Leigh17

Here's the link to the booklet: http://www.single-serving.com/Spanish/American_Spanish_Phrases-USL.pdf I just cut and pasted the booklet into a VistaPrint brochure.

They're both on the Sunrise side. Barracuda doesn't have A/C. It has fans and gets a little ocean breeze, but if you think your guests would prefer A/C, you should choose La Gondola. Barracuda is a steak house & pretty good. They don't have a buffet there, so I'm assuming you'd get a set menu or everyone would get to order off the menu. That would be something else to consider when making your decision. Moving it to the day before your wedding wouldn't be a bad option either. You could have a separate brunch for the ladies and then a "rehearsal dinner" that night. Most wedding guests are probably accustomed to attending a rehearsal dinner (even though in this case there will probably not be a rehearsal). I'm sure it will be a great night whatever you choose!

They have them at MP in both the Sunrise & Nizuc lobby gift shops.

Sorry I can't help you with these questions (her response is very confusing!), but while I was at MP I did take a couple of pictures for you of the maracas they have there. As someone else commented before, the 2 for $5 ones are nice. The closeup picture is of the 2 for $5 ones. The ones that are 2 for $10 are pretty much the same just a little bigger. The less expensive ones seemed plenty big. Sorry I can't be of much help with your reception questions, but I would guess when she says "If you get 30 rooms nights you will get a cocktail included for 1 hour," she just can't guarantee that you get the free cocktail hour until the guests are actually there. If you have 54 nights you will get the cocktail hour.

I used Raffia fans from Oriental Trading Company. Our wedding was in July and the fans were appreciated by the guests to help with the heat. I noticed (when watching our wedding video) a lot of people using them while waiting for the ceremony to begin. I had no idea how everything would be ordered during the ceremony (until I met with my WC onsite), so I just designed a lengthwise business card on VistaPrint with our names, our parents names and our attendants names. I punched a hole in the business cards and tied them to the raffia fans with ribbon.

You can also play after 2:30 for $160. My husband and I are playing one full price round & 2 twilight priced rounds with our resort credit--which leaves just about $300 (the max for the spa). We're bringing our own clubs since it's just $50 for an extra piece of luggage (vs. the $150 we'd have to pay MP to rent 3 times). The Resort Dollar promotion is great for golf! The main reason we're going back this year (we leave tomorrow!) is because the Resort Dollar promotion is still ongoing & we can get so much free golf!

I would suggest a reservation at Arrecifes they have a great terrace location for your private party or if you want (or if the weather isn't great) you can sit inside & the area they set you up in is pretty private. You do have to go to the buffet line for the salad (but I've never seen a long line there), so your guests would just have to get up one time. Otherwise all the meats & then desserts are brought to the table. We had a wonderful experience there, and your guests wouldn't be limited to one entree. The first time we went to Moon Palace we loved the Caribbean Restaurant, but the last time we went it was our least favorite dinner. I'm sure you'll have a nice dinner at either place though.

Thanks! I hadn't heard of the 2 free nights, but we're going a little outside of the one year time frame since we got married at the beginning of July, so I guess we missed out. I might have planned our trip a little differently if I'd known about that perk. The only special I know of for anniversary couples is a small cake delivered to your room. Our legal wedding date (since we got married after we returned home) happens to be the day we check-in, so I've asked as a surprise for my husband to have the cake waiting in our room upon check-in. We really just celebrate our MP anniversary date, but since we happen to be traveling to MP on our legal anniversary I thought it would be nice to have something special waiting for us in our room at check-in.

