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Wow, your pics are gorgeous!  I love the playful one with you two and your cake.  Congrats!

Wow, those are amazing!!  Yay for crafty moms!

Ha ha, yes, it is a real parrot!  My FI and I went to Mexico back in February (Dreams Tulum) and the resort photographers brought different animals around every day.  We bought quite a few of their pictures.  They turned out great!  We have one with a tucan and then there were two of these parrots there.  I had a co-workers photoshop this one for me.  )

Speaking of, I need to learn how to do that so I can play with my wedding photos! 

We are still awaiting our confirmation but we are looking at May 2nd at Azul Sensatori in the Riviera Maya. 

I haven't done a whole lot yet.  Most of my time has been focused on finding the resort.  Now I'm trying to determine my color scheme, invitations, bridesmaid dresses, etc. 

For the dress, I've pretty much exhausted all my options at the reasonable retailer, Davids Bridal.  So, I am going to the Running of the Brides tomorrow and I am hoping with all of my might that I find THE dress (and wouldn't it be fantastic if it was at the $250 pricepoint!)  Whoo hoo!!

What about you? 

Thank you ladies for all the reassurance about the cocktail party. ) 
 

How long did it take everyone to get confirmation on your date when you sent in the deposit form?  They were quick to let us know the dates available and to hold one but once I sent them my money, no more communication!  WTH??  My FI won't do any further planning or talking without that confirmation so I'm kind of stuck.  Then, my WC told me that they only allow so many groups at a time so I have to do that soon.  I wanted to wait a month or so to do the groups b/c I figured that would be a good time for people to book (when all the airlines have their prices out and all).  Ugh, I'm feeling very pressured to make many important decisions all at once and I want (and I believe am going to) take my time! 

Ahh, okay I feel better now.  Oh, and I'm going to the Running of the Brides tomorrow!  Please cross your fingers for me that I find my perfect dress!! )  That would just make my day!

Originally Posted by amandamarieb 

But of course!
 

For the 20% you get it off food and drink. That includes the wedding cake. 

You can have you're ceremony flowers transfered for sure. That'll just be part of your set up fee (probably around $100 depending on what you have to set up.) In an effort to save money, I am having actual bouquets hang from the chairs at the ceremony lining the aisle. Those flowers will be tied loosely with a gold ribbon. When it is time for the reception, my WC will move them to Zavaz Plaza and place them in the gold blume boxes I've bought. And there you go I have centerpieces. They are charging me $60 per bouquet and most of the centerpieces are listed as $100 so I think it's a good deal.  
 

Great idea ~ just may have to steal this one ) 
 

Nice, when is your wedding?  I see you are doing Beaches in Turks and Caicos.  I would have loved to have gone there but thought the distance would make the cost too great. 

It is definitely a small world.  Maybe we can chat online and maybe meet up sometime.  I know non-brides sometimes get tired of hearing about all the planning!  Ha ha. 

Brandy, when I clicked your name, I noticed your color scheme.  Do you have any pictures or inspiration ideas?  Those are the colors I have been considering as well!  Great minds must think alike!

I live in Newburg, it's south of Waldorf.  Are you from or living in So MD? 

Hi ladies,

Southern Maryland bride here!  I'm coming to DC for the ROTB tomorrow and I'm very anxious.  I really hope to find a dress amidst all the chaos.  I decided to go ahead and do the crazy morning part just to say I experienced it.  So, I'll be leaving my house about 4:30 tomorrow morning!  Yikes!  Fingers crossed....

And this is completely not wedding related but does anyone know of any available jobs?  I'm way down in Southern Maryland though so DC/NoVA is doable but the southern outskirts would be best for me.  I'd love to work for the National Center for Missing and Exploited CHildren or something in investigations.  I have a very broad background and a degree in teaching.

If anyone can help out, that would be fabulous!!  Thanks so much and best of luck to all the brides going tomorrow!

I was considering going to the El Dorado for a night or two as well. 

