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Hi! I'm still undecided about my photographer, I'm deciding between Estefania Flores and Photoshoots Vallarta. The reason is because photoshoots exceeds completely my budget and I like Estefania's work it's more in my price sheet area. I was wondering if anyone has actually booked her and what was their experience?

Hi everyone! So happy I found this site! If anyone has any tips, photos, advice, or information regarding weddings at Riu Palace Mexico(from after 2012) and can send to me, I would be so grateful!! You can post here, message me, or e-mail me: [email protected] Thanks a ton and Happy Wedding planning to you all!

So I am trying to find the best date for my wedding and the only week that will work for my entire family would be Mid-August. Im kind of freaking out because I feel like thats the beginning of Hurricane/Rainy season. I was looking at Mexico. Does anyone have any experience getting married in mexico during this time? Or any suggestions of any other places? Thank you!

So I am just engaged since August and I would like to start planning. DOes anyone have any advice for me as to best places to have wedding. I'm thinking Mexico, but I have no idea where. I want it to be beautiful with blue waters and a nice resort, but also inexpensive for my guests to travel. People are mostly coming from NY. DOes anyone have any recommendations? I also am a teacher, so would love to get married in Summer, but by next summer would that be too soon? Can I plan it all in less than a yr. Has anyone used destinationweddings.com, or have you used this website? I would get married over a school break maybe, but I think it may be more expensive to travel then. Thanks to anyone who could help! Im also not set on Mexico, just want the pretty water. Lauren

Our deposit due date is coming up and we know the majority of our guests are waiting to book it right at the last minute. We're totally fine with that. We are just so excited to finally know what the numbers are going to look like and really start planning activities based on the common interests of our little group. I wanted to send a thank you note to our guests - basically just thanking them for booking, and joining us on this epic occasion. We have been sending so much communication to our guests, be it a reminder email, save the date, invite, wedding website...I'm starting to feel like it's a lot. So I was trying to think of something a little more creative. I saw some ideas like luggage tags and other practical items and I really liked where those ideas could lead. My FI is a dj/music producer in his "free time" so we thought, "how amazing would it be to make a music podcast for all our guests to get them in the party mood". We found these cute little flipflop usb sticks 2gb. So we'll load them up with a mixed podcast and send them out with a little thank you!

Our Cabo wedding was just over a week ago and I'm still floating on a cloud! Everything was perfect and in fact exceeded all my expectations! By far the most crucial part was the efforts of our Wedding Planner, Illeana Reyes-Romantic Cabo Weddings and Jose Pineda, events coordinator with the Sheraton Hacienda Del Mar! We were in Cabo in November of 2013 to meet with a wedding planner I had talked with over the phone, a well known, high-end planner; well, I cannot tell you how disappointed we were upon meeting her, and how unprofessional her staff was. Lucky for us, we became friendly with a musician at Hacienda Del Mar, and while chatting it up with him we discovered his wife, Illeana, was a wedding planner! Illeana knows her stuff and she works tirelessly to make everything perfect and she is literally there with you every step of the way! We were completely and utterly happy with all her recommended vendors......Blanc Bridal Salon for hair and make-up, Gilda Badillo-photography, Florenta Florist for flowers, the Mariachis, the cigar roller, Impala Cabo-transportation, Picante-fishing charter, Rissaleana-sunset dinner cruise, etc.....with regard to the Hacienda Del Mar(we are timeshare owners there and our guest stayed at the hotel); truly amazing how perfect everything was in just under 2 months after Hurrican Odile hit......truly amazing! Jose Pineda work closely with us to make everything perfect and just the way we wanted it! Honestly, it's not easy to exceed my expectations, but I am still pinching myself.........my fairytale wedding was made a reality!!! I cannot thank Illeana and Jose enough!! Oh, and of course I need to mention Daryl, Illeana husband, who is a wonderful muscian, who performed at our wedding and well into the night at our after party/bonfire on the beach.......he's awesome, but she doesn't get credit for him, because we found him first!

