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@@murmel I second everything you just said we just returned last Wednesday and brides you do not have to worry about a thing ! The on site wedding team could do it with their eyes closed they are awesome !! They took away all my worries for sure . They even got my little neice and nephew down the Isle holding a sign and they didn't even fight over it haha

@@linaco80 thank you for the reminder to relax I will definetley need to remember to do that !! 6 more days !!

@@Ydolem your pictures are amazing , I booked photostudioab as well ! But I'm annoyed with karisma now! I tried to negotiate that vendor fee and they say no way is that possible . What a joke . They sure know how to squeeze you for every penny , we had the same situation with bill being in USD , very unfair if we have to pay in American why can't we get the same perks ! We leave in one week I hope our experience Is as good as yours !! Thanks for writing the review , very reassuring for me ????

@@lauralc I also had 4 cancel last week ! Not sure if they reimburse you now I'm wondering the same thing , cause I think we should !

There's 14 days until we make the journey to Mexico . Starting to get anxiety that I'm going to forget everything. Please tell me I'm not the only one having nightmares ! Lol the other night it was I cut all my hair off the week before than couldn't do my hair for the wedding ... haha yikes !

@@sherman helps a bunch thanks !!

@@sherman just wondering where you got that Information , I booked the memorable moments ceremony package but didn't get half that stuff ( as far as I know anyways) or is the ultimate package something different? Wanna make sure I get the best bang for my buck !! Lol

Ladies who brought decorations down with them , going through customs were you required to provide receipts for all of them ?? Or what about gifts for bridesmaids/groomsmen

@@atyson03 I am headed down in 41 days! And I really really wanted peonies for a bouquet , so I booked them with my coordinator and than started thinking about how outrageous the price was for them (300 dollars !) So I canceled it and bought a silk peony bouquet off of etsy cost me 150 dollars but at least I'll have it more than ten minutes now and get to keep it as a keepsake .. anyways I'm going to wrap it in bubble wrap and put it in my carryon , I'm worried about doing that though because it has decorative pins in it. So a shoebox and bubble wrap in my checked bag may have to do.

We also went to Michaels and bought silk flowers and ribbon and made the bridesmaid bouquets , which was WAY cheaper than 80 bucks a bouquet down there. Michaels has good sales and coupons usually so it worked well.

Does anyone know if there are any rules against confetti at this resort ?

@@ShannonLeAnn I guess they will provide pizzas at no charge for the kids is what I was offered !

I need more wonderful advice from you ladies !! I can't figure out how to start a topic lol so my FI and I want to make the welcome gift for our guests a pair of sunglasses. I asked before how to put them in people's rooms for when they check in, But was told it was impossible. Our dilemma is we have close to 80 people attending . We have the quote done up for the custom sunglasses but don't want to commit until we have an idea of how to hand them out to our guests ! Any insight would be so helpful. Right now it's basically either we figure out to give them to our guests in a tasteful manner without us having to individually and them to each person! or not order them at all.... HELP!!! TIA

@@LaurenR I just got told that spoons cannot accommodate me for my rehearsal dinner anymore and wanted to move me to zocalo alfresco. I asked to be put in Topaz instead, haven't heard back yet. So I'm sure it's possible to have it somewhere else !!!

Need help ! Doesn't really have to do with the resort but I am stumped on where to get an outfit for my 3 year old nephew/ringbearer . I've searched ans searched the Internet , does anyone have any ideas , I want to put him in shorts a short sleeve button up shirt, suspenders and a bow tie and a fedora. . Any suggestions would be great help ! I'm running out of time ????

@@kmk2016 awesome thanks for the feedback! I think it'll be a better bang for my buck !! @@linaco80 well if they're good quality I think it would be less tacky ? I think ask your bridesmaids , they'd be honest right ?? My bridesmaids suggested silk for them lol so you never know !

Just wondering if anyone is or has used a silk flower bouquet ? I know with the always and forever package your bridal bouquet is included , but I really want peonies and that bouquet is 300 dollars ! So I started looking on etsy and you can buy a peony bouquet of silk flowers for 150 dollars, than at least they'll last forever ... but is that tacky ?? Any thoughts on this ??

