Dreamgirl08

Quote: Originally Posted by LadyCheese COOL...we have a few Jersey chicks on this thread. Union City, NJ up in here! WOOOO-HOOOO!!! ...lol

Seriously! But no I can totally put myself in their shoes, as I have a few pets of my own and can totally understand them for needing to bring them along. My MOH's 2 pugs I guess you can say are spoiled rotten..lol, but they also can't be left alone in the house. And I know she would never consider leaving them in a pet hotel . My Bridesmaid's shitzu was recently adopted from a shelter. She was physically & mentally abused before by her previous owners, so she is still VERY AGGRESIVE & DANGEROUS. I feel so bad for them both cause they're really worried about how inconvienient this is for me . I love them both for their dedication towards their pets, but I'm really having a hard time with this one...hmmm

Quote: Originally Posted by Elizabeth Medina I hope you all don't mind if I post a little DT eye candy! (or taco de ojo as we say here in Mexico, haha) This slideshow is from an anniversary/trash the dress session for a fabulous, fabulous couple. I am usually not able to do these sessions, since I live a few hours away and am only able to make the trip for weddings...but the timing worked for this one and it was a lot of fun! Mindy and Chad Happy wedding planning! Elizabeth Wooo-Hooo Elizabeth! Your work is always so amazing. My fiance and I can't wait to have you photograph our wedding & TTD expeirence next spring. We're super excited.....

I'm having my wedding at El Dorado Royale in Riviera Maya. All my guests are staying with us, except for 2 people from my bridal party. My maid of honor has 2 small pugs that she wishes to take with her to Mexico. And also, one of my bridesmaids has a small shitzu that she needs to take with her as well. My resort does not accomodate pets of any size. So we're having some trouble with this one. Does anyone know of a nearby hotel that they can stay in with their pets. I'm thinking it might not have to be within the RM, just as long as it's close enough where they won't be running late the day of my wedding..., please help. TIA, Linda

You guys are CRAZY , I LOVE IT!!!! so brave of you too. I'm guessing they're either harmless or you guys just have that magic touch. What an awesome expeirence, I'll def. consider doing it with FI on our trip out there next year. Thanks for the awesome footage!

Awww. nice shots, congrats!

Wow, Casita's are so worth it! thanks ladies Mandy, your suite was breathtaking, how lucky were you .... Hope we get lucky too

I'm having my wedding at El Dorado Royale in Riviera Maya. All my guests are staying with us, except for 2 people from my bridal party. My maid of honor has 2 small pugs that she wishes to take with her to Mexico. And also, one of my bridesmaids has a small shitzu that she needs to take with her as well. My resort does not accomodate pets of any size. So we're having some trouble with this one. Does anyone know of a nearby hotel that they can stay in with their pets. I'm thinking it might not have to be within the RM, just as long as it's close enough where they won't be running late the day of my wedding..., please help. TIA, Linda

Quote: Originally Posted by shannon I didn't do a bouquet toss-- I didn't want to give up my bouquet! - I think everyone just thought I was kinda drunk- but I was serious! - we put my bouquet in vases in our room and enjoyed the bouquet the rest of the week! We had our photographer for only 5.5 hours- and since we had before pictures, the ceremony, our cocktail party, dinner, then the reception at Tucanes- he was only at the reception for the first 30 minutes. So when we got to reception, we did the toast, cake cutting, then first dances, then the garter....so he could get pictures of all-- then rest of reception- we played our playlist and everyone danced and drank..... Our song for the garter thing-- marvin gaye's "let's get it on" ..... here are a few garter pictures from reception at Tucanes... OMG!! your pics are so cute shannon..haha, that song is perfect for it too. Your decision for not doing a bouquet toss sounds great. I might decide to do the same thing too. Thanks.

Did do ladies do a bouquet toss? How about the Garter thing where hubby takes it off your leg? If so, when did you do this? Would you mind sharing the song you played while these 2 things were being done. Thank you

Hi ladies, I'm just curious to know more about the casita's at EDR. FI and are planning for 8 nights in either a regular casita or individual casita. Can someone share their insight on them. Im wondering if there is a particular "section/block" of casita rooms that have turned out better than others? Do to location, atmosphere, privacy, service, etc... EDR Brides, please share your expeirences and/or knowledge of them. Thanks!

Que linda, thank you..thank you..thank you.. for this very detailed review. I loved how you scheduled everything. You have helped me so much in that area. Now I at least have an idea of how those little things will turn out to be like ahead of time. GREAT REVIEW!!!! Can't wait for more pics

Quote: Originally Posted by ctpetch We did Honeymoon Wishes - Honeymoon Registry where your wedding gift is a Romantic Honeymoon for ours. It gave upgrades, spa treatments and excursions. The best part about it you just get a check for the items or amount purchased and use where you want to. You can just register for dollar amounts for your registery or wedding gifts. It is helpful to have to put towards any of those things. I had my TA book my hair appointments and my massage. The WC will but you have to pay when you pay your bill 30 days prior when doing that. We had resort credits and cash from the gifts purchased from honeymoonwishes.com so we just paid at check out. for ours Cool, yeah we're doing the same thing. Question, in your registry, did you post $$$$ contribution, or actual activites & gifts for your guests to choose from? Right now we have $$$$ contribution as an option, but we kind of feel like this is too straight foward about the whole thing. Any suggestions about how to go about it? Also, should I go through Lomas for picking things?

