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Hello everyone and congratulations!! If anyone is looking for favors we used Jimmy with Dominican favors for our 70 personalized bottle of Brugal rum! We had no problems with communication through out the entire process. I emailed him a week before we left to confirm date, time, and location of delivery- he confirmed date, time, and met us in the lobby of the resort. All of our guests loved the favors our coordinator was even blown away. Good luck and happy planning!

@@Meandhim @@Jc14 hello, we used Jimmy with Dominican favors for our 70 personalized bottle of Brugal rum! We had no problems with communication through out the entire process. I emailed him a week before we left to confirm date, time, and location of delivery- he confirmed date, time, and met us in the lobby of the resort. All of our guests loved the favors our coordinator was even blown away. Good luck and happy planning!

@@miriv1005 hello I used Jimmy with Dominican favors for 70 bottles of brugal with personalized tags! He delivered them on the exact day at the exact time right to the resort lobby! He was great to work with! All our guest loved the favors!!

@@Dina821 I would agree with lack of privacy but to be honest we had 75 guest so the additional 8-10 that were sitting on the beach didn't bother me personally... They weren't rude or any thing; they complimented and congratulated us and stood to clap after the ceremony. We flew our photographer in with us; we did get the free pics from the resort that come with the package- I was not impressed with the prints or the lady who works there she was extremely rude.

@@Dina821 we chose the symbolic ceremony and did the legal "stuff" at home before we left. We had our ceremony/cocktail hour on the beach at 4-5:45 and reception in the ball room at 6-10... We had already visited the resort two years earlier (along with a few others) which made me decide on the beach location. Why are you 2nd guessing? I can try to provide you with some info!!

@@Dina821 yes, they are very much on island time and are extremely slow at responding... That drove me crazy the entire two years of planning; however once you arrive at the resort you are catered too!!

@@Sandraco8 I transported 85 personalized 20oz stadium cups to Dominican Republic at the beginning of the month with no prob! They fit perfectly in my carry on amongst everything else!! Pricing was great and all of my guest loved/love them!!

@@shevette925 You can do hand fasting, knot of 3 strands, releasing doves, releasing butterflies, plant a tree (pending your location), wine ceremony... We did the sand ceremony and I did not want to keep the sand or bottles- more clutter.. Lol

We are back from our amazing wedding and honeymoon and ready to clean house; I am accepting all reasonable offers buyer pays shipping! Pay pal only!! -10 table numbers - 1 bag of seashells - 30 orange lanyards - 29 clear badge holders - 1 sandwich bag of orange sand -1 gold tone headband -1 bride hanger -1 floral necklace -1 pair silver pumps size 9.5 fits like 9 -1 pair of blush Steve Madden Sandals -1 garter 2pack unopened -24 bubbles -2 Gray organza overlays -15 Orange organza table runners -70 Orange organza chair sashes

I flew southwest and had no issues there isn't a closet however if you have an empty flight (ours was 22 ppl for 180 capacity) you'll have an overhead for just your dress!!!

We are back from our amazing wedding and honeymoon and ready to clean house; I am accepting all reasonable offers buyer pays shipping! items are ready to ship!! PayPal only! - 62 clear frosted favor bags W5x3xH 6 3/4 -10 table numbers - 1 bag of seashells - 30 orange lanyards - 29 clear badge holders - 1 sandwich bag of orange sand -1 gold tone headband -1 bride hanger -1 floral necklace -1 pair silver pumps size 9.5 fits like 9 -1 pair of blush Steve Madden Sandals -1 garter 2pack unopened -24 bubbles -2 Gray organza overlays -15 Orange organza table runners -70 Orange organza chair sashes

We are back from our amazing wedding and honeymoon and ready go clean house; I am accepting all reasonable offers buyer pays shipping! Majority of items are ready to ship!! *-55 clear frosted favor bags W5x3xH 6 3/4 *-20 orange lanyards *-20 clear badge holders -1 gold tone headband -1 bride hanger -1 floral necklace *-1 pair silver pumps size 9.5 fits like 9 -1 pair of blush Steve Madden Sandals -1 garter pack unopened -24 bubbles -2 Gray organza overlays -15 Orange organza table runners -70 Orange organza chair sashes