Girls, when you get 20% off a private event, say your reception - what exactly does it take 20% off of?  And I read that someone asked about the ceremony flowers, are they transferred to the reception site? 

And, is it lame to not hold a cocktail party and just have guests mingle at a lounge/bar for an hour? 

Great pics!!!  I love the b&w ones with the pop of color!!  Congratulations!

Wow, great stuff.  Can't wait to see your wedding pics.  I think we may have almost identical tastes! )

Great job and thanks for the information.  Definitely copied some of your comments to "borrow!"

WOWZERS!!  Most definitely the best I've ever seen!  Great job

Congrats on your confirmation Lauren!  I submitted ours last week and still haven't heard back.  Stinks just waiting!  I feel like I have sooo much to figure out before the ball will even get rolling. 

The water is a bit of a downer for me as well.  Some pics are good and some are bad.  I guess it just depends on the day.  So, hopefully all our wedding days will be the better days )

Originally Posted by MaggieandJay 

Looking at the dress, I totally think you could pull off both colors; If it's too much maybe put the Maid of Honor in one color and everyone else in the other? I think with a shorter dress you can get away with both for sure!

 

I can't open it. Can you email that PDF to [email protected] please?

Just sent!  ) 

And hey, I was just wondering ~~~~~  Where are all our recent Azul bride reviews?  I've seen Amy's recently and then the remainder were back around May  

Originally Posted by amandamarieb 

Ladies who have had or are having hair and make-up done in the spa. What were you quoted/charged?

 

My make-up is covered but might need my hair done. Also, some of BM's and MOB will want thier hair done too. I would love to pay for this but have no idea what to expect.

 

My WC sent me over the PDF's but the proces are really steep for the bridal packages and I don't need all of that anyway. Is there a place I can find the a la carte prices?

Looks like bridal hairstyles are $85 - doesn't give any other up-do pricing so I would assume that would be for all members of bridal party (kinda pricey)

edited spa_menu_sensatori.pdf

Originally Posted by amandamarieb 

I can answer that for you. The "free" part of hte package is the minimum number of nights booked by any guest in the lowest room category and they you have to pay the difference. We havea guest satying for 3 nights in the cheapest room. I think that was $467 and then multiply that number by 2 (since it is bride and groom stay free) and you can subtract that from the toal you owe from your room.It is important to note that the discount is a refund after your stay and not a true discount. Not amazing, but hey I'll take it...another $950 saved!




 

And Meredith, yes that's what we did. We were already booked but we particpated and got an upgrade. Ask your TA about it.

 

Okay, so we have plenty of people coming.  I would assume you can't get both the B&G stay free and the premium suite stay with the "free" $2500 wedding, correct?  Or maybe our rooms will add up to be enough for that, I don't know!!!  I'm so confused!!

And what kind of upgrade did you get? I participated in the webinar before I booked but like you said, I didn't book within the 10 days. 


 

Originally Posted by KittenHeart 

 

I made a spreadsheet of everyone with the day they were arriving and their flight arrival times. When we landed the airport in Cancun and headed to the hotel, I timed how long it took from the time we left the plane, got through customs, got our bags, got our ride and arrived at the hotel and met everyone in the lobby as they arrived to check in and gave them their OOT bag. I missed a few that arrived early but I just called the front desk, found their room and walked it over to them.

Man, you are sooo organized!!  I need to snag your brain for the next ten months! )

Originally Posted by daniepps 

 

Good morning ladies!  I see if you miss a week you miss a lot on here!!!!  What's up with the new look and why are our tickers gone???? Well if we still had the ticker mine would say "3 DAYS!!!!"  I can't believe it's here already.  We're on the way to the courthouse now to do the legal ceremony and then we leave for Mexico early tomorrow morning.  I've been packing and getting everything together which is why I haven't been on here in a week but we're pretty much ready to go.  I forgot to take pictures of everything for my planning thread before I packed it so I guess I'll take pictures in Mexico when we unpack. 

 

Adios Ladies!!!!  I'll definitely post some info when I get back.

