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Quote: Originally Posted by Dbld78 I am SOOOO disappointed in most of my bridal party.... I am almost in tears about this.... Oh god where should I start...let's start with our Groomsmen. Two weeks ago Tim and I chose the suits for the guys and we ordered Tim's suit that day. It came in last week and we were totally excited! Once we chose the suits we called all the guys to let them know that they needed to get over to Men's Wearhouse ASAP! Because the suits we chose for them to choose between are from last season and they are in limited quantity. The cheaper one (which is the one they will all want) has fewer then 10 left in the COUNTRY! The best part about is they don't have to pay for it until they go for their alterations and that just needs to be done before SEPTEMBER!!!! So I'll we're asking is that they just go over and get measured!!! I really don't think that's asking much! My brother who is the youngest groomsmen and is a poor college kid went last weekend to order his.....he was the first and so far the ONLY one to have done so! Both of Tim's brothers are well establish 30 somethings and should not be giving us a hard time with this but of coarse they are! I'm pissed, I sent an email out last Sunday urging them to get this done ASAP!!!! NOW.......as for my bridesmaids....WELL that's a whole nother thing entirely! I have had to ride some of these girls HARD to get them to order their dresses... And that REALLY disappoints me, I chose these girls because I didn't think these things would be issues for them. I thought they would be on top of their shit! Now my sister tells me tonight that she has sent numerous emails about my shower and she gets no response from ANY of them! I expected this from my 20 year old cousin but not from my future sister in law and my close friend Denise! I am just so disappointed, because I bend over BACKWARDS for my friends and would do anything for them... My friend Denise.....I threw her a baby shower when she was pregnant with our flower girl and I pulled out all the stops! Corrie, she's getting married a month before us.....but I have been on top of her shower planning along side her sister! Now my sister is really the only one who has been doing her share and then some! And it just really upsets me that she's meeting these obstacles with my bridesmaids.... I know that MY wedding isn't everyone else's priority but when you take on a role in someone's wedding you are to pull your weight! That is your job as a bridesmaid.....right! I purposely chose my girls with all these issues in mind figuring they WOULD NOT be an issue at all! I'm really just embarrassed to call them our Bridal Party! I am just so upset........ because we have bent over backwards....me especially to make sure that our Bridal Party wouldn't inconvenienced anymore than the traditional wedding which why we paid for their accommodations for at least a week. I don't think I'm asking for much....just asking our wedding to be somewhere on their priority list... I just feel like I can count on any of them with the exception of my sister, brother and one other groomsmen! Bridezilla is about to make her debut!!!!!!!!! Is anyone else having this problem? Holy smokes girl. You have one hell of a lazy wedding party. You know what I would do given its a destination wedding, I would keep your sister and boot the rest out. They don't want to help out they don't need to be in the wedding party. Friends and family should want to do this kind of stuff for you. Tell them they are more than welcome to attend the wedding if they wish to pay for themselves. It sounds like they are taking advantage of your good nature. You can still have a nice ceremony without the big wedding party. This is what I am doing and its been working out great. She's got to do all that fun stuff with me and there was no conflict or differences of opinion. I hope all works out for you. Good luck.

Quote: Originally Posted by morenaindc I am starting the search for my wedding dress. Depending on who you ask, I either need to get my dress tomorrow or within the next 30 days! I have two designers that I like (Maggie sottero and Demetrios) but thats it. Where did you get your dress? Were you concerned that you werent able to try on the proper size? Do you recommend any other designers? Which sillouhettes work best? help..... I was able to try on most dresses. They just did not do them up but I could get a general idea what the dress looked like. A-line looked much better on me (i am bigger throught he stomach and hips). Stay away from chiffon unless you like stuff that is clingy.

Quote: Originally Posted by md_ocr Well ladies.......my time has come!!! I'm leaving on Monday and I just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU for all of the suggestions, ideas, advice, reviews.........basically EVERYTHING!!! Of course i will take LOADS of pics, but please let me know if there is anything in particular that any of you need. Wish me luck!!! Have a great time! Make sure to take lots of pics and have a great wedding!

Quote: Originally Posted by Lilpaisley I just put the deposit down on the Riu Montego Bay for Feb 2009...so I guess this makes it official. I think I am the first RMB bride on here. We will book the actual wedding day in Sept when the resort opens, but I’m shooting for Feb 28. Man the decision on where to go felt like such a gigantic one. I hope the rest are easier. Congrats. You must be soo excited. The hardest part is now over..on to the fun stuff!! You'll have to take lots of pics so we all can see what the resort is like

wow, what a gorgeous dress. You will definitely feel like a princess.

