Gatorgirl

Rashel is booked for my wedding date! Do you all know of anyone else?? There has to be someone else who is just as good who does airbrushing??!!! Please help!! Wedding is in August!!! I'm starting to stress.

Hey girls!!! I too have decided to bring my own decor since the resort prices were just too high. Here are some other good websites for affordable things to spicen up your reception: elegantperspectives.com efavormart.com linentablecloth.com weddinglinensdirect.com Good luck!!

Hi Girls, Here's an idea for ya. You can setup a completely free honeymoon registry with Marriott. You can add things like your lodging, breakfast, spa, wine, etc. Go to the website below, set it up and you're ready to go. Its completely free! No fees like the wishing well sites or other honeymoon registry sites, etc. They even give you 100 free Marriott gift registry cards. Marriott will send you a gift card or cards for the amount that people donate. You can use it whenever, or wherever you decide to go for your honeymoon since there are Marriott's everywhere! AWESOME! https://www.marriottregistry.com/

We too have gotten several questions asking where we're registered. We chose not to do the wishing well sites or honeyfund.com because of all the fees associated with it. People lose money just by making a donation b/c of the fees. And then I think it would charge us a fee at the end to withdraw the funds donated. That's a waste of $$! They'd be better off giving you a check b/c it would be dollar for dollar. So we decided to register with Marriott for our honeymoon! https://www.marriottregistry.com/ Its completely free! No fees for anyone! You can add different types of services too that people can donate against. (your room, spa, wine, etc). You also get 100 free registry cards! People just go to your website once you set it up and its done. Marriott will simply send you a gift card(s) with the amount of money that is donated. Easy! Then you can use it whenever, wherever you like for your honeymoon b/c there are Marriotts everywhere! We also struggled with how to put this info in our invitation and decided to word it like this, which sounds nice and you don't come off sounding greedy: Registry For those of you traveling with us, your presence at the wedding is the best gift we could ask for! We thank you for joining us on our special day and we don’t take it for granted, especially in these tough economic times! Due to inquiries we have received from those unable to attend, we have registered with Marriott for honeymoon services for your convenience. Please see link below. (INCLUDE LINK HERE)

Tell her its YOUR day and to back off! If you don't want a lot of people, then so be it! That angers me that she's sabatoging what you want! I would do it how you want and send out your own invitations for whatever and wherever you like! Hang in there sista!

We are DEFINITELY sending out an Evite for our AHR. Its free, quick and easy! Everybody has an email address these days so why waste time asking everyone for their home address and spend hours doing mail out invitations and spend money on stamps! Plus, most people wont rsvp on time anyways and you will still have to ask them if they're coming or not. Why go through that?! Evite will send out reminders for those who haven't responded and you literally wont have to touch the invitations again since it will send you a count of those who have rsvp'ed or not. AWESOME!! You would have had your wedding already so why waste money on invitations

Since we too are doing a destination wedding, we have decided to have our honeymoon 2 weeks afterwards so that we can rest from all of the stress of the wedding. That way we can enjoy our honeymoon even more and won't be so tired! Our AHR (aka Wedding Celebration), will be a BBQ/picnic at a park 2 weeks after that. We felt like it was more stressful to have everything back to back!

Yes, its an adult-only resort.

Thanks for starting this thread! I was sad to not see any conversations anywhere regarding this resort and future Secrets Brides. I hope to get married there next year!! The wedding coordinators are very helpful! Be sure to check out Secrets Facebook page. Lots of people have nothing but good things to say. The staff is awesome from what everyone has posted. Great resort, great decor, fun staff and activities, good food and beautiful sites for destination weddings www.secretsresorts.com (St James or the Wild Orchid locations share the same property in Montego Bay, Jamaica, They're just on opposite ends.) Happy Planning girls!

Hi Ladies! My cousin got married at Secrets Maroma Beach last month and LOVED it!! She had nothing but great things to say and her pics were a-m-a-z-i-n-g!! The resort is so nice, everything ran smoothly, they were flexible in the options that she wanted and she had nothing bad to say!! Happy Planning!!

