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Hey ladies, Brand new here and stumbled upon this thread with a lot of great insights from fellow Secrets St. James brides! My wedding is December 6th and last week my fiancé and I decided that we needed to do a site visit in advance. It should be noted that we’ve not done any planning in the 9 or so months since we’ve had this date and venue booked, so here we are trying to do it all last minute. Nevertheless, I feel very fortunate to be able to do so. We're going down September 5th for 2 nights and meeting with the wedding coordinator. (Is anyone on here getting married there Sept. 5, 6 or 7??). My hope is that we can get a lot of the details nailed down in advance and then not have to do much of that when we arrive in December. I’m not the bride that’s had her wedding planned for years. In fact, when the wedding coordinator asked me to send her pictures & ideas of what we want for our wedding, I didn’t even know where to start. Yes, I’m THAT girl. The only thing we know is that dancing is the most important part of our wedding celebration, so I'm really curious about reception locations and dance floor options. We're expecting about 50 people and would ideally like to do both the ceremony and reception outside. (We have the 4pm time slot). I know they can build a dance floor on the sand, but what happens when sand gets onto said dance floor and people start slippin' and slidin' (not part of actual dance moves)? Anyone run into that or am I just overly paranoid? @@muneera0302 - I noticed that your reception was set up near a pool area. I love that. Is that one of the location options? (Stunning photos, btw.) The only other aspect I’ve actually researched is photographers. We got quotes from Dwayne Watkins, Saab Weddings and Misha Earle. We’re not really considering the resort photographer at this point, primarily because they've not shared a portfolio or enough details about their services, pricing, etc. I’ll be happy to report my findings upon returning from the site visit in September! In the meantime, I guess I should get to work on coming up with “ideas” for my wedding. Thanks in advance to all you lovely brides for any awesome ideas/suggestions/tips/tricks you share! Cheers!