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To the ladies that have gotten at MP that used the ipod set up.

1. Were you and your hubby introduced by the tech?

2. did they request a specific play list?  Meaning....a list for dinner....a dancing list.....etc?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by beatyea 

 

Hey girls- for those of you that are booking through MP directly- how long did it take for them to "create" the booking link and give it to you?!?! 

Almost a week I think!

Hmmm...My wedding is the end of August and my WC told me that it was about 75 at night for dinner.  I chose a dinner on a terrace but you're making me think that I should have picked indoors.
 

Originally Posted by Bojanglesgirl 

Thank you JLR1726!  that helps out a lot.  We are looking to have dinner indoors, late July early august is too hot to have dinner outside!

You will have to write Janina and ask for a new contract.  I did the same thing.  It's a different contract for a symbolic ceremony but is not a problem.  We are getting married in August 2011 and I switched recently with no problem.

Originally Posted by mrsjdh2b 

Start calling.....I realize they are busy but it's a little frustrating when you send emails and it's taking a week or longer to hear back. I'm calling Janina this week. She wants the contract back by the 8th however she hasn't answered my email from last week. (We are changing our ceremony from civil to symbolic. It saves about $600 and we don't have to do blood test here. So we have decided to go to the JP the day before we leave and just not tell anyone.) So I asked her if we needed to sign a different contract and no answer. I'll be calling this afternoon.
 

 

Thanks so much! Do you recommend the 12:00 time or do you think you had too much time between?

Originally Posted by kyndall 

I made my hair appointment with Karla kestrada@palaceresorts.com.  I can't remember exactly how much my hair cost but I know I used the hotel points.  Our wedding was at 5 and my hair appointment was at noon.  I had tons of time left so there was no stress.  My bridesmaids didn't get their hair done.
 

 

Hi girls, I know that this has been posted before but can someone tell me again how much hair and makeup cost?  Also, if my ceremony is at 5 what time do you suggest I make my hair and make up appointment for?  Does anyone have a recommendation for who to use for hair?  AND does anyone have the # to call to make reservations for me and my bridal party?

Thank you !!!

Originally Posted by kris10kay 

 

We officially booked Ismael yesterday! and I ordered our bridesmaid dresses today!! I love being able to check things off the wedding list!

Have you spoken to the resort about Ismael?  Do you think that you will pay for a day pass or for a room??  I'm pretty sure I am going to book him too thanks to you and Alison!

Would you mind sharing the template? My e-mail is rae12vb@hotmail.com .  I COMPLETELY understand if you don't want to!
 

Originally Posted by Leigh17 

I just designed my own logo on PowerPoint, and then I saved it as whatever type of file was required on VistaPrint & then selected Upload an Image when VistaPrint asked what design I wanted to use for a product.  Once it was uploaded on their site, it was saved to my account & I could use it on all the products.

 

 

 

Alison, did you write a review??

Were you right on the terrace of the brazilian restaurant?

Originally Posted by alison15 

The Brazilian Restaurant is great.  There is an outdoor patio area you can reserve at well.  However, the mosquitoes were so bad when we were there we had to eat inside but it was still great.

 

Ismael website is http://www.ismaelpachecoblog.com/

 

Here is a link to all of mine that I uploaded to snapfish http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=5496027007/a=76078641_76078641/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
 

 

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!  Your wedding looked amazing!  Did you bring your own decor or did they do it for you?
 

Originally Posted by alison15 

The Brazilian Restaurant is great.  There is an outdoor patio area you can reserve at well.  However, the mosquitoes were so bad when we were there we had to eat inside but it was still great.

 

Ismael website is http://www.ismaelpachecoblog.com/

 

Here is a link to all of mine that I uploaded to snapfish http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=5496027007/a=76078641_76078641/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
 

 

Thank you so much!  If two people recommend it, I'm booking it!  You guys are such great help!!!

My WC , Lily, is asking me what restaurant I'd like to have the reception.  Does anyone have any recommendations?  We have about 25-30 people.  We are getting married in August.  I'd like to be outside, but is there more of a fee for that?

