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  1. Quote:Originally Posted by mmcst38Â Ochosriosbride, Â I'm getting married at ROR in May, can you elaborate on any mishaps in service you had thta would help us plan ahead or what to watch out for, because now I'm getting nervous that I have all these people going to a resort I picked, and to have it unsatisfactory makes me extremely uneasy. Â When we arrive at 2am all we wAnted to do was eat and relax. It was me my husband and his two teenage boys. We had obviously requested a room with two double beds to sleep 4. We walked in and found one king bed. We spent the next hour at the front desk that ssi couldnt do anything in the morning cuz the entire resort was full, which I found hard to believe. They finally said they would bring a double cot up which turned out too be single we had to ship one sone to sleep with a family member. Which I felt was unexeptable. For the following day we were upgraded to a suite however it look all day going back and forth missing time with our guests and family we got into the new room by 7pm that night with no offered help from the resort. The resort is huge so just going back and forth from the drink desk to ur spot on the beach wastes slot of time. We went old room front desk beach front desk old room front desk back and forth cuz they kept postponing when we could get the keys. Finally we got in to new room and AC wasn't working my dress got humid And smelly we called 4 times to have someone fix it. It didn't get done till the mondayvof our 2nd wk there so I had the pleasure of getting ready in a hot and sticky room. The the request I made for tikki torches and some chairs for my beach reception were never set up. Don't tell me u can do it if u cant it didn't ruin anything it just made me mad.
  2. Meghan, we got married there in Nov 2010 and the way the service was between nov 12 and Nov 27, and onward based on reviews, i dont think I personllay would want to go back to that Resort to celebrate a one year anniversary. My weddng day was awesome, but surely not because of the resort. And they made the rest of my stay very frustrating and stressful. Im not hard to please, it was all based on their mishaps. So i just wouldnt want you to go there and be disappointed if its not as it was when you got married...just my thoughts
  3. We got married at ROR on Nov 17 2010 and we got a copy of the marriage registration which does not work as a certificated for name changes and such,but still a proof of marriage. And we recieved our certificated on Jan 5th 2011, so not to bad about a month and half after the fact...i was rather surprised
  4. I got married at ROR Nov 17th 2010. My wedding day was amazing, but not because of the staff, or the coordinator who forgot stuff and we spent alot of time waiting,but because of my family and friends it was the best day of my life. As for the hotel reviews since we have been back i have hear nothing but bad reviews, i think the Resort service has taken a nose dive over the last few months. Because i picked the resort also based on raving reviews, and when we got there the service was very 2 starish quite disappointing. I dont travel alot and so never have high expectations, but being my wedding week, their undestanding in most situations would have been most appreciated, but it just wasnt there. I hope for your sake that the service picks up, and you are treated much better than we were The resort is gorgeous so is the beach ENJOY It try not to deal with the front desk if you dont have to, they were not very accomodating or helpful...Congratulations
  5. It might depend on the resort...we are getting married at Riu Ocho Rios and we had to send in notarized copy of long birthcertificate, passsport, name change (if applicable) divorce certifacte(if applicable) which we did, we couriered them over, which was a little pricey, but they got there in 8 days, and glad it didnt go through unneccessary hands. We paid nothing for notary. I just searched notary public online in my area and i dialed random number, he agreed to do it, no charge for anything. So it all worked out. Resort then emailed me to let me know documents arrived safely and they have them. I stressed about it for a while as well, but once it was does, easy breezy
  6. hmh...im so confused! lol so i wasnt even planning on paying more than $130bucks for my flowers, cuz im not gettin flowers for the guys, just the three bridesmaids. Im email the coordinator now cuz im unclear as to what other flowers are included in the wedding package. Im not paying for flowers to decorate the semi private dinner reception, that just seems silly to me, only other thing i want is flowers on the beach gazebo, not sure if this in included in our package. As for TAX??? is everything there taxed? cuz i havnt budgeted for that, yikes!!! this could be messy!!!!
