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Quote: Originally Posted by Caribe I love the Dreams Palm Beach !! I have several weddings there. I am there also on 16 August 2010 for a trash the dress session in the pool with underwater photos !! Hi- I'm getting married at Dreams Palm Beach in May 2010. It's frustrating that I see many other resort pics but not many from DPB. I would like to see what the location of the ceremony and reception look like. I'm also looking to hire an outside vendor for photography. I see that you have done may weddings there. Can you provide some information and samples of your work at this resort. If you would like to contact me my email is [email protected]. Thanks!

Hi all. I'm getting married at Dreams Palm Beach in May of 2010. I'm really stressed because I can't do a site visit but I have so many questions. First, I see that I, along with many DPB brides want to see pics of the loction. Chelymo, you said that the WC sent you pics. Would you mind sending them to me @ [email protected]? That would help a-lot. Second, does anyone know who the photographer at DPB is? And has anyone seen their work? I'm debating as to whether I should hire my own photographer, I want awsome pictures and haven't been getting a-lot of answers from the resort. Last, can anyone tell me about the flower choices? I want to make sure they have options that match my decor. PLEASE HELP!!!! Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by krebsler I just started the planning process and had a site visit a week ago. I told the other brides to be patient with Yesica but now that my site visit was over a week ago and I still haven't heard back from her, I'm considering switching to Mariana. We need to get our date secured and I'm getting worried. Do you think that would be a good move? Mariana responds well to your emails? Any advice or help with WC would be great! Thanks so much! I'm also having problems with Yesica and her response time. I've been trying to confirm my date for over a week and have sent several emails with no response. I know its not her wedding but seeing that she deals with many brides and should somehow understand the frustration of waiting for something as simple as a confirmation of your WEDDING date, I can't see continuing to be patient with her throughout the planning of my wedding. I'm considering either switching to Mariana or hiring my own WC.

Quote: Originally Posted by shining We're planning our wedding early 2010 and have narrowed it down to Rose Hall Suites in Jamaica or the Royal in Playa del Carmen Mexico. Leaning towards Mexico. If you have thoughts on either place let me know! Katey I haven't been to Rose Hall Suites but my cousin had her wedding in Montego Bay at the Ritz Carlton Rose Hall and I have to say Jamacia was beautiful!! We had a wonderful time. I'm having my wedding in Mexico though- probably bc I don't want to be a copy cat and I've always had my sites set on Cabo. Both locations are nice but I would have to say that you have to do what's in your heart. Also, if your having a large group look at the economic side as well. I think Mexico is a-litte more economical for your guest. Make sure you consider Hotel polices, service, and accomodations as well. Some resorts have riduculus polices for weddings. That really helped me to make a final decision on the resort that I fianlly chose. Hope this helps!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Erika J The $80 fee is for the all inclusive benifits and is mandatory when you trade into this resort. The fee is charged per person. ( I think you may want to check with RCI, because I think the AI fee has increased since the original post) Also you can only get into the dreams timeshares thru RCI, so I know because my family almost traded into the wrong resort with a very similar name with interval. RCI - the largest timeshare vacation exchange network in the world Thanks so much! I think the fee per day has increased. The fee varies. It depends on the time of year you visit. I'm glad I invested in RCI last year. Hooray!!

Quote: Originally Posted by JPMO Call me crazy but I had no idea that Dreams, like many Cabo resorts utilizes a portion of there resort for timeshares. This is actually huge since many guests, mine incuded, wanted to use there timeshares or exchange. This property in only offered through RCI, but is still AI. Dreams brides, this helps reduce the $80 day of fee for guests who don't stay on property! Beach Golf Hi JPMO- I know that you left this message a-long time ago but I was wondering what you meant about reducing the $80/day when using the time share. Does the use of the time-share take you out of the responsibilty of the day pass. I'm wondering b/c I have a time share that i'de like to use during my wedding. Thanks

