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I am only have 14 guests in Mexico but 50 at our at home reception. We are doing the gold package cause the food put it over the top for us, plus all the little extras. We are bumping up our photo package too. When you think about it the gold package is quite worth considering all you get versus what you might have paid to do your wedding at home. The only thing I really splurged on was for my Mexican wedding guests was personal embroidered beach towels, it cost me a fortune in Canada, but they are really nice.

Who is the next to get married out of all of us on this thread? I am Sept 17/10. 2 weeks today!!!!!

I was told it was only for Excellence Riviera not at our hotel

No minors are allowed on the property at all. If you even go on an excursion and a bus was to pick you up at the resort, they have to park outside and you will have to walk outside to get it. They are very strict on adult only as that is the kind of guests they cater to there. We only see children at the airport or on an excursion and that is the only time. Â I am doing the gazebo and it is quite a long aisle to go down and I would also assume when you do a beach wedding you are at the far end of the property to so you can have privacy.

On a side note for anyone wanting a super lengthy review on the hotel property and what it has to offer with pictures.. Go to Tripadvisor and seek out a gentleman who posts under the name Flipflopman. He has travelled extensively to many resorts and favors Excellence Group. He usually goes at least 3 times a year and reviews each time. His reviews are very detailed and his pictures are just the same. He has it in with the management very good and gets all the details prior to any release to the public it seems such as if there is going to be a new restaurant being added (which there is at the end of the year (Indian food).

Personally I would go for the rooftop terrace depending on when you are going. They are installing heaters for the winter months. We chose this room option for our wedding trip this Sept. Club is nice but not really worth it to me and I have done it before. Remember you are still getting the same room as everyone but with just some extra perks. The booze in your room ( you can order room service and have glasses of this delivered), a few extra things on the room service menu( not that many more), nicer toiletries (the regular ones are really nice anyways), club access (snacks during the day and use of computer (you will never go hungry at this resort with 24hr room service and the 8 restaurant options, plus extra food down by the beach)(they have other computers for everyone else to use too and we have never had a problem waiting hours for them). The only upside that they just started policing on was a seperate pool area and beach area but really it is next door and you don't really get that much better service there then the regular people. You are treated like a king and queen no matter if you are club or not, so no worries there. For great pictures I would go to tripadvisor as you really get what real people's pictures look like. The gazebo is at the far end of the property. I chose this option as I wanted overhead coverage for my guests in the heat. The beach area would be fine too, but you might have a few people walk by. The gazebo is very private on the otherhand I found. Congrats and I hope I helped somewhat in making your decision easier.

The only place I have seen when it is raining is the terrace for Spice and it was beautiful.

Very cool, but I know my mother would have a heart attack with any bird swooping in!

This dress has great style, plus the wear again factor is super!

I am doing monogrammed beach towels for everyone. We are bringing them down in an extra piece of luggage. As far I as I can tell you need to bring receipts with you when you go to customs and then most people don't have too many issues.

I believe the decor was that of the hotel. We will be doing a long table as well and that terrace is huge by the way so no problems there. I don't think noise would be an issue as well due to the way it faces. I never got bit when we went. If you don't want to wear repellant, which I won't be doing either, pin a dryer sheet on you somewhere as that keeps the buggies away!!!

Spice Terrace is really nice. We saw it done up for a wedding when we were last there as it is covered and it is a good backup wedding venue. They really did a beautiful job in the decor of it. I am just hoping the rain holds off on my wedding day as I really want my gazebo wedding!

Quote: Originally Posted by Valentine_Baby Anyone from Canada go to David's Bridal to purchase their dress? Successful or no? I have found my dress online that I absolutely love (and keep going back too) and we will be going in October to try it on and others i'm sure. Any advice on this? I didn't want to start a new thread just to ask this question. Thanks ladies! I was not so happy with the David's Bridal experience at all. I drove almost 2hours because they claimed that they have every dress for you to try on. What a joke! I tried on 4 and was very disappointed as they weren't even ones I would have picked but after driving all that time it felt dumb to not try anything on at all.

I picked up my dress last week and dropped it off to store at my parent's house. I had a feeling that if I had it at home I would be in every day as I love, love, love it, plus it keeps my possible peeking fiance from seeing it. I have a friend at work that every year on their anniversary they have a special dinner at home and wear there wedding clothing. Seems like a neat idea as long as you can still fit into your dress after the years go by.

Here is the back... I am tucking in the bow from my corset plus when it is bustled all the crystals are really going to stand out in the back as well.

Here's my try at posting my dress pic.

We went to EPM about 5-6 months after it opened and fell it love with it. Even at that point we were not engaged but said if we were to get married and do a destination wedding this would be the resort for sure. The water is blue but not as blue as some other beach areas of Mexico. It will still be great for pictures I am sure. I am getting so excited as it is basically 2 months away!!! I picked up my dress last week and am raring to go. One thing about this resort I can guarantee is the service. The staff go out of their way to treat everyone special and I know they will make my wedding day one of the best days of my life.

The beach is usually gone over with a tractor twice a day to remove any seaweed. The seaweed is really dependant on the weather and the tide if it stirs up enough to bring it ashore. The only issue I found with the beach is that it can be a little windy, so if you are wearing a veil you might have a bit of an issue. Personally, I am using the gazebo as I find it so romantic with the fountains and such plus my guests will have head cover if it gets extremely hot.

I have two guests staying at a different resort as they are having a family vacation with their relatives at the same time. We have decided not to pay for thes passes which are in the $300 range as originally they were staying at our hotel and were warned about this. It would actually be more of a benefit to stay one night at our hotel and get all the goodies then just pay for a day pass that is only good for a certain time frame. I am still going to give them an awesome OOT bag though which will hopefully make them happy.

I just wearing one for my FI and it will be a nice suprise for him later that day! It is aqua blue and white with a palm tree charm.

I would get the bustle done. My dress is the same length roughly as yours and it cost me $39 for a bustle. You can leave it down for the ceremony and pics, but I would put it up after that for sure so you don't trip on it or have someone step on it.

We bought our rings out of our wedding budget last weekend. Now it is the waiting time to get his custom ring done that will seem like it will take forever!

Congrats Cathleen. Thanks for a quick review. The more people post in here the more I am at ease. Did you do your pictures first then have your cocktail reception in the XLounge or did you go for your pictures then join everybody else already in progess eating the canapes? I am trying to figure out my timeline for this and don't want to miss out on the goodies. Could you also maybe give me a breakdown of who you tipped on the wedding day as I am still trying to figure that one out in my head? Good Luck to you Thope and I hope you have beautiful weather and a great wedding day this Saturday!!!

I am using the resort spa. My hair and makeup is included in my gold package. I figure if I don't like what they do I can fix it up myself in the end as my hair is not really going to be an issue. This does not really worry me as I have seen previous pics of hair done by them and they were all nice.

I just saw Katrese's TTD wedding photos on Juan Navarro's site. Just beautiful!!!!!