Quote: Originally Posted by kitty_kat_uk hey Dr hubby, do you have any photo's of thebeach reception? Is that the seagrape?? Would you book your dinner ahead too?? I am just doing the free meal at Mammee but want chocolate wedding cake

There really are lots of ROR brides. I am jan 09but my wedding has not yet been confirmed as I am waiting for rates out of the US (date has been reserved though). Would you girls suggest we make our appt with Chandlyn from home before we arrive at the resort? I have read on these threads that she is hard to locate. Has anyone went to the pool in between the wedding and dinner? This was an option I was thinking about...all have some drinks around the swim up bar. My wedding is at 1pm and I will have some time to kill. Any thoughts

Quote: Originally Posted by jamaica08 Hey Chicklet - I'm flying from Detroit too! I'm from Windsor... What we ended up doing was negotiating directly with ROR to get group rate room upgrades and then we figured to let the guests book their flights for what they were comfortable with. It's was more work for us to do all that rather than making a TA do it but I think we saved our guests some money (or at least get more for their money). We tried group rates with the airlines but because of the economy and the industry - it was not much of a discount. We have friends from Toronto, who are on the fence about flying from T.O or Detroit - they could probably save about $150-200 flying from Detroit but have to make the 4 hour commute to get here. 2 hours from London might be worth it... Funny - just noticed tons of Canadians on this thread... I have this as well . There are probably 4-6 of my guests that live in the toronto area. My family was leary of flying from the US but if it will save us money we were gonna do it. You don't believe it will eh?? That sucks if it doesn't as I waited an extra month to get rates and book my stay/wedding confirmation at ROR.

Quote: Originally Posted by dinzers OMG!!! You gals are awesome!!! Thank you SOO much for the feedback! I think at this point, its the ROR!! We're just waiting to see if we can get better pricing If your comfortable with it, try checking flights out of detroit. I am from the London area and this is what I am doing. My rates should be in next week so I can give you an idea of the savings if you would like.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lilpaisley The hotel is purple? Can't wait to see that, it's my fav color. Before we decided to elope I was thinking of shades of purple for my colors. One quick question I have for all you ROR brides. Do any of you have the photo package info? They don't have any of that for MoBay yet and I wanted to get a general idea of budget. That's gotta be soo exciting. I am sure you will have a great wedding. There are several packages at ROR..it all depends what you want. Go the riu.com site and look at weddings. It gives you a rundown on all the packages.

Quote: Originally Posted by dinzers thanks so much for the help...i cant deny that im stressed. we want to finalize our destination by the end of next wk! i just hope i can find someone who has had their wedding there (Gran Bahia) before we make our final decision. I've looked high and low on the net for a wedding review and I cant seem to locate anybody that's been married at that particular resort. Let me know if you stumble upon someone. I NEED feedback!!! lol Look on trip advisor. They may have a wedding review but if not they will at least have reviews of the hotel I would think. Let us know which one you pick

Quote: Originally Posted by dinzers Hi there! I'm brand new to the BDW Jamaica Forum and desperately need help... My fiance and I are planning our wedding for May 2009 and we are having the hardest time trying to decide which resort to choose from. We've narrowed it down to 2: Gran Bahia Principe (Runaway Bay) OR Riu Ocho Rios PLLEEASE HELLLLPP!!!!!!! Picking the resort is the stressful part I found. Do what the two of you want and don't let other people make your decisions..that's my advice Both hotels are very high quality hotels. I am not too sure on Gran Bahia but it looked nice when I was checking out the sites. ROR is a very large resort so if you have a lot of guests planning on attending it would be ideal (if you don't all want to be together). ROR also offers a free wedding package. If you are considering the wedding there, you should maybe look into wedding dates..they fill up very quickly. If I can help with any other info on ROR (i am getting married there in jan 09) let me know. I am always willing to help. Happy planning!

Quote: Originally Posted by Lilpaisley I tried searching for any postings about this resort and ran into a few problems, so I thought I'd just go ahead and try a post on it. Riu has a new resort opening up in Montego Bay on Aug 29 this year. Has anyone looked at or considered it? I know ROR is popular and seems to do a good job. It's just the 2 of us so we don't qualify for the free wedding but we'll manage. FI wants to go to Cancun, but I'm still secretly hoping for Jamaica and think this resort might be a good one to convince him. The price for the first 6 months its open is unbelievable. Cheaper than we could do Cancun, PV or Cabo for. I e-mail the resort and they won’t start booking weddings till the resort is open, which worries me a little…but we might just book the trip now as the price is too good to pass up. If any of you Riu brides have any helpful suggestions, I’d love to hear them. I seen this resort on the Riu site and it looks amazing. It may be a good option but I would be a little leary as it opens in August. It might take a bit to work out their glitches and such. If your wedding was in say mid to late 09, I think it would be perfect. Doesn't hurt to look into it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Neema29 Hello everyone...I am soooo excited to be apart of this forum! My name is Niama and I am getting married September 5, 2008 at ROR! I have been browsing the site for a while and have found the abundance of information extremely helpful! Happy wedding planning! Welcome! There are lots of us ROR brides here so you should have lots of people to answer your questions. Happy Planning and have fun!!

