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For us, I'd say it was about 50/50 between the food and the rate on the room for the guests. That's what we negotiated the hardest and worried about the most when we were picking a place.

Quote: Originally Posted by Heidi what type of invitation are you thinking of? 'destination' themed can mean so many different things! boarding pass invites, passport invites, starfish, palm tree, shells.... etc! Hmm, good question, I'm not sure! I guess I want some kind of theme (maybe a palm tree or something), but not quite as extensive as looking like a passport or boarding pass...probably more along the lines of a regular invite. And I'm looking for turquoise and green if possible (wedding colors). Thanks everyone for all these great suggestions!!

Hey ladies...I'm looking around online for invitations and was wondering where others have ordered them from (or, could someone direct me to a thread where this has already been discussed?) I don't want to spend a ton of money but I'm definitely not talented enough to make them myself...definitely want something "destination" themed. Thanks!!

Quote: Originally Posted by RECancunBride I am getting married at the Marriott in November and having a reception at home in December - so I am not having a reception in Cancun, but.. I do want to take everyone to dinner at a nice restaurant. Any recommendations? I want something nice but not too formal. There is a really fun restaurant in the hotel zone called Bling...I have not had the food but went their for drinks and loved it, it's right on the water. Also, a Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in the hotel zone. And...you may have already considered this but there is a really beautiful italian restaurant at the JWMarriott (forget the name), also haven't had the food but checked it out on my sight visit.

Quote: Originally Posted by anacgarcia Thanx!! Julieta my WC gave me the contact of the buses and I went to their office and paid.. do you want their phone? though I'm not sure if they speak english.. let me know if you need help.. (sorry to have totally hijacked this thread by the way) I am also using Julieta so I will talk to her about it and she if she or my WC at the Gran Melia can help me since I don't speak Spanish - thanks!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by evonut Does anyone have any recommendation on how I can cover up my giant butterfly tattoo on my left shoulder? Looks icky in my wedding dress? I would try dermablend, I've heard it covers anything.

Quote: Originally Posted by naughie keith collects watches, so i thought about that, but the watches that he wants are a few thousand $$$ and i can't afford that...so i'm thinking a really good watch winder (like $1k) or this driving experience that he's talked about (but apparently i wasn't listening) - not the nascar one, it's like ferrari or something. did anyone get their FI an engagement present after you got the ring? I did...He is also a watch lover and I got him a watch as an engagement gift a few weeks after I got the ring...

Quote: Originally Posted by amy&andy08 Oh God.....Wet Seal and Forever 21......I'm kind of embarassed They have really cute trendy stuff for cheap....but yes I know it's totally ghetto and reminds me of the stuff I used to wear in High School....don't tell! I try to get the dresses that look like they could be more expensive...but what the hell....I'll rock them! LOVE wet seal. Even if I am always the oldest person in there... :)

I am getting these: FLIP FLOP TOTE BAGS Definitely only one per room b/c we have over 100 people coming.

I had a great experience with them (I ordered sea shell return address labels for my STDs)...and the labels were shipped and arrived very quickly.

Quote: Originally Posted by verrow23 Just wondering if anyone has or is having a Catholic wedding in RM? I'm in the process of planning my wedding and was hoping someone has planned a wedding like this, and could give any advise. I want the reception/party possibly at a beach restaurant after the ceremony. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Hi there! I am having a Catholice wedding at the gazebo at the Casa Magna Marriott in Cancun, with a reception afterwards at the Gran Melia Cancun. I think there are some others on this forum having Catholic weddings elsewhere in RM, eg. Playa del Carmen.

Quote: Originally Posted by redwards Well David and I stayed at the Moon Palace for our honeymoon...that's in Cancun. But I was going to say that all of the Palace resorts (all of them are AI I think) seem to get really good reviews. I know they have one in Playa that supposed to be really nice. We ran into some other honeymooners in the airport and they stayed there - said they LOVED it. Definitely worth looking into - we're hoping to check it out one day for ourselves!! Anyway, Go to Palace Resorts - Welcome to the Official Site and see if they have one you might be interested in. :-) Also, my hair stylist is having her wedding in Playa - this week I think! I'll see where she stayed and let you know how she liked it. The great thing about the Palace Resorts (though some other chains may do this too) is you can register for honeymoon things on their website (eg. massage, lobster sunset cruise, etc.) We are doing part of our honeymoon at Cozumel Palace, part at El Dorado Royale.

