SarahWitt

Also, This forum offers a lot of great information, I know most of this is about the SPA side of Aventura, but I was wondering if anyone actually stayed and got married on the cove side & How everything went? I have been reading a few tripadvisor reviews of the Cove specifically and there have been mixed good and bad reviews in general of peoples experiences, and its starting to make me a little nervous for choosing the Cove side, even though I have to for the families with kids. If anyone has any feedback, its appreciated:)

Here are a couple pictures from my friends wedding, there were so many of them, and it was really great with them there in the background!

Sorry...I meant Saturday is our Ceremony, not "Then on Friday, basically we have the cermony......" and me blabbing on about everything...

Your pictures are so great!! That makes me feel so much better about the photography!!

I am sure it will all work out, and the people who come are the people who are making the effort and truely care about you. I know with my immediate family, wedding party and fiance's immediate family who is coming we should have about 30 people, but our friends/family are very last minute planners, so they probably wont book until it gets down to the wire. Which is frustrating when you are trying to plan! . But you just have to know its an expense maybe not everyone can afford, and even though you gave them proper timing, the ones who truely care, will not see it as a cost as much as others. I am going to do my OOT bags, but probably not until April. I dont see the need in taking all of that stuff down there, when half the time no one uses it or just ends up throwing it away. I am going to do something simple, like get koozies, fill them with mexican candy, and get fun fake ray ban sunglasses for everyone to wear around the resort, week intinerary/thank you letter and tahts it so far. I want it to be small and meaningful, versus a bunch of random stuff that I know people wont use. And plus, I really dont want to bring a lot to mexico that I dont have to or feel is unnecessary or even I can get through the resort at an extra cost just to save the hassle. My friends got questioned at customs, luckily her fiance is hispanic, so talked the guys out of it and you are only allowed $300 worth of merchandise, which you need to bring the receipts for, so its not worth the hassle to me. I have stuff in mind that i want, and pictures printed of them , but mainly I am going to have a cocktail/welcome party on Friday night, as a private event, so everyone can mingle and introduce each other if they already havent met. Then on Friday, basically we have the cermony, I am going to let people know they can go to the lobby bars, or pool bars near by, or even go freshen up depending on how hot it is. Then we are going to take pictures with the wedding party, family and such. Then after have an outdoor private dinner buffet with everyone which also will have Mariachi's playing. Then we are going to have a very long reception/dance. We are going to go inside to one of the ball rooms, and have a DJ/Bar/Cake/Speeches and dance the night away until 1 or 2am. You only can have a reception so long outside due to noise ordinances, which our friends and family are the type to party all day/night, so I dont want to end it early because we are outside. I am not bringing extra decorations. I am going to reuse my bridesmaids flowers as centerpeices since they really only need them for the wedding. I am going to make a guest book that I will bring from shutterfly with pictures of us, friends & family, but honestly from being at my friends destination wedding at the palace resorts, and hearing everything about her experience and answering my questions & reading this forum, you barely notice the little things so to me its not worth bringing it, especially because of customs and bringing the OOT bags, bridesmaids presents, my own things I will need. So I am using the decorations from the Saphire Package, then just add some things for the dinner/reception and have the resort take care of it. If you do have questions, honestly I am sure I have asked it or know the answer, since my close friend went through this also. I feel like I am prepared and know everything just have to lock it down. So feel free to ask away. I have asked Yesenia a million questions, so feel free to ask away and I will tell you everything I know. I am nervous about everything coming together, yet feel so much at ease with everyone on this forum saying how fabulous it turned out.

