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Hi Starrysim,

Do you know if you are having your wedding at Aunt Ruby Steakhouse, you can have your guests go inside and order whatever they want? We didn't pay extra but most waiters will bring anything your guests want or they just have to walk inside to where there is a bar and they can get anything they want from the bar. That's what we did.

Lulu
 

Originally Posted by starrysim 

Are you saying that you essentially had an open bar at the reception without paying for it?  Which restaurant was your reception at?  Was there a regular bar close by?
 

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Originally Posted by CamLovesJA 

Hey T,

 

At the reception, wine and soft drinks are served. But to be honest I think they will serve any drink you order as we were having kir Royale, Shirley Temples, Rum and coke etc. My guest were just ordering what they usually drink and it was no problem at all. But I think the official status is wine and soft drinks

 

Cam x

 

Hi delgadot,

I had a photographer and her assistant but they included the vendor fee in their fee so they paid the $100 themselves but I know you don't have to pay twice, it's the same $100 (you don't pay anything if the vendor just comes for a few hours before your wedding, for example if you have a florist who will bring flowers or someone to do your makeup but the person leaves the premises before the wedding). The resort DJ at IRHS last July was really good, unless they have changed between then and now.

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Originally Posted by delgadot 

Hello Ladies,

 

I have a question for those of you who are hiring a photographer or DJ to come on the suites property for your wedding: I am aware that we have to pay a $100 vendor fee however does anyone know do we have to pay a day pass fee of $100 also? Is the day pass so they can eat? Which I would like to be able to offer them a plate but gosh not at $100 pp!!

 

I read from a past bride that she had to pay two fee's to have her DJ come on the resort and I am just freaking out because for one I did hire a private DJ because the resort DJ was getting bad reviews and now supposedly the resort has a new DJ which has been getting good reviews  but I will also be hiring a private photographer and if she brings an assistant then this is just blowing my budget big time!! I hope someone will be able to clarify this for me!!

 

Thanks!

I stayed at the Holiday Inn when we did a quick weekend trip to visit the IRHS and I will not do my wedding there, totally different atmosphere, my relatives complained at the beginning but now even the ones who complained the loudest are ready to go back to the IRHS. They thought it was worth every penny. You get what you pay for, the food at Holiday Inn is terrible, the bathrooms at their best suite had mold all over and non working shower. No one will regret spending the money once you get to Iberostar...I guarantee you.

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Originally Posted by BridetwoBe 

The guests I least thought would complain is doing so!!! Even my FI's parents. Ok booking at the beach is understandable, but they are thinking of booking at Holiday Sunspree (cheaper)... Is this good news or bad???

 

 I had 50% from outside and Nicole didn't have a problem, she will work with you. Sometimes it helps to do the math to your guests. I had several guests who thought they will save a few bucks by staying outside but after calculating the entry fees plus cost of food and transportation (plus missing on all the other activities we were planning to do as group inside the resort that will require them to pay if they want to join you), it was cheaper for them to stay at the resort and they never regreted that decision...Nicole is pretty flexible and will work with you. You will just have to give her the list of your guests coming from outside the day of the wedding, i had a couple who didn't RSVP and didn't know they were coming therefore they were not on my list and the Security guard will not let them in the property (luckily I was still in my room and they called us so we let them in, otherwise, they would have travelled all that way and miss the wedding.

Originally Posted by BridetwoBe 

I talked to Nicole about the guests staying elsewhere. Nicole says majority has to be at an Iberostar property. At least 60% at Iberostar and 40% elsewhere. As long as majority of your guest stay at an Iberostar property than you can have the wedding at the Iberostar without cancellation. The guest would just have to pay $100. Children under 12 will be $50.

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Hi Princess J,

I don't know if they have different procedures at IRHB as for us we just made reservation in advance with Nicole at one of the al carte restaruants for the number of guests we were going to have. You just have to ask your coordinator in advance. We didn't pay a cent for ours at IRHS. I hope this helps.

Lulu
 

Originally Posted by Princess J 

Hey Breeze are you having any sort of welcome cocktails the first day your guests arrive at the Iberostar Beach hotel? I want to have a little 'cocktail' party but the locations they are offering me all come with a per person fee (what the ?? as it is an 'all-inlcusive') so I thought I would just have guests meet at one of the bars. Unfortunately I don't know any of there names!!
 

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Originally Posted by breeze616 

Well that was very aggravating! I spoke to Tameica and she said that she will just get a copy of my father's id once he is there... (huh?)

 

So anyways, I'm just sending my BC and passport notarized copies.

 

The beauty of IRHB/S/G is that they have only one wedding each day, you get the first priority to a restaurant as long as you do it in advance over anyone. I hope that answers your question, at least this is what i was told when i was planning my wedding.

