MissBubbles205

WOW.. LOVE this Post.. Amazing ideas!! Thanks for sharing!! I can wait to use some of your ideas!! )

LOVE the color choice! I'm sure it will turn out wonderful! Be sure to post pics! )

That was a good idea to tell you WC your budget, and let her work off that.. I didn't think of that.. I figured a DW was going to be a lot cheaper than a normal wedding.. But now that we start to add everyrhing up it seems like we arent going to save much at all. But then again our site fee is gonna cost more than our week long accomodations. If we had went with an all-inclusive reosrt somewhere else I believe we could do our wedding for a fraction of the price.. But we love the Cloisters in the Bahamas and I couldn't possibly imagine getting married anywhere else. I LOVE pinterest.. It is sooo addicting! Follow me, MissBubbles205, so I can follow you back. )

Aww.. that is going to be gorgeaous! Love the detail of the waves. Are your colors going to be this pretty blue?

I 2nd that!!.. Pinning. ) My mom used to make wedding cakes.. She would love this! Does anyone know where to buy the mini cake pans?

Soo soo cute Aruba Bride!! Those are my wedding colors too. )

I 2nd that!! AMAZING cake!!!

ahh.. This is soo cute! You ladies are soo creative!

OMG these are FABULOUS!!!

Would LOVE to see pictures when you get a chance to post them! We are looking at going with Fushia and possibly orange.

Ahh.. A future Bride of the Cloisters!! Love! ) Do you know what month/year you are wanting to get married? The site fee for the Cloisters is 4500. I know how your feeling, the Cloisters was sooo hard to find info on. I got my TA from here (Wright Travel Agency, Barbara Vong aka Babs, she is absolutly Amazing and has given me a TON of info!) Quote: Originally Posted by Smurf Hi all! We are at the beginning stages of our wedding planning. So we are looking at this site ALOT! The one thing we have not found is how much it cost to secure The Cloisters. Can anybody please direct us to the right place?? Thank you all

Ahh perfect!! Thanks for the info!! Thank you, I am sooo excited as well! )

I was leary of that site at first.. I read a few nagative reviews and thought to myself, ahh, well those were just crazy bridezilla's or something.. How bad could they be.. So decided to jump the gun and give them a $50 deposit to prove my seriousness (with needing help choosing a destination). At first my TA was very nice but then she started to send me resorts that I swear the photos were taken back in the 70s and 80s! I requested up to date pictures and information, and then I was sent wedding package quotes for 2010. My wedding is in 2013, and it is 2012 now.. For a site to say they specialize in destination weddings, their information sure wasn't up to date. My TA was no help in finding a destination or resort she sent me several for different location but none of them were up to good standards so one day I was doing a search and saw the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas. I was in awe! I mentioned this place to my TA and she seemed to not know any information about the resort nor want to give me any information on it. I say this because she has been avoiding my emails and calls for a month now, the calls she has set up with me, she has missed. (If you do decide to use them, which I dont personally recommend, just know they want to call you any time you have a question, I guess that don't want paper trials of how poorly they assist you.) Last week I found myself stressed out to the MAX! Because here I am working full-time, going to school, and trying to choose a location for my wedding because the help I thought I was getting from a site that specialized in DW's was just making the whole process aweful for me. So I posted a thread on here and mentioned DW and everyone told me to get out while I could (this was before the TA presumed to avoid my emails and request for information.) But someone mentioned the TA's here at BDW.. And let me just say, that within the last week, I have had many many cooresponding emails with my new TA from Wright Travel Agency, Barbara Vong (aka Babs) She is absolutely hands down, AMAZING!! She is very prompt and friendly when responding and best of all, she goes above and beyond to give me all the information I need and then some. Oh and the best part... She has given me every bit of information for having a ceremony at the Cloisters at the One and Only resort, later ceremony times ) , and is now working on group rates for us and our guests at Atlantis. I highly recomment her!! But back to DW, I sent them an email 2 days ago requesting a refund since I have gotten no help from there site and have done all the reseach on my own. And I received an email back form them yesterday saying Sorry, you are not eligable for a refund since you are no longer planning a destination wedding. This fueled my fire!!! I am planning a DW and never ever mentioned I wasn't.. But still they are refusing to give me my deposit back. Also, to anyone wanting more information, visit BBB.com. This is the better business bureau that I recommend to anyone whom has questions of a business. It will show you how many issues they have with a certain business and their ratings, etc. Too bad I didn't take the hours to read all the reviews on BBB before handing over $50 for someone to stress me out.

I've been engaged for less than 4 months and have already been to 2. One in Atlanta and one in Birmingham. I highly recommend them just because it is a great experience that I think all brides should enjoy, even if you are doing a destination wedding.

I like dress #1.. And thats a great deal!

Thank you SOO SOO much for the information!! I took notes. ) Do you know if they do long rectangle tables? I was thinking they did one long table so everyone could sit together, but maybe I need to think about deciding on table plans for round tables. I sent an email to Luciano's yesterday, I can't wait to start the process. And thanks for the heads up on the big rusty boat!.. I'm sure I would make a special trip just to make sure that doesnt happen to me. Thank God you noticed and it was removed before the reception!!

Ahh.. FABULOUS!!! Thanks Girl!

OMG... I LOVE this one!!.. It is definitely perfect for the whole destination wedding. I haven't seen one like this before.. Where did you find this one?

OMG... I absolutely LOVE everything about this dress!! The fit is perfect in every area!!.. You don't look like you need to lose 15 pounds! You look terrific!!!.. May I ask what designer this dress is or where you got it? This looks exactly like the dress I have had in mind, just haven't seen one like it until now.

There are a ton of them on etsy.com

Principessa.. Those would be super cute for the beach. I love gerberdaisies! I love how with our destination weddings we have a much broader selection of colors we can use. ) I did. ) Thank You!!!... Well actually in that pic I'm holding them together with my legs. lol.. But hopefully that's how it will look once I get it all wrapped up with ribbon.

Thanks Girl!!! ) Ahh, you should! Make sure you send me a picture! I originally found one I liked via google images.. then realized someone made it and was selling them for 199$! I was like hmm.., I could sooo make that for way less and add my own twirks to it.

Very creative!!.. You did a great job!!

Now I want raffia fans!!!... lol.. Luckily my wedding is over a year away so I have planty of time to get them.. ) But I was wondering.. Are you ladies purchasing these just for the girls or are you putting them on all the chairs at the ceremony? I love the idea of wrapping them in ribbon, I just wasn't sure what the guys would think about fans with ribbon. I guess if it's hott enough they will be thankful they are there? lol.. How are you doing yours?

I I bought these flowers individually at my local craft store.. They have become my main inspiration for our wedding colors. Now I've just got to find someone to help me put them together and wrap them in ribbon.. Thinking of putting swavorski's in the center of the stephanoids.