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Quote: Originally Posted by roo66 kjt1985 Hi ive been looking at a dress for Pauls daughter to wear at our wedding.The reviews on it say the beading is perfect and everyone has said that they are very pleased with there purchase.The only complaint there has been is that the dress has been a little short.So anyone thinking of buying any short dresses just needs to maybe custom order the length. GREAT! Thanks. I've actually tried on the dress I want and have close up pictures of the detail so that should help too (instead of going off a distant stock photo). Thanks again!

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Has anybody bought a dress with intricate beading? This is the only part i'm slightly worried about....I don't mind if it's not exact I just don't want it really far off so that it's not even the same effect. Thanks guys!

Has anybody bought a dress with intricate beading? This is the only part i'm slightly worried about....I don't mind if it's not exact I just don't want it really far off so that it's not even the same effect. Thanks guys!

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan This is a pretty typical policy. my hotel had a similar rule. Reservations at the specialty restuarants were only for up to 20 people. If you had more than 20, you could eat together at one of the buffet restaurants or do a private reception. Yeah - which is ok but the wedding coordinator wouldn't take the two extra seconds to tell me that we could have tables set up for us at the buffet! Haha....but I WAS under the impression initially that we could eat at one of the restaurants. Oh well.

Quote: Originally Posted by TA Maureen BEACH TERRACE DINING ROOM This poolside dining restaurant featuring al fresco, casual buffet dining (Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner) with themed nights such as Beach Party Night on Mondays and Jamaican Night on Wednesdays. Perfect. I would have liked a sit down dinner but not for $2,000+ and I don't even care at this point! haha. Thanks again for looking into that...I REALLY appreciate it.

Quote: Originally Posted by TA Maureen I got to the bottom of the discrepancy regarding guests sitting together for dinner: If you would like one of the specialty restaurants. they can only accomodate 10 guests per seating. If you have around 30 guests and you would like everyone to just have dinner together and not pay for a private reception, you can have staff set up tables in the Main Terrace for your dinner. I am updating the BRB info thread with some of this info so future brides can find it more easily. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was going to strangle our TA - she just referred me to a honeymoon registry so hopefully we'd get enough money from guests to pay for the private reception. Is this still a sit down dinner or is it at the buffet? Thanks.

Hi. I was wondering if your bouquets were still available and if you'd sell the 3 bridesmaids bouquets only? How much for all three (if they're still available)? Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by michelle6114 What? So they can't just push 3 or 4 tables together? What kind of stupid rule is that? Are you sure this isn't some marketing ploy to get you to spend more? Unless the tables are cemented in stone then they should be able to accomodate you!!! Thay even do that at Denny's! Grrr these stupid rules.... Yeah I know! And we honestly don't even care if we aren't all at the same table - we could still get up and say hi to people while we're waiting on dinner. I just want them to make our reservations for the same time!!! I'm waiting till I hear back from our TA and then if that doesn't go anywhere i'm just going to suck it up and call down there. I'm not very good at putting my foot down and getting my way though...

I guess while we're talking about it...how soon should I be contacting them for things like this? Can I wait till a month before? Should I start asking questions and making plans sooner?

Quote: Originally Posted by budgetjamaicabride By the way, I call using skype to save money. Does it cost?? My FMOL is said it was a free 800 type number

Quote: Originally Posted by TA Maureen Take a deep breath. I am pretty sure you are getting this stuff from Keisha's canned emails. You need to calm down and get a hold of Keisha on the phone and ask all your questions. Only 8-10 people can be seated per table. Yes, its from Keisha. When she said 8-10 people I emailed again to clarify and asked: "Could we have a dinner for 35 resort guests in one of the specialty restaurants (we'd just all be at different tables)? Or we would be required to have a private reception if we want this many people to be able to eat dinner at the same time? Thanks!!" and she replies: "you could have dinner together as a group at either of the 2 specialty restaurants only that not everyone would be able to dine at the same time, or you could do a private reception with everyone dining in the same area at the same time, please find attached menus, you are welcome." Word for word. So yeah, I thought this was messed up since us being able to have dinner together was exactly the impression I was given before booking! I didn't even want to deal with this yet since we have 4+ months to go - I just asked her when I emailed about something else. I'm only NOW upset that i'm being told we'll have to spend $2,000 just to have dinner together!

