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Hi Girls, Filling out my form to confirm my wedding at Riu Ocho Rios. Did anyone use a family member as a witness?? I thought I read somehwhere that family members weren't allowed to be witnesses For those that have already been married, did all four people you wrote down have to sign as a witness Help on this one would be appreciated

Quote: Originally Posted by Jill Hey We ran in to the same problem, sunquest told us we had 7 days for the price guarentee.. but then I found out Sunquest change their policy for group rates/weddings and they will hold the price for one month, so I asked our travel agent to email sunquest and they held it for one month. Then once that month is up you can ask for an extension. We have done this twice and still have the guarenteed price and we booked back in March! try that! Jill That's good to know..thanks so much for the post!

Good review! Sounds like you had a great time. Congratualations.

Great review and you looked beautiful. Sounds like your entire week was perfect and Chandlyn really came through and made your day special. I have read reviews in the past little bit where things really sounded unorganized and not up to snuff so its great to hear you had such a great week. Which package did you choose?

You look beautiful and had some great pics! Did you find you were hot during your ceremony? Your dress seems poofy like mine is gonna be ..just curious if you had trouble with temp.

I have been waiting several weeks for rates. I finally have my rates from both Detroit and Toronto. My problem now is that my wedding invitations are just being sent out and Sunquest is saying we need to out downpayment down pronto to receive the rate quoted (1675) and Northwest is saying we have until June 3 to receive that rate (1625). Don't you usually have a month or more? We are really used to booking last minute so not sure how the group thing works. Anyone else run into this problem of companies not holding rates very long?? Any suggestions as to what to do as some of my guests won't be aware of the wedding until they receive the invite and may want to wait a month or two before booking Help!

Congrats! I have heard Negril is beautiful. I know it must be such a relief to have it done. I am in the process of getting my rates and booking as well.

Quote: Originally Posted by dinzers Hi Girls, Can anyone who has been or is going to be married at the ROR recommend a TA in the Toronto Area? I am using one out of Chatham, Ontario and she has been super. Very accomodating and lots of patience. If you're interested, send me a message and I can give you her info. Mosts rates from toronto have been via sunquest and around 1700.

I'm sorry to hear that things did not go as planned for you. Did you talk to the Riu at all and let them know of all the blunders that happened? Maybe they could compensate you some way...it was your wedding day and you did bring a bunch of guests to stay at the hotel? I would look into this. You were unbelievably accommodating in their mistakes. If you have more pics, please post!! congrats!

Thanks for the posting those pics. It was nice to see a bit more of the hotel. Seeing it makes me quite excited for my wedding. Looks like you guys had a fun group and had a ton of fun PS..Jerzygurl..what is margaritaville

Quote: Originally Posted by hollisandsteph We are leaving for the hotel by the airport at 5pm tonight! I cannot believe how quicky time has flown! I am not sure how much I will be on here today becase I still have a long list of things to complete but I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for all the advice and for letting me have a peek into your planning/lives! I will be sure to post some pics as soon as I get home!!! Well, I off to become the new Mrs. Gaskill! Best Wishes and have fun!

Quote: Originally Posted by AlmostMrsForbes Hi, Girls! Well ... I'm off for Ochee! Just wanted to say thank you so much for everything - this is such a great resource, and you ladies are so supportive! I got super busy with work in the last couple of weeks, and didn't get to upload my planning pics. I promise a full review and pics once I return, though, and will check in while I'm there ... mainly cause I'm addicted! :-) Thanks again! Desiree Have fun, take lots of pics and I hope you have a great day!

Quote: Originally Posted by RyanAmanda Has anyone seen this dress in person? Sanur Dress - Beach Cover-ups - Women - JCrew.com I'm thinking of using it as a bridesmaid dress in this colour: But I'm wondering if it's too casual. It says it's "Cotton/modal rayon/spandex" which sounds like t-shirt fabric to me but I wasn't sure. I like it and think it would be great. Your wedding is whatever you want to be. Keep that in mind.

I know I have seen thread posted in regards to songs to walk down the aisle to. I was wondering..if you don't have the steel drum band playing, does chandyln have a selection of music you can choose from to play as MOH/you walk down the aisle? I thought about doing my own music but wasn't sure how long the aisle was (therefore how long the music would need to be). Any info on this would be super

Quote: Originally Posted by bgarfias so do you have the guests rsvp to the wedding travel agent or to you for their bookings? Have the guests rsvp to you but include the information to contact the TA so they can book on their own. This will save you a lot of hassle.

Quote: Originally Posted by Rainfall I am still debating on the day of the week of having my wedding so can you please share your insights? I want to have it on a friday Jan 22 2010. but I also have heard that weekend weddings are crazy busy... Did you have yours on a weekend and how did it turn out? Haven't had mine yet but its on thurs Jan 22/09. Funny eh?? I think it will turn out good as we will arrive the saturday so it leaves lots of time to make arrangements with the coordinator and have some fun with ours guests.

