Jessalyn

Your guests will love the portable coolers. I bought 3 silimar ones from Target's bargain section 2 days before we left for Cabo....everyone used them...they got passed around and shared and came in really handy at the pool....especially with $5 beers from the resort. Great find!

Great find! I think that is the perfect DW dress...and, it looks great on you! Congrats on finding the perfect dress!

Congratulations Laura! I think that was the perfect legal ceremony....at home with your friends and family, and a yummy backyard BBQ to celebrate!! And don't forget, it is good luck that it rained on your wedding day!! Have a great trip and can't wait to see more photos of your destination wedding!! ....don't forget we must see a pic of the bouquet (and starfish)!

Yay!!! Congratulations!!!

Great advice Mrs. B! Good luck Janet! We'll be excited to hear when you find the home of your dreams!!

Beautiful Angela! I really like the shoulder kiss picture and I couldn't tell that they were posed at all. We had the same "Posed" feeling issues too. I think it is unnatural to pose for pictures. They turned out beautiful!!

My experience was the same as Ann's. I never tried on my dress and knew it was the one. I tried it on about 5 times before I bought it and knew that I liked it a lot. With all that said, I've never been one who is big on fashion. Angie ~ You're killing me!! I can't wait to see your wedding pics now....I want to see your dress!!

I can tell you that my freeze dried rose petals were confiscated by Mexican customs...they said no real flowers allowed into Mexico from the US. I was able to bring in my silk/latex orchids. :0)

I'm sorry I had to laugh too. I hope the 8.5 works and doesn't fall off when his hands are cold. maybe you should get it insured?

I'm too late...you're already gone...But, I hope you're having a fabulous time and that your wedding is just as you imagined it!

I bought my dress for $475 (usually $700)....I had the same delima as you...I was having a difficult time paying a fortune for a dress I would wear once. You'll make the decision that is right for you! Good luck!!

Great review Kristin! I'm glad your wedding was wonderful. Congratulations!!!

Great review Kelli. I also had a similar issue with the flowers I got from Maye....I had expected light pink flowers, but ended up with bright pink instead...I'm glad they fixed everything for you. I guess it is hard to convey colors over email. ?? Congratulations!! And, I hope to see some of your wedding pics soon!! Hopefully, JC works around the clock to get all his brides their pictures!!

Congratulations!!! I hope you have a fantastic time! Your wedding will be beautiful! Can't wait to see the pics and read all about it!!! Congrats again!

I missed all the new posts here... We actually lend on co-ops in CA...there aren't many here, but a few. All co-ops don't require 20% down. It depends on the co-op's rules. I know that our lender in So Cal will lend up to 95% as long as the co-op will allow it. And co-ops do require board approval. Regarding credit scores, typically if you are applying for a mortgage with your husband or SO, the credit score that will be used for qualifying purposes will be the credit score of the primary wage earner...so, whoever earns more $$ is the person's credit score that will be used. Sometimes however, the lender will use the lower of the two persons scores. There are 3 credit bureaus and the operating score is the middle of the three scores for each borrower. Will your credit go down when you marry someone with poor credit? No. But, if start opening joint accounts and don't make your payments on time or run up the balances to a high percent of the credit line, your score will suffer. On the other hand, if you open joint accounts and manage them responsibily over time the lower persons credit score will come up. Points = Origination fees. Basically the way it works is that loan officers work off of a rate sheet grid. There is a base interest rate at a price (price = points) for example a rate of 6.5% might have a price of one point for a 30 day lock. But, you could also get a rate of 6.75% at a price of zero points. One point = 1% of the loan amount. So if you were to have a loan of $300,000, one point is $3,000. The payment assuming a 30 year fixed mortgage would be $1896.20 with an interest rate of 6.5%. On the other hand if you have a loan amount of $300,000 and pay zero points, your interest rate on the same loan would be 6.75% and the payment would be $1945.79. With these two examples you could figure out if it makes sense for you to pay a point. For example the difference in the monthly payments is $49.59. So, if you pay a point up front ($3000), it will take approx. 5 years to re-coup the cost of the point (3000/49.59 = 60 months). Also keep in mind that when you are quoted interest rates, the loan officer has to take certain things into consideration that can affect your interst rate, such as your down payment amount, your credit score, what time of property you are buying, if it will be owner occupied etc, the size of the loan. One last note on having your credit checked. You don't want to have a lot of different people pulling your credit. Inquiries can start to hurt your credit score. However, it is okay to have your credit report pulled multiple times within a 14 day window as long as the inquiries are all the same type, ie. mortgage inquires. If you do two inquires more than 14 days apart it will count as 2 inquiries on your credit report and start to affect your credit score. I hope I was helpful and not confusing....let me know if i can answer any questions! And, happy home hunting Janet and Glenda!!

We ate at the office on Sunday night. Most of our meals were around $45 a plate. There were a few dishes at $30 a plate. I don't remember the price of the drinks.

