hi nicole...i'm going to answer your questions best i can! :
1. I won't be wearing a veil - main reason isn't the weather, but it was one of the reasons! I have midlength curly hair, and would prefer to do something nice with this, and maybe put a flower in it.
2. I've seen pictures of the beach at mp, and many past guests on this forum have assured us all its not as bad as many make out on trip advisor. They have big trucks remove the seaweed everyday...it will still be gorgeous!
3. I've not heard anything about the bites - would be interesting to find out more....
4. Betsy on this forum used the photographer at mp and her photos are really lovely. If you do a search you'll find them. We are getting an outside photographer, for many reasons. Our guests are flying all the way from scotland, so we want to have amazing photos from the full day. We also want a ttd session.
5. We are going for the free package...and going to add on the horse and carriage for us going to the gazebo, the cake will probably be from mp, we are going to source artificial flowers...worths out cheaper...then we will add on the cocktail hour and reception!
hope this helps, even a little!