Feb 2010 ROR - Wedding Pack has arrived!!

[baj]

Hi Riu Bride 2010,

 

How long after booking your holiday with Thomson's did you recieve the forms which needed to be sent back to them?

 

Thanks

[baj]

Hi,

 

Booking forms recevied, signed and sent back to Thomsons, so still awaiting for the date & time to be confirmed. Hope to hear after the Easter hols, So excited.

[amberlynne87]

I booked my wedding date through Riu online. I received confirmation within two days and am happy that my wedding is confirmed for March 30, 2010 at 4pm. I didn't get any forms or packets in the mail. It must be something your travel agency does.

[desser]

hi all

 

when do you get confirmation for your meal and evening reception? we are still waiting for confirmation for april 1st at 4pm....fingers crossed, should be this week!!

[elisa1126]

Thats really exciting!! So do you have to book your wedding through a travel agent or can you do it directly through the RIU?

[Marie]

I booked our wedding itself directly thru RIU on the website. It was easy. I picked the date and the time, requested the location for the ceremony-picked out the wedding package and sent it off! Laster.//maybe 5 days later, my travel agent received a confirmation # via email, saying everything was booked--but the booking needed to THEN be confirmed with our booking reference with the resort......at this point- we hadnt booked the resort--I sent out our std's, and we started the group booking right away--we have 25 people booked now with deposits for May 2010---went back online and entered in our confirmation # that RIU weddings gave us--plus our booking reference we got from sunquest--and voila! Wedding confirmed!

 

It was a bit of a waiting game for sure....and I felt better once I had done it all!

[baj]

Yes, can book direct with riu, but decided just to book everything with the travel agent, however still awaiting confirmation of the date and time which we have requested. Hope to hear this week but thinking that it may have been quicker to do this direct with riu. Fingers crossed that I receive confimation this week.

 

Desser, how long have you been waiting for your confirmation after senting your forms back to Thomson?

[Marie]

I forgot to mention--once we initially booked our wedding online on riu website---we were told we had 120 days to confirm with our booking reference from the tour operator or resort itself.....so that gave us 120 days to get the group booking going......we need 10 people to start it.

[shellk]

hi fellow uk brides,

i have read all of your threads and i think you have each answered the questions before i found you.i am new but if you have any queries i will try and help.

 

i got my wedding pack with confirmed date last week wayhey.we fly out to mexico 7th feb 2010 and get wed on 15th.

 

i go for my first dress appointments on saturday and we have booked a reception for when we come home.how far planning wise have you guys got?

 

its true what you say it is a waiting game.but its not easy when you are soo excited.i think its good how we all get wed so close to each other.hopefully we will be able to help each other out.i think the forum is great i don,t have to bore my fi so much now hehe.

[baj]

Hi shellk,

well I have not planned very much yet apart from booking the holiday & wedding package, although we have got the wedding rings.

I think once I know the wedding date and time have been confirmed I will start looking for the dress.

Also waiting for the date to be confirmed so that family and friends can start booking because some are thinking of going the week before we arrive. You are right the hardest bit is the waiting, but well excited.