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Not really OOT bag items, but Haute Look has some great décor on sale right now and they ship to Canada, with a flat rate shipping fee. I've ordered from them a few times and have always had great luck.
This a member's only site so anyone who wants an invite can use this link http://www.hautelook.com/invite/JThompson3115
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I also used the DJ provided by the resort, I was scared as many other past brides have said they were horrible. I guess I got lucky b/c the guy we had was great, he played a nice mix of music some really current stuff as well as some great oldies.
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Yes it is. Feel free to send me your address & I can get a quote for shipping.
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You could do what I did, go to your local dollar store and buy sleeves of trading card protectors, bring them home and use a hole punch to put a hole in them and then use the luggage straps to slip thru. I'm also from Canada so I feel your pain! I purchased clear luggage straps from Ebay I think I got 100 for about $6 and the trading card sleeves (hard, rigid plastic) were 10 for $1. I just used Word and made my own custom tags to put inside the sleeve.
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The bridesmaid dress was on clearance for $49 at a wedding show, I belive it was an Alfred Sung dress.
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Originally Posted by MK71809
yes I changed it 2 every setting I could possibly find. I caved n went n bought a new one :-/ HP OfiiceJet Pro (or something) what type of HP did u use? Thanks for replying 
Kara
HP Deskjet All in One F4280, the only thing I had problem with was the ink smudging on the pearlized paper, had to let everything sit for a long time to dry completely.
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Did you change the printer settings to cardstock? I had the same problem until I played around with the settings. I have an HP printer and mine kept jamming until I found a setting that worked.
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I have an odd request for any upcoming brides who are going to the Grand Sirenis in the next few weeks. Can someone please take some pictures of the wedding coordinators office? When I was married there last year they asked if they could bring in an outside photographer to take some pictures to use for marketing purposes and I'm curious to know if they used any from my wedding.
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Originally Posted by bettyuff
Please. if you can send me the PDF´s to : [email protected]
I bought the presidential package two months ago, and in the contract it says transportation for 10
I had 9 people for the airport transfer as my documents stated 10 people were included, when the van pulled up it only had seating for 8 so they had to call for another, not a big deal the other van arrived in only a couple of minutes. They may have changed it from 10 to 8 so they would only need to use 1 van rather than 2.
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Originally Posted by MrsJustin
Hi everyone,
We're booking our wedding for December 16th, 2013 at the GS. Thanks to everyone for sharing your information with me! I truly appreciated it and it certainly helped with making our decision. I'm wondering if anyone has stayed in the Presidential Suite when they got the Presidential wedding package? Were you impressed with it? It says subject to availability so I'm worried we won't have it for the week of our wedding. Each travel agent I've worked with hasn't been able to book it for us and Yeniza said that usually, you'd only get it on a first come, first served basis when you arrive. She also said they'll put you in another room with similar amenities if the suite isn't available but I read on here in someone's post where the back-up suite was just a room in the timeshare building that wasn't quite as nice. I really hope that most couples who book the Presidential package were able to stay in the Presidential room!
Cassandra
I had the presidential package, but did not get the presidential suite (my own fault, I only upgraded about 2 to 3 months before the wedding). We were given a room in bldg. 19, right on the beach. I had stayed at the resort before so I knew what a reg. room was like and our room in bldg 19 was much nicer. Our balcony overlooked the beach, we had a nice little sitting area, 2 flat screen tvs, computer with internet (great for checking for updates from our photographer), a nicer bathroom and the furnishings were updated. I saw pics of the presidential suite on here and yes it is nicer than the room we received but we barely spent any time in it anyway so it wasn't an issue for us.
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Originally Posted by NSinyerd
Hello,
Does anyone know if there is any seating/benches near the Palapa that is already onsite that we don't have to pay extra for? I have elderly guests and I want to make sure they are comfortable. I know that you can rent the lounge furniture but thought I would see if there is already something on the beach. I am not worried about how it looks just want to make sure they have somewhere to sit while waiting for entry into the Palapa. I don't remember any other seating in the area other than the lounge furniture we rented.
Did anyone rent an extra golf cart? We are considering it but weren't sure if it was necessary. We have approx 32 guests. Any info on this would be great! I didn't but kind of wished I had. At the end of the night we had to wait for a golf cart to come pick us up and it was probably at least 15 minutes or so, about half of the group ended up walking back. The golf cart was also late picking me up from the spa for the ceremony. Pick up was scheduled for 4 pm and it was about 4:20 before I was picked up, it was fine though, nothing was going to happen without me!
I am looking at the bride's bouquet and bridesmaids bouquets.. does anyone have an info or pictures on these? I was thinking of getting the small size for the girls and the medium sized for myself. The brochure that i was sent only has photos of the medium and large sizes.
Also, we really want to have paper lanterns hanging in the Palapa. Has anyone rented the ones the have at the resort? If so does the cost of renting them include the set up fee? Sorry, I can't help too much with this one, I did take my own lanterns and paid the set up fee. I was beyond impressed when I saw my lanterns plus some of their huge lit lanterns hanging down.
Thanks!!!
Nicole
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Originally Posted by tesharae
Thanks for the links Nicole, unfortunately I cannot read those yet though. I haven't posted enough yet.
I think I have those now though, thanks anyways!sgreen99 - As far as I have seen/read it should be for your whole stay. Paying that much $$ for the presidential package and only getting it for the night is ridiculous. I was thinking about switching from my Transat package to the Presidential just for the suite but they said 'last minute' (2 months before my wedding) they cannot guarantee the room is still available. Its saving me a $1000 not switching so ultimately their loss. Wow 9 days you must be so excited!! We had our suite for the full week we were there, although I didn't upgrade my package until about 3 months ahead of time - Presidential suite was already booked. To compensate us for the difference we were given a suite in the Time Share bldg - top floor with a balcony overlooking the beach. This suite was much nicer than the reg suites, but I saw some pictures of the Presidential and this suite was smaller.
