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Hi! I just joined the forum and am grateful for all the advice I've read so far. I'm trying to decide on a resort for April 2015 and having a hard time finding something great that is all-inclusive and allows kids. We will probably have about 50-60 people total. My primary question right now is: Is Iberostar Rose Hall Suites worth the extra cost over Iberostar Rose Hall Beach? From everything I have read there doesn't seem to be a meaningful bump in amentities or "niceness" from one to the other, but there is about a $600 per person difference for a 5 night stay. And reviews for both look very positive. Our other contenders are RIU Palace Tropical Bay and Royalton White Sands. We would LOVE to be in Negril, but the wedding options at the RIU are not getting me very excited. Royalton is well priced and beautiful, but sort of in a remote location in between MoBay and Ochi and I know some of our guests will want to venture off the resort. (I did search the forum for this topic, but I didn't find an answer comparing the 2!) THANKS in advance!
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Looking for any useful information; Do's and Dont's; Also it is such a huge hotel how did you keep track of everyone?
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Hello Past &Future Brides!! So I am planning for my June 2015 wedding. (I know I have a long way to go but time flies!) I have finally narrowed down my search to 3 resorts and in desperate need in figuring out which resort to choose from. I actually originally choose Paradisus La Esmeralda but it was out of my budget ($2000+/pp). My budget is $1600-$1800 and I am looking for family friendly resorts. I'm currently stuck on deciding between Moon Palace, Playacar Palace and Dreams Riviera Cancun. All 3 have pros and cons that I have accumulated by reading from Trip Advisor and BDW. Moon Palace Pros: - They have plenty amenities which is great for my guests as they will never get bored -All Palace resorts allows you access to other Palace resorts -Perks, perks, perks! Cons: - Beach is unappealing - Resort is massive about 2000 rooms! (its good and bad actually, alot of amenities but lots of walking) Meet ups sounds like it might be a challenge. Playacar Palace Pros: -Location is great, its right next door to 5th ave - Access to Moon and Cozumel which you can take the ferry - Beach is AMAZING from pictures (the WOW factor of this resort) - Currently #18/196 Playa del Carmen and #41/341 of all of Riviera Maya (it gets a ton of great reviews) - Perks galore $1500 resort credit. free calls to canada/usa - Every 11th person is free! Up to 3 including accommodation and airfare! Cons: - Size - 208 rooms quite small, only 3 restaurants and 1 huge pool - Nightlife- Is there any? Looks like theirs no nightlife and my guests love to party and so do I - Decor - ok don't get me wrong but I love the modern look but it just seems a little plain. It's that clean simple modern feel -Lobby- boring not much of a WOW factor (My concern is I just don't want my guests to get bored or sick of the food) Dreams Riviera Cancun Pros: - This place is very picturesque, looks gorgeous in pictures! - Reasonable size about 400 rooms, not too small and not too big - Variety of restaurants and different reception and ceremony locations - I love the reception location on the pool deck (this is where I fell in love with the resort) - Location about 25 mins away from the airport and 25 mins away from 5th ave. - Every 6th room booked is free (but just the room, not including airfare) up to 4 rooms free Cons: - Mixed Reviews on Trip Advisor, currently #6/23 puerto morales and #104/341 RM - beach is meh...so-so - Well I got the package from Dreams and basically everything is a la carte and pricey I might add. - From reading from reviews it seems like they will nickel and dime you for everything and they don't seem to be very flexible My dilemma is Dreams looks beautiful for a wedding and I the size is perfect but it seems it will be pricey. Hey I want my dream wedding but I am not about to pay an arm or a leg for it. But Palace they seem like they have great perks. I'm so confused and would appreciate anyone's feedback, suggestions. I honestly feel like Goldilocks and the 3 Resorts . So any help is great help! Future thanks to everyone that responds! Thanks, Bev
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Hi, My name is Francine and I am getting married in my home island, Jamaica in June 2015. I live in NJ. I am so excited, but my fiance and I don't even know where to start. We are going to Jamaica in March 2014 for vacation to try to visit a couple resorts and reserve a date for the wedding. I read a lot of these posts and viewed a lot of beautiful pictures. We want a small wedding of 50 - 60 ppl. I like Sunset Beach resort because it seems to be affordable, but I also like Rosehall Beach Resort because their grounds are beautiful and spacious. It seems to be more private. Does anyone mind sharing how much they spent for their wedding? What were your big money items? Is it best to go with the resort for everything for the ceremony and reception? Or is it cheaper to get vendors outside the resort for things like decorations, flowers, DJ, photographer? Recommendations? I appreciate any feedback. When I go and come back I'll be sure to update on the forum. Thanks
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Hi, we planned on getting married in October of this year. We don't have a lot of guests attending, and we were thinking of all going away and doing a destination wedding. I was looking on St. Lucia because I heard it was a great romantic vacation for our honeymoon and offers plenty. I saw there were several packages offered for people planning weddings on St. Lucia. http://www.theromanticholiday.com/st-lucia-wedding/personalize We saw a bunch of packages here that look great. I'm a little concerned on what I should offer guests - do we pay for rooms, do we contact the resort for discounted group rates? How far in advance should I book something? Do I pay for flights? Any advice on destination wedding etiquette would be appreciated. Also any recommendations on good wedding options at a resort. Doesn't have to be on St. Lucia, any island that offers romance and activities for my guests are ok. I'm in NYC if that helps (being mindful of my travel costs) Thanks!
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Hi Ladies, We just booked our wedding for Jan 2015! We are very excited and can't wait to get the ball rolling on details. Just wondering if there are any other brides out there that are planning a wedding at the Grand Sunset Princess Resort & Spa as well? I would love to hear your take on it so far. April
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Hi ladies, Does anyone have the final details document from Loretto? We're not getting married until August but I don't feel like 2 months prior to the wedding is enough time to make decisions and come up with all the finishing touches. Thanks in advance Courtney
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Hi! We have started our wedding planning for summer of 2015. Weirdly there seems to be many reviews of weddings at the Riu Tropical Bay Palace on Trip Advisor but very few *almost no* reviews elsewhere. We are looking for having a simple wedding *if possible* with about 40 guests. Does anyone have experience at this resort that could share some ideas and/or things to be aware of? We have also been looking at the Iberostar Rose Hall or other Riu hotel's in Jamaica because I heard that the Riu Tropical Palace is starting to looked abit dated. Any thoughts on this? Thanks!!!
