JamaicaBride08

All are in the Jr Suites, but I didn't use the shampoo/conditioner, so I couldn't tell you if they are good or not. Also, ONLY jr suites have irons just to note. Have FUN!!

Quote: Originally Posted by hondagirl Firstly Congratulations to you both, I am curious about the 3g you spent in upgades as you didnt use the photographer would you mind sharing what these were . My son is getting married on March 4 so we are off there in two weeks and any information would be great . Can you remember what the photographer charges even though you didnt use him. There is a whole Thread with Photography info. I didn't even look into him since we knew we weren't going to use him. Seagrape Welcome Cocktail $400 (10 p/p open bar private) Flowers $1000 (Bridal and 5 bridesmaids calla lillies, 6 guys, flower girl petals) Steele Drum Band during Ceremony $350 Beach Arch $200 2 extra bottles of champagne for after ceremony $30 "symbolic ceremony charge" (we legally got married here) $165 Seagrape Reception $400 (10 p/p open bar private) DJ for 3 hours $350 Tipping for everyone... $200-250ish?

Quote: Originally Posted by juanslake Looked like you had a great time! So you had dinner at Mamee Bay first then the reception @ seagrape? What time was your wedding? Wedding was at 1pm, then dinner at Mamee at 7, then seagrape from 8:30-11:30. We originally were planning on starting at 8pm, but most were finished with dinner at 8:30-8:45. The nice thing is that Mammee looks down to Seagrape, so a few went down early to set some things up.

Quote: Originally Posted by JamaicaBrideToBe Beautiful Pics! Can you please tell me, did you use the ROR photographer to take these pictures? What did you think of his services? We actually didn't use the RIU photographer... To be honest, I wasn't that impressed w/ his pics, especially considering his prices, but to each her own. We just had some designated family take pictures and I "tried" to put together the best ones. So far, we have over 1000 of family pics that they dumped on kodakgallery under my name. If we got married at home, I would have had no problem paying a lot more for pics, but they would have been more the style that I wanted-cameo/documentary type. Good luck with whatever decision you make!

Quote: Originally Posted by twelve_piece Thank you!! I'm thinking 4 centerpieces will be enough then and maybe i will just put rose petals down the center of the tables. Was there anything you thought about once you got there that you wish you had thought of sooner? Four should be perfect for that amount. The only thing that we didn't really plan out was all the tipping. I mean, we had the money, but we ended up running back up to our room a couple of times to make sure we had the right amount each night/day: St Anne's waiters night before Welcome at the Seagrape-Bartenders Minister Steele Drum Band Chandlyn waiters at Mammee Bay Reception at Seagrapeo-Bartenders DJ at Reception As far as everything else, I brought all my confirmation emails for reference, so I kind of used that as my checklist in my meeting with Chandlyn. Hope that helps!

Quote: Originally Posted by JUSTUSTWO Congrats & Welcome back! Your pics look great, thanks for your review & sharing your pics. You looked like you had a wonderful time! Were you charged for the Welcome Party at Seagrape or for your reception? Both the welcome and the actual reception at Seagrape were 10 p/p for open bar. On the reception night, the DJ was 150/hr.

Quote: Originally Posted by twelve_piece Congratulations! Thank you for sharing your pics, everything was beautiful!! One question, how were the tables set-up at Mammee Bay for your reception? I have about 25 guests and I'm trying to figure out how many center peices to bring. Thanks! We had 40 people total and one long table with 34 people, and then a small table at the head (forming a T) with 6 seats, which worked perfect because we had two matrons/bestmen. There was another wedding,though, that probably had 24-28 and only had a long table.

We just got back from our honeymoon in Negril and the last two weeks have been incredible! We got down there on a Sunday, asked about a upgrade when we checked in and were upgraded to an Ocean suite on Tuesday. We met with Chandlyn and went over things really quickly. I had all of my email confirmations, but it made me a little nervous that she was making notes of things that were already "confirmed". We ended up spending 3g on our free wedding with the upgrades. Our flowers were 1g, which is completely ridiculous, but I absolutely loved them. We did a Welcome Cocktail at Seagrape with burned CD's, tables, and fire posts. Friday, our ceremony was at 1pm. I'm not going to lie, the break between ceremony/pictures seemed REALLY long and tiring. A bunch of our family changed and went to the pool, but all of the bridal party stayed in their gear. We ate at Mammee Steak for dinner (it was super good), and then had the Seagrape for our actual reception at well. We had a DJ, and it was SO MUCH FUN!!! There was another bride/party and they danced on the outskirts of our party just watching... I'm so happy that we went w/ the Seagrape instead of the alternatives. Chandlyn was GREAT and came through on everything. I was a little nervous, but she was really fantastic. Here are some of my pics...I'm hoping to have more of the reception soon. Warning...there are a lot of "family" pics... Kodakgallery.com*Join now and receive beautiful photographic prints from your camera

Welcome! Happy Planning!

