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Good Ideas!! I wouldn't mind getting some pictures after the ceremony done with the sunset in the background!!

I hope to get married on the beach but it depends on the wheelchair accessiblity. We will decide when we get there.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cherie Hi Pouchie, I realize we don't have to pay for the open bar and that beer and wine are included. However, we have now pulled out of renting the disco and are going to be having our dinner and reception at the Plantation 7-11 pm (and having the DJ for the four hours). I know my guests would like to have hard liquour. I would have preferred to only have the open bar from 9-11 pm, but I believe the $10 pp applies to the entire four hours. Correct me if I'm wrong please! I myself, would personally be satisfied with just the beer and wine! I am pretty sure the $10/ per person applies to all night. I thought the same about the hard booze but we have quite a gap in between our ceremony and reception so I am sure most of our guests will have their fill of hard booze in between. hehehehe. Most of our guests I think will be ok with wine & beer. (I hope!!)

Quote: Originally Posted by jmhein This is VERY Cool!! I am excited I might get to meet Therese and JamaicaBride08 while I'm there! Ladies, we should arrange a meeting or wear name tags or something! I also know Pouchie isnt on the list yet but she's another February bride!! October 2007 Brides JerzzyGirl - wedding October 12, 2007 - had a GREAT time! November 2007 Brides Maureen/Mo: wedding November 9, 2007; there from November 3-13th December 2007 Brides Cali/CaliaA07: wedding December 18, 2007 There Dec. 14-21 January 2008 Brides Becky: wedding January 23; there 1/19 - 1/26 Becky (bex1975): wedding Jan 26; there 1/23-2/1 Cherie: wedding January 17th, there January 12th-26th February 2008 Brides Janelle (Jmhein): wedding February 12, there 2/9 - 2/16 JamaicaBride08: wedding Feb 8th, there 2/3-2/10 Therese (chicago88 ): wedding Feb 15th Natasha (pouchie) wedding Feb 7th March 2008 Brides Anna: Wedding on 14th March, there from 6th March - 21st March April 2008 Brides Heidi: wedding on April 4; there from 4/1-4/8 Jen (J&M): wedding on April 9 Jocelyn: wedding on April 10; there from 4/5-4/12 Denise: there 4/5-4/12 yboone98: wedding on April 11; there 4/9-1/13 Amanda: wedding on April 17; there from 4/12-4/19 May 2008 Brides md_ocr: wedding on May 10 Lizz: wedding on May 16; there from May 10-19 Jenn08: wedding on May 23, there from 19-26 Davina: wedding on May 29; there from May 26-June 1 July 2008 Brides Brittney: Wedding on July 12; there from July 9-14 MrsInTraining: wedding on July 19; there from July 16-23 RiuBride2B: wedding on July 26; there from July 23-28 __________________

Quote: Originally Posted by jmhein This is VERY Cool!! I am excited I might get to meet Therese and JamaicaBride08 while I'm there! Ladies, we should arrange a meeting or wear name tags or something! I also know Pouchie isnt on the list yet but she's another February bride!! October 2007 Brides JerzzyGirl - wedding October 12, 2007 - had a GREAT time! November 2007 Brides Maureen/Mo: wedding November 9, 2007; there from November 3-13th December 2007 Brides Cali/CaliaA07: wedding December 18, 2007 There Dec. 14-21 January 2008 Brides Becky: wedding January 23; there 1/19 - 1/26 Becky (bex1975): wedding Jan 26; there 1/23-2/1 Cherie: wedding January 17th, there January 12th-26th February 2008 Brides Janelle (Jmhein): wedding February 12, there 2/9 - 2/16 JamaicaBride08: wedding Feb 8th, there 2/3-2/10 Therese (chicago88 ): wedding Feb 15th Natasha (pouchie) wedding Feb 7th March 2008 Brides Anna: Wedding on 14th March, there from 6th March - 21st March April 2008 Brides Heidi: wedding on April 4; there from 4/1-4/8 Jen (J&M): wedding on April 9 Jocelyn: wedding on April 10; there from 4/5-4/12 Denise: there 4/5-4/12 yboone98: wedding on April 11; there 4/9-1/13 Amanda: wedding on April 17; there from 4/12-4/19 May 2008 Brides md_ocr: wedding on May 10 Lizz: wedding on May 16; there from May 10-19 Jenn08: wedding on May 23, there from 19-26 Davina: wedding on May 29; there from May 26-June 1 July 2008 Brides Brittney: Wedding on July 12; there from July 9-14 MrsInTraining: wedding on July 19; there from July 16-23 RiuBride2B: wedding on July 26; there from July 23-28 __________________

