WingsofInnocence

Hello Everyone.. Sorry I was MIA. I got married at HTR in January. The resort is absolutely beautiful. I do not have a whole lot to add to everything. But I will say this. Allibe was absolutely amazing! Mind you, she told me I was an easy bride. But she did everything in her power to make our wedding happen outside (it rained the day of the wedding). Since it rained the day of the wedding, and was planning on having our supper on the beach, we had to move it to the alernative (a ballroom), In the end everything worked out, even with the rain. I had hired my own photographer (Claudia Rodriguez) who was amazing. Allibe set up my flowers. I could not believe what I got for the price! I still do not know how she did that! She also had someone from the resort play music on the computer (dj) for our supper and we had so much fun! Lighting was expensive, I ended up having to pay the lighting fee anyways, as they lit up the ballroom with different colors, etc. umm.. I can not think of anything else. But seriously girls, don't stress about anything. Allibe made everything happen and she was a VERY nice lady. Good luck to you all!

7 DAYS AND I WILL BE AT THE RESORT!! TIME IS GOING FAST! Hopefully I haven't forgot anything, and everything is taken care of! Good luck to the rest of you, who's dates are quickly approaching as well!!

Eadon.. Our wedding is at the beginning of January, and I have not yet decided 100% what I want.. so, do not stress

Thank you for posting this for me!! It is hard to decide on a menu when you have not tasted what they make. So it is nice to read what you would choose, etc..helps me in deciding! I just emailed Allibe about a quote for me flowers..the months are going by quickly! I have to start getting everything in order, or I wont get anything done!! Have you picked your bouquet yet? Â

Ok! Thank you fo the insight.. I have been reading the menu that they gave us to choose from.. and it seems frightening.. LoL, it would be great to know what you tried. I do not know what a lot of the items are.. whether they did not know how to translate to english correctly, I am not sure. I may have to do some research I did also get an email from Allibe about the 20$ thing, and I was super happy about that! I was worried I would have to pay the 60,70, and 80$ for EACH guest! Thank goodness that was not the case! Let me know when you get a chance to look at your notes! Thanks again! Â

Becks, I believe you went and tried the food at the resort correct? I just received the menu, and was wondering what you thought was the best to eat? Some of the items scare me a little bit..LoL. Was also wondering what you were quoted per person for the meal? 60, 70 and 80 dollars per person seems like a little much!! Â Anyone with any insight on the meals, could you let me know!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Eadon216 I'm a little frustrated. The bank had problems wiring the deposit so I arranged with Allibe to pay by credit card. She emailed me back to say she would process the charge....but since then I haven't heard a thing! I emailed her again to ask what the next step is (on Tuesday) but still haven't heard a thing! Oh I know the frustration part of things! If you have followed the thread I had exactly the same problems. Just wondering if you happen to be Canadian? Because that could be why your bank was having issues. I believe that is why ours had issues. Banks in Canada have a different standard then banks in the US. Anyways.. glad that everything worked out for you. We ended up paying by credit card as well.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mrs.S2B How do you find the Hacienda Tres Rios thread?? I am getting married there in November and looking for info. THANKS! If you just click on the Search Button at the top. And type "Hacienda Tres Rios" then just look down the lists of threads. And I believe it is called "Hacienda Tres Rios Brides Post here" or something to that effect.