I like the $50-$100 plus a gift. I'm thinking that I'll give the gift when we first meet to go over plans (and have her be in a helpful mood) and then give the cash tip after all the festivities.

Welcome...good luck w/ wedding plans!

Have Fun! Maybe we will cross paths since my wedding is only a day after yours! I'm sure that everything will turn out beautiful.

I'm having them for the service (to walk down the isle) and then for pictures and rumpunch after. I'm just having an hour as well. I don't know what songs, but I figured that they'll have a list since it's so common...

Quote: Originally Posted by J&M Hi Yes I'm using Tia Flora...the email I have is [email protected] I find she does take quite a while to reply sometimes Thanks for the new email address...no one responded to the other address. I'm getting down to a few weeks, so I'm getting a little nervous. Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by JUSTUSTWO I also requested their wedding catalog. It took a few days but she did respond & sent me some info. I just tried to upload it to this post but I just got an error saying that the file is too large. If you want I'll email it to you. I would love it if you could email me: [email protected] Thanks so much!

Quote: Originally Posted by J&M Hi The florist told me the corsages were $40.00 each and boutonieres were $8.00 each Are you using Tai Flora? Did you use the email address : [email protected]? Just curious because they haven't responded to my email. Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by Lizz I am most likely using Kreations. There is no fee from the RIU to use them. The quoted me a delivery charge of about $35 if I remember correctly. I sent them pictures of the bouquets I wanted and they said they could do it no problem. They are a LOT less expensive. I am currently waiting for them to send me a contract before I send them a deposit. Yes, I'm so happy to hear that you are using them as well! They were quoting not quite much less for me as well. Same delivery fee. Did Chandlyn tell you specifically about no fee from RIU? I should probably have it from her in an email just in case... Makes me so much more relieved!

sorry... [email protected]

Here you go... kreationsflowers.com [email protected] [email protected]

I've been in contact with several outside florists, and Kreations Flowers is about $500 less than Tai Flora for what I'm looking for. I read in the flower/photographer thread that Chandlyn said that we could use outside florists, but just wondering if anyone has had success with it? I'm starting to stress and need to make a decision ASAP! Thanks!

Quote: Originally Posted by Ilandking oooooooh thanks alot JamaicaBride08 , now you tell me lol....that was a great idea....oh well back to the drawing board....are you having two sets of gifts? We also are giving our Wedding Party gifts at the Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties. Again, we just made sure that we put everything on the packing list...if they need to remember their dresses, they should remember the jewelry and mugs. I give credit to the people who ship their stuff or bring it along, but I didn't want the extra stress. Good luck!

We actually handed most of our bags out at Christmas with a Welcome/Info/Itinerary/Packing List Guide (similar to MoBride's w/ some tweaks). It worked out really well because it made everyone super excited and interested. The rest, we are handing out at our Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties in a week, and we'll end up mailing a few out. We just didn't want to deal w/ bringing them or shipping them to Jamaica. We do know that there is a chance a few may forget their mugs, but we did put it on the packing list!

Congrats! Thanks for posting the pics...everything looks beautiful!

Quote: Originally Posted by BrittneyD Mo...thanks so much for posting these pictures. We have been talking about changing the last part of our reception from the disco to the seagrape bar. Your pictures confirmed that was a good decision to make. There is no way I would go to the disco for my wedding reception after seeing the pictures. Hi Brittney, We are considering switching to the Seagrape for our reception as well. What are your plans for music? We are also having a cocktail reception the night before and are just using a CD player. Thanks!

Thanks for posting the pictures Mo! Those are great pictures of Seagrape bar and I've been looking all over for some! PS...love your terry pink suit...did you order it online?