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We are getting married at Moon Palace in June 2015 Just looking for input/ suggestions from past brides 1. In June, what would be the best time to have ceremony? How long for pictures? Also, how many hours in advance before wedding should we get our hair/makeup done? 2. With the complimentary wedding do the give you an iPod Dock/speaker setup to play music during ceremony ? 3. We are looking at 40-67 guests... any suggestions on cocktail hour and reception locations? I know some locations charge an extra $12 per person for setup fee. Is there any that would fit us that does not charge the fee? 4. For that many guests how much cake do we need? What's your favorite flavor? 5. Also any recommendations on which cocktail food choices and buffets would you suggest ? Also, do they let you have your own signature drinks? 6. Any reviews on Moon's DJ? Dancing is a must!! Or is it better to rent iPod Dock/speakers? 7. We are planning on having a welcome dinner or welcome cocktail party? Any suggestions on where and what time? 8. Do we need a rehearsal? 10. For the reception we might buy one of the collections, but if we don't can we rent one or two pieces from a collection? I seen the Zuniga catalog and even their prices are high. We might use the resort photographer for wedding. We would like to do a TTD session. Would that take place on site at the resort or off site? Trying to avoid outside vendor fees. Any suggestions of local photographers and pricing/packages for TTD
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Hello! Although I am not a blogger, I just had to make a post on this site to share and thank the people who were invaluable to me during my wedding planning by helping others. Planning a wedding is daunting, especially when it is in another country and you've never been there! After we got engaged, we decided to do something different and plan a destination wedding. We were the first of our friends and family. We got engaged in June 2012 and sent out the "save the dates" for our December 2013 wedding. We wanted to give people plenty of time (1.5 yrs) to save up and make plans to join. I think the extra time paid off because we had 65 people join us to celebrate! It also gave me plenty of time to do little projects for the wedding and make it stress free! RESORT: We chose Secrets: Wild Orchid which is actually connected to Secrets: St James in Montego Bay based on a friend who had been there's recommendation. They each have their own pools but share the restaurants, the spa, and entertainment. There is a boardwalk on the beach that runs the length of the 2 hotels. Secrets Wild Orchid (SWO) is a little newer and more modern and is closer to all the restaurants. You cannot go wrong at either and we had guests stay at St James (SJ) because SWO was sold out. Everyone was saying this was the nicest place they had ever been! One of our guests had the swimout room in the preferred club which was pretty cool during the day because we could hang out in the lazy river and be close to the room! PREFFERED CLUB: We stayed in the preferred club which was gorgeous. The best thing about it was that there was your own bar in the lobby filled with different tapas at all hours of the day, one night we didn't even go out, we just ate there! there also is a bar filled with grey goose, ciroc, crown royal etc - all top shelf liquors that you can make however you like! sometimes the fruity drinks become too much! Im not sure if it was 100% worth the extra money only because ALL the resort is soo nice. Some other brides I spoke with even said they were bumped up to it for free! TIPPING: One things I must note is how nice all the staff is. They are all kind and try to know you by name. They really really appreciate any tips so I recommend bringing as many $1s as you can. change is hard to come by and trust me you just want to tip these sweet people. $1 American is = $100 Jamaican dollars so your tips are really making a difference in their lives. LENGTH OF TRIP: We came down on Fri and our wedding was on Tues. We stayed until the following Sunday and I think 9 days was just the perfect amount of time. I wouldn't have wanted to leave any sooner! Monday we hosted a welcome bonfire in lieu of a rehearsal. We chose Tuesday for our wedding which seemed to work out the best because it is definiately the most fun leading up the big day! Most guests left Wednesday after the wedding (fri-wed). DRINKS: Our guests favorite cocktails were: dirty banana (kinda like a chocolate banana smoothie with alcohol), grasshopper (tastes like a thin mint cookie), espresso martini from the piano bar, all different flavors of mojitos, jamaican smile, purple rain, bob marley (that's the tri colored drink in pictures), and icebergs (red stripe draft beer with a floater of margarita on top) YUM-O!! FOOD: All the food was very good! For breakfast there is a buffet at the world café which has everything. There is also the coco café which is a coffee bar that is open all the time and serves hot and cold drinks including blue mountain coffee and some that have alcohol in them. That is how I started off all most everyday! My favorite lunch spot was the restaurant at the st. james pool. they had a nacho bar daily, and pizza, and many great dishes was a daily soup. the restaurant oceana at the wild orchid pool had different wraps that you could customize. there is also a snack bar in between each resort on the boardwalk that has soft pretzels, and the best little "meat pies' and Saratoga chips. This is all serve yourself which is great for a quick bite. Lastly there is staff that walks the boardwalk for 2 hrs each day and serve fresh fruit, jerk chicken, and fresh coconuts! (you can take them to the bar and they will add some rum too For dinner if your want to go to the Japanese restaurant, make a reservation as soon as your arrive. there was a 2 day wait for a table while we were there. It is delicious and you must try! The French restaurant Boudaeux has filet and lobster but make sure your hubby brings pants or else your cant get in! I would skip Portofino - the Italian restaurant. You can get much better food at all the others. El patio is the Mexican restaurant and was delicious. One thing to plan around is that Saturday night is all you can eat lobster night! YUMMY The Jamaican restaurant Blue Mountain was also very very good. The crab cakes and pumpkin soup are tasty and my husband loved the goat?! Our entire group probably wiped out the room service staff because we were all obsessed! the fried cheese triangles were to DIE FOR! they ran out multiple nights lol. The club sandwich was fab and the fish sandwich. It was such a luxury! we would order after dancing all night at DESIRES the nightclub! WELCOME BAGS: CEREMONY: We initially were going to have the ceremony at the big gazebo where the cocktail hour and reception was held but at the last moment switched to being on the actual water. I truly think it is even more private because the beach front gazebo is on the walkway between the resorts and closer to the public while the beach location is in the corner of the resort next to the preferred club beach. This was the best decision by far! The wedding coordinator, Rocio picked me up from my room with a golf cart and drove me over so I didn't sweat! Many other guests at the resort watched the wedding and every time I went out afterwards, someone would come up to me and tell me how beautiful it was or that they liked my dress! haha it was very sweet. Instead of having bridemaids I asked all my girls to wear purple dresses to the wedding. I wanted to save them money since they were already traveling to come to my wedding and it looked beautiful in all the photos! COCKTAIL HOUR: During the cocktail hour, we upgraded from the Jamaican Trio to the Steel Drum Band which was $200. They were absolutely fabulous!! All the guests were impressed. The Secrets Ultimate Wedding package included a photographer so I utilized him to take photos of all the guests during the hour while we were with Misha Earle (our photographer) This worked out perfectly and we got to chose 50 5x7 