~Katie~

hey girls, I'm not sure if anyone can help here, but anyone who's been there.....

 

how much is it roughly for a cab into Cancun? I think AS is only 2 hotels away from OCT so they won't be much difference.

 

Just trying to do some pricing! (FI has given me a deadline of tonight!! haha)

 

thank you xx

hey girls,

 

does anyone know how much a cab cost from the hotel into Cancun?

 

we're just trying to do some pricing up!!

 

thank you so much!

Ditto Wendy...they are some amazing pics and you look stunning and soooo happy! I love it! made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside

hey Whit...ah thank you chick I'm so pleased with it all, and I can't wait to have it all come together on the day.

Yeah I went to my normal hairdresser here in the UK as she knows my hair so well and what does and doesn't suit me and I basically gave her a few ideas I'd had/seen and she went from there! we took photos throughout the process in case they need to see how we got to the end result...now I just need to be organised and actually print them out! All the reviews I've read on OCT is that they don't speak great English (and I don't speak any spanish!!) but that they are great at recreating from photos. I would definitely recommend doing it - I feel so much better and felt like a proper princess having mine done.

oh yes, I was mega stressed last week! (didn't hide it that well then! lol) it all felt really close and there was still quite a few things to do, but we got most of them done this weekend so I feel much much better thank you all (haha 'all'!!) I've got left to do is sort out my clothes, wash them all and pack them! easy! hahaha (I am secretly really worrying about this but I did start last night so it's getting there)

we fly out on Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!! (2nd May)....I can't believe it's THIS WEEK!!! and we get married NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!! arrrgggghhhhh

Ah thanks Maggie

I'm trying really hard to stay positive - forecast for the whole of this week until Monday is thunderstorms....that'd be right.....

I'll just echo the other girls...I know it's annoying, but the best bet is to read through this thread, as well as the AS ones in the planning thread. google it and look on you tube. then start asking LOADS of questions on here - we've all done it so don't be shy!!!

congrats on booking your wedding too - that's one of the hardest parts!

hey. when I was there last February the general rule of thumb is that topless sunbathing is fine on the beaches, but is banned within the hotel (i.e around the pool). we actually saw one girl being asked to put her top back on, and FMIL has sunbathed topless on the beach with no problems.

 

hope this helps.

 

I too am wearing a strapless dress....but with all the people that will be with us I think I will spend my time lying down with my straps untied!!

wow, your centrepieces sound gorgeous! have you got any pics to share?

haha my FI actually quite likes pink shirts etc anyway so I didn't have to fight on that one! plus he's in a grey suit so the grey and pink go really well with each other.

and oh yes, I wish I got to wear my BM's dress too!! it's gorgeous! damn it....

and I've put photos on my post to Krystal, but it was in response to you (I got confused!!) let me know what you think!

hey Krystal

ah I'm loving that our weddings are so similar! we'll have to compare pics after!!

ok, so here's some of my pics of my dress and hair (as Whit asked! lol)

















SORRY for that being mega long!!! and I'm praying the pictures don't come out huge when I post this!

ahh Renee, how cool!! I feel even happier now someone else is having it too as soon as FI played it to me I just pictured us beaming back up the aisle and thought 'yeah this is it'.

well done on all your packing! you are definitely ahead of me in the packing stakes - I haven't even got my suitcase out!!

tonight after work, my job is to get my suitcase out, find my Mexico clothes from last year and then work out what I've got and need! then washing!!

ah man, that sucks about the O/T but I have every faith in you that everything will be done and organised and probably with time to spare!

but mega happy today - FI phoned me this morning and he's soooo excited it's great and we can now say that we leave THIS WEEK!! and we get married NEXT WEEK!! Oh. my. God!!!!!!!!! haha

Hi ladies! so, this time next week I and all the wedding party will be in Mexico!!!!!!!!!!!

 

we've had quite a productive weekend and sorted the ceremony music out at long last!

 

Processional song - Canon in D

Signing the register and photos - Lucky by Jason Mraz and So unbelievable by Craig David

Recessional song - Walking on sunshine! (makes me happy and upbeat just writing the title!! and very apt for Mexico!)