St Thomas is one of my (3) choices too that I've been gathering information from. The wedding package prices that I've seen aren't too bad, but the hotel rates everywhere were just too high!! We loved the Wyndham, but paying $400-$600/night is NOT an option for us or our guests. I mean, cmon. The hotel is nice, but not that nice! Especially when the Ritz Carlton - Rose Hall in Jamaica is $179/night. I'm just saying

@MarieSamSanchez - We went on the Carnival Victory back in September too! That's the best cruise ever! 6 islands in 7 days!! AMAZING! (St Thomas, Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, St Kitts & Maarten) - who can beat that!! I even saw prices as low as $299 for Interior rooms! Just to give future brides an idea of how affordable this option could be!! Happy Planning yall!

Great review!! Thanks for the information and pictures. My cousin just got married at Secrets Maroma Beach last month and freaking loved everything about it!! She said everything went great and she wouldn't have changed a thing! And her photos are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! These postings are so helpful to future brides I hope to get married at Secrets too! (probably the Montego Bay location sometime next year) Happy Planning to all!!!

@bride2bdebbie - Venting is great! You have your BDW family to back you up! @june11bride - That's AWESOME that you are booking a destination wedding! You go girl! Flying is the best! And you're going to 2 fabulous destinations!! I love these forums.

Hi girls, I saw online that the bride & groom and 80% of their guests have to stay at the hotel or it is cancelled. How does this work when you dont really know how many guests will actually come? I see so many people booking these resorts. Can someone please explain this to me?

Hi girls!! Future Brides - Which resort did you choose? Past brides - Do you give your experience a thumbs up or thumbs down? We're thinking of going to Montego Bay, Jamaica!! The pictures are amazing! Would love to know your experiences www.secretsresorts.com

@Mochamakes3 I'm with ya!! It just blows my mind that people have so much to say about someone else's plans! Not cool. @Sallee I love that concept!! The bottom line is: If people want to participate in YOUR DAY, then they have to be on YOUR SCHEDULE! Period. I'm not asking anyone when they're available, if they like the resort or location, if they are ok with being outside, if they can afford it, etc..... Its up to me and my man! B/c its funny how people will whine about being broke, but they will be spending large sums on Christmas. Watch! I aint thinking about them. Quite frankly, we could just elope and that would be much easier. So they should be thanking us for inviting them!

Good luck!! How exciting! Be sure to post a review when you can with how everything turned out!! Best wishes to you!!

Spirit airlines has SUPER cheap rates to Montego Bay out of Fort Lauderdale, FL. Like $32 each way..... Airtran has some good fares too to Montego Bay too from various cities. Hope this info saves you and your guests some $$$$$ *smooches*

If ONE MORE PERSON tells me that they don't like to fly, I promise you, I'm gonna slap somebody. Why do people think that you should change what you want for the sake of them coming. If you're not coming, so be it. Its cheaper for me anyway. LOL. Its so selfish and inconsiderate for people to expect you to accommodate them on your day! If you wanna participate, you have to be on my schedule. Just that simple. We are doing a Destination Wedding regardless of who shows up! I know i'm not the only one who feels this way

Hi Kat! Good to know. Thanks!! I look forward to hearing about your experience in the very near future I've been talking with the wedding coordinator at the Marriott. She said that they don't use an event planner once you put down your deposit. They're a one-stop shop! So that makes it nice because they take care of everything.

Hi Kat! Thanks so much for sharing this information! Has anything surprised you with your planning so far at the Sheraton? (unexpected fees, bad reviews, higher rates, etc). Have you personally seen any of the oceanfront locations? If so, which was your favorite. We wouldn't be able to fly out there before booking anything, so we're relying on pictures and opinions of others. Which location onsite did you choose? Does the hotel give you any complimentary nights for having your wedding there?

 Anyone ever had their wedding at either place? We are considering these places for sometime next year. Both locations have beautiful oceanfront locations for ceremonies.  We'd love to hear your thoughts or feedback since we're on the east coast

Hi Tara!! Â Wow! Awesome review! Thank you so much for sharing with us!! We are headed there next weekend and have an appoinment with the Wyndham, Marriott and Havana Blue!! I cant wait to see the Marriott now based on your responses. I really appreciate you mentioning the renovations next year to us. That would be awful to have lots of noise and construction going on. Â Did you by chance stop by Bolongo Bay? They still haven't responded to my inquiry regarding pricing for a Welcome Party at Iggies? Â Did you see any weddings on any of the beaches anywhere? If so, how did they look? Â Warmest Regards, Gatorgirl

 You guys probably have this website from Brian already to look at more pics at the Wyndham Sugar Bay....but just in case you dont...  http://www.sugarbayweddings.com/   Does the Marriott have an external website for additional pictures?