  7. wow so many great ideas...we did very small simple OOT bags, cost me about 2$ per person, it was a simple gift bag that i decorated and wrote "welcome" on, i put my jamaica attractions booklet in there with a pamphlet i wrote up with a general wedding day outline/program, a small write up welcome guests and thanking them for coming, a big thank you and the date, and then i purchases sand dollars and wrote location and date on them with gold paint pen, one for each guest. Ive handed these out to those i see regularily 4wks prior to departure, so they can flip through the booklet, and keep the sand dollar at home so it doesnt break, i will have to take some of the OOT bags with me, b/c we have guests coming from england and ottawa that im unable to deliver to Favours im doing very simple green yellow and black jelly beans, i found little woven beachbag favour bags to put them in...super excited, so its costing me next to nothing to do both, but enough to show my guest how much i appreciate them being there good luck ladies
  8. Im in Ontario as well and a friend of mine suggested to ask my bank, because she has heard of them doing it here before, so it might be an option. Im definately going to look into it. s Â
  9. I got my booklets and im very excite to get them into my Welcome bags that i will be handing out a few weeks before we leave for jamaica
  10. YUMYUM Thank you for all the info, its really starting to make some sense now I appreciate it! and congrats on ur marriage all the best to ya
  11. YUM YUM I have a few questions for you, because alot of what you decided on for your extras is similar to what I want but was so confused as to how the Private pool reception worked, inregards to pricing. Did you buy a specific wedding package? and then have to pay $55/pp on top of that? were kids any cheaper? Did they set up ur pool side reception with standar decor, or did you have to put extra money out for reception decorations as well? is the butterfly release something new on the extras list? i havent seen or heard of it before, sounds nice. How did you pay for everything, was it mostly credit card, or cash, or travelers cheques? Ive heard and read so many different things. Thank you for the detailed review
  12. I dunno how you feel about Ebay, but you can by bulk bags, by the pound of Jamaican jerk spice, i read alot of the reviews and they were all excellent, It was reasonably priced...so if you are still looking for the spice mix check it out. Just search Jamaican spice, or just Jamaican and it will come up!!! good luck
  13. hmh that might be a good idea, too...my FI wanted to just hand them all out there, but i just cant seem to justify travelling with that extra luggage if i can just hand most of them out here haha.
  14. hmmm interesting...ive starting to feel a little uneasy about payments, and the wedding there all together i dont want to feel that way.
  15. I think im gonna put them together at home, and hand out about a week or so before, to those that are within arms reach. I have guets coming from England and some that are about 6hrs away, so it hink those ones ill just take with me, and hand them out when we get there...i think thats the easiest way...with spending a load of money on postage...however i might see what the cost is to send them over seas.
  16. ooooooooooooooh poop...i gotta order that too, didnt realize it had to be the full long version, OMG i hope i can get it in time, we get married in Nov. of this year gahhhh!!! let the stress begin again
  17. PS if your wedding is in 2012...you have TONS of time...start thinking about things you might want to ahve at your wedding, write them down...after u book a date and they send you the info pacakge u can go over, what is offered, and how much it all is. Our wedding is in Novemeber 2010, and im only starting to really pre plan now for small thingsl ike favours, and decore and flowers, but the WC will contact you for that stuff.... Hair/makeup reservations...book at least 6months before ur wedding date...and same with Photographer if you are using resorts, to guarantee someone
  18. Gibstah..... I wont be much help, cuz im still in the process of planning...my advice to you...decide if you want a wedding package, or the free wedding package. Free one is very very simple and you will ahve to pay for added decoration, flowers and reception Private reception : we want one, but there is still confusion as to what the cost of one covers, and how the price of a wedding package affects a private reception DJ: i havnt heard great things about the one at RIU, but im not sure what other options we have as per music, and dancing...i really want to have a "first dance| song. Rehersal Dinner: Im not planning on doing a formal one. I know the day before wedding WC (wedding coordinator) goes thru the motions with you aka rehersal, then u can do what you want. I will probably just gather my wedding party and immediate family for a dinner somewhere...im giving my wedding party their "Thank you gifts" about a month befoe we leave for the wedding during a thank you dinner we are taking them out for. Flowers:the RIU resort usues a florist called TaiFlora, they provide the bride and party bouquettes and flowers, as well as decore. If you wish to have above and beyond what is included in the wedding package, natually you have to pay for it. PICTURES: I booked my photographer thru the resort, i couldnt be bothered to search around. I dont need 600 pictures, a few really good ones, i saw samples of their work and im ok with it. I booked the cheapest bundle, and added a bit extra time to it, for about $300 US (althought im canadian)...it depends how important pictures are to you... Bizzyangle is right...no catholic ceremonies in Jamaica...only religous, or civil...which are both done by a minister, not a catholic priest. if you want catholic youdbe better off going to Dominican or Mexico i think thats all the insight i have right now, as im still planning, still in the dark about alot of things, but those are things ive learned along the way....good luck
  19. Im in the same boat, we arrive on Saturday our wedding is on Wed, not sure if things are open on Sundays, but id rather not run around stressing about favours and gifts, would rather it all be ready to go...getting lots of great ideas tho
  20. Im going to look into Flora Fantasies, beacuse whatever the easiest route is to get favours, or welcome items it the way for me. However we are staying in RIU Ocho Rios, and i read the Floral Fantasies is from negril...will they deliver to Ocho??
