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I feel like I'm the only one who hasn't talked with Cecilia yet!! I guess I'd better reach out to her. Are any of you doing an event the day after or before. I want to do a welcome party and either an excursion or brunch the next day. Quote: Originally Posted by Ashleyloriann I haven't gotten married yet but we have booked DJ Mannia for our DJ. They come with way more stuff and are less expensive even with the outside $150 fee than the Dreams DJ. From what I have read through threads on here, brides have left A LOT of decorations at Dreams for future brides to use, so I would speak with your coordinator regarding what is available. I have made a lot of trades and everyone else on here has too from what I've read so I would talk to Cecilia about it again. We are using an outside photographer & florist so we are getting a sound system for the ceremony and getting the gazebo decorated. The corsages they put on the gazebo I am going to have them put on the tables as centerpieces after the ceremony on the bridal party tables. I also opted out of the cocktail hour so instead of that we get 10 people comped for dinner. Hope this helps

Glad I'm not the only one stressing this one. My FI's parents STILL haven't booked. Which I find super annoying bc they say they are for sure coming. My travel agent always makes it seem that usually her brides have more ppl book right away, so she's actually making me feel worse about it. My dress just came in as well! It fits, but will need some contouring. I want to lose 20 too though! Argh, my FI makes it so hard! We are having our engagement photos taken in two weeks and will be doing invites late October, early November. I'm planning to have a little DIY party to put together the passport invites, OOT bags, and possibly some other stuff. Quote: Originally Posted by Tantan Wow, you ladies sound super organized! Yes 7 months feels like tomorrow to me too. Although I feel like I'm not doing much at the moment. Still haven't decided on my dress although I am givingyself till the end of this week to make a decision. I sent out invitations a while back as we live in London and needed to give quite abit of notice to our friends and family to get to Cancun. I haven't sorted bridesmaids as some of those I would like till haven't confirmed whether they're coming yet. Which is a pain! But hey! Are you guys traveling with guests? And how many do you have confirmed? I feel like it's so close, and only a few of mine have confirmed, getting quite worried that we'll have no guests! Lol xx Quote: Originally Posted by TuffLuv I have decided I am no longer going to worry about who's coming and who's not as long as my parents, his mother, & my brother are there. Initially I stressed over guest but I can't. If it's just me and my FI then so be it. Right now we have about 20 confirmed. I think more will confirm but like I said I'm not going to stress about it. Those who can't attend can celebrate with us at our AHR and see pics then. I would say try not to worry about your guest count (if you can). Quote: Originally Posted by kay2015 I wad I was in the sand boat I stressed about my guest count but as long as my fiancé gets on that plane I'm good. Lol yes it's important that our parents are there and special ppl in our lives but anyone else they wedding will go on regardless I had to keep telling me self that And not worry bout the little things

Af2492 My tip, don't get too overwhelmed on here. I started getting really freaked because I kept seeing all this stuff other brides were doing. I kinda got wrapped up in it all. But I stepped away from wedding planning for a couple months because we bought a house (!) Now I realize that part of the appeal if the destination is NOT having to get obsessed with planning. We'll anyway maybe I was just venting! You may be excited to do a bunch of planning! Lol

Congrats, MrsSmith! We almost had to consider moving our wedding to January! I'm excited to hear about how it turns out! My guess is Cancun is beautiful all year. We'll except for hurricane season!

Thanks so much for this info Sarah! It's nice for us that haven't been there to hear that dreams Cancun was really better. I have been a bit worried about the food too so nice to hear you thought it was better. What did you think of the rooms?

Hi Tantan, you are just a few days before us! We are April 12 and are arriving on the 8th! Where are you having your ceremony? Have you started work ohm with your coordinator yet?

Congratulations! That's my date too!!! We are getting married at dreams Cancun!

I totally fell off!

Looking forward to the fall webinars

Ashley, what ended up happening with this?

This was DIY? Awesome job!

Yeah, I'm sending to everyone already booked. I'm planning to do passport invites. Hopefully they'll be super cute, so I want everyone to have one. I'm debating on sending to those already declined. But I hope that people will just view it as a sign of respect not a request for a gift! Lol! Idk, I feel like everyone who is invited would appreciate a real invite. That's my plan anyway.

How are all you ladies doing this weekend? I'm excited because we are planning our engagement photo shoot! We decided to go to Sedona. It is beautiful there and there is a great plaza for photos too called Tlaquepaque! Have any of you ever visited?

I don't know. The travel agent is handling all of that. I only found out it was a savings because one of my guests researched.

No, I'm gonna keep it, at least for now. Idk, it seems like many brides trade that, but I am not planning to at this point. I still don't get why it matters if there's another wedding. Whether your reception starts at 5 or 530 doesn't change the fact that your reception location and the location for the other ceremony will have to be different. It doesn't make sense.? If you kept the cocktail hour and traded at the last minute, I wonder what would happen? How much have you talked with your WC?

Ashley, have you read many of the reviews on here of the resort? Most of the brides have seemed to indicate that once there, the coordinators were really accommodating and even gave them extras. Did they give you any reason? Obviously, wait and see isn't a good answer, but I think they will accommodate you. Maybe email the general coordinator email?

Thanks Jenny! I hope that's not the case, but if so, I'll figure it out. What type of item do you think they'd count the photography as? I'm definitely not going to use their photog, so I really want to trade for that. I guess worst case, I can ask them to be there for our welcome party and goodbye brunch. But I'd really prefer to have something I need! Lol Ashley, I'll let you know what I find out. I prob won't email my coordinator for another week or so. Just trying to get all my thoughts together.

Andrea, Thank you, this is super helpful. If I'm not able to trade, I'll use this option. Thanks for sharing your research!!

I'll keep you posted. Haven't reached out to the resort yet. I'm gonna hold off until I have a good list of questions.

Erin, Yes, I went with the Ultimate. I recently reviewed it again, and I don't think we'd save any money by going with the complimentary option.

O, thank you for that info! The dance floor/dj is my biggest question mark at this point. I'm actually hoping to trade the resort photog and album/video for the dance floor. I haven't reached out to my coordinator yet though.

Also, ladies, I saw another thread where ppl are winning stuff for their wedding. Idk how you find out about contests, but I'd guess google and Facebook are good places to start. Maybe Instagram too? I don't use twitter, but I bet that's a good resource too.

Well, don't stress too much. You have a long time to budget 1500. Plus oil prices will prob come down in the winter. So we'll all enjoy lower gas prices and airfare will likely come down too.

Yes, phone and email. There has been a hiccup or two, but overall she's been super helpful! We did a group rate which saved my guests about 400ish. So yeah. Plus we can do payments through their site, I sent eSTDs from the site for free, made a wedding site, and a honeymoon registry. The $50 deposit you make goes towards your trip. So it's a free service. There are others aw well. I understand the owners of this site also offer a similar service. I'd def recommend working with someone.

Thanks! I like the simple too!