We are back from our amazing wedding and honeymoon and ready go clean house; I am accepting all reasonable offers buyer pays shipping! Majority of items are ready to ship!! *-55 clear frosted favor bags W5x3xH 6 3/4 *-20 orange lanyards *-20 clear badge holders -1 gold tone headband -1 bride hanger -1 sign our guestbook frame -1 floral necklace *-1 pair silver pumps size 9.5 fits like 9 -1 pair of blush Steve Madden Sandals -1 garter pack unopened -24 bubbles -2 Gray organza overlays -15 Orange organza table runners -70 Orange organza chair sashes -more picture available!

Here is my review from our September 2013 site visit if any one is interested.... I will have an actual wedding review upon return from our May 1 wedding!!! Sep 12, 2013 "Wedding site inspection/ vacation" VERY LONG REVIEW!! I would love to give 5 stars but I feel every business should be allotted room for improvements. Lets me say this tip, tip, tip, wisely but tip!! $1 will get your service $5 will get personlized and efficient service. Arrival at Punta Cana international was okay for a rainy day (hurricane season), it's a small airport however the process went very fast!! Walk-in, pay $10pp tourist card fee (if your not resident), get passport stamped, proceed to baggage claim (good luck with finding which belt your bags are going to be on), grab bags go thru baggage scan (i would call it security but it lacked the secure feeling) and find transportation attendants. Now I will say this, if you have not booked your transfers to and from the resort I strongly recommended that you use Prieto Tours, and if you have already booked your transfers well good luck! Our transfer attendant (didn't catch his name, he moved entirely too quickly) met us at the gate asked us if we were using Prieto Tours, we answered yes and he said follow me. From there he grabbed our bags and zzzoooommmeedd us through the airport and straight to the front of the baggage scan line and out to the bus in less than 5 minutes. We checked the taxi rates from the airport and at minimum your looking at $30 one way. The 20 minute ride to the airport was uumm let's use "scenic", lots of trees land and more trees o yes I did spot an IKEA and a few rental car places however not too sure on how you would go about that process. We were the first stop on our transfer, we did pass Melia Caribe, Paradisus Palma Real, Dreams, and of course Secrets is next door. Okay so arrival! The gate is hand opened by a security guard who ensures that people coming in are supposed to be on the grounds. 6 speed bumps later we were at the front door and greeted by 3 gentlemen who grabbed our luggage off the bus and escorted us to the front desk where we were greeted by Juan, who welcomed us home and offered us champagne. Smooth check-in process lasting about 7 minutes. Juan of course offered us the preferred upgrade in which we declined being that we knew majority of our guest for the wedding will not be upgrading so we want to give them reviews based on "a regular stay". We booked a tropical view and were upgraded to the pool view due to the promotion they were running at the time. We were then escorted to the "VIP" table where we were given vouchers to use on the resort which totaled $200 listen carefully and read what you sign. The vouchers are the equivalent of no sales tax (18%). So it's a "savings" but not as much as you may think. From the VIP table Our bellboy escorted us to our room pointing out where everything was on the way. I don't really know how you can call a room on ground level a "view" of any thing but the room and grounds were impeccable so I digress. Our room was in the Punta Cana building and our room was directly in front of the fountains. I believe I have seen in previous reviews something about "the other building" being really far, those buildings are the Garden View Rooms and are VERY far from everything else on the resort. (Unconfirmed) All the rooms are the same size except of course if you were to upgrade to a suite. All rooms come with a stocked mini fridge (the soda is not American, and check all of your water bottles to ensure the seal is not broken), safe, walk in shower, jetted bath tub, and room service. The pictures on the website are exactly how the room looks (if you are like me, my biggest fear is arriving some where that looks nothing like the pictures). The beds are FIRM. Housekeeping staff is definitely on their own time, first night 4:30, second day 11:30 