photos and they placed them in an album. The resort photographer pics were surprisingly gorgeous!! I love the album. The wedding package also included a 30 min DVD of the ceremony, clips of the cocktail hr, cutting of the cake, and the first dance. This was priceless! I am soooo happy we got this package and all the extras. The DVD is my favorite! We had a viewing party back at home with family and friends and every thought it was great. They truly did amazing. You even get to pick the songs featured in the video. Both items are treasured memories. DECORATIONS: From home I lugged the table runners and chair sashes that I ordered from weddinglinensdirect.com. I brought candles and center piece rings, I made table numbers in little frames I purchased from the dollar store, and I sprinkled blue and purple crystals along the tables. The resort provided tea lights on the tables and cocktail tables as well. I also brought some purple and turquoise tulle that was wrapped around the gazebo. From the resort we purchased the Chinese lanterns ($390) that were strung across dinner. It gave such a beautiful ambiance and I felt was worth the splurge! We rented 12 tiki torches that $8 each which had double duty. We used them to line the aisle at the ceremony and then the staff moved them around the dance floor and reception tables after the ceremony! I ordered shell and starfish frosted glass drink coasters from favorwarehouse.com. Each seat got 2 so a couple would get 4! People were even asking me for extra. One thing about these was that they were very heavy so I had to spread them out among guests to bring to Jamaica! Thanks you everyone! lol Got them on labor day sale so there was free shipping - great deal on them in bulk too. My friend Danielle made us the programs which we had on each seat at the ceremony. It was pretty warm so everyone was using them to fan themselves! great idea... CAKE: We chose the vanilla cake which was delicious - moist and we got a lot of compliments. We had a 2 tier cake and wanted one chocolate and one vanilla but that was a $50 upcharge so we declined. I purchased the cake topper off of etsy and got the butterflies at joann fabrics. Adding this on was no extra cost and it looked gorgeous! We also had the welcome sign on the cake table: GUEST MAP: In place of a guest book I will never look at again, we ordered a vintage map of Jamaica on Amazon and brought gold sharpies for every one to sign! We now have it framed in the basement! GLOWSTICKS: I ordered glow sticks in purple and blue. I got 2 cases of necklaces and bracelets. I placed them in sand pails I got at the dollar store and filled them with crystals from the dollar store so they would hold them up. This was the best idea for sure! All the guest loved them and even the staff at the wedding was weaing them! I made a sign that said "you've made our future bright, now lets so the same for tonight! grab a glow stick and light up the dance floor" I made a couple of my friends pack them and bring them to Jamaica and they were not happy with me haha but after the wedding they said it was totally worth it!! PRIVATE CANDLELIGHT DINNER: This is a must! It is included in the honeymoon package if you stay as the resort for 7 nights. You can also purchase if not and use some of the resort coupons. It was ~$350 for the lowest package. On our last day there, we had a romantic day at the spa with the hydrotherapy circuit and a couples massage. The spa is very high class. Later, we went to the barracuda bar and waited for our private waiter to get us and take us to our table. It was set up on the ocean at sunset. It was absolutely breathtaking. He served us a 3 course meal of the best food we had the entire time we were there with a bottle of champagne. This was the perfect way to end our trip! All in all, the wedding concierge has done this many many times before. They will eventually respond - don't forget they are on island time. There is no need to stress because it will all be amazing, so relax and enjoy every moment. After all, you are in paradise. <3 I will post more and the trash the dress shoot when I get my professional pictures back!
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Hello everyone!!! I just wanted to see if there are any 2015 Beaches Turks & Caicos brides out there? I've been a member of this site for a while but finally made the decision to go with Beaches T&C and gave my deposit . I recently had my first call with Roxi and now I'm in the process of deciding what I want in terms of decor, extras, etc. I'm still sifting through all of the various forums but I'll gladly take any tips or suggestions from anyone who has been married there or is getting married there. We're getting married in May 2015.
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bestdestinationweddings.com helped my husband and I so much much when planning our wedding, so I've decided to pay it forward by posting a review of the Royalton Punta Cana where we had our AMAZING wedding. Permit me to start by saying that the wedding was a dream come true and that we could not have chosen a more perfect resort! There are only two complaints we had (planning before arrival and the onsite photographers Photoshop Caribe). I'll start with the good stuff though! Claribel and Yeisy: These two wonderful women are the onsite wedding planners and I cannot say enough great things about them! They are simply spectacular. They took care of everything, took away all my stress and confusion, organised things I hadn't even thought to plan, decorated beautifully, dealt with any hiccough that arose, and they did it all with smiles on their faces. I couldn't believe how easy everything was because they were so good at their jobs. I met with them the day after I arrived at the resort and they walked through the entire invoice of what I'd paid for, confirmed everything that I wanted, took my decorations and listened to how I wanted them used, gave me options when they saw I was unhappy with something I'd set up, and made suggestions for changes when they realized that I'd planned for something that would not work out as I'd wanted it. Claribel took me to all the ceremony venues and helped my husband and I to decide on all outstanding details. I could call them day or night with questions or concerns and they addressed them immediately. Honestly, could not have asked for anything more of these unbelievable women! Rehearsal dinner: This was a lovely dinner the night before at the Hunter Terrace and the staff and food was phenomenal. We had our own private area on the outdoor terrace and were able to chat about plans for the following day without interruptions. Claribel offered to also walk us through our wedding with the guests, but we did not feel this was necessary so did not do it. Claribel is so organized that we knew we could count on her to get everything happening the way we needed it to on the day of without a run through. Part way through the dessert course we were lucky enough to have some of the staff come in and do a surprise African music performance! UNBELIEVABLE! Really made our night as my family's background is Zimbabwean, so it was very special. Spa: I only had manicures, pedicures, and hair done at the spa for the wedding (and massages afterward), but it was all amazing. Very talented staff that listened to what I wanted and made it happen. I also had a wonderful surprise when the manager of the spa told me that there was a prep room set aside for myself and my bridesmaids on the day of the wedding for us to get ready! This was AMAZING! It made the whole process so much easier, and allowed my husband and his groomsmen to use our Presidential Suite with a sofa to prepare. It was unexpected and unasked for, but so very much appreciated! Ceremony: We were the first couple to get married in the EcoSpa garden between the Royalton and Memories Splash (photos on the Royalton Facebook page). It is the only completely private venue, which was very important to my husband and I. It was an absolutely beautiful venue, with a straw thatch roofed building for us to enter through, bathrooms so we didn't have to go off site, an area for