sarah310

68 people, that's awesome! so far just my family's booked, everyone else promises they're coming but i won't believe it until they're booked. how close to the wedding did most of your guests book? sorry, don't know anything about transportation. maybe try marialma?

What a great idea! Anyone know if any of the companies ship directly to Mexico?

Quote: Originally Posted by BahiaBride16 Here is our wedding cake for our AHR! So pretty! I like this! simple, yet gorgeous with the added flowers. thanks for sharing!

no ideas...but curious, like you, to see if anyone else does. I always find it so hard to throw out cards, but at the same time have no reason to keep them. Hopefully some crafty BDW member has a great idea!

Thanks for the tips Dawn and IrishMatrimony! it's always great to hear from past brides. emengeeroxx -- do you need your vendors during the day? you could save $60 by having them come at 3pm. (night passes usually start at 5pm but Marialma said they let people in at 3pm for weddings)

Quote: Originally Posted by leahstafford Hey girls, finally got around to blogging my wedding there (well part 1 of 2 anyways) Here are a couple detail shots from the wedding. Beautiful Leah! I love the pictures - and the scenery and the couple are gorgeous. I can't wait to see the place! Do you know if the couple used the hotel centerpieces and plate chargers? or did they bring their own decorations? Also -- as a photographer did you like the gazebo? i'm thinking it's a little dark and am hoping there is space to hold the ceremony outside the gazebo but still with the beautiful background. Thanks again for sharing!

Everything looked amazing! I'm especially in love with your Invites -- were they DIY?

great idea, thanks for posting!

Thanks for joining just to post your review -- so helpful for us brides still planning!!!

Welcome -- this is a great site to use in the planning!!!!!!

Welcome! Puerto Vallarta is great, but there are also a lot of nice places in the Riviera Maya area that is a little closer to the East Coast. Check out the different forums in the Mexico section to see if you find any resorts you like.

She did my monogram too...I love her work

So many new April brides everyday! Make sure to add your date to this list -- I found it helpful to know if a date was already booked before trying to contact the resort. http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t9132-29 When are you guys sending out your invitations? I was thinking January...

Quote: Originally Posted by McToasty hey guys, thanks so much for all your support!!! hehe. sarah310, i love your monogram too!!! haha.. i've thought about it, but no conclusion yet.. i'm so bad at colors and stuff like that.. what about you?! how's planning going?? I think I'm going to do aqua/pool blue dresses and red flowers but haven't picked anything out yet. I'm aiming for a fun, tropical look, but I'm a little nervous it's going to end up looking like 4th of July!

Hey All: Here's a you-tube video of the resort -- shows everything from the beach to the rooms and the wedding area. YouTube - Occidental Grand Xcaret - HD

Quote: Originally Posted by sspiris Teshy I just got this reply from Marialma the WC, regarding the legal vs religiuos ceromony. Since we are going to do it legally here in the states before we head out there this is what she said. I also inquired about my friend doing the ceromony. "If you are not doing the legal wedding here them I recommend you to go with the “Let’s stay together†wedding package as this one is cheaper and it doesn’t include the legal things which makes the other two packages expensive. You can have your guest perform the ceremony." And I don't know about the rooms Hey sspiris -- I'm doing a symbolic ceremony with an uncle preforming the service I was under the impression that the basic wedding package was the way to go because it's free after booking 12 hotel rooms. and the "let's stay together" package, although cheaper, was never free. Do you know if this is still the case? - Sarah

beautiful pictures! you're FI is going to love them P.S. I like your monogram and color scheme Have you started thinking about bridesmaid dresses, centerpieces, etc?

Quote: Originally Posted by EmenGeeRoxx Thank you. I would like to know if you can extend the 3hr reception time? Seems a bit short. Thanks! You can extend it as long as you want. the only downside is it's $18/pp/hr for the open bar after the included 3 hours in the dinner price.

Quote: Originally Posted by EmenGeeRoxx Can someone please tell me the difference between these 2 Occidental Grand Xcaret, All Inclusive Riviera Maya, Mexico All Inclusive Resort Xcaret Weddings - Cancun Mexico wedding riviera maya spectacular eco park Are they one in the same or is one for the resort and the other just for the park? Thank you. It looks like the top link is the resort, and the bottom link is for a wedding at the eco park -- Xcaret. They are right next to each other, but not one in the same.

Quote: Originally Posted by rainmaker002 That does a lot- thanks so much. Another question- I was confused a bit by the response from Marialma about whether or not it's ok to bring in an outside photographer. Has anyone brought their own in? I'm bringing my own. The response I got from Marialma was that they either had to be guests of the hotel, or you had to pay the $65 guest pass to bring them in for the night.

so many more April brides!!! so exciting... Here's a fun site I found to play with colors. just click on the colors on the right -- up to ten times. Multicolr Search Lab - Ide Inc. anyone start looking at bridesmaid dresses?

Jessica! beautiful pictures!! i love love love your wedding party attire -- where did you get the bridesmaid dresses and guy's shirts??

See you all today! can't wait to hear all about your weddings and planning, and eat BBQ!!

Quote: Originally Posted by adelaide Hello Ladies! We have officially booked our wedding at the OGX for April 1 2010! I am so excited! FI and I have upgraded to the Royal Club. I think there will be a few of our friends that upgrade as well - question for those of you that have stayed there before - is the Royal Club block of rooms very far from the rest of the resort? I don't want to be too seperated from our guests! .. I have a map I can email you! pm me your email or ask Marialma -- she circles all the different reception options. it's very useful.

Quote: Originally Posted by adelaide Here they are..I think... I don't know why the 2010 prices won't upload...I will try to copy and paste them into the message.. Thanks for uploading this! and yay! glad you decided on OGX What do you have to do to be part of the Royal Club?