JamaicaBride08

Welcome back and congrats! Can't wait to see some pics!

You looked amazing...I LOVE your dress! Congrats and welcome back~!

Congrats! How lucky to have two beautiful dresses!!! You looked fabulous!!

Quote: Originally Posted by allaboutodd AWWW I LOVE THOSE FLOWERS!! Ok.. where are the rest of your pictures. I'm curious to see because I may end up using Chris as well due to all the problems that are occurring with outside photographers. Thank you!! I love them too Kodakgallery.com*Join now and receive beautiful photographic prints from your camera

Congrats and welcome back!

Quote: Originally Posted by JamaicaBride08 All of my flowers were calla lilies...here is a link to a few pics. Try this again...sorry! Kodakgallery.com*Join now and receive beautiful photographic prints from your camera

Quote: Originally Posted by allaboutodd Thanks for the responses guys.. JamaicaBride08 - you have the same type of flowers I would like at my wedding. How beautiful!! Do you have pictures of your bouquets?? All of my flowers were calla lilies...here is a link to a few pics.

Here is what I spent: Seagrape Welcome Cocktail $400 (10 p/p open bar private) Flowers $1000 (Bridal and 5 bridesmaids calla lillies, 6 guys, flower girl petals) Steele Drum Band during Ceremony $350 Beach Arch $200 2 extra bottles of champagne for after ceremony $30 "symbolic ceremony charge" (we legally got married here) $165 Seagrape Reception $400 (10 p/p open bar private) DJ for 3 hours $350 Tipping for everyone... $250-300?

Quote: Originally Posted by geology_rocks I've seen several couples have done the sand ceremony at ROR. I was wondering a few things. -Was there an extra charge to set-up and perform the sand ceremony? no extra charge-Chandlyn takes care of the set-up -Did you bring the vows with you and if so, did you have to put in instructions like "bride pours sand now" etc? or did the officiant kind of direct the pouring? We brought our own vows (attached), but it just seemed obvious when to pour. I just talked through it with my husband so he knew when to start pouring as well.-Did anyone use beach sand? Did you have any problems getting it through customs? We used beach sand as we liked the look of it better than colors. We also loved the idea of having sand from the same beach that we were married on. No problems through customs at all, although, they didn't ask and we didn't specificy. Thanks in advance! 2 more weeks, eek!!! Let me know if you have more questions. Good luck! Sand Ceremony.doc

Quote: Originally Posted by chicklet did you have to ask for that or was it an option you could pick?? Thanks...I didn't think that would even be a consideration. I would make sure that you specify that you do want rum in your meeting. When I was in planning stages like 6 mths ago, a lot of the brides said to make sure that you specify if you DON'T want rum because otherwise they automatically put it in there. Chandyln asked me if I wanted rum. I prefer to drink my rum so I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't in the cake. Good luck!

Quote: Originally Posted by chicklet Maybe there is somewhere in Ochy that sells cakes. Chandyln could go get it for you Not sure, ask her ..she seems to be pretty accomodating so she may be able to help. I would love to have chocolate cake..*lol* sounds funny in jamaica but I love chocolate cake Our cake was chocolate with like a whipped cream frosting.... Honestly, the cake wasn't even important to us, and it ended up being one of the best desserts that we had when we were there! Just ask Chandlyn in your meeting!

You can actually have rum in the cake that RIU makes... I asked to confirm that we didn't have rum and Chandlyn said that having rum is definitely an option. This is an option even with the free cake.

We went to Tensing Pen for our honeymoon and LOVED it! My review is posted on Tripadvisor. Let me know if you want pics and I will email you. I also have a wedding coordinator (is an American who moved to Jamaica)contact who has done weddings there if you want.

We used the DJ and I brought 3 burned CD's in the order that I wanted them played. At first the DJ seemed a little "annoyed" that he couldn't play whatever music, but he ended up asking me if he could burn copies half-way through! It ended up working out perfectly. We played a lot of Bob Marley in the beginning, but went to some traditional 50's, 60's then to some new top 40 at the end.

We didn't get any of that either, but we did get the ocean suite upgrade. We were even half-expecting the breakfast, but we ended up waking up and meeting family/friends anyways! Maybe you should ask Chandlyn in your meeting about the breakfast?