Quote: Originally Posted by YaelM My only suggestion would be to ask if you could do your dinner either super late or super early as to not interfere with "regular dinner hours" but most resorts are like this - otherwise no one would pay for a private dinner reception and I'm assuming its how they make most of their money Another option is to have everyone seated at teh same time but maybe at different tables next to each other? That's what I wanted. I don't want anything rearranged but she said that they will ONLY take 8-10 of our guests at a time. According to her there is NO way to have everybody eat at the same time unless we have a private reception. And aren't they already making enough money off us being regular guests?

You know, before picking a resort I thought I asked all the right questions, got all the right answers and had made a good decision. First it was guest pass/age issues. Now its dinner/reception problems. We are having to have two AHRs and decided not to have a private reception in Jamaica because of this. We just couldn't justify spending the money for 30 people when they'd all get the big experience back home. It was decided that we'd just all go have dinner in one of the restaurants. NOW i'm being told that we can't all eat together - that they can only seat 8-10 people at a time! This isn't what we wanted at all! We wanted to all be able to eat in one of the restaurants at the same - just having dinner, not a "party". I was told this was possible. Now i'm being told its not and that we have to pay $50-90 a person (at a resort which ALREADY includes all food and drink!) to have a private reception if we want everybody to eat at the same time!!! GRRRR! I'm not asking for them to give us the restaurant for the whole night - just to make all our reservations for the same time and give us the usually allotted hour for dinner. My fiance is no help. He says I got us into this, now I need to fix it. He refuses to pay for a private reception. I think it's a bit ridiculous too at an AI. I understand its more work but why can't they just let us book the restaurant?! I mean - there would be no difference than if we all "coincidentally" booked the same dinner time. It's not like the other guests are going to know we're all together and we'd all have to eat anyway. I just honestly don't see what the issue is - especially when we're all paying to stay there!!!! Gah!!! Has anybody else had this issue? What are you doing? IS there anything I can do? Any chance we could all get into the same restaurant at the same time if we book individually the day we show up?

I'm looking for a Jamaican photographer. I just want to get estimates and and website info so I can start looking into it. Thanks!

My fiance had a fit when I told him how much photographers can cost and says we just will have to live with the pictures our guests take! I am NOT ok with this! So, I thought maybe I would do a bit more research. Can you tell me who you hired, where they are, where your wedding is, how much you're paying and what it includes. I'm specifically looking for somebody in the Runaway Bay area but even info on people who will travel would be appreciated. Thanks guys!

Ah I am SO sorry this is happening! I too have found out that it seems stories change the closer you get to the wedding. I emailed her this past week and she was pretty quick with a response. Our wedding is just under 5 months away but I neglected to tell her that in the email figuring she wouldn't look it up and might assume its important that she get back to me quickly. Anyway, I really have no advice other than to say that i'm really sorry about this. That price is just ridiculous for a cocktail hour - hopefully she just misquoted! Good luck getting in touch with her!

