Suzy831

Demetrios Sposabella 4233 Wedding Dress in Ivory, Size 8. This dress was worn at my wedding for a total of 6 hours. The only alterations done to the dress was hemming the bottom. I am 5'3" and wore flats at my wedding.. So definitely a dress for a short person! Also, the bustle buttons were added to it as well. It is absolutely beautiful and I don't want to get rid of it, however, I will obviously never wear it again, so find no reason to keep it! I did get it dry cleaned, so it looks like new! Let me know if any of you are interested or if you want me to send you any pics of me in the dress!

I have lots of leftover wedding decorations that I did not use and don't want to just throw it away.

10 black glass tealight holders - W: 2 5/8" x H: 2 1/8" ($10.00 ALL)

4 - 6 packs flameless candles (UNUSED STILL IN PLASTIC)  - $10.00 ALL

Random paper lanterns: 2 light pink 12", 1 fuschia 12", 2 black 18", 1 Dark purple 18" (UNUSED STILL IN PLASTIC) - $10.00 ALL OBO for each

25 - Black organza chair sashes- $20.00

25 - Hot Pink organza chair sashes- $20.00

5 - Black organza table runners - $8.00

If you live in the Chicago area, you can pick-up. But if you live elsewhere, I will probably charge a small amount for shipping, depending on what you purchase. I would probably ship it USPS economy shipping to make it as cheap as possible, so will probably be $5.00 or under.

PAYPAL only!

For sale:

25 black organza chair sashes

25 hot pink organza chair sashes

5 black organza table runners

Trying to sell all of these together for $50.00, but if you want to buy individually, let me know.

I can also send pics if you need me to!

Demetrios Sposabella 4233 Wedding Dress in Ivory, Size 8. This dress was worn at my wedding for a total of 6 hours. The only alterations done to the dress was hemming the bottom. I am 5'3" and wore flats at my wedding.. So definitely a dress for a short person! Also, the bustle buttons were added to it as well. It is absolutely beautiful and I don't want to get rid of it, however, I will obviously never wear it again, so find no reason to keep it! I did get it dry cleaned, so it looks like new! Let me know if any of you are interested or if you want me to send you any pics of me in the dress!

When I was there, I just had an oceanview room. All of the Junior Suites are the same size, the difference being just the view... however, we were rarely in our rooms, except to sleep and shower, we didn't feel the need to spend money on the higher up rooms. The wedding packages say you will get an upgrade if available, but if the resort is full and/or there aren't any rooms available in the suite class above the one you have, then you won't get one.. I was happy with the room we had. We used the 48 hour check-in to pick our room, however when we logged on, there was only one 3rd floor oceanview room to choose (our priority was 3rd floor), so you don't get much choice if the resort is booked full! Also, if you want a quieter room, I would choose one that isn't by the pool, cause people are loud during the day by the main pool, but it didn't bother us cause we weren't in our rooms during the day.

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Originally Posted by nadennec 

Trying to book our room, so I have to ask what everyone thinks is the best room for the money? I know we're "supposed" to get an upgrade once we arrive, but have heard of alot of people not getting it once they are there. What can everyone siggest?  

They have someone that will be in charge of it. Just make sure you tell your WC exactly what song or playlist it is.
 

Originally Posted by ChicagoBride2011 

Thanks Suzy!  I too paid for an extra hour for the reception so I'll have to make that clear when I meet with my WC next Thurs.

 

I have a song that I want played at the ceremony when I walk down the aisle.  They said there is a ipod hook-up there...But my question is who will press "play" for us?  Is that something the officiant or WC does?

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Originally Posted by Suzy831 

So I had my wedding at the Royal on Saturday April 16th.. it was beautiful!! You guys won't regret having it here, I promise!! Obviously nothing is perfect and there were some hang ups, but it was totally worth it and absolutely amazing!! I will post a review this weekend if I have time!! But if any of you have specific questions about anything, let me know!!

My wedding coordinator was Denys. She is soooo nice and was so calm about everything and she made sure everything looked beautiful... and it did for sure!! Even though this forum helped me a ton with a lot of questions I had, I almost feel that it hurt me in ways, cause the things that people have said were really awesome ended up not turning out for me, but then it is also vice versa, things that didn't end up going good for some, ended up turning out awesome for me!! There are a few things I would be aware of. I used an i-pod for the music and was told somebody would stand and man it to make sure music keeps playing.. well for the ceremony, they did an awesome job. But for the reception, there was nobody there the entire time. The bartenders were "taking care" of it, but I pretty much had to keep going over and messing with it, and changing the playlists from dinner to dancing, etc. so if I could do it over, I would get a DJ I think, or do something else because I felt like I had to take time out of the fun to go over and make sure it kept going.

