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Does anyone know how much it is for someone to have a guest pass if they decide to stay at another hotel? Also, is the guest pass only for the wedding?
Thanks!
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I was at Target tonight looking around for stationary to use for my STD's and came across the Hot Hues stationary line! www.thinkhothues.com has templates you can download and use for their stationary products (that are not expensive at all) and has wording ideas for invitations & STD's. Also, Target*:*Custom Stationery has printable templates to use, too. On the Hot Hues website, they have their samples and if you like them, it breaks down exactly what you need to buy & how to put everything together!
So far, their ideas have been EXTREMELY helpful! Hope some of you find it helpful, too
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all I can say is WOW, those are amazing! Great job!!
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thank you for those, but of course I don't have enough points to open them!!! Your advice was extremely helpful, I will let you know how everything turns out! -
i am trying to get creative here and make my own monogram! so far, i have gotten some great advice from the forum, but can anyone recommend a good website to get some pictures of palm trees, etc? i have searched high and low and can not find any that scream my name! i love looking at everyone's logo's on here and i keep seeing the two palm trees slanting to the left--if anyone knows what i am talking about and knows where i can find those or something similar, please let me know!!
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those look amazing! how did you do the magnets? and the stamp of the palm tree? i don't have enough points so i can't open the links yet! everything looks great though congrats
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Originally Posted by Jentwo Finally....my boarding passes are done! I must have looked at over ten versions of the boarding passes on this forum for ideas - thank you to everyone for sharing! A lot of the questions/solutions I had while creating my invites were sometimes tough to find so I'm going to try and paraphrase all of the details that crossed my mind!
Tools:
Paper cutter (bought add'l blade for perforator) - $38 + $10 blade = $48 (Office Depot)
Doublesided tape (used for boarding pass envelope) - double package for $5.50 (Staples)
X-acto knife - $5.50 (Staples)
Corner cutter - $5 (Target)
Paper for boarding pass - white card stock (provided by work where I had them made)
Paper for boarding pass envelope - colored card stock from Staples (I ended up using orange and green because a multi-pack was available and then I didn't have to choose one color!) - $12
Raffia ribbon - Raffia Twisters - Pearlescent - Premier Packaging - $4.95 x 2 = $10 - I bought the Green and Citrus colors
Mailing Envelopes - $7 for 50 and I need over 150 - $28 total - I bought the White Linen A10 envelopes at Office Max
Stamps $0.58 for invite, $0.41 for each reply card - Total invites 160 (postcard stamps couldn't be used for reply card because my paper wasn't within 3.5 x 5")
Total cost per invite ~ $2 each (160 qty)
I was fortunate enough to have my company print each boarding pass page for $0.10 a page (3 to a page) in color on white stock paper (the RSVP cards were $.20 because they were double sided). Very cheap compared to places like Kinkos! I also created a newsletter (in color) to send with the invitation and that was $0.067 per page.
I started off using the Word templates from this website but grew way too frustrated with moving text and pictures around so switched to PowerPoint immediately. When ready for printing I had three passes per page and the last page (pass D) was double-sided so I could use it as a reply card. I perforated the left side by the website and then perforated the right side by the bar code. I printed the envelopes on my work computer / printer and the return address on the back of the envelope....saved some time/money.
Key lessons learned!
1) Use PowerPoint for creating your template vs. Word (assuming you have access and knowledge of software!)
2) Do not use fonts that are not normally in the Microsoft Word / PowerPoint package. You'll eventually need your document in PDF and when asking others to PDF it, if you have these 'alternative' fonts, it becomes a big pain. It's easiest to have your invites in a PDF format to also ensure that the font and spacing doesn't get messed up and it's frozen exactly where you want it. If you were to send your Microsoft Word/PP document to an outside place, and they didn't have your font, your invite will not appear how you want it!
3) As I said above, if an outside place is printing your invite, make sure it's in PDF. When I tried to have my company duplicating center make mine (even with ok fonts) - the spacing was messed up unless I used PDF. Finding someone with the ability to 'write' PDF is not easy so start asking around early!
4) Be precise with your boarding pass reply card if that's the route you choose - check with the post office in person to ensure your card stock is thick enough and the size is ok. Somewhere along the process of changing my template and having the passes trimmed to get rid of black lines, my reply card became too small and I have to now pay $0.41 vs. $0.26 per card.
5) Do not buy stamps for invites until you're at the post office with your invitations. I bought the RSVP stamps in advance and thought, why not buy all of them. The first time the post office weighed my invite the $0.41 stamp was ok, but now they are saying it's $0.58!! Very frustrating.
That's all I can think of now...hopefully this helps the new brides!
Thank you for all this information! Is there any way you can email me the link you have at the end of your post? I still don't have enough points to open it Thanks so much!!! -
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Your invites look amazing! I want to do the boarding pass idea for my invites but have NO idea where to even begin! Any advice (from everyone) would be greatly appreciated!!!!
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Just for a personal note to myself, if I decide to go with a different flower than the options that come with the package(s), is there a fee included? I don't think the flowers are horrible, but I too am looking for a different angle--will this cost more to do so?
