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I paid for my sisters mani/pedi and a pedi for me. I think it was $35 for pedi and $24 for mani and we received a 10% Saturday discount special. I thought it was kind of expensive. They don't speak any english so difficult to communicate. But they were sooo sweet and friendly and did a nice job. I'm in NY and they do the mani/pedi kind of different than here. The spa is nice, just different. If I had to do it again, because of the cost, I would not.

We had the symbolic wedding and had Pastor Rick York do the ceremony which absolutely made it feel like a real wedding and no one had any idea that it wasn't "real" including us...he made it absolutely beautiful and simple. Like 20 minutes long. Carolina the wedding coordinator will do the ceremony for you if you do not have a judge or someone else in mind. She's lovely. Speaks English well, I'm not sure how the ceremony will go though. Check out the Grand Palladium thread...someone there has had Carolina do the ceremony. Good LUck!

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I'm not sure if depends on hours, but we had them for 4 hours for $850. I would email them. Carlos responds right away. [email protected] i think is the email address.

Dress was worn...selling it used (for 2 hours) now if you want to make an offer

Thanks ladies! www(dot)hdcphoto(dot)com is the site and then click on guest access The user name is samuelanddinah and the password is palladium

Quote: Originally Posted by smrstars Thanks for all your suggestions. After looking into a few I am leaning towards Arnaud Brichet - Huellas del Caribe, S.A. Punta Cana|DominicanRepublic|Wedding : Photographer,Photography Really decent prices and his photos look amazing. Excellent choice! I just returned from my wedding and had Arnuad and Diego(videographer) they were amazing!! I've been told that they are the best wedding pictures anyone has ever seen. Great value, total professional and super nice guys! They were our buddies by the end of the trip Good luck!

Hi ladies! I am back and had the most amazing wedding! I am going to give a quick review: Carolina and Wedding: Let's just say that I had several people come up to me and say they felt like they were in a movie and that if there was anything that went wrong they would never have guessed. Actually nothing went wrong. As stated in other reviews...Carolina is amazing. How she does it all, I do not know but she does. Whatever you want, just ask her when you get there. She will try to do everything you want, within reason. The new gazebo is awesome. I did see beach weddings which are nice, and for those who feel like she is pushing the gazebo, don't worry...she definitely leaves the options wide open when you arrive and have your meeting with her, no pushing or coaxing of any kind to do anything but what YOU want. Everything was simply perfect! I did my own hair and nails. Just trust Carolina. She will cover every detail necessary. Dinner: La Uva. Ceasar salad, beef medallions...excellent. Our wedding was late because Pastor York couldn't come until 6pm so after dinner I was restless and didn't want to wait to go to beach party so I asked Carolina if we could cut cake on beach...she brought the cake out on the table and we did it all out there! Loved it. Beach Party: This is where they charge $9 per adult for open bar service. SOOOOO much fun and I highly recommend it! They set it up way nicer than I expected. Tables and chairs and the area sectioned off. I hired DJ Mannia who rents a dance floor so we had that too, which was great. The breeze of the ocean, tons of lighting...it was perfect. DJ Mannia...if you have the budget, go for it. It gave the reception a more "traditional" feel. They MC and play whatever music you want. They introduced all of the wedding party, announced first dance, garter toss, etc...they made it a lot of fun. They rent the dance floor as well, and since we all dance salsa and latin dances it is easier to have the floor, so we thought it was worth it. HDC Photgraphers: AMAZING!! Everyone loved working with Arnaud and Diego (videographer) they were the nicest guys and when everyone saw our pictures...they were amazed. Everyone keeps asking where I found this awesome company. Thanks to BDW brides! I hiiiiiighly recommend them! Let the pictures speak for themselves: Punta Cana|DominicanRepublic|Wedding : Photographer,Photography click on guest access "samuelanddinah" password "palladium" We truly had a STRESS FREE and wonderful day! DH and I are still glowing about it. Truly a day to remember for the rest of our lives. ok...bring on the questions.

Thank you all for the well wishes! We are leaving in 5 hours to head to the airport. I just got online now. lol. All bags packed and house is cleaned. phew. I've been making a point to make sure I'm getting sleep, so except for tonight I've been putting in at least 7 hours. Kayla, come check out DJ Mannia! I hear he's awesome. We have 50 people and rented the dance floor for the beach so it should be pretty awesome. I will update first chance I get!!

All badge holders are spoken for. Ribbon still available. I am using it to tie around baggies with snacks for munchies when guests are in their room. Just bought too much.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kayla0404 Sungoddess and Sap...what did/are you guys doing for wedding favors? Are you bringing/did you bring your own music (like on a ipod) for a reception or use the DJ? Its funny, i was on this site like 8 months ago right after I chose, then got busy and forgot, suddenly now I'm freaking out again! Sap, you are getting married the same week we are, We arrive on the 17th! We are using DJ Mannia. If you arrive on the 17th, you should totally crash on our beach party! Seriously! For the ceremony we just finished our CD which I understand Carolina will play for us...I hope. lol. Just the basics. Guest music, music for when the Groomsmen walk out then bridal party, then ME! I leave on TUESDAY WOO HOO!!

