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Originally Posted by sheilla 
 

Thanks so much for posting the photos! I am getting married in May 2014 at el Cid and it is quite difficult to organise without that much information available.

 

Have you guys decided the location of the wedding yet? gazebo, beach or garden? I am not sure yet which one to go for as I am a little concerned being outdoor might be too hot.

We used the jetty for the wedding ceremony (wonderful breeze and picture perfect!!!) and we had our wedding dinner and reception on the beach.  I don't think it was hot after sundown.

Just beware of the garden.  One photographer warned me that he photographed there once and noticed too many bugs because of the grass. Guests had to use repellent all the time and many of them had tons of mosquito bites all over.

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Originally Posted by meganlaura 
 

Thanks everyone for the info and photos! It really does help with planning. I am trying to plan my menu, any tips or advice in regards to the meal options would be greatly appreciated. 

Hi Megan,

Our guests loved the reception dinner.  We chose:  

1st Course:  Mediterranean Salad with Shrimp

2nd Course:  Lagostine bisque with Choux

Entree:  Beef Tournedos or Fish Roll stuffed with cream cheese 

Dessert:  Chocolate Dome with hazelnut sauce and Tres leches wedding cake.. 

Delish!!!

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Originally Posted by BurnsBride 
 

How did both of your weddings turn out?!? We are considering for May 2014 as we were just there for a vacation and it was beautiful. I'm really curious about both your time lines and extra costs...

 

Thanks!

Kyle

Kyle, if you have gmail chat, feel free to find me.  I can answer questions [email protected]

Hi Kyle, we had the best time!  The weather was perfect and the hotel was 1st class.  Guests were also pretty happy!  Let me know if you have specific questions but I'm including a few pics to show you the decoration we chose.  I tried to keep it romantic and simple.  I loved the final results!

Originally Posted by natalieblev 

 

wonderful...you have me bawling like a baby at its only 8am hahah!! This is absolutely amazing and breathtaking. The sweetest and what a great photographer you had. You guys looked so beautiful and the pictures are so gorgeous! Now im having those sad-its-over feelings again!  

 

Aww thank you!  I cry each time I see it and I'm so sad it's over!  It was a wonderful experience!

Yesterday was our 1 month anniversary! Our photographer sent us this slideshow... I can't stop watching it and reliving the moment! http://reilly.amorcitocorazonstudio.com/#/reilly/

My husband and I sent 6 days at our wedding resort and 6 days at an adults only resort.  We actually felt pretty lonely after everybody left!  So weird but we wish we had friends with us at our honeymoon.. lol

I love all the pictures!!  Can you guys please post the link to your photographer's blog, if they have one?  I would love to read more about your weddings from their perspective!  I'm still waiting for my photog's link.

Btw, my future sister-in-law loved our wedding so much that she's now planning a destination wedding! 

I also wish I could do it all over again!!  We had an amazing time!  Here are some of my pics...

Hashtag in Facebook is new but just in time for our weddings! We asked all our guests to add #reillywedding as a comment when they post pics. Type the hashtag in Search and all pics come up! It's awesome!!

Hi Ladies!

Our wedding was wonderful!  The weather has been amazing here in the Riviera Maya... we are using #reillywedding on Facebook if you want to check some of the pictures out!

Best of luck to the brides getting married in the coming days!!

Love,

Mrs. Reilly

Originally Posted by shannonmarie 

 

 

Awesome! We land in Cancun at 11:15am, u?

10:20 am with Aeromexico!

Originally Posted by shannonmarie 

 

Well I've started packing! I've completely packed the wedding bag and was successful in my goal of ONE bag for wedding supplies and welcome bag items! When we began planning I really didn't want to do the welcome bag thing. I didn't want to be bothered dragging everything down but as time went on, I thought that was selfish and I could at least do something for my guest. We originally expected around 40 guest, not 62 so as more people booked, we realized we had to keep the welcome bags a bit more simple. There were a few things I really wanted to add, but I didn't because it would have been WAY to many things to bring to MX. So anyways, we kept the welcome bags simple, as well as the wedding decor. We really wanted to fit everything into one checked luggage bag that weighs below the 50lbs weight limit... and it weighs 44lbs! Whooohoo! 