Another thing was that I paid for the extra hour of reception, so that I would have 4 hours instead of 3, so my reception was supposed to be from 6 - 10. Well at about 8:45, they started packing up the bar and the speakers, etc. and one of my bridesmaids told me and I went up to them and asked about it and they said I only had 15 more minutes. My wedding coordinator was standing there too and didn't realize or forgot that I paid for the extra hour and was like "Oohh..... ok". So they plugged everything back in, etc.. but I was so upset about it that it kind of ruined the mood from then on. And then even though we had the extra hour they started packing up the bar at like 9:15 so people weren't even sure if they could get drinks anymore... so a word of advice, make sure that when you meet with your coordinator when you get down here, print out everything (checklists, guest lists, food menu, etc.) and bring it with you, because I'm not really sure that the on-site coordinator looks at everything that you paid for (like the extra hour of reception). We hadn't gone over that in our meeting, I guess I didn't really think about it but i thought she would have known and seen it . Plus there are a ton of weddings a day here, so your coordinator is also working on other weddings at the same time as yours, so they do forget/mess things up.. but for the most part everything else went fantastic!

Also, I got the tres leches cake for the wedding. They served it on the lunch menu at Pelicanos, so if you want to try it beforehand, you can go there during lunchtime. It was awesome at Pelicanos, but when I had it at the wedding, I wasn't even sure if it was tres leches?! It was pretty dry, and the "milk layers" were really thin, it tasted like it was overcooked a  little or something. I didn't like it, but other people did, so I guess in the end it was fine.

Anyways, I will write my review in the next week or two... let me know if you have any other questions.  OOOHHH and I'm still waiting to get all of my decorations back, they told me they would pack it all up and put it in our room... well, we are leaving tomorrow morning and we still haven't gotten anything back yet and have already reminded them once about it.. I'm hoping they didn't lose/throw it all away cause I was going to use the stuff for my AHR!! :/   BUT honestly despite the few things that went wrong, everything else was more than perfect, the resort is beautiful, the weather was perfect so it was definitely the right choice for us to have the wedding here!!

So I had my wedding at the Royal on Saturday April 16th.. it was beautiful!! You guys won't regret having it here, I promise!! Obviously nothing is perfect and there were some hang ups, but it was totally worth it and absolutely amazing!! I will post a review this weekend if I have time!! But if any of you have specific questions about anything, let me know!!

Labebita911: I am using Marvin and he said he delivers to Playa del Carmen everyday and the "delivery fee" is already included in the cost of the flowers and that he will set up a time to meet you in the lobby the day of the wedding so you can pick up the flowers from him. The resort shouldn't charge you a vendor fee as long as u pick up the flowers yourself and set everything up yourself!! Let's hope that's true...

 

Originally Posted by Labebita911 

question reg. Marvin from Maya Diseno, does he drop off the items or do they need to be picked up. Also do they charge the vendor fee? Thanks

My WC had told me and sent me pictures of the reception setup that comes with all of the packages. It is the white table cloth, white chair covers, lights underneath the table, and a candle for the centerpiece. Here is a pic of the standard setup (so I was told):

Originally Posted by PlayaWedding 

Hi Ladies,

I was wondering if you could help me out..

Does the royal provide any type of centerpieces for the table with any of the packages? We are going with the Eternal Romance package!

Also some people mentioned they bought linens for the tables..I thought this type of stuff was taken care of if you purchased a package...anyways. I know they do not provide table runners and colored sashes for chairs but for the reception do they cover the tables and head table with white linen?

Thanks so much!!!

 

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Originally Posted by Aricak64 

Hello Brides,

 

I am four weeks away from my wedding date.  We are having a small wedding, 14 guests total.  The wedding is at 4 pm, 4:30-6:00 pm toasting, cake, drinks, etc. and then the semi private dinner at 6 pm.  Do to the small size of the wedding and my wedding party, a dancing reception really doesn't work for us.  Does anyone have any ideas of what I could plan to do with my guests after the dinner?  

 

Thanks!

