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I thought it would be nice to know when everyone is getting married at NOW Jade. If you want add your names and date in! Ashley & Jeremy - 6/16/11

Just sent all our Contracts/Deposits in! YAY Can't wait for June 16th 2011!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by magirl is anyone getting married on a weekday? I was thinking a Tuesday would work best. We get there Saturday, have sunday to welcome guest, monday do something fun, tuesday wedding, wed relax, thursday leave to another location for honeymon, although not sure we want to do that yet.... We are getting married on a Thursday and leaving to do the Honeymoon on Saturday.

Quote: Originally Posted by SKing24 Our wedding is in May and we just got quotes for three nights, because a lot of our guests will just be coming for the weekend. For three nights, including the transfer to and from the airport, it was $133 per person per night (so $266 night for a couple). Then any additional nights after that were like $125/night/person. I think it's cheaper because you already got your transfer. Oh and these are for the Ocean View Rooms, the Garden Views were a little cheaper. I think it's a great deal! Especially when you see rates of 400-600/night/couple at other resorts. Yay! This makes me feel so much better! I was hoping it would be around that. Did you use a TA or go directly through the resort? Fingers crossed when we get ours back its about the same. Thanks for the info!

View of the Pergola from the beach Pergola being set up for a wedding. I think we figured out there were about 130 chairs here. View of the Pergola from the festival terrace. Festival Terrace View of Festival Terrace from beach. Yellow Room (Which is no longer yellow and is now called the bamboo room.) Blue Beach Bar Fountain Lobby

Quote: Originally Posted by Amiep603 Hi all, as I said before I am bringing along my own photographer and thanks to Tracysab I was able to trade the photographer included in the package for the Caribean Trio to play at the cocktail hour THANK YOU for the idea Tracy!!!!! I am also curious to know which location people have chosen to have their reception dinner......I chose to have the cocktails and dinner at the Blue Beach bar but not really being able to see the bar I am nervous I made the wrong choice......so let me know what you ladies think/choose please thanks!! Amie Feb 11, 2011 Bride We are still debating with this. The Blue Beach Bar is really nice. How many people are you having? We are thinking of having cocktails there but dinner somewhere else. The Festival Terrace, Yellow room (which is no longer yellow) and the Pergola are all in the same area. The Blue Beach Bar is just down a level from the Pergola. I have pic's I will post when my fiance gets home with the camera.

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMrsHolt I'm using a local travel agent to help me with my travel stuff. She got some really good rates. Unfortunately the airfare isn't out yet for June travel so I'm having to wait on that but Apple Vacations is having a great deal now you might want to talk to your TA about. After searching I found that I was getting a MUCH better deal thru my TA then thru booking at the hotel. Lisadias- Give me your email and I will send you all the pictures that I have. Can I ask what your group rate per night was? We are waiting to hear back from our TA but I'm so anxious! We visited the resort and LOVED it but everything is kind of riding on the group rate.

Quote: Originally Posted by jamie12 Hi All - It is my first time posting but I couldn't resist as you all seem to have great information! We are looking at hotels currently and are targeting May 2011 for the wedding. I think we have it narrowed down to Azul Sensatori and NOW Jade. I have a lot of info on Azul but can not find any photos of weddings at Jade. Does anyone have anything they could share? Also, any feedback on either resort would be welcome. Thanks much! So I actually just got back from visiting both resorts this weekend. We stayed at NOW Jade and only visited the Azul Sensatori. I have to say that NOW Jade was our favorite. Azul was nice but more crowded and the service did not seem as good (keep in mind we were only there to tour the resort and ate at one of the restaurants) also my fiance kept making comments that no one there was smiling. LOL NOW Jade was very open and had beautiful grounds. Azul looked to have a nicer beach. The food was about the same at each. NOW Jade had AMAZING service, everyone was soooo nice and went above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of. When we arrived we were upgraded to the preferred club which was very nice. We felt VIP all weekend Overall I am very glad that we looked at both but I am extremely confidant in our decision to have our wedding at NOW Jade. Now we just have to wait a year I hope this helps!

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMrsHolt You have mail Thanks so much! Lots of great info in that handy lil' book!

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMrsHolt PM me your email address and I will send you what I have. An e-mail address might help!....LOL. It's [email protected] THANKS!

Hi Ladies - The resort we were planning on getting married at has just been sold and we will no longer be able to get married there due to the construction that will be going on. I am soooo disappointed. I found NOW JADE and am considering it for the new location. I would really appreciate if anyone could send me any information/pictures you have received. Thanks!!

Quote: Originally Posted by nikkimadril Hi everyone, question on the buffet versus sit down dinner. Originally I was planning on about 20 guests but the number is climbing and now we think it might be closer to 30 or 35. Can anyone explain to me what the extra cost would be? The web site says $48 per person for dinner, $26 per person for the cocktail hour, and I have read on this site that it is $60 for each additional person. Also, is there a price difference between the buffet and the sit-down dinner? Finally, can anyone confirm that we can substitute the cocktail hour for an additional 10 guests? I read that somewhere but I don't know if it was for DRC. Less than 4 months to go and it is still taking over a month to get replies from Ana. Starting to feel very stressed... The $60.00 is with tax. Here is a line from an e-mail I receieved from Yazmin "the charge per guest is $ 26 usd + 11% taxes + 15% service for cocktail and $48 usd 11% taxes + 15% service per person for dinner." I don't believe there is a price difference for buffet v.s. sit down but I can't say for sure. I was told by Yazmin you CAN substitue the cocktail hour for additional guest. Hope this helps, best of luck!