 

I've also started packing my own bag. I've been throwing things in there that I think of throughout the day and I've packed a few things that won't wrinkle. Everything else is pretty much laid out in a room ready to be placed in the bag! 

 

My FI hasn't touched his bag yet, that's just how he (and probably most guys) is. I'm sure he'll pack the night before we leave!

 

So is anyone coming up this weekend? There's too many pages here to go through everyone's dates! We should have made a page with everyone's dates listed in order! 

If not, I think me and a few others are coming up next weekend!! Eeeeekkkkkkk!!! We fly in on Wednesday, the 12th.... Anyone else? I'll look for you at the airport!! 

Great job with the packing!  I have all the decor and items spread out on our table so I can visualize.. lol

I also fly on the 12th but out of NYC!  Can't wait!

Have you ladies chosen the readings for your ceremony?  Please share!

I found this one.. short and sweet but I haven't decided yet:

"Rain fell today
and somewhere lotus flowers are blossoming,
So are we.
Defying the impossible
in the shelter and warmth of each other's hearts,
extending the night, caressing the stars,
And knowing each other's hearts
is our human bliss"

Originally Posted by MMK0386 

 

So sorry... Don't know why my post posted 3 times!

Loved his look!  

I got this link for 50 free wedding fonts for download.  Just in time for me to print some stuff.. maybe you guys can also use it..

http://snippetandink.com/best-free-fonts-for-wedding-invitations/

The first weekend of June is here!!  Any brides getting married June 1st or 2nd?  Best of luck, have fun and post pics!!!  Wooo-hoooooo!

Originally Posted by agm04 

 

I'm going to try to convince him that John Legend's Stay With You is a good compromise.  We shall see.

I love this song!!!  One of my fave John Legend's song.. 

I think we will stay with Angus and Julia Stone's "Big Jet Plane".  It's a sweet song and when I listen to the lyrics and he says "I'm gonna take you for a ride on a big jet place" it makes me believe life with Matt will be an adventure.

Originally Posted by Sandark13 

 

We've just booked for May 3rd and are so excited...Not very far along with our plans though. Any advice or info you can share is very appreciated! When is your date?

Hi Sandark13!   How was your wedding? I hope congratulations is in place for you!

Originally Posted by agm04 

 

You are a good fiancee for having that attitude!  Fortunately FI has already completed it so he totally understands what's involved, but I can imagine that it could be quite the strain on a relationship without an understanding partner!  I'm basically not thinking about the wedding!  And we're doing a little mini bachelorette that night too.  Test, gym, nap, party!    Then I'll have one weekend to wrap things up, then I leave the following weekend for Grand Cayman!

 

Good luck to your FI!  I'm tackling level 3 too and will be so glad to have this monster (hopefully) finished!

Hopefully both of you will finally add the ", CPA" after your names!  

BTW, I love the Cayman Islands!   Stingray Bay is so cool!

Hey Ladies.. we are going through a bit of a dilemma... 

My travel agent mentioned way back when that if we get married in Mexico we wouldhave to get divorced in Mexico.. crazy to even mention that 4 weeks before our big day but it really stuck with us!  We don't even know if that's true..   I wanted to get married in the US and in Mexico - what are you guys doing?  A side of me wanted to have a legal wedding in Mexico so I don't feel I am cheating on our guests...  a side of me wants to get the proper sacrament in the church.. Can you guys tell me what your plans are?  Matt just thinks we should have a symbolic wedding there and then do the real thing here...  We can't find a good or bad reason for one or another...

xoxoxox

Originally Posted by agm04 

 

Well I have CFA coming up June 1st, so no wedding planning going on for me until then!  But I'm pretty wrapped up anyway.  One fun thing is that I came home yesterday and found a new pair of Christian Louboutins on my shoe rack from FI!  Said "just because" and he thought I might want to wear them to the rehearsal dinner.  What a great man I have!  (And not just because he has good taste in shoes, lol)

My Fiance is also taking Level 3 on June 1st - which is when I'm having bachelorette party!  Best of luck to you!  I don't know how you can't even think about the wedding with this huge exam on the horizon!   Matt asks me for little projects so I'm not doing everything by myself and I just tell him to focus and pass on the exam!