Quote: Originally Posted by becks1581 The only issue we had with bugs was when we were kayaking in the mangroves. Those mosquitoes are the size of squirrels!!! Granted, we went at 4pm and didn't bring insect repellent...but one of my bites actually bruised. I definitely plan to provide bug spray for my guests!! No bugs in the room though and we were on the first floor. Hey Becks.. since you were at the resort and know the bug situation.. Do you know if you can use any kind of bug spray/ sun screen? Or if it has to be ecological or natural? I know with the resort being ecological friendly, I was thinking it had to be a certain kind of sun screen and bug spray. Let me know.. so, then I can plan to put in my guest bags! Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by Tricey628 Hmm...Doing a TON of research today on photographers and I'm pretty blown away by the prices of the ones I really liked. I fell in love with del Sol's work but they are definitely out of our price range after getting a quote.. I think you've probably posted before, but who are you all using? I remember Becks naming someone a while back. Has anyone else booked yet? At first I was thinking, wow, why spend the money to bring your own, but it's starting to seem more and more worth it. Assuming you pay for 3 nights stay and flights, that's only about $1000 for travel. I guess it would depend what they would charge for the weekend... I posted not too long ago, but it is good to have all information clumped together.. We are actually going with a local. We went with Claudia Rodriguez. Claudia Rodriguez wedding photography I figured since she is a local she will have a better idea on good photo areas. I stumbled across her over a year ago, and fell in love with her style of pictures. Depending on how long you want, etc, I know it can be pricey. I did not think that her prices were unreasonable. But it would depend on your budget.

Tricey- Thank you for the rough estimate. That is not too bad.. My bridesmaids are not having flowers, so that will save me a little bit. Becks- I am checking that site out, Thanks for the ideas. Those are some basics that I am doing as well Have you thought of gifts for your bridesmaids yet? Shug and Tricey- What are the dates you are going to be staying at H3R? I am getting married on the 12th! So be there just before you guys! It is getting closer!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Avi Hi Guys, One of the girls in the blog suggested for me to post my info. We are getting married in Hacienda Tres Rios In August. I live in Cancun so I had the time to do my research about local providers. We love Luis but we wanted to decide and interview the providers so we could decide and pick. We Love chef Oscar he is amazing and the entire staff including Luis and Allibe they are awesome! If any of you need any info about my provider’s I’m more than happy to help. That way I can make my 3 month research worth for more people. We all are in a budget right? I have info about: DJ Makeup and Hair Flowers (the best in Cancun) Photographer Rental in chairs, table cloth and lights Let me know if you need any of them and will send it. Good luck and relax  Avi Avi! Thank you so much for the post! I am sure that I speak for almost everyone here.. Could you give us some information about your hair and makeup? Where are you getting it done? Approximate of cost? I was wanting to be able to pay for my bridesmaid's hair but for 350$ for mine, I am not even sure what it would cost for all of them as well! Thanks again!!

I was just wondering if anyone has heard anything about the pricing on flowers? Allibe gave me an estimate for cake, but I was wondering about flowers. Becks, Did you just search for flower vendors or were you given contacts from Allibe? I am sure Allibe would give you a list of vendors for this, if you wanted to know of others besides the one you met? I know she offered me this option with a photographer. (Overall, I just went with my own that I had found). It kind of makes me nervous with all these vendors, when you don't really know what you are getting (unless you have met with them). I have started looking into the OOT bags.. Has anyone else been looking into this yet? any good finds?

Holy cow, some of those breakdowns of costs scare me a little bit.. Our wedding is not nearly going to cost 30,000. But maybe its cuz I am cheap. ha ha. I agree that the $350 dollars seems sooo crazy. But as someone told me, it is a one time event, so you might as well do it up right! Which kinda helped the feeling disapate. I am still waiting from Allibe to hear the quotes on the flowers that I liked. We booked our photographer/videographer with Claudia Rodriguez. I love the eye she has for her photos. You can check her website out at: Claudiaphoto.com We are not planning on doing anything too fancy, believe the white chairs are fine. Don't need slip covers or sashes, as no one "really" pays attention to that, even though it may look nicer. It is not an important thing to us. We are also not having a DJ or reception as when we get back we are having a reception here. Just bringing an ipod and a bose player. We would just like to have a nice sit down supper after the wedding, and then we can go to one of the bars, or lounges or just hang out by the pool. We did not do a site visit, or have the TA charges or anything like that as future MIL has shares in H3R and our guests are all booking condos with her (saves major $$ for our guests) I think making things simple is an obvious way of saving money, but it all depends on what your dream day entails.. I am just happy to spend the rest of my life with the one I love, and have our close family and friends there. I am a pretty simple girl as it is Although I will add that everything does add up, no matter how small the things are. Good luck with all your guys' planning! Hope you are having fun! (My dress just came in!)