Quote: Originally Posted by jmhein This is VERY Cool!! I am excited I might get to meet Therese and JamaicaBride08 while I'm there! Ladies, we should arrange a meeting or wear name tags or something! I also know Pouchie isnt on the list yet but she's another February bride!! October 2007 Brides JerzzyGirl - wedding October 12, 2007 - had a GREAT time! November 2007 Brides Maureen/Mo: wedding November 9, 2007; there from November 3-13th December 2007 Brides Cali/CaliaA07: wedding December 18, 2007 There Dec. 14-21 January 2008 Brides Becky: wedding January 23; there 1/19 - 1/26 Becky (bex1975): wedding Jan 26; there 1/23-2/1 Cherie: wedding January 17th, there January 12th-26th February 2008 Brides Janelle (Jmhein): wedding February 12, there 2/9 - 2/16 JamaicaBride08: wedding Feb 8th, there 2/3-2/10 Therese (chicago88 ): wedding Feb 15th Natasha (pouchie) wedding Feb 7th March 2008 Brides Anna: Wedding on 14th March, there from 6th March - 21st March April 2008 Brides Heidi: wedding on April 4; there from 4/1-4/8 Jen (J&M): wedding on April 9 Jocelyn: wedding on April 10; there from 4/5-4/12 Denise: there 4/5-4/12 yboone98: wedding on April 11; there 4/9-1/13 Amanda: wedding on April 17; there from 4/12-4/19 May 2008 Brides md_ocr: wedding on May 10 Lizz: wedding on May 16; there from May 10-19 Jenn08: wedding on May 23, there from 19-26 Davina: wedding on May 29; there from May 26-June 1 July 2008 Brides Brittney: Wedding on July 12; there from July 9-14 MrsInTraining: wedding on July 19; there from July 16-23 RiuBride2B: wedding on July 26; there from July 23-28 __________________

Quote: Originally Posted by Cherie Hello, Thanks for the great response girls! I knew I could count on you!! My wedding is at 4:30 pm, and the dinner at the Plantation starts at 7-9. If I cancel the disco (which I already had the DJ hired for), and moved the reception to the Plantation, I think that would solve all my problems. I'm not really sure I would like to pay $10 pp for the open bar though. That is kind of stretching the budget. Approximately $1800 for four hours including DJ, open bar, and rental of Plantation. Does that sound right? I don't have much time to decide! The wedding is in less than three months! You don't have to pay for open bar. We have over 70 people coming to Jamaica for our wedding that would cost us over $700.00 for open bar at an all inclusive so we decided against it. The plantation serves Beer, White Wine and Red Wine so we figured people could drink that while we have dinner.

Our wedding date is February 7 but we Leave for Jamaica January 26.

Quote: Originally Posted by J&M Hi all Does anyone have any idea how long it usually takes Chandlyn to answer your email? I sent one a few weeks ago and she answered the next day. Then i sent one early last week asking about arraingments for the dinner and she still hasn't repied. I hope I haven't left it too late to book the dinner...I don't need the Plantation as we only have 10 or 12 guests. hope she can fit us in somewhere... Thanks:) I would re-send your email she has missed a few of mine.

We have rented the plantation for 4 hours as well. Chandlyn says there is lots of room for dancing there so I thought it would be better then moving to the disco. That way you get to enjoy your reception set up a little longer!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Jerzzygirl They put the Orchid flowers on my cake, and NO rum, It was very good everyone complimented it. Do you have a picture of your cake? That is so nice to know. I am going with the standard cake and just adding flowers to it as well.

All these centerpieces are georgeous. Are you guys bringing them down with you? I just don't know how to fit everything I need to bring in my suitcases....

Quote: Originally Posted by Heidi FYI, for anyone like me who is fine with the standard cake, here's a pic! I think the standard cake is good enough for us. I am not worried about having a big fancy cake. Just an idea if you want to dress the simple cake up; offers some really beautiful tropical flowers for cake toppers. I think it would really make the cake look nice for pictures and it would keep it cheap!! I will try and find a picture, I saw some on her website.

Quote: Originally Posted by md_ocr I am toying with the idea of doing programs, but I have no idea of what to include (especially since I'm not having a bridal party). Does anyone know the order of the Religious gazebo beach ceremony at Riu Ocho Rios? So far, I'm thinking about including the following: Bride's Processional Welcome / Opening Remarks Scripture Reading Exchanging of Vows Exchanging of Rings Declaration of Marriage Introduction of Couple Recessional Also, I will include a Special "Thank You" section for both of our parents and another section for friends and family. That's all I can think of right now. Anything else? Thanks! Thats a good question!! I havn't even thought of that part..

Your vases are beautiful!!