You just made my day!!! We are also flying AA and I hadn't checked into their baggage policy yet. I was getting worried since we'll be gone for two weeks - at the resort the first then a cruise the second. Yay!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by vlynnw Oh no! I'm so sorry you have to deal with this right now. I agree with most of what has been said already. The resort isn't able to really bend the rules on the children because it could possibly upset guests at the resort that see the children there and then it could cause a lot of problems for the resort, and then more people wanting an exception made and well it creates a mess and bad business really. I understand wanting them to be at your wedding and I would ask if there is anyway they can at least have dinner with you, or if it's not too late if they are staying at a villa could you possibly move the reception to the villa location? Otherwise I hope she understands and can leave the kids at home or you can find a good babysitter in the area to watch the children after the ceremony. That's all I want - just for them to be able to have dinner too. Not for them to run around and "play" at the resort all day. There's just no way we can have the reception at their villa because of the cost. We just can't spend additional money for a private reception or a reception somewhere else. We are paying for this ourselves and just bought a house. His parents are hosting our pre-wedding reception in Canada (he's Canadian) but we've got to pick up the cost for the reception in the states as well. We just wanted to keep it simple and have dinner at one of the restaurants. I estimate between 30-35 of us. And her kids aren't dumb - I'm not sure what THEY would think about being left with a stranger on vacation. She lives in the same small town with all my moms side of the family so the kids always stay with family or a babysitter they've been staying with since they were babies. I'm not trying to make excuses - just explain problems I see with hiring a babysitter in Jamaica and running off to leave the kids "alone" on vacation.

Quote: Originally Posted by michelle6114 Or maybe you can ask the WC or the hotel itself if they know of any local babysitters with great reputations, and offer to pay for the cost of the child care? Seriously, your cousin sound like she's had a rough year and may appreciate the time away from them to do "grown up" stuff. That way she wont have to worry about overstaying a time limit or feel she is being judged by the other (no-kids families). Suggest this alternative and she may appreciate it more than you think. I have had to miss a few weddings due to some of them requesting no kids. If the bride had called me ahead of time and offered to pay for the babysitter, I would have been eternially grateful and took her up on it! Plus, I am sure there are some off-resort activites you can all do together right? Yeah I just don't think she'd be real thrilled about leaving her kids with a stranger in a foreign country. Maybe she'll consider leaving her kids with her sister but there's been a lot of drama in her family since her husband passed away so I don't know. But congrats on your VERY upcoming wedding!!

Quote: Originally Posted by TA Maureen Why don't you ask Keisha if they can stay if you book and pay for a private reception? It is understandable that children wouldn't be allowed in one of the restaurants at an adults only resort but private receptions are avaialble from $50.00-$90.00 per person depending on the menu. They can be set up on the beach, by the garden gazebo, or in the meeting room/ballroom. Perhaps if you book a private reception there would be an exception? You can also have your TA contact the GM regarding this if Keisha is unable to help. Good Luck! Yeah that would be nice but there's no way my fiance is going to spend that kind of extra money just for the three of them to stay longer. So we're pretty much just SOL.

Quote: Originally Posted by TA Maureen I'm sorry that you are having to deal with this and even more sorry for your poor cousin and her kids. What a terrible ordeal for her to have lost her husband. The "wedding passes" are just to attend the wedding. Day passes cost more because it allows guests access to all restaurants and bars so they can eat and drink. I guess if you want to look at it another way you could imagine you are a bride getting married at BRB. You know the rule is 14 and over. You follow the rule and make the tough decision to tell everyone invited "adults only". So even though it makes you unpopular for a bit with a relative with children that relative still decides to follow the rules and attend your wedding leaving the children at home. Then they get to the resort and 2 children well under the age of 14 go running by. That could cause lots of trouble! That is why the resort cannot bend the rules. It is never just for one couple. I think it was a good idea to try to find a nanny/babysitter to watch the kids during the wedding. She didn't say the kids couldn't come for the wedding - just that they couldn't stay and and use the resort facilities. I understand it's the resort rules and who I am to have them bent for me (even though I know she's not the type of mom to let her kids run wild). I get if they were to make an exception for me they'd have to make one for everybody.We probably have enough people to book the whole restaurant so its not like its going to annoy anybody there. I would just like them to be able to stay for dinner - longer than an hour. What really makes me mad is that I specifically asked these questions BEFORE booking and was NOT told about ANY of these conditions. Now it puts me in a really shitty position of having to tell my cousin her kids can't come unless she only wants to be there for an hour. I also think that 14 year old can be more of a pain in the ass than 3 year olds and i'll be more mad about them running around the wedding like morons than I would be with a toddler.

