Heidilynn

Originally Posted by chrisdior 

 

 

 

Heidilynn hopefully you can see the attachment of the chair sashes.

@chrisdior, it won't let me view the document, but i'll private message you my email and perhaps you could send it to me? Thanks!! 

sashes.doc

Originally Posted by julienelson0713 

 

 

I never received any photos of the colours unfortunately. I just looked at photos of the flowers that they sent with sash colours in the background. What I ended up doing was sending a picture of what I wanted to the WC and she emailed back and said they didn't have those, but could rent them for $4 a chair. I actually bought my own online instead because they were way cheaper. http://www.tablelinendirect.com/12orsaco.html I'll just sell them after the wedding

 

ok, good to know, I'll check with them Thanks for sharing the link, that's a great price!!! 

Thank you I'll have to check with them, and otherwise that's a great price for the chair sashes, thanks for sharing the link!

Does anyone have a document from the WC that shows photos of the different coloured chair sashes? I've recently changed my colours, and i'm wondering what the dark blue looks like? 

Do you know if this link is still active? When I try to access it, it says that you have to be invited to view it, I realize it's been a few years since you posted it, but just thought I would ask. 

Thanks!

Hi Daneli,

I am planning to be married November 2013, but I did visit the resort 3 years ago, and was also there in July back in 2003 or so. The resort is beautiful, allows children and has a kids club. 

As for the temperature in July, it's HOT!!!! It's the hottest time of the year, but that does mean that prices are cheaper. In 2003 I went in July, it was fine for me as I like laying in the sun and relaxing, but it was scorching. The last 3 years we've gone in November and much more tolerable. Still hot, but not crazy hot! 

Hope that helps Happy planning!

Originally Posted by daneli 

Well I am new to all of this, they sent me an email with the packages and I think I am leaning with the "Mint Breeze" Package because it best fits my budget. I guess I am wondering about others experiences there and if they charge a lot of extra fees and if they work with you on budgets and substitutions. Also if we book quite a big number of rooms are they good about discounted rates and what not!? I know I def want a ceremony on the beach and a private dinner reception with open bar! And I want a place that allows guest with children. I would love to hear about recent brides who have married here and all the details of their weddings and prices and their review of the resort!

 

Also I am thinking of a July 2013 wedding and was wondering if any of you know if the weather is pretty good and if the heat is tolerable!

 

Thanks so much!!

The huppa does look beautiful! Decisions decisions!! 

Originally Posted by Avens 

 

For some reason, my photo above got cut off.  Here it is again!

Originally Posted by Brenners 

 

Here is a picture of our wedding ceremony.  We opted for no arch due to the added cost and I do not think it takes anything away from our pictures or our wedding.  For reference, our ceremony was held at Coral Beach.

 

 

Beautiful photo! Looks gorgeous as is, I don't think the arch is going to be necessary for us. Thank you so much for sharing the photo

Originally Posted by FireyNurse 

 

 

Hey Heidilynn, just thought I would toss my 2 cents in here regarding rsvp's and numbers of people attending. We sent out our save the date EARLY (about 11 months in advance) to let people know it would be a destination wedding and we heard from a ton of people "oh my god, I am so excited, we will be there for sure" type responses and then once our official invites went out and our Travel Agent messaged people as a group to let them know she was at their service people completely dropped off the face of the earth, it was like they'd never known us! LOL! From some other threads I have read on here I have noticed that this isn't completely atypical, though, and it often happens that people say they are in and then never book. Your friends may be different, though, but this is something that may happen too I guess.

Thanks so much, i'm glad i'm not the only one that wants to send out save the dates 11 months ahead of time. We're aiming for the first week of November 2013 for the wedding and I hope to get the invites out the beginning of January. People we've talked to already are super excited, but i'm thinking the same thing will happen, some will be super excited and then when it comes down to putting their money where their mouth is, it will be a different story LOL

A friend of a friend had her guests email RSVP to the save the date, with Yes, No or Maybe and then she only sent the formal invites to the Yes and Maybe's, I'm thinking of doing this as well, of course confirming with the No's that they are FOR SURE no, so they aren't insulted, thinking maybe to send them an email in response to their RSVP with the wedding website address so they could get the info if they decided to change their mind. We have about 130 people to invite, so that's 65 invites, and it seems silly to spend the money sending invitations to people who have clearly expressed they won't be coming, thoughts?? 