Hello! I wanted to put a post on here because I know when I started planning my destination wedding last year, I had so many questions and concerns and I found it so helpful to read reviews on here. I just got married on November 11, 2014 in Cabo, and I am still in Cabo San Lucas enjoying our mini honeymoon now. It was such a scare for everyone when hurricane Odile hit Cabo, especially for bride to be's and the uncertainty of flying here, but the saying is true that Cabo is unstoppable and you would never know it happened other than some cosmetic damage. Here is all of our vendors that we used, our budget, guest count, etc. I cannot wait to receive all of my photos so that I can post just how beautiful everything was. Cabo wedding Budget: $30,000 USD Wedding Size: 55 people Wedding Coordinator: Illeana Reyes at Romantic Cabo Weddings – 10/10 A+ Our first and foremost, and most important review goes to our wedding coordinator Illeana Reyes at Romantic Cabo Weddings. We researched a lot of coordinators and her website was not the most up to date, but she was quick to respond, she was very detail oriented, and she makes you feel very comfortable so I knew right away she was the one, do not let the website fool you! She recommended every single one of our vendors, and the team she brought together for our day was absolutely OUTSTANDING. I cannot give her enough credit for how unbelievably attentive she was from day one and how she made all of our dreams become a reality. I must start by saying, I am a very A type personality, so it was very hard for me to just leave things up to chance. I needed constant assurance and I would (annoyingly I know lol) send endless emails and photos as to what I wanted. We planned for just under one year and she was always available via email, she phoned to check in constantly, she offered many different options to choose from, and closer to the date she kept solidifying plans, getting vendor contracts, etc, she thought of every last detail. Illeana also assured us that she only recommends vendors that she has worked with in the past, and I am so glad we put all our faith in her because not a single thing went wrong, every vendor was on time, made it to rehearsals, kept in contact, no issues with payment, and the whole day went as planned with ZERO glitches! I hope everyone can use her out of all of the vendors because she was just a blessing. Jack & Jill/Bachelor & Bachelorette/Stag & Stagette Party: Pirate Cruise Ship: 9/10 A- Illeana even helped put together our jack & jill/bachelor & bachelorette party when we super last minute asked her when we arrived to Cabo. It was a sunset cruise open bar on a pirate ship, and it was such a hilarious and great time, our guests really enjoyed this and she made it all happen and confirmed in one hour for only $50USD per person! Talk about above and beyond service. We bought those Cabo San Lucas bandanas on the beach for everyone to wear, plus glow sticks, and it was a ball! This is the only picture I have so far that I attached. It was definately a fun experience for our whole group to bond together on night one and there were so many costumes that made for great photos. Venue: Cabo Del Sol: 10/10 A+ The photos do not do the venue justice; it is even more stunning in person and I cried as soon as we went to visit the venue and saw the beach and another wedding was being set up it was so beautiful. The wedding coordinator there, Luzma, is so welcoming and makes you feel so special and as if you are the only person she is concentrating on at all times. We did our ceremony on the beach, cocktail hour on the golf greens, and the reception in the clubhouse. I highly recommend this. There was a huge bridal lounge and a groom’s lounge to get ready in for the daytime, with our own personal waiter. Everyone had their own lockers and Luzma set up all of our dresses, suits, and accessories for photos. Our guests were shuttled straight to the ocean golf course greens when they initially arrived, and greeted with special flavored water. We did a sunset ceremony at 4pm, it was not too hot and not too windy either because the beach is privately enclosed in a semi circle space by the rocks, the waves were crashing down and it was such a romantic setting. Our guests had a shoe valet to remove their shoes before walking on the beach, and brushes to brush of the sand when they were coming off. The cocktail hour on the golf greens was set up with our signature drinks, open bar started, and popsicles were being handed out to cool off our guests and was such a nice touch. All of our guests were then shuttled to the clubhouse via their golf cart limos! So cute! The dance floor overlooked the ocean, had an open ceiling, and it was right next to the bar. The dinner service was in their clubhouse. All of our guests were floored at how many servers there were and how the staff was at everyone’s side at any given moment. We did a plated dinner service