Hi Lauren! So a lot of your questions I am not sure about but I can answer some of them!! The 1500 credit is per room. Not every room will get the max amount of 1500 credits, it all depends on how many nights are booked. The onsite photographer- Smile Market (Ocean photo Studio) has been getting great reviews so we ended up going with them! Just a little less of a hassle so that I don't need to worry about day passes and/or booking them a room. We are paying $2200 and that includes photo AND video for 5 hours. Plus a bunch of pictures and photo books AND a cd with all of our photos! Good luck!