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Oh my goodness how awful. I wouldn't have even considered how easily this could happen.

I want to do this, but we'll see how much space I end up with in my bags. And whether or not I can cram it into the budget. Treasure chest is a really cute idea!

Really cute! Are those tiny clothespins holding the letters? I've seen those things around and think they're adorable!

Thanks for the heads up!

There's also a 50% off code on retail me not - google it, go to the site, and then click the link to get to vistaprint from there, and you will get 50% off of most things. The only free thing I've gotten so far is an offer for one free tote bag with another order, but I'm making my OOT bags so I didn't need it. Good luck!

SO fun! Gotta go find a hanger somewhere.

Ok thank you so much - that helps! My family will get there on Thursday night, but most people probably won't, and we will have a lot of prep work to do, so I'd rather keep Thursday night open. My guess is that most people will do Fri - Mon, and in that case, if I were a guest, I'd rather have the first night to unwind and check out the beach rather than scrambling to make an event anyway. Thank you!

Wanted to add that FI and I are considering hosting a champagne brunch the day after the wedding for all of the guests. So it's not like they won't have any other activity going on. Plus, most people will probably be coming for a long weekend (it's not all inclusive), and we want to make sure we don't overschedule things. It's tough to balance!

I searched the forum for this topic but most of what I found was about whether or not to have one at all, so forgive me if I've missed something! FI's family is starting to plan the rehearsal dinner. Originally they planned to invite all guests. Our guest list is 145 people, and based on verbal responses, we are expecting about 95 to show up. (I know people may back out, but looking at this list, it is really mostly close family and close friends, so I'd be shocked if we ended up with any fewer than 80.) While I really want to show all of our guests a good time, I don't think they should feel like they have to invite everyone to the rehersal dinner, especially if they're doing something on the more formal side. It would be different if we were talking about excluding 10 guests, but it's the difference between 30 people (assuming we invite our entire families, in the wedding or not) and 80-95 people. Thoughts? I mentioned doing welcome cocktails or something like that instead, but then you have the awkward part where the family/wedding party leaves and everyone else stays. I really think if they want to include everyone, just doing something causal is fine. Hoping you guys can give me some feedback. Thanks!

Yay thank you so much! I've been hoping one would come up again!

There's an awesome thread on here just like what you're asking for. Here's the link! http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/t/35759/my-oot-bags-the-big-hits-and-the-things-that-werent-used

Awesome! This way I can make my labels and take them to Cayman, but buy the water and stick them on there. Thanks!

This is hard, but I think hats, koozies, soft coolers, small liquor bottles, and maybe beach toys (beach balls, paddles, that kind of thing) are all good ideas. Golf balls if your resort/destination has golfing?

We're undecided, but will probably do 5-6 hours.

I'm extremely late to this party (haha), but if you're still looking, wedding wire has a tool called "guest travel" that you can easily add to your site that does this. Basically the guest just copies and pastes their itinerary to an email address, and they put the info on your guest travel page.

Awesome job - love your tins!

Thank you!

Ok have this one bookmarked for when I get to 150. Thanks! Without seeing it, what you described for your bridesmaids sounds like a great idea - definitely nice to have all those things on hand!

I can't see the picture for some reason. May be my filter at the office. Is there a link? I want to see!

Awesome job! These look great.

These are super cute. So fun!

Yay so glad it helps! I was going to buy them too, but FI thinks getting them to Grand Cayman would be too hard. Back to the drawing board!

My pleasure!

I'm sorry. What a bummer. As much as people say it's your day and it's about you, I don't think it really is all about the bride and groom very often. Best wishes to you however you end up getting married!

We're actually really unsure about this. We have plenty of time to decide, but we're all staying in 3 bed/3 bath condos. I'd prefer to stay apart that night (we live together but it seems like fun to follow tradition on this one) but it might be tricky to make it work. Definitely don't want to have to rent a separate condo for one of us. On a somewhat related note, I don't know what to do about the night of the wedding. My mom really wanted to do everything somewhere else (more of a traditional resort), so I feel weird about just the two of us leaving and staying somewhere else the night of the wedding, but I also don't really want to pay $750 for a 3 bed 3 bath condo just for the 2 of us.