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Quote: Originally Posted by miro2be Thanks for the info girls! I can't have the Plaza b/c the other wedding is booked at the Wave which from what I am told is fairly close to the Plaza (or at least you'd see or hear the other wedding going on)...can anyone confirm this who's been there? So, not to be too tight at Zocolo I think I will just go with the beach. I am a little worried about the wind but I think it will be great. Now I am considering the whole tent thing....but I kind of want it just bare on the beach. Those that have done or seen the beach what do you think? Would you then need addtl decoration for the tent? Melissa-for the DJ...did you just take away and add from his list or did you write your own list and they said he'd just "play it for you." How much control are you giving the DJ Hi Miro2be- I only saw one beach wedding the week I was there and it was very windy and since it was January it was a bit chilly. But I think there should be less wind and it will definitely be warmer in April. There was no tent, just the open beach and everyone was dancing and seemed to be having a blast. The DJ brings lights, I wouldn't waste your money on more decorations, they will just be swallowed up in the openess of the beach. My suggestion is make a playlist! and ask that the DJ stick to it, that is really my one regret. The DJ asked if he could mix up the music and I thought they meant MY music, but he started playing just crap. He understood enough English, but I just got too busy and preoccupied with my guests and despite being only feet away, I never got over to talk to him. You just don't want to have to worry about it. If you submit what you want to the coordinator the DJ should get it and be able to have it available for you. My other advice is in case it is as windy a day as what we had. Have your key people who care what they look like in pictures, secure their hair. Men too.(gel, whatever it takes). Goodluck. You'll be happy with the beach though, it is undeniably a beautiful setting.

Quote: Originally Posted by dasarokr How does the sky web cam work? Tiffany sent me a link but it never stops loading and then eventually ends with an error message. Does anyone have any tips? I would like to send it out before we leave. My wedding is 2/13/09 I never figured out how to put it on the list. Question - Are we supposed to tip all the vendors? What percentage is normal? Hi- We sent the link out to all our friends/family and only a small percentage were able to get on. Others ran into loading problems too. I think that is just the signal cutting in and out. Mostly out. Tell your friends to just keep trying to reload, my one friend said that worked for her. It's definitely hit our miss. Best Wishes on your upcoming wedding. Have a great time!

Quote: Originally Posted by jhawkev Thanks for you review Steph! Congrats again and can't wait to see your pictures I'm positive they play the songs for you during the ceremony, just not the reception Yes, they play music at the ceremony, no matter which site you pick.

