sunkissedleah

Hey, I live In UK too and my jamaican fiance and I are planning a wedding in Negril at Moon Dance Villas for 100 guests. For a moment we almost changed it to another venue in order to accommodate more guests and I was looking into catering and vendors on my own as well. I googled a lot! Not sure if this is the same company but I know of a Karl Hart and his "Pantry Catering". They did Beenie mans wedding and they also did his son (Stephen Hart) wedding (pics at chrisbaltazar dot com). Hope this helps. If you need chairs/tables any other rental stuff try novelty party rentals based in Kingston.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mastistyle I have tried to post my review 3 times! Unfortuantely, I didn't c&p from word. And I don't feel like typing it again. But we are back. We got back last week-and I wish I was still in negril! Email me at mastistyle at hotmail and I can send you pics, give you my reviews etc. vendors I used: Michael Saab Photography Miss Myries Cakes (through MDC) Steel drum band (through MDC) Fire dancer (through MDC) Kamla Spa for hair only Sound Illusions (DJ) Tai FLora-flowers congrats on your wedding Maististyle...glad to hear you enjoyed your time in Negril. Will email you soon for your reviews. Enjoy the married life:)

Quote: Originally Posted by rydm You’re very welcome, negrilbridetoo! I’m glad I could help! ***who did your hair and makeup? Were you pleased? I forgot his name but it's the one the resort recommends. They said he's the best in the area but that wasn't the case for my guests. I understand the weather is very humid there and if you have hair that gets affected by it, the moister will cause it to lose the style it has been set into…..but…not before you go outside. Five of my guests got their hair done and by the time he was finished, the style didn’t look right at all. Thankfully, they brought their curling irons so they had to go back and fix it again. Although I didn’t have high expectations, somehow mine turned out to be beautiful (until the humidity got to it). And my makeup was also good. But, I’ve done hair modeling for salons & magazines and I've seen my hair at its best...and his work didn't come anywhere close to that. Don't get me wrong, he's extremely nice, polite and has a positive attitude but I don't recommend his work. ***You mentioned you paid extra for the rehearsal dinner at MDC, was this the non-all inclusive package? We didn’t do all-inclusive and because we stayed at MDV, we had to pay an extra $30 per person for the rehearsal dinner at MDC. If you’re staying at MDV, I highly recommend not doing AI. You’ll save so much. We stayed for five days and our overall cost was only $4,000. This covered everything for 20 guests staying onsite including the recommeded10% tip for both of the 5 bedroom villas, some liquor, the wedding reception dinner for 33 guests as well as the good buy barbeque for about 25 guests. If we had done AI, the cost would’ve been $125 x 5 days x 20 people = $12,500 and it doesn’t even cover your outside guests for the reception diner and the good buy barbeque (if you’re having one). We tried not to use their liquor though. We brought some with us and also went out and bought some from the nearby supermarket. But overall, we saved about $8,500 by not doing AI. Dear Rydm... My fiance and are are marrying at the villas in June 2010. We are paying for our wedding party and immediate family so we have reserved the two 5 bedrooms and the 4 bedroom. Thanks SOOOOO much for the heads up on not doing all-inclusive at the villas. We are also staying for 5 days and the all inclusive option alone would be almost $18k if not more considering we plan on having almost 70 people at the reception since my fiance is jamaican. You said that you paid a total of $4k for your guests daily meals, tips and reception dinner for 33 guests. Quick question(s)..... *did you guests eat breakfast, lunch and dinner there daily? *did you have a wide variety of food to choose from? and if so did you have to provide them with menu before hand or were they quite flexible? *you mention that you brought some of your own liquor, they didn't have a problem with you bringing your own? I read in an earlier post that Miriam told someone that offsite drinks were not allowed. Thanks in advance for your reply:)

Username: Sunkissedleah Name: Laura Location: Somewhere in Negril (Moon Dance Villas is my number1 pick) Date: June 2010

Hi all.... My name is Laura. My fiance and I are in the beginning stages of planning a June 2010 wedding in Negril, Jamaica. He's Jamaican, I'm American, but we currently live in England. We have a 2 year old and am expecting our second child in November so I really have my hands full and am soooo confused about EVERYTHING At the moment we are really loving Moon Dance Villas. Because we have children, and all 3 of my bridesmaids and several other guests do as well, our locations are limited. Beaches is nice but the exclusivity of moon dance villas is great. Any other suggestions are soooo welcome! Hoping this web site will help me sort out some things.