and 7:30, third day who knows!! -Carnival Restaurant: Carnival is a casual come as you are buffet (no bathing suits). -Scores Sports bar: had a PS3 Xbox WII pool tables 4 flat screens, projector for the games, bar, and 5 lane bowling alley ($10/5ppl +$2/pp for shoes). -Moments: is very nice lounge/bar area but also very dark (dim lighting/candles). -Tamarando: Mexican food with made to order Margaritas (surprisingly I'm still waiting on mine) attire business casual -Castaway is for preferred guest only -Beachside Grille (grilled food) is a come as you are (bathing suits allowed) -Spice: Asian (closed for renovations during our visit) business casual -Blue water grill: american steakhouse business casual -Mercure: french cuisine says formal however we seen business casual walking in -Explorers club: looked really nice from the outside with an okay size secured play ground -Room service: quick and hot the first night the second night we waited for 1 1/2 hours -Unlimited Vacation: is a timeshare if your not interested in time shares just say no up front they will try to convince you that it's not a time share and they are commission based so they will do ANYTHING for a sale. Beware they do discriminate one of the gentleman clearly said to me we try not to waste time with students because of money, jobless, and those who don't look interested. Interestingly enough my fiancée and I were interested in purchasing right up until that statement was made. I looked at my fiancée who gave me "that look" I quickly told a little white lied that we don't have any credit cards to purchase. The gentleman ripped our papers up and rudely said ok maybe next time and quickly moved on. We could have been major investors, however his statement causes him to loose a sale.. -The guys on the beach WILL (if you go out to the beach before 8-8:30) approach you about buying souvenirs. Security as well as the police do a really good job at keeping them off the NOW/Secrets portion of the beach. I will say my fiancée and I walked 20 minutes back to NOW from the Jellyfish Restaurant and NOW was the cleanest (yes there is sea grass but the staff do a good job with clearing it up every so often) beach and the only one with security guards. -I'm not sure if this is a negative or positive however I'll throw it out there just as a heads up. My fiancée is half Bermudian, and I'm assuming could pass for Dominican due to the constant Dominicans speaking to him in Spanish and telling him he looks Dominican. One last night we walked the beach around 7:20 (looking for the Redskins game on the big screen that we never found) and were approached by a security guard. The guard asked my fiancée if he spoke Spanish and of course his repose no. So the guard says to me is he with you (lightbulb I'm holding this man hands walking on the beach... Nope I don't know him at all) I reply yes he goes where are you staying and then proceeds to ask to see the key to confirm. Part of me wants to say "ok great the security presence is visible and they are actually securing the premises" the other side of me is thinking "in the event the my fiancée went down to the beach to look for the "big screen" by himself which was his initial plan what the hell would have happened". -staff who were of great assistance Osvaldo Victor Miguel Juanito Wilki Mercy (entire wedding dept) Would definitely go back in a heart beat!!

Will use once for May 1st wedding, ready to ship May 12th.... Make an offer, buyer pays shipping from 21061... Please personal message me, thanks!

Used once for my bridal shower! Make an offer buyer pays shipping from 21061... Please personal message me!!

May 1st Now Larimar!!!!! I'm sure Instagram and Facebook are beyond tired of my countdowns!!!!

@@amandab36 I've never seen them here in the US but try amazon.com

@@eriddell they are all yours!!! I will personal message you

@@JamaicaNicole hello the picture is attached please look past the pink tissue paper!

Extra orange lanyards and "badge holders/ID Sleeves" .... Name your reasonable price!!! 15 total!!

Black cage card holder! Perfect for your wedding/bridal shower cards!! $25 or best offer shipping included!!!

@@TheBHolders I tried on the Marianne and loved it! It's super light, and beautiful of course!!

I will be wearing a blush maggie Sottero- Velma, for my May 1st wedding in Punta Cana- it's not nearly as heavy as it looks!!

@@acw271011 they close pretty tight- they remind me of a zip-loc bag.