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Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart I wouldn't worry at all... she could very well be out of town at a wedding as we type this. Don't stress, you have 5 months, that's plenty of time If it were 5 days away, yes then freak out. She will get back to you! I have no doubt That is true...I didn't think that she might be away at a wedding. Thanks for making me feel better

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda Thanks Amy, would love to see the 2 parties :-) I might throw a good bye party the day after the wedding. If you guys want the Donkey - you can push back that it was on the Banquet menu they sent you and see what happens. I was able to book a photog they were no longer offering b/c it was in the info Karisma had sent me. Meghan, I am using Claudia but have not spoken to her in a while. Sorry cannot help! I'm worrying that she has not responded to me in over a week and I have sent her 2 emails, one just asking her to confirm that she got my email. I gave her a deposit and everything but I'm worried because she isn't getting back to me!

Is anyone using Claudia Rodriguez? I have her booked, and emailed her over a week ago to confirm the price for my package, but she hasn't replied to me. Is anyone else not hearing from her?

Quote: Originally Posted by gingerlover36 I am going to AS in March to check out the resort and I've been reviewing the banquet kit to try and get an idea of how much this is going to cost but I feel that its so confusing. (I swear I am not dumb ) Is it me or should they have specific wedding menus? For instance does anyone know if you you do the sky wedding do you pick your hor dourves from the "white glove" menu? Also there is one menu where a dinner is $20 and then a comparable entree on a different menu that is almost $50. If someone could let me know their budget breakdowns that would be awesome. Also if the hotel was willing to negotiate on prices too... Thanks!!! I think you can choose any menu and there is no negotiating from what I have experienced.

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Crista-Lee~ Congrats on the 1000th! I'm still trying to get rid of the "noob" title. I tried searching to find out how many posts I need but I couldn't find it. So every time I post.. I'll keep checking with great expectation that it will finally say "junior member". Funny the things that start to bug you! For the past day and half, I've had issues with the site loading and timing out also. I was so frustrated with it last night that I actually went to bed early! Its 150 posts until you lose the "Noob" status. ONly 9 more to go!

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart I think it may be too long for YouTube... don't they have a 30 minute max? I'll figure out some way to get it so you all can watch it Side note - I've been extra emotional all of a sudden, our first dance song never made me cry, now I'm balling at work... I'm worried I'm going to be a pile of mashed bride by wedding day, LOL! That's so funny you say you're getting emotional now because as I was driving to work to day I noticed I was feeling a lot more emotional thinking about the wedding and everything else. Must be because we are getting so close now!

Quote: Originally Posted by amybermuda Amy, I think thats a great idea BUT only if you can relax and let her do the work. After the wedding of the century you are planning, you and FI deserve some rest from party planning. I think a family only get together would be lovely and you could do a small slide show in PPT or online and show it at your cousin's house. It would be awesome. I think it's a great idea as well....you deserve all the celebrating you can get!

Amy, I had estimated $5k as well, and am already double that too!

Quote: Originally Posted by Katie_2010 ah man....I love all those pics of floating candles.... Lindz, my favs are the 3rd pic down that you posted...gorgeous! I'm stuck on what to do/use for centre pieces as we are limited to what we can take out with us (and I don't really want to risk taking vases etc with us) and also we can't reuse them at our AHR as they have an annoying rule of 'no candles'...poo! so I'm STUCK! I might have to go back to our options (I can't even remember now if we even have something like the Lomas website to choose things from!) oh, and we're also £1k over budget.... holy f/ck! no idea how we're going to pay for things now!! eek! Katie, we are way over budget too. Mostly because in the beginning, just like everyone else, we thought way more was included and all the "extras" that we didn't originally think were extras have put us way over. I'm going to be talking to my parents in the next few weeks asking them for money!

Thanks Amy...that's ridiculous about the vases. Interesting you mentioned the sizes. I got quoted for one vase at $15 but I bet it's super tiny. I should check. It makes me mad that they leave all this information out.

Quote: Originally Posted by MrsVaughn2B Tiffany got back to me and the icing is fondant. I am going to just live with it. I will probebly be too full to eat most of it anyway. She just emailed me today as well and said the same thing. she said she was going to check to see if they can be done in butter cream, but even if they can, i really think it will melt and look a mess. Fondant just tastes so crappy, but at least it looks pretty!

Quote: Originally Posted by cmikew2 We are looking into the Azul resorts for our wedding in 2011, and it seems from the pictures and videos that we've seen that the beach at Azul Sensatori doesn't look that nice. It doesn't appear to have the clear blue Caribbean color that most other places have. Is it just the pictures/videos we are seeing, or is this really the case?? From what I have heard, it doesn't have a fantastic beach. I was disappointed at first, but I think everything else that makes the resort fantastic makes up for the beach.