 

Arica

Arica- I only have about 15 people but I am doing a private reception on the beach with dancing, however I was told we have to be off the beach by 10... so I plan on going to the Blue Parrot or just walk along 5th avenue to find some places to go afterwards if everybody is still in the "party" mood! There's a lot of posts on here about fun bars that other brides have gone to, so I would search on here. My wedding is on April 16th, but we are going down there on the 13th.. maybe I will run into you?!

Lisa- Where in Tulum did you do your trash the dress session?? I love them!! I'm trying to find a good place to have my trash session..

Originally Posted by Lisa DSO 

I hope these links work....

 

After almost 3 months, I finally have my pro pics (well worth the wait)....I wish FB held more than 200 pics in an album lol

 

Pro Wedding:

https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=105970&id=1147850546&l=c25c7adaa1

 

 

Trash the Dress:

https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=105953&id=1147850546&l=29ed57e5ab

 

 

Both shoots by the fabulous Ivan Luckie

My WC said the burlap aisle runner is only for the beach and cannot be used at the gazebo and the red aisle runner is only for the gazebo(obviously). I think I am going with no aisle runner and just scatter rose petals like others have mentioned. I think it will look really nice. Otherwise, you could always bring down double side tape of some sort to stick an aisle runner down so it doesn't blow away.

Another question, I am bringing some decorations for the gazebo like paper lanterns and such... do I need to bring my own string to hang them up??  and the chair bows I am bringing, do I need to pre-tie them before I get down there or will they do all that for me?

diahr-  Do you have a pic of the burlap aisle runner? I didn't know about this one either. I'll also see if I can get a pic from my WC...

Tell me about it. My wedding is April 16th and that weekend has been completely booked for a while now.... and a lot of my procrastinating friends and family are now screwed and have to stay somewhere else... even Gran Porto is completely booked that weekend! I don't know why it is so busy there in April...  ugh.
 

Originally Posted by diahr 

Hey Royal April Brides!!! I have some critical information - The Gran Porto and the Royal are SELLING OUT!!!! My TA called me today and let me know that she is unable to book any more standard rooms for the Gran Porto or the Royal.  All that is left for the weekend of my wedding (April 1st) are the $700+ a night rooms (yowsa!) For my guests that didn't book, they are now scrounging around. Please let your guests know that April is a very popular time to visit the resorts and you don't want them to miss out.

 

I must add, I don't know if the selling out thing is exclusive to my TA.  I am assuming that she wouldn't book anyone else for the Royal because she didn't want to risk them being "bumped" to another resort so check with your TA's.  I am a little disappointed with my TA becasue I feel like she should have warned us that the Royal and the Gran Porto were reaching max capacity. 

 

PrettyPig - You were on the ball for all those people waiting for their tax refunds to book!

I am doing that very thing. I am upgrading to a private reception on the beach and not doing a dj, so I am going to bring my iPod/computer and you have to pay like $80 for somebody to be in charge of it and make sure music keeps playing. The standard reception setup comes with a "wooden" dance floor... and I've read from some people's review that they were upgraded to the light-up dance floor for free... so I am crossing my fingers that that happens for me!!   But with my luck probably not... and I don't want to pay the $700 or whatever for the light up dance floor. 

Children are allowed at the wedding. I think they are allowed to come 1/2 hour before the reception and stay until 1/2 hour after the reception. Also.. I believe if you have the reception on the beach, it has to end by 10 or 10:30.. but if you have it in the ballroom, you can have it until Midnight? I think that is what I read. I plan on just going to 5th Avenue after the beach reception if everybody is still in the party mood and going to bars to keep the party going!

Thanks so much for the pics!! It helps a lot with planning... My reception is at 6pm on the beach, do you think that there will be too many people on the beach at that time?? Do they rope off the area from the public at all??

Originally Posted by ChicagoBride2011 

 

Suzy pelicanos is the largest beach area and that is where I chose to have my reception.  It is next to the pier behind Pelicanos restaurant.

I can post a couple pics tonight if you'd like, they are saved on my home computer. 

 

Happy Holidays everyone!

Yes, pics would be awesome!! Thanks so much!! So I guess the switch to the Pelicanos Beach is for the best!! I love this forum! ChicagoBride, where in Chicago do you live?

Okay good! This makes me feel a lot better! I have read other posts on here that the Pelicanos beach is nicer, but for some reason I thought it would be more "crowded" over there... but this is great to hear! 
 