We're heading to MP next week for a one year anniversary trip, and I received a very helpful email from MP this weekend that I thought I would share. I never received this much info when I was planning my wedding! There's a lot of good info on the Vacation Dollar Promotion and a current spa menu with prices in the attachments. And here's the text of the email with contact info: Hello Dear Guest First of all let me thank you for your preference in palace resorts. My name is Dai Jimenez, palace vacation planner, I´m glad to assist you with the information you are requesting. Attached please find more information about the resort credit promotion.You can book in advanced the golf, Spa, Swiming with dolphin and romantic dinner promotion. The tour available for the resort credits promotion must be requested upon your arrival. About the Swim with dolphin tour: Monday to Sunday at [09:30] [11:00] [12:30] [14:00] [15:30] Location: Wet & Wild water park. Price 129.00 usd. The Resort credit promotion can be used towards this tour. If you would to enjoy the water park, we have a especial offer, just pay 20.00 usd more and you get the All inclusive fee for Wet & Wild. The Resort credit promotion can be used towards this tour. Transportation is not included. All participants in the Dolphin Swim Program must be at least 8 years old and no less than 48 inches tall. Swim with the dolphins has a maximum of $200 over the following dates April 14 - 24, 2011 and June 15 - August 15, 2011. This restriction does not apply to Palace Resort members. Romantic Dinner : Cost: 350.00 usd per couple. Resort credits can be used towards this service. I hope this information helps you and your family to create a great moment for this vacations. Feel free to contact me back if you have a question. Have a nice day. DAI JIMENEZ. PALACE VACATION PLANNER TELEMARKETING CEDIS | KM.21 CARR. CANCUN-PUERTO MORELOS | CANCUN, QUINTANA ROO C.P.77500 ( (52)(998) 1932010 Ext. 4444 * [email protected] PALACERESORTS.COM | LEBLANCSPARESORT.COM | HARDROCKHOTELPUNTACANA.COM Toll Free Number: 1 877-797-2523 USA 1 866-942-6347 CAN 1,500 ResortCredit Flyer 29JUNE11.pdf SPA MENU 2011 - CUN-RM.doc Tours Palace Resorts Cancun - Riviera Zone.doc $1500 USD Resort Credit Promotion Cancun-Riviera.doc

I just designed my own logo on PowerPoint, and then I saved it as whatever type of file was required on VistaPrint & then selected Upload an Image when VistaPrint asked what design I wanted to use for a product. Once it was uploaded on their site, it was saved to my account & I could use it on all the products.

I started by going to http://www.vistaprint.com/deal2010 which I think offers more free items than just going to the VistaPrint site. The free item that was most important to me was the tote bag which is free through that specific VistaPrint link. I designed my tote bag once (& uploaded my image once). Somehow I never paid for the upload of my image (maybe there was a promotion with one of my early orders), but regardless you only have to pay for the upload once & then you can use the logo free on as many other products as you want. I started with the tote bag & then I would design and add the other various free products to my cart. The shipping on the tote is a little over $4 & I would add a few products that just made the shipping go up a little. For example, I ordered a tote bag, a pen, a sticky note pad & a note pad and the total shipping came out to $4.41. (I just did a sample order with those products a few minutes ago & the shipping totaled $4.92). After you add each product, go to your "cart" and then press checkout & you'll see the shipping prices. Play around with your order to see what combination of items gets you the most economical shipping price. The shipping varies based on the combination of products, but the weirdest thing is that sometimes adding a free item (like a pen) would make my shipping price for the order go down. It doesn't make any sense! Any item you remove from your cart is saved in your account, so you can go back & order it any time (even if you don't order it right when you design it). It's sort of a game trying to figure out the best combination of products & best price. When I would have brochures in an order, the shipping was a little more, but I never paid much more than $15 for an order & for those $15 orders I was getting a lot of products. After the first order (if you just want a lot of those products), then you just go to your order history & click "reorder." Then you get the same products for the same price you paid for the first order (minus the design fee if you had to pay that in your first order). It seems very inefficient but since you can only get one of each of the free items per order, you have to do it that way to get the best prices. Hope that helps! Good luck! Quote: Originally Posted by rae12vb Can you explain again how you did this on Vista print?

Which part? Most of the items (like the brochures) were made on VistaPrint & there's no way to save the templates for others to use. On the items I printed at home, I think I have templates saved that I can share.