 

 

 

BTW:  Amybermuda I loved, loved, loved your pics!!!!!

Yay, congratulations!!! Hope you have a fabulous trip with gorgeous weather!  Can't wait to hear all about it!!

Originally Posted by amandamarieb 

Ok Ladies so I need som help deciding on flowers. i thought that I send you photos of my "look" so you can have a good idea of what else is going on.


This is my dress:


Here is FI and groosmen's suits:

They are also wearing matching vests and sage green ties

Here are the bridesmaids dresses:
Bridesmaid Dresses - the source for bridesmaid dresses fashion at Mori Lee Style 268
They will be in sage green incase that didnt show up

I am going to have 6 of these bouquets tied to chivalir chairs with gold bows. They will line the aisles as well:


I want to have dried lilac running the aisles:

I was originally going to do all white and green flowers but now think that there needs to be some more color. What do you think?

To go along with the ones I've shown you, which do you think would work best given my adversion to too much color and wanting everything to feel antiquey and romantic?

Here's one option. I would change a couple of thinsg...no branches out of the top and a gold ribbon. Also more garden green filler instead of bright green.

Here's the other option:
I would do those flowers as is.

Let me know what you think.Thanks for the input ladies!

Originally Posted by LAURERN1564 

Hi Everyone!

I am new to this so I have a lot of questions. We're planning on getting married @ Azul Sensatori May 25th, 2011. We are still waiting for our date to be confirmed.

We will have over 15 rooms booked. Have any of you received discounts for travelers for booking so many rooms?

I know that if we book at least 15 rooms we stay for free, but I feel like a discount should be offered to our families?

Any insight would be helpful, I have nooooo idea what I am doing

Thx,
Lauren

Originally Posted by amandamarieb 

Quote:

Originally Posted by LAURERN1564 Hi Everyone! I am new to this so I have a lot of questions. We're planning on getting married @ Azul Sensatori May 25th, 2011. We are still waiting for our date to be confirmed. We will have over 15 rooms booked. Have any of you received discounts for travelers for booking so many rooms? I know that if we book at least 15 rooms we stay for free, but I feel like a discount should be offered to our families? Any insight would be helpful, I have nooooo idea what I am doing Thx, Lauren

Congrats and welcome.

Are you using a travel agent or just going through the resort? If you use a travel agent that person should be able to negotitate room rates for you.

Also, make sure you are looking into all the packages available. I have 32+ rooms booked and we qualified for a lower group rate, the bride and groom stay free promotion, 20% off private events and a free cocktail reception for 50 guests.

Take my advice and look into every promotion the other girls on this thread mention getting. That's what I did and now I have saved myself well over 3k.

In addtion to all the incentives, I also talked the resort in letting me downgrade to the free wedding package even though I am getting married on the sky deck. (I do have to pay the $1700 for the location though). Originally when I booked the lowest category avialble if booking the sky deck was the silver package but other girls mentioned that they qualified for the free wedding package. I asked and they gave it to me.

Congrats on booking Laurern1564!  Welcome ~ I'm still a newbie myself and on the learning curve as well ) 

I am using BestDestinationWeddings.com for a travel agent and they offer the incentives amandamarieb mentioned above. 

I do have a question regarding the bride and groom stay free though - my FI and I are interested in a premium suite but I'm wondering how that works with the B&G staying free.  I would assume the free room would only apply to a standard room but I will look into it with my TA and let you all know when I find out.  If anyone knows now and could let me know, that would be fabulous too!  We would like to get the stay for free and maybe just pay the difference in rooms if possible. 

Thanks!!

Beautiful pics Taylorwd!!!

Such an amazing thread Amy!! Thank you soo soo muc for sharing! Can't wait to steal/borrow some of your fabulous ideas!

Wow, you ladies are plugging right along! I feel so far behind Guess I better get to work.

I'm awaiting my confirmation at Azul Sensatori for May 2nd, 2011.

Can't wait to get to know all the ladies on here! )

Fabulous! Thanks for the heads up!

Canadiansandy,

Those colors sound beautiful!