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Thank you Megan and Ask Costa Rica for all of the great! information. Â Megan it sound like your ready to get married. I"m like you and it's a must getting married in the sand. I will also be a barefoot bride. Some girls dream of big fancy dresses and well my dream is sand and no shoes. Its the simple things in life. Â I love reading your post and having you sound like you work for the resort. lol It just goes to show when you find the perfect place you can't help but rave about it. Even though I've never seen it other than pictures everything I've read makes it sound perfect. And the fact that Patrick wont have time to go fix stuff is an even bigger plus. When I told him we would be going some where for 2 weeks he just about fell over. "I cant lay around a pool for 2 weeks I'll go CRAZY!" So it's even better to read all of the things we will be able to go and do. That is truly why I picked Costa Rica because it seems like a place that you really couldn't explore in just a week and who knows when we'll ever get a two week vacation again. Â I looked at the site for your photographer and also Ask Costa Rica's pictures and they are all beautiful. I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed that my photographer will be able to come down but if not at least I know I've got some good options out there. I didn't see the packages that El Velo Photography offers but I did see there June special which look pretty good. That at least gives me an idea of what I could get for the money. I'm still up in the air about video, that will depend on how many people will be coming down. We haven't actually announced it to everyone yet I'm waiting for my ring to come back first. We are going to do a reception when we get home. Nothing fancy, just a back yard BBQ so everyone who couldn't come can see pictures and all of that. Plus I think my family would kill me if we didn't have something. Â I did sent Lucia an email to request the forms and see if we can get the date I had in mind. June 22, 2011. I thought that sounded like an easy date for Patrick to remember. No special meaning just easy for him to keep track of the date and how many years. Actual date doesn't really matter to me. I kind of would like a date in the middle of the week that way guest will have a few days after the wedding that they feel like they could enjoy without wedding stuff. Not that there will be much prior. How about you when is your actual date? And any special reason for that date? How long usually does it take for Lucia to get back to you? I know that all of the WC are so busy at the resorts. I was wondering if it would be a few days or weeks? Â You will have to let me know where you decide to have your reception at and why? I'm thinking I would like something outside but June is that start of rainy season and I'm not sure outside will be an option. The other good choice would be the Gavi. When I was looking into Dreams La Romana they have a huge forum, and there were alot of brides renting the entire restaurant. Do you know if that is an extra fee? At Dreams you could get the restaurant for $1000. but you had to order off of the regular dinner menu but that was the only way you could have dancing at a restaurant. If not then it had to be by the pool or the other option was to have dinner and then move the reception to the disco. Not crazy about that idea. Maybe later in the night but not to have our first dance at. Â Hopefully all of my questions weren't as bad this time. I'm sure I'll have a million more but hopefully when I get some information from Lucia that will help cut them down. Thank you again you really have been so helpful !!!!!!!!!!! Â

Hi Megan, Â Congratulations on your Feb. wedding. I look forward to reading your progress on here. It doesn't seem like there are to many brides that are getting married there or they just haven't found this site yet. Which is full of so much great information. I was also looking at the Aqua package. It seems like it would also be the best fit for us. I'm glad to hear from someone who has been to my other choices just to reaffirm that this is really the best choice. I've pretty much made up my mind that this is where we are getting married. Now it's the details for the TA to work out getting us there. I want the undiscovered place, some where that people would normally not put first on there travel list. Thank goodness for my FI's desire to travel to new places. And really he gets bored easy. I was worried that if we didn't go to a country with lots of things to do and explore he may have been asking the resort if they had something he could fix just to pass his time. And that really isn't a joke. Â If you don't mind now I'm gonna give you my laundry list of questions. I'll say SORRY in advance. How did you find your DJ? Are there certain locations that you can have your reception so you can have dancing? Who are you using as a Photographer? ( I have someone I would like to use but she is based in California and I'm not sure I can afford all of the travel) Are you having a private reception? How many people? Do you know what the rate is if you have more that 20 people. Do you have the contact information for the WC at the hotel,( all I can find is the one on the main site) Where do you get the form to request the date? I think those are the ones that are on the top of my list. Â Thank you for all of your help!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm also thinking about a Paradisus Playa Conchal wedding in June 2011. Costa Rica is where the FI would like to get married, actually I think he just wants to go play. Since he has really give me total control I think it might be the least I can do. Although I really like the idea, more and more every day. I had almost taken it off the list because of rainy season but I got some great information from some people on Trip Advisor and I'm ok with 1-2 hours worth of rain each day. Beside with the rain comes green and beautiful. Â I was wondering if you have seen an extra's price list for the resort. Like dj, decorations, extra flowers. I wanted to get an idea of what it's really going to cost. Or can you even have a dj and dancing? I sent an email through the web site but I know how it can take some time for them to get back to you so I thought if anyone might have some information they could share that would be great. Also if this is the resort I pick do they have a form to submit to reserve your date? The web site has information on the packages, I was just looking for a little more. Â Thanks for your help.

Well I've been stalking this site for almost a year now and we have finally decided that we will be getting married in June 2011. Location is still up in the air but Dreams Huatulco is at the top of the list, followed by Dream La Romana Dominica Republic. Costa Rica was on the list but it is rainy season and my best friend was freaking out about the idea of going there. ( You mean I'll have to get shoots) Oh well. It was much easier to get married there though no blood test or anything. Â The only issue that I'm having is actually getting home from here. The flights are limited and at the moment the only flights I can find would require an over night stay in Houston. Ugh! I don't think my guest would be very happy with that idea. I guess this will be something for the TA to work out. Although this would make it a special place since it isn't easy to get there. I want a place that people wouldn't normally go to and I love the idea of a hidden jewel. That's why my other choice was La Romana, but in the year I've been stalking, brides have found it. Â I just wanted to see if there are any recent brides or brides to be out there. I'd love to know how your planning is going. I don't think, I'm gonna be a big DIY bride, that's why I want a DW show up plan in an afternoon and be done. Â

As a newbie I want to thank all of you for the great information that you've collected on here. Since I've got a WHOLE lot of time before our wedding I'm looking forward to reading all of your details. For those of you who haven't been to this area it really is beautiful. In 2008 I stayed a week in PC and took an excursion to Sonona Island which left from La Romona. While there I decided that when I finally got married this would be the place.

Hi my name is Paula and were planning a July 2011 wedding at the Dreams La Romana DR. I think. Since its still so far away things could change but this is at the top of the list. Ok so it's the only one on the list right now.