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We just got back from our wedding in April and we used M and J photography as our wedding photographer! If you are looking for great service and value you should contact them! Micheal and Jennifer were gave standout service from the beginning when we booked them! I know how scary it can be to find vendors and not everyone has the budget for some of these photographers, they provided a great pictures and were professional for a really great price Here are a few samples of their great work!

We just got back from our wedding in April and we used M and J photography as our wedding photographer! If you are looking for great service and value you should contact them! Micheal and Jennifer were gave standout service from the beginning when we booked them! I know how scary it can be to find vendors and not everyone has the budget for some of these photographers, they provided a great pictures and were professional for a really great price!

I was also assigned to her. She seems friendly and willing to help. Sometimes it does take a day or 2 for her to get back to you. Bit overall very nice and accommodating!

I can not believe our wedding is like 3 weeks away!! Almost everything is in place..couple of questions for those of your who have had your weddings there.. 1. Who was your onsite? I have Denys and she seems to be a bit slow on the responses. Any suggestions on a switch or is it normal to take 4 days to return messages? 2. We would like to do a family dinner on one of the nights to introduce the families to each other..but we have 17 in our group! I have contacted the OWC to see if we could make a reservation at one of the restaurants..any suggestions on what you did..we don't want to do the buffet as the next nigh is meet and greet of all of our guests and we are doing a buffet then. 3. Do they do rehearsals? I mean how does my bridal party know what they are doing on the day of the wedding? 4. 5 of us are going to the Spa to get hair and makeup done..will they let you bring in food from room service? we are doing it from like 11:430 to 3:30(that is how they scheduled us) and we are going to need to eat! Any help or suggestions would be great! I think I am pretty much done all my linens arrived, gift bags here ..found a second dress at JC Penny for a steal for the trash the dress! Wohoo I am a MRS. in like 3 weeks!!! Can't wait!

M and J photography. Great people to deal with, originally from the US and we got a free THD underwater session!! Great prices and super accommodating!

I am also taking my chances with the spa. we booked several of my bridemaids and my mother as well. I am also going to go to bobbi brown make up and have them do the makeup and then take lots and lots of pictures and I am also going to have them do a style sheet with what was applied where, like eye shadow. I am also having my hair done up here and taking pics..what did she mean by book? they have a book of hairstyles?? I got my bags from vista prints today! Love them..got the medium size and it is great to double as a beach bag..if you just want it to be a small gift bag you could certainly do the small size! Great deal on a nice bag with the 50% off coupon..I will try to get a pic an post them this week!

Hey Ladies, I have a questions on something...we are paying for the $350.00 vendor fee for our photographers, but Ana tried to sock me with extra fees for them like cake fee of $30.00 for both, cocktail hours of $50.00 for both and the extra hour fee for $50.00 for both. I understand the dinner fee since they will be eating but the rest they will not be taking part in as they will be taking pictures. As of right now I had her take them off the guest list and I am going to deal with the onsite about this in March. Has anyone else had this experience and how did you deal with it or were you just stuck paying? Thanks for any info! It just seemed silly to me to have to pay for those things if I am already paying $350.00 for them to be there and they won't be eating cake, drinking and will be gone by like 9pm??? Oh also if you are looking for a nice personalized gift bag, go to Vistaprint. If you look up vistaprint coupons on google and you have never been a customer you will 50% OFF..we got canvas pags personalized for like $5.50 a piece for 20 of them! Plus we were able to get thank you note at 50% off as well! Pretty good deal when you do the comparisons! Oh can someone add me in on the list..I can not seem to figure out how to! April 27th!

Hey everyone! Well are wedding is coming up quick and I feel like w had alot done. We are doing our own candle luminaries. Actually pretty easy to do if you have any graphic experience. You can buy the paper for like 5.00 a pack! I am having Marvin do my flowers! Gave us some great prices and I am lucky enough to have a florist as my mom's best friends so we are buying flowers in bulk from him and our guest is doing all our butounieres and bridemaids bouquets as well as decor on the chairs and huppa for me! That kept the cost way down!! Found a really cute idea on Martha Stewart for programs and designed my own menu's, just have to print them all. Table linens, found some great sites for linens and napkins and still cheaper then renting from the resort! Made out appointments for hair and makeup at the spa. A little frustrated that they have 1 of my brides maids earlier because our photographer is coming to take pic of us all getting ready. Hopefully that will get rectified(anyone else see this problem) Or is anyone here having someone come in to do hair and make up in the room and know a good company. I am just worried they would charge yet another vendor fee for this. Just need to pay off the final payments so I can get switched to my onsite WC.. Really excited picked up my dress and getting alterations started next week!! Everything is coming together! Won't be long now until I am a mrs.!

