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Ugh yeah 45 mins for a mariachi band was 850$... No way! They also said the speaker system we are renting for the reception can't be moved to the cocktail and we would have to rent a whole new one at the five hr price of like 1500 .. For one hr again no thanks. We bought a travel Sony speaker that is super loud . I'll make a playlist and have someone just hit play ( prob my brothers or sister in laws sig other) and get it started. There has to be music but I want to keep it cheap. Haha if I was at an AI and mine wasn't included I would probably tell everyone to gather at the same bar

I have good luck at Macy's or carsons etc, they have all different brands so you can see what works and there are a lot of sales and coupons

I am doing it myself but we already have a timeshare. I think you could shop around and see what prices are out there. I like not having a middle man because for me it would probably be one more poor communicator to worry about

@@TinkerSofi why the 4 and not the cheapest model? And what different mounts and prices are there? I wonder what would be best to like put it on a chair so no one had to hold it?

Has anyone used one of these for their wedding week? I'm thinking of buying the cheaper Model to take video during the week and possibly have brothers friend record our ceremony ( video is not worth it to me to pay for professional but nice to have ) wondering about the sound and video quality, or if there were other cheap cameras that are better. I suppose I always could use my iPhone

Did anyone do this? I was thinking of getting a 99$ one from David's bridal, any other ideas? I'm thinking a custom Hong Kong one will take more than eight weeks to get here. The main reason I want to do this is to be able to do the session before the wedding, as we have one full day after and I'd like to sleep in and relax

Hi everyone ! I'm getting married in Mexico in March but am taking a prehoneymoon if you will at this resort right now! If you have any questions about layout etc let me know! So far I like it just fine, the best part is the grounds, so tropical and lush. The beach right now is beautiful and fairly empty, plenty of pool chairs. They have a good amount of alcohol in the drinks. The rooms appear beautiful but up close are slightly dirty and outdated but beds are very comfy. The food so far has been OK I haven't had anything that blew me away ( fairly bland) so I'm trying to do things like fresh fruit etc that I know will be good.

Yes I just keep thinking of the my FI and marriage, amazing resort and the good friends and family who are making the effort!

Gorgeous! I'm at the paradisus in the DR I saw some brides have had their weddings here

Right! Even my parents were like well why do u need to know exact numbers? This wedding will end up costing proportional to a bigger wedding in the states for sure

I'm at an AI now and I notice the Canadians with bubbas (heard them talking about where they r from) but no one else surprisingly. My FI nixed our bubba coming here bc it was like 64 oz lol huge! I think I'm ok though bc I don't really drink too much when we're just here alone but I bet a little one would nice to keep drinks cold!

I agree, I don't think putting it on an invite is the right way to go but that being said I don't feel bad about a shower or registry. I put the info on my website and anyone who is internet saavy can google and find our registry. I'm sure people asked my family and MOH. I wanted a full wedding experience. My shower was amazing, if only for the fact our moms had a great time doing it, it had a lot of great beach decor and delicious food, and it was so humbling to have so many people who cared about us come, plus my FIs grandma and aunts who can't make the wedding. It was a chance to introduce everyone and get pumped for the wedding. Everyone was too generous with gifts and we will remember our wedding with these items for years to come. After the shower our immediate families and MOH went out to a nice tapas dinner ( where I randomly saw the woman who helped me into my current career and telling her what I've accomplished was the icing on the cake of the night) I get a warm fuzzy feeling thinking about my shower experience and can't wait for the wedding.

Your wedding sounded perfect to me! Definitely gave me some things to think about! Congrats!

Thanks everyone! Very helpful advice and basically what I'm thinking. As far as the single guests as I said before there were a couple I didn't give guests that were legit single, but they had their groups of friends coming an d their own potential room in a suite with others, plus the ability to ask me if they really wanted to bring someone. The fact that my friend asked a guy to come that she has been seeing literally three weeks is crazy to me and exactly what I was trying to prevent. Of course it's sad when friends say they can't come even when I think their excuse is lame, it's this rudeness of radio silence. The friends I was talking about making good money are the ones who told us 100% to book rooms for them . Unfortunately we had to pay 100% of the price as soon as we booked our wedding which is why we were giving them some time to get the money together. In the grand scheme of things the cancellation fee is not that much but it's so rude they knew there was one and had not offered to pay. The fact that they asked us to do this and still are either not answering or "still deciding" after the rsvp date is unacceptable. Some problems stem from the fact some of my parents friends are coming that may or may not bring their kids and my parents are pretty chill about it, not really seeing the big deal. For example one is in the military and may or may not come but his parents did not mention anything to me personally in the rsvp. I think some of them think this is their vacation and it's going to be a chill wedding. Most waffling are my FI friends so I'll let him to decide how to handle their friendships but mine are probably never going to be the same. I am on vacation now ( so warm so nice! ) and trying not to stress. Part of is is as soon as I get back I have maybe 4-6 days off til the wedding, 80 hr work wks, etc which is weighing me down already. We told them as soon as they get back we need to know . I am going to make a few extra place setting things, oot bags for the potebtial family friends but everyone else is cut off. I am excited for this wedding and trying not to loose my cool

