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SusanMike2013- have you received your voucher? We have travelled already and are having trouble getting any info from Sunwing. Our travel agent isn't getting back to me either! when I called Sunwing they said the voucher would be in our e-docs, but it was not. I am a little disapointed as I am already itching to go back to Jamaica!

OOT BAGS All of our guests appreciated the OOT bags. We did one per couple or one for every single person. I definately noticed guests using their goodies. I tried to keep our OOT bags to a minimum and "essentials". Our guests really enjoyed the Welcome booklet and multiple guests commented how much they enjoyed them and what a great keepsake they were. Each Bag included the following: - A bag which I stamped with fabric ink. The bags are from Dollar Tree and were a great find. I tried "iron ons" on a few bags, but they didn't work for me. I know other brides have done this and haven't had any issues, so maybe I did it wrong. - An "Oh Sh!t Kit" Which included: - Kleenix (Dollar Tree, $1 for 6) - 10 pack of advil/ Tylenol (Dollarama $2) - Aloe gel ($1.50 Walmart) - SPF Lip balm ($ 3.00 for 4 from Target in USA on sale) - Propel single packs ( I can't remember the price on these, but they were bought in the USA) - Tide to go single use ( I also found these in the USA and I think it was $5 for a 12 pack) - Hand Sanitizer from bath and Body Works ($10) - Tums ($ 2 for a 3 pack) - Small pack of Trident Gum (4 in a pack for $1 from Dollar Tree USA) Here are a few templates for the Oh Sh!T kits which were borrowed file from other brides. I used an Avery kit for the bags and it worked GREAT. - I included keycard holders; however, most of our guest stayed in the Standard rooms which had an old fashioned key and not a key card. I did see some guests using them to carry money though ( I got these from Specialist ID and it came out to $20 for 30 tags including shipping) here is the template for the insert which I just printed on business cards - Double walled Tumblers ($5 each from Superstore) - Welcome Books - banana Chips which were bought in Jamaica and brought to us by Ophellia Will Upload pictures of the Welcome book soon. cards.docx stick men.docx cards.docx

PASSPORT WEDDING INVITATIONS Our wedding colors were Orange and Purple and we used a company in Manitoba to make our invitations. I was 110% satisfied with the results! They looked so professional and our guests loved them too. We used Enchanted Moments http://enchanted-moments.com/.

Okay, so our wedding has come and gone . . . .I can not thank the members on this site enough for loads of information, encouragement and great ideas that helped us plan our special day. I borrowed a lot of ideas for projects and other elements for our wedding from other brides on this site. I am sorry if I don't recall all the posts, but I need to give credit, where credit is due. THANK YOU!! The planning process for me has been filled with a lot of ups and downs, but you WILL make it through and everything will be awesome. If anyone has any questions or need any more information on certain things, just ask. I would be happy to help out as this site has been invaluable for me. WEDDING PLANNER/ TRAVEL AGENT Since we knew we wanted an off resort wedding we opted to use a wedding planner who specialises in Jamaican destination weddings. We live in Manitoba and I had contacted a wedding planning agency here regarding our wedding and they recommended Ophellia McNight with Bridal Affair Destinations. I should note that Ophellia is based out of the Toronto, ON area and we communicated through lots of email contact and she would call too. We used Ophellia for our wedding planning and as our travel agent. First of all I need to say that Ophellia is very knowledgeable about Jamaica and any question I had she was able to answer and provided advice when needed. We communicated with Ophellia A LOT throughout the planning process. This was a very "up and down" experience for me as I felt Ophellia was invaluable at times and at other times she just increased stress. Let me explain. As I noted above, Ophellia was our wedding planner and travel agent. At times guests complained that she did not respond to them in a timely manner, but this I do not blame her for because she is clearly a very busy person. Our actual wedding day was (almost) flawless and I need to credit Ophellia for her hard work that made that possible. Some of the things that caused more stress for us was more detail oriented things which I had thought would have been dealt with earlier than they were. For example, we were informed 2 weeks before our departure that we needed our birth certificates in order to get married in Jamaica. This wouldn't have been an issue except my husband was born in another province and did not have his. Ophellia requested that I send her a certified copy of mine, so they would have it in Jamaica. After stressing over this for several days, eventually Ophellia informed me that we could just send her copies of our passports and driver's licence with no certification required. We ended up doing that and were never asked for anything else when in Jamaica. The second big thing was being informed of major extra costs the day before we left for Jamaica despite informed Ophellia over a week prior that we had "extra guests" that invited them selves. In the end Ophellia sorted this out, but it was something that should have been dealt with earlier. There were a few other things that were overlooked such as specifics about how we wanted the wedding cake and the DJ did not have our play list although I had sent it to Ophellia in advance. All in all Ophellia was good to work with and as I mentioned above our wedding was WONDERFUL thanks to her planning and her vendors in Jamaica. Also as you can see on Ophellia's website, she plans GORGEOUS Weddings. The Resort- Riu Ocho Rios There are a lot of pictures of Riu Ocho Rios on the net, so I will not post any more on here. Ophellia was VERY VERY helpful in helping us choose a resort.The resort itself is very nice and the staff were great; although, I will note that they have terrible customer service. We had left an envelope at the front for one of the vendors to pick up and when they "lost it" after they told the vendor it was not there, they were not apologetic at all for the situation. Other than that situtation, our stay at the resort was WONDERFUL. We stayed in a Junior Suite which was very nice and although we had a "garden view" room, we had a very clear view of the ocean which was nice. While we were at the hotel apparantly their phone system was not working properly, so I was unable to make local calls which I was told I would be able to. The hotel staff was not helpful with this and just told us we could buy a phone card. On the plus side there is FREE WIFI in the deluxe wing which we took advantage of and the extra restaurants were a nice bonus too. We ate at Tushima during our stay and it was great! I would recommend this to anyone staying at the resort. We also really enjoyed the Mamme Bay steak house and the St. Anne Buffet. You will definately NOT go hungry at this resort. There is always something to eat. I know it is mentioned in many other areas, but if you stay at this resort you HAVE to try the jerk chicken on the beach! It is AMAZING. It rained a couple days we were there and they moved the chicken outside the buffet which was a nice touch. Views from our balcany ENTERTAINMENT One thing I was impressed with at the resort was the Entertainement crew. Each show we watched was very entertaining and the staff really made sure guests were involved and having a good time. It did start a little late 9:30PM, but since we were on vacation this wasn't too much of an issue. On some nights our little one fell asleep during the show since it was so late. TOURS While in Jamaica we did Dolphin Cove, Dunns River Falls, Mystic Mountain, and the Culture and Regae Tour to Bob Marley's house. We booked most of our tours through the Sunwing desk at the hotel and it was a great experience. We really enjoyed all the tours we did. If you go to Ocho Rios you HAVE to do Dunns River Falls. It was absolutely unforgettable and kids are able to do it too. The guides are awesome! We really enjoyed Zip-Lining at Mystic Mountain as well. We booked a "glass bottom boat" tour through Scuba scribe which is approved by the resort. I am not really sure why they sell this as a tour because you can not see anything through the bottom. The captain and tour guide were very sweet though and took us on a "Glass Bottom Sight Seeing Tour" instead. They really tried and we enjoyed it. They were knowledgeable about the different areas in Ocho Rios and even let us get out at a small beach with a water fall to take pictures. It was really nice to get out on the water.