Quote: Originally Posted by mjm160 Ok, who's good with logtics... I plan on spending 10 days in Mexico for the wedding. My TA is arranging 3, 4, 5 and 7 nights for the guests. If I have her plan a Saturday - Saturday stay for the 7 nighters what day should i get married?? I want the 3 and 4 nighters to attend the wedding. I dont want to have the wedding/reception the day before people leave. Any suggestions? How did everyone else handle this? Am i overthinking this? Why not do Sunday to Sunday and get married on the Friday? That way the 3 night people can come Thursday -Sunday (and only miss one day of work).

Quote: Originally Posted by Vanessa Vargas Hi, I have been to church for Sunday mass and the mass was perform by an english speaking priest. The church was the one located in the hotel Zone in Cancun. But I have been told that not all priest can perform ceremonies outside of church. Vanessa Thanks! that is helpful. Now i'm just trying to solve the mystery of why there is an english mass on sundays but no english priests to do weddings. The WC at the Marriott is trying to figure out what the story is...

Quote: Originally Posted by lambert13 Are you looking for a place to have your reception at? If that is the case, there are a bunch of restaurants in the hotel zone and downtown that would be able to handle that. Do you have any hotels that you are considering for the wedding yet? If you need to transport your wedding party to a restaurant away from the hotel I could help you arrange group transportation to and from the reception restaurant also. I'd love any info anyone has on transporting guests...we are going to have to transport our guests (about 120-140) between the ceremony site and the reception site. Thanks!!

Quote: Originally Posted by anacgarcia I think a restaurant called Bling would be perfect I'll try to post pictures soon but meanwhile here's their website which is under construction but there is the contact info: www.blingcancun.com I was also going to suggest bling - i went to the bar there on our first site visit and loved it!! it's right on the water, really beautiful.

My mom decided to wear something that will look good with the wedding color in photos and not clash, but isn't wearing the exact color. The wedding color is a light turquoise, and she is wearing a powder blue.

Red wine!

Welcome!! There are plenty of us here getting married in Cancun!

Quote: Originally Posted by Heidi that would be the easy fix - but Reggie loves my hair down! hmmmm - good thing I have 8 months to figure it out. One of my bridesmaids will be doing my hair; we plan on practicing A LOT before hand!! KayKay have you looked at this site? be_byte6 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting Someone on here (sorry can't remember who!) posted it a while back I love that website - it has great updos! When I went on my first site visit and was looking at the wedding gazebo, my hair was blowing all over the place so I decided then that I need to wear it all the way up (rather than half up like I was originally planning).

Quote: Originally Posted by LALA I thought the whole deal was that the ceremony actually had to be in Spanish to be legal in Mexico. Maybe I'm just confused, but I thought that was why you needed to have it translated - not because the officiant didn't speak English. That definitely may be true...we are doing the legal ceremony in NYC a few days before the wedding so we don't have to deal with any of that. So for the religious ceremony, apparently it can be done in any language we want.

Could you do some dancing between courses during dinner?

Ours is huge...8 on my side and ELEVEN on his! We decided not to worry about whether my number and his number were the same or whether we had too many and to just ask everyone we wanted to ask. Since they're not all standing up on an altar or anything, I"m not that concerned how it looks. I guess there is going to be some doubling up walking down the aisle.

Quote: Originally Posted by tvt my friends wedding is next weekend and I'm stumped for a gift. I was thinking a digital picture frame. Would you be happy to unwrap a digital picture frame? (even if it's not on your registry?) I would love to receive one, I think it's a great idea!!

Quote: Originally Posted by lambert13 I attached a PDF of the hotel zone for you to take a look at. Let me know how it works out. If it is no good, I might have different maps on my computer at home I can send you. Ok, now that I'm at work I can suddenly open the pdf...anyway, this one prints really nicely! Thanks!