Quote: Originally Posted by trayce2222 Thanks Mrs.StephP.2Be!!!!! I loved your review! That makes me feel so much better! I had no idea about the raised area in Spoon....I will ask if we can reserve that for our rehearsal dinner! Were you nervous about having the people at the spa do your make-up? I have scheduled them to do mine, so let me know if you have any info about that! I can't wait to see your pics!! Hi- We are back also. I wrote a long review and lost it. Should have backed it up. Our wedding experience thanks to Gilberto and Honey was wonderful. They do everything they can to do give you what you want. Unfortunately for us, we were at the hotel with some other large weddings and a convention of like 200 people. The hotel is day and night depending on how busy they are. Slower it's a heavenly place, busy they get really disorganized. With that in mind, they still managed to pull of our wedding to almost perfection. A word of advice. Call your TA and get the room you want in writing!!! If they are busy, you may end up in a room, such as us....our 'honeymoon' suite was on the ground floor along the walkway with two double beds. We had requested a higher floor room, but I was told later that they never recieved such a request and they use that as an excuse to not give you what you want. The second attempt to make this right, they gave us the room on the ground floor across from the other, it did have king size bed, but NO privacy. I was told there were no other rooms, but once i called my TA suddenly they found us a room on the second floor. It was beautiful! Ask your guests to call their TA's or yours and again get requests in writing. Swim ups in the premium section are the nicest with an extra jacuzzi, but almost equally nice are the adult section 2, if they are in a swim up in section 3, they are going to be disappointed. Also the rooms on the higher floors in the section 2 building have some of the best views and they are considered the standard priced jacuzzi suites. Ask for these, so nice. Given the disorganization and lack of responsiveness that was our first impression, I was worried about the wedding, but actually with that they came through for us with flying colors. We ran into many frustrations, some days they seemed endless and resolving the problems took an act of god (but I don't think that is the case when the hotel is slow, only when they are busy), they would politely tell you the problem would be corrected, but it just wasn't. It is a beautiful place and the people are working so hard to try and please. But there are times they are just physically and mentally overwhelmed and the stuff doesn't get done. An example of our dinner service: The first time we had a meal, was when the hotel was still slow, our waiter gave us such efficent, excellent service. We tipped him well and he was all happy, ask for me next time he says. So we go back, get him as our waiter and he was overwhelmed, ran around like crazy, was sweating and looked frazzled. We sat in the place for hours trying to finish this meal, often with no food or drinks. Not with this example , but on numerous other occasions we honestly, just wanted to go with the flow, but at times it was difficult and I would cry out of frustation. We had our rehearsal dinner in the private room at the Sienna. This was the beginning of everything going perfectly. Once your wedding actually gets going they really take such good care of you. The dinner and the service there was so wonderful. I still smile at the thought of what a great night that was. And our wedding night was even better. The ceremony was on the sky deck. It was so pretty, the decorations looked great. But very windy for us and the beach was equally windy. Do not get the violinist. He at least had the courtsey if he was going to be bad, to just be just outrageously terrible. He made the guests laugh, and they had endless material over his lack of musical ability. Not what I was aiming for, but we all kept laughing about it throughout our stay. My minister, Alina, was great. We wrote the ceremony out and she handled it flawlessly. Also left her some room to make her own remarks, which were beautiful and eloquent. Everyone commented on what a great job she did. There is also a sky cam on the deck which some of my friends and family who were unable to attend could watch (but not hear) the ceremony from miles away. They loved that and so did I. As mentioned the skydeck was windy. The woman that did my hair used what I thought was a little too much hairspray, but I was thankful for it. Anyone without their hair tied back (including the men with the pull over hair ) had their hair standing straight up. Mine stayed in place. I thought my girl at the spa, Zadia did a great job with my hair and makeup. My family and friends agreed. Bring a detailed picture and I am confident she can pull it off. There is a language barrier, so they are appreciative if you bring a good picture of the hair and makeup style you want. Otherwise, yhey have books with outdated scarey pictures. My flowers did not match the picture I sent exactly. I wasn't disappointed though. The color scheme and some of the flowers picked were in place, and I think I liked the ones they gave me even better. I thought they were really pretty. We got the Mariache band for the cocktail hour, which everyone loved. Our photographer, Citalli and here assistant Tamaira were through Claudia photo. Our pictures will not be in for a month. But they were great to work with. Calming , easy going and so accommodating. I highly recommend her. Our ceremony was on the plaza, which was warmer (it was a cool night) and help protect us from the wind. We got the DJ. He got off the playlist, which I think may not have happened had I been firmer about it, but I got distracted. He did put a hault to some of the dancing with his poor music choices, but everyone was having a blast so it didn't really matter. We had paid extra for some wine is mom wanted and no one could find it. We are having difficulty getting that refunded. My TA, David from Destination weddings is helping me with that. He has been a terrific liason for us. But really if you can avoid getting extra stuff like that, it is probably much easier in the long run. We did get the budweiser we ordered extra and at first they couldn't locate that either, but then they found. Definitley small things. Oh, the cake wasn't too impressive and they didn't bring it out until the photographer left. Here I think had we requested it earlier, they'd have done it, but we were too happy in the moment to care at that point. Sorry, my review is probably slightly more discouraging, but hopefully it helps you avoid some of the problems we had. We stayed over some nights after the wedding, the hotel emptied out and the place was relaxed, accommodating and heavenly. Good luck to you all. Enjoy your wedding, that part I know will be perfect for you. BTW: Honeymoon dinner was so romatic, just amazing out on the beach. Felt like I was an episode of the bachelor.

Quote: Originally Posted by andrea110808 I was married there on the 8th of November and the beach was not the nice fluffy sand that you might expect. My understanding is that they have to have sand brought in from another area because that section of the coast just doesn't produce nice sand naturally. It is fine for walking on but it wasn't the sand I had envisioned for walking barefoot in my wedding dress ( i did it anyway). it might be done when you get there. As far as swimming....we all took about one step in and came back out....too rocky. Thank you for sharing. You look so beautiful in your pictures. I don't even know you and it was bringing a tear to my eye. Congratulations! We are assigned Erik from Claudia photo. If ours turn out anything like yours, I will be thrilled.

