Martha

I text'd Jay about 10 minutes ago asking him if he thought it would be ok...he hasn't replied back. He is probably trying to figure out what the heck I am talking about. ha!

What does your dress look like?

Ahh....see, maybe that's why I would use a male. My clothes would be ON. Probably even with a female! Ya, Jay may not like that very much! No offense, Jonathan!

Oh, and just for clarification...I don't think that by me being ok with a male photographer taking my B-pics would make me value my body any less. If the male photographer was awesome and was going to produce awesome work, then I would so do it. I am sure that he is not going to get any "pleasure" out of taking them. Just my opinion. We are all entitled to them.

What if the female photographer was a lesbian? Interesting.

My OBGYN is a male...he sees WAY more than a photographer would. That is his profession. I have never felt weird or uncomforabtle in front of him. I would so allow a professional pgotographer shoot my B-pics. My finacee would be fine with it...I would keep all my clothes on and would bring a friend. I don't even think he would ask who took them because he would just be so excited about the pictures. If he asked, I would tell him...as long as I felt safe and comfortbale that would be all he needed. I think. I will have to ask him when he gets home. lol

I think from the crazy smilie guy you put at the end of your post, you are just kidding, right? If not, I agree...I think it's a bit much, but would be totally hot in B pics!

Good job!!!

My best friend did the polaroid thing and it was a big hit. I might copy her.

Makes total sense! Very good point. Thanks!

The prices on that first website rock!

Coincedence! I just got an email from my TA...she gave us an idea to look in to booking the honeymoon villas for a night or two before we leave. She sent me pictures...the place is really pretty. I emailed her back asking if I could post her pictures on here. I will post them when she gives me the ok....the decor is very modern and very pretty!

Good idea!

Good ideas! I think we def. should take it on a individual basis. Or maybe split the cost with one family since there are 4 of them? Who knows? Maybe they will all stay with us?

Thanks, ladies! I appreciate the input. Guess we will have to see how many decide to stay at one of the other less expensive ones...If it is like 20, there is no way we could pay for each of them...hopefully not!

I love the first one, but I am partial to Gerberas. What are your BMs using?

Quote: Originally Posted by Nini_Bride It's what you're comfortable with doing. If I could pay for my guest's daypasses, I would. Hell, Sarah (SASSYGIRL) is paying for her guests accomodation (right?)... I couldn't do that!! lol. I don't know, I just consider the day pass to be included in the accomodation, maybe that makes me a sleazeball, I don't know. If there are only a few people that stay outside the resort, then I will... but if I go announcing it, then I could run myself into debt paying for all of the day passes!! I'm just repeating myself over and over again, so I'll stop posting! lol. If you can afford it, then awesome... if not, then maybe you can post something on your website like Maria mentioned so your guests are aware. See...that's another thing. If I tell everyone its cool to stay at one of the other 2 places, then I am going to end up paying for 30 day passes. Ya, we don't have that kind of money!

What do you mean about cultures? You think one culture says they pay for themselves over one saying we pay for it? My mom says we should pay for them, FI's family says they should pay for their own....And, FI's sister and brother-in-law are probably the only ones that would not stay where we are.

Good luck!

Thank you for your honest answers. Here is my issue. Aren't I already asking them to pay to come to my wedding? I mean, they do have to pay for their trip, right? But, I was all for paying their night passes, which are more than the day passes. It is my wedding and if they are staying at the less expensive resort, that probably means they cant spend a lot of money. We are going to make it very clear on our website and the TA is going to make is clear the difference between the diff. resorts and what will and will not be included if they stay at the other one. I think technically we should pay for them...but, I just don't know.

Ok, little question...we are getting married at the Iberostar Lindo. This resort area is made up of 5 sister resorts. One in adults-only, 2 are on the lower end of the budget and the one we are staying at and one another are more expensive. We want everyone to stay at ours, but understand that they may not be able to. If they stay at one of the other 2 that are cheaper, they do not get to come on to our part of the resort (we get to go to theirs though). They will need to get a night pass (I think $75 pp) for the wedding. Do we pay this for them or do they? Of course we will pay for their dinner and stuff like that. What would you do?

oh, ya! Duh! I wasn't thinking about that one because I was thinking about the ones that aren't adults-only. My TA was there a few weeks ago and LOVED it. She didn't specify exactly why but she said it was beautiful and lived up to the Iberostar name.

Are you referring to the Maya? We are getting married at the Lindo. Never stayed there though...just going by all the awesome reviews the resort has.

Didn't even think about it being heavy. Duh! Well, I kinda scratched the idea of using it as a bouquet. I just wanted to do it because he thought it was so cool.... Thanks for the honest opinions!

I was flipping through my Modern Bride and came across this bouquet. Jokingly I asked Jay if he liked it. Turns out, he LOVES it. I never would have thought to use something like this...I am not really sure I like it, but since he has mentioned it several times, I think I might use one just for him. If not, I think I might make several small ones for our table. The picture is not that great...I couldn't find one online that looked like this, so I used my cell phone to take a picture. What do you think?