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Hi Sara, Pilar called me the other night and I asked her about the tables- she said you can sit 6-8 people at each table. That was for the circular ones, but I know the rectangular ones are bigger...I hope that helps! Mindy

Hi Ladies! As a reminder, I am going to be at the NOW from Friday to Sunday this week and I am meeting with Pilar on Saturday, so send me a PM before Friday with any questions you would like me to get answered or if you would like me to take pictures of anything for you!! Mindy

Hi Ladies! I am taking a planning trip to the Jade Jan. 14-16 to try to figure out where I want to have my reception. I had it reserved for the beach, but it is SO windy, and I am having second thoughts. If you would like me to take any pics of anything or get any questions answered for you since I will be meeting with Pilar, feel free to send me a PM and I will do my best to help you!!!

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Hi ladies! I am taking a planning trip jan. 14-16 because I cant decide which reception location I want! I have it booked for the beach but I am afraid it will be too windy! Send me a pm if you would like pics of anything or if you would like me to get any questions answered for you!

I am trying to figure out the same thing. I have mine booked for the beach reception, but I am worried that it will be too windy. When my fiance and I were there, we had a private dinner on the beach, and the wind kept blowing out the tiki torches and it blew over the flower arrangement on the table. Let me know if you get any information on this!!

What are you putting in the welcome book Erin?

We are also getting married on 6/11/11! We have the 5:00 wedding and our reception is on the beach...what time is yours?

I would love a NOW Jade webinar!! I am getting married there June 11, 2011!!

FINALLY!!! I just spoke to Pilar today and she sent me a massive 50 page booklet with all of the wedding information from cakes to flowers to the wedding to the reception. There are tons of pictures and pricing in this booklet too. Let me know if you would like me to email you a copy of it! Be sure to include your email address!

6/11/11 at 5 pm!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by peterpanpixiedust Yeah, I am having my wedding at Dreams. I originally thought we were going to do the Sands, but it was to expensive. I just meant that we both go to the same timeshare group! But it's still exciting. I would look into moving your timeshare to June, because my FI's parents told me you couldn't move weeks within the same Timeshare, only trade to another. But, you guys could have different rules, especially since you have so many weeks. My philosophy on outside photographers is that they can't stop a guest from taking pictures, and our photographers are our guests. But Dreams is ok with that. The thing about outside guests, we are encouraging our guests to stay at Dreams, because it is all inclusive, so they are taken care of the whole time they are there. But, I have talked to other Dreams brides, and they say that if you have outside guests, they can come for the wedding and reception and not get charged a fee. You are better than me!!!! We can't order our STD's until we get our engagement photos, and we are trying to get them done next week, and THEN we have to put in the order. We are doing Vista print, which is mostly free (sign up there is you haven't yet.. it's awesome), but shipping is 21 days, so I might need to pay for more shipping. We want to send our STD postcards with our TA's travel packets, and she hasn't given us our second rates yet (they are supposed to come down after a while, and we are waiting). I can post my centerpieces later (I'm doing cylinder vases and rose petals with submersible lights in water, with shells scattered around.. dollar tree). And I hear you on expenses. Our 3k is still about the same for the wedding at Dreams, but throw in my outside photog, and my dress, the Bose ipod dock we got for our sound (we'd rather pay for that and keep it, instead of paying for a sound system, but we do get two hours sound system free, so we will use 1 for ceremony, and 1 for the dinner), the microphone to go with it, my TTD (which is really cheap, but still), our OOT bags (dollar tree again!!), and everything else that I can't think of, it will be closer to 10K if not over, and that's not our travel and hotel... oh well, still cheaper than having it at home. And our photographer expense covers two photogs, for two days of shooting, the rights to our photos, and a 4x6 of all photos taken in a leather box. But we have to pay for their travel too. Our colors are Red, White, and Sand. I should post my logo. Wow, I should be a published author by now! Forgot to say, I'm also in my Master's program to become a teacher! Another similarity! OMG! I got beach bags from the Dollar Tree too!!! I live in Chicago and I bought out 3 different stores since we are having about 80 guests. I was just in there on Sunday and they have sunscreen and aloe sunburn lotion and I bought them out of those too!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Crystal1880 So does anybody have their dress yet? I just got my dress last weekend! It is a couture design from Private Label by G. I look unbelievable in it, but it was like the 6th dress I tried on, and I feel like I should have went to more stores and tried on more dresses for the "experience" of it all!

Quote: Originally Posted by peterpanpixiedust Not yet, thinking of getting engagement photos done on our site visit next month and making an STD out of it. Any one else? I am getting married at the NOW Jade in Riviera Maya on 6/11/11 and when we were there in April, we got our engagement photos taken and then put them on a save the date! I just sent out the save the dates last week and everyone is LOVING them! They came from magnetstreet.com and were inexpensive. I can get you more info if you want to send me a message

Quote: Originally Posted by ldunson Ugh why are there no bridesmaids bouquets in the pkgs? I didn't even realize that! What the heck am I supposed to do with a corsage...? I would also like to know about outside florists! I wonder if I could order one or two small bouquets and split them up since I have four bridesmaids? I also just found out that there is a wedding in the same location as me TWO HOURS before my ceremony!! I am getting married at the NOW on June 11, 2011 and my mom is a florist, so I asked Pilar if we could have flowers shipped there from an outside vendor so my mom could arrange them on the day of the wedding and she was fine with that. The only thing that I thought was ridiculous was that she told me even though we are bringing our own flowers, they will not discount the price of the flowers out of the package!!

Quote: Originally Posted by lisadias Hi Ladies Not sure if i am posting this right as it is my first post. I am getting married at the now jade resort in the mayan april 26th 2011 and i am very excited as it looks beautiful. I have heard some mixed reviews and from personal experience it is hit or miss with Pillar with her response time. The packages there are for a maximum of 25 people and we will have about 50 to 60. What pricing has anyone else got for additional dinner? They say 48 per person for eternity and 53 per person for divine package. Has anyone had experience in swapping options in the packages? Any florist recommendations for the area as they want to charge 500$ for a pergola flower centerpiece which i think is way too expensive. Has anyone shipped items to the resort from canada and if so what were the shipping costs. I am thinking of going with a starfish theme and could use and appreciate any help! Thanks Lisa I am running in to the same problem. We are expecting 80 guests and she told me $53 per person for the dinner, $7 pp for the cake, $4 pp for the champagne toast, $15 pp for the hours devours hour and $15 per person per hour for the open bar! Thats over $100 per person! I am trying to get advice about negotiating these prices because I think its ridiculous to pay so much per person when these people are already staying at the resort...

Thanks for the reply! I will definately do that!

I am getting married at the NOW Jade on 6/11/11...has anyone had any success negotiating the wedding packages with them? We are expecting around 80 guests and the divine wedding package only covers 25 people. So....I have to pay per person-- $53 for the dinner, $15 for the cake, $4 for the champaign and $15 for the hour devours hour! I just don't understand why they would charge so much extra per person when all of these guests are already staying at the resort! Please share any advice you have ladies!

Hi Carly! I am also considering having my wedding at the NOW. We went there in October and it was very nice. Trip Advisor has mixed reviews but we really enjoyed it. We have stayed at the Dreams Tulum before too and it was comprable to that. The only thing I didn't like about the NOW was that their room service menu wasn't the greatest but that really isn't a big deal. Let me know if you want me to send you some pics of the resort! My email is [email protected]

I am getting married on June 11, 2011, and I am currently trying to decide between 2 resorts in Riviera Maya- Dreams Riviera Cancun or NOW Riviera Cancun. I am joining this forum to gain information and advice during my planning