Cool, yeah we're doing the same thing. Question, in your registry, did you post $$$$ contribution, or actual activites & gifts for your gifts to choose from? Right now we have $$$$ contribution as an option, but we kind of feel like this is too straight foward about the whole thing. Any suggestions about how to go about it? Also, should I go through Lomas for picking things?

Shannon, that was so nice of your family & friends to purchase credit gifts for you guys. I hope we get that lucky . Your info regarding the company used for excursions sounds good. I'll def. consider them. Thank you.

Quote: Originally Posted by MelanieS Dreamgirl08, I just emailed you the templates per your request. Have fun making the books! MelanieS, your a genius! I just recieved them. I love u so much right now..hehehe thank you..thank you..thank you!

Quote: Originally Posted by shannon We got our professional slideshow back from Cancun Studios if you guys are interested! :) Vince & Shannon Shannon, I absolutely love your pics! You & hubby make an adorable couple. I love the picture of you and him up close, and also the one where your in the middle and your parents are giving the smooches...So Sweet

Quick question for all Riviera Maya or EDR Brides on here, How exactly do you go about booking things such as spa treatments, hair & make-up appointments, massages, and your honeymoon activites/excursions..etc? My FI & I are with honeymoonwishes.com and we're trying to post our gift wishes on the website for guests to purchase for us. But we're having some trouble deciding where to look. Would it be Lomas Travel? If so, I noticed they don't offer many options. FI & I would love to go horseback riding and maybe go snorkeling too, but I didn't see these options on Lomas. Is there another group of professionals that I can work with? How did you make your arrangements? And did you book ahead of time or while there?

Abbie, these pics are absolutely beautiful! Far from Non-Pro. Love your avatar pic

Thank you for your feedback ladies, I was finally able to do it last night after a full day of messing around with it. Although for some reason I wasn't able to copy & paste the entire picture, I learned how to just begin with the picture and add the text on it's own. Well, that's good enough for me

O.k, so I am very DIY challenged, but I managed to create a monogram and logo for our luggage tags on powerpoint. I'm just not sure how to save the actual picture so that I can use it throughout my wedding. I've never worked with powerpoint so I really don't even know where to start. I can't seem to save the entire picture. When I click on it, it either highlights the palm tree, or the text within the palm tree...please help TIA,

Quote: Originally Posted by BandE2008 Perhaps in letting your guests know you could have a page on your website that says something about: We very much prefer our guests to stay with us at EDR. This will allow us to spend more time with one another during the week doing fun things that are not necessarily wedding related. We all know how weddings are, they come and go so fast, and sometimes you do not have time to visit with all of your guests. However, some people may choose the option to stay at a nearby resort for a variety of reasons. I would like to point out that in choosing this option, please explore the options heavily first. While it may look better financially, there will be the cost of travel between your hotel and the EDR both ways. As well, to be on the grounds of any All Incusive hotel, all guests entering a hotel they are not staying at are required to pay for a day pass. That also applies to EDR. So for each day you choose to visit with us at EDR, there is a day pass fee of ____$. If you are consideing choseing an alternate hotel, please speak to myself or ____ so we can help you weigh out your options. I do believe all guests who would stay at EDR will love it. In researching the different hotels in the Mayan, we felt confident that the rooms, reagrless of class, are all amazing and well appointed. We felt that there were many daily acaitivies to allow you to create the vacation you want , and we felt the abundance of restaruant and bar choices would suit everyones needs! Something like that ........................ Thank you so much for this BandE2008! I am def. posting this on my W.W. Hopefully guests will respect our wishes and see that booking with EDR is in fact the best option. Thank you once again .

Wow, thanks so much to everyone on here for your feedback. What really sucks about the whole thing is that we're only expecting about 20-25 guests. Maybe 15 of these guests might be willing to book at EDR, but we're not sure of the others. Is there a nice way for me to put this in words for them {on my wedding website}? Any suggestions..?

So I am now trying to put together Playlists for the Wedding Day, but I don't even know where to start. Can someone please give me the breakdown of how I should start. I need to know the basics like what is a recessional song, processional song..etc. Is anyone willing to share their ideas and/or program pics. I'd also like to create a CD with fun music for our guests that we can put in our OOT Bags. How can I go about dong this? Has anyone done this? TIA,

Guys, I'm having quite a situation with some of our guests. Many of them want to stay at another resort and purchase the day pass to come to our wedding. But I was told that we were only allowed to have no more than 5 guests stay elsewhere. I feel this is very inconsiderete on behalf of EDR. I mean, it's not like I can force my guests to stay at EDR. Honestly, even the most affordable rooms at EDR is pretty expensive so it's totally understandable. I mentioned the 5 ONLY thing on my wedding website but I guess it didn't work. . This has me so worried and feeling bad for some of my guests. What have your expeirences been with this at EDR?