How many months in advance did you send the official invites out?

Originally Posted by mrsnova 

 

 

I did send save the dates as soon as we got the date figured out, pictures done, and had them made (about a month or so ago). I have had many people tell us they want/probably will come, several we know we can count on, and a few that have flat out said we won't be able to make it. I think it will really come down to the last few months before we will know who is seriously coming (when they put their money down!). This makes it hard to determine your budget without knowing how many guests you will have : /.  Hopefully we will get a better idea once we send the invitations out with an RSVP date (which will not be sent out until next month and RSVP January). I guess we have to be flexible! 

Thank you for getting back to me! I'm anticipating the same thing happening to us. I want to give people lots of time, but I guess i'll just have to deal with the fact that some people might not decide until later, hard for the planner in me, LOL

Thanks again!

Originally Posted by mrsnova 

 

I faced the same dilemma! Ended up going with the Mint Breeze package though because we will have about 50 people and can't afford it.

 

The chairs do come with sashes/bows (certain colors). Quoting from my WC "wedding package includes: chairs, white cover chairs, bows (white, cream, green, yellow, orange, blue, dark blue, hot pink, red and gold) tables and long table cloths". 

 

There is one centerpiece included in the package that is used at the ceremony and reception. 

 

The arch with flowers or huppa are extra (around $280 for arch, around $400 for huppa). I thought these prices were outrageous and have seen pictures of the ceremony without and it was still beautiful! And remember your backdrop is always the ocean if you are having a beach wedding .

 

I am not going with a DJ and based on reading through this forum all of the brides that also went without didn't regret it and liked being able to choose their own music. They include the sound system with IPod hookup and mic. I have started making a playlist and found an app called wedding DJ that is awesome! It organizes all your songs by section, like "recessional, first dance, etc" and fades the music in and out. 

 

Go here to see all what is included in the packages http://www.barceloweddings.com/mexico/maya-beach-resort/coconut-paradise-wedding-package.html. Good luck with getting started on your planning! 

Thank you for the clarification MrsNova! I like the idea of having the iPod instead of a DJ, it just seems way to expensive!! I can't believe even a simple arch isn't included If anyone has photos of the ceremony without an arch i'd be interested to see, but like you said having the ocean in the background is pretty amazing.

$66 per extra guest is quite a jump from the $27 for the mint breeze, although I really want the reception outside, we may have to consider our budget again when we start to receive RSVP.

Did you send save the dates? If so did you find a lot of people who mentioned they'd love to come, actually dropped off when it came down to putting a deposit?

Thanks again!

Thank you again! 

Originally Posted by FireyNurse 

 

Hi Heidilynn!

I can share some of what I have discovered through this whole planning process...although I am no expert as we haven't had our wedding yet!

 

Sashes and white table cloths are included, also, the coordinator sent me the list of colors like MrsNova said and then I asked "what about purple" and she messaged me back saying yes they had purple and sent me the picture of it, so just clarify clarify clarify and you will figure it out!

 

There is nothing arch-wise or huppa unless you pay a whole lot more, but there's always the option of the gazebo if that interests you, I chose the Barcelo almost solely based on their gazebo lol!

 

For centerpieces, there is a pdf they send you with their options and prices on it, they aren't too badly priced I guess but they do add up if you are trying to stick to a budget, and they do charge for all the orchids and calla lillies and such that you may want. Another option is to do like someone else on here did and rent their vases for $5 each and then bring your own fake orchids down with you to have them submerged. There are TONS of options for centrepieces if you don't want to pay their prices. If you give me your email I can forward you on the centrepieces thing they sent me.

 

Also for flowers they charge for corsages, bouquets, boutineers other than for the bride and groom (for the strawberry package anyways)

 

As for ipod or dj - we are going with ipod as most brides on here suggested that and its a big savings!

 

One other thing that I have heard is extra are the lights on the trees, $5 per string apparently.

 

Happy Planning!

Thank you so much for all of the info! Soooo helpful! It's hard wrapping my brain around all the details, LOL

If you could send me the PDF for the centrepieces, as well as anything else you feel would be helpful that would be great! [email protected] 

Thanks again!

