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Wow information overload. Why can't things just be simple? Thanks for all the info everyone. This really helps me in making some decisions about getting married in Mexico.

The way I saw it my wedding day was only one day out of the whole vacation so whoever I was inviting I had to want to spend at least a week with them. I don't like to vacation with kids so they weren't invited. We will be booking at an adults only resort as well because we didn't want to hear kids period. Lucky for us though that only affects my sister and she's happy to leave her 2 boys with their other grandparents. We are also having an adults only AHR and I whoever doesn't like that can stay home. Most people we know are happy to have a child free night so we don't think it will be much of a problem. I'm keeping my fingers crossed though because this situation did become a big problem for my dad when he got married a few years ago. Big fight with his sister to the point where she wasn't even going to attend. And when one of his friends showed up with her baby anyway that didn't go over well at all. But in the end it's your wedding and your special day and if you don't want kids there then people either have to accept that and find a babysitter or they don't attend and that is their loss.

November 2010 here...still deciding on the location/resort though. The WC I talked to said we can get together at the end of summer to look at prices and then booking something so we'll have a better idea then. It's a toss up between Mayan Riviera or Dominican and I think the prices will help us decide that. I hate that's so far away but like most we wanted to give our guests lots of time to save up. Well and we need to save as well...haha But this way I can spread out the spending. I've already bought a few things for our OOT bags but I wish I could do more. Kinda hard though when you don't have a set date or place.....

What a beautiful dress! I hope you have some luck finding it in your size.

Just wondering if you are willing to ship to Canada? If you do I'd be interested in the tote bag you have.

They turned out great! I was wanting a flower in my hair but wasn't sure how to go about it. Now I know, thanks!!!

My plan was to give them out with a "to pack" list and with all the travel info well before we leave. I'll be mailing the same package to the few of my guests that will be coming in from other provinces. I'm trying to spread out my DIY projects so this one will be done before my OOT bag projects are needing to be done.

Since we tried to shed all tradition out of our wedding we will be spending the night together. Same as some of the other girls, we live together so we'd have a hard time sleeping apart. In the morning we'll do our own things but we didn't think it'd be a big deal to sleep together. Besides he's seen what my dress looks like anyway so it's not like there would be any surprises...haha

Thanks for the ideas ladies. Since I've already bought the badge holders I have to use them and the gimp is a great idea. Never thought of that. I was looking for those coil keychain holders too but I can't find them at any of the dollar stores around me. I'm sure I'll find something that isn't too hard to do or hard on the wallet. Just wish places would either ship to Canada or wouldn't charge so much for shipping!

Loving this thread. Now I know what ideas to turf and what would be good for our bags. And I'm definitely doing travel mugs now as they were an iffy for me. Thanks everyone!

Ok I want to do my own luggage tags for everyone but I've hit a dead end. I managed to find badge holders on ebay but I can't seem to find the plastic straps that some of the other girls have used. I think Amazon and Staples were suggested but they don't have them for Canada. Does anyone know where I can find something in Canada so these tags can be attached to the luggage? Any ideas are welcome. Thanks!!!!

Great idea and they turned out perfect. Never thought of doing something like this but maybe now I might since you made them look so nice. Another thing to add to my dollar store list

Love this idea!!! You've done a great job. I'll have to keep this idea on file....

Quote: Originally Posted by roo66 Hi girls weve just paid the final balance on our holiday for april 16th so i can try and get you all the info you might need.Of course ill have my camera ready to take shots of set ups etc.so fire away any questions and ill try and be of some help. We are still considering this resort for our wedding so I'd love to see any pictures and hear any feedback. What part of the resort are you staying at? How many different places do they offer for the ceremony? If I think of anything more I hope you don't mind me asking. Thanks!

Thanks for posting this. I wanted to get something like this but didn't know where to look.

Wow, how rude! We stayed at the Princess resort in October and I just showed up at the WC's office and she was more than happy to talk to me. She gave me a folder full of information and told me I could call her anytime during the rest of our stay. We aren't going with that resort(want adults only) but it was nice to have someone to talk to and get my questions answered. So not all WC's are rude and when you are ready to put your DW back on you'll find someone great at a beautiful resort. Congrats on the baby!