 

We've also sorted out the whole playlist for the reception (3 hours) after we eat, and music to have playing in the background while we eat.

 

We've chosen our meal options and our hors d'oeuvres

 

Now I have a busy week as I am at work ALL week so I only have the evenings 'free' and I need to:

 

- work out holiday clothes lol and buy any gaps I have;

- sort out all the stuff we need to take for the wedding;

- wait for my photo album to arrive and sort out and put together my BD photoalbum (pics arrived on Friday!);

- make sure I've got EVERYTHING printed out before we go;

 

and then I think we are done!! I THINK - probably forgotten something really important but that's all I can think of right now....it's really late here and I should have been in bed probably about 3 hours ago!

 

i DO NOT want to be at work this week!!

 

Amy - STOP stressing!! (I know you will be!) remember, it's likely you're worrying about things that other people won't even notice. enjoy the lead up, because I already know the day's going to be over before I know it and I'm scared it's all going to go too quickly and I'll feel like I missed it! RELAX girl, and enjoy it! xx muchos love my fellow sister bride! xx

welcome back Wendy!!!!!!!!!!

so glad to hear you had a brilliant time, and the rain stopped just for you

I can't wait to read your full review and see all your pictures!!! so exciting!! unfortunately you're never guaranteed good weather wherever you go but the most important thing is that you got married to the love of your life

soooo happy for you! congrats MRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey, not sure how useful this is but we are having a AHR back in the UK and included our gift list details with the invites. we have told people who are coming to Mexico that we don't want them to spend any more money and get us anything.

Surprisingly between us we have actually had quite a few people ask us for our gift list details who are not invited to any of it, so they can buy us a gift...some people do just like to give presents to people they know getting married so I'd say do it!!! what's the harm? you could just put details on your wedding site rather than promote it to everyone and then if people want to buy gifts, they can.

welcome Chong!! congrats on picking your resort and booking your wedding date!!!!!!

first pointer - take it one step at a time!! photographer would be one of the things I book first out of them...just ask away

welcome Linz!!! there is a thread on Azul Beach if that's the one you're thinking of so you should find some info there

welcome back Nicole!! we missed you!

Amy get pictures off past brides or from your WC and go from there. I've had pictures of various locations with various different set ups from my WC and they've been really useful! if you don't ask..... xx

welcome Maggie good luck with your search for a hotel and let us know where you end up picking!! we love to talk in this thread

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Originally Posted by amybermuda Congrats on finding the dress! Sounds like a great weekend. I googled bloom boxes and all that came up were fuel cells. Sorry about that! Minor typo....it's BLUME BOXES.

haha I had the same result when I googled it, but I thought it must be me being blonde!! haha but I did eventually find what you were talking about when I added 'wedding and flowers' to my google search!

We haven't decided on our ceremony music yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

All we have agreed on is the processional music....but not which version! no music for signing the register, witnesses or the recessional music! problem is, we have different tastes in music and we can't agree on any!

 

oh no !!

omg don't be jealous ours is that close - I'm mega stressing at the moment!! I've spent so long concentrating on the wedding (which is pretty much all sorted), that I FORGOT (!!!) all about holiday clothes etc. Now I have next to no time to sort out what I've got and what I may need to take! OOPS!! I only have this weekend really as next weekend I'm busy already on Saturday and we leave on the Sunday!! except we're pretty much all booked up for this weekend...soooo running out of time! I'm just going to have to try and be super efficient and get everything done this sunday!

oh wow, I'm loving your margarita theme! it fits perfectly and is so different and unique! I love it. man I wish I was out there for your wedding! and your colours are so beach-like. its all going to be amazing!

my colour theme is pink!! so I've got my bouquet in hot pink, with some ivory, BM in a strapless, floor length dark pink dress, I also have pink shoes that I may wear for some photos with my wedding dress. flower girls are in white and pink dresses, groom, best man and ushers are in dark grey suits and baby pink waistcoats. but apart from the colour we don't really have a theme. nothing stood out as one and I didn't want to force one for the sake of it!

ah thanks Lin. All the planes are going again now so I'm not worrying about it for now. they've got some back log to clear but it's 10 days until we go and in my mind that's plenty of time to get back to normal!

