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Thanks! he LOVED his book it's such a great idea. I put about 75 different pictures in my book, it ended up being 25 pages. I had 4 full outfits like the one in the first 2 pictures, and then I brought some random stuff like just the blue boy short undies and the ones that say 'kiss the bride' and 3 pairs of heels. I brought more outfits then I needed, if i did it again I'd get a pretty white 'bride' one, something black, and something colorful probably. The one thing i do recommend is getting your hair/makeup done. It's worth the extra money when you're getting close ups of your face lol.

Back from Jamaica!!!! We had SOOOO much fun and loved every minute of it. Already planning a trip back for next year!!! TWJ did such an amazing job I can say without a doubt having our wedding off site on a private beach was the best decision I made. Here's some pics I have already, still waiting on pro pics but i'll post them soon. <3 destination weddings really are the best. Gorgeous locations, stress free, and SO much fun for everyone

The rates don't tend to go up that much. They won't double, and if they do that's CRAZY! We had a similar problem and used the current rates to give guests an idea of what it would be. But yes the resorts wait to release their rates for the next year so they can see how well they're doing and if they can up the cost. Our wedding is in a week and our rates didn't come out until last June so it was less than a year.

GREAT pictures J & G. You looked so beautiful and I love your bouquet! Sucks about the car though :/ I hope you got that worked you. Congrats!!

They can be a little expensive but not outrageous. Through Tropical Weddings Jamaica you can literally include or not include aaaaaaanything in your package and she will adjust the price very fairly. You could have barely any decor and no reception just a little quaint ceremony on the PRIVATE beach for quite cheap or you could have a grand, extravegent ceremony and a wonderful plated dinner reception with a dj and the works for... a lot anywhere from $6-7000 and up. They have so many options for ceremony and receptions and will cater to whatever your wants, needs AND budget it. I was amazed at how much Almarie really cared about our budget and making what we want work into it. It really depends on how many guests you have too! If you have a huge group, you'd pay more for how much food will be needed etc. If you wanted I could send you some of my info on specific pricing for different aspects like flowers or food. My package includes so much and I think it's a great price. Some of the things you pay hundreds for at the resort are just included or free and much easier through TWJ. It is well worth the money to have an entire private beach to yourself in my opinion!

Beautiful pictures, you looked so gorgeous!!! Bali looks incredible

Our wedding budget for the destination wedding in Jamaica is $30,000 and our at home reception budget is $40,000. we've been able to stick to it pretty well! Happy planning everyone!!!

beachbum21 - Hey! We're doing our whole wedding through Tropical Weddings Jamaica and Almarie Walters. They're freaking AMAZING, i'm really glad we decided to do the off-site private wedding She has set up the music and they have a steel drum band and DJ that they use. Are you looking for a DJ or a band?

You should have just asked ME about it!!! (I assume you're talking about me cause my profile says exactly what you read) I'm not fake i promise! lol I see we have the same wedding date, but yes mine is on a private beach nearby and yes our reception is at the Iberostar, but at the suites not the beach resort. (I believe you said yours is at the beach?) But don't worry I have my own wedding coordinator, I am literally not using the Iberostar WC's for anything, I don't even have their names or contact info! So I won't be bogging them with questions or anything like that, they're there for you 100%! I know the one wedding a day thing is a big deal to a lot and for good reason! But unfortunatly no matter where you go and what they promise, that won't be the case. Every 5star resort I've been to in the Carribean is always packed with weddings! I was in Punta Cana and they had 9 wedding in a day at our resort, one after the other after the other. I bet there will be a few more wedding than just us too. (off resort weddings) (obvs. cause destination weddings are awesome!!) But you will be the only bride on the beach during your ceremony don't worry!!!(well you damn well better be) And if it helps put your mind at ease, we don't have a large group and will be at our ceremeony site until 6:00 and having dinner at 6:30 at Calabash. Good luck with everything and I hope this helps. Oh yeah one more thing....Can I get in on this DANCE PARTY?!??!?!

Okay I know how much I LOVE pictures on the forum so I thought I'd share a few of my BD photos. I'm dying to share them with someone but have to wait to gift my book yet! AHHH Here's some of the not so 'revealing' ones I guess lol Ahh so many to choose from. This was such a fun thing to do I seriously recommend it for EVERYONE and not just for weddings! Let me know what you all think! Thanks ladies I originally got the idea to make the book from here

Your pictures look incredible! Everyone looks like they had SO much fun. The song/dance your bridal party did during the ceremony looks like it was so cool and so much fun! Beautiful pictures, the clouds look incredible in some of those Congrats!!!

I think I already posted...but I have since changed my mind! I'm walking down to the instrumental version of Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles Everyone else is walking in to: Hard to Concentrate -Red Hot Chili Peppers Sand Ceremony - Somewhere over the rainbow - (you know the one that eeeeeeveryone uses in their ceremony lol I wasn't creative on this one but it's a nice song) Walking out to: One Love - Bob Marley

3 more days of work this week and then I am off !!! Taking thursday and friday off to get my teeth whitened, hair and nails done and all that fun stuff! ...How am I supposed to get anything done in these 3 days when I'm so excited and can't stop thinking about Jamaica!!! I couldn't fall asleep last night thinking about everything lol. We leave in 6 days holy crap!!!!!!! Picking up my dress tonight

I know how you feel! We all just got a flu bug:( And by 'we' I mean, me, my fiance, our baby girl, my fiance's mom, and his dad. Um yeah. Nice. But we leave on the 15th and everyone is on the mend so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for NO MORE sickness! So of course I got nothing done last week cause I was so sick and taking care of my poor sweet girl. I hope you feel 100% by the next weekend! So exciting!!!! Good luck with everything!

