JulieG

Quote: Originally Posted by Starfish Hi everyone, So my fiancé and I have our hearts set on the Dominican Republic for our wedding (which we would like to have happen April - May 2008 ). We really like the look of Excellence Resort Punta Cana but to be honest, we're not sure where to even begin! I emailed them and requested more information and all they've done is send me the exact information off their website in word format. We don't believe that we really need to hire a full out wedding coordinator because we're only planning on having approximately 10 guests. We have however been looking into destinationweddings.com does anybody have any knowledge on them? From what I gather they can help us with bookings and getting deals for our guests etc. But really, I have no idea how they work and am quickly getting overwhelmed (And we just started the planning!). They claim to need a $50 deposit prior to really doing any legwork. How much do their services cost after this initial $50? I'm sure once the ball gets rolling things will be better but for now we're a little confused. Any advice on where to being and if anybody has used that dw.com and can let me know if they do what we need it would be great to hear from everyone. Thank you kindly! Myles & Sarah Sarah, where in Canada do you live? I have a travel agent who specializes in DW's and she helped me find reviews and information on the resorts I was interested in and is pretty well organizing all the guests for me. I can give you her information, or just tell you to find a good travel agent and they will do a lot of the work for you.

Quote: Originally Posted by Raeka Good job Julie. Those fans are gorgeous, what a good deal. Love your veil, the ribonning on the side adds so much to it. Wow, I'm impressed you did well on your shopping trip!! Kudos to you! Thank you. I am so happy with all the stuff I got. I need soo much more though. If only I could find bags for my OOT bags now.

Congratulations Sarah!!!!

I said we are not going on a honeymoon, but we are, just not till like 6 months to a year after the wedding. We want to save up a little money and go somewhere really nice a little while later. That way we get 2 vacations out of it.

Quote: Originally Posted by RaydensMama Thanks Julie!! What store did you see the cherry blossom parasols?? Im gonna have to go down some time and check all this stuff out! Glad you found so many deals~ I saw them at lots of places. Most stores hardly have names, so I can't really remember them. But, I could go with you, or when you go I could give you the basic area to check.

Quote: Originally Posted by dragonfly Julie, I think you should use the brown and pink ribbon for your fans, they look pretty together! I got alot of my stuff in china town also, some great deals to be had. Kelly My vote is for just one layer for your veil, it is very pretty... Thank you, I agree, 1 layer for veil and both ribbons. I just wanted to know what others thought.

Quote: Originally Posted by PaulaV The women's flip flops were on sale at the local Old Navy for $2 yesterday... They are on sale at oldnavy.com for $2 as well right now.

Its so funny cause both my FH and I commented on your address being in there, I thought it was a mistake, but then thought Oh well, she just does not care. If I lived closer I would stalk you, but I am a bit far away for that. Those RSVP cards ROCK. I seriously love them. I am also down for the Tofu Pesto Pasta, let me know when you are making it. Can we have mushrooms though, I love them with pesto Oh, and red peppers.

Okay, I am dying to see these, but should not look now at work. Damn work, it always gets in the way. I will look at them tonight though, I can't wait.

Great picture Nicole. I can't wait to see the rest. I have this on my list of things for my photographer to take a pic of. I hope I remember to do it

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbride I will!! I am excited to go again!! I am so glad you liked it and are going to go again. That makes me happy cause you really need to get out there and get yourself a dress. Do not settle for something you don't love though.

Shelley, if you are not in love with any of them, then you need to keep looking. Are you going to more places tomorrow? And the next day?

Quote: Originally Posted by MikkiStreak The $200 is their general shipping charge for international orders, including Canada. I don't know about customs, but when I saw the price on their website, I knew it was insane, so I didn't even bother asking the guy to reduce it. It'd be so much cheaper for Ann to re-ship out to you and Courtney... In fact, if you go to the UPS website, you can get an idea of what shipping charges will be.... That's how I estimated whether it would be cheaper to have Ann ship them all, or just select ones. Sometimes it's a pain in the ass to figure out tho because you have to look up what zone you are in, as well as the shipper, and then compare that to their zone shipping rates... I'm used to it from work, so it wasn't a big deal to figure some charges using DHL or UPS... Well, I do not know Ann's zone or whatever, so I will just leave it to her I really appreciate all the effort girls, I can't wait to get them.