Can you send me his website?  Are you getting him a room or just paying the day fee?  He charged your $1000 right?  What does that include? I might use him too.
 

Originally Posted by kris10kay 

We officially booked Ismael yesterday! and I ordered our bridesmaid dresses today!! I love being able to check things off the wedding list!

Thanks so much!  How did you get your image done and uploaded?

Originally Posted by Leigh17 

I started by going to http://www.vistaprint.com/deal2010 which I think offers more free items than just going to the VistaPrint site.  The free item that was most important to me was the tote bag which is free through that specific VistaPrint link.  I designed my tote bag once (& uploaded my image once).  Somehow I never paid for the upload of my image (maybe there was a promotion with one of my early orders), but regardless you only have to pay for the upload once & then you can use the logo free on as many other products as you want.  I started with the tote bag & then I would design and add the other various free products to my cart.  The shipping on the tote is a little over $4 & I would add a few products that just made the shipping go up a little.  For example, I ordered a tote bag, a pen, a sticky note pad & a note pad and the total shipping came out to $4.41.  (I just did a sample order with those products a few minutes ago & the shipping totaled $4.92).  After you add each product, go to your "cart" and then press checkout & you'll see the shipping prices.  Play around with your order to see what combination of items gets you the most economical shipping price.  The shipping varies based on the combination of products, but the weirdest thing is that sometimes adding a free item (like a pen) would make my shipping price for the order go down.  It doesn't make any sense!

 

Any item you remove from your cart is saved in your account, so you can go back & order it any time (even if you don't order it right when you design it).  It's sort of a game trying to figure out the best combination of products & best price.  When I would have brochures in an order, the shipping was a little more, but I never paid much more than $15 for an order & for those $15 orders I was getting a lot of products.

 

After the first order (if you just want a lot of those products), then you just go to your order history & click "reorder."  Then you get the same products for the same price you paid for the first order (minus the design fee if you had to pay that in your first order).

 

It seems very inefficient but since you can only get one of each of the free items per order, you have to do it that way to get the best prices.

 

Hope that helps!

 

Good luck!

 

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Can you explain again how you did this on Vista print?

I'd love to see your photos from your photographer if that's possible!

Originally Posted by shan0487 

Let me know if he gives you the rights to the photos!
 

 

I didn't want to order them.  I thought that they were very over priced for something very basic.

Originally Posted by shan0487 

Were you happy with the bags from Vistaprint?  I have a $50 giftcard to use there and I need to figure out what to use it on!

 

 

Congrats!! I can't wait to read all about it!

Originally Posted by Blue&StarfishBride 

Hi Guys! We leave in a little over 24 hours and holy molly I am a bit stressed, pulling an all nighter to get everything packed! I am so excited tho! Hope that the weather will hold up for us!

 

Anyone else leaving this week?

 

I did and for 20 bags it was coming out to be about $120.  I thought that was a lot compared to what everyone else has been saying.

Has anyone tried the Avery iron on sheets?

Originally Posted by DiamondGirl 

Have you tried Vistaprint.com?

 

 

Did anyone get their OOT bags from Vista print?  I am trying to order $20 bags and it's costing me about $120!!! 

Has anyone started their OOT bags?  I am searching for some bags so that I can put our date and an image on it and they're all pretty pricy!

Does anyone know of Lily the wedding coordinator??  I hope that I have her name right.

Wonderful! would you mind messaging me???

Originally Posted by MelnCamp 

Hi Rae, I've heard that Martha Stewart's website is great for budgets: http://tools.marthastewartweddings.com/wedding/UserMyBudget

 

Once I've set a spreadsheet, I'm happy to send you mine. 

 

Happy planning,

Melanie

Does anyone have a good budgeting worksheet?

That's fabulous!! Is this the first time your hearing from her?  When did you book your wedding?? July 9th is coming soooooon!  Congrats!!

Originally Posted by raulmaria 11 

I just heard from my wedding coordinator!  I'm so excited.  She actually scheduled a phone call with me tomorrow.  We have 97 guests confirmed and a few more to go. 

 

Wedding Date is July 9, 2011