Quote: Originally Posted by julzcabo Hi, 1.Julie 2.estimated wedding date- May 29, 2010 3.wedding location-Cabo, Mexico I'm thinking of getting married at the RIU palace. I'm worried about the quality of the wedding if I have it at this resort. Please feel free to give me any feedback. Does anybody know how much it cost to have a private reception dinner there? I think the terrace is like $500 to rent, does that include food and drinks? What about other areas in the resort? Did anyone opt for the semi private dinner? How did that work out? Thanks! Julie Hi Julie, Congrats on your upcoming wedding!! Im also getting married in Cabo next in April of next year. I know how frustrating it can be to try to figure all of this out and you can't find any answers! I was going to have my wedding at Riu but I went with Dreams instead. Although I havn't been to either, I have heard that Riu is a beautiful resort. I'm sure you will have an excellent time. What I have gathered is that Riu charges an additional $500 for a private reception (I don't think its an option for the ceremony). The $500 only covers drinks if your reception is at one of the resturants so if you have it on the Terrace, you should be fine. Howver, if you choose a place that is not connected to a resturant, you will be charged pp for food and/or drinks (I think it $10 pp per hour for drinks). I'm not sure how muschit is for food per person (somewhere around $20 to $30 pp). I hope this helps.

Quote: Originally Posted by kerryjbrown April is a windier month in Cabo, but this was highly unexpected by everyone there and us. I lived in Cabo and don't ever remember a day as windy as we had except for the hurricane in September that I dealt with. Big surprise my wedding day was windy as when I lived there the hurricane hit and it was the first to actually hit cabo in over 20 years...I don't have the best luck with things. As I said, the following day it was 85 and not a breeze in palm trees. WOW!!! It seems like there's no way to really tell. I guess I really have to go with my heart on this one. I just looked at the forecast for the next ten days and its reporting high 80's with little chance of rain a not very windy. It took me FOREVER to choose a date. I think I'll just stick with and hope for the best, I'm so grateful for your honest response. I've been asking about weather conditions and no one seems to respnd to the question. Thanks again!!

Quote: Originally Posted by kerryjbrown Ceremony was at our property there called Capella Pedregal (on the Pacific side). It is brand new, next to the Finisterra. The hotel should be opening this summer to the public. gorgeous property with outstanding service! Hi Kerry- I'm getting married in Cabo mid April of next year and the issue of weather has definately been on my mind. Although your wedding seemed to be awesome, I'm from Chicago and if I want wind, I can have that here! Was this the kind of weather that you experienced the whole time you were there? Would you recommend an April wedding in Cabo? It's still early enough for me to change my date. Whats your advice?

Quote: Originally Posted by marise Hello Ladies! Since I have gotten so many great ideas and options from this site I wanted to give back and do a little review of my site visit. My wedding is booked for October 26th, 2009 so we decided to do our site visit and stay at Dreams March 22nd through the 24th. It was my first time seeing and actually staying at Dreams and let me tell you, it was wonderful! Dreams: Overall a great hotel. All-inclusive is the best way to go when you want to gather a variety of people like we are for our wedding. The rooms were HUGE, and I only had a Jr Suite, I cant imagine how big the honeymoon or onebr suites are. The room was very clean. Maid and turn down service twice a day. The food at the resort was way better than I expected. All the resturants had good quality, fresh food with alot of variety between all the resturants. We literally ate every 2 hours , it was ridiculous! I ate more in 1 day than I do a whole week back home. Drinks were also very good. A little on the weak side, but then again all I kept ordering were pina coladas and blended mixed drinks. Once we started ordering mojitos and rum and cokes those were a different story. We did our tasting for the reception and honestly we had such a hard time deciding on what we wanted to serve at the reception because everything was good. We ended up going for the ahi tuna for our salad, and the surf and turf and salmon/scallop for our entrees and the tiramisu for our dessert. I've craved that tiramisu everyday since we've left cabo. WC Yarai: We met with Yarai to go over our wedding plans. To all the ladies that are working with Yarai: you are in very good hands. She is awesome! She gave us a variety of options and always kept our budget in mind. She is very organized, professional, and very easy to work. DJs: We met with both DJ Ricardo and DJ Mijares during our site visit. We were torn because both were very nice and professional. We ended up going with DJ Ricardo. His experience was impressive, over 20 years as a DJ. We also felt that his style of DJ'ing was what we were going for. Rev. Marco.: Rev. Marco has such a wonderful calming presence about him. We talked about incorporating our filipino wedding traditions into our wedding. He was very accommodating and was actually very familiar with all our filipino wedding traditions. Theres no doubt in our minds that he will be able to deliver a very memorable ceremony for us, as well as our guest. And lastly, I know that with the crazyness going on in the news about Mexico right now safety is in the back of all our minds. Let me tell you, we felt totally safe the whole time we were in Cabo. Being an all inclusive, the Dreams resort had more security then other resorts we have stayed in. They really know who is coming and going at the resort at all times. I have found all the vendors and people that i'am working with on this site, so thank you to all the brides that have taken the time to write their reviews and answer questions. Planning my wedding would be a million times harder and more time consuming without this site. Thanks for your review! It was awesome. I'm getting married at Dreams in April 2010 and I was wondering how the weather was in March, windy? rainy?. Is is warm enough to have an outdoor reception? I'm concerned because we have quite a few guest traveling with us and I want everyone to be comfortable.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tammy Host trust me...its enough. my family are BIG eaters...my dad looks small but he eats more than anyone i know...and i am a big eater as well (we joke that we should be on those eating competitions) and it is sooo much food. you have to realize that your guests are stuffing themselves ALL day. huge buffet breakfast, then big lunch, then snacks all around the resort. after your ceremony there is usually a cocktail hour with hors d'oevres, THEN a 3-4 course meal....add that it is HOT so people are eating a little less. Hi Tammy, About the cocktail hour and hors d'oevres, is that something that you add to the dinner menu. If so, what is the average pp (if you know?)

