away and she's asking me questions to make sure I get all I want.

Quote: Originally Posted by flyingchild Hey brides-to-be! I am planning my 2014 wedding and Barcelo Bavaro Palace is #1 on my list right now..I like everything they have to offer except for the exclusive photopgrahy studio they use... Do you guys have any insights on that? Do we ABSOLUTELY have to use them if wanting an on-site photographer? I really want to use HDC... I was thinking if it is possible to "invite" the HDC photographer as a guest? I saw some other brides did that on other resorts to avoid the outside vendor fee... Well with my experience at first my WC said no outside people as I wanted to use HDC then when I said I'm flying in my own photo/video which will be cheaper anyway she then claimed the fee for outside vendor is $1000. You will not be able to have them as a guest because they will need to stay at the hotel and if they are staying elsewhere she stated they needed to know where they are staying. It seems its not as easy as it use to be but go and try!

Hey sorry to bug you but can you give me the name again of the vendor for your dress to replicate, the dress I want is on Ali Express but I don't know much about the vendor. Last time we spoke you said I can give your vendor a picture and they can quote me - I haven't loved any dress other than mine even though it's different .... hope my FI loves me in it haha

Beautiful pictures and thank you for sharing! Good to know things worked out eventually Did your bouquet come with the strawberry package? What time was your wedding? reception?