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Thank you so much for your advice. I actually ended up filling one room that day. Apparently people were waiting for our travel agent to get back to them and haven't booked because of that. I was not happy with her that day and kind of flipped out. I agree that Oct is waaay too early for many people to book and know their schedules....now i realize that. Back in June I thought that 5 months was plenty of time for people to figure out if they are coming or not but I guess i was wrong. I did however sign a contract but I feel like working in the industry they could have given me better advice, Im sure im not the only one who ended up in this situation. I felt pressured by them because they kept scaring me that prices will be a lot more if i don't reserve rooms NOW. I pray that i can fight for my deposits. My bridal shower is on Sunday and I am feeling nervous. I hate public speaking and im nervous about my thank you speech. It's silly but im actually feeling sick to my stomach about it. aaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!! Just had to get that out.

EMERGENCY!!!!!! So our travel agent just informed me that we have 3 rooms not booked and deadline is FRIDAY!!!!! or we will lose our deposits. Is anyone interested in booking March 7th-14th 2012?? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONTACT ME!!!!! Has anyone else dealt with this before? Is there any way at all for us to get our deposits back? My travel agent said that she deals with a supplier not the hotel so Im assuming its LOMAS. Is there anything I can do? Call them crying?? Im crying right now. Thats 1200.00 down the drain (200pp was the deposit) Its so frustrating knowing that more people will book just not by Friday. They only gave us 1 week extension. Please help!

Hey Everyone! The count down is now 150 days! I am having my shower next weekend and then its back to wedding planning. I'm using Claudia Rodriguez photo-anyone worked with her? She is one of the preferred vendors that wasn't on the original list. We are thinking of getting the mariachi band for the cocktail hr. Wer using a DJ, whatever one the resort recommends. Lomas and flowers: Okay so I looked at the lomas website and I think I picked out my bouquet (im going to order shells and a few real touch flowers from etsy.com to add to the bouquet) But I am not impressed with their centerpieces. Is it me or are they totally overpriced?? 3 glass vases for 100 to rent??? I think Im better off going to the dollar store. Anyone have any ideas for original but not costly centerpieces? Oh forgot my main question: anyone know the table dimentions? for the round tables? Thanks!

I am from Toronto Canada. We are having our ceremony on the beach with the reception at Zavas Plaza. My colors are coral and aqua blue. Maybe we can share some stuff. I was looking to bring my own fabric for gazebo and lights etc...lanterns maybe. We are expecting about 30 people i think, maybe more. i will find out soon enough. It's hard to know because some people I thought for sure would come, can't and others i didnt expect to travel are now coming, so we will c. Have you chosen a photographer yet? I am going with Claudia but still have to pick which photographer we want. Our friends are all really excited about the destination wedding, it will be a first for everyone and we have a fun crowd so it should be a great trip We just attended the last wedding of the season so now we're next :S Starting to get nervous. Yay, Im glad we'r not the only ones in March now Congratulations once again!

oh yay! im not alone in March anymore Where are you from akopca? Its been a while since ive been on here and boy does the time fly. the countdown clock on Weddingwire actually makes me wanna throw up. My shower is coming up and ive been busy getting that ready so wedding planning took a break for a while. My registry experience was not as fun as they make it look in movies. It was stressful never owning a house and having to decide what i need and what colours and i just felt so overwhelmed. The mothers kept being practical and i couldnt decide on stupid china patterns lol Then my fiance and I went together and it was fun. We just decided to say "who cares lets just get what we want" and without the pressure we actually enjoyed it. I am having my dress made, I just tried it on the other day and fell in love with it!!! so excited but so nervous about having everything done. i am a huge procrastinator. Congrats to everyone! some of the pics and videos on here look absolutely amazing and I cannot wait!!! After attending many weddings this summer all I can say is "Thank God we going away!!!" we are all doing the right thing ladies. woohooo!

I love the seashell bouquet!!! Its so unique. I just cant help but picture using that during the bouquet toss and killing someone lol but it really is beautiful and a great alternative to flowers. I think I may use this idea for centre pieces.

Wow the invites and the playlist look awesome...props on Prince choices Im a big fan !!! Ive been very busy at work so my planning had to stop for a bit. Can't wait for school year to be over so I can finally do all the fun stuff you ladies write about I also wanted to say thank you everyone for such great tips and advice. I don't know what I would have done without this site. SOOO happy I found it. I am truly grateful!!! Congrats to all who have gotten hitched while I was MIA and best wishes for upcoming weddings!

Where did you order your maracas from? I tried looking for plain wooden ones I could paint myself but all I could find were already painted ones that don't really match my colour scheme.

Congrats!!!! Have an amazing wedding can't wait to hear all about it. All the best!

Man .....how many posts must I post to graduate from a Noob??? I have still yet to make a guest list. Procrastination......why oh why this is so hard?

LOVE the dress!!!!! thats kind of what I was picturing for myself. I have been wnateing the one shoulder flowy dress. It will look so beautiful on the beach. Im very excited for you!

anyone watch the Royal Wedding? I was up at 5am w my best friend and MOH. It was so beautiful. really made me excited about my own wedding. I really feel that their love is genuine. Kate looked fantastic!!! Such a princess wedding, i loved it now im super tired and have to work still...ugh...thats what i get for getting up at 5am. Congratulations to all you April brides!!! Can;t wait to hear everything about your trip and wedding and post pics..pleeeease!!! Love is in the air today <3

Hi Girls,so the other day we all received an engagement party invite for this girl I work with. Her wedding is 4 months away and she is still having a shower and batchelorette and stag. Now the invitation had registry info in it. Personally I felt this to be very rude. Your engagement party is to announce your engagement and not for gifts I thought and when I googles proper etiquette it always says "never, ever put registry info in the invitation" Some people put their registry in wedding invite and although its not in my tatse I can understand this for a wedding or shower. But engagement party??? I fell like this girl is trying to make money.

hahah so cute I love it!

