mridgway

Thanks for the info! This helps a great deal. I think I'm just having nightmares about being that bride who keeps getting whipped in the face through the whole ceremony!

Does anyone have an idea of what the best veil length is for an outdoor wedding? I thought I had read that longer veils were better to avoid it flying in your face the whole time, but then when I went wedding dress shopping was told shorter (fingertip) was better.

I've also heard you could have weights of some sort attached to the bottom of your veil to keep it from flying around - has anyone tried this?

Melissa

Cute bags! Thanks for posting!

Thanks for the link! I haven't been on that site before so will check them out!

I have not heard of beersbie, but it sounds like my kind of game!

mexico15 - I noticed you are from KC - I actually went to KSU and my FI went to KU. (In fact I'm headed back to KC this weekend to go wedding dress shopping!)

How cute are they?? Love the dresses!

What a great resource! Thanks for sharing this!

I think it should work for our group. (I hope anyways!) My FI and I went to rival colleges and both of our groups of friends use to play Ultimate Frisbee, against each other. So that is part of the reason we thought it would be a good choice for this event.

I am thinking about getting monogrammed frisbees for our OOT bags and was wondering if anyone has done this before? I've done a google search online and there are many companies out there, but I thought I'd bring it to the experts first!

Thanks! Melissa

Wow! What beautiful pictures and what a gorgeous dress! Congratulations!

Melissa

We just got back from a week in Costa Rica and we stayed in two villas in Playa Ocotal. Both were all inclusive and were rented through Welcome to Costa Rica! :: Costa Rica Villas :: .

Playa Ocotal is a gated community 5 minutes from Playa Del Coco and 30 minutes from the Liberia airport.

For people looking for villas rentals in this area I would highly recommend them! The staff was so nice, food was great, and the views from these places were amazing.

We stayed in Villa Puerto Escondido for 5 nights- which is perfect for a group vacation - it holds 8 people. We then moved to Villa Puesta del Sol for our last two nights. This one holds up to 20 people and would be perfect for a small wedding.

All of their villas are within walking distance from each other, so a larger wedding could be held at Villa Puesta del Sol and guests could easily move between the villas.

Their website has photos: Welcome to Costa Rica! :: Costa Rica Villas ::. I've got additional photos for anyone who is interested. For some reason I'm having troubles uploading them to my picture gallery, however will keep trying. The pictures on their website does not even do them justice!

Melissa

Good question. We are staying at the Sheraton and had found rates for $199 per night. They now are $399 per night. I believe the rates were that low due to the fact it was over a year away. As far as I've heard the $399 rate is typical. We reserved a block of rooms at the $199 rate, but more people are attending than we had originally thought, so now am looking to find them additional options.

Wonderful! Thanks so much for your suggestions! Our hotel rooms have already doubled in price and so these additional options will be very helpful!

Melissa

We are looking to give our guests a variety of options as far as lodging and are looking for some inexpensive hotels or villa rental company ideas. Does anyone have any companies/sites that they would suggest using? The majority of our guests are staying at the Sheraton Hacienda Del Mar and we are hoping to keep everyone somewhat close to the hotel - if that is even possible.

We also have a few who might be interested in staying in town for a few nights-so any suggestions for good hotels in Cabo would be appreciated also!

Thanks,

Melissa

This worked - thanks!

I think I was being too impatient - I would try to start over if it didn't go through right away. I ended up trying it and then walking away from the computer for 10 minutes - when I got back it had worked! Thanks again!

Melissa

Thanks - I'll try that when I get home from work.

For those who are using wedding window for their website, have you tried to upload music? I swear I'm following the directions, but I can't get anything to upload. I can get to the part where it looks like it is working and is uploading, but then freezes up. Has anyone else had this problem?

Melissa

I've uploaded some pictures in my gallery. I hope this helps!

magsiemexico - I completely agree with your take on it. It is a beautiful place, but I can see how this sort of event is not their priority. I felt really bad for our bride and groom - both who handled it all beautifully. I know I would not be able to handle it as well.

Wow Sarah! Those looks great!

Hi Girls! I have to say that overall the location was beautiful. It is a new hotel so everything was still all shiny and new!

The wedding I attended had about 70 people in attendance and everyone stayed at the RIU. We were all very happy with our rooms and the location. A few minor problems: some of us had lots of troubles with our keys not working. This may have been due to the fact the hotel had just opened a month prior - I'm not sure. Also, beware of the floors - they are super slippery!

Our friends had a blast staying here - was great to all be together and we fully took advantage of the unlimited alcohol!

We did have a rehearsal type dinner the night before the wedding at the Brazilian restaurant. Food was ok - not spectacular.

The ceremony itself was held on the beach area right behind the pool bar at 3:00pm. Our area was roped off, however people were surrounding it and standing around watching. It was a beautiful scene with the water in the background!

My main criticism was that the whole event did not seem to flow at all.

(I would like to preface this all by saying that I do not know if this was due to the fact that the place had just opened or what. Things certainly may have changed since last May. My suggestion would be to make sure you work with the coordinator on this!!)

The ceremony itself was nice. However, our friend, the groom, kinda seemed to be standing up there a little lost for awhile until his bride came down. Again, no real organization or flow.

After the ceremony we went back to the main bar because we had some time between the ceremony and dinner. Dinner was held an hour or two later at Chili's (the poolside restaurant). Dinner was nice - the bride decorated it and it looked very cute! It also was private and we had the whole location to ourselves. The food was shrimp, steak, and chicken - all was ok, kind of bland and dry.

After dinner we had to wait until 10:00 to have our "reception". They were going to let them have the staged area for a dance - however told them that since this was an AI, they would have to wait until the evening shows were over. There was no private area to use, at least none that we were aware of. So we all sat around waiting until the children's magic show was done and finally got to have the "reception". The staff had told us that we could hook up my ipod and play some music for them to have their first dance, bride and FOB dance, and then have some time for us to have a little dance party. Unfortunately, their shows had run late and we only got to play 3 songs before they shut down. Luckily, they got to have their first dance and hers with her dad - but after waiting hours to have the reception, only to have it cut off after 3 songs - we were all a little disappointed.

My main problem was that it really didn't feel like anyone was taking care of them, or looking to make this an extra special day for them. They seemed quite lost and like they didn't know what was going on either. I just felt bad for them because here they wanted to have some time to dance with their guests and that clearly was not a priority for the staff.

I will try and see if I have any pictures here at work that I can upload. If not, I will get some up this evening from home.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions! I'm afraid to discourage anyone from this location, because it was beautiful. Hopefully they have gotten all the issues worked out and have a great WC on site. I'm not sure if they offer different packages or upgrades or what all their options are. I would just be aware of these issues so you can prevent them from happening to you!

Melissa

Wow--those look great!! Thanks for sharing your pictures!

Melissa

Congratulations and welcome to the forum!

I got one of a sun on my lower right hip/upper right cheek. It's completely covered by pants/swimsuit, so nobody ever sees it (but my FI). I got it in college and have had it for well over 10 years. I probably haven't even looked back to see it in over 5. Very glad I got it, but it did hurt.

Melissa

Yes, I'm using wedding window. Oh good - I'll have to play around with that tonight and see if I can get it to work! Thanks!

Thanks Sarah! I'm really happy with how it turned out. I was wondering (because I know you are using the same website company I am) - do you know of any way to upload it onto your website? I have only started to play around with it and wasn't sure if we could upload files that weren't pictures.