Quote: Originally Posted by mindylcarter That would depend on your travel date and if you are booking a group or not. We have booked 14+ ppl so far, and our travel dates are 10/1/10 - 10/8/10. With the "book 5 rooms get the 6th free" promo, the cost is less than $2500 per couple, and continues to go down when we reach the next level. That includes airfare. I believe our actual cost will be around $2000 per couple. That is for a garden view room. I highly suggest using a travel agent. My best friend is a TA, so I am fortunate in that regard. She is booking trips for a couple other girls from this site as well. If you would like her info, PM me and I will put you in touch. I have been astonished at the prices some are paying, but I am assuming they are going during peak season and are perhaps flying from more expensive locations. We are flying out of St Louis on a charter flight. But I have some guests flying out of other airports on commercial flights, and their costs were a little higher due to their airfare. Good luck! Thanks for the info!

Quote: Originally Posted by Princess402 When is your wedding planned for? The time of year can certainly make a big difference in pricing. The intial rate for our group was $860pp for room only for 7 nights (airfare has to be booked separately) and kids are free, which I thought was fantastic. I think that was introductory pricing since the resort had just opened when we started putting down deposits; I know the rates have gone up since though, and that guests now booking into our group will hopefully get a good price, but it won't be that good! We are using a local TA but she deals with a U.S. based supplier called Travel Impressions. Hope this helps! Our wedding is June 16th 2011. The group rate we got was outrageous! Our TA said she is going to start negotiating the rate with the resort. I thought it would help to get specifics from other brides to move the process along. Fingers crossed it goes down. Thanks so much for the info!!

Quote: Originally Posted by ursula My TA quoted me 1050-1175 For 4 nights (airfare and hotel) she said it depends on air prices. And we're flying out of philly. When are you going and how many are in your group? I am working with a TA and the rate she got for just the hotel was more than $1175 for 4 nights. She is going to start negotiating the rate with the resort but I thought it might help if I got specifics from brides. Thanks!!

Hi ladies - I need your help!! I got a really high quote back for our group rates. I just wanted to know what everyone elses quotes per person have been, does it include airfare, how many people are in your group, and what the dates are. If we can't talk the rate down I'm afraid we aren't going to be able to get married here and we have already put our deposit down. Thanks!

If you are using a TA - How long did it take you to hear back about your group rate? Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by JD Hall Wedding OK, I took the advice and got a TA, went with Berman Travel....so far so good....said she was going to contact Ana and try to get my date booked. How exciting!!! One step closer...hopefully!!! LOL Yay! Congrats...It's exciting when it finally feels like things are moving along.

Quote: Originally Posted by brookeh68 We haven't sent the documents back yet or the deposit- still making sure every thing on the contract is correct- Ill probably send the save the dates next month- I decided to send EMAIL Save the Dates since everyone but my Grandmother has an email. It's through The Knot.com- We have a wedding website that matches the Save the Dates. Its going to save us about 350.00!! If you don't mind my asking, what age are you guys? We are 32 and most of the people going are around our age or even younger. They're a pretty roudy and fun group! That is a great idea for the Save the Dates! We are probably going to send ours out around the same time. We sent in our deposit and are just waiting for our contract. I'm 25 and my Fiance is 28...It should be an interesting week for the resort considering our group is pretty fun/rowdy too!

Quote: Originally Posted by lilly129 I have no idea - I guess I'm leaning towards using the hotel simplly because it'll be easier - but if the quote is outrageous I'll try another avenue. How much did she quote you? She quoted $10.00 per chair which I think is pretty high. I am going to try to use another vendor if they will allow it.

Quote: Originally Posted by lilly129 We're doing gold chairs for the ceremony and the reception (the chaivari chairs) and then we're going to have orange table cloths and pink napkins. Our centerpeices are simple, just dark pink roses and then little gold votives...which I'm still on the hunt for so if any of you ladies find some let me know! The cake table and escort card table will be pink tablecloths. That's my vision at least I was wondering if you are using the resort for the chaivari chairs. Yazmin just quoted me for the chairs but I didn't get a clear answer on whether or not you had to use their vendor.

Quote: Originally Posted by JD Hall Wedding Did you go out and get your own TA or does DRC set you up with a TA We have a friend that is a TA so she is helping us out. I would definitely recommend getting one. Everyone will book everything directly through her so we will have no worries!

For those of you doing (or have done) a symbolic ceremony - Are you making in legal where you live before DRC or after? I am struggling with this one.....

Quote: Originally Posted by brookeh68 You will be there at the same time we are! Im not good with this blog stuff- just started so hopefully you get this- we got 155.00 for premium deluxe and 170.00 for the plunge pools- Our room is an upgrade with jacuzzi/pool and it is the same rate as the basic room. hopefully that helps! How many people are going in your group? brooke That is a great rate! I am excited to hear back from our TA. We are probably going to have about 50 people but I honestly have no clue yet. Our guest list is over 100. We both have large families! How is your planning going? Trying to decide when to send out our Save the dates, have you guys done that yet? - Ashley

Does anyone know the dimensions of the rectangular tables for the reception? They look huge it the pictures!