Quote: Originally Posted by jw117 Hi all! I have been engaged since October, but will be getting married in Jan. 2009. We are getting married with just immed. family at the RIU in Ocho Rios. If anyone has any comments/suggestions for me, let me know! Thanks! J. Welcome to forum! I am a jan 09 ROR bride as well. If I can help you out, let me know. Happy planning!

Quote: Originally Posted by MorganD Hello everyone! My name is Morgan and I am so glad to have found this forum, as I am still in the process of planning my destination wedding and choosing a resort. Our tentative date is the last weekend in February of 2009, however, we are flexible. I originally was looking in Riviera Maya, but when I became frustrated because I wasn't finding what I was looking for, my travel agent suggested Dominican Republic. I am now looking into Paradisus Resorts, which look beautiful and exactly what I want. Now, I am researching the event locations at each resort to see what I like best! I look foward to talking to everyone... Welcome Morgan! This part I found was the hardest and most stressful for me. A piece of advice..make the decision with your FH only cause lots of people have opinions and will make it difficult for you. Happy planning and best of luck.

Quote: Originally Posted by RORJamaica Bride 050809 Hello Everyone, My name is Lindsay. I am getting married at the Riu Ocho Rios, Jamaica on May 8, 2009. I am so excited/overwhelmed. Can't wait to chat with everyone and get some great advice!!!! Welcome! I am also a ROR bride if you need any help. Have fun ..this site is full of great information and people.

I think a small wedding would be great! You wouldn't need to divide your time amoungst people and you could still qualify for a group rate if you wanted (10 is the group rate min).

I am not surprised that its popular. The dress is gorgeous..it was the first one I tried on. Its more expensive in canada though..I tried it on twice..once in my hometown (it was 650) and again at a bigger bridal store in London (it was cheaper ..575). You got a great deal! For $26 for jewellery, you can't go wrong. You will have to show me forsure! The dress looks great on you btw..I would of picked it over the second one.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ellipse22 Hiya! Well this is it..the date is set and I'm well into planning. I've spent some time reading threads on this board and got some good tips! Thanks! A few details of my wedding... My name is Tanya and I am happy to say that I am marrying Jeff. We are getting married at ROR on November 19, 2008. We will be married in the gazebo not on the beach. So far it's a small wedding with maybe 10 people. I have purchased the Royal Wedding Package, additional champagne & flowers for my MOH & BM. I plan on having a small dinner - restaurant suggestions would be great! We are getting married at 11am. This will allow time for pics, champagne etc. before dinner. I hadn't planned on renting the disco at all so if you can offer any suggestions for somewhere to chill after dinner that would be great! Flowers...what do they have to offer? We are going with a light blue/tan..does anyone know what colors are available for flowers? I planned on having a day trip to Dunn's Falls with the wedding party - our gift with a girls/guys night. Any suggestions for on favours would be great too! Are you sick of me yet? I'm just really not sure what to expect. Ohh pictures..the package I got includes 12 pics, cd & album..are additional pics expensive. I'm planning on having my aunt take a few pics too cause I really don't want to pay for extras. So.. all in all I'm nervous because I don't know what to expect and emailing the resort seems to be a bit tideous since it takes forever for a reply - rightfully so I'm sure she's busy! Thanks again...I'll be sure to put a pic in my siggy soon! Welcome!! I would second the motion on looking into the free package...you can just do the upgrades you wish. I am doing wedding location upgrades and maybe some pictures. If there is anything, I can help with just give me shout!! Happy planning and enjoy!

Quote: Originally Posted by CarrieRN Okay, here's the dress I think I am going to get. It is ivory, floor length, no train with swarovski crystals (or so they say at Alfred Angelo's) I couldn't find a link to it on their website. I've also included the other one I was interested in which is David's Bridal, also ivory but tea-length. It is very pretty but we think the full length dress is more elegant and formal while still being simple. My sister said the DB one looks like a "very nice party frock." Yep, she called it a frock. Anyhow...here are the pics. details Party frock Holy smokes...this is the dress I tried on last week and will probably get for my wedding. Its a gorgeous dress and very comfortable. It is indeed alfred angelo but I couldn't find it on the site either. If you don't mind me asking, what pricing was it where you looked??

