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I got my hair done at the salon, as did most of my family. Just be aware there is no Barbacide and they use the same tools on everyone. My hair was Ok, but I'm not sure if it was worth it. They use the straightening iron to curl your hair and I have fine hair and they burnt my hair, about 4 inches on the ends of my hair had to be cut off when I got home. I don't want to freak you out but just thought I'd put this out there.

Anyone in your party can eat anywhere, if they can get the booking. I'm not exaggerating, look over the menus to see what you like and start booking your dinners. You and your husband can do whatever you want but your guests will only get 3 or 4 depending on the package you got with your TA.

Yes I am a pack rat and still have the catalogue. I chose one with white lilies and red roses (matched my dress), but it had daisies in it and I got them switched out for tiny white irises. It looked great. What's your email? I'll send you the catalogues, not that Yuritzia will pay attention until you get there, but I understand, it is SUPER hard not to do anything. I think having a no-stress wedding is sometimes more stressful

The resorts do not advertise this, but Brides and Grooms are given Gold bracelets, my family all were "Gold class" but got yellow bracelets. As it was explained to us, actual gold bracelets are VIP. They do not keep track of your a la cartes. My husband and I ate at a restaurant every night (after we figured this out). Book your a la cartes ASAP!! They book up so quick. Our favs were Mikado (Japanese) and Don Pablo (amazing gourmet).

Just noticed... Corvette79 is getting married on my birthday next year! Good day

Quote: Originally Posted by Corvette79 Ladies has anyone had any luck communicating with Yuritzia I emailed her 1 week ago to confirm that we are doing the poolside DJ dancing and cocktail thing and no response! I dont want someone else to take the option too then it will be a problem! GRRRRR p.s. i actually copied Paloma on the email too LOL, my coordinator was Yuritzia and she drove me NUTS! You will not hear from her until a month or so before your wedding. She'd send me things like menus and flower catalogs but that was it. I think in the year and a half I "dealt" with her I got 3 emails. When I did pick out my flowers, when I got there to meet her and plan, she brought out the flower catalog and asked me what flowers I wanted, I said, didn't you read the email? she said "kind of"... The flowers were beautiful and they did a custom bouquet for me with no probs. It is so hard, but if you can just relax and go with it, things turn out great. Just don't plan on planning anything until you get there.

I know it is totally frustrating, nothing is settled until you get there. However, if you just "go with it" things will turn out great. (trust me this is not easy, I nearly needed medication to do so, lol). Something to keep in mind though, our wedding was at 4, dinner at 5:30 (ended up being 6 as the restaurant wasn't "ready" for us). So we ate our cake quickly as we wanted sunset pictures. The sun starts setting around 6:45 and by 7:30 it's pretty dark. Just something to keep in mind, depending on the types of pics you want.

Quote: Originally Posted by RyanAmanda Okay, I just got another question! My 13 year old cousin is coming and she's just going to DIE being away from her boyfriend for the week...lol. Her mom banned her from bringing her phone (so she doesn't get a thousand dollar bill) so she asked about internet - does anyone know how much it costs to use the internet in the lobby? And is it charged to the room or does she need to bring pesos/american dollars for it? Ah to be a teenager again, lol. If you have the Golden package (which you will because you're getting married there) you'll have access to the Golden Club House, (not sure where it is on the Tulum side, we were at the Akumal) and they have free internet access there. Also, in the lobby they'll sell phone cards for $10-$20 you can use at the lobby phones so she could talk to him.

We stayed at the Akumal site and it was great, the Coba side looked like it could suck as there are rooms overlooking the highway! We were there for 2 weeks and explored the resort quite a bit and we preferred the Akumal side but it's all up to what kind of vacation you're looking for. Our rooms were right on the beach (villa 66) it was amazing to listen to the waves at night. The mini-bar thing is funny... we NEVER had a problem, as we left a dollar in the fridge everyday, we took the 2 water bottles off the counter and put them out of site so we had a little surplus going on. PS- those who didn't tip didn't have this kind of attentiveness. Oh in the fridge they stock cans of the Dos XX and they won't give you more than 4 cans (or so it seemed) at a time. At Akumal the Snack Bar is open 24 hours and you can get drinks there, Miami Vices were our fav. (half pina colada half strawberry daiquiri) Mango daiquiris were great too. If you stay at Akumal, for breakfast and lunch go to the front seating hall and find a waiter named Ricardo, trust me he works his butt off and really enjoys his job. Just bring lots of small bills for tipping, we left $2 for the maid, $1 for the fridge guy, and gave $1/per person sitting at the table to waiters (if you leave it on the table it is split amongst all, given directly to them they keep it, which after hard work we made sure to directly give it to the person) You'll also need tips for bus drivers, tour guides, etc. it is a service industry even though it is all inclusive, people will really go the extra mile for just a couple bucks. That's all I can think about right now, but anything else ask away. OHHHHH- make sure you get ANY agreement with a photographer IN WRITING, I had a friend take our pics but we watched one family in a huge fight as the guy upped the price upon delivery and then blamed it on miscommunication/ language.... just a heads up.

If you are at the Akumal your choices are the Dolce Vita and Frutos del Mar. We've eaten at both (our wedding dinner was at Dolce and was awesome). They look similar, but we weren't as impressed by the food at the seafood place. At Dolce we had the Salmon and Chicken paramasean. The salmon was fabulous, the chicken was ok. Feel free to ask anything, we're having a great time!

