Linds1204

@@Naturalbeauti30 Congrats! Our ceremony was on the sky terrace (amazing!) and our reception was on the Palenque terrace (equally amazing). We had 77 guests. We had a large group and the Palenque terrace is huge but we utilized the space well. I'm dying to get some pics up for you girls! But I may have to do it tonight as I can't get on facebook from work to save them to my computer. You all can also friend me on FB to see pics! Lindsey Spotts

Hi Brides! We just got back from Beach Palace Last night! Our wedding was AMAZING and PERFECT! The BP staff really knocked it out of the park! And I am VERY picky I hope to get my planning thread and reviews up this week! Please reach out to me with any questions about anything!!! I am happy to help anyone as I know how difficult it is to plan via email @@shmanderz pretty sure the dress code was only enforced in Bochelli, which is the Italian Rest (my fav!). Our male guests wore linen pants, khakis or jeans and polos or linen collared shirts. I don't believe they enforced closed toed shoes for the men. There is no dress code for the ladies. I wore dresses or cute tank tops and white jeans, sometimes with heels, sometimes with jeweled flip flops and no one said a word about dress.

Hi @@liz24 Congrats! Traditional etiquette is the mother of the bride should select her dress & color first, and then the mother of the groom should select her dress after the Mother of the Bride in similar formality, length etc but a different color. The mother of the bride dress sometimes is similar to the bridesmaids dresses in color. The "mothers" dresses should complement each other. This is all just traditional- it's your wedding, so do whatever you like and what works best for you! I stupidly told my MIL to be that she can wear any color dress that she wants. I was trying to make it easy for her. She is apparently wearing pants and a blouse….couldn't tell you what color or what any of it looks like b/c she hasn't consulted me at all. So be careful with giving too much freedom! It has totally back fired on me I wish that I had been more specific. Good luck!

@@Mrsoats The same thing happened to my with JSAV- they totally try to rip you off! It says on the Palace Pricing info that tax & delivery/setup are included in the pricing of $1,750 for a 4 hour DJ- then they quoted me $2,300 with tax & delivery/setup. I didn't even go back to JSAV and call them out- I told my wedding coordinator that I wanted a quote from PSAV- same service, 4 hour DJ- $1,350 including tax & delivery/setup. So I hired PSAV I recommend that you do the same. Seems like the wedding coordinators may get some sort of commission based on the services that you book, which is why they don't even send the PSAV quote. I don't know that for sure, just thought it was interesting that they never sent me anything for PSAV and they are $1,000 cheaper for the same service...

For all the Mexico Brides! The Duty Free Limit was just increased from $300 per person to $500 per person! (effective 12/3/13). This is only if you are traveling by air. Ground will remain at $300 Great news for everyone bringing lots of decor, favors, OOT Bags & bridal party gifts!! Here the link to the article for those of you who wish to read it: http://yucalandia.com/answers-to-common-questions/what-can-i-bring-into-mexico-mexican-customs-rules-the-article/#What%20can%20I%20bring%20in%20duty%20free

Hey Girls! Eyelash extensions do look beautiful! I would recommend getting them done to "try out" a while before your wedding! I did a test run and my experience was not one that I would wan to have right before my wedding. I had Novalashes done, which is supposed to be the best/least toxic as far as glue reactions etc go. I had a terrible reaction to them, not at first it was sort of gradual over a few weeks. My eye are was very irritated and my eyelids were really red. I also had a difficult time getting water out/off of my eyes b/c you aren't supposed to rub them. So if you are swimming, this could be an issue. I waited for them all to finally fall off, and they had broken a lot of my natural lashes, and it took me a few months to get them back to normal. I should mention that I have very thick, long and dark natural lashes to begin with, so I probably didn't really need them, but, I was really upset when they were finally off that I had lost a lot of my natural length & thickness. Thankfully they did grow back! Just wanted to post a little warning! This is definitely not what happens to everyone, but there is a chance that you could have a similar a reaction.

@@christy531 You can do a destination wedding with a range of budgets. I live in DC (so wedding price points are similar to NYC). We are doing a large wedding, 75 people, with A LOT of extras that most people don't do for a DW, and it's still costing us about half of what we would have spent in DC, for 3 days worth of events. My wedding is in a month, so I don't have my final tally in yet on cost. There are a lot of resorts that give perks & freebies to brides depending on how many guests you have. For example, because of the size of our wedding, we are getting all of our events for free, and our stay at the resort for 7 nights for free! This allowed us to be able to contribute towards some of our guests rooms, and allowed us to spend more on extras for the wedding. However, if we didn't add on extras (decor, flowers, entertainment, rentals, entertainment etc), we could have our wedding for almost nothing. If we went with the basic setup provided and just added a DJ, our wedding could be under 2K. I hope that helps! Feel free to PM me if you want any more details or specifics!

Past Brides!! I need your help please! Did any of you have the symbolic ceremony? If so, were you able to get a script of what the officiant was going to say, or were there choices of different scripts? I am a month out from my wedding and don't have a clue about the ceremony! Am I supposed to provide a script?? EEEK! Please help! Any info is greatly appreciated!!! thanks!

Hi @@yancn Congrats!!!! Are you using a travel agent to handle your group block and guests bookings for you? My TA is coordinating all transfers for our guests. It is included in our group pricing. BP does not have a shuttle, so either you would need to find a way to coordinate this or your guests would need to pay for a taxi etc, which could be chaotic and stressful for you to coordinate. If you don't have a TA yet, let me know! A lot of us on this forum have Wendy Hicks from Wright Travel (owners of this site) and she is AMAZING. I would be happy to give you her info. I and many others would probably second my advice to for sure get a TA, but not just any TA, one that specializes in Destination Weddings. Good luck!

Hey @@esahunnie Great chatting with you last night! Here are some of the photographers we talked about: www.elizabethmedina.com <---- go to her blog to check out her weddings, she is amazing! www.delsolphotography.com <----- you can search del sol's site for beach palace and look at photos from other weddings there to get an idea of what the sky deck and reception space looks like. They are also awesome and have done a lot of BP weddings. www.saraniweddings.com <---- sarani is a BP approved photographer, also does video, you can get a package with both. Florists: www.vanessajaimes.com <---- who I am using after i spied her arrangements she did for a del sol bride married at BP www.mayafloral.com <---- I have heard a lot of brides use Marvin The resort also has a florist they coordinate with you, and they can do a lot, just depends on what you are looking for. I will email you the brochure from Zuniga, who is the rental company for lighting, and any other rentals if you don't want to use the Colin Cowie Collection. Zuniga also has a florist they work with that you can use and you won't have to pay the outside vendor fee. Let me know if you have any other questions! Lindsey

They closed down the miami office office summer of 2013, so everyone works with a coordinator who is in Mexico. You will work with a coordinator until about a few weeks before you leave, then you are assigned your onsite coordinator for when you arrive at the resort.