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I also got an email from Sue, I guess my original messgae went to her junk box. I'm rounding up some ideas and will be sending them off for her. Thanks again for the email address and the help. Cheers

Our DW is still a while away but a stressor of mine is actually my FI. lol I keep trying to sit down with him and "include him in decisions" and such, and he keeps giving me the "WE HAVE A YEAR, THERE IS LOTS OF TIME" Seriously I don't want to hear that anymore. I'm a fairly anal person and like to have things organized, so I don't think it's a big deal to start planning now. Besides, I want to find deals on summer stuff so if I know what I want now, I can research and find stuff when it does go on sale and know it's a good sale! Is that asking too much? Anyway, I guess it's not a stressor as other people have, but it's my urgggg moment right now! Cheers,

Quote: Originally Posted by Lara Hi MayanLily - I just ordered a ton of stuff from Oriental Trading (after hearing so much about it from other BDW brides!) and they actually calculate shipping, customs and everything in CAD for Canadian orders! It doesn't convert the prices until you checkout, though, but before they get your payment info... so you can decide before you pay if it's worth it for you. For me, my entire order was right around $100 CAD including shipping and customs, and that was for 2 dozen raffia fans, 2 dozen white parasols, 2 dozen flip flop keychains and 2 dozen neon coil keyring holders! Now the only question is how long will the order take to arrive... says 10-13 business days, so hopefully they get here within 3 weeks =) sorry to be a pain, but where on OT did you find the key chains and the other items? I was looking but not sure if my lack of patience today stopped me from finding it or I'm just website challenged! Thanks good work on getting all that stuff, good deals Cheers,

I'm keeping my fingers crossed and best wishes to anyone that has been affected by this! I can't even imagine how I would be in this situation. I think we're dealing with AirTransat (but we don't go till Jan 2011). I wish everyone the best of luck re -routing and hopefully you can still have a wonderful vacation/wedding! cheers

Quote: Originally Posted by SonyaR Yikes, I just got a quote for Dreams Palm Beach for the week of March 12, 2011 which is Ontario's March break and it is $2,384 with taxes. This is the earlybird special, if we don't book and pay by July the prices will go up $635 per person. There is no way the price should be over $3000 whether it's March break or not. I told my TA to check again in June and that I'm not locking in prices until they are closer to the $1500-1700 range which I am told probably won't drop to that until the fall. I would have a very hard time waiting until the fall to book a group package. Are you having a lot of people at the wedding? I was quoted about $1700 for a couple places in DR & Mexico (4 & 5) star for Jan-March. $3000 seems rediculous! We were quoted Bahia Pricipe DR end of Jan for $1600 from Flight Centre & Marlin Travel. Have you thought about trying a differnet TA? or resort? (sometimes the Dreams/Beaches ones are overpriced due to commercialism) Just a thought. Best of luck, Cheers, Cheers

congrats and happy planning!

those are wonderful! Great job

Quote: Originally Posted by MayanLily Thanks Sarah! I actually do love your mugs and it's exactly what I'm looking for. I emailed Sue last week and she hasn't gotten back to me so i'm getting a bit worried she might not want to deal with someone all the way from Calgary. I will try emailing her again after the long weekend. Maybe she is just out of the office. I even told her I wanted exactly what you have LOL just to make it easy for her. Not sure if it makes it better or worse, but I emailed Sue last week to and haven't heard back from her either. Best of luck with the mugs! Cheers,

Hi Patricia, Congratulations on the Engagement and the wedding! Hope your planning is going well so far. This site is great, there are so many ideas and things I would have never even thought of if it weren't for this site. Happy Planning, cheers,

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Crista-Lee~ I missed out! We went to 3 different Michaels in upstate NY this past weekend... we didn't find a thing. We've been checking the Canadian stores and I'm not sure we get the same stock. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled! we probably don't have the same stock. I went to one store yesterday and they didn't have much of anything. Some really nice luggage tags with initials on it, but that won't work for me. I'm going to keep looking. If anyone from Ontario- Toronto/Brampton/Newmarket area finds any good deals let me know! Cheers,

thre is another thread on here regarding Canadians and OOT mugs/where to get. Most people are talking discountmugs.com, 4imprint or there may be a couple other websites they mentioned. I'll try looking for it, but keep your eye out as there is another thread with lots of discussion and info on what other Canadians have done. My FI and I are keeping our eyes peeled for bubba kegs on sale. If that doesn't go through, we're probably going with discountmugs.com. They seem to be the most reasonable (shipping/duty and all). Good luck with your search! Cheers,

thanks for posting this! I've also bookmarked it... can't wait to try some of them out! Cheers,

welcome and enjoy the forum, happy planning!