Quote: Originally Posted by JHarwood2Be I just checked my email and last I heard from Fabio was on 11/25. I had sent him a request of locations on 11/6 after our site visit, when he did finally write back didn't mention anything about it. He asked that I send him my date, time and type of ceremony so we could start on the details sheet. Of course I emailed him that information and hadn't heard anything since. As usual, I'm waiting patiently! We are leaving next week and I still have some trouble getting Fabio to get back in touch with me, although he does now within a few days. When I was requesting locations, my TA intervened and was able to get in touch with him and act as my liason. And during the earlier process, if I really wanted something secured (like the photographer) it was again my TA who was able to get in touch with him and make that happen for me. My phone calls/ emails went unanswered. I think he is dealing with almost EVERYTHING. It is too much. Why is the hotel not getting him more Help? Us brides are big business for the hotel. We deserve a little more attention.

Quote: Originally Posted by Nikki07 I'm doing the sand ceremony. I thought it would be something unique. I didn't know that there was the option of the unity candle. They're Both good ideas. Unfortunately I can't find where I saw the sand ceremony as an option. Anyone know where its listed? We are doing the sand ceremony to. You just have to request it. The cost is $40.

Quote: Originally Posted by beckerba I am confused by the photography selection. I think Mexican Photography and Claudia moved off the Karisma site correct? Are they still available? Is anyone willing to share who they have chosen? I was struggling with which photographer. Had I known I could go outside the Karisma choices, it may have been worth the fee to me. But of the Karisma choices we liked Claudia photo. Just confirmed through Fabio's office 12/16. So I'd have to believe they are still being offered through Karisma. Our spreadsheet does not reflect an extra cost for them. Thanks to Beecher2be for the wonderful review. Congratulations! and thanks so much for your perspective on the resort. Made me happy. McBradley - Yes, would love to meet up for a drink at AS. We have so much to celebrate. Congratulations to Mrs.Stephen(2be)! Hope you had a fabulous wedding and a great time in Mexico. Looking forward to hearing about it upon your return.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrs.StephP.2Be Yippee! Another great review on TripAdvisor! and it's a long one... chole: I don't if this will make you feel better or worse but I leave Tues. and I still haven't finalized and paid for my wedding. I think you are right they like to do things last minute. I'm not worried though Are you ready to go? We are doing our list of endless errands. You must be getting so excited. Can't wait to hear how it goes. We can't believe you never got your final bill. What can you do? It'll all be great. Have fun!

Quote: Originally Posted by McBradley Here is the link for their private events - this should help you get an idea of pricing! http://www.karismahotels.com/wedding...t-kit-2009.pdf Hi- We will be having our wedding a few days after yours. We also have 50+ guests. We are leaving Jan 18th. Are you staying long past your wedding date? Would love any last minute advise while we're down there. Have you made your final payment?

Quote: Originally Posted by jhawkev I have Tiffany, it's going slow. I hoping to get some progress this coming week Congrats! There are plenty of us on here for support. I'm sure you're pretty busy w/ last minute details. But feel free to ask us any questions and if you have time go through the thread and read different posts. There is tons of info on here. Thank you! I've read the posts in a little more detail and do feel better. We are leaving two weeks from Sunday and Fabio still has not completed our final selections, but we are getting close. At this point, I still feel confident they will pull the wedding off nicely. I think they do everything last minute. We are more worried about our guests having a nice stay. Oh, and I worry my jewelry and money may be taken from the safe. The hotel contacted me and reassured me they were on top of the problems and are attempting to correct all the mentioned issues. Thanks for all the information on this site, wish I had found this information earlier.

Hi- I am not a full member yet. We have a lot of concerns about Azul Sensatori, so we are curious about the weddings ahead of us. I am not sure what I am doing on this site yet, but weclome any information regarding this hotel. We are getting married at the end of January 2009. After reading reviews of this hotel on trip advisor and the experiences we've had trying to get the details of our wedding in order we would be happy at this point to change hotels and have a different wedding coordinator. Unfortunately, we already have all our 60+ guests booked and they don't all have trip insurance. We are hoping to hear some positive information about weddings/ experiences there, since we are excited to be married. Thanks!

We are getting married at Azul Sensatori in Jan 09. The experience so far has been very frustrating.