Correction I have 26 fans available. Shipping to Canada in a flat rate box is 26.95, since shipping is high, I'll make it $35 for the 16 fans. I'd have to check the box if it will fit all of them. I took pictures of them on top of a magazine so you can get an idea of the size.

I will ship to Canada in a USPS flat rate box which runs $11.45 for a small box, $26.95 for medium. PM me if this is ok and we will work out details. The bags are a decent quality, like the type you would pickup at a grocery store. A light Fabric. Seems sturdy. Reviews were good by others. $8 for all 6 bags. BUT with that shipping fee so high to Canada, I'd give them to you for $4 plus shipping. I'd try to squish them into a flat rate envelope for $11.45.

BADGE HOLDERS ARE FREE. I HAVE 43 OF THEM. JUST PAY SHIPPING. RIBBON IS VERY CUTE. EACH ROLL HAS 10 YARDS. WHITE RIBBON WITH TEAL BLUE SPARKLE PRINT. $3 EACH PLUS SHIPPING

I have 16 fans for sale. They are between 8-10" wide $.75 each plus shipping or all 16 for $16 including shipping within the us

2 pink, 2 green and 2 orange. But since i haven't packed them all yet, i can do 6 of any color

Hi ladies I have 6 OOT bags from oriental trading companyLarge Hibiscus Tote Bags $8 INCLUDING shipping to US

Quote: Originally Posted by sungoddess_08 Just an update -- I have to catch up once I'm officially back in Ontario BUT the wedding was amazzzzing! Absolutely amazing, and HDC is golden. SO happy we went with them. I will update details soon! We weer supposed to leave last night but our flight has been delayed for like 18 hours and so they sent us to Dreams La Romana to sleep! Also -- we were upgraded to the Royal Suites -- I would definately recommend!! It was fantastic...and Carolina also. And, I've since seen two other resort wedding locations (Dreams Palm Beach and Dreams La Ramana) and was not impressed at all -- GPPC is the way to go!! Congratulations!!! You have made me soo excited about my wedding day!!

Quote: Originally Posted by richarsd I have a question for those of you who did/plan to do a TTD session with the resort photographer: what are the prices?? One of our guests is a wedding photographer so she'll be doing our photographs on our wedding day but I thought about booking a session a couple mornings later with the resort photography since TTD is such a specific photography concept and she's never done that before. Anyone have the package prices from the resort for this? Thanks a bunch! I am using HDC photo and they charge $250 TRASH THE DRESS SESSION includes:
 • 1 hour Photo Session (usually the day after your wedding)
 • 1 DVD with all the pictures in high resolution that you can print at any lab and in any size.
The DVD includes approximately 150 pictures (Originals & Edited).
 • 1 Slideshow on DVD of your best pictures (with titles and music of your choice).
 • 1 set of 50 printed pictures in 6 x 8.
 250 US$

Quote: Originally Posted by richarsd Sap, I LOVE your fans...nice job! Did you order them plain from somewhere and do the details yourself or did they come like that? I ordered them from oriental trading company and got supplies from michaels and went to town making 50 of them!

Here are my chapsticks! Used a template from here for the measurements and then just posted a new graphic and added new text.

Ok ladies I am leaving in exactly 7 days!! WOohoo!!! As promised here are some pics of projects I've completed. Well not a project but these are my real touch flowers and grooms bout. I should have them in a couple days. Chapstick Fan with tissues, gum and program Handle of the fan Closeup of tissues and gum Starfish seating card More to come!!

Quote: Originally Posted by jerzshortstuff thanks for all of the tips... I have been married before so I am definitely not a bridezilla and am pretty simple about everything (hence the destination wedding). I guess we can just see when we get down there since I am sure there will be many more weddings that week. Should I be emailing Carolina at all about anything? I booked our date, sent our agreement, and that was it. I also feel like she has a TON of people to deal with so I really don't feel like bothering her at all since were not getting married until April. I don't really have any special requests or anything so I guess we just plan everything once we are there? Anyone know how that usually works? That's basically how I have been. Not really bothering her at all. She emailed me recently and I threw some of my plans into my response to her stating that I just wanted to give her a heads up on what we were thinking of doing ie beach reception, pastor york and dj mannia. Also stated that I know that we will plan everything when we see her. No emails since then. I think if we are all planning the destination wedding then we can't expect to have total control over everything as we would expect at home. But that's the point, right?! I will be giving my update report in a couple weeks to let you know if there is anything you should request in advance!!

We are super excited. We actually did the paperwork for the civil ceremony today, we will marry next week sometime, but no one will know. Dress fittings are complete unless I lose a few more lbs, which we will see. FI was a big help on Sunday with the OOT bags etc. We mailed out our pretravel flyer and luggage tags. I meant to include a hotel brochure, totally forgot so will print and mail those as well. I'm not really nervous though...more excited and dreading it all coming to an end. wah! lol.

Quote: Originally Posted by roo66 Ladies i have nine weeks till my wedding and i am looking for 10 parasols in hot pink and turquoise.Also i would like 20 of the white starfish to use as placecards on the wedding table.It goes without saying i will pay for shipping Thanks in advance Maria x In luck, I over-ordered and I have 20 white finger starfish that I can sell to you. Email me at [email protected] and we can work out the details.