and every course was absolutely delicious. For example, between courses there was a raspberry sorbet that was served on a large ice block to keep the sorbet cold. Very impressed! We did 7 hours of open bar, which is charged per person, and it was definitely worth doing so we knew upfront how much we were paying. This venue is definitely a must! Photographer: Gilda Badillo: 10/10 A+ We met Gilda before the wedding at Cabo Del Sol so she could take us around and go over all the shots she recommended, and she wrote down all of the pictures we wanted. We did the first look and also did our family photos first before the ceremony. She was a total professional, nailed every shot and kept us on time. She also was not afraid to break a sweat! She would get on her elbows and knees to get the perfect picture and she would show us some photos as the night went on and I am so excited to see the final results. Her assistant was always where she could not be, to assure they both got every photo together. Our guests said the two of them were taking photos of our set up before we got there, and also of all our guests interacting. We could not be more thankful of those moments we did not see! Videographer: Jorge Ibarra: 10/10 A+ Gilda recommended Jorge, and she said they always work together on weddings. When we looked at Jorge’s website and saw his vimeos, we were sold! We also met him before the wedding at Cabo Del Sol and he went over the timeline and filmed our first look, all the way to our dinner service speeches. We could tell his team and Gilda’s team had worked together often because their communication and chemistry worked so great together and they made us feel so relaxed. The video cameras were never in the way, and Jorge would remove the microphones whenever Gilda was taking photos and he remembered the little details that we would not know about. We can’t wait to see our video! Floral: Sergio Ferras at Flowers & Events Décor: 10/10 A+ We sent Illeana our photos of exactly everything we wanted and she passed on a message to her floral recommendation. I wanted all white flowers, the white urn pedestals with pomanders at the entrance, the aisle chairs to be lined with bouquets and rose petals down the aisle, as well as the ribbon tied off at the entrance, a bamboo chuppah with white fabric and bouquets tied to all 4 corners; I sent a photo of the bride bouquet and the maids bouquet and grooms boutonnières, and I am not kidding when I say, they matched the floral IDENTICALLY. Everything was as planned and as pictured. They did not miss a single thing! Our cocktail hour had the floral bouquets, and our dinner service we reused a lot of our bouquets at centerpieces and table displays, and they supplied vases and cylinders, votives with tons of candles. It was stunning. Dj, sound & lighting: Victor and Teevan Entertainment: 10/10 A We sent Victor a list of songs that we wanted for the ceremony, wedding party entrance, first dances, etc. He got all of our songs except for the one that our wedding party walked down to, but it was okay because he played a good back up song. He supplied a sound system, the lighting for the dance floor, and one thing I really recommend for a beach wedding, is the white acrylic aisle board to walk down. This is because it was very difficult to walk on the beach even in bare feet, we looked like penguins during rehearsal ha ha, so it was a last minute splurge but well worth the incurred cost and just made the setting even that much more beautiful. The reason why we were so impressed was because for the actual dancing dj hours, we just told him a genre we liked and did not send him a list of songs, we just put our faith in him and it was as if he had our iPod playlist! They were all current up to date songs, and he kept the party going all night long. Minister: Rev Diego A Vidal: 10/10 A Illeana recommended Diego. He sent us an email with options for the ceremony, he checked in with us before the wedding to see if there was anything else we wanted to be said, he took our vows, and he said a special message to our guests and us. He was humorous, yet professional and kept the ceremony personal to us. He gave our coordinator our marriage certificate when he was done and it was easy as pie. Transportation: Leticia with Impala Cabo: 10/10 A Our transportation was perfect! They had shuttle service for our guests all night long and picked us up all day because we were all leaving the Riu at different times. They were all very professional, timely, and they had very nice vehicles. They also had a special private vehicle for us at the very end of the night. One of our guests became "sick" at the end of the night and they happily took her home and we were very grateful. Hotel Accommodations: Riu Sante Fe & Palace: 7/10 C+ We picked the Riu Sante Fe & the Palace because it was a very affordable option for such a large wedding party, and it was central to downtown Cabo. I will say, we