NickiLynn1116

Don't feel guilty! This is YOUR wedding day and this is how you want to do it. The people that can't afford to come simply will not attend. The hardest part is just realizing that you wont have everyone that you want to have there. My fiance's father is on disability and not working so we told him we would pay for him. But everyone else if they wanted to come the option was there, but we didn't want to force anyone to attend or put anyone into debt because of it. We are having a joint shower so that everyone that can't attend can still celebrate with us at the shower.

I can't help myself with buying all new stuff when I go away. I love the excitment of wearing something new on vacation and this will be our HONEYMOON! I have been getting sandals from DSW for real cheap and also check out 6pm.com they have lots of shoes, clothes and bathing suits for cheap. Macy's currently has 60% off coverups and bathing suits.

I am having a similar situation. My cousin booked at another resort because it was cheaper. My entire family is staying at the resort we are getting married at. I am not paying $72 for him and $72 for his guest on top of the other fees per person for the wedding because he wanted to save a few bucks. I told him that he would have to pay the day pass fee if he still wanted to attend the wedding. I don't think it is fair that you should have to pay the fee when you set up for everyone to stay on site and enjoy the time all together.

We are actually having a joint shower with men and women. We decided to do a bigger shower so that more people could come and we wouldn't have to have an at home reception. Many people understand that destination weddings are more intimate and won't be offended if they are invited to the shower, but not the wedding.

I am doing a Polaroid guest book. I wanted to have a photo booth, but my resort will charge an extra $800 for the company to come in. So we decided on a Polaroid book. I have 45 guests coming and want people to feel like they can take a photo, but also keep a photo. Or can come up multiple times to sign the book and take pictures. For 45 people how much film do you think I will need to get?

This same situation happened to me. A strange name was booked with our travel agent and my mom's aunt invited another couple to go on the vacation with them. So they booked through our agent and attached themselves to our wedding. No big deal because it goes towards our free rooms, but I also don't want 2 people I do not know attending my wedding. My mom said that they may expect to come to the wedding because most people think all inclusive and think that we don't pay per person for food and drink at a reception. I have talked to my aunt and explained that I am having a destination wedding because I want a private time with my closest family and friends and they totally understood.

@@TinkerSofi It will be worth it! Enjoy every minute of your engagement and planning process it flies by. I can't believe I am getting married in 85 days

@@LynseyP The resort can do 3 servies at a time. So if there are 6 of you it would go like this: 12pm First 3 girls for hair 1pm Last 3 girls for hair. All hair would end at approx 2pm. Therefore I would start sooner if you want to do reveal and even sooner if you plan on getting makeup done. You should have plenty of natural light at 3pm in April Hi again ladies! I know that we have discussed about tipping. Many ladies have said they are tipping their WC, but did you tip the onsite coordinator or your lomas WC or both? Also, since this isn't a service we are paying for. How much do you tip them? How much do you tip the bartenders and servers? What about photographer and videographer? I am using Sarani and my photographer is over 4k. I just want to make sure I have all these things ready to go and that I am tipping well. 1 more question! Has anyone been able to negoiate the $800 outside vendor fee? I dont' think the resort can accomodate all of the people that need their hair and makeup done the day of the wedding. Therefore I want to bring in an outside company that can accomodate anyone. But I don't want to pay the $800 since I would have used the onsite teams if they were able to. Any suggestions?

I love the idea of sending them flowers. I wasn't sure what I should get for my TA. They have been so great and helpful. Thanks for this advice

I didn't even notice how old the post was. I wish they would take down old posts. It's hard to keep track.

I am delivering mine to my fiance the morning of the wedding with a card from me. I figured he would take a few moments to himself to read my card and look at the photos.

I am doing mine next month. I am bringing my veil, my wedding jewelry, a string of pearls, his favorite sports jersey, his dress shirt, sexy heels, and some lingerie. Any other suggestions?

We put the information for our travel agent, but we also put pricing for all of the room categories. I wanted our guests to know exactly what the cost was so that if they knew ahead of time.

Your pictures are gorgeous! I am getting these done next month and I am so nervous for it!!

Sarani Photography is amazing and does great TTD sessions. I am not sure of her pricing though.

I did custom stamps with one of our engagement pictures. Everyone loved the stamp. It wasn't much more than a regular stamp.

I have a friend who just got married in Jamaica and they used wedpics. They loved it and all of their guests used it. I am going to use it for our wedding in November.

I agree with saying that you are cancelling at this time due to cost. But also add that you plan on rescheduling in the future and you hope everyone will still be able to join. Good luck

My best friend just got married and she did a first look. She told me that it was extremely intimate for them and she was so glad to have that time with just her fiance. I am debating on weather or not I want to do the first look. Part of me wants to so that I am not a sobbing mess walking down the isle.

I am doing trash the dress. However I am doing it once I get home. The one thing that I feel is missing from my wedding is having wedding photos with my dog. So we want to include her in some photos so we will be doing a trash the dress on the beach at home.

I orginially wasn't going to do a wedding video, but the more I talk to other brides that is the one thing they regret not getting. So I have moved some of my budget around to include a wedding video. I am booked with Sarani and she has amazing 5 minute video clips that I can't wait to get.

I invited everyone that we would have invited if we had the wedding at home. I didnt want anyone to feel left out. We invited 150 guests and 45 are attending. The ones that I really wanted to be there are the ones that are attending. We wanted to give all our family and friends the option of coming

From reading the posts on this site I have heard that bandaids is very popular to add to OOT bags and I am doing a hangover kit. You can never have enough medicine when you are away and drinking!

Where is this site? I love this idea

I love the idea of the fan and bubbles with the programs! Might have to take that idea. where did you get the fans?