What I would do again:
1.Have the wedding in Jamaica
2.Have the wedding at Beaches Negril - amazing wedding coordinators and beautiful beaches and rooms.
3.Use wedding paper divas for my stationery- very efficient and beautiful
4.Print everything( including what we and the officiant said ) in the program as people said it was easier to follow, and they kept the programs to take home as a souvenir from the wedding.
5.Bring my photographer from MN- followed us for 4 days. Got loads of pix.
6.Use a videographer- got a lot of footage which I was not even aware of.
7. 3 hour reception dinner-people wanted to stay longer.
T8. Take TTD photographs the day after.I was so much more relaxed.
9. Stay one extra week at another resort for our honeymoon- we really needed the rest .
10. Have an indoor reception- it was much cooler, could make as much noise as we wanted to, and could stay a lot later than if we had had it outside.
What I would not do again:
1.Trust that destination weddings.com would get me all sorted out. Had a few disappointments with them. and had to figure out some things for myself.
2.Plan my wedding in 6 months- too stressful
3.Not take my laptop with the pix of my flowers , cake etc to the resort. I forgot it and had to describe things to them so my bouquet was yellow when it should have been orange....
4.Not take my wedding checklist to the resort- could not remember some things, and who have carried what in their luggage
5.Not Arrive at the resort 2 days before the wedding. I needed an extra day.
6. Worry about everyone- Didnt get much sleep .
7. Schedule my hair and make up at least 4 hrs before the ceremony- I had only 35 mins left afterwards.
8. Have the wedding in the peak season - first week fo the year- expensive, and the resort booked up really quickly so people had to stay at a sister resort.
All in all though, it was great.