were the very first group to arrive since Hurricane Odile on the grand opening on November 6, which we did not know, we thought it had been opened since October 9 for the Palace and October 16 for Sante Fe, and the Sante Fe was not yet ready to be open. The Palace was much better. We have stayed at both the Riu Sante Fe and the Palace before and have never had any problems, which is why we had our party stay here. It was really unfortunate the hurricane hit them so hard, but it was great that they had repaired the Riu to almost the exact same condition as before and the day-to-day staff really was trying their best. Our rooms were definitely very musty smelling, we all stayed in building 7, others at the Palace who could not stay at the Sante Fe, the first night was so unbearable we had to lay towels down to cover all the sheets and the smell, and we switched our room 3 times until one was decent enough to sleep in. A lot of our guests never received the opportunity to switch their rooms and had to sleep in the smell. Most of the safes were not working as of yet. And unfortunately, the staff that was never helpful was the front desk staff and several complaints were made. We had a group of 55 people, and they did not have any suite upgrades for the bride and groom and told us it was because they were still under maintenance. One of our groomsmen also paid a fee of $100USD to have our room filled with flowers, champagne and candles on the wedding night when we came home, and they forgot the champagne and candles. They also tried to charge all of us 630 pesos each for cutting off our wristbands on our wedding day, which we had to wait 1 hour to speak to a manager to get that sorted out and showed proof that we all still had our wristbands. It is an affordable option for what it is worth, but if you are looking for top notch quality this is not the place to be. Mini honeymoon hotel accomodation: Sandos Finisterra: 9/10 A- After our wedding and one week stay, all of our guests returned home and we transferred to the Sandos Finisterra. This place is 5 star and beautiful. They got hit really hard and they were still under maintenance and repairs, which is the only reason why we did not give them A+! We were immediately greeted with champagne, top notch service, upgraded to the honeymoon jacuzzi suite that over looked the entire beach and marina on the top floor, and they had premium liquor. It was very modern, a boutique style hotel, and all the staff were great. DIY Extras We did a lot of DIY projects for our day that we brought to Cabo with us and Illeana and Luzma set up for us. -We had the dinner menus printed on doilies for everyone’s individual plate and stamped in our wedding color (seafoam green) and gray (our other wedding color) table runners. -Instead of place cards, we had maracas made in our wedding color, with our guests name on the handle. We loved the maracas because it was multipurpose: it was a place card, a wedding favor, and our guests would shake their maracas if they wanted us to kiss instead of clinking glasses. -We placed disposable cameras on everyone’s table for party photos. -We brought down fans in our wedding colors, which were placed on everyone’s chair during the ceremony. -We printed reserved cards with the names for family members to sit at during the ceremony and Illeana taped them to their chairs. -We had a Go Pro on a selfie stick for people to pass around and take videos with wedding advice. -Our table numbers were in white picture frames with seafoam green centers. -At the entrance of our reception, Illeana and Luzma had a table set up. It had our seating chart, which was also in a large white picture frame with seafoam green centers, we had the letters L O V E in white wood blocks, we had the game JENGA as our guest book, and we used SCRABBLE to spell out “Please sign our Jenga guest book”. -We also made welcome out of town bags which consisted of a thank you card, invitations to rehearsals or parties, an itinerary for the week plus our wedding program on the other side, Advil, Pepto-Bismol, mints, chapstick, lubricant (for the single guests ha ha), Band-Aids, alcohol swabs, Emergen-C with a stir stick, sunglasses, and a Do Not Disturb door hanger. It was hard for me to settle on a destination wedding because it is an incurred cost for all of our family members and friends to have to pay for their flights and take vacation time. But ALL of our guests thanked us over and over again for having a destination wedding and said they woul love if we did this every year ha ha, and if you are from Canada like we are, November is the the best time of year to get away from the gloomy weather and get some sun! Aside from hurricane season. It is very rare for Cabo to experience such a hit like that. It was so much fun and we created memories to last a life time, so if you are unsure of whether or not a destination is a good idea, I would say it definately 1000% is!

