Lauren, thank you for your wedding review and your pictures were gorgeous!!! I absolutely love the bridesmaid dresses and that is the EXACT color I am looking for! Can I ask where you found them?

I hope you don't mind, but I do have a few questions for you. Is the Tulum Gazebo the one at the far end on the Spa side? The one that people say has a green fence off to the side?? I didn't see the fence at all in your pictures! And the horse and carriage can pull right up correct?

How did you like Aventura compared to Playacar? We had a tough time picking between the 2 resorts in the beginning. I like Playacar for the beach and location, but it didn't seem to have quite as much to offer as Aventura. I'm hoping to plan a day trip there so guests can enjoy the beach:)

Did you get all your flowers through the resort...boutoineres (spelling?), corsages, etc? If you don't mind me asking, was your bouquet upgraded or included in your package? It's hard for me to tell what's included and what people paid extra for.

Did you have all your locations picked out beforehand or did you wait to pick some until you got down there? I'm torn with this because I want to have an 'agenda' for guests so they know where to be at certain times, but yet I want to wait and see some of the places when we get down there.

Ok enough questions for now...sorry to bombard you!!

Hey there!

Please don't feel like your bothering me! I know how hard it is to plan a destination wedding and sometimes you feel like your not really getting anywhere. So any help I can provide just let me know...

Here we go:

1) I ordered my bridesmaids dresses from House of Brides (its an online bridal boutique) They cost around $120 per girl. They are a Bari Jay dress in coral. I had the girls send me their sizes and a check for the dress and I ordered them all at the same time so the dresses would be cut from the same dyelot.

2.) I did get married at the Tulum Gazebo, which is at the far-end of the Spa side. That is where the green fence is but trust me it's not noticeable at all! I loved that gazebo because of how private it was. The only people that were there were my family and friends and zero onlookers! The carriage pulls right up to gazebo, which is absolutely amazing...my guests and hubby loved my entrance!

3) ASP is a whole different quality resort than Playacar. I loved that the resort was adult only! It is amazing there! Plus you get to use the entire 1500 resort credit in the spa and jewelry store! Playacar's beach is stunning and a few of my guests hopped the resort transportation or took a taxi (it's $20 each way) to enjoy that resort. We stayed there for 4 nights to excape from everyone else. If you can do that it's definetly worth it.

4) I did get all my flowers through the resort. I think the total cost of everything was around $1100. That included bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages, a toss bouquet, centerpieces and votive candles. You can go back and forth on price. Definelty work them down on the cost. Originally it was going to cost around $1500! My bouquet was included. They work with you on that for sure!

5) I had most of my locations picked out before hand. I can help you with that if you need some advice. I have pictures of a few different places.

Let me know if you need to know anything else! Hope this helps!

Hey Lauren! I thought of another question for you...were your bridesmaid flowers considered the 'tossing' bouquet or an actual bridesmaid bouquet? I was hoping to order the tossing bouquet for my sister because it is significantly cheaper (I'm having a tough time thinking of spending $126 on a regular bouquet)...but I'm concerned the tossing bouquet may be too small...

Hi again! My bridesmaid bouquets were full bouquets. Just remember that you can work with them on a budget for flowers. All of my flowers (including centerpieces, toss bouquet, and corsages for important people) came to around $1000.00. Hope that helps!