ashley1316

100% Gran Bahia Principe Punta Cana, July 8th 2011! Ashley and Dean

great pics! i love the one where he is dipping u in the street!

welcome! i am also getting married in the DR. not sure of your resort, but look under the DR forum area. you might find some info there.

great pics! i love how everyone matched in colour. looks great!

trying to find a site for paper lanterns. i have taken a look at a few, but they dont seem that great. if anyone comes across one pls let me know. thanks. also, that time is coming where i think i need to sit with a TA. I'm getting married July 8 2011, when do you think i should tell ppl to have their deposits in by? i am afraid of the resort over booking. i havent sent out my invites yet, waiting till the jan 2011 mark.

i love love your shoes!

ok so this has nothing to do with my wedding, but i am stuck and figured you ladies could help me. my best friend is getting married in a couple wks, and she has told her bridesmaids to pick a song to walk into the reception too, along with the guy you will be walking the aisle with.... well thats great considering i dont know the guy i am walking with lol. i emailed the guy, and he basically doesnt care what song, and was no help to me.... so do any of you have any ideas what song i could pick.......so stuck!

i am not doing a bag either. i got my girls all beach towels that say "bridesmaid" "Maid of Honnor" and "Mother of the Bride" stitched on them. my FI didnt want his guys to have them. And as a thank you gift, that most ppl give out at the end of a reception, we are going to get everyones photo taken some time during the trip by out photographer and frame that for them. so they'll have a nice prof. photo to keep. because some of the guests, this is their first trip.

Quote: Originally Posted by ChicagoPT Love all the shoes on here! Here are mine. I chose some simple sandals because I want to go barefoot if the sand isnt too hot. They are from jcrew. these are great, i want them to just take along.

here are some pics from when my FI and i went down last year for a vacation.....great resort!!!! This is a wedding that was going on when we were on the beach. And this made us decide we for sure DONT want a beach wedding. Hence the man in the speedo, and yellow caution tape. This was the view from our room. We loved it. We got to see if the pool was busy but had great palms to give us privacy. This is where we are having our private reception. The Garden Grill. Great food! Just a nive pic of the lobby alive at night.They have great drinks! I would highly recomend the Diamond Club. We had super fast check in, you get this cute little room with a bar in it to go to for internet, this is also where the private check in is. You get extra dinners, as well as the diamond pool. which wasnever busy! it was great. you had the option of a nice relaxing pool or head over to the main pools for some parties. I do have more pictures, if anyone wants to request a certain pic. i will check to see if i took one. hope this helps.

Quote: Originally Posted by roxy1122 Hi Ladies! Thanks for all your input but does anyone have an e-mail address where I can contact someone at this resort? I can't seem to find this on their website and would like to contact someone at the resort with a barrage of questions. I am looking at resorts in DR for March-MAy 2011 and there are so many to choose from my head is spinning! here is the WC email address hopefully she can help you. [email protected]

Quote: Originally Posted by ali.jeff2011 I am still confused about the surcharge........so if the photographer is not a resort photographer than the fee applies If we bring our own from home, or its a family member, does it apply?? HELP thats what i am getting out of the post. if its a photographer that is only coming in for the wedding. for the day, you have to pay a surcharge. but if your bringing one for the trip(1wk) OR its a guest at your wedding, a friend, then u dont have to pay.

Quote: Originally Posted by jackyjoneston I have confirmed: legal wedding, date, time, beach ceremony, pink color, private dinner also at the garden grill with DJ... I am not sure if take the trio to play at the ceremony... what do you think i am passing the trio. not into it.

cant wait to see pics!

Quote: Originally Posted by jackyjoneston I asked Ana the same about photo because I would like to contact HDC photos for my wedding. She told me that this surcharges is just for outside punta cana photographer.. So Ashley you dont have to pay if you bring your own photographer from canada.. I have choosen arrecife, it seem very professional and I have read few review from them.. awesome, thanks so much for the help! i got a little worried there. i didnt want to mention it to ana incase she said yes u have to pay even if its a frien attending the wedding. was gonna see if i could slide it. but now i dont need to worry..... so far i have told ana what my wedding colours are going to be. what kind of details have u all told her so far. i am kinda not really sure what i should be requesting or telling her at this point.... things i have confirmed: date & time gazebo colours private dinner/garden grill.

looking for a tropical blue, green and or pink. i'm not to picky. thanks

hey everyone! i am getting married at the bahia on july 8 2011. ana has been a great help for me as well! one of my friends is a photographer and she is coming down for our wedding. if you are getting married during the week of july 3-9 i can ask her if she would feel up to "working" on her vacation. quick question in regards to the last post.....what is this surcharge for photography? do i have to pay something to have my friend take photos of the wedding? i have been to this resort on vacation last year, and i will hunt some pics down to upload on here. great place! i have choosen the gazebo(white one) and my time is at 1pm. we are having a private reception at the garden grill. any questions let me know! thanks ladies

everything is amazing. i love the colours! so did the resort supply the lanterns? or did u bring them. as well as the chair wraps.

i know a friend of mine who had a wedding in the early afternoon. and she actually loved it! she did the ceremony, and had a reception after.( just as if you were to have one later in the day). but the best part was she said was she got to purchase an evening dress. after the reception and all that fun. everyone took a break from each other to nap, refresh ect, then they hit up the resort disco and had a great night. she said it was almost like 2 receptions. she really enjoyed it!!!!!! my cemermony is at 1pm, so not far from ur time. and althou it may seem shitty, just think you get the WHOLE day to party it up and celebrate!

Quote: Originally Posted by KarenM I posted earlier here before I had finished this project. We bought 20 different Talavera tiles from tilesandtiles.com (great customer service!). I painted the backs with terracotta paint & wrote names/table #'s on the backs with a silver calligraphy marker. For table numbers we used hacienda tiles. and at the wedding looks amazing! i love it i love it i love it!!!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by diamondpooch Ashley1316, your siggy photo is making me think. lol. You appear to be in the oval office and Obama appears to be behind you! Is this trickery? LOL lol, yes Obama and i go way back......this was taken at the wax museum in las veags. we just had to....lol the 8month mark seems like a good idea. my only concern is that would mean i would send them out in dec. Alot of people are usually super busy during that month, with xmas and all. thinking maybe jan then. that way the invites dont get lost in the bussel of christmas.

here are our table numbers/names. i am going to get a small tip marker and write the names of the guest on it. long story short, my FI and i met on lawn chairs.

going to use these as my table names. going to get a small tip black mark and write the name of the guest on the chair. long story short, my FI and i met on a lawn chair.....

i love when i come across posts like this! so exciting is right! hope it was magical!

so i m trying to think to myself as to when to send out the actual invites to the wedding. i am getting married july 8th 2011, and have sent out save the dates. so how much in advance do u send out invites for a destination wedding? when we sent the std's out, we put the date of the wedding, but didnt really state what week ppl should be booking off work. i have not booked with a travel agent yet. have started speaking to one. so when is when? lol