Wow.. I am sure glad I do not have to deal with all the room booking stuff like you guys.. My wedding planning is a lot more stress free.. But I just booked my photographer/videographer! Yay, pretty excited about that.. Besides the room bookings, how is the rest going for you all? finding flowers, cakes, etc?

Quote: Originally Posted by becks1581 YES! That's Burton, our 6yr old Weimaraner. He's such a good dog and is pretty much our kid, so I couldn't help but put him on the website. Everyone who knows us would expect nothing less! For Christmas, I actually had our wedding photographer do a doggie photoshoot and I gave it to FI as a Christmas present...the photo on the website is from that photoshoot. Crazy? Maybe ;-) Well I do not think you are crazy, I think it is funny that you said anyone who knows you, expects nothing less! We actually used our weim, Ava as our Save the Date Magnet. I made a sign, and put it around her neck! and for Christmas, our christmas card that we sent out was of our dogs. (We have the weim, and an italian greyhound) both of which are like our children as well

Hey Becks, This may be a strange question, I checked out your wedding website.. Is your dog a Weimaraner by chance? If so, that is so funny.. cuz we have one as well I have not finished reading your website as the dog threw me off a bit.. It looks good though, from what I read!

Quote: Originally Posted by becks1581 Wings--how lucky that your FMIL has a share in H3R! We're still figuring out the best way to book but either way, the save the dates are going out by Monday :-) We tasted 3 appetizers, 3 entrees and 3 desserts. I attached the menu. It was seriously delicious!! As far as the ceremony goes, it seems like most of that is sort of sourced out to the vendors...the rental company for the chuppah, the florist, someone for speakers, etc. I'm not sure if the officiant is included because we plan to bring our own. The resort only provides white folding chairs for the ceremony and the chairs and round (108cm) tables for the reception. I think that the folding chairs look nice so unless you want something special, you can probably avoid having to pay extra for those. As for cost, Allibe said that our fee for the ceremony would be whatever Luis told us so I'm definitely holding on to my email with the $350 quote! I took pics of the food at the tasting and I promise to get some of the photos up by the end of the week. Ya, we are really lucky that she has shares.. That is why I am just trusting her opinion, as a site visit would cost way too much for us to go to.. That is kinda what I thought with the vendors, guess I have to think about what I want, and how badly I want it.. My FMIL said the chairs were nice as well, so for me paying extra money for chair covers, bows, etc, is a waste.. (my opinion) That is awesome if you get it for your $350! I would definately hold on to that email too! That would help out lots! Unfortunately I do not have enough points yet to view your attachment. But I am glad that the food was good!! I am excited for all the food, anytime deal.. ha ha I am glad you had a good timein Mexico! I finally found and ordered a dress! WOO!

That is awesome that your site visit went so well.. I am glad that Allibe was very helpful as well. She is the one working with me, and she seems to respond super quick, etc.. I am getting pretty excited too, as our guests are starting to book rooms! My future mother-in-law actually pays into H3R so, we are renting the condos thru her instead of thru H3R or TA. It ends up saving our guests tons of money, plus the time of year we are getting married in- is blacked out and only members can book then. So, it works out for all of us! What kind of food did you test? I am wondering what would be a good meal for our sit down supper after the wedding? I have heard about the mosquitos and am looking into getting eco-friendly repellant and placing in our guests bags. Did you find out what the symbolic ceremony fee all included?

Hey Becks.. Was wondering if you have picked a photographer yet? and who you were going with? I think I found one that I really like, but have not committed to anything yet. You were planning on having a symbolic ceremony? Is that correct? Have you gotten a straight answer about what the fee includes? Let me know all your details! Ha ha!