Quote: Originally Posted by ochoriobride Ya Mon!! We’re back and our wedding was perfect! We had a great week…The weather was perfect Sunny and 30C everyday. The resort is huge but very nice. The staff is very friendly, food is very good, and resort is very clean. We got there Saturday night. It was a long day but everything when well at the airport and the transfer also. We met Chandlyn Monday morning cause she’s not working on Sundays. She is very nice, very professional. It took us less then half an hour to choose everything. There was 4 weddings on Monday and 3 on Tuesday. Our wedding was at 4 p.m. We took some pictures before the wedding because the water is bluer between 12h and 3h and to make sure we have enough time to take all the pictures that we wanted. My flower was perfect I had mango and cream roses it was worth every penny. The ceremony: The minister was awesome. He did a great job. Everyone was impress of the ceremony. The only think that when wrong is in the middle of the ceremony the minister was talking about patience and how we have to make our relationship work and all of the sudden we heard a woman yell at her boyfriend or husband and she throw a bottle of beer at him. The bottle felt down and broke in million pieces on half of your guest. But the minister was very good and he calmed down everyone and he make a joke out of it because he was talking about patience. Dinner: Before leaving I reserved the Mammee Bay for the wedding. Because there was 3 weddings the day of our wedding and we were a big group (41) they moved us at the plantation ….FOR FREE!... I was really happy with that. The plantation is more private and it’s bigger. Mammee Bay is also great; I wouldn’t hesitate to go there. Seagrape: Very fun! The men were at the Bar with the bartender the hold 2h30. We dance in the sand it was very fun. The only thing is that Seagrape is just under the stage where all the shows are so we could here the show pretty good from Seagrape. If you bring your own music make sure you have good speakers. Photograph: We didn’t have any problem with Micheal. He called at the room the day of the wedding to ask us if we were interested in is service. I told him that we had family to take picture for us. He said: ok and have a great wedding. He was very professional. Our wedding day was perfect! I didn’t want the day to end and I wouldn’t change a thing. Heidi: I saw Edmond the day of our wedding. We were walking at the room to get some things before going to dinner. I told I’m you said HI and he was so excited. He makes us a special drink also. Cost: 250$ for the minister, 380$ for Seagreape, 200$ for flowers and 45$ for 3 extra bottle of champagne. 875$ I’m sure I’m forgotten something but if you have any question just asks. I will be more then happy to answer them. I don’t have any pictures right now but I will post them as soon as I have them. Congrats! Glad to hear everything went well for you. Sounds like the resort is super nice. Can't wait to see some pics!

Quote: Originally Posted by jw117 Hello! I am getting married at the RIU in Ocho Rios in Jan. If anyone has anything to share, let me know! I am just getting started! Any suggestions on nights of the week to get married?? I have heard it's fun to do it on the night oif the beach party?? Only 12 of us will be there, fun group looking for music and cocktails after QUICK ceremony! Does anyone know if you have to be there 48 hours before you get married, or just 2 calender days?? If we wanted to marry on Friday, do we need to be there Tues..or Wed?? I would apprec. any input you all have on anything a bride needs to know! Back to work! Thanks! J Welcome!! There is lots of us ROR brides here. I am sure you will find everything you need. These girls are pretty informative When in Jan are you getting married? I'm Jan 22/09. If you haven't requested your time, I would suggest you do it soon as it fills up pretty fast. If there is anything I can answer for you, please let me know. You need to be there 2 full business days before but they do make exception if you talk to the wedding co-ordinator. Cheers and happy planning!

Quote: Originally Posted by BeckyN Thanks for the info! I have been wondering that myself after my sister asked what the back up indoor plan would be... and i had no clue! *lol* wow becky..something you don't know

Quote: Originally Posted by geology_rocks So, I noticed on the FAQ from the wedding department at ROR that our witnesses cannot be family. Ummm... Uh oh. Are they serious? We're only having 1 attendant each and FH's is his brother. What do we do? Do we get someone who isn't in the wedding party to be a witness? I noticed that too when I was doing my confirmation. I don't think it would matter too much. Check with Chandlyn. My question is, does your witnesses necessarily have to be your bm & moh. What if you put someone down that doesn't end up being either your MOH or bm..can you change the witnesses when you get there?? anyone know this....fh doesn't know who he wants to be bm..depends on who would be attending.