ashley1316

hey there! welcome! i am also getting married i punta cana, july 2011. i am just outside the toronto area.

i also agree with the MAC. anything by them is amazing. i have even goe swimming with their eyeshadow on, and it didnt come off.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kyky Hi ladies, I was just married at the Gran Bahia on November 30th. We had the private reception at the Piscis snack bar restaurant with the garden grill menu. The food was actually really good. We had the ceasar salad, louisiana corn chowder, barbeque chicken with veggies and the pineapple cobbler for dessert. We went with a menu that would be agreeable to the most number of guests. We had had a few meals at the resort before our meeting with our wedding planner Patricia ( she's awesome!!!) and decided that the DR really knows how to do chicken. Serioulsy tasty chicken down there...it must all be free range. When we had our meeting Patricia let us pick and choose what items we wanted off the Garden menu. I didn't know that was an option until we got to the resort. The resort does an excellent job of hosting weddings. Relax, enjoy and let Patricia and Jasmin handle everything as they are wonderful. Ky congrats on your wedding!!!!! i didnt know at the snack bar was an option? is that the one down by the water?

club diamond!!!!!! also highly recomend! the private pool is the best. the public pool is always so busy and loud. also the fast check in is wonderful as well. you have seperate check in area.

Just wondering if anyone has an suggestions as to what hotel to stay at on clearwater beach? i have been to kissimee several times, but never clearwater. kinda done with the whole disney thing so i thought this time i would try out staying on the water. thinking about going in may 2010 thanks a bunch!

hi ladies! i am getting married at the bahia in punta cana july 2011. my FI and i did take a vaction there last year, and one of the places we eat at was the garden grill. we both had something different, and both items were fantastic. actually all the food at the resort is great! i had the pretty much what natashakc had at her wedding. honestly i wouldnt stress to much at the food @ the garden. my FI is soooo picky with food and was very against even going anywhere tropical because of it. i finally convienced him after 3 years of always going to florida. and he loved the food! Natashakc do you have any pics from your wedding? Jharish what options did u have for flowers and centre peices?

the one with the dress in the window is cute.

I love your heels!!!!!! Awesome pics!

Hi ladies! I am actually planning on going to clearwater this may. And was wondering where a great hotel is to stay? I looked a few just wondering if anyone has suggestions.

Quote: Originally Posted by AmyW ooo forgot to mention...I also bought my wedding dress!! It was accidental, in that I had just started shopping, but I found 'the one' and if i didn't buy it off the rack i wouldn't have been able to afford it at all...its a fabulous a-line with a sweetheart strapless neckline and is entirely ivory Spanish lace. Love love love it! I'm probably the only person to have a wedding dress for a wedding that is still a year and a half away! lol <a href="http://www.theknot.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=ti ckers"><img src="http://global.theknot.com/tools/tickers/tt4c4ae.aspx" alt="Wedding Countdown Ticker" border="0" /></a> I have also bought my dress Actually bought back in Aug. Just waiting for it to come in now. I purchased Maggie Sattero RD1044 Soooo excited!

HELLO! welcome! I am also getting married in DR but not till July 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Treenbean2011 Has anyone thought about the legal ceremony to symbolic ceremony issue? From reading some of the other threads it seems a lot of other brides are having a courthouse ceremony at home and then having a symbolic ceremony for their wedding abroad. I suppose it does matter which resort you choose though. I'm doing the real deal. thanks for the input on the dresses ladies! What colour is your FI wearing?

Quote: Originally Posted by bcbride RD1044 - by Maggie Sottero Eeek! I just had to share with you ladies the bridal store called today and said my dress was in! I ordered it sometime at the end of February, so that didn't take very long at all! Anyway I am really excited cuz the dress I have been trying on at the store is 4 sizes too big... wish me luck!!! i have ordered the same dress as you! good taste

ok got a questions for you ladies, do u think having ur bridesmaids in black is a no no for a destination wedding? trying to come up with a colour scheme. and having a very hard time. i'm really not into the whole tropical colour for dresses. other than really blue.

hey there, welcome! have fun and you'll find a load of info on here. sometimes to much info.

thats fantastic, your a lucky duck!

i'm getting married in 2011 for a couple reasons. financially its better for us, as well my best friend is getting married summer of 2010.

ok you ladies put me at ease a bit. i thought perhaps i am the only person out here that thinks bringing all that extra bagage(litterally) is outta the question. i 100% agree with the whole idea of a DW is to have less stress. yaaa thats what i want!

Quote: Originally Posted by roxyqt try this one... 70+ Sophisticated Wedding Sand Colors for the Modern Bride Made in the USA awesome! thanks

Quote: Originally Posted by RonNMel Then finally a couple of months prior to the wedding we are thinking of sending out a "Get ready for Cuba" package (got the idea from this forum). This package would possibly include a welcome booklet and a resort brochure. Just to remind people and get them excited about the fast approaching wedding. thats a relly good idea! i have been going thru this forum for the past couple of months, and have noticed a lot of brides bringing their own flowers and centre peices down. i was so not into the loop of this is what ppl do. what are ur plans ladies? i think i may bring down centre peices. but as for flowers, we're gonna be in the tropics where they have beautiful flowers......

Quote: Originally Posted by debbmach Are you guys send out your std without actually booking the resort first? I've been in contact with the WC at the resort I want to get married at and she's told me that they're not booking for 2011, and hasn't responded as to when that would be. She's just told me that she'll let me know when that time comes. I really want to send out std's asap (booking for jan 2011), but I'm hesitant to do that without actually booking a date yet. What do you think? I went and saw a travel agent about 3moths ago to just find out about the process. And she suggested i come and see her in the middle of Jan to have pricing and to contact the resort. She said most tavel agents do not get info till then. as for the STD's, i am sending mine out come Jan, even if i dont have the exact date i am to be getting married, i am sending them out to let ppl know that it will be in July 2011. Then when i send out the invites, it will have my actual day. I feel like the STD's for a destination wedding is just to give your guests a heads up for the time frame for them to start saving.

GO TRY IT ON! i am getting a maggie dress rd1044, and i ordered it in a 10 which is also bigger than my regular clothing sizes. but like some other girls have suggested its a good idea to go try one on. i know the bridal shop i ordered from will only give 50% of my money back if i ordered it and didnt like. so, honestly this is one of the biggest days of your life, and it would be a shame if it didnt look good on you.....

it for sure doesnt matter matter. what ever you and your FI's taste is. i personally like the look of having the same. i wanted my FI's to have diamonds in it, but he doesnt want any.

is your ring a pear shape? my ring has a large pear in the centre with 2 smaller pears on either side. i am having a hard time thinking about my band. which will also have to be custom.

i love your star fish touches as wel! how is the meila? i have been to bahia in punta cana, thats it. was the food good?