Kbodchill

THanks so much for the heads up! We just ordered a bunch of hand sanitizers at 0.75 cents each! In tropical drink sents! Also used your code too! Thank you so much for posting!!

Hi CanadBride 2011 and Lesley F! I just wanted to say thank you so much for taking the time to write your detailed reviews of the weddings! It seems like the weddings are only getting better and better at Grand Sirenis!! I really appreciated your reviews! In other news... My finacé and I are legally hitched! We went home 2 weeks ago and had an intimate civil ceremony with only our immediate families. I wore a red, Chinese style dress and the ceremony was held in a park with asian gardens. Short and sweet, the ceremony lasted less than 10 minutes. Now... Countdown to Mexico for our symbolic ceremomy and rockin' reception!!!!

Has anyone received email from the WCs lately? I recently re-sent an email that hadn't been responded to in over a month, and still nothing...

Hi Jessica and Vero, I'm totally in the same boat....! We're actually flying home to Manitoba to get married with our families, but you're right, so long as we live here, and QC has issued all of our official ID documents (driver's licence, Health insurance card) we'll have to retain our maiden names. Boo! While I love living on this QC side (rather than Ontario) this is one law that I am not a fan of.

Maybe maybe not, but you don't know unless you ask right? And remember... Money talks!

@jacksongrl: No prob! @MJKH: Sorry for the delayed response! We've got house guests over and things are crazy over here! From the impression that I got, I believe there won't really be much of a rehersal (even at the `rehersal` dinner). I don`t think the planner goes to the dinner . I might be mistaken, but I think that they go over it with you when you meet with her to tie up all your loose ends prior to the wedding. This is fine with me, I just want things short and simple, personally From what I understand, what they'll give you is one dinner at an a la carte of your choosing prior to your wedding with your entire group (this can be whatever you want it to be , rehersal, welcome dinner whatevs). The entire restaurant may or may not be booked off for that time slot depending on how big your group is and which restaurant you chose. We asked about doing a second group dinner but they said they wouldn't organize it. You'll just get the one. AS you said, it would be pretty difficult to organize a second dinner by yourself for 35 ppl at the same time because of the limited timeslots available at the restaurants. If you want a second dinner, I would suggest to give all your guests a specific time to go to the main buffets (Tulum or Akumal, I believe) and just inform a server of your party size 10 mins in advance. There is always enough room and enough chairs there! It may not be private, but everyone can eat something they like at least! Hope this helps!

@jacksongrl: Hi there! When you first mentioned bars, my first thoughts were the beach and the poolbars, but this is really more of a daytime thing. If you were going for afternoon, I'd say the beach bar. For everning, I'd say the "Tequila" Lobby bar. While I do like the service at the Mezcal bar a bit better, I think there's more space on the Tequila side. (The Mezcal bar is almost underneath a spiral staircase so gets a bit cramped.

@MJKH: We've talked to the coordinators about that and what they said was, welcome dinner = rehersal dinner. THey will set your whole group up in an a la carte but they told us they don't really book off whole thing. There will be people in the restaurant before and after you, probably. And since they're organizing everyone to be there for the rehersal I don't think they'd do it on another night... However, depending on your wedding size, if you choose a restaurant accordingly (some are smaller/larger than others) you can arrange it so that it's prettymuch only your wedding guests!

I know the forum seems a bit slow this time of year... It's a bit hot for weddings! It's funny though, I swear, right now it's hotter here than in Mexico!

Welcome Mrs. K! And congrats!!! You sound like my wedding twin! Ì`ve been twice already and our wedding will be our third trip! We're doing the presidential package and palapa and we're staying for two weeks, bringing our own photog! (and have about 60 people) I'm looking forward to hearing about your planning and, of course, the wedding itself! Welcome to the forum!

Hi Kileelaine! Congratuations! Your review is very helpful and my fiancé and I loved your pictures! It's one thing to read all these reviews about the food, and the party, and the champagne and the ceremony, but it is a whole other thing to SEE the food, SEE the fun, SEE how happy you were! Might I just add, Kilee, that you looked GORGEOUS! Your photog was really superb too! One of our guests is doing the photography and I'm gonna show him these pics to give him an idea of what we're looking for. Looks like you had so much fun at the reception! I can't wait for ours!!

Kileelaine, I'm off to check out your review!

@Donnaalec Congratulations Donna! And thank you so much for the detailed review! It sounds like everything was very well organized and ran smoothly for you! It's also good to hear reviews about the other WCs. I've only been dealing with Aracely so far so, it's good to know, in case Aracely is not available, that we'll be in good hands with the others! I will be friending you on FB, I can't wait to see your pics! COngrats again! Kara/ Kbod

Very nice Marichu! The designs are very pretty! You did a really great job! I'm sure your guests will love them!!

What a cute thread! All the brides on here are beautiful! Real women, real bodies, lovely ladies! Whenever I pick my dress, I'll definitely post!

@Aahq45 and JayKay: Haha :) I like it with diamonds too! Budget be damned!!

@Boo: The centre stone is an "Amorique" cut stone, which is a modified cushion cut from Birks I think I finally figured out what I want for a wedding band, I just can't decide if I want rose gold with or without diamonds...

@Shalo : Same thing here, we were going to do a transat package but after comparing all the options we decided to go with the Presidential Package. I believe we'll be doing a symbolic ceremony and cocktails at the Palapa beach and then the reception in the palapa itself We haven't gotten into much detail at all with the planning because its so far away. Aracely asked for the basics (day, location, package) and then said we'd discuss more three months before the date (but of course, if we had any questions in the meantime, we could email.)

Thanks Prettypigpig! I saw the post and it seems like Topsparter or Babyonline is the way to go!

Hi All, I'm also looking to have a lace dress made! Does anyone have any Topsparter lace dress reviews, or other positive comments about other dressmakers who've done lace dresses? THanks ladies!

These are all great questions about how the food choices work (steak, surf n turf, and so on). Was this figured out at a meeting with the coordinator ahead of time or on the spot at the palapa? Also, has anyone had experience with the vegetarian option? (I think I read I while back that there was an issue with it in one case...) I disappear for a while and wow, this forum has really taken off! Excellent! I'm really happy to see all the new GS brides and I can't wait to hear how everything goes for your weddings!

@Shalo: Hi Shalo!!! Congrats!! We're there for two weeks so I'm sure we'll run into each other! What sort of package are you looking at?

Look at all the Sirenis Brides joining the forum! Welcome everyone!!! @Suemun, THank you so much for the wonderful review! It sounds like your daughter's wedding was lovely! And I'm glad to hear the Presidential Package, the Presidential Room, the palapa and the ceremony worked out for you! That's exactly what I'm planning on doing next year! Your review is VERY reassuring, thank you for posting!!

Lovely! You did a great job!!

No problem Michelle! Sometimes I go while between replies myself just because I personally find that sometimes I get a bit foum addicted and need a few days off, lol. I think some of the others on the forum feel that way too The resort is great! I've been twice already! It's not perfect of course, but no resort is. Like Denita said, the best thing to do is to start at the beginning and read through the whole thread, you'll find lots of good info, and most of it is fairly recent! (the past few months really!)