Originally Posted by mrsnova 

 

I faced the same dilemma! Ended up going with the Mint Breeze package though because we will have about 50 people and can't afford it.

 

The chairs do come with sashes/bows (certain colors). Quoting from my WC "wedding package includes: chairs, white cover chairs, bows (white, cream, green, yellow, orange, blue, dark blue, hot pink, red and gold) tables and long table cloths". 

 

There is one centerpiece included in the package that is used at the ceremony and reception. 

 

The arch with flowers or huppa are extra (around $280 for arch, around $400 for huppa). I thought these prices were outrageous and have seen pictures of the ceremony without and it was still beautiful! And remember your backdrop is always the ocean if you are having a beach wedding .

 

I am not going with a DJ and based on reading through this forum all of the brides that also went without didn't regret it and liked being able to choose their own music. They include the sound system with IPod hookup and mic. I have started making a playlist and found an app called wedding DJ that is awesome! It organizes all your songs by section, like "recessional, first dance, etc" and fades the music in and out. 

 

Go here to see all what is included in the packages http://www.barceloweddings.com/mexico/maya-beach-resort/coconut-paradise-wedding-package.html. Good luck with getting started on your planning! 

Thank you for the clarification MrsNova! I like the idea of having the iPod instead of a DJ, it just seems way to expensive!! I can't believe even a simple arch isn't included If anyone has photos of the ceremony without an arch i'd be interested to see, but like you said having the ocean in the background is pretty amazing.

My fiance and I will have to discuss the reception location, the number of RSVP's will probably be a decided factor. 

Thank you again! 

Originally Posted by mrsnova 

 

I faced the same dilemma! Ended up going with the Mint Breeze package though because we will have about 50 people and can't afford it.

 

The chairs do come with sashes/bows (certain colors). Quoting from my WC "wedding package includes: chairs, white cover chairs, bows (white, cream, green, yellow, orange, blue, dark blue, hot pink, red and gold) tables and long table cloths". 

 

There is one centerpiece included in the package that is used at the ceremony and reception. 

 

The arch with flowers or huppa are extra (around $280 for arch, around $400 for huppa). I thought these prices were outrageous and have seen pictures of the ceremony without and it was still beautiful! And remember your backdrop is always the ocean if you are having a beach wedding .

 

I am not going with a DJ and based on reading through this forum all of the brides that also went without didn't regret it and liked being able to choose their own music. They include the sound system with IPod hookup and mic. I have started making a playlist and found an app called wedding DJ that is awesome! It organizes all your songs by section, like "recessional, first dance, etc" and fades the music in and out. 

 

Go here to see all what is included in the packages http://www.barceloweddings.com/mexico/maya-beach-resort/coconut-paradise-wedding-package.html. Good luck with getting started on your planning! 

Thank you for the clarification MrsNova! I like the idea of having the iPod instead of a DJ, it just seems way to expensive!! I can't believe even a simple arch isn't included If anyone has photos of the ceremony without an arch i'd be interested to see, but like you said having the ocean in the background is pretty amazing.

My fiance and I will have to discuss the reception location, the number of RSVP's will probably be a decided factor. 

Thank you again! 

Hi everyone,

I haven't booked my date yet, we're waiting on flight times to come out, but I have been reviewing the packages. We're looking to get married the last week of October or first week of November 2013; lots of time I know! 

We don't know exactly how many people we will be having but I guestimate 40 or so. I really want the reception on the beach and after reading through everyone's very helpful posts, I realize they won't let us substitute the location to the beach but keep the Mint Breeze package, which is unfortunate because I don't need my hair or make done because I have bridesmaids that do both as a profession, but i'm very set on having a beach reception, I don't wanna go all the way to Mexico just to get married in a banquet room

So my question is, what exactly does the package include? Solely what is listed?

For example:

Do the chairs come with sashes? Or extra?

Do we get some form of basic arch for the ceremony? or nothing unless we pay extra?

We don't want to go crazy with extras, as we're trying to keep the cost low, but i'd like to get a grasp on what exactly i'm getting with the packages. 

Also is anyone thinking of bringing an ipod full of music and having just a sound system brought in? or a speaker to hook to an iPod dock? Having a DJ isn't really a big deal to us, we'll just continue the evening at the Disco! 

Any help would be greatly appreciated