the bar, and open stone terrace area for the guest seats and a beautiful gazebo with flowers and bushes and trees for the ceremony itself. The whole area was surrounded by palms and other trees so that no one could look in on us. Truly gorgeous. We also had our cocktail hour with drinks and snacks here after the ceremony for our guests while we took photos with the wedding party on the beach. All of our guests said they loved the location and were glad we'd opted for this rather than the beach (which is quite open and allows for a lot of gawkers). Claribel administered the symbolic ceremony in English for us and it was very well done. Dinner and reception: We were originally going to do a semi-private dinner at Opa! and then move to a beach party reception, but were very lucky that Claribel set up a private dinner/reception combo on the central over-tent area between the two main pools on the resort. She did this because she realized that I was not happy with the idea of moving and really wanted a private venue. At the end of the day I think it was mutually beneficial, as I got the private venue I'd really wanted and the Royalton staff didn't have to set up and serve two different locations when one would do! I cannot express how much my husband and I appreciated this and it really did make our wedding much, much better. We arrived to the location and the DJ played the songs to announce us. This was great as we would not have been allowed to do this at the restaurant. Once we were all sitting, dinner from Opa! restaurant was promptly served (Delicious, btw! All the guests were very impressed with the food and service). We did speeches in between courses, so it wasn't too much all at once, and guests were able to get up and dance to the DJ's music throughout the dinner. Again, this would not have been possible had we still done the venue switch as we'd planned, and I know the guests really appreciated this option, so I'm very glad that Claribel accommodated us. After dinner we were able to do our first dance, and get everyone else up dancing with us, right beside the dinner tables. Lots of space, but great to be in the same spot as we were able to sit back down for cake, rather than having it served right after dessert when everyone was full. We'd highly recommend this location for dinner and reception! And the staff that served us were simply superb! DJ: We were really impressed with our DJ. He did a great job of mixing songs and hit all of our cues. This was all the more impressive as he did not have our song list ahead of time (see point 3 of "planning before arrival"). He did a great job of making sure everything flowed well and played a great mix of slow and upbeat songs. Would definitely recommend the DJ! Photographer. We opted to go with Photo Souvenir, and are SO happy that we did. We have yet to get the photos back (counting down the days), but Severine was just so professional and personable that we felt immediately comfortable with her. Photo Souvenir worked within our budget and really went out of their way to calm all of our worries leading up to the big day. On the day of, Severine came an hour early to make sure she found all the best spots for photography, to introduce herself and to get acquainted with us and our wedding party. She was very unobtrusive and made sure to ask if we wanted any particular shots. She was very creative and we have an idea of what to look forward to by looking at friends photos that they snapped behind Severine while she worked! She even stayed a little longer than she was contracted for as she realized that we'd been set back by the music glitch earlier in the night (again, point 3 of "planning before arrival"). We will post a photo or two once we get them and confirm what we are fully expecting to be outstanding photos! Our only setback here was the price set by the Royalton. When we said we wanted outside photographers, we were told we'd have to pay an outside vendors fee. Fine. But then we were told the cost: $800 SERIOUSLY?! We had Laura touch base with her manager on this one and they brought it down to $450. Still very steep we thought, but we paid it because we didn't have confidence in the onsite photography team, given reviews we'd read and their online profile. We were very happy with our decision to go with Photo Souvenir despite this extra fee from the Royalton. and now onto the bad... Planning before arrival: The Royalton Punta Cana Resort and Casino requires that you do all of your planning prior to arriving in Punta Cana with their Canadian coordinator, Laura, and so this is the person we dealt with before the wedding. For the most part this was not a bad experience. Laura forwarded me information when it became available (we booked before the resort opened, so not all of their literature was ready yet), drew up a very concise invoice once I told her everything I wanted, helped me make payments in a way that worked for my husband, and consulted with her manager for us when we were not happy with charges or had questions. I am sure that she did the best she could for never having met my husband and I in person, and for being an off-site coordinator which I imagine is quite difficult. However, I did have a few problems that should be mentioned: Laura took quite a while to respond to emails on several occasions. I'm sure she had a number of brides to look after, but over a week for a reply is a bit much. I had to ask a few questions several times before I would get an answer. Sometimes I think this was because the information wasn't available (being a new resort), but many times it felt like she had forgotten I was waiting on information. And I never ended up getting the list of alcohol available for purchase through the resort as I'd asked, as we'd wanted to send champagne to the best main and maid of honour. And this final one is my biggest concern and upset me quite a bit on my wedding day. Laura had sent me a sheet to fill out with the songs I wanted for the DJ (first dance, entry songs, playlist, etc), and had told me I needed to email it back at least 3weeks before the wedding so the DJ could get familiar with it. She said that he would have all of the songs before I came, but that some of the important ones I might also want on my iPod. I completed the list, sent it to her and thought nothing more of it... until the day of the ceremony when Claribel came to me and said "what song is your wedding party coming in to?". My heart dropped. Claribel had taken my iPod and I'd told her all the songs were on there... but I found out that Laura had never sent the list to the DJ or Claribel, so they had no idea what to play or when! I spent 15 minutes looking on the Claribel's phone looking for the email with the song list that I could not remember in the moment, and then another 20minutes at the head table doing the same thing! Our groomsmen didn't come in to the right song because I eventually said let the DJ pick something because we were holding up everyone from eating dinner! I was SO disappointed and felt this was quite an oversight since I had to do planning during the wedding that I'd already painstakingly done weeks before! I have read that you can ask to work directly with Claribel, instead of working with Laura, and I would recommend this, not because Laura is bad at her job, but simply because she is the 'middle-man' and it is just one extra step that causes confusion. Also, with her not being on site, it means she doesn't see the day to day functioning of the resort which is really important to planning a wedding there. Photoshop Caribe Photography: Despite getting some nice photos from Rony, the onsite photography company is our only complaint at the resort, and a big one at that. Included in our wedding package was a hour with Photoshop Caribe (the onsite photographers), but they insisted that they take the photos on the day of the wedding, even though we had our own photographer. We argued this, as that was not written anywhere when you had to use this hour of photography (all it said was "1 hour of pictures with our professional onsite photographer - all images taken within the hour provided on a CD for