I didn't see your response until now. It was absolutely WONDERFUL!! I am working on a planning thread. Hopefully will be done before the weekend.

Everything looked AMAZING!!! Good Job!

Hey ladies, just wanted to post a quick update for what was used in our OOT bags. Most people seemed to use the cups and the bags. We packed double walled tumblers with straws for everyone. We also saw people using the actual beach bag quite a bit. Although I loved putting together the oh Sh!t kits, I am really not sure if anyone used the stuff in them. I know for sure done used the Aloe. We had also packed Tylenol, gum, lip chap, propel (this was used), hand sanitizer, tide to go, Kleenex, and tums. We also packed the kits for ourselves and most of the stuff we didn't use. I made welcome books for everyone with indie on the resort, about Jamaica, and games. These were a big hit. Although I am not sure if people used them, they sure did enjoy getting them and lots of people mentioned they are a good keepsake. The final thing we included were Id badge holders. I didn't realize before we left that R rio ocho rios, the standard rooms have actual keys and a huge keychain attached to them, so guests couldn't use the holder for their room key. I did see a few guests using them for tip money and other things thoug. Overall I think they were a great item yo include and we definitely used ours.

Hey ladies ! We are still in beautiful Jamaica, but I do plan on posting when we get back. Although I really wanted to note the before we get back that although online it says ROR has alarm clocks, we are staying in the Junior Suite and it definitely does not have one. dazeydawl, we ended up bringing enough Oit stuff for 19 guests and we were able to fit it in our luggage and we were underweight! I should note thought that we have a 5 year old who also had a medium size suitcase and she got the same upgraded luggage weight we did (30kgs each). I just split everything between our 3 bags. Since we got married off resort and had a decorator, we did not have to worry about bringing extra decor items. The wedding was Amazing and it was definitely the right choice for us to get married off resort at Firefly. It is unbelievably beautiful there! Even though our wedding is done, I am still enjoying reading everyone's planning activities!

Morning Ladies!!! We are leaving for Jamaica tomorrow and we are getting married Friday!!!! So excited! I know there are a few other ladies leaving and getting married soon. Just wanted to say congrats to all the brides in the near future.

We ended up doing this as it became too much to do a quilt as we would need to get someone to make it as I have no clue how to quilt. For the puzzle we used Forde with Memory Lane Puzzles and we are more than happy with it! I would highly recommend him. He is on Etsy!

What if you made their bouquets incorporate the colors and maybe have different color flowers in their hair?

Welcome! I just bought regular stamps from Michaels and the alphabet stamps. I used fabric stamp pad and it worked out realy well!

I would assume it is usable from Canada because when I clicked the link it went to the Winnipeg Groupon site.

We looked at Dwayne Watkins when we were looking for a photographer and his prices start at $3500. That is the minimum. We ended up booking Misha Earle and we are very happy with our choice!