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Thanks ladies!

Didn't get a PM if you tried

Do you still have the sand dollars? If they are still available PM me. Thank you

I goggled Elegant Perspectives and found they have great prices on chair covers. Why spend about $10.00 or so to just simply "rent" them for what.... like 30 min or so for the ceremony? I just hope that I can order a samll amount: about 8 from them. Does anyone know what type of chairs that the RPTB uses outside? I noticed that the covers come in round or square backs. Thanks for the great tips!

Great question! We have a butler honeymoon ocean front suite with pool. I was wondering the same thing.

Dont' know if it varries by resort, but we're getting married at RPTB and our guests/ family will be the witnesses. I just sent the WC a quick email to verrify it. Maybe just email your WC so that you have it written in an email. I guess i'm paranoid about having "BOB from the tiki bar being a witness at the last minute because something got mixed up. lol So, i just emailed the WC.

If you're using your own music, you may want to look into bringing an IPOD docking station either battery operated or make sure there's a plug near your ceremony location. Also, what are you wearing in your hair? I'm going to bring an accent flower to place in my hair. I just went to Micaels Craft store and attached a flower of my liking to a clip via hot glue gun. Also, i'm bringing my own organza chair sashes. Def. invest in a neck rest pillow for the long flight. Trust me. You'll need it to prevent a cramped neck from resting on flight. I regret not bringing one to our recent trip to the Dominican.

It's been decided, booked, and paid in full!! Woohoo! We will be staying at Sandals Ochos Rios August 9-16 for our honeymoon. We will be comming from our DW at RPTB August 3-9. Our ceremony is August 7, 2009. I can't wait for Sandals. We have booked a junior honeymoon ocean view butler suite with private pool. Has anyone booked any xtras? I was thinking of surprising my FI and booking a private dinner on the beach at Sandals. Has anyone ever done this? Any other suggestions?

Just wondering if any of you ladies has heard anything for 2009 about resort incentives for having Jamaica as the first stamp in your passport. I heard somewhere that certain resorts like the Riu, etc... will give you credit equal to what you had spent to apply for the particular passport. I checked the Jamaican travel and tourism site, but couldn't find anything. I'm wondering about the RPTB because that's where our DW is and a all of our guests will be traveling with newly issued passports. Anyone heard of anything?

I hadn't even thought of going to a local market. We are staying at the RPTB, so Montego Bay isn't too far. I'll have to look into this. Hey, any excuse to do alittle shopping.lol

Josie: Sorry to hear your FI was put in a bad spot by friends also. I totaly agree with you! Who exactly does these things to others? It affectes EVERYONE. I've weeded out friends over time, but I thought that part was over. Guess that I learned a lesson to never fully entrust people, but I just wanted to not be the sole one in charge of absolutely everything....just wanted to lay back and have a good time.... no worries. I guess that what Jamaica is for: no worries! Right?

Let me know if you get any more offers from DW ladies.... I may be interested in 8We just have a small party going.

Thank you so much ladies for all of your kind words and support. I guess I just thought that they would have looked out for me to make the night special. Josie: I agree, people just think in their own terms sometimes and not of others. "Jerseykitten": A big NO! Thos people are not invited to our DW wedding. It's just us, my 8yr. old daughter, my BF (who was home with the flu during this whole mess), &our parents. Some of the people were friends, his 2 sisters, etc... Shan13: Your right, I need to just look foward to the DW in August! Sorry you have experienced stupid people too and not designating drivers. BBtoB: Your right...they are very inconsiderate people. I thought that grown adults would have been alittle more responsible. Again, thank you girls. At first I thought and thought over wether or not i was making the right decision in having a DW, but you know what..... having a DW is the best thing. It brings together what is REALLY important. I want things simple and nice. We hired a TTD photographer because pic are imporatant to me. I have a dress fitting tomarrow and 8 weeks to go! I'll keep my mind off of things and focus on that. But, I will never do anything for those people in the future. I'm so upset. His sisters can appologize to me or they can stay there distance. I'll be cordial at family gatherings, but that's about it. Thank you

I think that the ring is beautiful. The different colored stones just accent it perfectly. I'm sure she will just love it. Don't second guess yourself. You must have known, in the back of you head, that she would love it.... maybe without even realizing it. Congrats!