Quote: Originally Posted by MikkiStreak They usually ship their orders within 24 hours, and ground delivery in the US takes approximately 5 days. I had the Canada orders go to Ann because shipping from the merchant was going to cost $200 for each Canada order. Ann, all of the correspondence I've had with the guy usually has a response with in a few hours. But since this is sending the order in and they have to place each order separate, it might take a day or two. I'd say if you havent' heard from him by mid-afternoon tomorrow, just ask him how long it will be before he confirms with order numbers... $200 are you serious What, it does not cost that much money to ship to Canada, he just did not want to do it. Oh well, thanks to Ann us Canadian girls can get our Pash's.

Quote: Originally Posted by akh Ok, I've emailed the Pash Man (not sure what else to call him!) and placed the order. I don't know how long he usually takes to get back to you (was it pretty quick, Maria?) - but I will keep you all updated! Ann, can you ask him approximately how long it takes for shipping? As I said before I am sure 3 months is more than enough time (well, just under 3 months), but I am a little worried about it. If I do not get them on time it will be a huge waste of money. (well, not huge, but you know what I mean).

This made me teary eyed. What an amazing thing for you to have found and to be able to use at your wedding. I am so happy you found that shell. That means you will have good luck on your wedding day and in your marriage for sure.

I am bumping this because both Laura and Shelley have not responded to this post and I do not want them to think I forgot about them last weekend.

Quote: Originally Posted by foxytv I don't think it's any different ... but the taxes and judges rates went up drastically this year. And, you have to have everything translated into Spanish beforehand and then back again afterwards ... and brides have said it's taken up to 5 months to receive their marriage certificate afterwards. Military guidelines give us 30 days after the legal date to show an original certificate for insurance purposes for me to join Tom's policy ... so we really don't have an option of doing it legally there if I am to get on his insurance. Sucks, but at least we've found a great alternative. That is totally different then, you should get married in the US first. It did take around 4 to 5 months for her to get her marriage license. She did not have to have it translated into Spanish though, it was not an issue then. Seems kinda odd to have to do that, but I think they are just trying to get more money out of us DW Couples.

Quote: Originally Posted by foxytv You're lucky it's easy in Cuba. Wish we'd checked out legalities before deciding on the DR ... but everyone is excited about going there. Our 'document signing' won't count as our wedding date at all, so we won't feel like 2 weddings, since we're truly only having one ceremony. And it saves us close to $1000. My friend got married in the DR last year and it was really easy. They did not have to leave the resort or anything. It was simple. Is it harder for you cause you are American?

We are doing it legally. I do not see the point of just doing it symbolically, we only want to get married once. It would be to hard to decide who can come to the legal part, and when to do it, and I would not want 2 anniversary dates, I am not which one would be the one we celebrate, cause one would be the real date and the other would just be the ceremony date. Too much hassle in my mind. Besides, its really easy to get married in Cuba, no needles or anything.

YAY!!! Good luck. Come back and show us pics and let us know how it went. I can't tell you anything that everyone else has not already told you. Oh, except if you are going to look for a veil as well, wear you hair as you would on your wedding day (ie. up or down or half up), that was you can get an idea if you like it and/or want to wear one. Make sure you do try on lots of dresses, even ones you are not sure you like. Its what I did, I tried on one that everyone did not like cause of a pin on it, and it was the one that everyone loved and said looked amazing on me. So, you just never know.

Curt and I have been together for 3 years as of July 15th and we are getting married on October 24th, so we will have been together for 3 years and 3 months.

Quote: Originally Posted by hln321 OK Julie! Here are the re-sized tags for you: 3.25" x 2.5" Those look awesome. I will print them out at home when I get there tonight and tell you how they worked. I am sure they are perfect though. You are the best Heidi. Thank you soo much.

I was going to say what the other girls already did. My addition is that you should both have what you like and what you want, regardless of colour. Its for him to wear, not you and vice versa. So, good chioce to let him have his yellow gold.