I cannot believe that I’m just now starting this planning thread and that my wedding is almost here! My future hubby and I are headed to Mexico in 5 days for our wedding and I can’t wait. First, I want to thank all of the generous and lovely brides who have shared advice and provided support throughout my engagement. I am so grateful for BDW! I am also incredibly grateful to my family and friends, who have been an unending source of support and advice throughout this process. This thread is my way of organizing all of my thoughts and to help other brides, especially those who are thinking about having an off-resort wedding. How we met: Ours is definitely a 21st century relationship: we met online in early 2010. I was on my second round of Match.com and was close to cancelling my subscription again when I saw that someone had winked at me—LOL. We talked and found out that we had an amazing number of things in common, including similar religious upbringings, ethnic backgrounds (several of our parents hail from the Caribbean), hobbies, and a love of food. We traveled back and forth long-distance from Chicago, IL to Madison, WI for over a year until I got a job offer back east. As luck would have it, my fiancé ran into a coworker who told him about a job opportunity in the same city—and he moved before I did! The engagement (you can get the long version from our website): In spite of the fact that I’ve never been one of those girls to dream about the perfect proposal, I have watched enough proposal-related shows that I thought I could NEVER be surprised. My fiancé knew that the only was he could surprise me was to NOT do the typical thing (LOL). On January 31st, 2014, he called me and casually asked me if I wanted to go to dinner. The staff at the restaurant was REALLY nice that night, which should have tipped me off! Now, I love this place, but I’d describe their service as polite(ish) but often brusque. It’s also a loud Italian restaurant—not exactly your romantic French establishment (said in my best Frasier Crane voice). After a yummy dinner, he asked me if I remembered what he gave me on our first date. I said: “Oh, flowers and candy..so cute but so cliché.” (You’re probably thinking right now that I’m the worst, and you’d be right!) He laughed and then the manager brought over flowers and candy. Those of you who know me know that my next move was to try to dig into the candy. He said: “Will you PLEASE stop for a second!” At that point, genius that I am, I started to realize what was going on. I’m pretty sure that he said a bunch of wonderful things and talked about how much he loved me, but I started hyperventilating and crying. Hilariously, there was this large group of people sitting next to us commenting the whole time. “Shh..I think he’s PROPAWSING!” “I think she’s gonna say yes!” It was like being on a sitcom! Decision 2013: Where to have the wedding: I went back and forth quite a bit on where to have the wedding. And by ‘where’, I just mean narrowing down the city/country! My fiancé just wanted to get married ASAP—LOL. I wasn’t happy with the choices where we live or in my hometown, given our budget. None of them called to me at all. Then I remembered that some of my high school friends had recently had destination weddings and reached out to them for advice. After talking to a few travel agents and a wedding planner, I had narrowed my choices to St. Lucia and Riviera Maya. (We were definitely not having this wedding in the Caribbean, as we knew there would be a few too many family members on the guest list!) Ultimately, Riviera Maya won out because it was a cost-effective option that was easy for family and friends to reach. FYI: I will be organizing my 5-year vow renewal in St. Lucia, so everybody get ready!! Just a heads up for brides: the people that are supposed to be there will make it. Many of the friends (and family) that I was SURE would be at the wedding are not coming. It was upsetting at first, but I am thrilled about the 28+ guests that will be there celebrating with us. Their love and support for us makes this day all the sweeter. The Wedding Location: After FINALLY deciding to get married in Riviera Maya, I started looking around for resorts. I found some beautiful options, but quickly realized that good food, privacy and flexibility were both far more important to me than I had previously realized. My planner and I (Joyce Mnguni, of Dream Weddings) had decided on the Grand Coral Beach club for my wedding day. I was completely excited, until she called me and told me that they had instituted a new $2000 site fee!!! I’m sure it had absolutely NOTHING to do with their little feature in Destination Weddings Magazine, but I digress. Anyway, I had previously dismissed the Blue Venado Beach Club as too rustic for my tastes. However, seeing this wedding from Del Sol photographed in this location helped me to see Blue Venado with a new set of eyes. Blue Venado was cost-effective, private, had a reputation for great food, and would allow me to have the wedding that I wanted. So I ended up going with this location. Source: Blue Venado Beach Club Website The Resort: Although we chose to have my wedding off-resort, we knew that many guests would want an all-inclusive experience so they wouldn’t have to travel to find food, etc. Our resort, the NOW Jade is a bit far from our wedding venue (about 45 minutes to 1 hour), but it was cost-effective for our guests, the food is supposed to be pretty good, and it has lots of child-friendly activities. (Note for future brides: the friends who are coming are leaving their children at home as far as I know! So pick the resort that YOU want for your wedding.) Source: NOW Jade Riviera Cancun website The Planner: Joyce Mnguni of Dream Weddings I will have a lot more to say in my review, but I have to tell future brides here that they cannot go wrong with Joyce. I’ve raved about her elsewhere here on the boards, but she has been a lifesaver. She’s gone with the flow for some of my crazier