Quote: Originally Posted by KittenHeart This is a good idea and I almost went this route. Doing the math though at 3 vases a table and 7 tables, I can't bring in over 20 vases to Mexico in my luggage, the mere thought of attempting that gives me a headache I opted to just rent glasses through Lomas and suck it up, I am bringing my own real touch flowers though which saved me $300 a table Amy, how much is lomas charging you to rent those vases? I may go that route

I really like those floating candles too. What kind of flowers can go in the water? do you put fake ones in? I'm also wondering if the candles will blow out being that high in the holder. They might need to be lower because of how windy it is. I'm gonna look into doing something like that for centerpieces I think. Thanks for all who helped with posting pictures!

Quote: Originally Posted by thefuturemrslutz I have not decided yet either...Amy (KH)'s centerpieces are gorgeous! I have a bunch of ideas saved on my computer...but I am not sure. My FI did get me these BEAUTIFUL rhinestone vase thingy's from Z Gallerie...I may put my bridesmaids' bouquets in those for some of the cocktail tables....here is a picture...I was VERY impressed he purchased these...Bling Hurricane | Candleholders | Accessories | Z Gallerie These are a lot prettier in person! I will post some examples of centerpieces I have liked... Those are really pretty but expensive!

What are you ladies all doing for centerpieces? I haven't quite decided what to do yet.

Amy, I agree with everyone else and your BMs BF definitely does not need to be invited. I don't think you need to say anything, and could probably get the point across by just ignoring her comment. That's pretty rude of her, I think.

Quote: Originally Posted by MrsVaughn2B I emailed Tiffany this morning to find out for sure. I am curious now. I just emailed too! Let me know if you hear from her and I'll do the same.

Meghan's to do's: 1. decide on engraving for wedding bands 2. write thank you notes for wedding shower 3. finish addressing invites and mail out(Finally finished them!!! yay!) 4. sort out wedding cake 5. think about centerpieces

Quote: Originally Posted by MrsVaughn2B We are just havng the 2 person cake in the package but I'm not crazy about fondant. I wonder if they can change that to buttercream icing. Nicole- Have a great trip to DR. I am so excited for you and your hub, it will be a nice get away from the winter weather. That's what I thought, but I think buttercream will melt in the heat.

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Crista-Lee~ I am soooo angry right now! I just got off the phone with my mom and she called our TA on Monday to book and pay for the trip... it took them until Friday to get back to her. She also said they gave her the run around a number of times, the girl she dealt with couldn't confirm the price, couldn't confirm what she going to put through on her credit card. She hasn't gotten her confirmation via email yet. A friend of mine had a similar issue when she called for up the grade price to the adult only section swim up room - it took them TWO WEEKS to get back to her! Has anyone else experienced issues like this with their TA's? What did you do? Is this normal? I'm not impressed with the level of customer service they are giving our guests and us! We've asked questions before... we don't get any answers until we follow up two or even three times. We're nine months out and I'm scared that this is going to scare away our guests when they try to book with them... I noticed you are from Toronto...have you heard of "The Wedding Holiday"? I am using them and they are fantastic. They get great deals to and work a lot with Karisma hotels. You should contact them. Their website is www.theweddingholiday.com. They used to be based in Oakville, but they just moved, I think to mississauga near square one.

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Crista-Lee~ I am soooo angry right now! I just got off the phone with my mom and she called our TA on Monday to book and pay for the trip... it took them until Friday to get back to her. She also said they gave her the run around a number of times, the girl she dealt with couldn't confirm the price, couldn't confirm what she going to put through on her credit card. She hasn't gotten her confirmation via email yet. A friend of mine had a similar issue when she called for up the grade price to the adult only section swim up room - it took them TWO WEEKS to get back to her! Has anyone else experienced issues like this with their TA's? What did you do? Is this normal? I'm not impressed with the level of customer service they are giving our guests and us! We've asked questions before... we don't get any answers until we follow up two or even three times. We're nine months out and I'm scared that this is going to scare away our guests when they try to book with them... I noticed you are from Toronto....you should contact "The Wedding Holiday". They are based in mississauga by square one, and they are fantastic. That is who I am using. They get awesome deals as well. their website is www.theweddingholiday.com

Quote: Originally Posted by daniepps I wasn't going to have a cake but everyone keeps saying I need to have one so now I'm having a cupcake cake. I'm trying to figure out if I should have one cupcake per person. We're having about 60 people but I only asked for a cake for 40 people. I'm stuck. I don't really eat cake and I know a lot of people don't eat it (especially since we're probably gonna be doing heavy drinking) but I don't know what to do. I would not get a cupcake for everyone. If you get 60 cupcakes, you are most likely to going to increase your price by 30% compared to getting 40, and I do not think everyone will eat some....maybe not even 40.

Im trying to figure out if I should have a cake or not. Nicole, did the cake taste good that you had? And what kind of icing was it? What is everyone else doing for cakes/dessert?

Quote: Originally Posted by thefuturemrslutz I wonder how strict the resorts are going to be on these "start times" and end times...I am having the same problem trying to decide when to do everything. Right now I am looking at 6:00 wedding...6:30-7:30 cocktail...7:30-whenever reception. Question: Are you guys taking all your pics before the wedding? Or are yall waiting to see your FI at the wedding and taking joint pics after the ceremony? I think I want to wait till after the ceremony to pics with FI...I dont really want him to see me in my dress before the ceremony