Hey Everyone, Just back from Eleuthera!  It was my MOH's wedding (she's also my MOH).

It was beautiful and I learned a few things...

1)  They kept the ceremony very short and sweet.. no readings, no programs, no sand ceremony.. it was actually beautiful!

2)  All inclusive is key!  The wedding was in Eleuthera and guests stayed in apartments.  Since most didn't have cars, they had limited access to the supermarket and food was extremely expensive.  A case of beer was $45, a gallon of milk as $8!  Entrees at the 2 restaurants were also expensive.  However, Bride and Groom hosted a cocktail party (Fri) and a rehearsal dinner bonfire (Sat) before the wedding (Sun).  Food was awesome!

3)  I didn't want Matt to see me before the ceremony but now I will surprise him at the courtyard of the hotel so we can take some pictures before the wedding.  It was so wonderful to see the groom's reaction when he saw the bride for the first time!

4) Couple didn't do a rehearsal the day before.  There was no need for it because the ceremony was very simple.. we were just told where to go minutes before the ceremony and it was so easy... I'm considering that.

5) My MOH was so calm during the entire weekend.. she just had fun and went with the flow.  If something went wrong, we didn't see it.. so I will be packing that same positive attitude with me when I pack my bags to Mexico!

Fun Fact - she got married on Mother's day weekend and I'm getting married on Father's day weekend!  We must share a brain.. lol

Originally Posted by MSPOKRAN 

 

Well ladies I am getting married in 15 days and today I purchased a new dress! I've had my dress for at least five months now and had it altered to he** and back but it didn't pan out! This is stress at it's highest but I am SO happy I followed my heart. The day would have been ruint if I didn't feel right in my dress!!!

Wow!  My dress is not ready and we will have a lot of work to do to make it fit.  I know the feeling!  I'm glad you have your perfect dress now!  It will be beautiful and you will rock your big day!

Wow!  It came out amazing!!  Great job!

Originally Posted by MMK0386 

Now that it is officially May, I am wrapping up my pre-travel mailers and getting them ready to send out tomorrow. (My wedding is June 28, but there is one thing I want my guests to really enjoy for a few weeks before the wedding!)

 

Included in my mailer:

-a double sided "notecard" that I designed myself and printed through Vistaprint for free with info about traveling, etc

-a magnet to hold the notecard to the fridge (I also designed this myself and printed through Vistaprint for free)

-a CD with a compilation of "Get Ready!" songs chosen by the wedding party in a DIY "case" that I made from left over kraft paper cards

-2 DIY Luggage tags/person (here is the link to my luggage tags: http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/t/84974/my-diy-luggage-tags-with-pics

 

Thankfully, there are only 30 of us total and most of the guests are couples, so I really only had to make about 15 mailers. This helped- otherwise price and time devoted to this project could start to add up. However, I printed some of the things on Vistaprint for free, I had 10 blank CD's (so I only had to buy a few), and I used left over kraft paper cards/envelopes for the CD case and the actual mailer envelope. The supplies for the luggage tags weren't really that expensive, either!

 

Anyway.. on with the pics!

 

Contents of Mailer:

 

 

 

Close up of front of CD case:

 

Back of CD case: (sorry the picture quality is awful)

 

 

Here is the file so you can actually see what the songs are:

 

 

 

And this is the front:

 

 

 

Front of note card:

 

 

Back of the note card:

 

 

Close up of luggage tag front: (the magnet looks just like this as well)

 

 

Close up of luggage tag back:

 

Front of the envelope:

 

 

Back of the envelope:

 

Here is just a quick snapshot of all the envelopes:

 

 

 

What do ya'll think? I think the guests will really like the CD. It's an idea I got from this forum and as soon as I saw it, I just knew I wanted to do it. 

 

Happy Planing, ladies! Any questions, just let me know!

 

-Megan