Hey, im getting married at the paradisus punta cana on Dec 3!! its coming so fast!! You are right, its super expensive if you go over the 24 people covered in your package. we have about 45 people coming, 36 are adults, the rest are children. I am bringing my own centrepieces, i made my own bouquets, corsages and boutineres. I am having my cousin take photos (he is a photographer), i am doing msg in bottle seating cards, and i have yet to think about what i want to do for decoration, it starts at $450 to decorate!! INSANE!!! We are getting married in the gazebo, and have decided to spend the money to have DJ mania for our music. We are trying to cut costs on everything else, we chose the chill out chic package, our power planning phone call is coming soon. We are going to have the reception end at 10:30 and then those who want to continue partying can go to the "red lounge" im sure all the kids will be asleep and we are counting on all the grandmas and grandpa's to babysit for the night.