I placed separate orders on VistaPrint & paid a little over $4 for shipping each time. I would get about 4 different "free" products in each order (i.e. 1 tote bag, 1 pen, 1 sticky note pad, 1 note pad). I used all the free items in my OOT bags and ended up with personalized bags (along with a lot of other items) for cheap. The first time I ordered from VistaPrint they sent me a web address with a bunch of free items & I just kept using that web address to order. I just checked the site to see if the offer was still valid, and it appears to be. The free tote bag is still an option when I click on the website below. The website is http://www.vistaprint.com/deal2010 You have to pay one time for uploading your design, but after that, you can use your design for free. I was able to use the logo on all sorts of products for my OOT bags. Here are my OOT Bags: http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/thread/59940/oot-bags-complete-lots-of-pictures But for the teenagers in my group, I gave them the Hibiscus bags from Oriental Trading. A bride was selling a couple extra on this site & I was just a few personalized bags short because of some last minute RSVPs. The hibiscus bags worked great & are a great option for OOT bags if you don't want to go through the hastle (or expense) of having personalized bags made.

My mom actually found the flowers for my BM bouquets at Michael's (on clearance). They were small white roses in pots, but she pulled them out of the pots, added stems & made them into bouquets. I had looked at getting Real Touch flowers, but since we planned the whole wedding in about 3 months, it was too late to get custom orders from the places I found. If I had known about Marvin delivering flowers to the resort, I probably would have gone with his bouquets. I was very happy with the free bouquet from MP, but I just wasn't going to pay the amount they were charging for BM bouquets even though I only needed 2. Good luck!

I asked this question back in May or June 2010 for my wedding last year, here was my WC's response: Gerber daises bouquets are $95 USD. We can have them in orange, yellow & hot pink. None of MP flowers are cheap! I ended up using fake flowers for the bridesmaids & used the free bouquet for my flowers.

MP has lots of different areas (both inside and outside) that can accomodate larger groups for private events. I think private events cost $400 per table of 10. But if you get enough room nights booked through your wedding, you can earn free private events & if you get 75 nights, all the private events you want are free. We ended up reaching the 75 nights, and all our events were free. It's a great perk for larger weddings. Here's how to earn free events: 5-9 rooms for 3 nights or 15 room nights = 1 cocktail (function areas are assigned upon availability with the onsite wedding planner and confirmed upon arrival) 10-19 rooms for 3 nights or 30 room nights = 2 nights comp + 1 cocktail (function areas area assigned upon availability with the onsite wedding planner and confirmed upon arrival) 20-24 rooms for 3 nights or 60 room nights = 4 comp nights + 1 private function 25 + rooms for 3 nights or 75 room nights = 7 comp nights + unlimited private function + one room upgrade for the bride and groom to the next available room category

We didn't have to pay $300 for our symbolic ceremony (but that's not to say MP hasn't changed their policy since we got married July 2010).

Rae12vb - We did the symbolic ceremony and were very happy with it. It's essentially the same as the civil ceremony except you don't have to do bloodwork first (& the symbolic ceremony is cheaper since you don't have to pay for the bloodwork and paerwork). My parents were the only guests that knew that it was not a legal ceremony. It looked and felt like a real wedding ceremony to everyone (including us). We got married in front of a priest and my parents (& dogs) after we got home, but to be honest, I don't even remember the date of that ceremony because we consider the day we got married in Mexico as our true anniversary. During the ceremony, you and your fiance & the priest all sign a certificate so everyone thinks you're signing a license or something, but it's not a legal piece of paper. We decided we didn't want to have to deal with the bloodwork, & we didn't want our marriage license to be filed with the Mexican government because if we ever needed an official copy of it later, it seems like it would be much easier to deal with our own local government. I would highly recommend the symbolic ceremony. Quote: Originally Posted by rae12vb Does anyone recommend the symbolic ceremony over the civil? I was just reading a thread where she did the symbolic instead to avoid the blood work etc? (I'm deathly afraid of needles...lol) Is it the same package if you do the symbolic? What's the difference? I was thinking that we could just go to the justice of the peace before or after our destination wedding. THanks ladies!!! Beatyea - For our upcoming trip I requested the Mango, Pina, Chile or Toronja buildings in the Sunrise section. They are all on the side of the Sunrise Lobby closest to the Nizuc section.

