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Can I just say that it's so comforting to talk to someone that's going through the exact same situation! It's really just too difficult to explain to other people!!

I'm also concerned about some guests not booking through Jill. I really think that we'll get 10, but I'd REALLY love to have 25 rooms booked through her to get the free room...we'd use that for our photographer.

Let me know what Allibe says about this and I'll keep you posted on my updates tomorrow as well.

Hi Ladies - I went through the same headache when we were negotiating the contract.

We weren't sure how people were going to chose to book and we didn't want to get penalized.

We basically just had him write out a 10 room contract where we only had to commit to 5 rooms to our wedding coordinator and the rest could be booked however people chose to book.

We added more this time around but we didn't get into logistics. I have to call him to make sure we don't have to just book them through him only.

I like them because they seem so flexible. At first it's irritating because there are not many defined answers but I guess it's better than having to deal with a resort that says no to everything:)

Sorry so late responding! Amongst other things, we are getting ready to move in about a month, and I'm filling out zillions of job applications online... ugh.

Got the contract from Jill, asked a ton of questions, and she is negotiating now for some changes for me! All in all it looks good and we are seeing what kinds of perks I can (hopefully) get. She already got me one thing I was hoping for, so I have my fingers crossed. Will let you know once I hear back. I will be really happy to have all of it done, and the STD's out (I'm waiting on some stuff to arrive in the mail so we can make ours). I saw your boarding passes Becks, they look awesome! How are contract negotiations going for you?

Ana~ I grew up in Poughkeepsie and got my bachelor's in Albany. For the last three years though, I've been living in Arizona, Korea, and as of next month, Texas. My hubby's in the Air Force. We actually got married here in Seoul, JP style, and the wedding we are planning is going to be the big event for our families. Where are you from in CT? I haven't spent much time there, other than a lot of shopping at Danbury Mall, haha.

Hey girls! Do you mind sharing what rates you got?

For the free room was it for one night or more?

Our rate for rooms was $185/per person. Some people think it's steep but let me know if you guys got a better deal.

Also - do you girls know if all the rooms are all-inclusive? Someone asked me and I didn't know what the right answer was. When we were down there for Memorial Day there were some people wearing bracelets and the guy checking us in said it ws because they were not in "All-Inclusive". I'd like to know in case a guests books that by accident.

Tricey that is too funny - I've been to a couple of weddings at the Poughkeepsie Grand. My Fiancee is from Patterson/Carmel. I'm from Stamford, CT so I love going to the Danbury Mall.

I LOVE LOVE Arizona!! We went to Scottland a few years ago and fell in love with it.

Typo! I meant Scotsdale!

Haven’t heard back yet about the contract but I can’t wait to have that done and out of the way too! I was thinking about the people not booking through the TA problem, and really, if that happens, worst case scenario we end up with less than 10 rooms booked and have to cancel it. But we would know that ahead of time I think, and I really doubt we would have less than 10.

Becks~ Your cruise sounds awesome! So jealous!!  My 2 best friends were married before me, one has a 2 year old and is thinking about trying for another, and the other is pregnant. I can’t wait for the days when we are all able to take girl trips together…We never really did it in college since we were all too poor, and now it’s baby-making season lol!

Ana~ My rates are about $192 so it’s a little more, but I’m kind of thinking that’s related to time of year? We are January, and Jill had said it goes up even more in Feb and March… All in all $192 sounds good to me, especially compared to what the individual rates and online rates were. Who thinks it’s steep?

The free room I’m not sure about yet, but I was pretty sure it was a free room for the whole week if you book a certain number of rooms, 25 was the current number… All of our rooms are all inclusive, and I asked our TA to include roundtrip transfers for everyone too.

Scottsdale is actually where I got engaged! I absolutely love it there, I lived in Phoenix for 2 years and spent a lot of time in downtown Scottsdale. It’s gorgeous. I think my high school graduation was at the Pok Grand Lol…. I’ve heard of a lot of weddings there. My immediate family is still in the Poughkeepsie area too, so I try to come back as much as possible.

I think my rates are $185 too (for May). It came to $370 per room basically.

And yes, that is all inclusive. It says so on the contract so that makes me feel better!