Hey Ladies the time is flying! So much to get done and ofcourse not enough time! I am wondering if anyone here has some good sites besides etsy for birdcage veils with detachable flowers? I have only really found these on Etsy. Most other places you buy them separate. Just curious how everyone has done it in the past. I thought the idea of them coming together yet being detachable was really neat, so I did not have to wear the veil the entire evening! Also any good sites to find cute sandals for bridemaids and bridal shoes that are not heels? My dress is coming in finally next week!(so excited) and they told me to wait on shoes until I actually have my first fitting as we had to do a hollow hem. I would love the input! Lastly a question on entree's. Which fish did you find the tastiest? We are trying to decide between the salmon and the florentine fish? Any suggestions? Thanks!!!

DeniDen - April 20, 2012 Qgirl2- April 27th, 2012 kellygrrrl - May 5, 2012 queenoftheu- May 19, 2012 Kate112 - June 5, 2012 rsosadpt - July 7, 2012

I am okay with a guest putting everything out. I am fortunate enough that my mom's best friend is a former florist and wedding coordinator and if going to make alot of the stuff for us to save us big money. He will be in charge of the tables and flowers and has offered to do it all for us! As of now I am just going to keep my mouth shut with Ana and not really go into any more details to avoid the"no's" and the costs. I think I will just wait to speak to the onsite at the wedding about the photographer. I am sure they will say not a big deal. Thanks so much for all your feed back! Makes going through all this alot easier!

Well I think I made the mistake of asking ana questions I think you are right I will just discuss there things with my Onsite WC and leave them be for now. I thin I get her in March..like 6 weeks before or something. Good plan..

okay everyone I have Ana as my WC and honestly she seems to be not willing to work with you on anything. She told me I had to have the flowers delivered to the security gate? Anyone else have this issue? If not who is your WC as I want them! Also anyone have the photographer from the resort included in their package take the cocktail hour instead of the ceremony. Meaning your outside photographers did the ceremony and during the cocktail hour the resort photographer managed that? Again she told me flat out no. It seems like everytime I try to switch the tiniest thing she says nope. Wondering if I should try to switch to another girl..any body have another girl who is easier to deal with? I would appreciate it!

Who is your wedding planner? Just curious. I left ana a message but in a previous message she said any delivered flowers will be considered and outside vendor fee..Who did you speak to on the phone?

I have a question about flowers. I would like to use Marvin for my centerpieces and bouquet and some other bulk flowers(my mom's best friend is a florist and is putting together the bridesmaids and the boutonieres and decorating the beach area) Has anyone else used Marvin and not been charged a vendor fee for using him? And if so when and how? Marvin is stating that if delivered to the lobby the resort will charge me the $300.00 frickin fee which is ridiculous! Please let me know how you did it with avoiding the fee as many of you on here have used him and stated that you avoided a fee. Thanks!

one more question for today..trying to bang out alot of wedding stuff today..have the time finally! I recently found out my reception location was in front of pelicanos..I am not thrilled about this in any way. My main concern is pictures because that horrible pier is there.Has anyone has their reception cocktail hour here? and how did the pictures turn out. Also does the ferry run all night? Also concerned that will be in the back ground. I am just trying to figure out what I could put up to block out that horrible pier! Anyone do anything like this? Like shears or something? I have contacted my WC about it to see if there is anything they can put up,but no repsonse yet. Thought maybe someone on here might be able to help. Thanks!

Thanks! The vanilla idea is great. I also heard they have some sort of honey that is made in the riveria maya that i am looking into. My fiance does not like the maraca thing..says it is done too much. He wants it to be different. I like the maracas though..will have to check it out. Thanks for the info!

I am starting to get my gift bags together. We are doing more of gift bag than a OOT bag because some of our guests can only come for a limited time due to work and family. I think I am going to put in a hangover kit, a small first aid kit with bandades etc. What I would really like to do is give them some gifts from us that are known in the area. I was wondering if anyone who has been down there could give me some ideas. I have been reading up alittle on the PDC area and these are some ideas: - Chocolates, Apparently PDC is known for its chocolates. - small bottle of tequila from the area - key chains - shot glass I have budgeted about 20-25 dollars a bag per guest or couple. I have never been to the area and was wondering if the 5th ave district will have cute shops where I can purchase these items relevantly inexpensive. Any input or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Anyone who is looking for cute gift bags Vista Print is running a sale on Cotton totes that can be customized. I think the bag I am looking at is only $5.50 a piece for 20 with a customization! That is a great price. We want to do a tote so they have a beach bag!

