sunnymylene

Hi Mya You can look on my profile, I have included a few setup pictures that they can do for the beach terrace. I went for something similar to the first photo in pink ribbons. The cocktail hour with high tables, next to the reception table. The sashes they use for the ceremony are simply removed from the ceremony chairs and put on the reception chairs... I didn't even noticed when they did it...maybe during the group picture on the beach. Additional colored ribbon on the canopy is 200$. I originally wanted purple and black...found out that price, and opted for purple only. The centerpiece included in the package was use one the ceremony table, and then moved to the reception table. I rented their glass round bowls 3 or 4 of them, at 5$ for beach sand, seashells and candles. My flowers were the surprise, I told them purple bouquet with white, they had sent me a few pictures and directed them, along with other pictures i provided. I was very pleased. I ordered silk flowers from Afloral.com like 5 weeks before departure (I suggest you do it earlier...!) for the bridesmaids. At first, i thought I would skip the centerpiece and ask to split the centerpiece into maids bouquets, they said they would be really small... Additional bouquets are 65$/bouquet vs silk flowers 16$/bouquets x4 of them. No brainer to me, and they look good. I enhanced maids bouquets with ribbons and charms and is a great keepsake for the girls. The cake thing, they can do basic cake decorations, but they wouldn't seashell decos, I was alarmed to find that out 2 weeks prior departure... I had a few options: 1- find molds in a craft store and make them with chocolate candy at home, but what if the customs would take them away... 2- get them done professionally here and bring them, same problem, plus how to keep them from melting on the plane, at the resort... 3-bring everything and get the chef to do it...at what cost ? 4- I did them in Fimo clay ! And the cake was like we pictured ! Keep it simple, and go with what you have provided, everything else that you want to add, you will find it in their wedding booklet. Good Luck !

Hi Mya, We had rented speakers and mic for the reception, and we had a MC. The dinner reception was from 6-9. We also had screen and projector, which was manned by a guy that came with the projector. We didn't use a DJ. We had a few ipod playlists that we took care of (or my brother). The projector dude was not associated with the speakers so would not (could not) touch the ipod to select the following playlist, but would adjust the volume on his music device. We had the projector for a video montage we did that we presented just before our first dance. After our first dance, the projector guy was able to play our video without the sound and play our ipod music. After 9pm, we didn't have bar service anymore, and people naturally moved to the central bar, some of them went to get changed. We hung out there for a while and ordered tons of drinks to bring on the beach and chill there and drink, we had mini speakers to entertain on the beach... If it wasn't on the beach, we would have moved to the nightclub. Hope that helps... Mylene

Hi Mya, I recently got married, january 3rd. It was like we had envisionned it. We had the divine package. We took the provided photographer, and we are really happy with the pictures. We added a 3-hour package, for a total of 4h and 84 included pictures. We had a few concept pictures we wanted to do and told the photographer few nights before, I showed him my pinterest. We had a first look through the 378 pictures, and chose 134, they gave us all the 134 (instead of 84) on the CD. We weren't to fussy about having professional pictures during reception in evening in the darkness, we were happy with candid shot from our guests. We choose to have 4h of photography depending on the sunset. Getting ready, the last hour at 1pm, ceremony at 2, group pics and family shots at 2h30 til 3. 3 til 5 (or sunset at 5h15 in january) for pictures in privacy filled our 4h. They are really good at being time efficient and taking the pictures you want. The day after the wedding we went on a Coba tour, so we didn't look at the pictures right away, and the following day was departure day, we stayed in Mexico for another week elsewhere, but if we had to take the plane, we would probably have missed it, cause we said goodbye to all our guests, and we left the resort at 5. I don't know, if we had to take the plane if they would have send us a link to choose the pictures at a later date., most likely. If you wish to see the provided photo montage they did with our pictures, PM me !

Anel sent me a few pics of the beach terrace, here my favorite one. I'm having mine there, it seems more casual there with the huts... My theme is Black, white and purple. Here you can see the chairs style

The online pricing does not include transfers to and from airport, and it's about 22$ per way per way. I called Bookit to obtain this info. My TA includes transfers, and most TA do. Hope that helps !

Wow Joda, that's amazing how we have already so much in common ! I just felt the need to share how Dave and I met because, we've been around and through some time... I will go check you pics out for sure. I used to live in cote-des-neiges. Loved it. Hope the frenchies are treating you well and giving you enough work...or do you speak french ? That's what in the end made us leave Montreal, dave couldn't get decent work...6 years ago. We lived in Bondi and Surfers Paradise... Cheers

Today is the race deposit day ! I need to take the people by the hands ! It's crazy. it turns out with my date being preceded by stat holidays in Mexico, my ceremony will have to be symbolic. Mexico requires 3-4 full business days prior to the wedding... Where as Jamaica with less hassles of blood test and that, only requires a stay of 24h... That's why I was looking at Jamaica in the first place... Can't go back in time now (brother already booked online the deal of the century). And Mexico is still a great option for our guests, dave and I further travelling in central america... Also I will avoid the blood test fees and notarization fees... which altogether are quite substantial. We are getting married in town where we live. On our anniversary date the 17 of May... ! Dave and I met here 11 years ago while travelling, did the long distance relationship between here, Quebec City, and London (Ont.) for like 3.5 years (including his overseas trip), lived in Montreal for 2 years together after his overseas trip, we went to Aus for 4 years, and decided to come back to mother land to be "closer" to friends and family... So having a legal ceremony here in Van makes too much sense... I'll keep my ceremony being symbolic on the quiet side for my guests. Any input on the symbolic ceremony is appreciated ! also what else am i avoiding by missing on the legal ceremony ? aside from the fees ? Cheers !