you to share with your friends and family back home"). They ended up agreeing to do photos the day after the wedding as glamour shots. We were happy with this. However, Photoshop Caribe management decided to back out of this and to call us on the morning of our wedding to tell us they would not honour our appointment, and that they would take photos during our wedding or not at all. After telling us we had to come down to the shop (we refused as we were getting ready for our WEDDING, which they knew), and an ensuing argument, the manager told me they would not budge and hung up on me. Needless to say I was very upset. Claribel and Yeisy were spectacular though and managed to arrange everything in the end. Again, we left with quite nice photos, taken on the day and time we'd wanted originally, but management at Photoshop Caribe needs to seriously look at their customer service and make sure they honour what is written into the wedding packages about their services! And they should NEVER call a bride and groom on the day of their wedding to have an argument like this... it's simply a really stupid way of doing business! Overall, we definitely loved our wedding. The problems that we did have were very small in the grand scheme of things and our wedding guests did not notice anything amiss. I would simply say this as words of advice for future brides at the Royalton: don't stress: Claribel and Yeisy will take care of everything and it will turn out more beautiful that you could ever have imagined! work directly with Claribel (or at least copy her on ALL emails with important documents attached so that she has everything): this would have saved a lot of time, possibly saved us a fair amount of money, and would have made the whole process a lot easier, Being my first and last wedding, I would have really appreciated Claribel's input from the start, but Laura did not provide any of this. do your research for photographers: we'd highly recommend Photo Souvenir, and were very VERY glad not to have gone with the onsite photography company. tip all of the wedding staff! They work so hard and really do need the monetary recognition of their hard work. Our amazing day would never have been possible without them! Best wedding ever the area behind the pool where you see the white tent roof is where the reception dinner was held Garden Gazebo site (what you would see walking down the aisle) Garden Gazebo as the groom would see from the front podium beach for photos... stunning site! head table for dinner reception wedding cake provided by the Royalton
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We are getting married at the Royal Playa del Carmen in January 2015. We will have around 80 guests. We are blown away by the amount of people that are making the trip to celebrate our love, but the planning process is proving rather difficult. I am working through the planning process with the off-site wedding coordinator that was assigned to me, but she has not been very helpful! I have TONS of questions on some of my planning items, and haven't gotten much advice from her. If you have any advice / knowlege on the following topics, please advise! Thank you! I have a large bridal party (7 bridesmaids, two mothers, any myself, for a total of 10 women). Where are we supposed to get ready with the hair and makeup artists I have hired? I will be staying in a one bedroom suite, but I'm not sure if this is enough space. Does the Royal provide a separate room or any private area where my bridal party and myself can get ready for the day? Does the hotel provide a separate room for the groom the night before the wedding? I haven't seen this mentioned on the website anywhere, but I was hoping since we're bringing 80 guests (40 booked rooms), they might be able to provide something for us? We are getting married in the beach front Gazebo, and will also have our wedding reception on the beach front gazebo terrace. I have NO IDEA how the area will be set up, but I need to make a seating chart! Will the resort provide me with options to lay out the reception tables? Perhaps this will happen after I've provided my final guest list? I'm find it pretty difficult to plan my flowers, seating chart, decor, etc. when I don't know what the space will look like! For anyone who has had a reception on the ocean front gazebo terrace, what did you do about a dance floor? Was there just an empty space for dancing (since it's concrete terrace)? Or was a dance floor provided? I have not yet signed a contract with the hotel (but we've been making deposits to hold our date and areas) because the wedding coordinator is having trouble assisting me with planning our wedding schedule. Apparently this is more difficult since we have so many guests. In order to have the ceremony in the gazebo, cocktail hour on the beack, and reception in the gazebo terrace they are saying we need to have a 1.5 hour break between the ceremony and cocktail hour! One of the perks of having everything in one place is no breaks! I have been unsucessful in communicating my needs to the off-site coordinator, and she always needs to contact the on-site wedding planner before providing me with an answer on the wedding schedule. Is there any way to cut the off-site coordinator out of the picture? I feel like it would be so much easier if I could just speak to the resorts on-site wedding planner! Any advice here would be helpful! Should I be worried that we haven't yet signed a contract? It will be way past dark by the time our reception begins. How do they handle lighting for the outdoor reception on the gazebo terrace? Do I have to hire someone to provide lighting? Or is this something the resort accomodates? I am planning on having welcome bags for each of our guests when they check into their rooms. What is the easiest way to get all of this stuff down there? Is there any easy way to ship, or should we just bring it down in extra suitcases? Will we have trouble at customs? Should we buy wedding insurance? I've been thinking about it for a while, but not sure if we need it. Where would be the best place to purchase a policy? Is it worth it for the peace of mind? I don't think we're going to cut a cake since our plated meal comes with dessert, but I've been trying to think of something else we can do. Are there any mexican wedding traditions we could incorporate?
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My fiance and I are going to Mexico on Tuesday (yay!!!) to scope out Dreams Tulum, NOW Sapphire and Azul Beach Hotel and will hopefully have made a decision before we get back home. I've been reading the reviews on all of these properties, but has anyone seen more than one of the above and how did they compare to each other? As of now, we think we'll probably end up at NOW Sapphire, but things could change after we sit down with the wedding coordinator and get on-site.
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Hello fellow brides! I am getting married at Dreams Los Cabos on May 15, 2015 and in the process of selecting my vendors. Any recommendations on a photographer or videographer? We have the utlimate package and was wondering if any of you have used Pixan photography. I am not finding many review as of yet.. Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Hi, We are planning to get married in March of 2015. I've spoken with a few travel agents and have gotten mixed reviews of when we should request flight/hotel package quotes from WestJet / Air Canada / Transat / Sunwing ect in order to get the best prices. Some say to book ASAP and others say to wait until about 10-11 months out when the flight schedule comes out. I'd really like to plan ahead and book early, but if it ends up costing less to wait a little longer in order to save ourselves and our guests some money I think it would be worth the wait. We expect about 35 guests, so I wan't to arrange a group rather then try to have everyone book on their own. Brides who have already booked their group - when did you get quotes and put your deposit down with the travel agent? Did you book the actually wedding ceremony with the resort before you booked the travel? Thanks!
