Happy2BMrsMills

Thanks Christina! We absolutely LOVED working with you on your invites!!! And we love love love your colors! The added "palm-tree charms" were a unique touch, great idea!!

Vanessa and Dave

Thanks!! I must've just jumped the gun too quickly. Because now when I post, it doesn't say "Because you're new..." anymore! I think the badge was updated before my actual privileges did! Anyways, it's all good now!!
 

BEAUTIFUL colors! I love the metallic paper you choose throughout your passport! Where did you get your paper from??

LOVE the postcards! Where did you have them done??

I've just donated to be a supporter! This site is so great and has helped probably millions of brides plan their tropical weddings, mine included! The frustrating part is the forum post count thing. 150 is unreasonable. Could take me years!! I became a supporter so I could respond to posts quicker and be able to share files, but it still says "Because you're new...." whenever I post something! I'm not new!! Can we relax the forum post count number a bit, or at least for us supporters please?? The 150 requirement almost encourages spamming doesn't it?? And the quote below is misleading...

"To reach "junior member" status you need to have a minimum of 150 posts.

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I thought by becoming a supporter I would also become a junior member. If you read the above quote, it is easy to understand why I might have come to this conclusion! Please let me know if there is anything you can do about letting me finally attain junior member status, so I can be more active in the boards.

Thank you,

Vanessa

Originally Posted by Michellelepore1 

 

 

I was just legally married last week and it was the same for us. We didn't want to say vows but we had to. Luckily here in NYC the courthouse feels like a DMV so we didn't feel like it was a wedding at all. I am glad so that now when we have the wedding in Mexico it will feel real when we say our vows.

Our wedding was ceremonial only. And it was beautiful! We waited to do the whole legal/courthouse thing until after we got back form Mexico. It just made it simpler to wait because then we didn't have to worry about the name change/passport stuff.

Originally Posted by Sabrina26 

 

Hey!! Having my receiption in the bamboo room. Anyone know the colors on the walls? Iam afraid my color scheme will clash!

Here are pictures of our reception in the bamboo room! I think the walls are neutral/white, but just remember, up-lighting can be custom-tailored to your colors!!!

Their tshirts are not good. Go somewhere else. There are specialty shops at the mall that can make these for you and you can actually pick out which shirt style you want and try it out. I got a cute swimsuit coverup and barbie doll tshirt at one these places.

Originally Posted by mic813 

 

Hey ladies,

 

Getting married this Saturday at the Now Jade.  Originally leaving Wednesday but decided to move it up one day because of the potential snow storm in DC/Baltimore.

 

Weather looks fantastic and although I haven't heard from Pilar much, keeping my fingers crossed that everything will run smoothly.  Promise to write a detailed review and answer any questions upon my return.  

 

Michele

Happy Wedding!!!! Let us all know how it went!!! We got married in August and the forecast said it would thunderstorm all week! Only rained once and it was for just a couple hours at night!!! Everything will be just awesome I'm sure of it!!!

Originally Posted by khunt29 

 

 

Here are some of my faves that I found online as well!  I love this first one, but I'm sure the orchids will cost an arm and a leg!  Which is so strange that they are considered premium flowers there, aren't they native to Mexico?  In any case, I will settle for any of the other ones.

 

 

 

 

 

gorgeous flowers!! Something to keep in mind, if the resort can't get the color you want, they have a professional company that airbrushes them at no extra charge! That's right, they will make any flower any color for you!! We'd never heard of it before but they turned out really nice and no one even knew they were "painted"! Just thought I'd mention the option...

Originally Posted by remykion 

 

Good Morning,

 

Can anyone tell me the name of the photagrapher that Now Jade use  if booking as an extra with the moments package?

 

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I believe they use their on-site contract company now "Adventure Photos". There are several photographers that work there, so if you're picky, you should do a test photo shoot with them on one of the days before your wedding, to see if he/she meshes well with you. It's free!! And you may even get a beautiful picture from it too!!

