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Do any of you happen to know the dimensions of the round tables for the reception and the long table for the guest signing book table?

Hi everyone! I have 35 recovery kit bags left over from my welcome bags which I'm not using. If anyone wants them, let me know and I'll mail them to you. I just figured it would be better to give them to someone rather than throw them away. I posted a picture of them. I used them for advil, Tylenol, alka seltzer, blowfish and pepto bismol. You can email me at khmciver@@gmail.com if you want them. Thanks!

Hi ladies! I have 35 recovery kit bags left over from my welcome bags which I'm happy to send to someone if they want them. I put advil, Tylenol, alka seltzer, pepto bismol, etc. in them. They're really cute. If you want me to mail them to you, just let me know. I attached a picture of them. Thanks!

@@MrsHK Hi! I would be interested in getting a price sheet. That would be great! I'm also more than happy to sell you anything I have after the wedding. You can shoot me an email at khmciver@@gmail.com. Thanks!

I just ordered them through Lomas because I don't want to have to bring down another thing. I'm starting to get a little overwhelmed with how much stuff I'm bringing down there. I'm doing 40 paper lanterns for a whopping $1500. Ridiculous, but my WC says is really pretty and plenty of light.

I found it on Amazon actually. Not sure what it is exactly.

I'm happy to email you my documents if you want to give me your email address. For the coil bracelets, I bought 12 Coil Bracelet Keychains sold by HenWah for $3.66. I also bought Advantus Proximity Badge Holder Cards for $8.68/50 pack. Let me know if you have any more questions!

@@sbjzmex They're not making me pay $10 per person and I'm having 100. They also let me choose the location so you may want to talk to your WC or TA again about that.

So cute!!! I love all of it! How did you do the activity bags and what did you put in those? That's a great idea! I have 65 welcome bags to take with me and I'm a little panicked about how much stuff I have. Between the decorations, welcome bag stuff, etc., I have 8 suitcases of stuff. Ridiculous. I have friends who can take 2 bags so I don't have to take all of them with me. I did buy super cheap suitcases and I'm leaving them there. Better than hauling them back. Love your welcome stuff! Great job!

I bought plastic card holders and the wrist coil things from Amazon. Then I printed out the inserts.

@@JuliaS My first wedding coordinator in Miami was awful. She took weeks to respond. So then I requested a new one. She was better, but she still took about a week to respond. Some people are really patient, but considering what we're spending on our weddings, I thought it was a bit ridiculous to wait a week. And half the time, she rarely answered my questions. So my travel agent/wedding coordinator got me a new coordinator who has been absolutely amazing. She responds that same day. She's not actually with Karisma though. She's with Lomas, who does all the decorations, etc., but she only works with Azul Fives so she's been taking care of my detail sheet, etc. She even told me where my free private events were going to take place, which is awesome because they're not supposed to tell you until you get there. She rocks. I've heard that the wedding coordinators in Miami are better now because they have a new system in place, or something like that... If you don't like yours, you can always request a new one.

@@laylabee Congratulations and welcome to our lovely forum!! The resort is Azul Fives in Playa del Carmen. The sky deck is really cool. They do charge a $1700 fee to use it, but I got them to waive it so maybe they'll waive it for you. My photographer is Photos in Cancun. www.photosincancun.com. The photographer is Derek Campbell and he's been great. I'm use the make-up person at the resort. The best make-up artist that I've read about is Flor.

@@mazarin I am getting to the resort on Tuesday. All of my guests are arriving Thursday. I'm going a few days early so I can a) relax for a bit before everyone is there work on my tan before everyone wants to talk to me when they're there and I can't lay out. Ha! C) meet with the wedding coordinator at the property on Wednesday. D) get all my welcome bags together and assembled there bc it's easier for me to do them there and E) do my trial make-up so I can make sure I like what they do. I've never been to the resor so I want to see everything before everyone is there.

That's so exciting about the new restaurants! My wedding is November 1, 2014 so I'll let you all know what they've done. I'll make sure to take lots of pictures and post a full review. 46 days! Eek!! Our ceremony is at 3:30 pm on the beach The cocktail party is from 4-6 pm on the Sky Deck The reception is from 6-10 pm in the garden/pool area The day of our wedding, the sun sets at 5:15 pm so the photographer recommended that for our timeline. I'm not thrilled about the idea of the ceremony being at 3:30, but we're not seeing each other before the ceremony, so we have to do all of the pictures between the ceremony and the reception, and I really wanted pictures when the sun is setting. For those of you who are asking about photography, I'm using Photos in Cancun. photosincancun.com The main photographer is Derek Campbell. He has two other photographers who will be with him. His rate was supposed to be $2500, but he knocked it down to $2100 so that way it's like I'm only paying half of the outside vendor fee. He also added 2 extra hours to the wedding day photography. He was supposed to come for 8 hours, but he's doing 10 hours for me. He is also coming to the rehearsal dinner for no additional charge and taking pictures there. I only had to pay the day pass for that. He's been great, very responsive and is following my pinterest photography board so he knows exactly what I want. I highly suggest him.