Im tired of being a noobie. want to post more so I can move up my status. Thanx for the tip Melissa! Im in toronto too so I will look up your invites for sure still working on that guest list. Came to my fiance's house thinking we'll talk wedding but he is watching hockey.....quess thats the beginning of married life hahaha. Its okay Ill get to do what I like and that is web search wedding stuff and gossip with the girls haha.

Awwwwww I just saw the video.....soooo nice. aww i m tearing up at work. Looks amazine!!! Congratulations, you look so beautiful and I love how the video almost seems like a mucis video!!! AWESOME! Im inspired

Hi girls! I went on Youtube and searched Azul Sensatori Wedding and there is a VIDEO of the Zavras Plaza. It gives a pretty good view of the set up and you can see how much room you have and all. After all my searching a looking at pictures and videos I feel like Ive been there already hahaha. I am in the process of making my guest list and finding it really hard to do. Keep procrastinationg. Any ideas on the invitations? I love the linen ones I saw on this site that someone actually made, they are just gorgeous. So I bought a few things to try a make that and let me tell you....i am so ordering them...im pretty creative but that is just waay too much headache. I also love the passport ones Ive seen. Where did most of you get your invitations? I ordered a couple of samples form weddingpaperdivas.com. But they all seem so generic. Wish I could get the passport ones made. dh

Me!!! March 10th 2012

oh I have a question: I have no idea what is "normal" for invitations. How much are they usually?? I dont know if I should order them or buy them or make them??? Any ideas? I have so far looked at weddingpaperdivas.com and it seems pretty standard but I don'tknow what to campare with. Thanks!!!

hi girls! My planner told me that most rooms are ocean view and looking at the pics, the way it is set up it seems that it's all facing the ocean. Maybe if you are on a lower level you dont see it much because you have the pools and everything in the way...i donno. I was also told that for an all inclusive it's not a HUGE resort and does have a more intimate feel. I also have a friend who went there last year and says that she loved it. I have a funny story to share: So ive been in wedding planning mode for a while now so I guess im past the initial stage where you realize "OMG IM GONNA BE MARRIED!" My FI on the other hand had this moment last night. I received the contracts and other paperwork form the resort. I needed my FI signature on one of the contracts. It was the funniest thing ever. He looked at the paper and it said "groom's signature" and he froze. He's like "Holy $%^&, thats me......" he was staring at he paper for what seemed like 10 minutes and about to sign but then he'd just make the signing movement in the air but couldnt bring himself to put the pen to paper. I was dieing of laughter. I guess I didn't realize that this was a big thing for him. I think he was sweating. Well the contract is now signed so theres no turning back lol

I love this forum!!! I will never get any work done at my job :S I just sent my deposit to reserve the date March 10th 2012!!! Yay! I am using a destination wedding planning agency and they highly recommended Azul Sensatori. They said that they do a lot of wedding there and have visited the resort themselves and their service was impeccable. The company is called Luxe Destination Weddings. They will deal with the WC there so I don't really have to make any long distance calls or worry about getting replies as well as collect money from people and bug them...weight off my chest. Is anyone else using a wedding planner outside the resort? Congrats to all the new brides! any 2012 brides out there?

aaaah! so excited that I found this thread I watch ALL of the real housewives but the OC is my fave!!! I don't really know who my fave is...maybe Gretchen but not after the way she acted at Tamra's pary :S if she wasn't over it why did she even come? If you don't like her then just say look we'r not friends so its better if I don't come. I think they are all a little crazy lol with too much time on their hands. But I love to watch for that same reason. i wish I had their life.

Team Angelina! i used to love Jen but I feel like the pitty she got from the break up was dragged out for waaay too long. I mean B and A have kids of their own and are living their lives for years, get over it already. I find her annoying now. I feel bad that ppl called Angelina a home wrecker...hello if a man is happy in his marriage hes not just gonna leave and she is the one who gave him a family he wanted so why does everyone pitty Jen so much. If their marriage was happy then they'd still be together. I don't approve of cheating but it wasn't a sex thing...they genuenely fell in love and have a family now. How can you hate on that. Plus angelina does so much charity in dangerous places.... I admire her for that.

So exciting! I love the BD shoot...very sexy. I hear so many of you bringing your own decor like lights etc. how do you bring everything with you? Did you have some major overweight charges? Do airlines give brides a break at all? Like an extra bag limit or something? Im trying to figure out what decor I can get that is light. But with all the OOt bags and Dress and my own clothes and shoes Im scared to have lke 5 suitcases lol

Hi girls, Just wondering...how do you ask FI family if they are plannig on contributing to your wedding? Is it rude to even ask? I kinda want to know where we stand budget wise. If they are contributing I feel like we should know what to expect. My family is paying for the majority of it and me and my fiance will cover some miscellaneous costs but it would be nice to know if we have help or not. Should we ask? Nothing has been offered yet but we are farely early in the game, wait and see? Or just assume that it's nothing and be pleasantly surprised later? What are your thoughts? Thanks!