 

Originally Posted by Islandgirl910 

Does anyone know if we want to rent out the restaurant for our reception, if we have to book it now? I know there is a wedding the next day after our wedding, and I figure just in case they many want to rent it out the day before for an event, perhaps we should put a deposit down now. If I don't have to worry about this, someone let me know. However, if I do, let me know as well.

Wow...everything looks great. I hope your wedding was a blast and you are enjoying your honeymoon. Can't wait to see pictures.

Great pictures, great wedding. We had the same minister marry us, he was great.

The Mexican restaurant is in the Iberostar Rose Hall Suites. A picture is included below.

Originally Posted by breeze616 

So Lulu the mexican restaurant is on the Iberostar property? The suites property? or off resort?

 

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Originally Posted by lmuze 

Hi,

 

The resort videographer did take a "true" video. They attached a mike on my husband (then Fiance) and the minister so when everything is heard clearly (even the wind) and the video quality is pretty good, after the ceremony/picture session the videographer asked us to do some poses and those are the ones i had issues with (not the quality, just the corniness of the posing). It's not such a big deal though, a friend of mine will edit the beginning out and it will be perfect.

 

The Mexican restaurant as I said is open between 11pm - 7am, they don't serve alcohol drinks, we sneaked drinks from the club before they closed...another thing i liked about this resort, you can take your drinks anywhere, for instance, their room service does not include alcoholic beverages but you can go to the bar and get as many drinks as you can carry back to your room and it's all good...anyway, back to the Mexican restaurant, they have a salad & fixing bar and someone who mans a grill with assortment of meats for burgers, hot dogs, grilled meats (beef & chicken). We went there twice, the day of the wedding and once after we returned from Margaritaville Night Club in downtown MoBay, so both times we were amply buzzed, it may not be as good as we thought. We had so much fun though. 

 

Don't miss a trip to Margaritaville if you are a night owl. There is a free hourly shuttle  to the club from 11pm - 1am andreturn trip from 1am - 2:30am. http://www.margaritavillecaribbean.com/montegobay.html.

 

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Princess J - I am having a rehersal dinner at the Cajun Restaurant, but no welcome dinner. I'm doing a group outing one night and just didn't want to overload their vacation with my stuff - I want them to use their vacation as they like and keep the 'wedding' stuff to a minimum.

 

Originally Posted by Princess J 

Lulu thanks for your detailed review and pictures, they were amazing.

 

 

Breeze, I know you are getting married at the Beach like me, are you having a welcome dinner or a rehersal dinner, where are you having them? Also are you having a cocktail party. We want to have a 'welcome' cockail party the day we arrive but aren't sure where to go. We also want to have a cocktail party the wedding day and aren't sure where to go!! Help!

 

 

Hi  mrsdeloatch2be,

• I believe you will find the picture of the club from my  site visit on Flickr. Here is the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/45411780@N04/sets/72157622838775003/with/4170257926/ 
• I think you can have coctail hour but as for private dancing after the reception, you'll have to be done by 10:30pm since they open the club for everyone at 11pm.
• Private reception just means that they close off the whole restaurant for just your party, it doesn't include any extras like DJ, that's an additional charge.

I hope i have answered your questions. Let me know if you have any more questions.

Originally Posted by mrsdeloatch2be 

 

Thanks again for the review and all your comments. 

 

• Do you have any pictures of the club? 
• When you say it looks like a club, do you think it can be pulled off for a private event? I was thinking of having a private cocktail hour/dancing after dinner
• What was included for the "private reception"? Is the DJ included like with the Disco/Club?

 

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

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Originally Posted by lmuze 

 No, we didn't book the club, we just went to the club after our reception. I believe you can also book the club for the reception but it looks like a "real" club so i don't know how it will look.

 

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Turned out fantastic, great job!

Hi,

The resort videographer did take a "true" video. They attached a mike on my husband (then Fiance) and the minister so when everything is heard clearly (even the wind) and the video quality is pretty good, after the ceremony/picture session the videographer asked us to do some poses and those are the ones i had issues with (not the quality, just the corniness of the posing). It's not such a big deal though, a friend of mine will edit the beginning out and it will be perfect.

The Mexican restaurant as I said is open between 11pm - 7am, they don't serve alcohol drinks, we sneaked drinks from the club before they closed...another thing i liked about this resort, you can take your drinks anywhere, for instance, their room service does not include alcoholic beverages but you can go to the bar and get as many drinks as you can carry back to your room and it's all good...anyway, back to the Mexican restaurant, they have a salad & fixing bar and someone who mans a grill with assortment of meats for burgers, hot dogs, grilled meats (beef & chicken). We went there twice, the day of the wedding and once after we returned from Margaritaville Night Club in downtown MoBay, so both times we were amply buzzed, it may not be as good as we thought. We had so much fun though. 