Thanks for sharing and congrats to you! Your flowers look so beautiful. I can't wait for my TTD. Your pics are so nice.

I'm very sorry to have to vent for a bit to you ladies. I'm just looking to be cheer up or told i'm wrong, I guess. I just feel so upset, sad, and disappointed right now. You see, my FH and I had thrown our own shower/ Jack and Jill. Doesn't really sound too fun to start off with, huh. We wanted to have people celebrate with us before we left and organized it ourselves because noone could do it for us of course. Anyways.... We paid for the hall, the food we cooked ourselves,raffle prizes. My friend volunteered his DJ services. I made/bought all of the decorations: paper lanterns, plastic lanterns, table runners, made flower filled vases, and so on it goes. My boss helped me make and buy the party thank you favors for the guests: candles with our ribbon with our DW date and names, candy molded chocolates, bubbles, votives inside wine glasses, and she even made us a money tree ( tree that's coiled so that people can stick dollars onto it in lui of cards/presents on their way out). A little background on myself. I'm the one that always has a few drinks at the very begining of the night because i'm usually the one left to taxi everyone home and babysit them. Not to be a baby, but I've never really had anything special thrown for me. Not for graduating college(2 bachelors), not really for any Birthday, not really for anything. I just wanted this to be nice. I don't really drink too much, while my FH is def. a drinker. And, at first it was OK. Everyone had a great time. My FH and I had taken the whole day off from our jobs to set up and cook. My father picked up a cake for us that i asked for (Italian bakery fruit filled/cream cake) to symbolize what would be our wedding cake if we had the wedding here. At the end of the night... probably the last hour.... I didn't feel so good and wanted to just be brought home. One of his sisters (he has 2 half sisters 34 and 36) drove me home in my SUV and went back with it to fill it up with the things from the party and to help clean up along with 8 other "adults". The next morning I woke up and looked in my SUV and saw that it wasn't really filled with anything. She came over to bring what was in her own car and still not really anything. WTF!? These so called adults, including his 2 sisters only saved 2 outta 10 table runners, brought cradboad boxes that said VASE on them, but only saved 4 vases outta 20, paper cups/plates, Supermarket soda, etc... His friend had our almost full keg(real nice friend). The money tree came back with no money on it "Oh, I never saw any" Yeah right! Good thing I took the money from the raffle with me! And, my cake? Where's my cake? "Oh it got thrown away" WTF!!!!! These so called friend had throw all of my vases, decoration(that didn't look like the cheap kind to throw away) and my cake! Why would those people be so cruel? Why would they have just saved a few and thrown all the rest away? Why take home stupid things like plates and cups and throw away and smashed to pieces (yes I went to the dumpster trash the next day to see if anything could be recovered and just sat and cried at my smashed vases and ripped runners). At least take the items home to us and say here, didn't know if you guys wanted this stuff, but we saved it and at least let US throw what we don't want away. I wanted to take some of the items down to Jamaica with us to place on our tables. I even spent time plaing our momograms on each vase, stones inside, flowers, personalized ribbon hot glued one by one with our colors. You get the point. They ment something to me. I worked hard on that stuff. On everything! These stupid idiots even made my FH drive home drunk when the y know he had gotten a DIU in the past. I know he's his own person, but he was drunk and just listened to them. He wasn't in a position to make a good decision. Why would they put him in that position? I really hate everyone right about now. I have just sat and cried about it. I'm hurt, disappointed and upset. This was supposed to be our day and no one could look out for us. We had this Jack and Jill shower to help raise money for our DW. We are doing the whole thing by ourselves. I just feel like everyone has been trying to sabotage us from the start and it keeps on getting worse. This is exactly why I wanted a DW to start off with.... to be away from all of the BS and fake people. Am I way off base, ladies? It's hard to know how to feel when you're actually IN the situation. Sometimes it's better to get a clear head from outside of the drama. Please help!

I agree... Just be comfy! I'll prob just wear a bride tank, sweat pants and bring a zip up hoodie to bear the cold air usually on the flight oh, and flip flops. Don't forget to buy a neck rest so that you can sleep/relax on the flight. We went to the Dominican this past January and I saw some people with them and thought: why would you bring one of those stupid things, until I wanted one for the way back! lol My neck was soooo cramped up from trying to sleep/ rest. I'm def. gonna invest in one for Jamaica!

