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I just voted too! Yay, they're in the lead! Good luck to them : )

Hi kthun! We were just planning on taking our chances and using the resort photographer but if you have an idea of costs for the photographer you might bring we can definitely think about it and let you know!

I know, I'm so excited too! I can't believe we still have 8 months to go! Hopefully the time will fly by. There will be some children at our wedding too (a few 3 year olds) so I agree and hope they aren't counted. I'll keep you updated on any other deals I find, please do the same Hi Welshgirl! Welcome! We're at the resort until April 15/12 so maybe we'll see you there! Hope things go well with your planning too!

Hi kthun! I'm getting married at Now Jade on April 7/12! Hope to see you there! We're estimating we'll have about 35-40 people at our wedding. We have 31 booked already! I asked Pilar about the cost for the extra people (above the 25 included in the Eternity Package) for the cocktain hour, I asked if we could do away with the cocktail hour (since we didn't want to pay for the extra people to eat hor d'oeuvres when they can just grab snacks on their own and then the Beach Bar would just be open as usual). She said that the food that's provided at the cocktail hour for the 25 people count would be enough for up to 45 people. So, since we're not going to have to pay extra per person, we're going to keep the coacktail hour. I still have yet to talk to Pilar about other things (the cost of the extra people at the reception) and decorations. But I'm hoping there will be more felxibility to come! I'm trying to keep a decent budget and not go too far over the cost of the Eternity Package since we're also having a reception when we come back to Canada. For gift bags, I found some great mesh bag's at the dollar store that match our colours and so far I have a mini spanish phrase book (prinited it online) and battery operated fans. I'm not sure what else we're going to put in (besides info on the resort and our wedding day) but probably just some snacks, tylenol, bandaids, etc... We're giving out most of the bags to our local guests before we leave home so we don't have to lug them all there. Happy planning!