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We saw your wedding but thought one of your guest was the bride she had a white gown on.

I took speakers and an ipod for dinner and hire a dj for the beach reception, which I provide the music on cds for him to play.

I payed for their flight and two night stayed. We never discussed travel insurance. She purchased her own tickets.Which I assume that's what your photographer would be more comfortable doing.

Yes, that's what we did you can see my pics at Kate Leigh click view your proofs, look for Liza and Joel password is Alvarez towards the middle and end you'll see the dinner setup and our beach reception with bon fire it was awesome!!

I changed mine at last minute and no need to tell her. You can do it aat the meeting, but if it makes you feel better you can email her. Honestly I don't she writes any of it down, when I had my meeting she had a clean sheet of paper and we spoke about all the things I had been emailing her for months. And she still couldn't deliver.

Sandra's Bridal order it for me but it's from Jordan Flower Girl Bridal Line, shopped online found it and then they order it for the online price. I lucked out!

She gave us a free floral center piece. But, I'm sure whatever you ask for she tellyou no problem. But make sure she delivers.

Quote: Originally Posted by BrittneyD So you can bring sparklers on the plane? ...I didn't think that would be an option. I didn't think so either, but we packed them and hoped for the best they did open allof my boxes and broke a few things but left the sparklers. Wrapwithus.com is the site I purchased the sparklers.

Quote: Originally Posted by KGOESER HI ALL! I have a quick question.... My wedding is on a Friday at 1:00. I haven't planned what we are going to do between the ceremony/pictures and dinner, but have a quick question for those of you who may have been there on a Friday night. I'm curious about the Fri. night beach party that I have heard mentioned. Rather than spending a ton of extra $$ on renting the disco or private reception, I thought about just having everyone go to that. Whats it like Any help would be great.....also suggestions for the down time after the ceremony would be great! They beach party is never on the same day. When we were there it was on Sunday. Go to We back....Lots to share post. You can read how our day went we also had a 1pm ceremony.

Quote: Originally Posted by Willsbride Hi! Anyone not use/using a professional videographer for your wedding? I'm considering not using one because we have a pretty decent camera and can edit it when we get home. I'm just nervous about the sound quality due to the wind and ocean. If you are using a videographer, how much are you paying (if you are comfortable sharing) and what is included in your package? Thanks so much! We used the hotel videographer and for three hours we payed 498 and change. And the DVD is amazing, he edit and added music we loved it. Well worth the money. He did use microphones for the ceremony because of the wind. It's once in a life time get the professional.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ellie Hi, I'm getting married at the ROR and I wanted to have rose petals scattered up the aisle, as I think this looks really beautiful, but I have no idea how much you would need, do any of you know? I was thinking of getting my petals at home and taking them with me. I've heard that freeze dried petals are a good choice as they do not wilt or stain. Have any of you used these? if not what did you use? I used regular silk petals bought them at Michael's and got I think around six boxes and there was more thatn enough. NO one even know that they were fake.

Quote: Originally Posted by Destination08 If you rent the Disco for the evening they open the bar up in there so you are able to buy drinks correct? I dont need to worry about these open bar questions (I hope) I won't do the disco, rent the Sea Grape it's out on the beach and yes you have to pay for the open bar per person. But it's breath taking, the disco is dark and gloom but air condition. So I gues it's your preference but your going all the way to ROR to get married might as well do it up and have your reception on the beach. Right?

Quote: Originally Posted by DreamsComeTrue My guy and I are having a debate about what he should wear. I've told him that its going to be hot and possibly humid in Jamaica and that he should look for a light/breathable suit preferably in a light color. (He doesn't have a suit to wear in the spring/summer so I thought this would also make a great addition to his wardrobe.) He wants to rent a tuxedo and "be dressed in style" on his big day. I'm concerned that he'll be really hot and uncomfortable. What did your guy wear to the wedding? Help me give him some great options. At first we had bought a linen outfit, but then when we looked at my dress we decided to go a little more formal. He rented a white Ralph Lauren tuxedo and wore flip flops. He looked hot in both sense of the word, he wore it all day too.....

Quote: Originally Posted by Ellie I just wondered if anyone has any pictures of the wedding cakes that are included in the wedding package? We have gone with the Royal package and this includes a cake for approx 10 people I think. Thanks If you go look at my pics Kate Leigh click on view your proofs and look for liza and joel pswd is ALVAREZ that cake photographed is went is include in your package it's ugly and it's not the cake I payed for. It also didn't taste good.

Quote: Originally Posted by kater We are trying to finalize our guests' room bookings, and are trying to room solo travelers with other solos, to save them some money. We have the option of a single room, double, or triple. Does anyone know if we book a triple room, are there three beds? Same with a double...does that guarantee 2 beds? The biggest question is the triple. We've got three older women traveling, who we would love to book together, but not if two of them have to share a bed. If anyone has booked a triple...could you fill me in? THANKS!!! There only offer two beds that our pushed together to make a king bed. you can requested to beds but sometimes if there booked it makes for a hard time. You can requested a cot, but one of my guest did, and never recieved it.

Quote: Originally Posted by wab10 hi ladies, i am booked at the ROR on may 9'09 at 12 till 1, its a little earlier than what i would have prefered but my other prefered date (june 3) was booked up.... my question is what could we do in the mean time. i realize that we will be doing pics after but im guessing dinner wont be until about 6... so can u give me some ideas for us to do, keeping in mind that i dont want to change out of my dress!! im just worried that it will make too long of a day?? tia Our wedding was a 1pm, and I felt the same way. But honestly it goes by quickly, we took pics, and our other guest went about there bussiness some hit the beah other the pools. Some even took naps. The wedding party and us went to the bar and drank til 6 rolled around. Everyone enjoyed the free time between events it ended up being a long day. And the break in between gave everyone a chance to re-engerize themselves.

