kitkat863

I had mine at the blue beach bar and I think that is the best location. It is seperate from everything so it will be way more private than if you have it at the orange lounge. The orange lounge is next to the walkway to some of the restaurants so you would have a lot of people walking by. Congrats on your wedding!!

Everything looks great so far!! I loved my wedding at Now Jade...you can't go wrong!! Not that this will happen to you but when you send your dress down to be pressed don't send your personalized hanger with it. I sent mine because it was in my bag with my dress and they lost it. I never did get it back...this was the only thing that went wrong with my wedding so I think I can say it was a success! Can't wait to see more of your plans!!

I used Wendy from Wright Travel and she was so nice and super easy to work with. I didn't have that many guests so I can't say for sure what she can get you for 100 guests but I would contact her.

I received a credit of either $150 or $155 for not using the photographer. I didn't know that I would receive this until she showed me the final bill once we were there. She never told me this in emails...she usually is pretty short in her emails just because she is so busy. She tells your prices of things in emails but she doesn't seem to charge for some of the extras once you are there. She also made it seem like she doesn't do it that often but from other brides I have talked to it seems she does. Hope this helps!

I can't see the pictures!

I had my reception at Castaways. I don't really remember this but apparently as soon as the reception was over they were kicking us. My brother in law had asked for some water as the reception was winding down and the waiter or manager or whoever told him no and refused to get him a drink. Like I said, I don't remember this and my brother in law can be a little dramatic, but I do think that they were basically kicked us out once the last song was played.

I wouldn't say it is necessary. The only thing that I had for the cocktail hour were paper straws with flags with our initials and the wedding date.

There were weddings their earlier than that and if it is open I would request an earlier time slot.

I don't remember exactly but I think I tipped Pilar $50, Deisy $25, The DJ's $5 or $10 each - same with the waiters. I also think that we tipped the officiant $5 or $10. I probably didn't need to tip Pilar that much but I was feeling generous haha

I would think 40 people would be good...anything over might be a little tight based on how I remember it looking. Not sure if that helps at all!

I made a CD and brought the music that I wanted for the ceremony. They have someone that handles the music for the ceremony and they set the speakers and everything up. This is included in the package. I didn't have a wedding party so I had one song played while everyone was seated and while my nephews walked down the aisle, a song while I walked down the aisle and a song for us to walk back up the aisle to. They will fade the song out once you are done walking down the aisle. I didn't have to pay anything for the DJ. When I asked about having a DJ instead of using the music included in the package she just said that is fine and that I can have a DJ for 2 hours.

I swapped that out for a DJ for 2 hours. Yes, you can choose from any of the menus.

Sorry I meant to say that the decor in Castaways wasn't exactly my favorite!

1. Almost everyone at our reception had the filet and shrimp and it was really good. Some had the bacon wrapper mahi mahi and they also said that it was delicious. 2. It really depends on if you want an indoor or outdoor reception. Castaways has a roof but it is outside. Bamboo room is all inside. Both are pretty private so you won't have too many people looking in. I was supposed to have ours on the terrace but due to possible rain they switched it to castaways. I liked that it was open air but the decor was exactly my favorite. The bamboo room was nice, especially if you want indoors with some air conditioning. I don't think that you could go wrong either way. 3. I believe that we arrived to Castaways around 7:30 and dinner was over around 8:30. The DJ played from 8:30 to 10:30. After that we went to the sports bar and then the lobby bar to hang out. We had our ceremony at 5:30 and the cocktail hour was supposed to be from 6:30 to 7:30 but I think it basically started the second the ceremony was over!

Congrats on your upcoming wedding!!! I brought paper lanterns, table runners, some signs and maracas for our wedding. I was told that I would be charged $40 to set up the paper lanterns but I was never charged. I would assume that they don't really charge anyone for this. Also, I gave me guests 3 choices for the main course and I just chose what I wanted for soup, salad, appetizer and dessert that way I didn't have so many different food options. I'm assuming that they might tell you that you can't have everyone pick a different salad, soup, etc. I don't have a copy of the script that they use. I gave him the wording for our vows, ring warming ceremony, and exchange of the rings. He basically just did that stuff and then said some stuff that I assume they use for the weddings. It was a nice ceremony though. Good luck!

I am not sure if it is only an hour but I'm pretty sure that it isn't a full day. Also, they say they charge $55 for a day pass but my photographer came for the wedding and the next day for our trash the dress and I wasn't charged for either day. I highly recommend looking at outside photographers.

They are definitely popular and for good reason! It was such a great place to have our special day!! I think that they do 2 weddings a day and can have a vowel renewal ceremony too.

If you want more pictures than that it would probably be better just to book an outside photographer. I have heard that their prices are very high for add ons and you basically end up spending the same amount (depending on your budget) you would have if you booked a different photographer. I had emailed several photographers and I ended up booking Gonzalo Nunez which was the best decision that I had made. He was very affordable and his pictures are amazing. I highly recommend looking into other photographers if you can swing it financially.

I think she is more laid back about things once you are down there. I was able to swap things out. Also, once we paid our final bill she had given us a photographer credit since we didn't use them for anything. I'm not sure if this is common or not but I didn't question it.

This is where we originally were supposed to have our reception and we would have had a DJ there. We only had a total of 17 people so 30 might be a tight fit but I would think it could work. I think the terrace was a little bigger in person than what pictures made it look like. The flooring is actually a cement floor (I think) not a deck.

No, she wasn't with me all day. She came to find me around 12 to let me know that we had to change the location of the reception but then I didn't see her again until right before the ceremony. She was setting everything up most of the day. She was there for the ceremony and then during the cocktail hour she was taking pictures of the reception set up and showing me. She was there the whole time through the reception though.

Pilar was the main wedding coordinator but once we were down there and the day of the wedding Deisy did everything for us. She was great!

Almost every day when we were down there they had 2 weddings going on. They can have one in the bamboo room and one on the terrace. Mine was supposed to be on the terrace and I believe the other wedding that day was in the bamboo room. You most likely won't notice...I never once saw the other wedding that day. As long as the other person isn't having theres are the terrace you could probably change it last minute if you want. You will just have to take the chance that you can't change it.

I got married in May and we had our ceremony at 5:30. There was still plenty of light but it wasn't too hot either. We had our cocktail hour from 6:30 (maybe even 615ish) until 7:30. By the time we walked over to our reception it was getting dark. Not sure if that helps because I am not sure what time of the year you are getting married but that was our time frame.

I also gace my guests 3 choices. I never asked Pilar about it so maybe that is why it wasn't a problem for me. I can't imagine that it is an issue to offer 3 choices.