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There is a 2013 brochure, I would go off of that. But that sounds about right. We had 60 people and I think we were charged $100 extra dollars for the 10 extra people. Honestly, she works with you and your money definitely goes a lot further there then if you had it here. In the end, I am pretty sure we got a lot more than what we paid for.

we had our ceremony and reception at the Jellyfish. Our reception probably started around 7pm and went til 1am and the dance floor and bar were on the beach. It was perfect! Very well lit and had tons of lounge seating and lanterns/lights hanging. I wouldn't have had it any other way.

Hi Paney - I just had my wedding at the Jellyfish and Mayte is really good about recommending what the best thing to do is for open bar, cocktail hour, dinner and after dinner drinks. Just tell her you don't want to spend a ton and what you are thinking of for timing and she can help you out. I believe our drink bill was split up by: cocktail hour, dinner drinks - wine and beer, and then open bar for 3 hours. it ended up being really reasonable and was cheaper than just having open bar from after the ceremony til the end of the night. I believe we also ended up getting an hour for free, as we paid at our meeting for everything and we stayed til 1am and she never asked for more money or charged us. The Jellyfish is definitely more than having a wedding at the resort but it is the best decision we ever made. But your money goes a lot further. You get what you pay for and more and everything is personalized to what you want. After seeing weddings at ther resort, I am so glad we had our wedding here....and our guests were too!

Hi Sdj327 - i will be having 60 guests are our wedding and we are doing open bar. I do not have the exact pricing, but Mayte broke out the "open bar" with Welcome Drinks, cocktail hour, dinner and then the dancing portion so that it was more reasonable. After my wedding in 3 weeks I can post a review with what we settled on and how it worked out for our group of 60!

Congrats Lindsay! Thanks for the reassurance, have a beautiful wedding day!

Hi Ladies! I am getting married Feb 7th and emailed Mayte back in December with some flowers and updated inspiration pictures and haven't heard anything. I was kinda getting nervous, but more just because this close I want to be reassured everything is ok! I just haven't confirmed the date/time of our meeting, so hoping to just have that confirmed soon so we can make arrangements when we get there! Hoping to hear from her in the next couple weeks at least to confirm that..

Thank you!! From reading the forums for the last year, I decided to wait until I was closer to send one email with the flowers, inspiration pictures, etc. I sent that about a week ago, so I am just going to hold out until I hear from her and then hopefully anything else can wait until we meet with her! I will definitely PM you if I have any questions Thanks so much for being so helpful!

Hi Mimi - how close to the wedding did Mayte start replying to your emails more? Just trying to ease my nerves. I'm 8 weeks out and we haven't talked in awhile! I emailed her last Friday and expect I will eventually hear from her, but I don't want to start stressing about that too. So I just figured I would ask to help ease my mind

Thank you for the insight! I think I'll be keeping my rings on JUST IN CASE!

Thanks Mimi! That's helpful to hear! I will probably just wear mine all the time too. Some older family members were more concerned so I just wanted to see if it was a legit concern or not. I have been to Punta Cana twice before and always felt save...but I didn't have jewelry like this with me then

Hi Mimi/ladies - were any of you concerned (or are concerned) about carrying your rings with you? A family member brought up a good point that I probably shouldn't wear it around too often but it also makes me a little nervous to leave it in the safe. It's insured but wasn't sure you all had similar feelings and what you ended up doing or were planning on doing? Did you at any time feel unsafe with them? Staying at the ME as well! Thanks! Kaylin

Hi! I am currently shopping for my OOT bag for our wedding in Feb! Where did you find your tumblers? And if you don't mind me asking, for how much. We are in the need of 60 but don't want to pay an arm and a leg! Thanks!

I believe the DJ from Mayte is $600 which includes an MC - I have heard nothing but good things! From my understanding, Mayte works with you on the songs you want played for all the major parts of the wedding and makes sure they get played. There are actually a couple of comments about this on the Jellyfish Facebook page and one bride said her guests were dancing all night long. Can't beat that for the price. My quote for DJ Mania was 3x that.

Hi Hanalulu, I'm staying at the Majestic Elegance and decided not to use any outside Makeup/Hair stylists because of the vendor day pass fees and travel fees to get them to the resort. I am paying the day pass for my photographer, cause that was more important to me. I plan on getting my hair done at the resort - I have read on here that if you bring pictures with you and even set up a trial when you get down there a couple days before your wedding, everything comes out great on your wedding day! I am more particular with my makeup, so I recently went to Sephora and got bridal makeup done. They did a look for me and wrote down everything I needed to buy and I'll be buying it all before we go. I plan on doing my makeup myself because I am confident in that and seeking some help from girlfriends if needed. Hope that helps!