Quote: Originally Posted by Ellipse22 Just curious to find out getting a manicure done at the spa in ROR. My last trip I did my nails before we left and they weren't in great shape by the time I left. So my question is, do I get my nails done there for the wedding? Do I get them done the day of or the day before? I'm just trying to figure out what would be best...I would prefer the day before since I am getting married at 11am. I just hope they keep! I had a manicure and pedicure before I left, my feet made it through til the wedding but I had the salon repolish my nails, my french manicure didn't hold up on my real nails. And they did a good job. They open at 8am so if you make the first appointment you should have time to get it done.

Quote: Originally Posted by msasfraz Did anyone use an aisle runner? i was thinking about using b/c i didn't want the bottom of my dress to get full of sand.. want to use dress for AHR for a little bit to make a change... into the another slinky dress... for those of you that used one, do you think a fabric one is ok? how did it pan out with the sand and rose petals, etc... We used one because it looked nice with the whole setup. Sand in, on, up, your dress is a given no matter how hard you may try it's impossible. Don't even make the effort. When I took my dress off that night we had a sand pile in our suite. I thought about changing into another dress. But after trying my dress on for the first time, I didn't want to take it off. Plus after spending all the money on one dress I wanted to wear the heck out of it.

Quote: Originally Posted by BrittneyD That's Unfortunate that you had trouble with Chandalyn. I have already put my family in charge of decorations because I am so afraid that will happen. Did you ever get your cake? BTW, where did you get your sparkers? Did you do any decorations at the seagrape? Smart, that's the best thing to do so one less thing to worry about. No we never got the cake we payed for we got the orginial cake the came with our package.I was pissed I had sent pics several months in advance and even discussed at our meeting 2 days before and still didn't recieve the right cake. Sparklers I bought online I'll forward you the website. I have to find it in my receipts. No we didn't decorated the Sea Grape the beach and the full moon needed no decor, we had the bon fire and a few tables with chairs.

Quote: Originally Posted by BeckyN Congrats and Welcome Back!!! I'm sorry you had so many issues... but sounds like you handled them wonderfully! I hope I can have the same laid-back attitude when its my turn. Yikes... another not so good review though for ROR/Chandyln. I hope they turn things back around over the next few months. What sort of room did you stay in? What did you think of it? Can't wait to see some pics!!!! We stayed in a Jr. Suite, it was comfortable we didn't spend much time in the room except........ Either way don't spend a lot of money on a fancy room and les you plan on spending your time in it. The Jr. Suite was fine. My laid back attitude was due to my wonderful MAN of honor, he kept me in check and didn't let me turn into a bridezilla.

Quote: Originally Posted by MoKe0506 I'm so sorry to hear about your problems with Chadlyn. But your wedding still turned out beautiful, the set up at Mambee was absolutely beautiful. Your friends and family did a great job! Did you bring your own plates & glasses? I've never seen those before. Everything looked great!!! Did you get your money back for the extras that you paid for and never received? No, orginally I had paid for the gazebo decor and not the bon fire so she want to call it an even trade which it was not. Then she said the 100 USD I paid extra for the cake would cover the rest of the bon fire. Well the bon fire was only 150 and the decor was well over that plus the cake money. You know what I didn't argue because she really didn't give me the time of day, to even voice my concerns. My husband was ticked because the day of departure she walked right by us and didn' even speak, she walked by us like we were strangers. Very unprofessional. I did write a letter tonight to Riu and also my Riu group coordinator, Claudia. Waiting for a response.

Quote: Originally Posted by BeckyN Beautiful!!! Everything look absolutely amazing and so much fun!!! Where did you purchase the sparklers from? I'll get back to you, I saved all of my receipts.

Quote: Originally Posted by vdambs OMG...Beautiful! You did a FANTASTIC job! Can I ask how you got Mammee's set up like that? Did you just specify that the table be set up like that or did you have a friend/family member do that for you? Also did you provide all the white or did the restaurant have all that already? Congrats! Thank you! I initially requested it to be set that way. But, Mammee Bay serves food on bamboo plates and have blue rim glass, and that's the way it was set up when my MOH and friend arrived to the restaurant. So they demanded it be changed as the bride requested, they went to go get ready and came back and it still was not changed. My MOH really put his foot down and they finally changed it.

Quote: Originally Posted by chicklet Congratulations and welcome back. I have heard both good and bad things about Chandlyn in the reviews lately. Do you have any idea why she has the lack for detail lately? Overworked?? Some of these reviews have me concerned. Would you recommend Riu to another bride at this point? The resort was great and all of our guest enjoyed themselves. Just travel with a back-up WC and make sure you have all your details squared away. We plan on going back.

Quote: Originally Posted by geology_rocks Congratulations! We had more than a few issues with Chandlyn too, seems to be a theme lately! Let me know if you call the Riu to complain or at least mention the crappy service. I fully intended to but could not actually find the phone number of someone who might care. I am glad that you still had a great time despite all the things that were not quite as expected. We had a great time too and it wasnt until the day after that we realized how badly they had screwed up. (My biggest pet peeve was a minister vs. civil officiant, did they at least get that right for you?) Yeah, we requested a minister and he performed a memorable ceremony, our vows that he had us say we're like they were written for us. We were extremely happy with his service.