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What kind of photography are you all having at your weddings? Is it something that comes in a package or are you hiring an outside vendor and using one of their packages. The only reason I ask is because most photographers cost like $2000 for a mid-range package, and a lot of DJ's cost between 800 and 1000 bucks.

Regarding a different aspect of the OOT bags, how is everyone getting theirs to their destination? Do you fill them when you get to your destination? Is this something you would put in your carryon, or in your checked luggage

Its amazing that everything little thing goes up big in price, yet my salary hasnt increased at all. Hmm...wierd.

I gotta tell you, I am a cop in Rockford, and we HAVE to take a hit from a taser for the training. I took a 5 second burst, and it was the worst pain I have ever felt in my entire life. Mind you, I have had broken bones, torn muscles, surgeries, etc. The taser well surpasses all of those for pain level. Not to mention the fact that I had 2 semi-permanent burn scars on my back from where the barbs/prongs made contact. NO BUENO!!!! Tasers are very effective tools though...thank God that the police carry them.

It would be a safe assumption to get married at sunset...sometime between 4-6 pm. If it rains, it rains...if not, then everyone is happy. In my experience in Cancun, it rains during the bed time hours, so you should be fine regardless what time you get married

I love the pics!!!

Well, seems like everyone is saying to get a TA. If a DW wasnt such a special day/vacation, I would say dont bother unless you are going outside the country. But DEFINITELY GET A TA FOR YOUR WEDDING!!!! They will save your life. What is an extra couple hundred bucks (at the most) when thousands are being spent on the wedding/honeymoon. I am sure you can find a ton of them in SanAntonio. Look for Apple Vacations...they have always treated me well.

For theraputic excercises, you are going to want to go high rep, low weight. The muscles in the knees are very small and respond better to high rep excercises. If you are looking to bulk up your legs, then go for lower rep, heavy weight exercises. Stationary lunges are good. Try this: Do 15 stationary lunges forward, 15 to the side, and 15 to the back. Its a little funky at first, but you will get used to it within the first few reps. Do that for each leg at least once per day. Also do pistol squats. For those, balance on 1 leg and life the other leg about 6 inches off the ground. Squad down using your one leg and barely tough the raised leg to the ground. Do this 15 times to the front, side, and back just like the lunges. The third and final exercise for therapy (as well as losing weight) is stand on the bottom step of a set of stairs in your home. Keeping 1 leg on the very top, lower your other leg down until it touches the lower step. Do 20 per leg. This is a great cardio exercise too. Try not to rest too much between sets. That will keep your heart rate up. DON NOT FORGET TO STRETCH!!! Stretch your legs at least once (its better if you do it twice) per day. Take 10 minutes and do a full lower body stretch. Your knee muscles/legaments/tendons are very sensitive and if you are having knee pain, you may just need to stretch it to recover from the injury. Im pretty well versed in the area of therapy, diet, and excercise, so if you have any more questions, feel free and PM me.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lizz I lived in Rockford when I was in kindergarten & 1st grade! Really?? Where about did you live? Haha, its a small world.

Awesome Pics!!!

I live in a town called Rockford, IL, home of the great band Cheap Trick (no they are not from Chicago...they are from Rockford.) We are also the home of Aiden Quinn (second rate film actor...usually never gets a lead role.) Well, lets see...we have the highest crime rate per capita in Illinois. We have about 150000 people in Rockford. Im on a corner lot, so I have a bunch of nabors. One of my nabors lets their grass and weeds get way too long. Another has the police at her house at least once per week. Her son was arrested last year for selling a gun to an undercover cop. Yeah, he's out of prison already and now selling dope out of the home. How do I know this, because I watch him to the hand to hand transactions. Another nabor of mine was arrested for Armed Robbery about a month ago. He is currently pending trial. And my last nabors are great...Bob and Ellen. They are a holy family. Bob is a preacher, and they homeschooled their children. They are a great family and very musically talented. Every morning, I am waken up (and annoyed the rest of the day) because I live on a main thoroughfare and have people with loud sound amplification systems bumping their music up and down my street. I cant tell you how thrilled I am to live in this neighborhood and city. Boo hoo

I got it!!! Thanks all!!! And just about everything she sent me I have previously found on the website!!! Hahaha...well, maybe I should be more clear with her next time. Dreams should have a wedding packet that they could send to us that details EVERYTHING from rooms to DJ's to the price of decor. But they dont of course, so until then, Ill keep hoping for the best. Hahaha

Arrrr!!! OK, Gaby finally got back to me in reference to an updated price list for everything. However, she sent it in .xls (Microsoft Excel) format. Of course I dont have excel. I tried downloading the free trial, and of course it wont let me do that either. Any ideas?? Does anyone have an updated price list that is not in .xls format?

Now those are neat!!!

Jill, I love those pics of the jacuzzi suite. Is there an actual balcony? It looks like the jacuzzi is enclosed in a "porch" as opposed to a "balcony."

Quote: Originally Posted by [email protected] ? How much are the resorts in Cancun and what comes with the packages, prices will help Just about all of the resorts have great websites that you can look at. Just go to yahoo or google and type in whatever resort you are looking for. Im guessing all of them, or at least the ones you would want to have a wedding at, have a Wedding/Anniversary/Honeymoon section on their site which list prices. Most of them also have a section that you can "Book your Trip." Just type in the dates you want to go, select a flight, and see how much it costs. Im guessing the average DW and homeymoon (if you stay at the same resort for both) cost $7000-$10000 USD. Of course it could be a lot cheaper than that depending on how long you stay, how many people comoe to the wedding, etc. Anyone, please correct me if I am wrong.

...I guess the reason that I ask is because if you decide to do everything "a-la-carte" instead of taking the package deal, and you do hire an outside WC, it may cost less in the end and it might be less of a headache during the planning process.

Has anyone thought of using a WC who is not from Dreams. I know the WC comes with the package at Dreams, but I also see a ton of websites for outside WC's down in Cancun. If anyone has hired an outside WC and had their wedding at Dreams, please let us know how it worked out.

One word...AMAZING!!!

Wow...all these links on here are great! Thanks for the posts!!!!

Hahaha...thats too funny, yet remarkably accurate!!

Welcome to the forum!! This site is great!!

Welcome to the forum!! This site is great!!

Welcome to the forum!! This site is great!!

Welcome to the forum!! This site is great!!