Back in the spring we finally decide on Breezes Runaway Bay as our resort. We knew they didn't allow guests under 14. This wasn't a problem. Most people we know with kids under 14 just couldn't afford to go. The only exception I knew of was my cousin who has two little kids -3 and 6. BUT her husband was sick and in the hospital and then passed away in April so I didn't think she'd be able to make it given everything that was going on in her life and bills she'd have to pay. A few weeks ago she said that she'd like to try and come to the wedding. At first she wasn't going to bring the kids but then she changed her mind. I told her about the age policy of the resort so she was looking at renting a villa about 5 minutes away and my parents were going to stay with her because of her situation. I emailed the wedding coordinator for BRB to ask about guest passes. The complimentary wedding says it includes "4 Complimentary off-property wedding guest passes" no fine print or anything. The WC emails me back and says that those are only good for 1 hour - just for the wedding and that if the guests would like to stay longer we must purchase day passes for $65/each AND that children would have to be "taken home" since kids under 14 aren't allowed to use the resort facilities period. Now, before we booked I called the main office and was asking questions. The lady then made it seem like we could purchase day passes for kids under 14 and that they would have the same access as everybody else - just for the day of the wedding. Of course I didn't get this in writing because I really didn't think it would be an issue. Now IF they would make an exception for two little kids (its not like we're having a whole gang running around) then i'd also have to pay for FIVE guest passes at $65 each instead of the one I initially thought i'd have to pay for. There's NO notice or fine print that the passes are only good for 1 hour. I guess they could argue that it says "off-property WEDDING guess passes" and not "day passes" or just "passes". I'm really upset because after all she's been through this year, i'd like to see her and the kids there. But I don't feel right asking them to spend all that money and fly to Jamaica just to be there for an hour. And I don't have the heart to tell her not to come now. I emailed my mom and she's going to pass along the information. I have a feeling my cousin will just forget about coming (hasn't booked yet). I'm so sad and kinda angry at the resort! Especially since I asked questions before booking and it all sounded like it was fine. If everybody wouldn't lose so much money i'd think about changing resorts. I know this is stupid just for 3 guests, two of which are little kids who won't remember anyway. Making it worse is my fiance saying: "I don't understand why we invited little kids anyway when the resort doesn't allow them". He doesn't think before he speaks sometimes. I'm certainly not going to invite everybody but her or leave her kids out knowing full well she lost her husband this year and its not like she could come alone and leave them home with him. Also making it worse is that I don't have nearly as many family members coming as my fiance does. His family has already booked 10 rooms and so far nobody on my side has booked at all. I know my parents are coming and potentially two of my aunts but that's it. My brother isn't even coming. I do have maybe 4 friends coming (two couples). I was just really happy that somebody else from my side cared enough to make the effort. I'm so bummed and I don't see how this is going to work out. I hate you right now BRB!!!

I think i'm doing a designer wristlet (bought cheaply off ebay - new, not used - I'm not THAT bad), probably a pair of earrings and some beach things. his folks are throwing us a pre-wedding reception so I'm going to give the girls (his sisters) the wristlets at that then the smaller things at the wedding since we're not really having a "reception" there - just dinner.

Oh I totally know what you mean Zethers. I think part of the reason I wanted a DW is because I KNEW I would get worked up over these things. The is the first time it's happened in regard to the reception and I really don't like that I feel this way. I keep hearing "this is your day, this is your reception, we'll do whatever you want". Then I get so frustrated when I can't have what I want (yea yeah i'm the oldest child). Neither of us really wanted something this formal and while I appreciate the gesture I wish we would have stood our ground and insisted on something less formal. Its at 6 in the evening on a Saturday with a sit down dinner, DJ and bar. Now I feel pressured to make sure its a unique, one of a kinda reception people won't think looks cheap or tacky. If we'd just done hotdogs and hamburgers in the backyard there would have been no expectations. I know this is really my personal problem and that sashes are stupid and shouldn't be an issue. I KNOW deep down it won't make it any less fun if I don't have them. But I still want them. Haha. As my fiance would say while rolling his eyes "Girls".