Laurelyn

Did everything work out with the maracas?? I want to order mine but it seems fishy!

i am looking for the flight and the hotel accommodation for our guests

Hey has anyone had any luck booking a wedding for $1500 or less at an all inclusive in the domincan?? (In a good resort) I was thinking february, march, or april

I am hoping to plan my wedding without bringing a photographer. How is the photographer at the resort?

If your brave enough I waited last year until August to buy my husbands suit from Le Chateau. We ended up getting a really good deal and for his pants jacket and shirt it came to $150. Also I will check at home for you but I think I do have the swatches for the $99 suits and I don't mind sending them on to you if that is what you are looking for.

Yummy rum punch I didn't even think of that.... Also the grey hound is a very good drink thats basic and easy to put together. I don't know why I couldn't come up with ideas, I think it may be the weather here with its none stop rain its not very inspiring to plan a summer party with!!

So my Sunday afternoon tea/sandwich reception has now turned into a Saturday afternoon/evening/set up a tent kinda of event. We are expecting around 100 people are doing a big chick & rib backyard bbq. We have 60 bottles of wine and two kegs but just need to figure out what types of cocktails we want to have. We have no one catering the event so we are hoping to make up big batches that people can help them self to but don't want to just leave vodka & rum out for anyone to help to them self to. Can anyone help me with some summery yummy concoctions that can be made prior to the event??? We were married in Cuba but all I can think of for drinks from there is mojitos and pina colodas and mojitos I think might be to much work and we don't want to do frozen drinks so those are out to....

Such a great help!! I've been trying to figure out exactly what I want to do for my AHR invites and these are defiantly right up my ally! For the business card did you have her design it on etsy and then you just copied it to VP or did you design it yourself right on VP?

You can order pepto from amazon and it was reasonably priced.

These are the same as mine they are such great dresses!! Nope from a local bridal store but if you go to there website they have a store locator on it.

I had the same inspiration as you! and this was me on the day. I love how your hair turned out by the way soo pretty and spot on from that picture.

Our plane never did fill up in the end but the resort was fully booked by February. Also it was spring break for BC and ON and the newest and most popular resort in Cuba at the time. Also its hard to say with a TA I can see their point of not wanting you to be disappointed but I really highly doubt that it would be booked up full at this time you are still 10 months away. I would say the average person just going on holiday wouldn't even start to look until September. Have you thought about contacting one of the lovely TA's on this site they might have a better idea and be more realistic with you.

Well depending on what type of resort your choosing would be a factor but if it is a typical large all inclusive resort I don't think you have to worry about the rooms being sold out this early. Also if you have chosen a resort see if your able to put down a deposit to hold your wedding date but make sure it is refundable. I initially had chosen Dominican Republic and had put down a deposit at a resort and everything and then ended up changing my mind and going to Cuba. The first resort had no issue with refunding me and then the one in Cuba didn't even require a deposit. Also not to sure what country you are in but I know in Canada a lot of the vacation suppliers offer a one time price drop up to 60 days before departure. So as much as I know how hard it is to wait to book I think I would if I was you at least for a month and see where the prices go. Also try out different TA's. I managed to get a way lower rate from an online booking site I then took that rate back to my TA and gave her the option to lower her quote to me which she did happily or I would move on to someone else. It saved me $150pp! Sorry to ramble and I hope this helps I just know that this part was probably the most stressful for me because I just wanted to get everything booked and settled!!

I had my wedding in Mar 2012 and I started to look for prices back in Mar 2011 and the prices were so high! I ended up booking at the end of June and we got a great deal and I never once saw the price go lower! So my advice would be wait until June and hopefully then they will have the early booking deals up and you will find a much better rate.

They were Bella Bridesmaids by Venus #LM3408.

So I only came across this thread about a week before I left and of course I had a taffeta dress. With no time to get a second dress to do a TTD I went in with my wedding dress and well you weren't joking about them inflating..... There was no sinking me. Oh and another tip is be careful if you do go with a taffeta dress in the pool trying to get out is like trying to pull out a 100lb weight. I almost ripped my dress a couple of times.

My dress on the big day! I loved it and am so happy with my choice. One thing to think about if you choose a taffeta dress the wind will puff it out at the bottom or at least it did with my dress lol.

These were my bm dresses. I loved them and all the girls liked them so much plus they had a corset back so they were easy to fit and no alterations to be done

So I went for it and TTD. It was so much fun and well worth it. I wore my wedding dress and it came out totally fine and cleaner then from the night before. Heres a video my photographer did to help promote TTD. I have no idea how I'm going to choose my favourite photos!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6AKZRay9Jc&feature=channel&list=UL

Hey Canadiangirl I just checked the tracker on the parcel and it you should receive April 3rd but it is already in ON so you might just get it sooner

The bubba's were the biggest hit at my wedding. Everyone was soo happy to receive them and I don't think there was a day when people weren't using them including at my wedding lol.

For the ladies worried about the colours of the bubba mugs I ended up buying a selection of colours when they were on sale in the summer I had blue, black, purple and brown. Then two weeks ago when I was sorting through organizing my OOT bags and decided I really only wanted purple and black so I brought in the brown and blue ones with out even having a receipt and they had no issues with me trading them for purple and black since it doesn't matter to them what colours they are as they all have the same barcode. Oh and I did this at two different stores as I some how missed taking back some of the blue ones and they weren't on sale at the time either.

Oh man I forgot about this thread but oh do I need it today!! So my MOH decided to wait to book and well the resort sold out so she's now a 20 min drive away not the end of the world but still sucks that she will only be there for the one day. BUT I think my brother took the cake today!! We leave on Saturday and he is a GM as well as fully booked and paid. We have bought his outfit and his presents and well I heard from his gf today he probably won't be coming due to work not allowing him the time off. Don't you think that one would plan for this and at least call me directly not do it through his gf(his gf is one of my good friends but still!!)! So frustrated but at the end of the day everything happens for a reason and all will be alright!!

I would think you would have plenty of time. I only decided min Jan to order for my Mar 14 wedding and had no issues receiving it in time. Plus I would recommend ordering the swatches I ordered them on a Friday and had them by the Monday and soo happy I did as the colour I thought I would go with wasn't the right one.

I know I already posted my dress but it was a long time ago and it was the one from the store not mine. So here it is once again but with a fuller bottom from the crinoline. I can't wait to wear it in a month!