Quote: Originally Posted by MoBride Hi Girls! I know I mentioned in other threads the travel booklet I was working on to send to all my guests. I included all kinds of information about air travel, transfers, Jamaica in general, things to do in Ocho Rios, and info on our resort. Many of you were interested in seeing a copy of this. I was going to mail hard copies to the girls that asked for them but I'm a procrastinator and a lot of girls asked for them so what I did instead was transferred most of the information into a Microsoft Word document so that I could post it here. There are some pages missing, but they are pages that I got directly from websites and printed out. For example, after the page on air travel I inserted a page from the FAA's website that had a list of all items that are not allowed to be carried on the plane and a page regarding the new restrictions on liquids in carry-ons. After the page about the Riu I printed out the PDF fact sheet and map from their website and included that. And after the page about renova spa and salon I printed out their price list from the website and included that. Other than that the only thing missing is my cover, 3 day itinerary, and wedding day timeline that I made in Print Shop. But all the pertinent information that some of you may want to use yourselves is in this attachment. That way I don't have to get extra books made and mail them (1 they ended up costing more than we thought 2 I leave for Jamaica in a month and I have a ton of stuff to do). Plus this way you can edit them and use them yourselves Let me know if you have any questions. Your booklet is great. So much useful information.

Happy Belated Birthday!!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by BrittneyD I asked Michael from Photo Shop if we could do a casual shoot before the wedding, since I was going to be paying a fee for an outside Photog. He said he would for an additional charge. The fee was just b/c another photog will be present. That is BS. I was also bummed because we were hoping to have a videographer for the ceremony and the disco. You can only book consecutive hours though. So I would have to pay for the ENTIRE day, just to get video for the 3 hours I wanted. I can't belive all the problems that everyone is having with Michael. So you can't hire him for the videography unless you book the whole day

Quote: Originally Posted by MomentUs Robin- From getting married at the resort and trying to do the same and also witnessing others trying to do the same, I would advise you to be prepared for an argument with Michael. He is very feisty. He will also make himself present at the wedding even though he is not invited and he will attempt to get better shots than you, even if that means getting in your way. The day of my wedding I actually witnessed him get into an argument with a photographer that was staying at the resort and was on the guest list. The groom ended up threatening him before he ended up leaving the wedding ceremony. Of course he still showing up at my wedding, but he didn't want 2 threats that day so he secretly told my photographer and videographer that he didn't want to see them at any other weddings at the resort. Chandlyn had no control over this, but I refused to pay him $200 when I personally did not have a contract with him. That is good information. I have an outside photgrapher as well and was wondering how it would turn out. I am worried I don't want him bothering us on our wedding day. I was going to hire him for the videography but I don't want to have to pay him $200.00 for not doing the photgraphy.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cherie Hi everyone, but can I ask a quick question? Sorry it's off topic! Has anyone noticed when booking the same venues, and entertainment as others that the price quoted varies? For example, bookings in January vs. a bride getting married in May (possibly due to peak season)? Thanks for any input! Cherie I haven't noticed but our wedding date is for February so fairly close to yours. Have you seen different quoted pricing??

I don't think you have to pay any extras for outside guests. I think the $50.00 includes dinner and drinks unless you decide to go with an upgraded menu then you would pay extra per person on top of the $50.00. Are you paying for your outside guests to come for the day? We might have a couple guests staying at a different resort and I wasn't sure whether we should pay the visiting fees or them?

Quote: Originally Posted by chicago88 Thanks for the cake info - those are really nice but too expensive!! I think I'll take bex1975 advice and ask for no rum! Thanks! Hi Chicago 88. Did you say you have a picture of the basic free cake they offer? I asked for a picture and they told me they didn't have a picture of the basic one but they sent me pictures of the ones I could pay for.

Welcome to the forum!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Lizz I am getting my BMs gift certificates to the spa. Does anyone know if I can order these online or call? It would be one less thing I would have to worry about after I get there! You can just email them. Thats what I did. She will set it up so you can pay through paypal. Let me know if you need the spas email I think Paula is the name of the lady in charge of the spa reservations and billing.

Quote: Originally Posted by md_ocr Lizz, what about people that are not staying at the resort but are attending the wedding and are purchasing a $50 day pass. If I went with a different menu where you have to pay per person, would their plate already be covered by the $50 entry fee, or would I have to pay separate for them? What is in the included dinner option. I thought that I saw it on here before, but I can't seem to find it. Thanks!!! I am pretty sure you need to pay additional for every person eating for the upgraded menu even though they paid $50.00 for a day pass. The menu that is included is pretty good for free. I looked at paying extra per person for an upgraded menu and for open bar but I have 65 guests booked so far, We can't afford to pay for upgrades. There is also dancing available in the plantation if you were looking for another option instead of renting the disco.