LindsayOO

Using real touch flowers I should have added

One of my fiances good friends is a florist and owns his own shop...for our friends wedding he made up the bouquets and boutonnieres and our friends brought them with them...I honestly thought they were real!!!! My fiance was a groomsmen so I spent alot of time with him while he was wearing his boutonnier and I was dancing with him and everything and had no idea they were fake till later on in the night..the next day the maid was cleaning the brides room and she put the flowers in water thinking they were real lol..Im still torn whether to go real or not because I love flowers but really, they overcharge HUUUUGE in the Dominican and our friends literally saved over $500 using the real touch flowers...thats alot of money that can be put towards something else..especially when noone noticed they were fake until they told us!

So pretty Alex!! Everything looked awesome! And *****'s blog & review are amazing! I just want to say for all the brides out there who are afraid if they don't do their wedding at Jellyfish it's going to suck....it won't!! My fiances sister got married at the Majestic Colonial and did a poolside reception and it was beautiful...it honestly was..mind you she brought alot of items for decor herself but it was private and we had a DJ and dancing and great dinner and didn't even notice if there were other people around...so don't think if you can't do it at Jellyfish it's going to be a bad experience because I don't think it will. That being said we also had friends do their wedding at Ocean Blue and put no effort into it and it wasn't that great...we still had a good time because we were with friends but basically at the resorts you get what you put into them. Either way I think Jellyfish is a great option to get off the resort and look forward to checking it out in less than a month!!

I got a response from Mayte 2 days ago....she said she's really busy lately..I guess May and June are crazy!! She has 24 weddings in June alone...nuts! Makes me feel like I'm choosing the right place though if it's this popular...Thank Venus for the kids prices! We are just in the initial planning stage so we will decide further down the line if open bar or a tab is better for us...at least with open bar there are no worries or wondering what the bill is gonna be at the end of the night...I have another question for you ladies who have gotten your quote already...What does the $500 decor package for the reception include? I'm assuming linens, chair sashes, center pieces? Does it include the table numbers and name cards as well?? Thanks ladies!!

Darcy from what I can remember they just have 1 main swim up bar but its big...and they have a couple other bars around the pool that arent swim up.... We are booked in for January 13th 2013!! yay!! I'm still a little concerned about the pricing of the bar bc that is what seems to be blowing the budget...does anybody know how much they charge per drink? I'm wondering if it would be cheaper to go that route bc most of our family are not big drinkers at all...our friends however drink more then most people haha..I still think it might end up better to do a tab...does anyone know what they charge for kids for dinner/non alcoholic drinks? Thanks ladies! So excited!!

Thanks Kirsten for the tips!! Funny thing...my fiances sister got married at Majestic Elegance and used Phil as her photographer so I'm familiar with both lol!! Unfortunatly ME is just too expensive now (when we went 3 years ago it was brand new and only $1500/person..now we got quoted over $1700..too much to ask our guests to pay)..but we are looking into the Majestic Colonial..its closer to our price range of $1500..we are also looking at Dreams Palm Beach...you just cant beat the gazebos at the Majestics though so we'll see!! I'm hoping with the fire the Colonial will go a little cheaper lol...so excited to go in June and check out Jellyfish! FI isn't sold yet but I'm hoping once we are there he will be!!

Hello ladies! I am new to this thread and havent chosen a resort yet, although this is our top pick right now. We are hoping to get married January 12, 2013..possibly doing our reception at Jellyfish..we arent making any decisions until after the first week of June because we are actually going to Punta Cana for 5 days to check some resorts out!! I never in a million years thought I would be able to do that but fiances mom owns a travel agency and heard about a deal from Sunwing...my fiance and I are going June 4-8...we paid $400 each all taxes included and got to pick where we wanted to stay (we picked DPB)...and they are going to take us around to a couple different resorts to check them out..and if we book our wedding trip with Sunwing we get the $800 back as a credit towards our trip...so basically its free!! If any of you are interested check with Sunwing to see if they still have spots available. I'll be checking out all the reception locations at DPB and report back to you!!

Hi Ladies! I'm new to this thread and haven't officially booked yet but am hoping to! We are hoping to get married January 12, 2013...Matye is holding the date for me for now....My fiances mother owns a travel agency and actually got us a crazy deal through Sunwing...we paid $400 each all taxes included to go to Punta Cana for 4 nights 5 days the first week of June...got to choose which resort we want to stay at and they take us to a few different resorts so we can see where we want to have our wedding..and if you book with sunwing for your wedding trip they credit you the money back...so basically its free as long as you book with Sunwing (and have about 30 ppl going to your wedding). I never thought I would be able to preview resorts before booking and this is like a dream compe true! So if any of you can get the time off check with Sunwing if they still have spots available!! We are going to meet with Mayte and have dinner one night at Jellyfish so if you have any questions send them my way and I'll be sure to check it out for you!!

I meant Karina Jensen

I'm looking at using her as well! I think the reason not many people have used her is because she used to be reallly expensive..more expensive then ***** Nova (love her work but over $3000 for pictures is a bit much for me!)..I believe Karina may have just lowered her prices because I remember looking on her website before and thinking she was too much..but now not so bad!

I know that you can put a deposit down to hold your wedding date etc but I'm reluctant to do that not knowing flight schedules or pricing...I'm nervous to book and then find out that its gonna cost my guests $1800/person..don't want to lose a deposit so I guess I'll be waiting!

Peach I am in the same boat! I don't know how everyone on here has their dates & resorts booked already..I am from Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada and we are going to be getting married (hopefully at Dreams La Romana) in February but our travel agent has called everyone to try to get pricing for next year but can't yet..she says ill have to wait a few more months...anyone have thoughts on that?

How are you all able to book so far in advance?? I am looking to book for next January/February but can't until about 8 months before......

Hello all! I'm new to the forum (just got engaged 2 weeks ago) and as my fiance is 1/2 Dominican we are going to go to La Romana and hopefully Dreams! They have an extensive list on the website on the wedding costs but I can't find any info on how much it is to actually stay there...Are there any brides out there who got married at Dreams in January or beginning of February of this year that flew from Toronto that could tell me what the all inclusive price was per person at that time?? I don't want to get too excited about doing it here if its over our guests budget....thanks!!