ideas, provided me with information on lots of options, and reined me in on spending money where I didn’t need to. I also think she *gets* the Afro-Caribbean aesthetic/boho chic vibe of my wedding in a way that many other planners likely could not. I am very grateful for her! Photographer: Chad Pennington of Sobitart Photography I think that you realize very quickly what your deal breakers are. For me, excellent photography was one of them—to the point where I moved the videography budget into photography. I needed a photographer who was comfortable with photographing people of color on a regular basis and could capture moments, rather than just doing staged types of shots. I only seriously considered two photographers/companies. The first was Del Sol. They really do have great customer service and their work truly speaks for itself. The second was my photographer, Chad Pennington of Sobitart Photography. He was a second shooter for a childhood friend’s wedding, and I could NOT stop looking at the pictures. The primary photographer’s work was excellent as well, but Chad had some pictures in his portfolio that moved me and all of my friends beyond words (like this one). We were thrilled with our engagement shoot (check it out here!) and can’t wait to work with him on our wedding day. Save the Dates: One thing that is awesome and wonderful about weddings is that you will find that you have amazing wonderful people in your life that will rise to the occasion and help out wherever and whenever they can. One of my friends came with me to a bridal show (!) AND while we were there, told me that she would design my invitations/stationary. Here are our STD’s inspired by the beauty of the Riviera Maya: The invitations: The invites were also a labor of love. I used up about 90% of my DIY mojo assembling these invites, but we got SO many compliments! I had pinned an invite that I really liked on Pinterest, but they were insanely expensive and the materials were as well. On a trip to JoAnn’s our lives were changed by a sales associate that showed us my new favorite crafting material: burlap paper stacks. Ladies and gents, these really are fabulous! If you like the idea of using burlap but don’t want to deal with all of the fraying, these are the ticket! We also used twine from the dollar store to pull everything together. Here are my invites, and I will also post another easy DIY project or two using the burlap paper and twine. The dress: As you might imagine, finding the dress was quite a process! I probably went to at least 8 stores, some with my mom and godmother, some with my good male friend, and several on my own. I swooned over Jenny Packham and Vera Wang dresses, but I knew they weren’t in the budget. I finally found an inexpensive J. Crew dress, the Arabelle, that I thought would fit the bill, but my godmother put her foot down and vetoed it! LOL The funny thing is, the dress that I ended up choosing at a shop all by myself was a perfect combination of the first dress that I ever tried on (San Patrick Eresma) and the J. Crew dress, the Arabelle. I just love it! Here is the dress, the Pronovias Fabula. As my seamstress notes, it *looks* simple, but the design is absolutely not simple. She basically told me that she was used to seeing a lot of bling on dresses, and that mine was a refreshing change. My fashionista designer sister loves this dress as well: Source: Preowned Wedding Dresses website I bought this dress as a floor sample, and the saleslady and seamstress told me not to lose ANY weight. Well, I needed to and did lose quite a bit of weight and inches, so I had a great seamstress alter the dress for me. (Future bride tip: find a good seamstress outside of the bridal shop for your alterations. I used one recommended by a local bridal consignment shop.) Accessories: Bridal Hanger: I went back and forth with myself about getting one of the bridal hangers. At this point, I realized that I wasn’t willing to pay the high shipping, especially for a rush order. Plus, I wanted something a little different. I came across a tutorial for a sequined hanger, bought the materials, whipped this out really quickly using an old hanger (it really is easy to do and I will post the directions if someone wants them): It’s not perfect, but I think it came out pretty well for my first time! Thanks in part to this website, I started entering more and more bridal contests. One of the things that I won is a gorgeous handmade headpiece from UK designer Yelena Smirnova. She kindly offered to make up my choice, the Rosalie hair comb in all cream: Source: Yelena Accessories, Etsy I also decided to whip up a small birdcage veil to use with this; I just have to attach the comb. (Note: this is SO easy and far cheaper than buying a simple birdcage veil. I will post a tutorial later.) Jewelry: I originally got the J. Crew lattice necklace below to wear when I thought I would be going with the J. Crew Arabelle dress. I will have to post later on this, as my mom and sister have vetoed the necklace as inappropriate for this dress! And I got it on sale and everything! *sad face* Any suggestions from my fellow BDW brides would be great, because the clock is a tickin’! Source: J. Crew website The shoes: You would not believe how hard it is to find high metallic wedges for a wedding! I finally found my shoes on zappos.com, Badgley Mishka Kole in silver: Source: Zappos website Maid of Honor: I only gave my MOH a general color scheme, and she ran with it (but gave me the final veto). I will have to post her actual dress later (from J. Crew), but here is the color, which I love! Groom: The groom…refused to let me see what he’s wearing, so it’ll be quite a surprise for me! (Don’t worry, I made sure that a fashion-forward friend was with him to guide his selections.) Best Man: I have a general idea of what his suit looks like, but I’ll see the whole look at the wedding too! LOL (You can see how laid back I am about what other folks are wearing! As long as it looks good, I’m good!)