Curious to where you found your lanyards? That is a really great idea! Also the travel mugs? I was thinking of doing those but I am concerned with having to bring them down to Mexico..not sure how that would work. Maybe they let you check trunks??

The reason I am so angry is because in the beginning I asked for the Gazebo beach and they flat out lied to us and said our wedding would not fit there..which is will with only 4 tables. You can say all you like about them..they should not advertise on the website only 3 wedding times is they are doing up to 6 a day. We booked with the understanding it was not a wedding mill and it apparently never used to be..these are changes that have happened over the last 2 years. I feel as if you are attacking me on the basis of really not knowing the entire story. I have had to fight for little things like a choice of entree' or covered chairs outside..I do not think that is asking for high end service. I am just asking for honestly. My TA is actually in Mexico this week and plans to pop over there and have a chat with them..their organization does not like being led to either, I should have been given the option of that beach since it was not booked. However they just want to make it easy for themselves, book yet another wedding at the Gazebo and use that beach for that wedding. I own a retail business and if I treated my customers like this, well I would not have any. And honestly go back and read..not the only person who feels they are screwing them!

The reason I am so angry is because in the beginning I asked for the Gazebo beach and they flat out lied to us and said our wedding would not fit there..which is will with only 4 tables. You can say all you like about them..they should not advertise on the website only 3 wedding times is they are doing up to 6 a day. We booked with the understanding it was not a wedding mill and it apparently never used to be..these are changes that have happened over the last 2 years. I feel as if you are attacking me on the basis of really not knowing the entire story. I have had to fight for little things like a choice of entree' or covered chairs outside..I do not think that is asking for high end service. I am just asking for honestly. My TA is actually in Mexico this week and plans to pop over there and have a chat with them..their organization does not like being led to either, I should have been given the option of that beach since it was not booked. However they just want to make it easy for themselves, book yet another wedding at the Gazebo and use that beach for that wedding. I own a retail business and if I treated my customers like this, well I would not have any. And honestly go back and read..not the only person who feels they are screwing them!

Well it is depressing because they keep messing with people and changing things and not giving what is promised. I am sorry but for the amount of money I am giving to this resort there is not reason there should be an additional reception on that beach. Noise carries on beaches. Which means 2 DJ will be fighting it out. Plus if there reception starts before mine we will hear all the muisc down wind..not ideal. I am paying for the most expensive package and adding additional ala carte..honestly it is just disappointing that they really are not interested in your needs or wants ..they just want brides that will come down and have a cookie cutter wedding and be happy. They give alot of false advertisement starting with their web page. But like I said we may just take our business somewhere else.

Well Ladies I have to say I am not so impressed with the Royal thus far. I have had alot of issues with them and may be looking for another venue. I have had to put up a stink for simple things like covered chairs outside(as that is what they showed me), and 2 different entree's for dinner just for small examples. They treat you like a check book and not a wedding which for what we are spending is really unacceptable to us. I have now had to bring in my TA because I requested the beach in front of the Gazebo for my reception and they are telling us it is no longer available??? Which means they either A) booked another reception on the beach or a party at the same time as ours..not going to work as they noise will travel on the beach or B.) scheduled a wedding at the gazebo at 4pm and don't want setting up to be going on during that wedding. Which honestly is not my problem,,it is there and they should not be putting weddings so close together in the first place. When I originally signed up for this resort they showed only 3 times to get married a day on the website but in talking to them sometime do up to 6..which is really pretty ridiculous. It is obvious all they care about is profit and not your actual wedding. So we will see what happens with our reception, My TA is not confident that they will frankly care as to how they have re-acted to other things. Personally I would never recommend this resort to anyone who is looking for a personalized experience where they feel they matter,it is more of a wedding mill like Sandals now. It will sadden me if I have to tell all my guests we are moving to another resort, I do love the look and location of this resort but the service is not up to par. However my TA did look into other resorts and found the El Dorado Royale for the same price we are paying. If this reception thing does not get fixed I will be looking into that location, which honestly 3 months out from my wedding is not ideal. I wish everyone here the best of luck with this resort and don't just let them dictate to you on what you have to do..it is your day!

I am getting a bit worried. It seems as though everyone does not like the beach option as a ceremony option. We picked mexico because we wanted to get married on the beach. I am requesting the beach behind the gazebo for the reception. Hopefully I will get it. But everyone on here has us really worried that we made a bad choice for the ceremony and I know the Gazebo is not available because there is a wedding 1 hour before us there. Any one out there get married on the beach at the royal? We also choose the beach for the reception..I know you can only have 5 hours but that will be enough for alot of our guest..most of us young people will just go out after if we need to! Also anyone here use the Royal's lounge furniture? Was it nice? Thanks!!