Hi ladies,
I'm Dana, I've been watching the board for a while and I LOVE the idea that this thread was started ... it can be so scary planning a destination wedding. I have SO many questions and I dont know who to turn to -- I'm glad you girls are here!!
We just booked the Paradisus for our wedding 7/23/09. We are staying for a week, from 7/22 through 7/29. We're only having 10 guests - including ourselves, so actually 8 guests.
We decided to forgo a huge ballroom wedding here in New York when the planning started getting too crazy, and also when the economy really started going down the tubes - I didnt feel like I could resposibly make the desicion to spend as much money as we were on a one night party. So we've decided to take our little families - parents, brothers and sister with us - we're footing the bill for everyone for the week - and we're going to have an intimate, romantic, special wedding, followed by an AHR with all the rest of our family and friends.
I'm really excited about it but I'm also kind of freaking out because I just received all of the paperwork from Perla and I feel like, (A) this could be incredible expensive to get what I want, and ( I dont seem to see exaclty what I want on any of the lists ....
I wondered if any of you could give me advice on which packages you chose, if and how you were able to upgrade or customize certain things, if there is anyway to save money (as I said before, there will ony be 10 of us in total and we're already paying for all of the amenities for everyone for a week - we got everyone royal service or family concierge - both of us have younger brothers who are not old enough for royal service). Did any of you get "The Wish" package and then just add on? What if I get "The Fantasy" and ask to forgo the cocktail hour - could I upgrade it to a private sit-down dinner??
Ugh ... I'm so sorry that I'm rambling like this, but like I said, I feel completely overwhelmed having a wedding coordinator in another country and being forced to communicate through emails and attachments! I dont really know what I can do here ....
I'd greatly appreciate any help any of you could offer - I'm kind of at a loss. I apologize for this long, crazy post ....
Thanks girls - I look forward to hearing back,
Dana
Thanks girls ... May I ask which route either of you went, and what you thought about it? I would like something simple, but my biggest priority is having a private sit down dinner. By the way Missy, I looked at the pictures you posted on shutterfly and they were beautiful, congratulations!!