Hi there I'm at the Bahia right now, and will be here for a few days yet...if you would like me to snap some shots I can, let me know your restaurant choices and I'll try to help you out the best I can. Our wedding was fabulous!

Never mind, googled it, neat idea. Are you using different colours of sand? Or just sand from the beach? As for my music, we have no wedding party, it's just the two of us so I think I'll only need 3 or 4, it's just a matter of deciding on songs, any one have any suggestions?

Sand ceremony? Please explain...

Hi there, just about to burn a CD but I'm not sure how many songs I need. Is one enough for people to sit? We have a small group. How many songs am I going to need? I was thinking 3 - 1 for guests and groom, 1 for me to walk, and 1 for us together... am I forgetting anything?

Thanks for the tip about emailing Poloma, Yuritzia was back to me quickly after that, lol. Does anyone have any tips on what villas to request? I tried looking at the map but until you've been there it doesn't really have any relevance.

OK so I have less than a month to my wedding and Yuritzia has emailed me twice.... that's 2 times in a year and a half!!!!! I hope all goes well but this really ticks me off. My travel agent has even phoned there and has been told that Yuritzia is or has just sent an email... I tried emailing another address but had no luck with that either. Does anyone have the head coordinator's email This is just ridiculous

Hi Melissa Welcome to the forum. Honestly if it's not a big deal for you to do so, I would recommend getting married at home (just paperwork) then having the ceremony there. It's a personal choice, but I've had some friends who had trouble getting their paperwork after the fact, and having to pay more money to have the papers "expedited" after 4 months of waiting. Not to mention, my thing is having a blood test in Mexico freaks me out. I'm just going to city hall and signing papers, no guests, no mention, it won't be a big deal, so that the ceremony will be our anniversary. That's when we'll be married, not when we complete the legalities.

Quote: Originally Posted by sarah1108 Hey Martha, what is Jazmin's email address? I am with you girls about Yuritzia. We have about 50 people for our wedding so far, and I can't wait to figure out the menu in the last month unless I decide to call each guest individually and ask them what they want to eat. I emailed Irma, the main coordinator, and she told me that "Yuritzia will be contacting you within 2.5 months of your wedding."..... great.... I was told the same thing, she'll contact you blah blah blah...well it's less than 2 months to my wedding and the woman has sent me two emails, one generic thing I'm sure she sends out to all and another that said she'd be contacting me soon (this was after my travel agent called her to see what was going on 4 times)... I have not received another email from her. Not to freak you out but this woman is one of the least organized and least professional people I've dealt with in this kind of situation where people are literally putting out thousands of dollars, if I were you I would contact Irma again, express your fears about Yuritzia, tell her about the bad reviews she's getting (there's a couple about her on Trip Adviser as well) and ask to have someone new or you're switching resorts, (that's the threat my travel agent had to use to get Yuritzia to email me). It's too late for me...but save yourself... lol

Quote: Originally Posted by Tlseege I would just like to say that Yuritzia makes me mad. She doesn't respond to any of her e-mails! UGH! I need to know if I can bring in an outside vendor for my cake and how much it'll cost me! I need to order this stupid cake! AHH! She makes me so mad! I'm with you on that! Yurtizia drives me nuts, my wedding party number just increased so I actually have to pick a set menu, I contacted her about it, even flagged the email as important but nothing. The only thing that seems to work is getting the travel agent to call her, what a pain (for me and my agent!). I say we do the best we can for our weddings...then on the 12th....we'll get her...kidding, we'll get drunk and laugh I hope, if all goes well. Take care and know that I'm just as frustrated as you are.

Thank-you so much Carrie your newsletter has saved me so much time!!! It is extremely well done (and something wonderful to give to the monster-in-law to explain yet more reasons we want to get married somewhere awesome!). I'll make sure to send you some pics or reviews on any of the activities because I plan to try them all, especially the zip lines, I did one in Australia and they're really cool. THANKS!!!

You are more than welcome to have a peak lol. I was hoping to get the 8th but I just don't think that's going to happen. I'm taking the advice of someone on this forum and contacting the head of the WC's because I hate it when people don't acknowledge emails, I know it will be great either way, we're there to have fun above all else.

Yuritzia is driving me nuts... there is less than 3 months until the wedding, we've all paid in full and she still won't return my emails/ My travel agent is just as frustrated and wants me to call her. The thing is I know it's my day yadda yadda yadda, but I don't want to tick this woman off as she is in charge of "my special day". I was a little annoyed that my wedding date was assigned to me and I had no input, I've been requesting a change for a year now, but as she never acknowledges my emails I have no idea what's going on. Sorry for the vent everyone, but my wedding is starting to look like a vacation where I'll be wearing a big white dress lol

I would love it if you emailed me the info, it would be 100% more than what I've received from my WC lol. [email protected] thanks!!

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the guests could use one of their a la carte meals for the reception dinner... is that if you book at the restaurants? I didn't even know I had other options... My WC has never contacted me except for a generic email. Not really impressed with her thus far, has anyone else dealt with Yuritzia?

I have no idea what time of day I'm getting married, I think that will be ironed out closer to the date. I have not heard from Yuritzia either but according to some people I talked to (and the travel agent unofficially) the WC's won't put a lot of time into talking to you until they have your money, lol. That way if you change your mind about the resort they're haven't "wasted any time". I know how you feel though, you think as the bride you need to have all your details arranged months in advance but I guess this is the way they do it in Mexico.