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    Dreams Cabo Wedding Review

    in Destination Wedding Reviews

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    Ok, first off I really want to say thank you to the BDW forum. I gained so much valuable information on this forum and my wedding would never have been the same without it.

     

    I got married at Dreams on July 22nd. It was amazing! It was a very intimate wedding with only 12 guests.

     

    Flights/Shuttle - American Airlines. We got to the airport and our flight had been canceled. They got us on a direct flight to Cabo through Alaska. Excellent! We used Olympus Tours for our shuttle and they were on time, waiting for us. No problems getting back either. A+ for both services.

     

    Sunrider Dinner Cruise - B-. I gave Sunrider a B- because the food was excellent. The cruise itself started out fun, but about 1.5 hours into it there were lots of drunken teenagers puking off the side of the boat and falling down the stairs. It was more like a booze cruise, which wasn't really my thing. Also, we didn't really get to see the beautiful Cabo sunset...not sure if we just weren't in the right spot or what. I kind of wish we had put up the extra cash and went on the Caborey. Oh well.

    Flowers - A+ I used Florenta Flower Design. Lola was wonderful to work with and I felt her prices were reasonable. I sent her photos of what I wanted and she delivered. I really really loved my flowers. After the wedding I had them all delivered to my room cheesy.gif. The flowers were fresh and exactly what I had wanted. I got a brides bouquet, 2 huge ceremony arrangements, 4 table arrangements and 2 boutonniers. Lola also came to Dreams couple days before the wedding to confirm what I wanted and to go over the final details.

    Thanks Lola!

     

    Dreams - A+ The resort was gorgeous. We had a Governor's Suite which was fabulous and overlooked the main pool. The room was always clean, and we joked about how our cleaning lady was a ninja...I swear every time we came back to our room, it had been tidied up again. The wait and barstaff were so accomodating and we never felt pressured to tip, although we always did. The all inclusive food did get a bit old after a week, but hey, it was free. Himitsu was our favorite place to eat by far. I didn't like Portofino. The Italian food there was terrible, however the surf and turf there was yummy. The swim up bars are awesome, and they even have tables so you can have snacks/drinks inside the pool! Excellent!

     

    Ceremony & Reception - A+ John Fagan did an amazing job as officiant. The flowers were perfect, there was a slight breeze, everything was set up exactly how I had hoped.

     

    Yarai/Dreams Wedding Coordinator - A++++ Yarai was awesome. She was always responsive to emails and was super duper helpful along the entire way. She made sure everything was set up exactly how I wanted and made sure everything went smoothly. She was just so fabulous to work with.

     

    Hair/Makeup - B+ I got my hair/makeup done through SunMex. Octavio was the stylist. I guess there had been some miscommunication and he thought he was doing a trial session. After I told him I was happy with it, he said great and started to pack up, LOL! I was like, no...TODAY is my wedding! He freaked out a bit because he didn't have any spray or anything, but was able to borrow some from the salon. When he first did my makeup, I looked like a Pussycat Doll...seriously. I asked him to make more bridal and to tone down the eye makeup, and I was happy with it in the end.

    Photography/Jonilyn Photography - A. Jonilyn is a photographer out of LA. I don't have my photos back, but I was amazed with our engagement photos, and I know the wedding ones will be fabulous. I didn't give her an A+ because she missed her flight to photograph our civil ceremony at City Hall. She had a family emergency, but was able to find a local photographer to shoot it for us. She was professional, fun and just a pleasure to work with.

     

    I don't have any of our professional photos back, but here are a couple that my sister took. She left her camera in her room right before the ceremony (GAH!) so I don't have any ceremony pics yet sad.gif

     

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    Dreams Cabo Brides

    in Destination Wedding in Cabo

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    We just got back from our week at Dreams and it was amazing!!

    I'll do a full review once I get some pics back, but I can say it was truly everything I had hoped for.

     

    By the way, Jessica W, I just noticed on from the list that you got married on the 19th~we were eating dinner at El Patio that evening and saw some of your wedding. It looked lovely. Congrats!! It's too bad we didn't run into each other later...we got married on the 22nd.

    For sale: One dozen 18" white paper lanterms

    in Buy / Sell / Trade Archives

    Posted

    I purchased one dozen 18" paper lanterns from lunabazaar, but decided to go with smaller ones instead.

     

    I'm selling them at cost for $3.00 each. I opened one of them but the rest of them are still brand new in packaging.

     

    Lunabazaar doesn't have them in this size right now and asianideas is selling them for $4.00 each plus shipping.

     

    Shipping for them is $6.

     

    If I can't sell them here, I'll probably just return them to lunabazaar.

     

    ALSO, if you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you can come pick them up and I'll sell them to you for $2.75 a piece.

    Question about vendors & food/dinner

    in Destination Wedding in Cabo

    Posted

    Our photog is coming the day before and leaving the day after the wedding.

     

    She said she was ours for the entire day if we wanted.

     

    We'll the ceremony is at 5PM so she'll probably start around 4 to take getting ready photos, etc.

     

    Our reception dinner isn't until 8PM because FI and I wanted some extra time to take photos alone.

    Question about vendors & food/dinner

    in Destination Wedding in Cabo

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    We really only hav one vendor coming from afar with us to Mexico...and that is our photographer.

     

    When and where does the photographer typically eat dinner?

     

    We're getting married at Dreams. Do I have to reserve an extra plate for my photographer since it is an all inclusive?

     

    What did you guys do? I feel bad because our wedding is super small (12 people) so I don't really want her eating with us since we only have one long table, but at the same time, I want to make sure she gets to eat etc?

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