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Hi everyone!  I am in the beginning stages of planning my wedding, which will be held at Mr. Sancho's in Nov 2013.  I have already hired Cozumel Wedding Planner and we have the ball rolling on that already.  We will be staying at Cozumel Palace, and this is where I need some help!  I've been communicating with Palace Resorts group booking department, hotels houston intercontinental airport and they have quoted me group prices which I can secure with a deposit, and the deposit would be the cost of my own room paid in full to reserve the rest of the rooms.
I got an email from one of the TA's on here (Teresa at Vacations 4 Less), with an offer to help me with my travel bookings.  She quoted me basically the same prices, with the difference being that I would have to pay a percentage up front for all of the rooms as a deposit, instead of paying for my room in full like Palace Resorts was asking.
I really have no idea which option is better.  What exactly can the TA do for me that I can't do for myself, if the prices aren't any different?  My other question is this:  how far in advance did you brides start booking things like hotels and airfare?  I know that airfares are not published until 330 days in advance, so I'm wondering if I should hold off on sending out the hotel info to my guests until the airfares are published, so that they can look at package deals (hotel + airfare)?  Or are we better off informing everybody now, and just going with the group rate at the hotel and leaving the guests to find airfare on their own?
I want to get the best rates for my guests, but at this point I don't know if there will be good deals a few months from now on packages, or if we should just start the group booking process with the hotel now?  Or should I let the TA do the booking hotels houston intercontinental airport for me?
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When I first started planning my wedding I had planned on doing everything myself, hotels houston intercontinental airport then my aunt who is a TA offered to take care of the bookings for me which I'm glad she did.  As the bride you are going to be focused hotels houston intercontinental airport on dresses, hotels houston intercontinental airport menu options, music selections, invitations, etc. etc. etc and this is one thing you can have someone else do for you.  Having a TA gives everyone in your group a person to go with questions on flight times, hotel amenities, etc.  I booked our wedding almost one year in advance (late April of 2011) and in September hotels houston intercontinental airport my TA called and told me that had cancelled our flight so I had to re-book for a week earlier at that point of my planning I don't know if I would have been able to handle the stress of contacting everyone and explaining hotels houston intercontinental airport the issue so she did it for me.  For me I found there was many perks to having a TA and lot less stress.
I agree with Janette hotels houston intercontinental airport - having a TA has lessened the stress of getting everyone to book, and then to make their final payments. I've only had minimal involvement, when she's asked me for additional information.
It really depends on how many people you have, or think you'll have going with you. If it's only a few friends family, you can probably hotels houston intercontinental airport handle it on your own. Any more than that, I'd highly recommend a TA.
My TA handled all the payments from our guests, and to the resort, she is setting up the shuttle transportation from the airport to the resort (included in our group rate, and everyone sends her their flight info), she's sent out final travel documents, and handled any special requests. She helped guests find book airfare if they wanted her assistance hotels houston intercontinental airport with that too.
Our guests are almost all coming from different airports, so we could not take advantage hotels houston intercontinental airport of a bundled rate. We booked our resort in late January, for a November wedding. Most of our guests booked airfare in July-August.
One thing that the TA offered that I liked a lot is that the deposit I would have to put down for the block of rooms is much less with her than what the resort quoted me.  (Booking directly with the resort they wanted me to pay for my own room in full as the deposit for all the rooms….versus with the TA I only have to put down a 10% deposit hotels houston intercontinental airport on the total # of rooms).  She also told me that with a TA, my guests can pay for their rooms in installments, instead hotels houston intercontinental airport of one lump sum payment up front.
I've done some research on packages (resort + airfare) and I haven't found anything quite as cheap as the group rates I can get by reserving a block of rooms.  The TA told me that she can bundle the group rate with airfare at the time of booking, if that's what my guests want to do.  So unless somebody here has any other recommendations, I think that's what I'm going to do.  Secure the block of rooms at the group rate, and give my guests the option of booking the flight with their room or separate.  Does this sound like a good plan?
yes, chickky311 hotels houston intercontinental airport - that does sound like a good plan. I know how overwhelming it can be to have so many decisions to face that you hadn't even thought hotels houston intercontinental airport of before. What I've found works for me is to write it all down - and revise as I go - then just take one step at a time.......all the best! you're doing great and I wish you a perfectly wonderful wedding !
I would recommend using the TA.  When I planned my wedding in Cozumel my now husband, Michael, and I tried to do the bookings and it drove us nuts.  Our guests kept changing their arrival and departure dates.  If you can push that responsibility onto someone else do it.  I would also recommend letting your guests deal with their own flights.  Best of luck with your planning!
Can I ask, where in Cozumel did you have your wedding?  We have ours booked at Mr. Sanchos, but I'm just curious about other brides' experiences with other locations.  I ended up choosing Mr. Sanchos becaus I've been there and I liked it alot for a wedding, also I didn't like the fact that our resort didn't have any secluded/private area for the wedding ceremony.
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