Quote: Originally Posted by becks1581 Luis emailed me this quote in December so I'm sure that it's gone up since then. I haven't signed a contract yet b/c we wanted to meet and do it during the site visit. I'm sure I'll have to pay the $800 since we don't have anything signed. Too bad!! Was the cake included in your reception cost or was it extra? I'm trying to get an idea of what our itemized expenses will be. I'd love to see the format of your contract if you don't mind...no pressure though! Too bad you never signed anything in December.. you would have saved some money!! When are you doing your site visit? It is coming up isnt it? You will have to let me know what you think. My future mother in law did visit the resort in Feb.. and said Luis was very patient, etc.. So, I think things should be good! There really is no reception cost on the contract.. Contract basically just states the wedding fee and what it includes, what the wedding coordinator does, food and beverage and when the resort needs to know what you want, the venue, deposit and payments, cancellation, information on what is included in the all inclusive, and what it not included, information on additional charges (like being late, gift delivery, etc..) From what I understand.. I just get pictures to Allibe and she is going to get me prices on what the pictures of cakes, flowers, etc will cost.. Hopefully you will get some answers when you do you site visit, and you can give us all a heads up! Hope this helps a little bit? ha ha.. anymore questions, I will try to answer. When are you guys planning on getting married?

Quote: Originally Posted by becks1581 Hmmm...Luis previously told me via email that the cost for symbolic ceremony was $350. The exact question and answer were: 1. What is the cost for the wedding ceremony? Do you have set packages? If a simbolic seremony the cost is about $350.00 usd but if is a legal the cost will be $700.00 usd I wonder if it changed?? I also wonder what the 'very simple' centerpieces look like. $40 is super cheap!! Thanks for sending over this info. So helpful!! WoW! How long ago did you get this quote? I was told for a symbolic ceremony $800 and for the legal civil ceremony $1600!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Matt Adcock De nada we have seen a few weddings in action around this place... ;0 Well, I don't want to hijack this thread, by any means and start throwing out lists of other hotels we recommend.... SO, just send an email to our studio manager and she will be happy to recommend hotels with slideshows, regardless if you book del Sol or not. info @ delsolphotography.com We really like HTR, for sure. Love that its not toooo big and they have a pier and the cenotes are there too...pretty deep and tough for photography though. cheers! mateo Hey Matt, Just wondering where I can find a price list from del Sol? I emailed and got a response with a questionaire, but could not send it.. and still wondering about prices? Could you let me know what I should do? Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by becks1581 Wings, You must be so excited (in addition to the stress)! Did you end up signing your contact? I wouldn't worry but instead be very glad that the contract didn't seem to have a lot of errors!! Now you can move on to the fun stuff :-) I'm hoping that my contract will go as smoothly. Did you basically just have to pay the $20pp for the reception set up/meal and then extra for decorations, etc? I still don't seem to have these details clear in my head. We're also planning to be legally married here first. It just seems to simplify things and FI isn't a big fan of having blood drawn in Mexico. Plus, this way we can have someone close to us officiate the ceremony and not worry about the legalities of it. Hey! Everything finally went thru.. We ended up paying by Credit card as we were having so many issues with the wire transfer.. Apparently I am the first Canadian bride that Allibe has worked with.. and Canadian banks are strickter then American with wire transfers.. But everything is good, and I can finally relax and start looking for pics of cakes, flowers, etc.. The wedding coordinator actually gave me a link to a photographer, and then if I was not pleased, she could giv eme more info on others.. She has been really good with helping me! We put 800$ down on the wedding.. We came to the conclusion we are going to get married here first as well, as to not worry about legalization, and I dont think I am very fond of getting my blood taken there either! (Saves money too!) Contract really did not have a whole bunch of stuff in it, was just basically stating we were responsible for our guests, etc.. Hope all your planning is going smooth, I am a lot less stressed about this now!

Quote: Originally Posted by anacj13 Congrats!! We have been dealing directly through Luis. Is she the wedding coordinator you guys are using? I'm so excited yet nervous to have the contract! There were many mistakes in the first one and this revised one looks much better. Did you have anything in yours in case of natural emergencies, epidemics, or power outages? Thanks!! I can not remember in the PM if I answered this.. Yes Allibe is our wedding coordinator, she seems very efficient and I love that fact that I do not have to wait days for her to answer my emails. Even when I called her, she answered right away. I did not have to try calling back a whole bunch of times!