Quote: Originally Posted by Tammy Host hi tirica, this thread might be helpful to you. http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t5588 i have done groups to cabo of more than 100 people so they can accomodate larger weddings...i had 56 people at mine. Thanks Tammy. This was very helpful.

Quote: Originally Posted by krebsler I just realized you are from Chicago...go Midwest!! Thanks everyone for the warm BDW welcome! I'm so happy I found this site. Krebsler- its great to see a fellow Chicago/Cabo bride! You said that going a la carte is the way for large groups. I'm still waiting to hear back from Yesica, but what is the price per person for a la carte? I'm confused. Is there a different price for a plated dinner versus buffet? Also, is there a different price for guest not staying at the hotel (not all-inclusive)? I was told that there is day pass that must be purchased for guest not staying at the hotel. But is that in addition to their meals? Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you Tammy and Ana. Your responses have really helped to ease my mind. I've been to other parts of Mexice (Cancun) and can remember my room always having a mildewy smell. I wnat my guest to be comfortable and have a great time celebrating our wedding day with us. I have so many questions and I'm sure I'll have more before my "big day!" You guys are great. I'm very thankfuul that I found this site.

Thank you so much Anna! I've been trying to get this question answered for at least a week. Was the set-up fee all you had to pay pp or was there something additional? I'm having at least 60 guest and paying $60 to $70 pp for additional guest (outside of my package) plus day passes for those not staying at Dreams, isnt up my ally. Thats why I choose to do a DW in the first place- to save $$$!!!!

Hi all! I'm a brand spankin new bride to be! I'm Tricia Gettining married in Cabo Still deciding between Dreams and Riu! Date: 4/17/10 Any advice on choosing between the two?

Quote: Originally Posted by hbsbride And another one to add... Tiffany aka hbsbride Date: 8/22/09 Also add SoontobeMrsDorsey aka Tricia Date: 4/17/10 Tiffany- your pics were great! Good to see a fellow Chicago bride. How was the weather in Cabo in April?