Nicole - The lounge furniture is $2500 pesos to rent. I am bringing everything for my decorations (centerpieces, chair sashes, table runners etc) and as far as I know the 'decoration/set up' should be included in your package that you bought. Set up may not be included - I took all my own decorations including paper lanterns and I had to pay per lantern for having them hang from the palapa. I can't remember how much it was per lantern, I'm thinking about $5 US. There is also a delivery fee for the lounge furniture, about 500 pesos if I recall correctly.
Extra guest is $240 pesos
Paper lanterns are $100 pesos each, the acrylic lighted balls are $200 pesos each.
I think the chair decoration is free as long as you aren't picking tiffany chairs, which I am, and its $5 CAD per chair. Tffany chairs are included in the Presidential pkg.
Thats all I really know, hope it helps!
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Originally Posted by sgreen99
Did you have a plan of the space to decide who sits where & do a chart up?
No, I just gave them a list with table numbers and guests.
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Originally Posted by sgreen99
Did they give you any sort of a guide as to the table set-up in the palapa? (IE to do up a seating chart?) What are your thoughts
The tables that were used at the palapa for my reception were round and could fit 6 to 8 people, 9 if I really wanted to squish them in.
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Originally Posted by 1dutchie
Would anyone have 2014 pricing available..? Because that is really what we are looking for but I would like to get some sort of idea so 2013 would be great also! It sounds as though the Presidential Package comes with all the bells and whistles.. from what I have read. We like the idea of the Palapa and from what I have read it is available to you for 4 hours.. Are these specified hours? Is the Palapa for the reception / dancing only or do the guest eat in there? Or do you eat at one of the restaurants first and then go there..? Is the resort able to accomodate in case the weather is terrible and move the group inside? Thanks for your help!
I can't help with the 2014 pricing, but I can answer a few of your questions. The palapa is available for 4 hours, you can have it for more but they will charge you per guest for the bartender and per hour for the DJ. I don't belive the hours are specified, you can schedule your dinner/reception for the time you want. You can eat there depending on the size of your group, I had 35 people and there was plenty of room. In the case of bad weather there is a back up location, I believe it was somewhere inside the spa. The location of the palapa is away from all other areas of the resort, except the disco.
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Originally Posted by MaiLuna
Hi girls!
First I want to say that I appreciate all the reviews and comments here, they has been really helpful!! I will get married at the Sirenis at June 2013. I has been reading about the locations, flowers, photos, and a lot of stuff. But I'm really worried about the DJ! Does anyone here have something to say about the DJ that the hotel provides with some of the packages?? How is the sound equipment? Should I take with me the music? Does the DJ speak or something like a host ??
Thanks!!
I used the resort DJ and was totally happy with the guy I got. I didn't request anything in particular and he played a lot of current songs that got my group up and dancing. He didn't do any speaking but that may have been due to the fact one of our guests became the unofficial MC for the evening. The sound equipment was fine for our needs, they provided a microphone for the speeches.
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The presidential package includes the private beach location out by the disco. It's worth going with the presidential package just to have the palapa and all the other perks that go along with it - upgraded suite, spa treatments, etc.
Originally Posted by Oilersbride
Lol yah but I don't think I want to spend another 400 just for a patch of beach... At this point we are leaning towards the presidential package... Hopefully that will just include the secluded area -
I wouldn't stress too much about it. You will meet with your wedding coordinator for about 3 hours once you arrive and go over all the details. You should take all your decorations, favors, music, etc with you to the meeting. Make sure you have a seating plan done with menu choices if necessary and the rest will fall into place.
Originally Posted by ashk
Hi sgreen99,
Wow looks like you and I are going to just miss each other!
I have a travel agent/wedding coordinator, and she finds that it usually takes at least a week to get an answer back. We're at 39 days and counting, so this seems to be fairly par for the course right now. It is my understanding that the resort wedding coordinator will schedule a meeting with you once you're down there to finalize all the decisions. Unless you're waiting on information to make decisions that can't wait til you get there, I would say don't stress about it
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Pink linens and pink sashes have been sold, orange still available.
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I bought one of these pouches last year at my local dollarama - I never used it for my camera, but had lots of other things in it and nothing got wet. I think they were $2 when I got mine last spring.
Originally Posted by Loreal30
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Have you considered the Ocean Turquesa? It's in the area, all inclusive and family friendly. When I was there it was pretty laid back and quiet.
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Yup, I know all about this one! I packed them after spending hours making my own DIY tags for them and they never made it to Mexico. They called for me over the PA at the airport before we boarded, took me inside a little room while I watched them open my luggage. They took the sparklers but were very nice about the whole thing even offering to let me remove the tags so I could buy new sparklers once we got to Mexico.
Originally Posted by LAtravelgirl
I know this is an old thread, but if anyone has experience packing sparklers, please post if there was any issue at the airport with having them in checked luggage.
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I had to pay an extra $40 per person for a plated meal (only 10 guests were included) the cost is for the extra staff they need to have on hand to do private functions or at least that is what I was told.
Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya Brides??
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They could walk, but I wouldn't recommend it, it's pretty far from the Presidential location to any of the bars, except for the Disco, which won't be open. We paid extra to have the lounge furniture set up so our guests would have a place to sit. We probably spent about an hour doing pictures and my guests enjoyed the appetizers and champagne and just mingled.