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@@RebeLight Your wedding is right behind mine! When do you fly in? I actually have HDC Photography on my FB and have seen many of their beautiful pictures pop up on my news feed. Shortly after I posted on here, I sent them a request for a quote and was surprised that they responded within the hour - already impressed. I am definatley going to look into what they offer as I am trying to stay away from the expense of flying a photographer in from Toronto. I wonder if the resort would charge that crazy $500 fee if we want to do the trash the dress session on a different day than our wedding day - it's a little crazy! Thank you for the information about the MC, I think we are going to hire the resort DJ as well. Good luck planning as well!

Hi Ladies, I just read the entire forum and thank you all for all of your advice and feedback about your weddings. I am too a bride at NOW - wedding date May 5th, 2015. We are having our ceremony at the fountain and our reception at Castaways. I have been back and forth on the idea of getting the bridal suite. Does anyone have pictures of the bridal suite? Is it much nicer than the rooms to get ready in for picture purposes? As the time gets closer, we are getting very exicted but all the planning is also making us very nervous. I was wondering what everyone has done with Photohgraphy? I have looked at some pictures from the resort photographer, and all though they were not bad, they are also not exactly the kind of pictures my Finance and I are looking for. We also want to include a trash the dress session and was wondering if anyone else has done this? Is there anyone who hired someone off the resort for photography? and if so, who? Or if there is anyone who is flying in a photographer during the week of my wedding who did you pick? For the DJ, has anyone used the resort DJ? Is there an MC you can hire from the resort as well? Any tips and suggestions are greatly appreciated!

I am new to this website.. My sister had a destination wedding in Cuba 3 years ago (actually where/how my boyfriend and I met) and recommended the website to me because she found it extremely helpful. I am not officially engaged yet but my boyfriend and I decided we're getting married in May 2015 (starting the planning early). Neither one of us has visited the Dominican before so we're having a hard time picking a resort that is accommodating to a large group at an affordable price; for our guests traveling as well as the wedding package (we both have very large families and are expecting a large group to attend). I fell in love with the hard rock cafe as soon as I looked at the resorts website, and have heard from people that it is absolutely beautiful. I find the prices from Toronto, Canada a little too expensive for our families. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations of other resorts that are more affordable? I want to have a ceremony on the beach, as well as a private reception after with dinner, drinks, dj and dancing. Any advice, tips and help would be greatly appreciated!