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As far as getting everything down there, it actually wasnt too bad, I only had to take gifts and oot bag items, we totaled 3 suitcases! Which I didnt think was all that bad, the oot stuff took up the most room, All of our clothes I put in the those travel space savers bags, those things work great I would highly recommend investing in some of those! And all of the oot bag kits I put in a plastic tub, I tied all the oot bags together really tight, we assembled everything when we got down there, but I used the space saver bags for everything I could our clothes, some of the gifts like the towels since those took up so much room. As far as the knock off dress goes, I actually didnt end up using it, it was sort of a last minute decision, I didnt want to pack it and I really loved my dress, so we decided to wear it for both photo shoots and Im so glad that I did! The dress itself was made really well, I was happy with it, no knock off is going to look like its orginal and I knew that going into it, I wouldnt say its the exact same as the original but it was close enough for me, I would recommend getting your measurments done by a professional though, I messed up on measuring my hips and it was bit tight in that area, but other than that the dress was great, I was really pleased with the way it had turned out, and the shipping was really fast too, I had the dress in no time at all.

Welcome back Lisa!! Glad to hear everything was amazing!!! Sending you a fb request.....

Lizz, I ordered my koozies through barry promos

Oh yeah and Carole we had the same wedding coordinator and I wasnt too impressed either, she was also late coming to my room to pick me up!

LOL, thats too funny Carole, Im so glad everything was perfect!!!

Congratulations Carole!!! I would love to see your photos, but the facebook link doesnt show your photos only your profile pic

Congrats Tisha! Where did you get a job at? What were you doing before?

Well thats good! 20 portraits is a good amount, its easier to choose a few to hang then And 500 is a lot of pictures! We got around 400 and I thought that was more than enough! I couldnt imagine having any more than that, Im already having a hard enough time chosing some to hang around our house. Ive been going to the gym still I havent been at all this week though, Ive been so tired lately, I really need to get back into it though, Ive been taking alot of the classes to see which ones I like the best. Have you still been going.

Wow, Ive been MIA for awhile and missed ALOT!! Congrats Erin!!! That is such exciting news!!!!!! So happy for the two of you! Tisha, LOVE your TTD photos they turned out so great!! How many pictures you end up with??

Congrats and Welcome Amber!!!!! There are a ton of threads on here about T&C, we were married at Beaches Resorts, and there is a Beaches T&C thread as well, with a ton of info! If you have any questions I would be more than happy to help out! Happy Planning!!!

Thank you MTruvillio! Yes the other option, if you dont want to pay extra for the private reception, is to have your dinner/reception at one of the resorts resturaunts, which doesnt cost anything, you just have to make sure you make reservations.

If you plan to do one of the private receptions, the latest they let me push it back was until 6:00 I had purchased two photo shoots with TI, the wedding day and the trash the dress, the wedding day was for 3 hours of coverage and the TTD was an hour, what we actually had to do was shorten the wedding day shoot and lengthen the TTD, so we had about an hour for the wedding day right after the ceremony and she got us back to the resort by 6 for our private reception and then we did 3 hours of shooting the next day for our TTD

Jenna, just wondering if you got your link yet to view your video????

lsmith, lustre is a matte like finish, but its really nice, it has a soft look to it, and makes your photos soft and shimmery looking.

Kendall Congrats Mrs.!!!!! The beaches photos turned out great!! I LOVE your dress you looked amazing! Cant wait to see your TI photos!!!!!! And Kendall hit the nail on the head, no matter what happens or what you choose you ladies wont be disappointed, everything is just so perfect there, and everyone will have an amazing time!!

Victoria, your pictures are amazing!! Congrats!!! Teira, I love your pictures, I dont think I had seen them on the blog before just the ones you posted here, I swear your little girl is the cutest little girl I have ever seen! And you and your hubby make such a great couple!! lsmith, I recieved my adoramapix book the other day and its amazing!!! Totally worth the $60 I paid, I would never have expected such a great book for that price! The cover is almost like a pearlescent shimmer and the pages are so thick and nice, they print on a matte finish not a glossy but it looks amazing!! Great quality I will def be ordering more books from them!

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I dont know that they will not let you push the private receptions back any later than 6pm

Lauren, congrats Mrs.!!!!! So glad you had an amazing time, and the pictures are beautiful!!!

Carole, it was a calypso band so tropical music, reggae style, theres singing and a guitar, I think it wsa 2 or 3 guys I cant remember, it just really sets the mood, 6 weather was awesome, it wasnt still real hot at least not compared to what it was at 4 but once the sun starts to set its really nice, but the day we had the wedding was the hottest day there for us

Carole, I thought the 2 hour private reception was plenty, and Im so glad we didnt do the cocktail hour before because there was enough food during the reception had we of had a cocktail hour before hand I dont think everyone would have been able to eat the main course! We pushed our reception back to 6 (ceremony was at 4) but that was only bc we were meeting Ileana for photos Music is a perference, and what your budget allows for, we really enjoy the calypso band, we had them for the whole 2 hours, everyone really enjoyed them. As far as music for the ceremony goes, you can bring your own if you want, if not they will give you some tracks to listen to during your meeting and you can pick one of those, you do have to bring your music for your first dance, either on a cd or an ipod.

Mocha, you'd be suprised, people love looking at wedding photos all of our guests were looking at them all night long from 5pm- 1 am, some people looked at them more than once, we had about 3 photo albums set out, frames all over the place and a slideshow playing.

Melissa, we put our deposit down with TI a year before our wedding, I wanted to make sure we got her specifically so we booked her right away We went with the seaside serenade theme which comes with 12 free photos and a free DVD right now

lsmith, I just went on adoramapix site and they extended the sale of photo books until May 30th

Sophia, Every airline is different, I flew US Air and they were really nice the first flight had a closet and they let me stick it in there however the second flight was willing to put it in a closet if they actually had one, so I had to put it in the overhead which is fine as long as you watch it, I had some idiot shove something right on top of me dress!! Yes there is the option to have your dress steamed its $80 and steaming it will not shrink it.