Tilly in the Sun

I agree that you should do whatever makes you happy. It's your day and I think your idea is very sweet, thoughtful and original.

I would send them anyways. We had people we knew wouldn't be able to make it and we send STD's and our actual invites to them.

eck that sounds so formal! I am glad we are able to use our own vows. Chevy you must be getting so excited!!

PM'ing you

Thanks so much for posting your review! You looked so beautiful and it sounds like you had an amazing wedding and vacation. Congrats!! xo

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Oh my gosh Jackobelle I am so sorry this happened to you! You were the innocent victim in this, and it's just awful! Thank you so much for sending a warning to us future brides. We will be at ILA and are having two photographers stay with us for the week (both have never been to Cuba) so I really hope this won't be an issue.

Chevy - she sent me the exact same email word for word! LOL

At this point, it's something that I'm trying to not stress about. I do think it's not right that they don't have enough chairs for everyone, but like varaderobride said it's Cuba and they just don't have the resources.

I will ask for the plastic 'ghetto' chairs though for the extra guests and that way everyone has the option to sit if they want.

Your date is coming up fast!! I`m so excited for you!! You gotta for sure post some pics when you are back and settled in.

We were in the same boat when we were deciding. We liked all of the ones you mentioned, and than had it narrowed down to either the Melia Varadero and Iberostar Laguna.

It took some time for us to finally pick - we just read as many reviews as we could (kinda hard because ILA is brand new, and at the time there weren't any reviews). I actually asked a lot of my guests to share their opinions on which hotel they liked best, and where they would rather stay. Most of them thought it would be awesome to stay in a new resort. After about a month or so of going back and forth we went with ILA.

The best advice I can give you is to know that whichever resort you do pick will be amazing and you will have a beautiful wedding. For me, picking where to go was one of the more stressful parts of the planning, but once you do decide it feels great, and everything else will just come together. I hope that helps

Good luck and let us know where you decide!!

Hey I am not sure if you have any left but I am interested in 60 of the luggage tags. I am in the Toronto area so if we are close I could come pick them up? Sending you a PM. :-)

I have been away from this thread for awhile but I am so glad that I found it again. I just read the whole thread and I am glad I'm not alone with feeling overwhlemed. I can't believe how fast time is flying. I am in shock everytime I write the date...how is it almost APRIL!?

I know I am a little late with this one, but I finally finished and mailed my DIY boarding pass invites on Monday. It was my first DIY project ever so it took me a little longer, but it was really fun and now that they are sent it feels great. I actually just got a call from FI's cousin - he thought the invite was the actual boarding pass for the plane!! haha (Martha Stewart better watch out ;-)

My goal this weekend is to get my OOT bags under control...I have been just randomly buying things here and there for months, so now I have to sit down and sort through what I have/need.

I was just wondering if any of you ladies have the fax number of where we need to send all of our documents to Yahimara. She hasn't responded to any emails this week (weird she is so fast sometimes). Also, I am confused yet again, when I asked her to clarify what documents were needed this is what she sent me...

Please find below the documents requested for getting married in Cuba.

If you are both single ALL THAT YOU NEED to send me:

- A copy of the passports of the bride and groom.

- A copy of the passports of the witnesses.

- A copy of the certificate of birth of bride and groom

- Tourist card of the couple and the witnesses ( This is a card you will receive at the airport when you arrive in Cuba)

- The Data Form I sent you with the Wedding Package.

You do not need to legalize or translate anything if it is in Spanish/ English or French.

Best regards,

All of our documents are in english, so is she saying that I do not need to translate or legalize anything? At this point, more confusion is just par for the course lol.

Trueloveforlife - we used Factory 21 for our stadium cups...they were great and customized them very nicely. The quality isn't top notch, but when you need over sixty of them we couldn't afford to go all out with them.

And only 30 chairs!! WTF!?? That is a f*%cking joke!! Let's all email Yahimara frequently about this because that really isn't acceptable. DW's do require a bit of compramise and we all know that things don't go as planned but making some guests stand just isn't right in my eyes. Hopefully this will get resolved before any of the upcoming brides go there

ML23 - sorry for the late reply..we have been very busy these past few weeks (we had our stag and doe last week) We haven't purchased the humidors yet, but it does look like they are going to cost anywhere from $75 upwards each. They are pretty expensive but we're gonna try to swing it because we have a pretty amazing wedding party, and think it's a cool gift before going to Cuba :-) I'll keep you updated if we find any deals, and on where we end up getting them from.

As for the 'welcome dinner' I did email Yahimara AGAIN about this, and now she says to email her two weeks before and it will be considered one of the a la cartes.

That's so weird Lisa! Thanks so much for posting what she wrote to you. I think a big part of the miscommunication comes from the language barrier. I just sent her another email re-asking her about the dinner....

Barrierunner - we are planning on bringing down everything with us. We're doing OOT bags for our guests, with nicer ones for the wedding party. I have already asked a few people (guys mostly LOL) to let us use a little of their suitcase to bring it all down. The only thing we may have to give out before hand is our GM's gifts. FI wants to get them really nice humidors (cigar cases) and I don't wanna risk travelling with them. What are you planning on doing for your gifts?

aww those are so cute!

I got a response from Yahimara about the table numbers and shapes.

She said they hold either 6 or 8 people and are rectangle. I also asked about colours and they have white and gold at this point.

I had requested that she make a reservation for our group in the Japanese restaurant the day after we arrive (sort of a welcome dinner, but I didn't call it that) and she said she can't do that....are any of you guys doing some sort of meet and greet dinner before the big day? Any ideas on how to get around this one?

This is great! Thanks everyone for their responses and Tammy for your advice as a TA. She has been really great, so I think flowers and a pic of the big day is a great idea (and of course referrals)

I'm kinda torn on this one...is it just another expense to add or is it expected?

what a great video! I totally teared up during your vows and the kiss! Perfect song choice as well. Thanks for sharing :-)

wow those pictures are amazing! YOu and your hubby are gorgeous and look so happy and in love!~ Thanks for sharing :-)

I like # 2!

beautiful pictures!

Thanks for the website barrierrunner...I will check that out right now :-) I will send Yahimara an email now asking the table questions, so whoever gets a response first we can just let everyone here know lol.

All of you girls are so awesome and I am so glad we have this forum so we can all help eachother out

Mel - from what I remember I was told to pick the restaurant when we get there as well, but I will add that question to this email. I kinda think it's better if we can wait until we get there to pick so we can actually see what the options are in person.

I agree with all the other ladies posts that you should sell the dress and get a dress that makes you smile and feel gorgeous!