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    My wedding was 3 weeks ago . i used Dwayne Watkins and i can say that he was AMAZING!!!! i can't brag enough about his work. SUper friendly and professional. He also help make sure that my wedding ran smoothly! My opinion from my experience is make sure you have a great photographer, whoever you decide to go with. don't listen to people when they say don't waste your money. at the end of the day, all your guests, decor, experience will only be remembered and captured if you have a great photographer. That should be one thing that you spend money on! your day goes by so fast, like seriously way too fast. We are by no means MODELS, but you may think we are from our photos lol it still amazes me when i look at them :-) you can see some of my wedding pics on his site. you can also see my instagram page, i've posted some of those pics and you can see how many comments and likes it has received, from people i don't even know. I will do a review this week on everything, be sure to check it out and hopefully it can be helpful for you based on what i experienced! Also, he uploaded these pics to his blog website a few days after the wedding :-) I haven't received the remaining pics yet but he informed me that they will be in soon. http://dwaynewatkins...norman-married/ My instagram page is @muneera_o
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    My wedding was 3 weeks ago . i used Dwayne Watkins and i can say that he was AMAZING!!!! i can't brag enough about his work. SUper friendly and professional. He also help make sure that my wedding ran smoothly! My opinion from my experience is make sure you have a great photographer, whoever you decide to go with. don't listen to people when they say don't waste your money. at the end of the day, all your guests, decor, experience will only be remembered and captured if you have a great photographer. That should be one thing that you spend money on! your day goes by so fast, like seriously way too fast. We are by no means MODELS, but our photos differ :-) you can see some of my wedding pics on his site. you can also see my instagram page, i've posted some of those pics and you can see how many comments and likes it has received, from people i don't even know. I will do a review this week on everything, be sure to check it out and hopefully it can be helpful for you based on what i experienced! http://dwaynewatkins.com/blog/muneera-norman-married/ My instagram page is @muneera_o
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    Hi ladies, I'm back from my dec 20 Jamaica wedding! Rashel Edwards did my makeup as well as my brides and I can't express enough how AMAZING of a job she did!!!!!! She is beyond professional and such a sweetheart! But more importantly her work is seriously something to brag about!!!! I lovedddd my makeup! Ill do a review on everything soon and post pictures so you can see her work! Def one of the best decisions I made regarding this wedding, her and my photographer Dwayne Watkins! Review coming soon.
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    It was this past weekend. Overall the wedding was amazing! I'll post pics when I get back
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    Quote: Originally Posted by secret823 wow. The photos look pretty generic i saw some of their work when i went to visit secrets, nothing special. majority of people used them if they came with the package, but still got their own photographer in addition to that. more money but def worth it since it's a day that you can't get back.
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    Yes that price is from the airport. You can try to talk them down as well lol I would double check with your travel agent. Most of them do include transportation in the price or they can add it to each package price for $10-20 each. Something like that
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    love this!!! too cute
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    Quote: Originally Posted by SWOK i just got mine. 4 pm ceremony 430-530 cocktail hr 530-830 reception thanks. is that all you used? i've seen other brides use a detailed hour by hour timeline, so the dj knows when everything is going on (like toast, dance, etc). how did your timeline for everything work out for you? is there anythign you would have added or changed? sorry for all the ?'s, i'm a month away so def trying to get everything done :-)
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    thanks for sharing
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    previous brides, does anyone have a schedule for a 4pm wedding? i'm trying to find a schedule so we can give to the dj, so he knows what's going on at what time.
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    Quote: Originally Posted by Mimi127 awww love the pics! i just left from seawind, went there to figure out everything. i see you did the chuppa (whatever it's called, where you stood underneath on the beach at the ceremony). do you remember how much they charged you for that? when i went they were preparing for a wedding and the couple were using one of the gazebos on the beach. it was initially not even an option but when i saw it in person it didn't look bad.
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    Quote: Originally Posted by SWOK Hi everyone! For those of you who have already travelled this year...what did you do for travel between airport and hotel?? And what was the cost?? our hotel package includes transfer between airport and secrets, you should check to see if you could get that as well. if not, i saw shuttles for about $10-20 per person that will go to secrets
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    Congrats to you too! You did great picking secrets. It's beautiful. It's more secluded and romantic yet everyone will truly enjoy it and remember a great wedding. My big day dec 20. I have outside vendors for flowers, photography and hair/makeup. I'm actually having it at Seawind beach club which is on the same property as secrets. We are staying at secrets wild orchid and absolutely love it. We decided to have it at Seawind because we can rent out the entire place, they allow kids there, more options for wedding planning and food, and more importantly we can stay at secrets and walk right to Seawind. They share the same property. I'm using Dwayne Watkins for photography, jan flowers for decor, and rashel Edwards for makeup. Our photographer is costly but his work is amazing so I def think its worth it. I'm bringing a lot of decor myself, and material for draping since I wanted certain colors.