Very few of the rooms on the Grand side have ocean views and the Grand section doesn't have a large lobby with lots of restaurants. There's only one restaurant for dinner on the Grand side. Also, it is quite a long walk to everything if you're on the Grand side. We had a block in the Sunrise section and on one of my runs, I measured the distance with my GPS watch from our room (which was in one of the farthest buildings on the Sunrise side) to the main pool of the Grand side, & it was exactly one mile. Everytime we go we stay in the Sunrise section. The rooms there are a little newer, they have hammocks on the balcony, and my family prefers the bar area of the Sunrise lobby over the Nizuc lobby bar area. But when we go this summer, I've requested to stay in only certain buildings (closer to the Nizuc side), so we don't end up on the far side of Sunrise again. If you do request a block in Sunrise, I would look at the map & request the buildings that are more central. Quote: Originally Posted by beatyea Hey girls, I have a question about the room block- I see that most people do it in either the sunrise or nizuc side...why doesn't anyone do the grand section? Need some advice!

Beautiful, Maggie! Congratulations!

The regular green fees are $260 ($160 if you play after 2:30). Here's a link to all the golf pricing: http://www.palaceresorts.com/resorts/moon-palace/golf/packages You can't use Resort Dollars to pay for shoes or clubs, so if they're not bringing their clubs, they'll have to pay out of pocket for that. Yes, you can use the $1500 towards hair & makeup (but it will come out of the $300 Resort Dollar limit on spa services).

Unless your contract is different from the general Palace Promotion, you should be able to use the entire $1500 towards golf ($750 for shorter stays). I believe the $300/$150 limit is only for golf at the Puerto Vallarta Palace Resort Golf Club. It's not stated very clearly on their promotion page, but it clearly states in the golf section that you can use $1500 towards golf, so the later limit of $300 (in the fine print at the bottom) only makes sense as a limitation on Puerta Vallarta golf. http://www.palaceresorts.com/palace-passport?articleId=25220 I've booked tee times for our trip for July, & I told them I was using Vacation Dollars for all of the golf. I'm using over $1100 dollars of the Vacation Dollars for the golf, and the booking agent did not object. It is true that you can't use the credits for club rental or shoe rental. Last year when we went, we were able to use the credits for club rental, and I'm not sure when they changed the rule.

Yea, Maggie! It's finally almost here...congrats! I'm sure you and your guests will have a fabulous time! Best of luck!

Here's the summary from the promo page (the last line excludes club rentals): GOLF: Use up to $1,500 resort credit towards green fees, and shared cart when you book a 5-8 night stay, $750 Resort Credit with a 4 night stay, $500 Resort Credit with a 3 night stay, $2,000 Resort Credit with a 9-11 night stay, and $2,500 Resort Credit with a 12 + night stay. Golf Courses: Moon Spa & Golf Club, Riviera Cancun Golf & Resorts, and Playacar Spa & Golf Club. Transportation to the golf courses is included. The unlimited golf package and the golf with spa option package are not combinable with this promotion. Not valid for clubs or shoes rentals. I'm not sure when they changed that & maybe if you have any kind of proof that you booked it before they excluded club rental, you could fight them on that one. When we went in July, we did use Vacation Dollars for club rentals.

What problems did you have with using the $ towards golf? We got married last July & didn't have any problems with using the Vacation Dollars, & now we're going back this July & one of the main reasons we're going back so soon is because they still have the vacation dollar promotion. We plan on using $1200 of our vacation dollars on golf. I noticed this time that club rental isn't included, but I'm hoping there's not a $ limit on golf. The website says you can use up to $1500 on golf. Please let me know what they said the limit was. Thanks!