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Make sure you'd have to get a day pass if they stay at the Colonial b/c i was told earlier that they could attend the wedding free of charge (you can freely walk between both resorts). I was also told that you can eat at the buffet at either resort, so surely you could attend the wedding! If you do have to get day passes, you may not agree with this, i would make the guest pay for them. I'm sure it wasn't your idea for them to wait so long to book! I'm sorry this hiccup is so close to your big day. Definately confirm the day pass thing though, because my WC is the one who told me guests could stay at either place (i even have it posted on my website that guests have the option of either resort)! AHHH now i'm stressing! lol let us know how this works out for you!

Quote: Originally Posted by vgregory Also, with islandbride 8: until what time are you doing your reception at the WetBar? I heard you can only do a private reception until 11pm, and I find that kind of early. Is it a good deal to do a restaurant for dinner and a different location for the party after? I was thinking of doing the whole thing at the WetBar but it's getting really expensive. We are having dinner at the steakhouse and then private reception at Wet bar. Dinner is at 6:30 and reception from 8-11. The private dinner was WAAAAYYY too expensive for us, which is why we are doing it at the steakhouse (included). Also, we aren't having an open bar at the reception. We are paying $5 pp/hr for champagne/wine/beer/sodas which is much more reasonable than the crazy prices to include liquor! We are paying $550 to rent the wetbar and sound system for 3 hours and then the per person for the drinks. 11pm is early, but our ceremony is at 1pm (boo) so we're already looking at a really long day. I figure if we still need to party, we can just crash a bar!

Our group is smaller, but we are going with the wet bar over parrot bar b/c our WC told us they wet bar has more of a roof incase it rains

parrot bar?

Oh my... My heart aches for you. Hold your head high girl

they are both gorgeous, but look at your face... you are glowing in the second dress!!!

This is what we are doing as well... i found very small shells at Michaels that will fit into any size or shape vase (we don't have the vases yet). good luck

like: singing karaoke

#1- not positive, but i do know they have a large conference room and several ball rooms. I would email one of the WC's and find out what the capacity is for each. not sure about the gazebo or garden setting though. #2 yes. whatever you get for the ceremony you keep for the reception. #3- i'm not sure about this, but i do know they had a firework show for new years this year, so for the right price it must be possible Good luck!

My decision process made me crazy! it's all down hill (for the most part) after making that decision- at least it was for me. What i did was go to the apple vacation website and plug in tenative travel dates. It gives you several pages of all the resorts. i looked at the apple rating and compared that with the price. i was able to narrow it down to 2-3 this way. after i had my final contenders (really just majestic elegance and dreams punta cana) i went to the resort websites along with travelocity for resort pics and reviews. I finally went with the ME because of the elegace club which is a section of the resort that is adult only. This way guests who prefer the "adult-only" feel can stay in the club, while those with children (or a tighter budget) could stay in the main hotel section. Happy Planning

I completely agree

I think a great place to add something would be for the sand ceremony (if you like that idea) your children could pour some sand into the main jar. Or you could get them a piece of jewerly and present it to them when you exchange rings. I'm sure you can find some other ideas on here, it seems like everything's been discussed on here at some point! happy planning

I completely agree. I think it's a nice gesture, but not worth it in my opinion. I can see it now... Guests get their OOT tote and think it's great, then it gets tossed in a corner and takes up space (I'm sure not everyone would do this, but I know my family and this is what would happen). A lot of my guests are arriving before my FI and I (they want to leave day after wedding) so we would have to ship everything down there and have our WC distribute them (kinda takes the ambiance away from it). I estimated the shipping and it came to $754!!! Nope, not worth it at all! I'm doing the welcome letter and giving a couple different favors at the wedding. I'd rather spend money on upgrading the favors so everyone has one nice thing instead of a bunch of little things. If it were feasible for me to do OOT bags I may have a different opinion. I think it's great for those doing it, but I'm on a tight budget and spending that kind of money on OOT bags isn't a priority for me.

OMG... I can't even imagine! My honest opinion: She has major feelings for him, maybe he knows it, maybe he doesn't. Either way I think what's going on is completely inappropriate on both of their parts. You should seriously lay down some "ground rules" concerning his relationships with other females. Does he think it's okay that she's inviting him on vacations, just the two of them?!?! I can't think of ANY situation where this could even potentially be okay. By her not respecting you, she's not respecting him. If she cares about him as a "friend" then she should respect the fact that he's with you. Maybe you can talk to both of them together... I definately think changes should be made before your wedding. If she can't respect the two of you together or if things don't change I don't think it's crazy or out of line for you to give him an ultimatum. You should be his priority and he shouldn't ignore her passes at him in hopes that she'll eventually stop. Out of respect for you I think he should explain to her that YES she IS crossing the line and that she must stop it completely if she wants to remain his friend. Relationships change all the time and just like your relationship with FI has changed so should their relationship. (no more late night calls, no more cards, no more "love yous" or xoxox). good luck and i hope this doesn't turn ugly for you!

thanks everyone! I'm happy to report that we are having the legalities done here first. His parents were very happy with our decision and so am I. We swore them to secrecy (hopefully it stays a secret!). We are going to keep it simple: go to the courthouse and then go to dinner. We are going to celebrate our anniversary on our DW date. Are those of you doing the courthouse thing going out of town??? We are going to go out of town, so there isn't an announcement in our local paper.

Amazing! perfect proposal!

personally i like the dress you already have best! good luck!

LOVE THESE!!!!! Great find!

Paris Hilton Suarey. Super excited I just found a pair in my size (i've been scouring the internet forever to find them)!!!!! YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

michelle, i just went back to the site and saw the prices are in canadien dollars, which is weird b/c when i first went there the dolls were $6.99 us dollars. i haven't looked into it too much though b/c we're planning on buying the dolls there (my WC told me they are about $3 (us dollars) to buy a 5 inch doll down there and that will also save room in our luggage! they do have a lot of cute/unique ideas on there though. I realized i didn't actually post the pics, so i'm reposting. The neoarte dolls are currently 25% off, also they have larimar jewerly on sale for 50% off right now! i just love these dolls! the website is http://dominicancreations.com

I agree with everyone on here. I think when i originally wrote this i was in a pissy mood and it clearly came through in the thread... you guys are right that most everyone is willing to negotiate, so the prices may seem a little high at first. sorry for the rant, while i do think some girls prices are crazy, most are in the right ball park and with some negotiating could be great steals!

I certainly did not say everyone on here does that, just that it seems most people do. I get recouping some of the money, but for me if it's the same price on here as it would be to by direct from the store I don't see why anyone would get it on here when the store offers returns, ect. I definately wasn't trying to knock anyone for buying/selling on here I think it's a great idea, and I do get LOTS of ideas from what's being sold. I would just think people would be more generous when selling their used items instead of trying to get out what they paid for it. More me just venting...

loving the website, but i just saw on there something about a groom speech. am i completely out of the loop? i've don't think i've been to a wedding where the groom gives a speech. is this customary? will i have to give a speech? so clueless...

for anyone having the issue of having guests wanting to book somewhere else this is what i would do... i would clearly state the price for day/wedding passes at your resort and make it clear that it will be their responsibility to pay for the passes. this is what i'm doing. i'm not paying for anyone's trip and that includes resort passes. If you make this known they may book at your resort to save the headache of getting a day pass. if guests want to save $ by booking somewhere else, they will have to factor in the prices for a resort pass. Maybe i'm wrong on this, but i don't think it's my responsibility to pay for a pass.