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[kitty25967]

Also, did you get a video made by them?  I am having them do my videography as well.

[mandys]

Im planning on getting married in Punta Cana April 2012. Im visiting the resort this year first to check it out. I am also gonna meet with the photographer of Caribbean Emotions. Sooo excited. YAY.

[richarsd]

Yay! Very cool that you get to check it out first! Which resort??

[alykay]

wow lots of brides on this from dr

[alykay]

i havent picked a photograper yet

i would like to find a good one

 

[Aphrodite]

Hey everyone!

 

I'm getting married on November 11, 2011 at the Gran Bahia Prinicpe Punta Cana!

 

I made my own Save the Dates and sent them out in January and now I'm trying to figure out when to send my invitations! LOL

[KCB2011]

Congrats!  I am sending mine out 3-3.5 months before (sent out STDs earlier too) because I don't want to give people too much time to forget about it if I send it too far in advance! haha, not sure what others are planning/have done though!

 

Originally Posted by Aphrodite 

Hey everyone!

 

I'm getting married on November 11, 2011 at the Gran Bahia Prinicpe Punta Cana!

 

I made my own Save the Dates and sent them out in January and now I'm trying to figure out when to send my invitations! LOL

 

[Aphrodite]

I'm just not sure what to do...to break it down; the wedding coordinator in DR said she would need a guest list 3 months before our wedding which would be August.

If people are booking with our group rate, they have to make a full payment by the beginning of September.

So I almost feel like I need to stick with those timelines, you know?

 

I don't want people booking after the rest of book because that will alter the packages for our wedding as well (both the ceremony and the reception).

So my idea was to send out invitations in May, have them RSVP by July and then that way I can get a guest list to the coordinator by August AND they will have sufficient time to pay for September.

 

I don't know if that makes any sense...lol
 

Originally Posted by KCB2011 

Congrats!  I am sending mine out 3-3.5 months before (sent out STDs earlier too) because I don't want to give people too much time to forget about it if I send it too far in advance! haha, not sure what others are planning/have done though!

 

 

 

[Miss Sunshyne]

That makes total sense Aphrodite! you're on the right track.

 

You already sent out the Save the date which is always good, have you done a wedding website? I have one and I put all the information needed to book the trip on it, I had a couple of guests that were ready to book or leave a deposit and would be fine without receiving the invitation first in order to do it.

[winniethepiglet]

@Aphrodite:

 

I'm getting married November 26, 2011. All of my guests have already put down their deposits for the hotel. We went through a travel agent and let her handle the bookings. Im sending out official invitations in May and then a reminder keepsake in September. Because we got such a good deal, we only had a 3 week window to get our initial deposit in. One thing you may want to consider with your timeline is that because of the unrest in the Middle East, gasoline prices are rising like crazy. Therefore, ticket prices are going up. You may want to let your guests know the booking information now so that they can go ahead and get their airline tickets.

 

I looked at the Gran Bahia Principe and it is absolutely beautiful. I had to go with another resort because they didn't have my date open.