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Hello everyone! I followed these forums religiously before I got married so I wanted to contribute since I found everything so helpful. First of all, our wedding was EPIC!! An epic fairytale to be exact, it was really perfection. We had 40 people total and everyone is STILL talking about what a wonderful time they had. We orginally choose the most expensive package, but then downgraded to the middle package and paid the per person fee. It worked out better for us that way. So here is my break down: Check-in- A breeze. We arrived the day before the majority of the guests arrived. We had a lovely ocean-front junior suite (but our friends later upgraded us to an ocean-front suite which I highly recommend). We provided welcome bags for all of our guests. They had the guests names on them and the staff set them out right behind the Reception Desk and handed them to guests as they checked in. *I had given the guests a heads up to make sure they got their bag when they checked in. This was no issue at all. Welcome Bags-Our welcome bags had a welcome note, agenda, Mad lib and I SPY sheets, lip balm, advil, toothpaste etc... Rooms-Perfection, a little loud in the hallways, but who cares? You will most likely not get upgraded. Our friends were nice enough to upgrade us to a Suite as a wedding present, which was great, but honestly, we didn't spend that much time in the room. There were a lot of mosquitos which I had never noticed before on my 3 previous trips to the resort, so bring lots of bug spray. Better yet....include them in your gift bags, your guest will love them! The rooms could be updated, but we didn't mind, they were very clean. Wedding Coordinator-We worked with Jazriti and she was a dream! She takes awhile to get back to you via email...but don't worry, as your wedding gets closer she will be on point. Trust me! We met with her the Thursday before the wedding. I showed her pictures of how I wanted the Ceremony space and the Reception space decorated. I also gave her all of my decorations and she set them up EXACTLY how I wanted them. I hope to be able to post pictures of both. She also arranged for our welcome reception and rehearsal dinner. We had to do a few follow up phone calls and she was very accomodating. Photographer/Vidographer-We used the resort's photographer/videographer. We also met with them during our meeting with Jazriti. I have not recieved the video yet, but the Wedding photographs are STUNNING!! AND you get them before you leave, so you can do all of your editing at home on your own computer. They were great. Welcome Reception-Most of our guests came in Thursday evening, so we had a welcome reception in the main bar. They sectioned off an area and we just got drinks from the bar. Rehearsal Dinner-We had the rehearsal dinner at the Steak House. It was lovely. We had two long tables and they served Surf and Turf. We were able to give speeches and hand out gifts. We then walked all the guests over to the ceremoney area so they knew where to go for the Wedding (this was great, no one was late)! Hair-I used Susan Morel and it was just ok. My hair was in a half up do with curls, but the curls totally fell by the time the ceremony took place. It stil looked great though. My makeup was ok. Ceremony- We had our ceremony at the San Jose Gazebo and it was the most beautiful location I could have imagined. I will say that it is a very loooong walk to get to the groom, but I got to really take it all in as I walked down. We were going to do a beach ceremony but it's difficult to walk in the sand and I wanted to wear heels. Reveren Marco Archiega officiated our ceremony and he was GREAT! He was funny and heartfelt! My mom read a passage and my husband and I also recited our own vows. You willl be able to choose the ceremony that you want and he will work with you to make sure that the ceremony is exactly the mood and the tone that you want. Our guests cried and laughed througout the whole thing. It was a LOT of fun. Flowers-We used the hotel Vendor, Alina, and the flowers were just what I wanted. I used the flowers that came with the package as well as 4 bouquets for my bridesmaids which I believe were $60 each. There were also two large arrangements on the gazebo and petals on the ground (which they will later use on the tables for your reception). Alina is very pleasant to work with and will get back to you via email right away. I changed my mind about a few things and she was very gracioius about it. Reception-We had the reception at the San Jose Mexican Restaurant Terrace. We rented the whole space out for $1200 for four hours. It was so beautiful!! And convenient! The guests went to the reception area while we took pictures. We had one long table and that worked out very well for us (we sat in the middle). We did toasts and speeches and the bouquet/garter toss, father/daughter dance, mother son/dance. The space fit our group very well! DJ-We used the Resort's DJ. I gave him a playlist and he mostly stuck to those songs but he added songs of his own too and kept all of our guests dancing ALL NIGHT. He was great! I forgot to mention that I also brought my IPOD, they have a music guy that will use your ipod to play the pre-ceremony music, precessional and recessional music. He didn't miss beat! Post wedding Brunch-we had a brunch the next day at the Main Buffett, we all gathered outside at the English Garden at 10:30, we all looked like a hot mess (most of us partied in a suite for the afterparty until 3 a.m.) but it's great way to bond afterwards and some of our guests were leaving that day. Post wedding dinner-We made reservations at "The Office" for our post wedding dinner that Sunday evening. What a fun place!! You eat right on the water, incredible views and great food and service. The resort itself is beautiful. Our guests all did different things but we all managed to spend a great amount of time together. It was just what I imagined...a vacation with our closest family and friends with no formalities. Let me know if anyone has any questions!
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Hello.....we are considering having our DW in Cabo San Lucas at the Sandos Finisterra Los Cabos Sept 2015. Has anyone used this place before and if so can you share some thoughts?? I have enclosed the link.... http://www.cabovillas.com/properties.asp?PID=448 Just as info....I am familiar with Earth, Sea, and Sky vacations services and it appears the wedding packages are through them using Sandos as the resort but I am waiting to here back to see how that all works. Thanks so much!!!
