As far as the veil, mine was really small and a birdcage so I'm not so shocked it went missing. She prob thought it was trash! Just keep an eye on what you leave hanging out and about. I didn't mean to disappoint any brides by my review, I am happy with how my day went just felt like things could have gone different. The cocktail hour was cool, we had the ultimate package so we had the mariachi band, but honestly it wasn't anything to write home about, no biggie if you don't have the cocktail hour. If you have the band then ya the cocktail hour is cool cuz at least guests have entertainment. The food is ok, it's just hit or miss really. The stuff that's gross is REALLY gross. I'm not super picky myself, so I didn't care, I never went hungry. We hadn't planned on attending our cocktail hour, but our pics only took like 20-30 mins(my sin was screaming for mom and dad) so we ended up hanging out there. The center pieces we got were cool, but I brought all of my own shells and coral, thy just provided the bowls cuz mine had broke. They were SMALL. For 15$ a piece. I had bought my large square bowls for 10$ a piece so it seemed pretty silly. As far as your menus, just think about what I said about the wind. I even had hand raffia fans and programs, but Landy stuck them into the chair sashes cause they would have blown away. I now know a 5 pm wedding on the beach doesn't need fans. Maybe there is a little something you could get for your menus to help weigh them down. I could have said something about my menus, but by the time I made it to the reception, all of the guests were standing right next to it, so it would have looked and seemed silly for her to run around and put them out at that point. I'll post some pics of my reception shortly:)