Our TTD is the following week when we change resorts to Sandals Ochos Rios. I want to have the TTD near the Dunns Falls, etc... I'll be using a natural touch bouquet, so I don't have to worry about the flowers lasting...obviously the won't last a week. The actual shoot is booked for 5pm, just before the sun goes down, but we will start to get ready to travel around 4. I guess the sun goes down around 7 or so and when it's down your done! This will give us plenty of sunlight for waterfall/beach pics, then some as the sun goes down. I def. want some balck and white pics. too.

Hey ladies! We are getting married August 7 2009 at the RPTB and then spending the following week at Sandals Ochos Rios. So far I have: Booked our ceremony date and resort (paid finally, woohoo!) Booked flights/rooms for guests Had a meltdown with the TA (but got things compd because she screwed up so much) Got "THE" wedding dress Bought accessories for wedding day Scheduled my alterations: June 2 Planning our shower/ Jack and Jill (stressful!!) for May 29th Finished all of the shower favors and centerpieces/decorations (will take some to DW) Booked a TTD session Need to do: Pre pay for our luggage (American Airways is going up, but you can prepay now) In the process of researching and booking a BD session Need to buy a groom present (prob. a new movado watch and BD photo book) Need to book couple massage for day before our ceremony Need to book a private dinner on the beach (surprise for Sandals)

We are getting married Aug 2009 at the RPTB and had run into kinda the same problems. At first I cried and was very upset. My FH made me realize that this is OUR day and made me think of who I really wanted to be there. It is important for my daughter (8 yrs) to attend and my best friend. Our parents had a big hissy fit at first: Jamaica?! But, it's alot cheaper actually to go and do a DW than spend at least the same, if not more money on just one day/ a few hours at home! You get the wedding of your dreams and a vacation all rolled up into one. I agree with the other girls: think of who YOU really want to go. The "extras" are a bonus. Also, the guests can stay at a cheaper hotel/resort and pay for a day pass for the ceremony if they would like that as an option. With the economy as it is, the resort industry is giving out so many package incentives for travel. Good Luck!

I'm a little further up North in western Massachusetts... but looking for a good photographer in either Mass or Connecticut if anyone can help. I haven't heard of doing this type of photo session before. Great ideas ladies!!

I just came back from an 8day vacation at the Ocean Blue in DR this past January with my FH. He booked it as an engagement present. If you have any questions, please let me know. We saw several weddings performed on the beach whle we were there. Beware though, there is a very strong timeshare pitch at this resort that gets annoying after awhile. Good Luck and Congrats.

I fell so bad for you. Your dad should at least try to understand how you feel, even if he doesn't agree with your decision. You are a grown up now and he has to respect that and how everyone else in the family is feeling about the situation. Personally, my father is "dating" this woman and I have clashed with her from the start. My own father still treats me like a small child, even though i'm now 34 and have an 8 year old. WTF huh. Anyways, I straight out told him that WE ARE going to get married in Jamaica and my FH's dad and fiance and my BF and my daughter Are going. If he would like to be a part of our day, then he is welcome to come, but not her. It's not about her. All that she has tried to do is weasel her way into my father's life and manipulate situations. He's even staright out told her that they are NEVER getting married. So, similar to you, it's not about her....merely a "new" stand in GF. It's about your family. Even tough your parents aren't longer together, you ARE their child and they should respect that just the family should be allowed. The last thing that you need to worry about on your special day is if there's going to be a fight, etc... I think it's so rude of the GF to have gone ahead anyways and purchased tickets! How dare she. Good luck to you.

Just a suggestion, but maybe you could do something like a sand ceremony and have all of the parents pour some of the sand for the "foundation" of the vase/shadowbox frame and the you and you FI pour your individual sand to make everyone feel a part of it? We are doing something like this: i'm having my 8 year old pour the foundation sand from the beach in Jamaica and then we will each pour our sand to make not feel left out. Before the cutting of our cake we are going to light the unity candle( FI wants one too). It's Las Vagas, but i'm sure it would look quite fine to do it at any location. Hope this helps.Congrats and good luck!

Are there any Massachusetts or Connecticut brides out there? I'm from western Massachusetts, near the Connecticut border, so we could meet up in either location possible. Let me know if anyone's interested!