IrieBride08

to the forum! Nice to see another OR bride. Which resort are you getting married? I'm at Sandals Grande Ocho. Happy planning!

to the forum Tobi! Great to see another Sandals bride. I'm getting married at Sandals Grande Ocho Rios in Jamaica. Let's definitely collaborate, as a lot of the wedding aspects are the same. Happy planning!

Congratulations and wecome to the forum!

Welcome back! I'm glad everything went so well. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing your pictures. I may be contacting you for advice as well, since I'm getting married at Sandals Grande Ocho Rios and some of the elements will be similar.

to the forum and happy planning! It's always great to welcome another Jamaica bride!

I completely relate to wanting to go alone. I planned to go for the first time by myself too. I booked an appointment and took the day off from work to go in peace and try on dresses. Since I'd never tried on a dress, I just wanted to do it in peace and relish the experience, but my sister found out I was going and insisted on joining. She told me it was a bad idea to go alone and said part of the fun was the company. Inevitably, I was glad she was there, but the next week I snuck off to a shop on my own! Tee hee!

to the forum! Happy planning!

to the forum!

Great to see another Jamaica bride!

to the forum Mo!

and happy planning!

from a fellow Ocho Rios bride. Happy Planning!

Glad to see another Jamaica bride. Good luck with your planning!

Quote: Originally Posted by Tlseege I was wondering if anyone sent a letter with their STDs explaining why they choose a destination wedding? I am trying to word something together for future use... but everything sounds funny. Could anyone post an example of what they wrote? I found this wording on a web site that I considered using, but then decided it wasn't necessary in our case. Hope it's helpful!

Quote: Originally Posted by Heidi we sent STD's out in May for our April wedding. We will be sending out our invitations in September asking for RSVP by November...sounds kinda early but we have a procrastination-based family and need to get them moving!!!!!!! Plus, we want to get this all done BEFORE the holidays! Gosh! I'm SOOOOOO late with mine! I've decided to DIY and created a cute boarding pass, but have been having trouble printing it! My wedding's in May and I'm PRESSED to get them out this month! That's it, I'm going to Kinko's tonite and see if I can get it printed...

Hi! I found this great article on the health page of msn.com. Here it is: Sculpt a Beautiful Backside - MSN Health & Fitness - Diet & Fitness I'm using this myself!

From another DC Metro area neighbor! Happy planning!

Quote: Originally Posted by robindepaula Just pm'd you with her contact info . . . Can you PM me the information as well? I'm from the DC area too and I'd love to look into this! Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by Lillie09 I'm sorry but I cannot figure out what AHR stands for. Can someone tell me. Hope it's not a stupid question. Thanks It stands for "At Home Reception"! (Not stupid at all!)

Absolutely beautiful! If those are the non-professional pictures, we're going to be blown away by the prof ones!

to the forum!

Quote: Originally Posted by carlymcmullen The link didn't work - has an extra http://. The right one is Wedding Websites - Gionne & Michael Looks nice though!! Thanks! And thanks for catching that!

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbride Ladies post your sites, I would love to see!! Here's mine. http://http://gionneandmichael.weddingwindow.com/I used Wedding Window and paid for a year subscription. I like all of the options available and particularly chose it cuz it would allow me to link to Paypal so my guests can make payments on the site. (I'm still working out all the kinks with that part of it...) My site is a work in progress!

Welcome Sandy! Nice to see another bride from the Maryland area!

Quote: Originally Posted by csk_needweddinghelp Hi, we went to the Couples resort in Jamaica last year and loved it but we wanted to try visiting somewhere different for our wedding. At the couples resort we only saw three weddings the entire 8 days we were there and none were on the same day so it didn't seem so "factory" like. I'm sure you'll have a great time. Thanks for the mini review! I've never been to Jamaica, but chose Ocho Rios cuz it reminded me the most of Hawaii with the lush gardens, waterfalls, mountains, and ocean. I chose Sandals b/c it was the best deal for the money for me and guests. I really like that the welcome reception and rehearsal dinner are incl free. I have mixed feelings about the "cookie-cutter" nature of it all, but since this will be the majority of my guests 1st time in Jamaica, I wanted them (and us) to be able to go and not have to keep paying for various activities, food, etc. I'm getting married and Sandals Grande Ocho Rios. I'm looking forward to checking out the waterfalls. I have been to the Bahamas though and it's beautiful!