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Hey Ladies, I am scheduled to be married at Playacar Palace in July, 2014. I was having a really difficult time finding a photographer that felt right, as it turns out we have one in our wedding party so that worked out well but as for dj/lighting... that's becoming the final last detail I just can't seem to nail down. Any brides have any suggestions? We are having out reception on the deck that they have on the beach so I'm thinking I will need quite a bit of lighting... anyone have a reception in this area in the past or planning one in the future? Where is everyone else having their reception and what type of audio/visual package are you going with? Any other outside vendors or suppliers that you have tracked down and found useful? I appreciate any advice or info anyone cares to share! Thanks so much ladies
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Hola' Palace Brides, I am getting married at Moon Palace this June. I had just gotten back from my site visit and loved the resort. I'm almost done with my planning, but looking for input and advice from past brides. 1) who was your coordinator and how where they? any issues on communication/mistakes? 2) On the actual wedding day; how well did your coordinator do? Did they communicate with you or come see you to go over things before the wedding that morning? Where they present before and during the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception? 3) If your event had to be moved indoors; when did they decide this and how did they tell you? 4) If you brought your own décor: Did you have them set it up? If so did they set it up as you asked them to do so? Did you have family/friends set it up? When did you get your items you brought back; next day or when check-out? 5) Did the resort, staff or your travel agent do anything special or little surprises for you? 6) Did you get upgraded to Concierge? If so, what did it actually include? I have heard that even if you do get the up-grade to concierge, you don't actually get the massage it usually comes with. Is this true? 7) Honeymoon Package: Is there a phone number or email address for Public Relations/Honeymoon desk to set dinners, etc up? I heard the honeymoon dinner is only on Tuesdays / Thursdays and is booked two weeks in advance for brides/grooms. Miriam didn't tell me this part. I heard from other brides that they didn't know to pre-book it. They went to the Honeymoon desk upon arrival to set up their honeymoon gifts. They were not they couldn't have the dinner since should have booked 2wks ago and no availably. 8) Did anyone reserve VIP area of Nior Disco? If so how did you do it? How much extra does this cost? 9) Anyone recently use the salon for airbrush makeup and hair? If, so how did the makeup come out? Did they do it in salon or come to your room? I ask these things cuz I've heard mix reviews; especially on my assigned coordinator. We have Miriam. I met her and she is nice. Most of my emails either I get a response back within a week. Only twice it took much, longer. Once I had to email her a second time to get a response. She said she has been working there for about a year. Not sure how much previous experience she has had. She told me that since my wedding is scheduled at 4pm they would decide at noon the day of the wedding if it needed to be moved indoors. That it would be in one of the ballrooms at Nizuc. My concern is will she come to both the grooms room and my room to tell us or at least call? I have heard from some brides they never see her or other coordinators at all prior to ceremony. One past bride said she didn't even know they changed the location of her wedding due to rain. She found out from her photographer! When we were there few weeks ago I got to speak with another brides mother. She said to keep on them communication is bad. That Miriam wasn't seen all morning prior to wedding. That she showed up 10 minutes prior to ceremony, guests where already there before she was. The mom also said that once ceremony was over Miriam was gone. They didn't know if they could go to the cocktail set up or dinner. Just wondering if this is normal or not? Any advice would be great.. <Our Planning > Day before wedding: Using our 30 person dinner from wedding package the night before for rehearsal dinner at Brazilian restaurant. Wedding day: hair/makeup with either salon or vendor Video: one of our guests owns a company so they are doing it. Photos: Out side vendor - Bicoastal Images Ceremony: 4 pm at Tucan Gazebo décor: brining with us starfish hangers for aisle chairs, petals for walk way and one sign to hang Horse and carriage Pictures: 4:30- 5:30 Cocktail: 5:30-6:30 at Tucan Garden décor: just the standard Reception: 6:30-8:30 (might add 1 extra hour) décor: using our own coral table runners for guest tables, blumebox vases for each table (will put bridesmaid flowers in it as centerpieces), battery candles, menus, favors at each napkin. sweetheart/cake table: gold sequin runner, picture/signs and our own cake topper. The only thing we are going to rent is the (1) ipod system with two speakers. They said they can set it up to use it for both the cocktail and reception since its right next to each other without having to move it. Then we are going to rent the white haning lights and string lights for around the 6-7 palm trees there. After Party: 10 pm - on at the resort disco
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Hello Ladies!! I'm recently engaged and planning my wedding in the DR, Punta Cana. The beaches look incredible and my fiance and I are all about the Tropical Paradise feel for our wedding! I've doing quite a bit of research on the all-inclusive resorts (crazy how many there are, but love the options) and would love to receive recommendations for recent weddings in Punta Cana. I was in contact with Stephany at the Sanctuary Cap Cana, yet have just been informed that she is no longer with them and the resort is not available for weddings in April 2015, which was very disappointing since this resort was top on my list. I loved the fact that it was more private and less of a "wedding factory" feel per se. The new coordinator, Hector, did however recommend the other two sister properties of the resort (ALSO Luxury Village and ALSO Del Mar). Has anyone gotten married or stayed at either of these two resorts? Any feedback would be extremely helpful!! Thanks so much!!
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The Royal-Playa del Carmen June 18th 2014 We arrived to Playa Sunday and spent one week there. Our wedding was sincerely perfect. Of course we hit some bumps and I hope I can help any upcoming Playa brides. I like being as detailed as I can so this may be long Alvin and I were engaged 12-21-12 and I reached out to The Royal website mid-January. Our flights were booked in May 2013, court wedding was 6-28-14, invitations out Fall of 2013 and we put the RSVP at 1-31-14 Peach Travels/Pleasant Holiday Travel Agent PROS- Sheila Peach was a sweetheart and communicated very well. She was found on the Royal website and lives less than ten minutes away from me. She helped inform me with what I needed to do for a smooth wedding planning. I did not deal with her too much since we were booking our flights and room with Pleasant Holiday. Our guest and I dealt with Brianna. She was very easy to communicate with until a month before our wedding. She was out of her office a lot and not responding to us. We were very happy that she found us direct flights from LAX to Cancun for $381. Close to departure we all received a neat booklet to organize our boarding passes, itinerary, and passport. We also received luggage tags and some discount coupons. CONS- Some guests complained that Brianna was not responding to them. I had a hand full of guests contact another coworker or her boss due to the lack of responding back quickly. I personally did not deal with that but some guest did. There were issued the day we arrived to The Royal and after an hour of arguments, sweat, and walking back and forth we finally received the room we paid for. We received our room 2 days later and had to sign a contract stating we could not complain about The Royal, Peach Travels and Pleasant Holiday. PLEASE be aware that the new wedding packages at The Royal may include an upgrade. You may or may not get it so do not worry too much about the room you stay in. All rooms are beautiful. I also do not recommend the swim up suites. Yes, you feel like a famous artist in a music video with your own pool but you can only be in it until 9 pm. Personally I do not think it is worth the price. Invitations After lots of research I found beautiful and affordable passport/boarding pass invitations. We originally saw the idea on Pinterest. Here is the website https://weddingpassports.com/passport-gallery/ Vanessa and Dave were so awesome! They sent me the template for The Royal and I went to a local