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Our photographer was Clayton with WPAJ and they covered the vendor fee for us.

Hi! Just watched this again and i have a question! Did someone from home perform your ceremony? My uncle is coming with us and we want him to perform ours and are trying to figure out exactly how it works!

Yes I think it is necessary to book the wedding first because dates can go really fast. Ours had a $250 deposit but it secured our spot. The prices may not go down much though. Have you compared the prices you received to prices on other websites? That might help. Happy planning!

Hi Shaquana! Congratulations on your engagement! We chose Iberostar Rose Hall Suites because it is kid friendly and had good reviews. They offer 3 different packages that at base price range from about 1500-3000. There are extra prices but they spell everything out plainly in their contract. We used a family member that is a travel agent. She put together a package and we send her a list of email addresses of people that we are inviting and she sent out an email communication to them. We also put the package details (cost, payment plan, etc) on our electronic save the dates. We are including her information on our real invites too. Our goal was to have the people who are serious about traveling go through her because it gets very redundant telling people prices, flight options, etc over and over and over again. Most of our friends and family have been good about contacting her. I spend a lot of time on this site looking for tips from past brides and there is a VERY interactive and informative group on Facebook for Iberostar Brides. It's the Sisterhood of the traveling starfish. You have to ask to join but when the ladies in the group are a BIG HELP. What I'm finding is that how much you want to add on or how simple you want to keep things is personal preference and depends on your budget. Some ladies go all out and hire decorators and bring in extra flowers and make up artists. The island seems to offer plenty of talent in these areas. Some keep it simple and just use the decorations provided with the package. I'm getting married in November and at this point I'm somewhere in between. I will use a lot of what the resort has to offer but I am using an off site photographer and possibly bringing a few decorations of my own. Hope this helps! Happy planning!

I'm not doing a cruise wedding but our family and friends are either totally for or totally not feeling our decision to have a destination wedding. The ones who are coming are super excited though and everyone has been supportive as far as saying we should just do what makes us happy.

How is everyone's planning going?

@@budgetbride2015 that was beautiful and the beginning was very creative!! @@budgetbride2015 Thanks for this. Did you use the airbrush service for your makeup?

Thanks for posting this, will be using this wording!

Does anyone have a copy of the final details sheet that Nicole sends. I'm not to that point yet but I want to get an idea of what it looks like.

thank you @@jgirlnyc i have been looking all over for this group!

Hi, would you mind sharing that document with me?

Good tips, I needed this.

We are planning on taking our son who will be 4 by the wedding date. We are staying at the resort from Monday to Sunday and our guests are staying Monday to Thursday. He will leave with my future MIL on Thursday so that we have a few "honeymoon" days. He will be in the room with us every night except for Wednesday (wedding night).

Great review!

My fiance asked me to marry him on his birthday, January 15, 2016. Hands down, the best surprise I have ever experienced. We have been together for about 4 1/2 year (we have a 3 year old son) and have always talked about having a beach wedding. Almost immediately after he slipped the ring on my finger, I started googling destination weddings. I have always wanted to visit Jamaica, so what would be better than making my first visit, MY WEDDING? I googled best places to get married in Jamaica and found an article that detailed about 12 resorts. Iberstar Rose Hall Suites was #7 on that list but after visiting a dozen websites, I kept going back to the Iberostar wesite. We chose the Suites because they are kid friendly and it is very important to us that our son be apart of our day and that he can also have some fun while we are there since we won't have a summer vacation in preparation for the wedding. We are currently working our travel agent to get everyone who has RSVP's booked. I think we are up to about 20 guests right now which is such an amazing thing to me. I am honored that our friends and family are willing to use their time and resources to enjoy our day with us. We have sent electronic save-the-dates using greenvelope.com. They were a big hit, easy to design, and cost effective. I will be attaching some screenshots of them. This process is time consuming but I am enjoying planning!

Electronic save the dates may be a good option for you. I used greenvelope.com and it was really reasonable. They have cute design choices and we were able to add our logo and even a song.

@@tremania Thank you, that helps alot. I am online researching destination wedding center pieces now.

I started by googling best destination wedding locations in Jamaica. I found an article that listed about 12 locations with details. I needed a family friendly all inclusive location too. I copied the list and visited each site and was able to find what I feel will be perfect for us! Good luck and I hope this helps!

Hi Ladies, I hope everyone's planning is going well! I find myself online reading reviews almost everyday. I have been all over SunGold's (resort photographer) website trying to decide if we should use them or bring someone else in. Also, I'm trying to find someone who can do a video (any suggestions?) I'm confused about the decorations and flowers. I assumed that the decorations would be included but I'm seeing lots of reviews of brides who brought in outside flower vendors, decorators, etc. Anyone have any suggestions or tips with these things? Any help will be appreciated. Iberostar Rose Hall Suites November 9, 2016

Hi! I am set for November 2016!