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I would love to post my STD or even have the picture I put on here show up..... However, I don't know how to use this website very well yet. How would I go about doing this?

Hooray! We have a travel agent that speaks Spanish calling to sort it all out for us today. As soon as that is dealt with, we will be paying Nicole a deposit this week. I'll let you all know when we are *officially* signed up. Thanks for all the welcome messages! A few questions - did any of you upgrade the bar offerings? I'm not sure what exactly is offered to begin with so it's hard to know if we want to upgrade or not Also, do you have to book massage(s) at the spa in advance or can you decide day of? Lastly, how did you all handle the DJ situation? Did you give him a list of music or CD's in advance or...? We just don't want to get stuck with the YMCA, cha cha slide, etc. (I have emailed these questions to Nicole, I am just interested in your opinions/experiences!) Thanks!!

I don't know why, but it doesn't let me see the monogram link?? We already did our save the dates, but it would be cute to integrate them somehow

Oh PS are you staying for your honeymoon in PV? We are moving from Velas to Marriott and staying another week after that...

I know! I've been looking at your cute little thing for a few days now! Is that the save the date or...? We should have some goofy wedding mixer hahaha

We are also staying at Velas Vallarta with about 50 people next July. I have no idea what I'm getting into other than what's on the website - any reviews? Are there daily activities? Like goofy bartending classes or tequila volleyball or mexican bingo or salsa lessons or any of this random stuff that a lot of the big resorts do? I need help entertaining this large group for a week!!

Wow what a horror story. Did anyone ever honeymoon here? We are all set up to but now I'm scared!

Hi Everybody! My name is Hilary, and I have been spending the last - oh 24 hours or so reading the 80 pages of info on here. Completely lame I know. However, I've had a hell of a time trying to plan this wedding and am now COMPLETELY convinced Caletas is for us! Hooray!!! To explain the troubles we've had and ask for a little advice, let me explain my current situation. We had put down a deposit at our resort (Velas Vallarta) to do it there. Then we weren't getting good responses partially due to the language barrier and partially due to the fact that we were only dealing with the food and beverage coordinator - no WC! So I searched and found a company that plans weddings in PV, contacted them, and got the ball rolling in that way. So that wedding planner called the resort and asked if my deposit could be put towards rooms instead since we were trying to coordinate everything through her. She says that they have agreed to this request. Her boss called the general manager, she called the food and beverage coordinator - there were all of these conversations going on. I was getting a really creeped out feeling because there was this BIG push (I felt veryyyy rushed) from the wedding planner via phone and email to put down a deposit. (Yes I understand working for free is no fun, but I wasn't ready yet and for good reason!!) Then the wedding planner went out of town for three days. Instead of planning the wedding, I decided to check out how much scuba/snorkel was. In doing this I discovered Adventure Vallarta and then shortly after Adventure Weddings. I am completely sold now and will not get married anywhere else. I know I need to tell the original wedding planner that I am not going to go with her services. However, I'm scared to do this before talking to the resort. It will be impossible to explain the new situation to them considering all of the language barriers though, so we're having someone call that speaks Spanish. Now my fiance is being a total pessimist and is CONVINCED that the wedding planner will be pissed, and the resort won't treat us the same (we and all of our guests are staying there for a week). Not to mention the fear that the deposit won't be given back to us since we will no longer be getting married at the resort. Any advise about how to handle this situation? If not, anyone less pessimistic than my fiance? haha Other questions - we are getting married on July 3rd - rainy season! Did anyone get married in the rain? If it were to be heavy rain all night - those of you that have seen the location - can you imagine a ceremony, reception, and dancing under the big tiki hut looking covering? I can see the ceremony, the dinner - but the dancing - is there enough room for this? My group (50ish) is going to be "interesting" or "rowdy" depending on how you want to put it. And we definitely need something to keep them busy (or drinking slower) - dancing! Any thoughts on this? Ok this is one of the longer posts so I"ll hush, but I should be on here pretty frequently in the next little while. Oh also, how do you work this website? I want to put up a picture, not be considered a lurker, etc haha. Thanks in advance for the help and thanks for all of you that have posted on here in the past - very helpful for newbies!!

Hi! I'm getting married on July 3rd, 2008 in Puerto Vallarta. My group is staying at Velas Vallarta, and we're hopefully getting married at Las Caletas. Still trying to work out all the details. Any Caletas Brides that want to give me the scoop - it would be greatly appreciated!!