Ladies, I need help finding shoes. Are y'all wearing flats? Any suggestions? We are doing our reception in the garden area so I can't wear heels because I will sink. Boo.

@@reynbow I negotiated by email. But my travel agent did too because she works with the resort a lot. For snacks, I was just going to go to the buffet and grab stuff and throw it in my tote bag. After all, food is included, right? If I need to, I can go in town. I don't know if there is a walmart. Maybe?

@@reynbow Even though we are getting married on a Saturday and technically, they aren't supposed to allow the free unlimited events for Saturday ceremonies, but I told them that since I'm having such a large group, I thought it was only fair. Plus, I only wanted the welcome cocktail party and the rehearsal dinner as free events. So the coordinator talked to her supervisor and got it waived. As for the sky deck fee, I would try and ask if they'll waive the $1700 since you do have such a large group and you're still going to pay the $15/person fee. Doesn't hurt to ask. Maybe they can at least lower the fee? They told me my group was too big to do our cocktail hour at the sky terrace. Mean people. We're doing the welcome reception on the beach, the rehearsal dinner at Oriola, the ceremony on the beach, the cocktail party on the sky deck and the reception in the garden/pool area. Question for you - how are you getting all of your welcome bag stuff down to Mexico since you have so many people? I'm stressing on how to do that!

@@KScheer Well that explains why they said no. Haha! I'm having 100 guests. Thanks so much!!

@@KScheer How many people do you have coming again? I'm trying to do the same thing as you, but they're telling me I can't. Boo.

@@TinkerSofi Stupid question. Where is the terrace? We're only doing our ceremony on the beach. Then our pre-ceremony cocktail hour on the sky deck and then the reception in the garden/pool area I think. Haven't nailed that one down yet though. So where is the terrace and how many people are you having?

I begged my wedding coordinator to tell me where my private events were and she did! Even though we qualified for unlimited events, we're only using the cocktail party for our welcome cocktail party and then the rehearsal dinner. Sucks that it's a pre-set menu, but the joy of an all inclusive is that if someone doesn't like it, they can go eat whatever they want after for free! Are y'all doing your ceremony on the beach or the sky deck? I'm torn about where to do it. I want to do it on the beach, but I'm sort of worried there won't be enough room for 100 people. Does anyone have any pictures or anything? I'm having a hard time finding actual weddings from there with a lot of people. Thanks!

@@jasoncwms Hey! Welcome to our little forum! I would definitely recommend using a travel agent or a travel group. Using one of those type groups will definitely help because they can get a block of rooms for your group, group rates, etc. Then once you've booked Azul Fives, you'll get assigned a wedding coordinator who is with Karisma properties who owns the hotel. The coordinator will be based out of their Miami office, but will get everything set up for you for the wedding. Then when you get to the hotel for your wedding, the on site coordinator has everything from the Miami coordinator and takes care of you from there. Since most of your guests will be traveling from NJ/NY area, I would say it'd be best to use a travel agent or destination wedding travel group. I don't know if any travel agents will actually coordinate your wedding for you. Other people may know that. Also, since June is a relatively off peak season travel month, then you should be able to keep the costs down. Our wedding for 110 people is costing us about $17k for everything at the resort (ie food, decorations, rehearsal dinner - which we got included b/c of our group size, welcome cocktail party, post ceremony cocktail party, reception, etc.). I think with your size group you may be able to get some events free. Hope that sort of helps. Sorry if I sort of rambled. I'm not an expert on the hotel so other people on this forum could definitely have some other ideas and suggestions for you. Good luck! PS - I'm super impressed you're taking the lead on this stuff. Your fiancee is lucky!! It's a lot of work.

Yet another question for you girls - do we have to rent a dance floor? I wish they provided a free dance floor. Everything is adding up so quickly! Yikes! Also, does anyone know where we can see other brides reviews with pictures who got married here? It would be so helpful if there were some.

Question for you all - for those of you doing your reception outside, did you have to get lighting? Or do they have lighting? Thanks!