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I feel like i need to vent here...so i am 2 months away from my wedding and i am told that except photographer and videographer, there's no other outside vendor allowed in the resort. what a BS. They are charging us all an arm and a leg and we are very limited with options. I want my friend to dj for us that night but when he saw the equipment that Lomas rents out, he said these are way outdated, even the pioneer sound system that's rented for $2K. it's ridiculous, isn't it? anyways, after talking to Karisma, they are saying it is what it is and you can't bring other equipment to the resort. Has any of you ladies had a different experience?

hi ladies, any of you experiencing delays in response from Karisma's Miami office? My WC's name is Brigitte and for the last 6 months she's been super quick in responding. Now i have sent her couple emails for the last month and have not received any emails back...i tried to reach her on the phone but am never successful. Any of you are experiencing this?

@ congrats on your upcoming wedding...I hope you and your guests all have a blast...enjoy your week and remember, not to stress out...it's all about you Hi everyone, is any of you using an outside florist? I honestly don't like Lomas' florist work and i think their selection is very limited and expensive. Can you suggest any outside florist to me? Thanks

I've got a sketch of the garden area along with dimensions and where exactly the trees are. It's a JPEG file and i don't think i'm qualified yet to post pics to this forum. Let me know if you want it and i can email it to you.

hi ladies, here's the link to the resort map. it's helping me a lot figuring out where things are. http://www.resortsmaps.com/popup.html?maps/map-AzulFives-RivMaya.jpg

not sure if you've all see this. It's the resort map. Helps me a lot with my planning. http://www.resortsmaps.com/popup.html?maps/map-AzulFives-RivMaya.jpg

hi ladies, does any of you have photos of a reception held at the garden? I'm thinking of having a garden reception and was looking into getting some string lights but my WC is telling me there's not that many trees in the area. The reason I'm choosing garden reception is the greens and I think it would turn out nice in our photos but now that she says not many trees, i'm confused. I'd love to see some real reception photos at Azul Fives' garden. You can email them to me at mona1362@@gmail.com Thanks @@TinkerSofi I also got the $14/pp per hr rate for extending reception hrs. :S that means $1400 for 50 guests to extend to 1 o'clock. I suppose I can rent an entire club in Playa del Carmen for unlimited hrs. esp, that our wedding's on a Monday night.

Hi ladies, Any of you has dimensions and number of string lights to be hung at the garden? How many do i need? and at what length?

Hi ladies, Any of you has dimensions and number of string lights to be hung at the garden? How many do i need? and at what length?

hi ladies, are you flying the same day most of your guests are flying or are you planning to fly in few days earlier. I have booked our flights with the majority of guests but was wondering if we should go couple days earlier.

We're having the ceremony at 5, cocktails at 6, and reception at 7. Ceremony's at the sky deck, cocktails at the sky terrace and a garden reception. Finally bought my gown yesterday....CAN'T WAIT

Jeez, flowers are so expensive. Why is Lomas charging so much for flowers? I was gonna pick the pure glamour design for reception. Now i found out it costs $250/table + $150/vase on each table. There are 3 vases, each with about a dozen roses in it. How on earth does dozen roses cost $150. :S Any of you ladies have any other suggestions for flowers and bridal bouquet? any of you going with outside vendors?

Hi ladies, in search of a DJ. Can you tell me who have you hired and if you know anyone in the area that's good? Thanks,

Hi ladies, I'm thinking of giving out customized mini patron bottles as favor. Has any of you done this before? I've been told there's a walmart and a liquor store in Playa Del Carmen. Anyone knows if we can get some there? I can bring stickers and customize it ourselves. Azul fives offers other brands but somehow I wanna do Patron and they don't have that...any ideas on how i can accomplish this task?

@@Vickiw89 thank you thank you thank you...what a great source...i can see everything...looks like most pp got away with no picking one of the super expensive memorable packages. these videos made me think, chairs with no covers even look better than those that do...also, consider the wind when picking a veil...

god Sarani photography is expensive but her work's one of a kind.... i don't know if it's worth that much though...has any of you ladies had experience with any other photographers? I'd love to hear your feedbacks,...

@@Vickiw89 We applied through the hotel website regarding wedding day booking and heard back within 24 hrs and received confirmation within 48 hrs. They are attentive if you contact them directly.

@ congrats... Can you please email me some photos? I'm glad you had a good time...I'm dying to see them. Can't open these ones. my email is mona1362@@gmail.com I really appreciate it

Azul Fives brides, If you only had the option of picking Sky Deck either for the ceremony or the reception, for which one would you pick it for? Here are the options i'm thinking about. Please vote 1) beach ceremony - Sky Deck reception. 2) Sky deck ceremony - sky deck reception. 3) Sky deck ceremony - garden reception Help me out here.

@@cgcabezas Sweet..that's what I'll do then. Will send STD's soon. We're not using destinationwedding.com. I suppose they only work with residents of US. We're in Canada. I'm using an airtransat TA and hoping everything else i need, i can either get it from resort's WC (i believe it's Briggitte?) or this website.

@@cgcabezas our date's April 20th. happy planning When are you planning to send out your save the date and/or invitation cards? Our guest are supposed to put down $200 deposit by July 1st. I have a feeling it's way too early to send out invited but i don't know how to get them to put down their deposits without actually sending out invites. May I ask how you're doing it? do your guests require to secure their spot with a deposit? As far as vendors or hair stylists, I haven't started looking yet. I'm focused on invites for now...it sounds like it's easier to plan a destination wedding but i find it as much work

@@cgcabezas I am also April 2015 bride....thanks for sharing all this info.I'm at the very early stages of planning now. Just set the date and put our deposit down. Happy planning.

Hi ladies, April 2015 Azul Fives bride can't wait...just put deposit down today... Love the look of this resort...i hope it doesn't disappoint. Happy planning y'all

@@SSarvi Thanks for the info. May I ask who's your agent? I am working with one ass well. I have noticed prices have gone down a bit. Our departure city is Toronto. I think waiting a little bit helped us in getting better prices.

Hi everyone, I'm thinking of booking DPA for our wedding in Apr 2015. This forum's helping me a lot in making this decision. Thanks for all the great reviews. We are going to have 50-60 pp at our wedding. I just want to make sure our guests can get entertained. Wedding's gonna be one day but does DPA have good entertainment (daily and nightly shows, dancing (club), games, etc)? It'd be great if you could comment on entertainment. Also, did any of your group leave the resort to do other activities, like shopping, sightseeing, etc?