No problem! We are from Boston, so we are using one up here. Happy to recommend her, but just keep in mind that she is over here on the East Coast if you aren't Let me know if you want to go through her, I can DM you the info. I am not too 100% how they compare, or if they even do. It really depends on your flight. From my experience in the past when booking flights, and from the information I have gotten from our TA, the rates for the resort don't change, but rather the flights do, which is when the packages decrease or increase. I have some guests that paid are coming for 4 or 5 days, so splurged on direct flights there and back and some that are coming for the whole week and booked a cheaper flight. I just looked on Priceline for the dates of our wedding week and did the math based on a flight that is similar to what my guests have booked and the price of the "standard" room at ME, and it looks like it's about the same price for what they paid. Just make sure you don't choose an overnight flight! Those packages are really cheap, but it shouldn't take you an overnight flight (meaning you leave on day 1 and get there day 2 in the afternoon) to get there unless you are coming from REALLY far away! Also, I was just on Priceline and I think you have to select how many people and how many rooms on the main page when booking a vacation! It's all-inclusive so it's something you should pay before you get there. Also, keep in mind there are different rooms at the ME, some accommodate 2 some accommodate 3 and I think 1 that accommodates 4. So you def don't want to book a room for 2 people and then show up wanting to put more people in a room since that room may not be available. Hope that helps! I can understand the stress you are dealing with, I went through the same thing when we were choosing our resort. Again, this is just based off my opinion and experience, I can't speak for anyone else!! I know some girls had a harder time with TAs, but for us, it's been great.

Hi BRIDETOBE2013, I am also staying at the ME with all our guests for our wedding in Feb. We decided to go through a travel agent to take the stress out of ourselves and let me tell you, it certainly has. I know that there are a lot of brides that have let their guests book on their own as well, and have had success with that, but some things that I really like about working with the travel agent: - We blocked off a bunch of rooms and put down a deposit for each one. This is a lot of money up front, but we'll get it back/it will go towards our room/week. This gave me piece since our wedding was so far out when we first decided on this resort and I didn't want it to sell out - Guests can reserve there room for a deposit of $100 and they don't owe their full amount until 2 months before we leave. So they have time to save up and plan for the dates they want to go. - Any questions about where we are staying, rooms, how many people can be in each room, etc. is all handled by my travel agent. - She also has been able to help with people that are rooming together but aren't staying the same days. So I have a couple of rooms with 3 people in it for 4 nights, and 2 people in it for 7. It's kinda expensive if someone has to stay by themselves, so this will help with costs for some of our guests! - Guests can use their own miles/points to book flights. A lot of our friends and family were excited to hear they could do this, so they can watch the flight prices on their own and book on airlines they like to fly vs. - She also arranges airport transportation to and from the Punta Cana airport (which I think is standard but also something I was worried about before choosing a travel agent) Hope that helps! Again, it's just what we decided and we got really lucky with a great travel agent. -Kaylin

Hi Cait, Thanks for responding! Do you have the email address of the person you worked with email? Was it guest services or someone at the spa? And did you have to send them pictures before? Thank you

Hi Caitlin, where did your fiance get his suit from? Is it a rental or did you buy it? We're looking for something similar Also, thanks for your amazing review! We'll be staying at the ME and having our wedding at the Jellyfish too! Did you say you made a hair appointment before you got down to PC? Thanks! Kaylin

For me it was that I wanted to have a great wedding experience for us and all our guests. At the resorts you hear a lot about the "Wedding Factory" aspect and you don't get a lot of options for a personalized experience. Whatever you want - flowers, colors, decor, food, drinks, etc. Mayte will do for you at the Jellyfish. At the resorts you can only pick from a couple options. Not to mention, the whole beach/restaurant is yours at the Jellyfish for the whole night. There is not time limit! I have been working with Mayte for several months and just send her inspiration pics as I see them. She hasn't told me once that I can't do something!

So weird! Not sure why that is happening. You can access it through the Jellyfish Facebook page?! The review is super helpful! @Shelly you should read it! https://www.facebook.com/groups/6860196262/

Hi Ladies - not sure how many of you follow ***** who is an amazing photographer with her (new) husband in PC. She just got married at the Jellyfish and did a review which is extremely helpful and will help to put you at ease. Not to mention, if you are looking for a photographer and can fit her in your budget her pics are GORGEOUS! Enjoy! http://www.*****novablog.com/punta-cana-bride-jellyfish-dreams-review/

MM/DD/YY AshTooner~ 02/20/13 LonaJ~ 10.19.12 lala32 ~ 12/14/12 cinnagirl ~ 5/28/13 AquaCait ~ 5/9/12 CFK2013 - 2/7/13

Totally agree - my wedding is in early February 2013 at the Jellyfish and it took her 2 weeks to respond to me at first. My suggestion is ask Mayte for the banking information and send her a deposit now (although it's not required, it made me feel better) and then work out an invoice on all the stuff you want later - since this early on it's hard to know what your exact numbers will be! We gave a small deposit and she confirmed our date. I've sent her some ideas and she has answered questions for me but it has been slow the last couple of weeks. We just sent out our save the dates and I just got our first pre-invoice. But we probably won't finalize more details for a couple months. It's different doing a destination wedding, but this forum and the facebook page have really helped me calm my nerves! haha.

Hi Leslie! I live in Boston! What about you? Our guests just got their save the dates, so we are starting to get a feel for who is going to make it, but since we are going through a travel agent, they can book their rooms anytime between now and November. We'll prob send out our invites around Oct so we can get an official count. I think we might have about 50-60 people, but we will see! We kind of had a big guest list for a destination wedding, but we have been together for 7 years so it was hard for us to cut it down any more! Would love to share planning tips! I'm sure we'll get to hang out at the Majestic the week of the wedding What are your travel plans? we are heading down there on 2/2-2/9. Some guests will join us the same time and others are going to join us tues-sat or weds-sun.

Leslie - we are getting married a day a part from each other at the JF and we are staying at the Majestic Elegance too! We'll probably be bringing quite the crowd to the resort, should make for a fun week there! I'm sure we'll be running into each other! Happy planning