Vikki

Welcome to the forums, it's nice to see another Couples bride!

Congratulations and happy planning! Welcome to the forums.

Welcome Tamy! There are lots of great reviews of vendors here, you should check them out. Congratulations and happy planning.

Hi Dionisa, Welcome aboard! Looks like you've got lots of time to plan for the perfect wedding, congratulations.

Hi Michele and welcome. Congratulations on your wedding and happy planning.

Hi Toni and welcome to the forum. There's lots of great ideas here for things you can do at your reception back home to help your family and friends enjoy your destination wedding as much as you did.

Welcome Bianca. When the big day rolls around and you can officially begin planning you'll find lots of great ideas here. Congratulations in advance :-)

Congratulations and welcome Maria. If you can before you leave spend some time checking out the threads for the area, it might help you narrow down the places you definitely want to see and cross off the ones you don't want to waste your time on. Good luck and enjoy your trip.

Congratulations on your engagement. First-you can do a legal ceremony in Jamaica, it will be recognized in the states. Although if you have a lot of family that couldn't attend it might make sense for you to do it the other way. Either way you'll find lots of great planning ideas and a great group of people to bounce ideas off of. Happy planning.

Welcome and congratulations. You'll find lots of great info and ideas here. Happy planning!

Congrats Trish! What a cool wedding date :-) Welcome to the forum and happy planning.

Hi and welcome Jen. Congratulations on you engagement and happy planning.

Hi Crystal, Welcome and congratulations. Take a deep breath. You've got plenty of time :-) Check out the Jamaica forum, there are several of the more common resorts as well as threads about some of the resorts that are off the beaten path. I'm a Jamaica bride myself and since our wedding party is only 8 people I chose an adult only Couples resort with a pre-set wedding package but there are brides with much larger weddings that have more customized venues and ceremonies. You can also contact the TAs, they can give you some great ideas as well as help you book. Happy planning!

Hi Jessica, Congratulations on your engagement and welcome to the forum. I'm sure you'll find lots of help from other brides, most of those resorts are pretty popular for the girls around here. Good luck and happy planning.

Hi Patti! The best dress for you is the one you feel like a million bucks in. Don't let age categorize you into a specific style. This is your day, go dress shopping, try on everything, even dresses you look at on the hanger and thing "no way". If you can't decided post some pictures and we'll all give you our opinions too. Congratulations and happy planning.

Hi Kate! Welcome to the forums. You've got plenty of time to plan your dream wedding and there are tons of resources here that you can use. Congratulations and happy planning!

Hello and welcome! I'm sure you'll find a place that meets both of your expectations. Start checking through the location threads, most of them have specific resort posts with pictures, reviews and vendor information. Congratulations and happy planning!

Just seeing other people struggling with the same issues or celebrating the same successes on the wedding planning front makes me feel so much more connected to the whole process. Sometimes people get sick of hearing about our weddings, even though (besides the FI) they are the most important thing in our lives right now. Here is a place that no matter how trivial the triumph-anything as simple as picking a pair of earrings to something as important as the perfect dress-other girls not only understand but are genuinely interested and care. I think I've enjoyed my planning more because of the forum. And I thank Tammy and our moderators for providing such a wonderful environment for all of us! Yay for BDW!

Very beautiful pictures.

Quote: Originally Posted by jean-marcus we woke up this morning and just decided to not go to the airport so we have to figure when she will be heading back. hopefully NEVER SWEET! Now that's what I'm talking about, you know things are going well when she decides to skip her flight. Congrats!

Well, I think we solved the issue. We bought a camera this weekend. I've been wanting a new one for a while and with the appropriate lens and a tripod this will do what we're looking for-we may sacrifice some audio quality but I'm willing to do that, especially to have the rest of the functionality the new camera provides. I know our video won't compare with a professional but since that's not available we're going to do the best to work with what we can.

Wow girl, I think those are my favorite TTD pics yet! You belong in a magazine!!!

This is great. I love the article about getting cold feet.... Groom and Doom: Cold Feet on the Wedding Day Read more: Groom and Doom: Cold Feet on the Wedding Day - The Big Day & Beyond FI and I have been laughing reading through it.

Kudos to you and your FI for the way you are approaching this. The fact that you both seem to be on the same page (even though it's putting strain on your relationship) says a lot about your ability to deal with conflict. I find it sad that even though you both have un-invited them and they don't want the wedding to happen that they still want to be there.... I hope that having a third party present will help keep the meeting civil. Maybe it will sink in to them just how ridiculous they're being about all of this. What do your parents think? Can you use them to vent to a little bit just to help you maintain your sanity and have a "safe" place to air your feelings?

I must be the odd ball but I'm actually going to pay for the strippers for my FI's party....he doesn't know a lot of people here and his two close friends are BROKE so I asked them to help me (secretly) throw him a traditional bachelor party. His friends are going to set up all the details and I'll write the check. I just want him to enjoy something that's all about him before the wedding because most of it is all about me lol. But, I might be crazy.