  21. Tiramasue....a simple gift like that is what i would like as well...i asked the new WC at the resort cuz Chandlyn is no longer there, if they could arrange small bottles of rum, and they said it was possible...i like the little package deal you guys did. I just dont want them to charge me an arm and leg just for a bottle of rum...what wedding package did you guys get, that allowed ut o get a free gift of weding favours?? i liked that mug idea, hope i can get my hands on something like that....any advice on what to ask the WC for if iw ant to put togehter somet like that?
  22. thanks for the great tip!! im gonna call tomorrow...I was going to save them and put them in a small welcome bag for each guest/family attending the wedding...or should i mail them out ahead of time so that my guests can peruse through them before the big trip and forget the welcome bag?????? any suggestions???
  23. QUESTION FOR EVERYONE INT HIS THREAD I am not planning to do an loot bag thingy, we are just doing wedding favours that will be on everyones plate at the dinner. Reason being we are all traveling at the same time, and i wont have time to run around and drop it in everyones room, heck wont even know my room number when I get there. However i think they are a good idea, just seems like a little much stress for me. On a second note, i am so thankful that i ahve 40 people coming to our wedding, and it means the world to me that they are...And i would love to do something a little extra special to show them i care. We are not doing any special events, i feel that my guests have paid to have a vacation as well, and should have the luxury of doing what they want to do, and not feel like they have to spend time with us. My biggest problem is, how do you travel with lets say 40big bubba cups?? across the boarders...is that not considered importing?? Im a littel confused about that. For Jamaican items, i have asked my WC if they were able to arrange getting small bottles of rum for our wedding favours, and they said it could be arranged....price wise imsure they will inflate the prices because i want them to get it, but wahtever, it will be much easier than having to ship it, or cargo it over with me. PS i really like the under water camera, might do that with a little note and brochure about excusions available and hand it out ont he busride MAYBW thanks for the ideas ladies
  24. Yeny...Im still somewhat in the dark. I wish i had more information to give you. I know what i want to happen for my wedding, i just dunno price wise whats its going to cost me, and i cant seem to get a solid secure answer as to what other reasonable options are. Everyone says something different. The Caprice package price is $2375 it accomodates up to 60guests or less and have alot of smaller things included for the bride and groom, wich is what i wanted. However we want to have our dinner/reception private and poolside. I dont understand why they would charge u $15/person for open bar, when u payed for all inclusive, OR why they would charge you and extra $55/person if you are already dishing you $2375 for inclusive dinner for the Caprice Package...im just sooo confused lol Ive emailed the WC to get some kinda confirmation as to what kinda money im looking to be spending just to have a priavet dinner reception, but no reply yet....ill keep you posted, u keep me posted oh and video, and pics are not included in this package, thats its a seperate cost...if you go to www.weddingsbyriu.com you can find what is included in each of the wedding packages and cost of each. OchoRBride2010
  25. Jesslyn your posts are putting me at ease!! thank you...the unknown is scary. My biggest worry is making sure im travelling with enough money, so in the event that something goes woncky...we can still pay for the wedding we wanted. I havent made any pre plans yet with the WC, so i really have NO clue as to what the reception is going to be like, or cost, and flower and so forth. Any advice on how you budgeted for travel?
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