Quote: Originally Posted by amandalovesryan so, in less than 24 hours, i will be there! YAy! i am so sorry but i do not have pics put together. i did get the "i do" on my toes today so i will take pics sometime. i will also take pics of our OOT bags when we assemble them. I think i am ready. I have to leave my house at 3:30 tonight! YIKES! Anyway, not sure if i will be back today so i just wanted to say thanks to everyone! i got so many ideas from everyone on here. i was brave enough to get a brazilian thanks to you guys! I promise to take pics of everything but the brazilian! oh, and we get back next friday and i work sat and sun so don't expect anything until after that Have a great time. I hope your wedding day is everything you expected and soo much more. Make sure to take lots of pics!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by dinzers See...for us..the GBP is almost $250 cheaper than the ROR. As prev mentioned, we want to do our wedding the last wk of May 2009. I've tried to go back to our TA to negotiate, but she says she cant budge. She was able to drop the deposit to $200 per person. I dunno...this is soooo hard and I feel like we're running out of time! Do you gals think $1700 per adult guest is too high for the ROR? I don't think that is too bad. Maybe talk to some of the girls that are getting married in May 09 or 08 and see what they paid. You should choose a resort that you are going to be happy with and if that takes extra time so be it. If guests want to come, they will come no matter where you choose. If you are worried about a wedding date, you could go to the Riu site and request the date. They hold it for up to 3 months and if your rooms are not booked by then they release it. That way if you chose ROR you would have your date . This is what I did due to waiting for the US rates. Just a thought.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cole5worm Yay I am proud to say I got my dress back! and I use to not like it but now with a tan and a little more tone to my arms I am feeling better... (and the bent arm trick!) That's very nice. Love it.

Quote: Originally Posted by jw117 Oh my gosh..Im in the exact same predicament! We cant decide between the two either! We are actually considering Baha 2nd because Im a huge slacker and looks like the ceremony times are booked for Jan. already for RIU! What do you know about Baha Princ.?? You had to book back in March for jan wedding at ROR.

Quote: Originally Posted by destined2b2gether Hi everyone, I have been reading all of your posts for the past few months and have finally decided to join you...looking forward to sharing many memories with you all Welcome to another ROR bride. There are many of us and tons of info. Happy Planning.

Quote: Originally Posted by soon to be a Green Hey, my name is Margaret and I have been engaged for over 3 years now. We have finally set a date and decided on a destination wedding due to financial reasons. We have decided on Montego Bay on September 6, 2008... yes 2008 :-) We haven't booked it quite yet, still trying to figure out some small end things... you gotta love it:-) Today, I went to Davids Bridal and picked out two dresses... both amazing, but still needing some 2nd opinions on them. We also just picked out and paid for our wedding rings... not bad for one days work! Anyways, I am so excited to be apart of this site, and am anxiously trying to get as many points as possible to be able to fully access this site. If anyone has any advice or fun tips let me know... Once again hello to all! Welcome to the forum! There is lots of Jamaica info on here. Happy planning and enjoy!

Quote: Originally Posted by christenew what is the difference in flights leaving from Detroit vs Toronto? Oh and welcome to the forum fellow possibly ROR Toronto bride. I can let you know (if you want) once I have rates. I am still waiting but they should be in this week or next.

We are staying at the same resort. One with everyone for the first week then the next week ourselves and another couple. I believe some of my family may stay the second week as well. That really didn't bother us though.

Quote: Originally Posted by S2BLennon I need some input... I went to my FILs this weekend and my FBIL (best man) was there. Besides being jumped on about the cost of the vaca/ wedding for guests...(Which is another story for another thread if I get to it)....They didn't appreciate my STD's (again another story) and now I am getting awkward emails regarding guests.. OK on to the question, sorry I am aggravated! My FBIL sent me an email asking if he could give the resort info to a friend (that is on our list and we sent a STD to ) because he was looking for it.. This is understandable since I know that this guest hadn't recieved the STD yet.. On the other hand I was like.. Look at the STD - the info is on there Michael! I have the info EVERYWHERE and I am getting stupid questions, like who do we call?! Then on another line he asked if we needed another friends address since they exprssed interest in going... thing is we weren't going to invite them! he wanted to know if I had sent STD to everyone or if they were going to find it on their own.. So now I don't know what to do, especially since we JUST sent out the STDS and people have not recieved them.. DO we send one out to this other friend that wasn't invited but wants to go? I just have a feeling that people are finding out via word of mouth, that we are aquantiances with but that is all- and they think that it would be cool to go on vaca with all of us. It boils down to the fact that I don't think people - even my closest friends and family realize that this is a REAL wedding and there will be a REAL reception and there is still an invite list...... I am concerned and want to make sure that I follow etiquette... Then again I know that some of my guests have invited other friends of theirs to join them on vaca for the week... So do I invite only my original guests to the wedding and if there ends up being more "friends" that decide to vaca that week, dont' include them in the festivities? Seems rude.... It's your wedding and your day! Don't forget that. Tell people that you made your guest list and have only planned for those people to attend...if they wish to bring a guest along on the trip so be it but make sure these people don't make you uncomfortable or would ruin your trip. I would invite only the people you want to the wedding and dinner/whatever you have planned. You shouldn't feel guilty about anything...its your day and its the one day you can think about you and you only!!! Do what you think is best Hope it all works out.