Originally Posted by khunt29 

 

 

 

I totally agree, it seems like its just luck of the draw as to whether some fees get waived or not. We personally are not in the position to take that chance, so we're finding that we are starting to cut things that we really don't want to, but we definitely can't afford $5500 for the pkg. we have our travel agent from BPDW trying to liaise with Pilar but she even told us last wk that Pilar isn't flexible swapping out anything for anything else, when, in the past, she has.  Seems like they're becoming more strict. Thing is with the Divine pkg, there's a lot of stuff we don't necessarily want (ie. private transfers, couples massage) but wish we could use the "value" of those towards something else. I'm wondering if its best to try and negotiate once we get there.  Or maybe we should have just gone a la carte with the whole wedding. Sigh is right! :s

 

Kristen 

Every bride and groom on here should realize what they're dealing with. IT is VERY common for Carribbean cultures to negotiate prices. And the Now Jade is no different. We got married there last August and they changed the price of renting the projector THREE TIMES because we complained that it was too high! We were seriously going to buy/bring our own and then they reduced the price to be more reasonable. The more wedding extras you get, the more you should negotiate with them, via email. Get it in writing. When we showed up at the resort they tried to charge us more again for things, but then we showed them what Pilar/Deisy had promised us already.

Originally Posted by Moments That Matter 

 

Maracas + sparklers add lots of fun, for sure. Hope you all find the ones you're looking for at reasonable costs.........congrats all and Enjoy

 

 

 

team MTM asst, Lynda

OMG!!! Just stunning!! Excellent photography work!!! Our photographer did a great job, but not enough pictures of our decorations :/

over-the-top amazing and speechless!!! can i ask, how much did you spend on each package??

Originally Posted by juicybride 

 

 

Thanks! I will take a look. What a relief that 4 hours isn't $1400.

An iPod is free and you can put whatever mix you want on it!! The sound equipment and lights were only a few hundred bucks We'd definitely go that route again!

Originally Posted by shannonmarie 

 

$25 for $100 worth of items. Valid on everything site-wide

 

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Excellent!!!

Excellent Tips!!! MY only other one would be DON'T FORGET to get a group shot of everybody! We had plenty of the wedding party and family, but we never got a shot of all of our guests! :/

Originally Posted by nbateman 

 

congrats!!!

OMG this is sooo silly!

Originally Posted by mstigger 

 

Have you guys noticed that none of the recent emails have free items? Do you think they did away with the free items?

I really need brochures, but hate to pay for them knowing I got the first set free.

Guess I shouldn't complain, but hard to justify $30 after paying nothing.

Their sales are goofy. I've been using VistaPrint for years and there's always a "gotcha" at checkout. If the sale says FREE, then they just make up for it by upcharging on design fees/premium paper. etc. Or they'll charge an arm and a leg for shipping. I used to go in with 2 or 3 different promo codes to try, and sometimes the best option wasn't the FREE ones!! It also depends on your quantities and stuff.

holy cow! that might be a little too intense!!! It looks like one of your guests just burst into flame!! lol

Originally Posted by Moments That Matter 

I know what you mean Happy2BMrsMills.......they can be a bit tricky, but make quite a light show, so worth the effort.....as shown here.......fun

 

team MTM asst, Lynda

We've had good and bad experiences with VistaPrint. They certainly can't be beat for price!!! But we ordered save-the-date refridgerator magnets and the quality wasn't quite what we expected. Even worse, the crop was way off so the border didn't quite look right. But we called customer service and they immediately said they would re print the order. Less than a week later we had a whole new stack of save-the-dates with correct crops!! We use VistaPrint every year for their calendars! We always make a photo-collage of our pics form each month and then make calendars for our parents and grandparents. The quality of their thick/glossy calendars is outstanding!

LOVE LOVE LOVE your sand-in-a-bottle idea!!! though it must've cost you a fortune for mailing/postage!! you certainly made an incredible impression on your guests!!! i would have thought seeing an actual eagle logo on the passport cover would be the only way to go but I really am impressed with the graphic you choose and how awesome it looks!! Very nice job on these!!!

I agree! photos of the resort would be nice too!

Originally Posted by shannonmarie 

 

For those who used round tables, I know it says it seats 6-10 people but I am so confused how many to put at each table? Would 10 be too crowded? What did you do?

10 was a little crowded,but it definitely works! (You might want to consider how large your guests are!) Here's a pic from our wedding last August at the Jade. This might give you a better idea.

your sparklers photo turned out so beautiful!!! Ours was doing the day and everyone had a hard time getting them all to light at the same time!!! Seriously though, nice work!!