Quote: Originally Posted by Jackie List of upcomming weddings at Dreams Cabo! 2008 FEBRUARY 08 Nicole 2/23/08 APRIL 08 caralee 4/24/08 Sara 4/29/08 MAY 08 lauren 5/08/08 Courtney 5/9/08 Kristen V 5/21/08 Kristen B 5/23/08 Michelle 5/26/08(wedding at Fiesta but honeymooning at Dreams) sandra 5/25/08 Jackie 5/27/08 JUNE 08 Christi 6/01/08 jessica M 6/14/08 angela G 6/19/08 brandy 6/21/08 bianca 6/22/08 Amy N 6/27/08 JULY 08 Renee 7/04/08 Dee 07/12/08 Jessica W 7/19/08 Mpark46 07/22/08 September 08 KarinV7 09/05/08 Sweetiepeetie 09/25/08 OCTOBER 08 Minde 10/5/08 Erica 10/12/08 Kelley 10/17/08 Leia 10/25/08 NOVEMBER 08 jason and Anya 11/8/08 Tara 11/09/08 jljespersen 11/15/08 Twixygril 11/28/08 Amy (Ibu1fan) 11/29/08 DECEMBER 08 Susan 12/05/08 Mary Ann 12/06/08 2009 April 09 Adinu 04/01/09 Loni 04/03/09 May 09 Salomeh 05/16/09 June 09 Natashee 6/6/09 July 09 Akilah 7/04/09 Tralalalala21 7/18/09 Tricia 4/17/10

Wow- your review was great! I'm a new Cabo bride and I was wondering whether I should choose Dreams or Riu Palace. You made Dreams sound like a "dream!" What were some of the issues you ran into at Riu? Also- you talked about wind. How windy was it? I'm getting married on April 17, 2010 in and that's a concern for me. How was the weather?

Hi, My name is Tricia. I'm newly engaged (Valentines Day!) and I am hoping to get married in Cabo April 17, 2010. I'm having difficulty deciding on Dreams or Riu. I've heard great things about Dreams but I'm having a party of about 60 traveling with me to Cabo and Dreams packages only accomodated parties up to 20. Rui seems nice and their packages accomodate 50 but I hate the 80% rule. Also, I can't really tell from the pics which hotel is nicer. Does anyone have any info on either that could help me make my decision?

Hi Krebsler and Ana- Your pics were AWESOME!!! Thanks so much for posting them! They were probably the most helpful that I've seen on the site. I am interested in your trips to Dreams bc I am still quite torn bt Dreams and Riu. After some of the terrible stories I've read about Riu services, I'm leaning more toward Dreams. But I know that Dreams is older and I want to the best for my day (April 17, 2010). A couple of questions, if you don't mind 1) How clean and updated were the rooms? Did they offer toiletries for the guest? Would you consider them outdated? Do you have pics of the rooms? I really don't want any musty, mildewy, outdated facility for my wedding. 2) Did you visit Riu while you were in Cabo? If so, how does it measure up in terms of quality and service?

I'm reading several different posts and I'm confused. I am purchasing a wedding package that includes a "silver" dinner for twenty guests. Is there som additional "set-up" fee that I'm not aware of? Yesica never mentioned that in her emails. In addition, what is the charge for additional guest and do outside guests have to purchase a pass to attend the wedding? If so- how much?

Quote: Originally Posted by lightforce Hi, Our wedding date is getting closer, and people are start looking at airfare. Turns out, someone found excellent deals via travelocity, and basically if you buy the flight + hotel combo, the rate comes out way better. That gives our guests no incentive to book the hotel directly. This ofcourse, impacts our signed contract. I am waiting till Monday where my bride can discuss this with the hotel coordinator, but had any one run into a problem like this? for example: hotel rate 170/night +taxes and fees. travelocity offers: air fare alone = 562/pp air + hotel 6 nights = 999/pp Thanks. What hotel is this. I'm getting married in Cabo and I trying to get travel arrangements underway.

Quote: Originally Posted by cheese_diva Karin, We actually had a set menu and we were sat on the veranda so we weren't actually in the restaurant.. in fact the food we ate was from their catering menu. I believe it was a mexican buffet. They handled all decor (colored table clothes) and even a carved watermelon as part of the buffet decor. It worked out very nicely. We had a party of 40 or so. I wouldn't recommend much more for that space. We didn't have seating arrangements and guests just picked a table and sat (of course we had the few that moved chairs and squeezed in to sit at one table or another.) The view was pretty and they have a small water pond on the side. Hi Cheese Diva, I'm new to BDW and based on your reveiw, I have decided to contact the TA you mentioned. I wanted to know whether there was any extra chare for the dinner on the veranda at Portofino. If so how much? Was it part of AI? I'm looking to have a welcome or rehersal dinner for my guest. Thanks!