I know...I am just dreaming of getting on that plane...I don't care that it will be 9am, I'm having a stiff drink as soon as I can! haha

the end is in sight or should i say the beginning?!

ohmygod Amy - wow! it looks stunning. the style really suits you and I love the curl detail

are you happy with it? I think it looks fab and totally is you!

hey Whitney,

Yeah other than that I am pretty ready. not much left to do now, just the small things tbh the wedding in Mexico has been the easy bit - it's the AHR that's caused the most stress!!

we're having our ceremony on the rooftop terrace and then undecided about the reception at the moment - we're going to check it out and when we get there and make a decision then. as there's only 19 of us it's not too difficult to move us around I don't think.

and wow! you sound super organised! you've got loads done already! you must be ahead of schedule. still, I wished I had been so I could have enjoyed the build up with everyone else.

what's your colour scheme and theme? if you have either!

awww thanks Lin! we miss you on here!

I can't believe it was back in November you got married....it feels like it was last week we were all wishing you good luck!

and yes, the planes started flying again last night so 11 days should be plenty of time to clear the back log of people and let ours go without a hitch. (you couldn't have imagined it could you??!!)

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!

Roo they are AMAZING pics!! I wish I'd done mine with FYEO! and I spotted the car calender/magazine in there too they were well worth the money - they look classy and super hot. amazing!

 

well done you!!

sorry to be a pain Amy - the last 4 on mine are duplicates or done from my last list I thought about leaving them on there just so it looked like I got more done but I couldn't!! haha

thanks hun

sorry, last post! lol

 

Amy - I love love love that pic of your shoes and dress! how artistic!

 

how did your hair trial go? do we get to see pics??

 

oh and a bit of volcanic dust....cue all the comments under the sun about 'that's what you get for getting married abroad'; 'this wouldn't have happened if you were getting married here'!! arrrggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! EVERYONE JUST SOD OFF!!!!!!!!!

 

meh - I'm over it! lol

welcome back Renee and thank you for your kind wishes and thoughts - I may need every single one!

and no way do you sound selfish. you only get to do this once, and it is all about you and your FI so you have every right to be happy and excited. you'd regret it if when you look back you just remember all the bad stuff.

I agree with the others that possibly those bridesmaids are not going to be best to help you get excited, but you never know - people cope with things in the strangest way and maybe having something to do to distract them may even help. speak to them and find out what they want - do they find it too difficult to hear all about it, or is it a welcome distraction? this way you are being sensitive and it helps you know what your boundaries are.

hope this helps, and good luck! at least your mum's getting excited about it!

OMG Amy, yours is sneaking up fast girl!!! I hadn't even realised you were so close behind me and Amy! are you next on here after us?

Good luck!

I don't know about you but the closer we get the less head space I seem to have to function!! I keep getting forgetful and clumsy and tired...it's just as well we're getting married so soon or I might end up having a breakdown! atm I'm only managing on average 5 and a half hours sleep a night....and that includes the weekends as we're so busy. so apologies if I seem a bit doolally! haha

Thanks Amy....that's what I'm hoping!! I'm only going to start panicking if there's still no flying this time next week. Until then, it's business as usual!

It wouldn't be a destination wedding without a bit of drama before we go!! haha

hey Whitney,

definitely don't worry about Ana's emails - we all know it's frustrating but once I found out that she's the one who's running around like a headless chicken trying to make every brides wedding day perfect, I accepted it is what it is, because when I'm there I'll want her to be doing that for me. so patience is a virtue and you will be thankful when you're there

well the planning is going really well - its the doubts over whether we'll be able to fly or not that's causing the problems! volcanic ash has stopped all flights in and out of the UK. everyday they're saying they'll be flying the next day and it keeps getting postponed. still, we've got 12 days until we fly so we're all praying it will all be sorted by then!

how's your planning going? what have you sorted and what have you got left?