Well after reading amys post.. Im going to use hers as a guideline! LoL. Hope you dont mind amy!
What I would do again:
*Destination wedding destination wedding destination wedding!!! It is the absolute way to go!!! At some points of course I think you doubt the whole idea but it was literally so worth it!
*The extensive research and time I spent on every detail for our wedding.. I loved every minute of it! I was also and still am obsessed with ETSY. It is a dream come true!
*Becoming a member of BDW!!! Lots of amazing people and ideas!
*Hire tropical imaging to take my BD photos and then to take us off Beaches property for our Wedding day photos and TTD photos!They were a dream!
I am soooo happy we went with all of those shoots also! I had second thoughts about BD and TTD and I could not be happier with the fact that we did it. Def budget great pics into your wedding.. its the best way to capture the memory of your wedding!
*Buy clay flowers! I loved and still love my wedding day flowers and I get to keep them forever. They are and always will be absolutely perfect.
*Letting my husband choose the site for our wedding. He chose the gazebo and it was PERFECT.
*We got to Beaches 5 days before our wedding. And we stayed 4 days after our wedding. I do wish we had one more day. But being there before an after was perfect. And it didnt feel rushed or like we missed out on anything.
*OOT Bags and MUGS! Our guests and all of the other guests loved our mugs! They were great and perfect for large drinks.
*Hiring Shenique Higgs for my makeup and hair. My makeup was legit flawless and out of this world!
*Not wearing my wedding dress for my TTD. Wearing a completely different dress. My dress would have weighed atleast 60 pounds wet..agh that would be horrible.
*Get a wedding DVD! Im soo happy we have this to remember by. Def a must have!
* Jillian Michaels became my best friend. I wish I had gotten really serious with working out maybe one month earlier than I did. But Oh well.
What I wouldn't do again:
* Stress. Stress. Stress. NOT WORTH IT! Wedding day was perfect and I felt soo at ease.
*Look at tripadvisor. People Bi$%! about anything and everything! Especially on the internet.
*Second guess every single decision.. my dress, the resort, length of stay, etc etc. But I guess thats the whole process, right?!
*Not settle for Beaches telling me no about bring Tropical imaging on property!
**The only thing that really bums me out about our wedding day is that I should have had our photog take pics of me getting ready. But the thought didnt dawn on me until we got home from our trip.
And I also wish we had gotten a group photo with everyone! I really wanted that and we did not get it.
But besides that our wedding was perfect and magical! I wish I could plan all over again!!! Good luck to all the future brides!