tracyannhoward

cutting more than 100 guests is a lot! good luck! How many of those people are family? one thing to consider is how many you think will actually come. I let my mom invite as many of her friends as she wanted because i figured out of all of them maybe one couple would come and that wouldn't put me over the top. As it turns out none of her friends came and she and my dad hosted a party for us after the wedding in their home town and invited all their friends. It worked out great. You could also consider having a local party somewhere. hope you can figure it out - Tuscany sounds amazing! congrats!

I know this post is late - so hopefully it is still helpful to you or someone else. For some reason I had the biggest problem with communication about the cake as well! I would generally say the communication with the planners over email was always hard. Maybe a language barrier issue? But once I got down there everything turned out fine. I had the divine package and 36 guests. I chose not to pay for extra guests for cake slices since the dinner came with dessert as well. We had plenty of cake and the cake was still multiple tiers and was very nice! See pictures below. My MIL made the flower toppings that are on the cake.

I have about 70 coral chair ties for sale. $50 for all and I will cover shipping. Please email me at howard.tracyann@@gmail.com if you are interested.

I have about 70 coral chair ties I would like to sell for $50. If you are interested please email me at howard.tracyann@@gmail.com.

@@breezie If you can I would hire a photograher in your situation given that she isn't sure if she can attend. Then if she is able to attend she can enjoy the wedding an take some photos on her own if she wants. The photographers are definitely busy! The photographer was M&J Photography - check out their website. They also have reviews on this site. The photographers are not keen on everyone sharing their pricing and I can respect that... I will say they were in the middle of the prices I gathered for photographers. Just email Jennifer - she was always very quick to respond and sent me their pricing guide on my first inquiry. Good luck!

We had the resort photographer take pictures at our rehearsal dinner. We got to see the pictures and pick out our images and book while we were still there. At first I was thinking I should have just stuck with them, because I was seeing it all while I was there. Then I got the photos back from our outside photographer. The difference is amazing! It was so worth the extra money! I'm attempting to attach one of the pictures from our rehearsal from the resort photographer. Here are links to photos from our outside photographer M&J - http://www.mandjphoto.com/now-jade-wedding-kevin-tracy/and http://www.mandjphoto.com/riviera-maya-trash-the-dress-tracy-kevin/

I was just there in April. Hair was $79 and make-up $69. If you send me your email I can forward you the price list that someone at the spa sent me. I can also send you my timeline. Honestly - my photographer saved me on that one - she gave me sample timeline that really helped.

@@valleyhart16 - I feel your pain! Don't stress too much about the website - just get the information out there! here is mine - www.weddingwire.com/tracyandkevinswedding. I had much more grandioso ideas, but the tool didn't work exactly how I wanted. My husband finally convinced me to stop fretting and just put it together and I'm glad I did. It will look fine and serve it's purpose! Good luck!

I did the white cake with flowers. My MIL made the cake toppers for us, but they offered to make flowers to match my bouquet flowers to go on it. So yes - you can pick the colors.

Did you guys order a meal for your photographer? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

past brides - how did you pick the songs for the guitarist to play? Carla sent me the list but I'm completely unfamiliar with the names of classic music. any good recommendations? i'm having a hard enough time with the songs for the reception!

Thanks for the feedback. Her flight arrives at 10:15am and the wedding is at 5pm. Maybe she'll be ok with the group transportation then. I was just worried she might be annoyed if she spends a lot of time in the shuttle, but from what you are saying its likely not too bad.

Does anyone know how long the shuttle takes to get to the hotel? How many other stops do they make along the way? I have friend coming in day of wedding and I'm wondering if it would be better for her to get private transportation. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I remember some talk about people getting insect repellent wipes. Can anyone share where they purchased these? All I'm finding on amazon has deet and I think that's a bit much for this trip. I'd prefer to get deet free wipes. Thanks!

Does anyone have the dimensions of the bamboo room? I'm also stressing about the seating arrangements. I can't decide if I want to do a U-shape, or 2 long tables or circle tables. Any brides that have had their reception in the bamboo room I welcome your feedback. We have 35 people total including us

Thanks @@amarie4713. Those look great! Was the key holder used alot? I've seen people do those and also people do wristband thing to attach it to i suppose? I'm curious if we need that? I typically take a bag with me if i'm going to the beach/pool but maybe for the guys?

does anyone have a good map of the resort to put in OOT bags? do i even need those? maybe the resort provides them? Also i seem to remember someone doing a who's who list to include in their OOT bags. did it have room numbers as well? i presume you can't get that until you get down there? maybe leave blanks for people to write it in so they could easily call peoples rooms?

I'm looking at working with this girl that has a business delivering decorations items to the resorts. She has a facebook page https://www.facebook.com/loveandlacedecor/. She has a bunch of items she packs in a suitcase and meets you at the hotel. No outside vendor fees. Prices don't seem too bad and saves on the hassle of packing items to take down there.

Oh no! That's one of my biggest fears. Did your guests book with a travel agent? My understanding was that by using the TA you would not encounter this problem. Hope the rest of your trip is amazing!

Welcome to the group! This is great place to gather information, it can also be overwhelming at first - so don't stress! I would definitely suggest talking with TA Wendy - she's great. I suggest you also start looking at the budget first thing. I thought a destination wedding would be so much cheaper and it's maybe not really... If you think about the experience you get (3-4 day with your guests or more vs 1 day) then its definitely cheaper, but total dollar amount maybe not... That said I am still so happy we chose to do a destination wedding. Your guest count will make a huge difference. Most resorts have wedding packages for 20-25 people, over that and you start paying per person costs that add up quickly. Also, spend some time thinking about who you really want to be there and if they can make it. Thankfully both of our immediate families are all coming, but we have less friends coming than we originally thought - which is fine with us, but I've seen lots of posts on here about wedding parties and family canceling near the end and that seems like a lot of added stress! Good luck with your search and congrats!

@@oregano - yes if you could email me a picture that would be much appreciated. I am also not too concerned about the cake, but my future MIL has lots of questions! my email is howard.tracyann@@gmail.com.

Does anyone have a picture of a cake from NOW Jade? My future MIL is a cake designer and is making toppers for us. I just wanted to go with the basic cake included in the resort wedding package, but she is worried about the size. She is making toppers of our family - me, FI, 2 boys, dog & cat. I'm thinking we may need to do a one layer cake. Maybe I can find a nice tall cake stand to put it on so it looks a little fancier?

We are hoping to do the same thing