Don't miss a trip to Margaritaville if you are a night owl. There is a free hourly shuttle  to the club from 11pm - 1am andreturn trip from 1am - 2:30am. http://www.margaritavillecaribbean.com/montegobay.html.

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Originally Posted by breeze616 

lmuze,

 

Just read your review. It was great! Few questions for ya:

 

The resort videographer - was this a 'true' video, as in footage of your ceremony with sound, etc or just a slide show of photos from your ceremony?

 

Please give us more deets on this mexican restaurant! Sounds fun!

 

oh and I don't think you went overboard on decor at all, it looked gorgeous

 

Congrats!

Hi Islandgirl910,

The floor is concrete/cement so you can dance anywhere, no need for special dance floor. We just danced on one corner, although you could choose to dance on the other side (the steakhouse is sort of divided into two section with a half wall in between), but we wanted to have everything on one side and we had plenty of space with 75 people.
 

Originally Posted by Islandgirl910 

Hi Imuze, you mentioned dancing, is there a dance floor at the steak house or did your guests have to dance elsewhere?

 

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Breeze616,

Chivari chairs were $6 a pop at taiflora, I just had to spedge but later on i thought the regular chairs that they used at the steakhouse  would be perfect if you don't want covers. Here is the picture of the chairs i am talking about.

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/45411780@N04/4170248900/in/set-72157622838775003/ 

Just ask Nicole, i am sure you can use them if you don't want to use the chair covers.

Originally Posted by breeze616 

Glad to see you back and feeling better!! Your photos are gorgeous, great job on all the details! Im super jelly of your chivari chairs.
 

 

 

I think you answered your own question! They are both beautiful, with nicer rooms at the suites and more restaurant selection (because you can eat at the beach's restaurants) but the suites is more pricey than the beach. I myself chose the Beach simply for the cost to my guests. Either way you'll be happy!!

eholt,

Thank you so much for the compliments.

I did pay extra for my bouquet because I ended up not using flowerstudio (who the resort work with) because it was just impossible to work with the lady assigned to me, she wouldn't listen to what i wanted and keep suggesting something else claiming my burnt orange roses and cala lilies are imported so they were expensive and after insisting that's what i wanted the price to upgrade to the flowers i wanted was more than me getting a bouquet from taiflora, so i ended up using taiflora for all my flowers and chivari chairs ($6 per chair).

We had our ceremony at 5pm and it was nice and breezy (may be a little too breezy, i was scared my veil was going to fly off),  I would say it was about 70 - 72 degrees at the time and afterwards at the steakhouse, the weather was just perfect. It wasn't too hot. The only people who were sweating were those who were dancing the night away. The weather should be perfect in May.

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Originally Posted by eholt 

IMUZE! Sooooo happy to see you back but happier to know that you are doing better.  Thank goodness!

 

Your reveiw was everything I needed to read.  Loved the pics.  Simply amazing.

 

A few questions:

 

Did you pay extra for your bouquet?  I only need a bouquet for myself (no wedding party) and would love to have one similar.  Just wondering if I can get something comperable as the one included in the IRHS package.

 

What time was your ceremony and how was the tempertature?

 

Was it really hot in Aunt Ruby for dinner?

 

 

 No, we didn't book the club, we just went to the club after our reception. I believe you can also book the club for the reception but it looks like a "real" club so i don't know how it will look.

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Originally Posted by CamLovesJA 

thanks for posting Imuze. your pics are great. Just a quick question, did you just join the club when it opened at 10.30 or did you hire it before that?

I posted the review here: http://www.bestdestinationwedding.com/products/iberostar-rose-hall-suites-all-inclusive-montego-bay-jamaica/reviews#3985

Originally Posted by Julie's Iberostar Wedding 

Your pictures look beautiful. I'm so excited for you! Can you post the link to your review please. For some reason I can't seem to find it. Thanks

 

 

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Here is the link of my wedding at the Iberostar Rose Hall Suites. My wedding was on July 10, 2010. I posted my review earlier today. http://pictage.com/891424. You can sign in using username [email protected] and password: July10

Ladies, i am sorry about my review being late, i have posted it plus the link to see my pictures. I know it's super late but it was crazy right after the wedding, first i got sick right after coming back, then 12 days later ,i had surgery and i had barely recovered when i had to go overseas for 4 months, i am just now catching my breath. I am back so please ask any questions and I'll be glad to answer you.