Suzy,  honestly I would be happy with this move.  The Pelicanos beach is A - bigger and B - more "out of the way" for normal guests on the beach.  I realzie how frustrating it can be to have a change like that made with out your approval, but honestly I think you will like it better....also it is not a big difference distance wise - 3-4 minute walk?!?

 

I have Elvy too. She is okay, but Katia would answer my questions so thoroughly and attach pictures, etc. She was great! I know everything will work out in the end, but it is just hard to plan a wedding when you are so far away!

 

Originally Posted by Bride2B22 

Suzy- Katia was also my WC.....I LOVE HER!! I was so sad when she called me to let me know she was going on maternity leave! who is your WC now? mine is Elvy.....I spoke to her once last week and she seems nice.....Katia mentioned to her and their boss to please take good care of me! we had become really close.....

 

I wouldn't be too happy if they had changed my location without my concern either!

 

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Originally Posted by Suzy831 

Alright, so I'm getting really really frustrated... I booked my wedding almost a year ago and since then I am now on my 4th WC... my last one Katia was awesome, but she is on maternity leave now... so I e-mailed my new WC about my reception on the beach behind the gazebo and it interfering with the wedding that is scheduled at the gazebo at the same time.... and she writes back that my reception was moved to the beach by Pelicanos!!! Okay, in every email and message from my other WC's I've specifically stated that I wanted my wedding on the beach behind the gazebo (just because I wanted everything in the same area so people didn't have to walk far to get to places) and I was told it was booked there... in all of my paperwork I sent them, it says "Reception: Beach behind Gazebo".. so can they just move it without asking me?? How is the beach by Pelicanos?? Is it nice? Is it nicer or worse than the beach area behind the gazebo??? I'm sooooo annoyed... but not sure if I can really do anything at this point. I know a beach is a beach... but just when I think I have everything figured out and organized, something else changes without me knowing!!

 

Originally Posted by J&E2011 

 

Hi Ladies!

I'm getting married in Playa as well. We're thinking about getting cigars while we're in Mexico to give to our guests as favors, and we'd like to make monogrammed matches and bring those with us. Does anyone know if these can be shipped in advance or if I can bring them with me in the plane?

Will greatly appreciate your input, Thanks!

If you go to the TSA website: http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm#9 , it says that you can't bring matches on planes, I think it states you can bring one book of matches on your carry on but none in your checked bags..... so I would say definitely ship them if you can!

Alright, so I'm getting really really frustrated... I booked my wedding almost a year ago and since then I am now on my 4th WC... my last one Katia was awesome, but she is on maternity leave now... so I e-mailed my new WC about my reception on the beach behind the gazebo and it interfering with the wedding that is scheduled at the gazebo at the same time.... and she writes back that my reception was moved to the beach by Pelicanos!!! Okay, in every email and message from my other WC's I've specifically stated that I wanted my wedding on the beach behind the gazebo (just because I wanted everything in the same area so people didn't have to walk far to get to places) and I was told it was booked there... in all of my paperwork I sent them, it says "Reception: Beach behind Gazebo".. so can they just move it without asking me?? How is the beach by Pelicanos?? Is it nice? Is it nicer or worse than the beach area behind the gazebo??? I'm sooooo annoyed... but not sure if I can really do anything at this point. I know a beach is a beach... but just when I think I have everything figured out and organized, something else changes without me knowing!!

I agree.. I thought that is what I was going to do before I knew if my dad would come to mexico for my wedding. I've seen a couple brides walk alone, or walk with their Mom or whoever!

That's awesome! I really want to do something creative with my ceremony... but just not quite sure what yet!

It is right behind it. I would talk to them about this for sure.  I'm sure the people having their ceremony wouldn't appreciate it etiher. 

 

When we initially contacted The Royal that was one of our main concerns knowing that they did multiple weddings a day and they ensured me a sitiuation like the one you mentioned wouldn't happen. 

 

Now maybe the ceremony that is going one is only the couple and no guests etc so it won't interfere with your reception.  We say a couple "couples" getting married by themselves or renewing vows when we were there.

I e-mailed my wedding coordinator about this, and I'm hoping I get a response soon... now for those brides who have already gotten married here, if you decided to make changes last minute, like if I wanted to move my reception location to a different area of the beach, and I didn't decide this until I got down there, like 2 days before the wedding, are they accommodating to changes?? Or are they strict about stuff? I guess I just feel like I'm not going to really get an idea of what things will look like, etc. until I am down there, and I'm not getting very many answers from my WC.... ??