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My wedding is 2 weeks from today and we leave for Jamaica in a week and a half! SO EXCITED. This forum has been endless help to me and has given me the majority of the great ideas i'm using. Thanks so much ladies and good luck to you all too!!!! Just got my 3 swimsuits I ordered from Victoria Secret (and dresses yay!!!) All I really have to do is pack, get my hair trimmed, nails done, pick up my dress <3, oh and prepare myself mentally for a 4 hour flight with my 18 months old I think she'll have fun she thrives off excitement and meeting new people. Good luck with any last minute details to all of you! Can't wait to get out of Wisconsin and into the Jamaican sun

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Oh my goodness no way!!! We are staying at the Suites and actually having our wedding on a private beach nearby. We booked though a private company not the hotel. But I ALMOOOOST booked at at the beach resort on the 18th! Either way that is awesome and I will possibly SEE you there??! Very excited for the wedding, it's coming up sooo quickly. Good luck with everything!

Whoohooo! Got my dress and I absolutley love it. And it fits great!! Just have to get the bustle done.It was a Casanova dress that had one strap and a button up back and I had it modified to be strapless and a corset back. OMG i love it so much more now that I changed those two things and it was beautiful to begin with. So excited to wear this dress in Jamaica. AND this past weekend, my fiance and I got our 1 1/2 year old daughter her flower girl dress for the wedding. It is TO DIE FOR. seriously the cutest thing i've ever seen it's from the Ukraine and very unique and beautiful, NOTHING like all the Chinese made little girl dresses i've seen everywhere else. She's going to outshine me! lol I wish I had a picture but i'm at work and don't i'll post some later! 2 1/2 months until my wedding and I am starting to freak out! Just hope everything goes well and everyone has fun. Any tips for bringing a 2 year old a plane VERY MUCH APPRECIATED! thanks ladies! There's so many gorgeous dresses i've seen on here you have all inspired me and made it so easy to choose my dream dress!

Thanks Ariane. I know I should just do whatever I want and not care if people think it's a little weird, but it's so nice to hear another bride agree. We are having a plated dinner, already hired a DJ, and have the reception hall alllll night so I think it'll be fun to have it be just like we just got married. We aren't religious so the ceremony isn't really a huge thing for us anyway...we just like to paaartay! haha. Only problem is...my hopes of not having to do too much work for the wedding are being smashed as now I have my Jamaican wedding and a complete wedding reception to plan. haha oh well we only get to do it once! Thanks again

This thread made me feel much better. I am facing a semi simliar dilema. Our AHR is going to be 5 months after our destination wedding. Reason being, we are getting married in January and I want our AHR to be in the summer since we live in cold Wisconsin. It also gives us more time to budget and allows family who are traveling to Jamaica with us but live a few hours away to plan and possibly make it to the AHR too. I keep going back and forth in my head trying to decide how to set up our AHR and what to wear. At first I wasn't going to wear my wedding dress but the more I think about it the more I want to. When else will I ever be able to wear it afterall! I also can't decide if we are going to do things like speeches and father/daughter dance and the first dance for my husband and I. I think it would be kind of fun to play it out like a regular reception and do some traditional and fun things like the dances. But will people think it's weird that I'm wearing my dress 5 and doing a 'first dance' when we have already been married for 5 months. I just worry that 5 months is kind of a long time. But at the same time, we won't be seeing a lot of our family in that 5 months because they live a few hours away, and we tend to visit each other more in the summer. Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated! I just want party and celebrate with good friends and family, but don't know the best way to go about organizing the event.

Question... My fiance and I are getting married on a private beach in Montego Bay, but are staying at the Rose Hall Suites. We are bringing our daughter who will be about 20 months old at the time. I was wondering if anyone knew for sure if the hotel has cribs to rent/use and if they have car seats to rent. (Most importantly a crib) Thanks Ladies!

Those pictures look amazing! Your dress is absolutley GORGEOUS. I haven't been on here in awhile I've been slacking but I'm back at my planning! Booked our at home reception, we're booking our flights next week, and my invitations should be done in 2 weeks!!! Ellas Papers on Etsy is amazing she made me the most amazing boarding pass invitations I will have to put a picture up once I get the final product. What has everyone else been doing to prepare for their wedding?!?

We are getting married January 18, 2012 but waiting until June 9, 2012 to have our at home reception. I'd like to have it a little sooner but we live in Wisconsin and it's very cold and miserable here in the winter so I want to wait for it to be nice out. I hope people don't think that is too long to wait! It'll give us more time to plan and budget and the family that is traveling to Jamaica for our destination wedding will be able to attend our summer party too.

lol I would never want to have a whipped bitch as husband! I'll never try to be overly controlling, i figure if my significant other does that much stuff that I dislike and that bothers me we probably aren't meant to be together! But anyways....my song for the aisle: Hard to concentrate by the red hot chilli peppers. It's our designated wedding song, we are both HUUUUUUGE RHCP fans.