printing company to personalize and print them. I paid $25 for the template and Stella Graphix from Hawthorne, CA charged me $200 for personalizing the template and printing 75 invitations and boarding passes. We LOVE our invitations. We were so excited and noticed we put a wrong contact email so I ordered business cards on Vistaprint for about $8 and added the business cards in the invitations. I also made address labels on Vistaprint with a photo of us from our court house wedding. I also bought the paper and transparent envelopes on ebay. Dress I was always one to say I was going with a simple silk wedding dress but after trying on dresses at boutiques and David’s Bridal my mind was confused on with what I wanted. I was able to narrow it down to two dresses from David’s Bridal Galina Signature SWG 400 and Beaded Lace Sheath with Godet Inserts Style VW9340. Again, after lots of searching the web I found my size on ebay and bought both. One for the wedding and one for trash the dress. The dresses were very comfortable. I spent $400 for both dresses, used. I also bought my veil on ebay for $120. My veil had lace trim. Jewelry I am lucky to know a very talented jewelry maker. I met her through my husband. She is a counselor in San Diego but makes amazing jewerly. I bought my bridesmaids and moms necklaces and my maid of honor an awesome cuff. I wore a slave bracelet and statement necklace. http://waterthelove.com/ I also bought a necklace and earrings from ebay for our ceremony. I loved that this necklace had a teardrop falling from my back. Resort All of our guests loved the resort! The staffs have such huge hearts, so caring and always welcoming us with a big smile and the Mayan welcome. We had 51 guests and about 16 stayed at The Royal and the rest at their sister resort The Gran Porto. We loved how simple the walk was to The Gran Porto. Our rooms were always cleaned quickly and left surprises like candy, candles lit, or cool towel origami animals. We usually ate at Spice and we also recommend the Italian restaurant and Maria’s at The Gran Porto. The Royal had the best beach. Beach was not dirty and it was not congested. If you are facing the beach, you can walk to you left and find watersport things that you can rent for a good price. They also have $35 hour massages on the beach. Much cheaper than the resort’s massages. Ohhh and don’t forget about room services. It is soooo good. The night before our wedding we stayed in my room and after being kicked out of our swim up pool we went into the hot tub and ordered every dessert on the menu. Resort is def an A+. The entertainment is also great! My friends did the water aerobics and we did the zumba one day too. Super fun Wedding My coordinator was Lorena and she was my favorite person to deal with! Working with her was perfect. She is a very loving person and her calmness helped me out so much. I met with her about three times before the wedding and she was constantly checking in with me during the wedding. While I was getting ready I was able to email her any concerns and she responded quickly. She even came down to the spa to check in with me and ensure I was all good. My entire family was so thankful for Lorena and all the workers. We tipped everyone because we were so so happy. I told the workers mu favorite drink was their electric lemonade and they did such a great time making sure I always has one in front of me. My wedding started at 4:30 and the weather was so perfect. We did have some wedding crashers who were very rude to our best man but Lorena quickly went to help and called for security to stand around our wedding to ensure no other person came to grab champagne the bar set up was also great. We had our table set up so we had the view of the ocean and our family all in front of us. Words cannot express how perfect our beach wedding was. Perfect music by DJ doremixx has us dancing the entire night. We had a wedding of 51 people and the dance floor was a little small but you have the entire beach to dance on Photographer I was so fortunate to find Ione Photography!!! Ione was so good and communicating. We exchanged emails throughout the planning process and we even had a pinterest page to exchange what type of photos we had in vision to take. As we got closer to the date we exchanged information for an app called WhatsApp on our phones which made it even quicker for us to communicate. The day of the weddings Ione sent me a text on WhatsApp and let me know he was on his way. At that moment I realized our wedding was getting closer Ione met me in my room and our second photographer met my husband in his best man’s room. His work was done so calm and captured so many great shots. I didn’t think I wanted photos of me getting ready but I’m so glad he did. He captured funny moments like zipping up my dress ( dress was a bit tight lol ) and my cousin blowing air on my neck as I was sweating . As we walked down to the beach Ione helped take more photos and then departed as it was time to walk down the aisle. My family also fell in love with our photographers. They captured not only precious moments of Alvin and I but also amazing photos of our niece, cousins, family and friends. Alvin and I had moments where we went off and took photos on the beach and I love them! He also did a great job and reminding our excited family that they were creating a shadow in our wedding pictures as they as rushed and gathered around them to snap photos of their own. They took great photos that we will treasure forever. Every photo was so beautiful. Their creativity was so unique and so perfect. The day after the wedding we met again for trash the dress. We went to Cenote Cristalino. I had my makeup done with Cecilia Hernandez which is Ione’s friend. I sincerely wish I would have gone with her to get my makeup done for the wedding, she was fabulous and the makeup lasted ALL DAY. I jumped off a cliff into the water, dunked my head under water multiple times and after the photo shoot still went swimming in the pool with friends and not an eyelash fell or make up smear. I was so happy that Ione referred me to her because her makeup was the best I have ever had. I even emailed her after the wedding to get information on the makeup she used because it was so good. She does have a Facebook and informed me you can search her there or here is her information [email protected] or phone 9848765152. Between her awesome work on my face and Ione’s work with the cameras it was heaven trash the dress was so much fun and tiring. I never realized all the techniques needed to look pretty underwater. Luckily we has such good support and patience from ione. We didn’t have specific poses which worked out well! Some of our photos you can see and feel the nature happiness we had glowing the day after our beautiful wedding. We received a webpage with all photos. Ione had a small issue with his laptop but communicated that immediately which I highly respect him for his great communication. My package came in so quickly! He added a tablet with an amazing slideshow Ione photography is so professional and so caring about the type of work he will do for your destination wedding. I recommend him to all Playa del Carmen brides
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Hello ladies, new on here! I am sooo pleased to have signed up as this looks like the best place to get all the info you need! Me and my fiancé will be getting married in Dreams Palm Beach Punta Cana in June 2015. We stayed at this hotel in 2009 and had the time of our lives, it is a beautiful resort and we cannot wait to go back! I need some help, can anyone recommend a great hair and make up artist over there? I was in contact with Krystie Ann for quite some time as I planned on booking her but unfortunately, she will be gone a few days before I am due to marry I have done some research but nothing is popping out, please let me know if there is someone with super talent out there! Thanksss x
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Hi everyone! After endless research into different areas of Mexico, my fiance and I decided on Cabo for our destination wedding ! We're mostly likely set on Cabo Surf Hotel which looks like the perfect small, boutique hotel for our wedding and the casual vibe we're looking for. We have a trip to Cabo booked for Labor Day to triple check the venue/hotel (although all reviews are amazing) and meet with Martha, the hotel's coordinator, and local vendors. If anyone has any tips or suggestions regarding Cabo Surf Hotel, please share & post here! There seems to be a wedding there every weekend, so I know brides and soon to be brides are out there Also, any vendors I must meet with while in town? We need everything - flowers, music/band/DJ, photography, video, hair/make-up, etc. Any great rehearsal dinner locations? We've been in contact with Flora Farms which looks amazing! Thanks!! xx
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