AI doubted my decision of Riu Negril for months before our wedding, but in the end this was the perfect hotel for our wedding for all of the reasons I initially thought it would be. The room rates were affordable for guests, the hotel's size was ideal for our group and the distance from the Montego Bay airport was manageable. I used Liberty Travel to organize my group package. My travel agent gave me group rates for four Riu properties near Montego Bay because I had stayed at two Riu hotels before and felt best going with a brand I knew. My only gripe with our travel package is that it included transportation and some guests waited 30 minutes to an hour for their shuttle to have enough guests to leave the airport. I would ask your travel agent about the details of ground transportation and see if the option of a private transfer could be added to the package. This is not a 5-star hotel, if you're looking for that type of experience this is not the right hotel for you and your guests. We didn't pay to upgrade our room and I'm so glad we saved the money because I don't think that there was a room in the property worth the price we were quoted for an upgrade. However, it was clean and the staff knew us by name by the end of our stay. I found the staff to be pleasant to me and my guests. The only issue my guests had was with triple rooms. Some felt that the third bed was too small for an adult to sleep on, and if three adults split the rate they should have equal accommodations. The hotel had no solution to this. It's something to be aware of. Also, if you leave food in or near your room I'm told that bugs and ants show up quickly. I didn't see any bugs in my room and didn't bring food in. We made sure to request rooms near the lobby for our older guests, please know that elderly people won't enjoy the walk to rooms that start with 20, 30 or 40. One room in our block was put too far out and the hotel moved them as soon as they could and provided wheel chair service until they got moved. We however chose to be placed in building four, away from our guests. I went with the "free" wedding package, which actually costs $500 in 2013. For that money the hotel got my officiant, who was charming and professional, a bouquet, a boutonnière, floral decoration for the arch we were married in front of, and filed our paperwork. That also covered dinner and champagne for 10 of my guests. The per person price for dinner for my guests was more than fair. All in all, I was impressed with everything the hotel provided from the wedding cake to the bouquet. In fact, the hotel provided small things I didn't expect such as a sound system at the ceremony and a person to control the music. We went with a semi-private dinner for 43 guests, and it felt private to us. We ended up being seated upstairs at the steakhouse with another wedding that was about the same size as ours. We couldn't hear each other unless there was screaming or loud applause. We each had our own servers dedicated to our group and they were very professional and even provided direction when it was time to cut the cake. We did a beach party after dinner and the set up was beautiful, they provided a bar and allowed our DJ (kevan from jaweddingdj.com) to set up on the beach. Our DJ was excellent and did a good job of reading the crowd. He also took deposits online, which is great. My only regret is that he didn't have rain protection for his equipment, so when the rain came we had to transfer to the disco. Luckily the hotel allowed it with no issue. The rain stopped after a while and we could have continued outside, but we had fun nonetheless. My only advice to people considering a beach party or renting the disco (disco is not worth the expense in my opinion), is to make sure your guests save energy for the after party. Ours started at 9 and some people were too pooped to hang out, making it a bit of a waste of money because you pay by the person for these setups. I found Dionne, the wedding coordinator, to be wonderful to work with. She always responded to my email in a timely fashion, called me to discuss our questions ahead of the wedding and always had a good attitude no matter what else may have been going on. We chartered a catamaran cruise for our guests and it was our best idea. Everyone loved it, even those who don't swim. We booked the cruise through a U.S. travel agent (Claire Skies Travel LLC based in Maryland) and her assistance took the pain out of dealing with people in Jamaica via email. She had all of the connections needed to quickly get me quotes from various vendors. The operator (Island Charter Ltd) was professional and fun, they used a smaller boat to transport us to Rick's Cafe for diving. We also had time to snorkel. Then we watched the sunset on the way back to the hotel. They picked us up on the beach behind Riu, which was great. Other vendors I used in Negril were Queen Bee for hair and Star Shutter (via True Colors, the hotel's preferred vendor) for video. They were both fabulous. I love our video and he delivered it before we went home. If anyone wants more info feel free to ask here or message me. This forum has been beyond helpful to me and I'm happy to give back.