Welcome and congrats!

Quote: Originally Posted by redheaney Oh my Goodness! Your pictures are just wonderful and I am bumming out that they weren't taken by a professional, b/c I was going to ask who your photographer was!! Thank you so much for the compliments...I really do appreciate them! I loved, loved that day...it was so much fun! First off, you looked absolutely fabulous - but then you know that already. I love that you guys genuinely looked like you had a great time. I've really been wanting to do the beach wedding, but have had concerns about it being a bit too casual. You have been the deciding factor, in my coming to the conclusion that it can be done on the beach - and done elegantly! Am loving the look of ROR. I realise that you came in on a great budget ($1,000 for flowers?!!) but can I ask what it cost to stay at ROR? For yourself and the groom? And for the guests? What length of stay did you have?My husband and I payed $3500 for the both of us for 7nights in a Jr Suite (got upgraded to an ocean suite). We spent an additional week by ourselves in Negril. Our friends who stayed the week in a reg room got for about $1550 each with 2 in a room. The ones who stayed for Wed-Sunday, paid about $1150 each with 2 in a room. All of these prices included the flight from Minneapolis, though, so that alone was about $500 of the total, ie $500 of the $1550 each for a week Thanks SO much for sharing your pictures and taking the time to post this review/answer questions. I'm definately gearing toward ROR, thanks to your input! It looks fabulous! Of course! This site helped me out SO MUCH when I was planning too! Please let me know if you have more questions. I am happy to help! Good luck!

Welcome back and Congrats! You were a very beautiful bride!!

Quote: Originally Posted by jmhein Yes, when you stay in the Jr Suites you get access to the Sir Richard and the Tushima Japanese restaurant. The Japanese is really good! The Sir Richard is no big deal because the Sir John has the same menu! I 100% agree with you! I think at one time Mammee was only for Jr Suites, but not any more.

Welcome Back and congrats! Your dress was beautiful!

Quote: Originally Posted by kater JamaicaBride, I am thinking of doing the same plan that you did, dinner at Mammee, reception at SeaGrape. I've been looking all over for reception dinner pricing at Mammee, do you remember how much you paid? Do you still have the menu?? What did most of your guests end up doing between the ceremony and reception? Dinner at Mammee was included (free) and the food was great. Both the steak and red snapper were fabulous! We had 40 people, though, and it probably took a good 1 1/2 - 2 hrs. ***I attached the menu. Between our ceremony and dinner, the bridal party and a few others hung out by the lobby/bob marley bar and talked and had a few cocktails. I actually ate some lunch too since I barely ate anything before the ceremony since I was nervous Others in our family changed and went to the pool or beach for a few hours. All in all, I would have rather had a later ceremony, but that's what was available, so we made it work. Good luck! Mammee_Bay_.doc

Quote: Originally Posted by cantwaittobemrs Mine said: Two hearts become one on the tenth of June in Ocho Rios, Jamaica Please join us Sara Elizabeth and Scott Joseph along with our parents Jack and Nancy R and Rodney and Lillian C in celebration of our marriage Friday the 27th the June at etc. We are sending ours out before we go to Jamaica, so we wanted everyone to know our actual wedding date, and why they weren't invited to the ceremony too... We totally used this format and just ordered. Thanks for your help!

Quote: Originally Posted by amagee Thank you for posting your pictures they were amazing. We are heading to ROR Dec.28th, and are bringing a large party as well. Did anyone with your group get sick? I am so worried about people getting sick, I know we just got back from a wedding in Dominican and so many people were sick! Only one person got really sick in our group, and we first thought it was maybe from the food, but then later decided that it was truly the stomach flu that has been going around at home. All of us ate the same food, and only one got sick. So no, other than that, no one got sick. There are jugs of water in every room, and the water served in the dining areas is filtered. I drank it all day and didn't get sick at all...

Thanks for all of the GREAT advice and examples.... We got married in Feb, but our reception is in June, so we are going to use an invite w/ a collage of pics from the wedding. I'll definitely use some wording from examples. Thanks!!

Okay, I meant "BACK HOME," meaning our hometown...sorry! Thanks for the advice, though...