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Does this mean you have to have a private reception or is the ballroom included in the price of the package? And if we decide to have it on the beach, does that cost extra as well? Did anyone have it on the beach and have any complaints about it? I keep thinking the beach would be really different and unique--and goes along perfectly with our theme! -
Hi ladies,
I just got the confirmation from Sandra and our wedding is May 9, 2009!! whoooo
So far this forum has been great, but I was hoping everyone could point me in the direction of where to go next! Eventually, when we pick out our flowers, where we want the ceremony, etc. do I just email Sandra and let her know? Also, I keep reading about the private receptions--if we don't do that, does that mean it is in one of the restaurants and there could be guests from the resort there?! Also, in the Ultimate package, I know the bouquet and two boutonnières/corsages are included, and a center piece for our table and ceremonial table, but does anyone has the price list of what extra flowers will cost?
Basically any advice and direction would be greatly appreciated right now!
Thanks!!
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Well, I am thisclose to officially booking our wedding for May 9, 2009 at Dreams Tulum!! The communication with Sandra has been extremely stressful thus far and the latest is she keeps asking me for my flight information! You can not book flights more than a year in advance, but she keeps asking me for it anyway! Does this mean my date is not booked until I can get her this info or did some of you go through a similar situation, get her all of that at a later time, but was still able to book early?
Thanks for the help & advice!
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I am hoping to have my wedding at Dreams Tulum in May 2009 (15 months away), Sandra emailed me saying April-June was already booked. Could this be possible? April-June booked over a year in advance? I thought I was starting this with more than enough time. Could she have possibly read the email wrong and thought I meant 2008? I guess I am panicking because I've seen so many brides on here book their dates around this time, if not later. Let me know if I am overreacting or if it could just be an error!
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this may be a really silly question, but if my fiancé and i did the legal ceremony here, then we won't have to arrive 4 days prior to the wedding in mexico to have it count, right? i just want to make sure i am reading this correctly--this will help us out huge!!
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1. How old are you? 23
2. At what age did you/will you get married? 24
3. Do you have children? nope
4. Did you think you would marry the person you are with now? i knew after a week of meeting him
5. Were you ever engaged or married to someone other than the person you are with now? no
6. Do you want a garden wedding, beach wedding, or the traditional church wedding? beach
7. Where did you/will you get married? Riviera Maya, Mexico. Dreams Tulum
8. First dance - classic waltz, slow and sexy, or fast and spicy? slow and sexy
9. How many guests did you/will you have? inviting 50
10. Do you want/did you have an extravagant wedding or a simple wedding? simple
11. Vows - traditional or something you make up on your own? traditional
12. How many layers of cake did you/will you have? unsure right now
13. Is/was your wedding/reception at a hotel? Dreams Tulum
14. When did you/will you get married - sunrise, mid-day, sunset? sunset
15. Did you/will you have your reception outdoors or indoors? outdoors
16. Plan every detail down to the napkins or let someone else decide? a little of both!
17. How did/will the bride enter? down a path to the sand with my father!!
18. Song to walk down the aisle to: Canon I believe
19. Song to make your exit: not sure
20. Will you/did you have a solemn ceremony or a light one? light
21. At what age did you think you would get married? 25
22. Who to invite - practically everyone or a select few? a select few
23. Wedding menu - fine dining or simply delicious? simply delicious
24. Champagne or red wine? both, of course!
25. Honeymoon right after the wedding, awhile after the wedding, or no honeymoon? right away
26. Was your/will your honeymoon be at a place special to you both or somewhere brand new to you both? brand new--having it at Dreams Tulum, but of course we are making sure we stay a little longer than our guests so we can be alone!!
27. Who will pay for the bills? we pay together
28. Living together: Not before marriage or absolutely before marriage? absolutely
29. Anything else about marriage you'd like to say? i can't wait for our special day to get here!!!
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I have a ton of questions about preparing for a destination wedding, so if I get "thread happy," bear with me!! My fiancé and I are going with the Ultimate package at Tulum and aren't planning on bringing in our own photographer. Were most of you happy with the job the photographer did at Tulum or would you recommend bringing in an outside vendor? Can you even do that there (bring in outside vendors), because other places I have looked at didn't allow it. We are on a semi-tight budget and feel with 50 pictures from the photographer & our guests taking pictures, we will be set. I just want to make sure the 50 we get are worth it!!! Let me know if you were pleased with the photographer there! Thanks!
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Hi ladies, I am still a little new to the forum, but have learned so much so fast about Dreams Tulum! My fiance and I are hoping to get married there in May 2009--I just contacted Sandra, so hopefully I will hear from her soon! Anyway, I was going to see what rooms most of your guests have (or had) booked--the deluxe room, junior suites, etc. I want to get a feel for what most of our guests will be paying and give them all a little heads up. Also, any advice past & future brides have on Dreams Tulum, send it all my way!!!
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Hi Everyone! I am Schelle (pronounced Shelly!) and I am so glad I have found such an informative forum! My fiance, Dan, and I are planning a wedding for April 4, 2009 and the location is so far undecided--that's where I am hoping this forum and all of you will come in with some advice!! We definitely want somewhere tropical, warm, and on a beautiful island!!! We have a semi-tight budget but are just trying to keep things simple and intimate and beautiful at the same time! I look forward to chatting with everyone soon!!
Schelle
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Also, wanted to know if anyone has gotten any email from Landy. I sent her an email exactly seven days ago and got nothing but her automated response.
Do you happen to have Landy's email? I need to contact her and double check everything is still in order with my wedding (since I was dealing with Sandra and had NO idea she's in a new position)! Thanks