We were just outside of Playa del Carmen in the begining of October and it rained every day that we were there but it wasn't that big of a deal. It'd rain only for a short time before it cleared up again and it never got cold. We used that time for a break from the sun and we still enjoyed ourselves despite the few storms we had. We found it was worse at night when we'd be going for dinner and we'd get the thunder. According to our rep though the closer you are to Cancun the better the weather. When we had rain we'd look over to where Cancun was and yup there would be blue skies. I think the risk of rain shouldn't stop you from having your wedding there in Sept.

We were just outside of Playa del Carmen in the begining of October and it rained every day that we were there but it wasn't that big of a deal. It'd rain only for a short time before it cleared up again and it never got cold. We used that time for a break from the sun and we still enjoyed ourselves despite the few storms we had. We found it was worse at night when we'd be going for dinner and we'd get the thunder. According to our rep though the closer you are to Cancun the better the weather. When we had rain we'd look over to where Cancun was and yup there would be blue skies. I think the risk of rain shouldn't stop you from having your wedding there in Sept.

Great ideas! I hadn't thought about doing any dancing but now you got me thinking.....

I always thought I'd take the name of my future husband but once I found him I decided I didn't want his last name.....hahaha FI says he's fine with it. He understands that it costs money to change names and he knows that I don't like his last name with my first name(too many A's) Since we don't plan on having children I figure it won't be that big of a deal since it seems more common now for woman not to take their husbands name. If FI told me it bothered him I would think about it some more but since he's fine with what I choose I'll just stick with what I know.

I was in the same boat but have now decided to not have a BP. We only wanted immediate family to attend and both FI and I have sisters. If I asked mine(she probably won't attend anyway) then I would have had to ask his and I'm not close with her. FI didn't have anyone to ask to be his BM either and didn't feel comfortable asking my brothers to stand up for him. As of right now a few close friends have suggested they can come but I still won't ask them to be apart of a BP. I figure most family/friends will help if asked even if they aren't attending the ceremony. Once you are there there will still be someone there to lend a hand so why bother going through all the hassle of having a BP? But that's just me

I've stayed at the Bahia Principe Punta Cana and it was a very nice resort. FI and I are actually thinking about the Principe Ambar(adults only section of the same resort) for our wedding. Can I ask where you got the information for the WC? I can't seem to find any email addresses for anyone and the one I did have didn't work. As for the resort itself though, FI and I had a good time on our trip there 2 years ago. The only issues we ever had was with checking in and finding our building since they didn't tell us where to go and it was dark. Also a lot of Europeans go there so it was hard to find anyone that spoke something other than Spanish or French or who didn't smoke like a chimeny. Those are really small things and I think your trip is always what you make of it anyway so I'm sure you'd have a good time.

Wow I'm glad I'm not having a WP cuz that could get pricey if you did have to pay for them. The few people I've known to do a DW haven't paid for any accomodations for their WP. I think it all really depends on your budget. Of course we'd all like to be able to pay for our guests but it's just not resonable to think you can do that and pay for everything else. I think any friend would be willing to pay to vacation with you and be honored that you wanted her/him to be apart of your day.

This is the part that really sucks, huh? Sorry your family is being so frustrating. I'm kind of in the same boat with us only wanting parents/siblings invited. This past weekend my Aunt informed me that she was not going to miss my wedding and I couldn't stop her from going to the beach. Even after my mom explained to her that we were having a reception when we got home and that we really wanted to keep the ceremony small she still insisted. In fact she was just downright rude about it. And if that wasn't bad enough her younger kids(17,1 kept going on about what a party it was going to be and how they both will be legal etc. Umm I decided to get married away from home so I could avoid the big drunkfest. We were looking forward to spending time with our families and having things be simple. If I can't figure out how to tell them that this isn't what I want for my wedding they are going to be there to ruin it. Why can't people just respect your wishes? Good luck in smoothing things over with the family!

I don't want to rain on anyones parade but I was just in Playa del Carmen in October 2008 and I wanted to buy a set of maracas for my nephew. The more traditional ones with the red and green stripes on them were about $10US each. We found one place on 5th Ave that had some cheaper looking ones that were different colours for only a few dollars but they looked like they were only worth a few dollars. I was really surprised at how expensive they were. So I guess this all depends on how much you were willing to spend on something like this. You could possibly find something cheaper off of 5th Ave too as we found that area to be abit more expensive in general. Sorry for being such a downer. I hope you can find something that works for you.