Ugh since when are rsvps optional? Our wedding is in less than three months. We've had to hound even the people that booked rooms ( still need to know what they are eating and about catamaran) . Our response rate by the date is like 50%. I am in shock how rude these people we call our close friends have been. Some never even answered my text about RSVPing let alone filled out the form. The worst is that some people are "still thinking about it" and some people apparently added on last minute ( family friends kids ) but have yet to officially rsvp. Some people haven't bought their flights yet. Even though I didn't give people a guest , that one friend said offhandedly she invited the guy she has been dating a few weeks ! And he said no. Friend told me they were surely coming ( I just went to their destination wedding) and now saying um idk shout money and school( don't they know how frustrating this is?) The worst has been for my FI . His three best friends committed and we booked their rooms putting down thousands of dollars not asking them to pay until now. No response at the rsvp , no response to emails now. One finally responded to a Facebook message and said "oh we need to decide if this is financially feasible now we're thinking of buying a house" Um I'm sry you couldn't tell us this months ago knowing we paid 1500 for your room?! And he still hasn't given us an answer! We're giving him one more week, and still haven't heard from the other guys. These people make good money and should be more responsible w the jobs they have. We will have to pay the cancellation fees for all their rooms. I was crying yesterday and I never cry, because these are supposed to be our closest people and I feel they are beyond rude and treating us like dirt. At this point I don't even want them to come. And if they didn't want to come they should have spoke up instead of leading us on.i want to say something if they don'tend up coming, not mean, but basically saying that I was disappointed in how things went down but my mom and FI are telling me to let it go...it is so difficult to let it go when I am so hurt by multiple people. It's just heartbreaking and I never thought people would be like this ????

I have so many I think in doing two per person . I'm debating on CDs bc I feel no one listens to those anymore

I'm trying to decide to order now or buy them in Mexico , I wish some bride could tell me the current price in PV. We're already bringing lanterns and the price to check bags is 70$. I finally nixed the tumblers as I feel my guests might not use them at a non AI

im assuming it's illegal to check them but has anyone bought them in Mexico? I think they would look so cool

Does anyone really care about favors? I have been to many weddings and honestly couldn't tell u if they were there or not. I mean I am doing oot bags, maracas and fans but I consider those more of the ambience of the wedding. I think it's perfectly fine to skip the trinkets

Gorgeous! Congrats!

@@Surfingsara I hear you, I have three months left. I also have a super stressful job working up to 80 hrs or more a wk.after next wk I will have limited days off ( which will be taken up with family stuff bachelorette etc) before the wedding so I am cramped for time. It seems you have like 1.5 yrs which is good. It is good to get a rough estimate of guests a year out bc usually they should know by then if they really want to go. Then I spent a lot of the first few months just researching , finding ideas on here and Pinterest I lked to get a general idea going like wanting certain colors, certain style etc. do the things you can do, like buy a dress. Set deadlines for getting out the STD and invite and when u need people to rsvp. Start working on little projects where you don't need a head count ( like the guest book) the wedding planners are notoriously bad at responding so try to relax and make sure you get big questions answered . In the end I think of two things1) I am marrying the man of my dreams no matter what and 2) even if the wedding completely sucked unlike most weddings where you'd maybe be like man I wasted this night ( but who would say that anyways with drinks and friends?) , your guests will remember the whole amazing week they spent in Mexico !!

I've been to mexico in July and had perfect weather!

haha that's ok, it's not listed. March 22 is when I leave to get married March 27

I'm not sure, honestly it seems like not allowed but I'm still going to do it bc likely most people don't get caught

Congrats!!!