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These personalized wine charms are great as favors for weddings, showers, parties etc! I made these personalized charms for my guests at my wedding and used them as the 'seating assignments' as well as their favors. It was a HUGE hit! I can use as many or as little crystal beads as requested as well as your preferred colors(wedding colors maybe?) Please provide names and preferred colors of the charm and beads! I use a glossy finish on each charm for an elegant look. Each order contains 4 charms for $16 but I offer discounts on bulk orders.

Hello all I just had my wedding at the royal pdc on apr 10 and just want to quickly say how AMAZING everything turned out!!!!! Everyone can't stop raving about it! And I have to tell you about hotel la tortuga...we had our welcome dinner there and OMG amazing food staff and ambiance!!! Maria is absolutely awesome to work with!! Highly recommend!! My husband and I plan to go back and stay at that hotel.... Because of the amazing advice ideas and feedback I've received from here I feel I owe it to future brides to provide a detailed review and plan to do so when I get back from my honeymoon...just wanted to quickly drop in and let u know how amazing the resort and wedding experience was!!!!! Thanks guys!!

hey guys, i want to place maracas on each chair for the ceremony and would like to attach a tag with a quote on it and would love for your help! i want the maracas to be used after we are pronounced husband and wife and instead of throwing rice i would love for them to shake the maracas....in the past i came across some quotes and totally lost those pages...any suggestions? less than 2 weeks to go!! i cant believe it!

didnt your wedding coordinator send you the dinner menu brochure? you can also find it posted on the hotel's website under weddings...

ya theres a ton to choose from...im having a hard time choosing: Mash potatoes au gratin Spinach sautée with cream Potato skins filled with Cheddar cheese Mushroom sautée au fine herbs Sour cabbage with ginger Roasted sweet potato au sesame seed perfume Risotto au Parmesan cheese Ratatouille Grilled vegetables Egg plant enveloped in prosciutto Vegetables julienne au olive oil Pasta any style Cauliflower in Hollandaise sauce Broccoli au gratin Rice noodles au coconut Soufflé potatoes Asparagus au gratin Vegetables lasagna Season’s veggies with almond butter Fried rice Vegetables tapenade Cactus duxel Caramelized sweet potatoes Zucchini purée

Would anyone know which sides/garnishments would be the best choices?

hey guys - would anyone be able to tell me how the hotel will know who is a non-real resort guest on the day of the wedding? im just wondering if i really do need to disclose all non-real resort guests...not trying to be shady about any of this, just wondering how lenient the hotel is. thanks!

hi guys - can some past brides tell me how many people per table they had and how many tables altogether looks best at a beach reception?

2011 Brides kshows - February 12, 2011 MichelleCrock - February 26, 2011 Elizabella75 - February 26, 2011 DiahR - April 1, 2011 GC2008 - April 10, 2011 pineapplebride - *maybe* April 2011 Suzy831 - April 16, 2011 Jennie0521 - April 28, 2011 ChicagoBride2011- May 1, 2011 speedy130 - May 7, 2011 SarahE786 - May 15, 2011 rosieposie - May 22, 2011 Maritza - June 3, 2011 risa 1818- June 12, 2011 Jozee84- June 15, 2011 JHarris - June 17, 2011 Bride2B22- June 21, 2011 Sweetle - June 24, 2011 Prettypigpig - July 4, 2011 Heidi88- July 22, 2011 miadionne - July 23, 2011 Augustbride2011- August 20, 2011 Bride2bDebbie - November 20, 2011

kshows - can you tell me who your WC is? im wondering why i am getting alot of push back from my WC. if i can ship a box or two, it would help me tremendously...and i think i'd be willing to risk the loss of the boxes....

The resort is definitly not big, I'm guessing but I would think The Royal and Gran Porto would be considered small compared to other resorts. When we went in April we noticed wedding groups meeting up and hanging out by the pool or on the beach. thanks guys...i guess it looks pretty big from the pictures i've seen. does it get crowded by the pool or on the beach? my wedding is april 10 and alittle nervous there will be tons of people there because of spring break.

Hi J&E - i've asked and begged and begged to allow items to be shipped ahead of time. my wedding coordinator said the resort doesnt allow this....unless i've been misinformed? btw im from jersey city too! welcome!

for past brides out there - was the resort too big and crowded to be able to meet up with and find your guests? im trying to get a jist of how big and crowded this resort can get...

i want all of the purple ones please!

thanks all for your responses! im sure in the end i'll be extremely happy with the end result...i guess im just concerned about making everyone happy and as my FI say, i cant make everyone happy. there will always be some complaining with whatever we choose to do... Nadiah - thats a good plan...funny thing is that i had done that already. i sent everyone the prices for the royal, gran porto and real hotels to give them different price range options. my guests never really gave me a reason as to why they are staying in tulum other than the fact that they want to check that town out. oh well... heres another dilemma - my FI thinks we should not give them OOT bags because they wont be coming to the welcome dinner, which is when i plan to give the bags to everyone...i will only be able to see my 'tulum' guests on the day of the wedding.... thoughts anyone?

bride2b22 - i dont exactly know why some guests chose to stay off the resort. my guess is they felt that the gran porto and royal were to expensive for them. i cant force anyone to stay at the resort and they all understand they wont be able to spend time with us but they still made the choice, although some of them will be getting a day pass to spend some time with us.... i do have 4 guests staying in tulum about an hour away so they wont be spending any time with us including the welcome dinner...i will see them literally only for the wedding....although its there perogative, i think thats extremely rude.

ha! thanks Suzy - yea i really need to stop torturing myself like that...and i have totally questioned every single decision we have made too! wondering if i should have done june and not april, jamaica or los cabos, etc...im driving myself nuts! and yes, we totally wondered if we should just have had our wedding here rather than destination too! i guess my concern is making my guests happy. i know its our wedding and all, but im really stressing over making sure my guests enjoy themselves....

so has anyone started to doubt or second-guess their choice on where to have the destination wedding? ive booked the royal month ago and i find myself looking at other resorts questioning if i made the right choice. now im obsessing over Tensing Pen in Jamaica and wonder if it would have been a better choice. i think im stressing becuase 1/2 of my guests have decided to stay at other hotels, not at the royal nor the grand porto and wondering if would have been a better experience to have done it at a place where everyone would have stayed at.....looks like you book the whole property at tensing pen and about 45 guests can take over the place. anyways, its definitely way too late to make any changes to our wedding....but just wondering if others have experienced the doubts beforehand....

wow! i didnt think anyone would have experienced what im experiencing! i keep telling people that im not forcing anyone to go, im not forcing anyone to even stay at our hotel....we are having an AHR to accommodate those who cant go...i dont know how much more accommodating we can be short of just moving the wedding back to my local town which, sorry guys, no chance in hell we are doing!

anyone come across this?: some of our guests are complaining we are having our wedding at an all-inclusive resort because they feel like they are getting cheated since my FI and i will be paying for the welcome dinner and food at the wedding? i have also had some people make comments about how our wedding must be inexpensive since the guests are staying at an all-inclusive, making the assumption that our guests food at the wedding will be considered part of the all-inclusive food. it just irks me knowing how much money we are shelling out per head for our wedding! has anyone encountered rude comments like this from your guests??

Hi Janine - I am getting married Apr 10 2011. can i get on this list for the blue starfish?? this is such a great idea!

oops...i just read the rules of this forum and didnt realize im not allowed to send templates over email. once i have permission(any day now!) i will post my template on this site.