Congratulations Stephanie!! It sounds like everything was perfect! I knew your guests would love the OOT bags...you put so much thought and effort into them...they were really fantastic! I wish I would have seen you during our trip. We were in town on Friday night too. p.s. I'd be errk'd about the steak thing too!

Sarah ~ Are you all ready? When do you leave? I can't wait to hear all about your wedding and see your photos!! Quote: Originally Posted by SASSYGIRL I am getting married at the Hilton in only a few days so I can report back as to the actual wedding soon! BUT I would like to tell you that my experience up to now has been AWESOME! Emeline has been extreemly helpful and responcive to me. We have stayed at the hilton 2 times now and have met her on both occasions - she was very warm and friendly and make me feel as though she loves what she does! We were offered 2 nights free stay at the Hilton once we signed our contract so that we could come back for our tasting and finalizing some details. I would say that the shearton was our second coice - great hotel but I didn't get a good feeling from their wedding coordinator - it seemed like we were just another couple when we talked to her... Good luck with your choice!

Welcome!! Please let me know if I can answer any questions for you about the Sheraton! I loved it!

Actually I posted my reveiw here... http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...html#post99215 Please let me know if you have any questions.

I am re-posting my wedding review here for all to see. Please let me know if you have any questions! I’m back from my wedding and everything was perfect….well, almost everything…. Read what you want and skip through the rest… Sheraton Hacienda Del Mar ~ A+ …The Sheraton was beautiful and the employees were very accommodating and friendly. We stayed at the timeshare portion of the resort and they were just as accommodating. When we first arrived they wanted to put us in a room that was 2 parking lots away from the pool and beach, but after pitching a little bit of a fit they gave us a presidential suite, which worked out perfectly. It was a 2 bedroom suite with a kitchen that we shared with my mom and my brothers. We had our Thursday evening welcome reception in our room. Maye arranged for us to rent chaffing dishes to keep the food warm. It worked out perfecting and was so much fun. We were able to save quite a bit of money by hosting everyone in our room. We spent $800 at Costco on food and beverage (4 carts full). My dad spent Thursday slicing, dicing and cooking….our guests were to arrive at 6pm. I was ready at 5:45 and in the kitchen helping to prepare the guacamole, when my mishap of the week took place….I chopped my finger and had to take an ambulance ride into to town to the emergency room for seven puntos (sitches). Not so fun! One guest did have a charge on their room for $80 for cheese…so check your bill carefully. We didn’t have this problem. Northwest Medical Center ~ A+ …. We arrived at the emergency room and unlike in the US, I was immediately treated by a very caring and sweet doctor. She stitched me up, gave me a couple of shots and a couple of prescriptions and sent me on my way. I was back at my party by 7:30. Later that night, we had to call a doctor for my brother, who had been having stomach problems for the last 24 hours and low and behold the same doctor arrived to fix him up. He got a shot too and some prescriptions and we soon were both (almost) as good as new. On my wedding day, the doctor at the Sheraton, who is also a part of Northwest Medical Center, took great care to clean my wound and cut bandages as small as possible for my finger so that my finger wouldn’t be the center of attention on my wedding day. Irma Taola (Sheraton, WC) ~ B+ …She drove me crazy a few times during the whole planning process. About 6 weeks prior to the wedding, she tried to inform me that the dinner prices were to be increased by $13 per person plus tax and tip. We were able to get her to honor the original quote, which was fantastic, but it was stressful. When we walked through the set-up on Thursday, the banquet manager was trying to get me to change my table arrangements….something about the ground not being flat enough for the set-up that I requested. Again, I wasn’t happy about this because I had everything printed, menus, seating charts, seating tags, etc. ….In the end they were accommodating and arranged the tables as I requested. The Monday before my wedding, she informed me through Maye that I was not allowed to have an outside person come into the resort to do my hair and make-up (TammyB had already warned me of this, but I chose to play stupid). I was still able to have Suzanne Morel come to my room. Suzanne Morel ~ A+ ….I called Suzanne upon my arrival in Cabo to give her my room number. I explained what Irma had said about her not being permitted on the Sheraton grounds. I wanted to make sure that she would be there no matter what. She assured me that there wouldn’t be any problems. She personally arrived with her assistant on time. Her assistant curled my hair and Suzanne pinned it up and applied my make-up. She did a fantastic job. My make-up looked natural, which was exactly what I was going for. My hair was pretty too. Suzanne was easy to talk to very professional. My mom had a bruise on her cheek that they touched up at no charged. Sheraton Reception ~ A+ ….The tables looked great. The napkins were folded as I requested. There were adequate staff members available to ensure that everyone had full drinks and assistance through the buffet. The food was great and there was a lot of it. I’m glad we did buffet as it gave people a choice of food and the opportunity to go back for seconds. We chose not to serve cake, which worked