Welcome Canadian Groom! congrats on the engagement... You will no doubt find lots of great stuff on this site, and enough brains to pick! Cheers and happy planning.

Quote: Originally Posted by MichelleS Thanks for all the great links, we were thinking Bubba Kegs from Canadian Tire, but it's nice to know there are lots of other options My FI mentioned Bubba Keg's so I'm on the constant lookout for the smaller ones on sale! I figure we can just give them out or get them engraved somewhere local that is fairly cheep. It might end up being more expensive, but I know they keep the drinks cold and are good quality. It would be great to know how it works out if you do go with the Bubba's. Cheers,

Quote: Originally Posted by bikegirl Thanks CND_Redhead, that's what we're going to do! I'm not set on a date so if going a week later or earlier saves my guests money, that's what we'll go with. Are you in Toronto? If so, mind disclosing your TA? barbiegirl_27, did you end up switching away from Maritime or are they the 3rd? We still haven't gone to a travel agent yet. Things have just been so busy but we really need to get on it! Lol. Bikegirl-- I'm north of TO. Orangeville, but we used Marlin Travel. We originally were drawn to Marlin b/c if you've got enough Airmiles points saved up you can redeem them for vouchers towards your trip. Each 360(roughly) points get's you $50 off. I've had no problems with our TA. We also went to a Flight Centre and the TA we dealt with there was nice too.

Quote: Originally Posted by ladycardiff Hey- Im getting married at the Decameron next month in Panama- but my first panama expereince was at the playa blanca with another couple and to be honest- its a perfect couples getaway and less of a party place like the decameron-although the disco is still comparable the food and service was amazing and the rooms were nice- I recommend Just booked our wedding at the Decameron for Jan of next year! I'd love to know how you make out with your wedding, and how you've been dealing with the WC and the resort. Congrats! Enjoy

Hi Everyone, Just wanted to put a quick shout out 'cause I'm very excited! My FI and I were in last week and booked our wedding week Jan 24-31st 2011 to the Royal Decameron, Panama. The WC just got back to me and we've confirmed our Wedidng Date Jan 26th, 2011 at 5pm on the BEACH!!!!! Yeah!!!!

Congrats !!!! Hope you had a wonderful vacation and the wedding went well. Pics?? It's hard enough getting back into the swing of things on a typical Monday but I can completely see how it would be a "manic monday" since you've been away for so long. All the best, !

Quote: Originally Posted by bikegirl Thanks ladies! I'm going to check out Maritime Travel for sure. Their website is very informative about the different resorts, too! I did check itravel2000.com and selloffvacations and there are some really good deals and some really EXPENSIVE packages, too! Wow. It's all so much info to take in. It seems Punta Cana is the cheapest so I think we're going to go with that. The prices are so deceiving with our killer taxes. $800 suddenly becomes several hundred more! Another question (i'm full of them!), did you ladies decide on a date before looking at prices or after? Originally I was thinking Apr/May. However, it seems March is actually the cheapest month for PC at least, this year. I'm surprised as I would've though spring break time is one of the highest priced. My FI and I went in to our TA with a "general timeframe" but really were looking at what week/month was cheapest. We were looking anywhere from end of Jan till mid April. Found that the end of Jan was the cheapest (our TA found anyway). I don' t know what TA you're using but keep in mind if you find a lower package at selloffvacations or itravel200 take it to your TA maybe they can match it. That's what we did with ours! saved us about $100 a person. Good luck with the planning! Cheers

those were ones I was looking at also. I still have some time to order (or find) my mugs but it's great to see pics of ones that you've been looking at (minus the actual website). Thanks for posting! cheers

almost bought this dress for my beach wedding! tried it on and everything. it is a beautiful dress. good luck with the sale, whoever get's it will be very happy. Cheers,

Sorry I can't answer your question but wanted to say welcome to the forum, and congrats to your BF. Cheers

They are all so great, I can see why you're having a hard time choosing. I like 3, 5, 10 & 15 the best. Cheers,

Quote: Originally Posted by shankd I found in a magazine a plate that your guest's sign, and when you get back home, you put the plate in the oven and it bakes the signatures right in....I think that's what I will use That's such an awesome, unique idea!