Hi, I am actually getting married on the cove side on May 26th, so just a few weeks after you!! I would love to hear how yours goes once you get back, along wtih the weather and what yours guests thought!! I actually sent out save the dates in August, sent the actual invites out this January. We sent a total of 95 invites. I only have a few RSVP's, my guests deadline is to RSVP by March 9th and book their rooms by March 22nd, thats when my link goes inactive. However, we didnt do RSVP cards, I created a free website off google, and created an RSVP document within the website, so they go there to find out any information and to RSVP. I know you can extend the book date dealing for your rooms, you just have to make sure Yesenia extends the group link and they should still be able to book after that cut off date. I am a little nervous as well, just I know a lof of people have said they are going or want to, but have yet to RSVP or book anything yet. They do have almost 2 months to still book, but I still get nervous that not as many will show up as I think. I am really wanting to get those room nights so I can get some of the benefits. I guess they still have some time. Its frustrating because you want to plan, and you cant do some things unless you have a head count, so most things will feel like last minute. But with everyones experiences and I have a friend who recently got married at the Vallarta Palace, and they all seem to be fabulous, with small hiccups if anything. I have mostly been communicating with Yesenia in the Miami sales office. She generally responds within 24 hours. She said my wedding coordinator would reach out to me 90 days prior to start nailing stuff down! So I am just waiting on people to book and to be contacted at this point. I am doing lots of reading to figure out things that I possibly want to have. I chose the Sapphire package.

For the mariachi band, she had hers during her outdoor private dinner. So I mean I guess we could of danced with them, but since we were eating no one did. They are more so for atmosphere and experience. I am most likely going to copy my close friend and do the Mariachis at dinner, and then a DJ for the reception because our friends like to dance and go crazy lol. Depending on how long your reception is, you could do both, or do the Mariachis then switch to an Ipod or something too.....I hope that helps.

My Close friends had the Mariachi Band at their wedding and they played during dinner which was outdoors. They were AMAZING! There were like 10 Mariachis, I know they cost right around $1000, but they were WELL worth it, and they said they dont regret spending that much because they were great, they were a lot of them, and it was perfect.

And I was wondering, what is the talk with this hotel turning into a Hard Rock? I am have not heard anything about that.

I do have one question. For your makeup...Did you do your own makeup? Or will the SPA also do your makeup the day of the wedding? Just want to plan accordingly. I am planning on getting my hair/nails done at the SPA and making reservations for myself and bridal party in advance.

I am getting married on the Cove side on May 26th, 2012, and I am so excited. I feel like everything has been smooth sailing, but I am getting anxious to start planning the details. Yesenia told me I wont be contacted until 3 months before, which puts me in Feb or early March. I know that should enough time, but makes me so nervous! Congratulations to all of the brides on here, happy planning!!

If you dont mind emailing me your finished template, I am trying to work on mine, but any inspiration to see how you did some things would be great!! [email protected]

I created my own boarding pass using the AlyeeBits template as well. However, when I did a test print, it wont let it print, or it doesnt print the entire thing. How did you get them printed on your printer with the boarder settings? Also, you said you used a corner punches for the edges, but how did you get that indented area (the part that goes in that back up towards the edge), did you manually cut it? Thanks for your help!!!

I created my own boarding pass using the AlyeeBits template as well. However, when I did a test print, it wont let it print, or it doesnt print the entire thing. How did you get them printed on your printer with the boarder settings? Also, you said you used a corner punches for the edges, but how did you get that indented area (the part that goes in that back up towards the edge), did you manually cut it? Thanks for your help!!!

I created my own boarding pass using the AlyeeBits template as well. However, when I did a test print, it wont let it print, or it doesnt print the entire thing. How did you get them printed on your printer with the boarder settings? Also, you said you used a corner punches for the edges, but how did you get that indented area (the part that goes in that back up towards the edge), did you manually cut it? Thanks for your help!!!

I created my own boarding pass using the AlyeeBits template as well. However, when I did a test print, it wont let it print, or it doesnt print the entire thing. How did you get them printed on your printer with the boarder settings? Also, you said you used a corner punches for the edges, but how did you get that indented area (the part that goes in that back up towards the edge), did you manually cut it? Thanks for your help!!!

I created my own boarding pass using the AlyeeBits template as well. However, when I did a test print, it wont let it print, or it doesnt print the entire thing. How did you get them printed on your printer with the boarder settings? Also, you said you used a corner punches for the edges, but how did you get that indented area (the part that goes in that back up towards the edge), did you manually cut it? Thanks for your help!!!

I created my own boarding pass using the AlyeeBits template as well. However, when I did a test print, it wont let it print, or it doesnt print the entire thing. How did you get them printed on your printer with the boarder settings? Also, you said you used a corner punches for the edges, but how did you get that indented area (the part that goes in that back up towards the edge), did you manually cut it? Thanks for your help!!!

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