out fine because there were about 6 desserts available that were all wonderful. We order a small cake through the Sheraton for the cake cutting pictures. It was wimpy and not pretty, but that was okay. The cake really wasn’t that important to me. Maye Cortinas ~ A+ …Maye was awesome to work with. Through the entire planning process she promptly returned my emails and was very helpful. She was able to find me a guitar player on short notice after David Flores backed out of his commitment to play at our wedding. Maye and Paulina, her assistant, ensured that everything was set-up just as I had envisioned it. She also arranged part of my flowers, which were beautiful. My only complaint is that the flowers weren’t quite the color I envisioned. I pictured them a paler, lighter pink instead of the bright pink that I got. But, that really wasn’t because of Maye. It’s hard to explain exactly what color you want. Flower Cart ~ A…..I loved, loved, loved my bouquet that they did. It was so beautiful and just as I had imagined it. The corsages they provided were also beautiful. I can’t give them an A+ because they were not responsive through email during the planning process and they switched managers a couple of times and they had lost or forgotten the deposit that I had put down. But, it all worked out in the end and like I said, I LOVED MY BOUQUET!!!! DJ Ricardo ~ A+ …He was great. I booked him through Jen’s advice a week before our wedding. He was very responsive through email and great to work with. I gave him a list of artists that I liked for the dinner music and he put together a great variety of dinner music…lots of jazz. Everyone loved the music. Guitarist, Arturo (have to look up his last name) ~ A+ ….Arturo was fantastic! My guests loved him and the music was beautiful. He was very professional and very sweet. He gave us one of his CDs which I haven’t listened to yet. I booked him through Maye. Baja Video Productions (BDW name BVP) ~ A+ ….Marci and Enrique were great. Marci came to the rehearsal was very sweet. I had requested that Enrique film from afar and that he was careful to not get in the photographers way. I can’t wait to see the video. Rev. Scott Parsons ~ B+ …He was very professional and on time. I didn’t give him an A for personal reasons….i think our personalities just didn’t match up. He was very particular about the way things had to be done and he wanted things done his way. For example, he didn’t want to stand where we wanted him to and he made a big deal about the signing of the Universal Life marriage certificate. He was directly Jonathan how to take pictures. Like okay, take a picture as he’s signing the document….okay, now everyone look at the camera and pretend like you’re signing it. It was all really funny. Also, we wanted a more spiritual ceremony rather than religious….and he had a hard time with that. But, he did a good job overall. Jonathan Thrasher ~ A+ ….Jonathan was great. He was very sweet and kind and my guests all really liked him. We had agreed that instead of shooting my rehersal/welcome dinner that he would do a day after or trash the dress session. Well, he showed up at the welcome reception with his camera and took some pics and also joined us in town on Friday night at Mi Casa….again, with his camera. He shot a ton of getting ready photos and carried on shooting until the very end of the reception. He really was fantastic and the photographer he brought to help him was a real sweetie too. I almost forgot… he also took some pics of my guests at the pool during the week. It was really a pleasure to have him there as a part of the party. The day after the wedding, he did a trash the dress session with me. We had a lot of fun doing it. I was in the water in my dress and having fun….I won’t spoil the details….we’ll just wait for the pics. Mi Casa ~ A+ …A group of our guests decided mid-afternoon on Friday that they’d all like to go into town for dinner. We called Mi Casa and they were able to accommodate a group of 26 of our guests that evening for dinner. The restaurant was fun and the food was great. The homemade torillas were the best….oh and yummy mango margaritas too! My guests loved the out of town bags and all the details. For the place cards I had decorated starfish with beads and wire and made them into a sort of ornament with each person’s name and table assignment on a tag. Everyone loved these. In fact, I guess someone really loved them because at least 10 (that I know of) disappeared. Tony and I didn’t even get the ones that I had made for us. I still don’t know where they disappeared to….I really don’t think our guests would’ve taken someone else’s starfish. So, it is a mystery where they all went…. The week was fabulous!! We had so much fun!!

I vote for the Sheraton...but, I'm biased. I just got married there. I'll send you a PM with some more info. We didn't have a complimentary site visit (didn't even inquire about this), but we did do a complimentary tasting. We did the tasting after puttind down a deposit for our room block. I'm not much help in regard to the Hilton, but I know we have more than a few Hilton Cabo brides who can offer their experiences.

Geez, I don't get people like that....to put an animal to sleep because you don't want to care for it, can't stand to leave it alone, or can't bear to think of it living somewhere else is absolutely ridiculous! How heartless, insensitive and selfish...just makes me sick!

Yes, I can attest that Jonathan Thrasher was fantastic. My guests loved him. He was pleasant and professional....oh, and I LOVE my pictures!! ...the ones I've seen so far. He is a DW photographer...so, he's not based out of Cabo.

Yay Nicole!! Your day is finally here!! Enjoy it....can't wait to hear all the details and see all your pics!! Congrats!!!