Heidi

Quote: Originally Posted by Philly_Bride I'm in Bucks County. It's freezing here today!! I grew up in Bucks County! Very nice!!

WOW is right! That was an excellent episode. LOVE the Des flashbacks. And I love Daniel Faraday...awesome character!

Aight, I could've gone crazy on mine, but I picked a few select things - my niece, om, fav TV show, Reginald & me at the beach, fav book/movie and my kitties!

Glad you decided to *officially* join us!

to the forum! Yet another Ochi bride! LOVE it!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by jmhein I think Feb is extremely busy for her for weddings, she had at least 2 and sometimes 5 every day we were there. I heard someone say she works 12 hour days, 6 days a week! She really does need an assistant! But she is very nice and very competent, she will get back to you! I thought Riu did a max of 3 weddings a day?

Quote: Originally Posted by starchild Q: Would you still be my friend if I looked like this? I would be your bud no matter what you look like! Q: If you could live ANYWHERE in the world, where would you go?

CONGRATS!!! Welcome home! Thanks for the awesome review. I'm psyched to go!!! Your room is absolutely incredible...I hope we get an upgrade like that too, haha!

Chandlyn told me we can do it at St Ann's semi-private and free of charge. That's where we're doing ours!

great pics!!! hottie!!!

Fabulous review! Thanks so much for all of the detail!!! Welcome home, and congrats

Quote: Originally Posted by starchild Thanks Heidi, I tried that and it still doesn't work. It's a jpg file. Could it be that it is too big? Possibly...can't hurt to resize! Good luck!!

What a great idea!!! Jamy, I would just close out of photobucket, then reopen and see if it works. That usually fixes a lot of computer probs!

Count me in!!

Quote: Originally Posted by misstoya Your wedding was gorgeous! You looked beautiful and your pics turned out great. I was kind of hesitant to book Michael because I thought it might be just a little too much, but I might just have to splurge on that one. You also have me changing my mind about the disco. The Seagrape sounds great. My wedding is on a Saturday (April 5th this year). The Seagrape is available on saturdays? or is it just the beach reception thats not available (I thought I read in a previous reply that one of the two wasn't an option for a saturday wedding)? I'm kind of stressing out because we have about 40 or so days left and I haven't even been able to get in touch with Chandlyn over the phone to figure out anything. Thank you so much for giving the break down because we would've gotten there and been blindsided with all of this at once. Also, do they do credit cards down there or do we have to travel with a bunch of cash? Hey, I just saw your wedding date - you're the day after me! Very nice!!! Chandlyn has been answering my questions, but slowly. From what I understand, you can use credit cards, though there may be an extra charge for credit cards at Photoshop (I think I remember reading that somewhere...)

I had a similar problem. My original TA was outright rude to my guests and several people complained to me. Unfortunately, it wasn't until after our deposits were made and the air would be non-refundable. So 14 of the people coming (including me & Reggie) are still using her. But for everyone else, I switched to TA Jennifer, on this forum. She is so nice and pleasant and I've had nothing but positive feedback from people who have contacted her. I HIGHLY recommend her!!!

Thanks, yea it was a lot of fun! The makeup pics crack me up. I look utterly terrified in some of them!

WELCOME HOME!!!Your pics are incredible, congrats!

Sorry for the photo delay, but I had to drive to my mom's and upload them myself! So with no more ado, here they are... Opening gifts (yay!) - The horrible bow hat - The toilet paper brides & me (Reggie's cousin and one of my friends) - The beginning of that blindfold make-up game... Reggie's sister, Anassa, guiding Reggie's blindfolded cousin Nicole (I look terrified!) - The end results (you really can't see the blue eyeshadow too well!)- I'm thinking of doing my wedding day makeup like this, thoughts?! At the end of the party - My sister, my 2 bridesmaids & me (Reggie's sister is MIA in this pic!) Reggie came to pick me up and we put the bow hat on him. What a good sport!

Tara, I found the same thing when I was dress shopping. I definitely was drawn to the simple dresses. And it was HARD to find them!! The best place I found was David's Bridal, because they had like 4 simple ones where other places had 1 if I was lucky! I went shopping a few times (not as many as you!), but I always found myself comparing dresses to one I tried on during my first visit. I didn't get the 'this is the one' feeling either, but hey, if I was comparing everything else to it - that was good enough for me! GOOD LUCK!!!!!!

I've been dying to hear about SATP! I so badly wanted to have our wedding there. Would've been great... looks beautiful! Thanks for the review. I definitely want to check that place out sometime in my life!

Quote: Originally Posted by DLyteful I think this is a great idea and I would be willing to do it. I'm not using Michael and I'm not paying a fee (I've decided), so we will see how things go. My favorit cousin is a photographer,and she is amazing. She is going to be taking my pictures. I agree; great idea and I'm in! I'm bringing in a photographer. Michael's style just isn't what I was going for. But I COMPLETELY think his more recent work is MUCH better than what he had emailed me as samples over a year ago.

Quote: Originally Posted by DLyteful Heidi, can you give us Caroline's email address? I want to email her too. Absolutely; I know I posted this somewhere but I have no idea where. This is teh email I have from her: Dear Heidi, Thank you for contacting RIU Sales Wedding Department What Michael stated in his e-mail is true, Should the photograher be a family member or friend travelling with them they are allowed to take pictures. A local photograher is allowed at fee of uS200 plus the cost for the day pass. This fee is payed to the Photoshop for the breach in contract. If you shall require further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. Warm Regards, Carolina Miranda Sales Wedding Coordinator Ocho Rios & Negril, Jamaica Weddings By Riu America's Division Phone: + (52) 984 877 23 20 Email: [email protected] Wedding Packages by Destination. Honeymoon Holidays. Weddings by Riu And as far as they are concerned, my photographer is a friend traveling with us.

Carly, this is too funny! We're going to US Toy this weekend to pick up beach balls, water guns, etc for our OOT bags!! Great minds....

Great pictures! I LOVE the setup of the reception...gorgeous!