@@Ydolem thank you so much they were great help and made me all the more excited to go !! And thanks for the help @@murmel I had to go to the full site cause on this tapatalk app you can't see them!

@@Ydolem how do we look at your gallery ?? Lol this site confuses me still

What did past brides choose for makeup ?? did you purchase the Dior package an was it worth it, or did the regular package suffice? and were prices decent? 

Did they come to your suite and do hair and makeup?? I know my bridal party and myself aren't going to fit in the bridal suite so just wondering what to do

TIA

Eva

This will be difficult to impossible!! The check in process was very weird. The resort doesn't have the guests rooms assigned until they arrive. When my guests arrived a great deal of them were upgraded to better rooms because the hotel was booked. So although most of my guests paid for standard rooms, they were moved to the premium section because that section is the last to book because it's so expensive. The pier is still inoperable. They don't allow anyone on it during hurricane season anyway. I was just there two weeks ago and it was roped off.

 

Thanks that's really helpful to know ! I will just bring them and distribute them on my own than!

I was going to bring welcome gifts/favors down with me and was hoping to have them set in all of my guests rooms so when they got there they'd have a nice surprise waiting... but I'm wondering how that would work if we are all arriving at the same time? Has anyone done this before , would I have to mail them down there so they'd already be there before we arrived ?

 

@mrsgordoncomeondown I got the same response as kmk from them when I asked. You get all the chairs you need at the sky deck but they're the garden chairs if you don't upgrade to their memorable moments. If you do, I'm guessing they give you the decorated Chivari chairs up to 24 and then you get simple garden chairs for the rest. Even their always and forever package only comes with 24 garden chairs and you have to pay extra for the rest so I'm guessing the only way to get away with not paying for them is to rent the sky deck but it's worth double checking with your WC

 

Thanks for the feed back I'm definitely going to run it by my WC. I really want it on the beach so we will see what they say!!

@@MrsHK I sent you a private message

 

I'd love to speak with you, im getting married May 3rd next year!

 

Your wedding was stunning... just beautiful!

 

Have a great day,

Gemma

We have the same wedding date ! What time are you getting married at ?

Hi all ,

Just wondering if anyone has tried to negotiate any of the prices with your wedding coordinator group ? I just purchased a memorable moments ceremony package for our wedding in may , to the tune of 2900 which is fine because it's chock full of beautiful! But there are only 24 chairs, my group contains 88 people , I was thinking of getting white garden chairs for the extras , but they're 15.00 a chair ! I just think that's crazy my best friend just got married and had the same chairs and they were 4.75 a chair. I'm definitely a bargain hunter , is there anyone else out there that feels the same and if I should even bother trying to get a better deal?

Thanks !!!

We are changing the structure of the Azul wedding department. Instead of weddings being assigned to a specific individual; we have moved to a 3 team structure.  Each team will have specific responsibilities for that wedding. The first team is sales. They are responsible for working with brides and agents right through the deposit stage. They will assist with promotion questions, locations, answering all the general questions and emails that come in prior to a bride making  a commitment to Karisma for her wedding. Then after a bride places a deposit on the ceremony they move into the second phase which is the design team. This group will help her to build her wedding; select menus, flowers, reserve event locations, etc...  After that our finishing team will be a double check process to make sure she's selected everything to make her wedding perfect, collect final payment, communicate with the hotels and prepare her for her journey to the resort.

Brides will work with everyone within each team. They can call or email and our system will allow everyone to be able to assist them. Before just one coordinator had the file and all of the brides details. Our goal is to eliminate the challenges we've had in the past that was created when a coordinator left. 

The challenges created by having one person assigned to a wedding are far greater than having the support of the entire department in the new structure. This way the bride can be assisted at any point during office hours by a Signature Wedding Designer.

This is the explanation I received from the wedding coordinator which now everything makes sense ! Hopefully these kinks will get worked out soon and things will go more smoothly !