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    Quote: Originally Posted by rlynn You might have to download the fonts but they are all free... Clicker Script Matador Walkway Black Smiley Monster Buenos Aires NF Shifty Chica 2 Thanks. what website did you use to download your free fonts? i'm having trouble finding on that is truly free. Wedding - Table Thank You.docx Wedding - Table Thank You.pdf
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    Quote: Originally Posted by SWOK im in ohio too! im booking at wild orchid...wedding dec 3 1013! cant freaking wait!! good luck with planning!!!! i'm in december also. i just got back from secrets (i went to get some planning done) and i was reminded again how beautiful it is there! i'm def so anxious! it's almost here for us both!!!!
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    Quote: Originally Posted by SweetheartAggie I'll post better pics when I get them... Just super excited!!!! wow it loooks great on you! so glad it turned out well!!!!
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    Quote: Originally Posted by krisf1986 I have not been there but have done EXTENSIVE research the last year and a half and honestly I wouldnt choose anything different. I was very picky about budget and my choice of hotel and overall secrets was a Little more pricey than I wanted but was worth it and still not way too much. Also I researched iberostar resorts and also liked them however their wedding packages are much worse than secrets. And more expensive. They did not include alot and I also really wanted my reception to be private and on the beach which is not an option at iberostar unless you pay like $5000 to rent their restaurant. Also iberostar just seems too big with too many people. So far I have about 35 guests! Most of my closest friends and family are coming and its true that some people will not come however I have found that its not necessarily the total cost that determines that. People will or wont come and I wouldnt worry too much cause a couple hundred wont be the deciding factor. Another thing I did was gave my guests the option to stay 3, 4, or 5 nights depending on their budget which also helps. But yes work with a travel agent as my guests are paying less than half of what the pricing on tgeir website is. And it helps cause my guests only paid $100 deposit ti reserve tgeir room and the rest isnt due til February! yes i agree with you!!! we did great by picking secrets! :-)
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    Quote: Originally Posted by cora4600 Can I ask what travel agent you used? Or who you would recommend working with? i used Wright Travel Agency, http://www.wrighttravelagency.com/ and i worked with Barbara "babs", she is awesome and helped out so much! Def took alot of worries and stress off my shoulders! they are also the preferred travel agency for this site.
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    Quote: Originally Posted by Jennkn87 Have you been there previously, or just read the reviews and done your research? I won't have time, and don't want to spend the extra money, to do a site visit first. I have been researching the Iberostar chain. Did you look into them at all? You are DEF saving TONS of money! That is GREAT! Your prices are very good for your guests too! How many people do you have booked to go down for the wedding? i went to all 3 iberostar locations and secrets this year (on my hunt for a wedding location). iberostar grand was beautiful, adults only! they have a gorgeous entry and staircase. iberostar suites is nice as well, and beach was the one i liked the least in decor and overall look compared to the other two (iberostar beach the cheapest also). they are all located next to eachother in that order. im pretty sure i still have pricing for both iberostar and secrets if you need it. secrets is beautiful and much smaller than iberostar, it's secluded on its own peninsula. i'm going again this weekend to finalize some stuff. there are a few girls who created planning threads that show pictures of secrets.
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    Quote: Originally Posted by Jennkn87 Can anyone tell me what kind of prices they ended up looking at for their guests to stay at Secrets Wild Orchid? I'm trying to decide if the resort I'm thinking about picking is too pricey for my guests. How much do their weddings end up costing? I'm still up in the air with all the decisions to make! Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!! I agree with @krisf1986 , it depends on how many nights and which room you get. the best thing to do is check with a travel agent, i used wright travel (the preferred travel agent on this site) and Babs is awesome to work with! she got us a great deal on hotel from thurs to friday in Dec, under $600 per person (flight seperate). At the end of the day, secrets will be a little more pricier than other hotels but it is a 5 star all inclusive adults only resort so you get what you pay for! it's a gorgeous hotel. There is Sunset Beach next door which is definetly cheaper but it's not as nice as Secrets. it's also older. at the end of day i'd suggest you choose about 3 resorts that you and your fiance love, and narrow it down from there as far as the packages they offer for weddings. you can also get the travel agent to help you on pricing for hotel accomadation. Me personally, i wouldn't pick something cheaper for the simple fact that at the end of the day, not everyone will be able to attend anyways, so make sure you and your fi love the place that you'll forever remember as your wedding destination!
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    Lol yes seems like forever! I still have 2 months to go! Can't believe how fast time is flying!
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    Since alot of people did passport invites, i wanted to send out something different. i ordered these from India. my colors are tiffany blue and silver (with fuschia flowers). Inside the box had custom inserts that displayed information you would normally put on your rsvp or insert cards. i also included our personal website for guests to rsvp (instead of having rsvp cards mailed back to me). THe website was shown on the insert as well inside the invite. The scroll displayed the formal information such as names, parents, love note, wedding location, date, time. the print looks extremely small on the picture below but in person it was very legible :-) I loved the way it turned out! I purchased these boxes from amazon to mail the invites (the size is 10x3x2 for the box). i stuffed it with tiffany blue tissue paper as well.
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    From the album: Post pictures of your Invitations

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    From the album: Post pictures of your Invitations

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