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Wow you did a wonderful job! Your wedding is going to be awesome!!

Big Hug! I am sorry to hear the loss of your grandmother. I hear what you are mean about getting old my grandma just moved to a nursing home. It must be so hard to get older and loose your loved ones. I think even when you expect the passing it is still really hard. You are in my thoughts.

I think that is a great idea! I also wish I could sing.

Right it has been horrible it is pouring here again and it is cold!!! Sun, come out come out where ever you are!

Another NJ Girl!!! Congrats and happy planning!!

Wow Rebecca has done some great work!! Go Becks!!!

Congrats & Welcome!! Have fun planning.

Are your guests traveling to be at your wedding? If so then I think you should try to have beer and wine if you do not want to do a full open bar as it will be another a expense your guests that they may not of planned for.

I also use nail tek I put fake nails on for the wedding and my real nails were destroyed I have been using it everyday and they are so much better.

Yes our sand stayed in place we stuffed paper in the holder so it was tightly filled.

Congrats let me see what I can help you with. Quote: Originally Posted by Joss Hey all, I'm getting married on the Tulum side the week of January 25th. The reason i say week is because i don't have a wedding date yet (yikes!). Nervewracking! My TA told me the hardest part of a DW is picking where you want to go - maybe, maybe not. We're pretty laid-back people, so maybe the relatively last minute decision to do a DW has contributed to some of our dilemmas (I've seeing some girls planning for a year on here - that is some impressive organizational skills). I'm hoping for some feedback on a couple things: 1. It seems the week i want to go, there are only 3 times left on 2 different days: noon, 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. I checked sunset times for that week in 2009, and turns out it's around 5:30 p.m. or so. What would you ladies recommend as the better time? noon (despite possible blistering heat) to allow for some nice sunny (i'm an optimist, can you tell?) photos? Or later in the day with the possibility of a pretty quick sunset and limited light for pics? I would suggest 5 we had our wedding at 2 and it was really hot plus our guests did not really want to get changed and then get dressed up again the other reason I suggest 5 is if you have a sunny day like we did our photographer was having a hard time getting pictures without us squinting really bad. So we did our ceremony at 2 then took a couple of pictures then went to the lobby bar and started our cocktail hour then around 5:00 went back outside to take our pictures and our dinner started at 5:30. 2. I've been told the times are not set in stone (even with a confirmed time, it is still subject to change depending on judges' availability). It sounds like most people got the times they wanted, within an hour or 2. Can anyone comment on the number of weddings maybe going on in one day that would give me such erratic time options? My understanding from reading is that there can be up to 3 weddings per day. Times are not set in stone our wedding started out orig at 4 then was moved to 3 then when we got there it was moved to 2 because a larger wedding was booked at 4 and since our wedding "only" 32 we had to move our time or we were not "allowed" to get married at the Akumal location. 3. On that note, if we are perhaps the last wedding booked for a certain day, would that significantly decrease the things we could plan for our dinner and reception? (ie. which restaurant, places to have reception). I do think that being the last wedding booked you may not get the choices you want however as I said we would not have been married at the location we planned on for a year if we did move our time because we were told a bigger wedding took priority and we were the first wedding booked for our date. I am absolutely floored at how epic a thread this is - my eyeballs felt like sandpaper grapes after finishing it, and my brain shut down with the massive information overload. I do apologize if any of this has been answered in detail earlier in the post (information here rivals some of my textbooks). Thanks, and looking forward to advice from past, present and future Gran Bahia Tulum brides.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jananaz Have a great time Joanna and congrats in advance!!! As for the credit card/debit card question - has anyone got a response on that yet? I'm pretty sure if your debit card is Visa or Mastercard backed, then it's not a problem bc they'll run it through the same system as the credit card system but it will come out of your bank account rather than be billed later. I've gota question about drinks. Hoping yall can help me out. Yuritzia emailed me the price list: National bar -$17/hr -- beer, rum, vodka, tequila, cocktails, gin, and whiskey International bar - $24/hr -- beer, tequila, rum, vodka, whiskey, chivas, cutty sark, cocktails, gin, house wine, sparkling wine Special cocktails - $5/hr -- beer, pina coladas, margaritas, sparkling wine I'm kind of partial to pina coladas myself, but I'm wondering if pina coladas and margaritas and included in the national bar and international bar prices as cocktails, or are pina coladas and margaritas $5 extra per person. Also, is it worth the $24pp to get the international bar? My dad's kind of into chivas regal. What drinks exactly are included in the all inclusive anyhow? I heard Dos Equis definately is, but Corona is not. What other brands are included/excluded? We've booked the Dolce Vita for dinner. We'll be doing a set menu... any recs? Thanks ladies PS... this weekend is supposed to be the hottest weekend for the whole summer in Houston- up into the 100s and very humid. I wonder if August in Mexico is going to feel like that all the time! Congrats on booking your wedding. I think as long as your debit card is backed by Visa or MC you should be fine. We did the Special Cocktails package because that included what our guests were pretty much drinking. We were able to tip and get some other drinks for those that wanted something else. At the Dolce Vita we did the melon proc. I think minestrone soup and then grouper and chicken for the main dish. Our wedding cake we chose the 3 milk everything was really good. I have never been to Mexico in August we may go this August I hear it is really hot but they have the pool and beach so on the days besides the wedding you will be cool!!!

How exciting Joanna your wedding is almost here hopefully you will get everything straightened out with the TA. Congrats Mike& Wendy we got married at the same location we did the standard setup but we did buy extra flowers for the aisle which were really reasonable, I think $40 each. With getting married on the beach that was enough decor for us. We also had dinner at the Dolce Vita and everyone loved what they had except for DH (because his came out last and it was cold) but we had the choice option of the grouper and chicken. We used the flowers from the ceremony as our centerpieces and I brought candle holders in pink and blue and brought table numbers and we gave out maracas as favors which we got at the Hacienda. We then moved to the poolside for dancing. It was a lot of fun after the reception was over we just went to the 24 hour snack bar and hung with our friends and family. Here was our setup: Our centerpieces at the dinner (sorry its the best pict we have of them) -

Great job!! Your guests are going to love them.

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I use it on hardwood and tile. It works great on hardwood when we painted our living room we got paint on the hard wood floor I put the shark over the dried paint and it peeled right off very easy clean up but I must say that knowing how easy it cleaned up made me a lazy painter.

I also have to rave about this video I did for the 30 days leading up to us leaving for Mexico and my shoulders and arms were so much more toned then they were when I just went to the gym. I have now taken a break since the wedding and have started back at the gym 3 weeks ago and I do not see the results I got from the video so I am going to start it again.

I have the shark and I love it. We have a cat and a dog so I also like it because it has no chemicals. It is amazing what it picks up and I also really like the fact that you can wash the pads.

My DH knows how much I weigh. About 2 years ago we both said we wanted to loose weight so we both got on the scale in front of each other it has actually been a good thing because it keeps me on track.

Oh that is crazy the sad part is that Mexico is having such low travels now because of the SF. In the town I work and go to the gym there are 9 known cases I could get it easier at home then in Mexico. I really hope you do not catch it good luck!

Your dress is so pretty.

Your pictures are amazing you look so beautiful! Congrats I am happy to hear you had a great week!!

We did not setup a table either for those that gave us cards they gave them to us the day after.

Congrats welcome back! Cant wait to read all about it.

It is beautiful!!!!