TNT2015

I'm so excited to finally do a planning thread! I keep up with a bunch of them and have learned a ton from you ladies. I can't believe we've been engaged for six months already! Our Story We met in college through mutual friends. We were just friends for a while (I was actually constantly trying to get him to date friends of mine!) and finally started dating in December 2009. In our 5 years of dating we have done a ton of awesome stuff together, but my favorite so far has been getting into mud runs last year. We've done 3 so far (Warrior Dash, Savage Race, and Spartan Race) with plans to do more. His parents came up for Christmas. The day after Christmas he suggested showing them the park where we train (it has a practice obstacle course, rock climbing wall, & water tower). When we got to the top of the water tower, he proposed!!! He proposed with the ring that both his grandfather and father proposed with, which is super awesome Destination Wedding We went to a DW in the Dominican Republic and loved it, so we looked into it and it will potentially cost less for us and our guests including multiple days of events (our families and friends are spread out across the country so matter where we picked, at least half of our guests were going to have to travel). We put together a checklist and after about three weeks of back and forth, decided on Excellence Riviera Cancun. We're getting married the day after our 6 year anniversary. My FFIL is a reverend and will be the officiant for the wedding (he'll do a legal ceremony before we depart)! So far we have 19 people with reserved rooms, but are expecting closer to 30. Our deadline w/ our travel agent isn't until September.

Yes, we got pretty good room rates for our guests. About $100 cheaper than what the rates were back in Feb, and it includes round trip transportation from the airport. Their flight prices weren't much cheaper than online so my guests are booking that one their own. I thought about cancelling and rebooking too since it would save so much, but I didn't want to mess with my guests who have already booked w/ us...

I'm using them, but I booked too early and missed the promotion. They're okay, I like being able to view exactly who has booked and for what dates on the website. Let me know if you have any specific questions. I'm not sure if they can assume reservations though, you may have to ask about that.

I'm excited too see pictures! You're wedding is going to be beautiful. Congrats!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Beautiful! I love everything, especially the purple Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Can you try filling in this one with paint? I copied the outline as a higher quality file which should work better.

Hey ladies, Does anyone know who the resort photographer is now?

Still deciding between ipod or buying our own. Decided that I can add a lot more money to our photography budget if I don't have a DJ!

I was going to ask if it's possible that she's recently pregnant and the long car rides will make her nauseous, but since your first event was over a year ago... Idk. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you could send me the list too, that would be awesome! My email is tricey517 [gmail] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@@CaroV @@JenniferH114 We chose Excellence Riviera Cancun over EPM. EPM is beautiful and much more modern looking that ERC. The reason we chose ERC was for some of our guests, they are reserving 1 room for both parents and a 18-20 year old. While in both resorts the bathrooms are open to the bedrooms, EPM has glass shower/toilet doors (from the pictures we looked at). It's $45/person extra for the Love & Gold packages. I can send you the price booklet if you send me your email. They took almost a week to get back to me before I booked, but now they usually respond within a day. From what I hear, ERC doesn't have a club anymore either. It's been replaced with a sports bar.

Just an FYI for all the budget conscious brides on here. Joann's has all scrapbooking items 50% off through the 21st (this includes adhesives, stamps, ink, etc). They also have a friends & family sale that ends today that gives you 25% off of your purchase including sale items!! I got 1200 glue dots for my pocket invitations for $7. http://www.joann.com/coupon

Wow! At my resort, the DJ is $1,300 vs $440 for the sound system so it's a considerable savings to go with the sound system. Though I'm debating between paying for the sound system or buying a portable sound system for the same price that I can use after the wedding.

Got final confirmation on my date today! It feels so far away but I know it's going to come fast.