WAJA2009

lol at "Oh we're there!" I can't tell you how many times I've heard that phrase. I know I'll get over the hurt, but right now its so stressful. I would never be this flaky for my friends and fam.

I like that way of thinking. Less guests does mean better favors and gifts, but please forgive me and my newbie self for this question.... What does oot stand for (my guess is out of town) Thank you all ladies for the help and encouragement!

Yep, I have done the same thing. We even send out reminder emails for those on a payment plan, just in case they start looking elsewhere, but people will do what they want I guess. My best friend had the nerve to call me selfish too. Ugh! I'm like "You had 2 years to plan. You go shopping every weekend, you go out every weekend, but you couldn't save $50 a month for the wedding of your best friend that you were sooooo excited about, and you call me selfish" To some extent I am a little selfish, but I thought weddings were about the bride and groom? If you can swing it, I don't see what the problem is....

I too am going through this. I feel like neen did, only I may only have about 20 guests at my wedding. There is still time to see as the wedding deposits must be paid in full by March 1 and the wedding is in june, but so far all three of my best friends (so-called) said they won't be able to make it and there are many who claim they are coming, but are waiting until the very last second to pay their deposits. I just don't have any faith that they will be able to pull together$1000+ in less than 6 weeks. I'm disappointed, but I know I'll get over it and the important people will be there for sure.

Wow, what a quick response! Its nice to know I'm not alone. I have heard of people having 100 guests, and I was thinking to myself "did I miss something". I really want people to be there, but you all are right, the most important people (i.e. parents, brothers sisters, grandparents) will all be there. I'm such as party animal though and I wanted a huge party, but we are having a home reception so we can still party. The problem lies here: Say we only have 5 guests staying on the resort and say we end up with 10-15 people staying offsite (a strong possibility) we can only have 5 more guests come to wedding. That's moondance's policy. We told everyone that they need to stay on the resort to avoid this, but they somehow think its better/cheaper from them to stay off site. We broke it down for them and showed them that they would be spending the same amount of money or more staying at their other chosen places once they factor in food and transportation. Moondance resort is an ALL Inclusive place and you literally don't have to lift a finger once you arrive. I don't know, thanks for your replies ladies. I'm going to stay positive. I know it will be a beautiful day. I guess the apprehension is normal!

I am having the official wedding blues Forgive me, if I am rambling but I just want to get some stuff off my chest. I started off with about 65 guests total coming to my wedding. Now, I think I'm down to about 20 who I know are definitely going (or at least that's what they keep saying), but deposits have yet to be paid from those "definite 20" and everyone staying staying on our resort (moondance villas) must be paid in full by March 1. The wedding is on June 20, 2009. The deposits exclude airfare. EEk! My best friends, who are also my maids of honor (there are two of them) are now telling me that they don't know if they are going to be able to make it due to the economy. I gave them TWO YEARS TO SAVE FOR THE WEDDING! That's less than $50 a month that could have put the the side that they agreed to do happily in the beginning. They even encouraged me to have the wedding in Jamaica. They are the lucky ones who still have jobs, no large bills, no house in foreclosure, and no reason to scream about the economy since the economy's downturn has had little to no effect on their financial situation, and they had TWO YEARS to SAVE! Everyone seems to be procrastinating about the wedding and so many try to convince us that we should have our wedding at home instead of Jamaica. I knew that many people would not make it to our wedding because its in Jamaica, but there are so many that have disappointed us that we didn't expect and I am nervous that there will be very few people there. Is anyone else experiencing these wedding woes?

I am getting married at Moondance Villas because I didn't want to take the risk of staying at the cliffs without knowing whether or not it would be finished. Plus, I want to be on the beach. You have to take a taxi to the beach from the cliffs. I visited the villas last year and it was spectacular. Moondance has amazing service so I'm sure the cliffs will be the same quality.

I am getting married at Moon Dance Villas, and although I haven't had the privilege to view the cliffs, the villas are spectacular and the service is top notch so I wouldn't worry much about the cliffs. If they said it will be finished, I guarantee it will. Miriam and Kim at the Moondance villas office are great! I can't wait until my wedding comes in June.

Omg, Joseph and Latoya, I recognize you guys from Paula and Damian's, Sungold photos website and I absolutely LOVE your photos! I am using them for my photos, so of course I "stalked" everyone's wedding album on the site! Its such a small world that I would see you in a forum here. You guys looked like you had alot of fun! I was nervous about which DJ to use, but from the looks of your photos, I think I will go with the DJ you chose. WE are getting married at Moondance villas. Rockhouse was booked! Thanks for the info!

Hi, My name is Ayanna My wedding date is June 20, 2009 My wedding location is Negril, Jamaica. I'm hoping to gain some insight into this somewhat stressful process and hoping you guys can help out! Thanks!