Well, I was given a quote of $500.00 for the gazebo with d.j. I asked if we could bring our own music and buy booze from them without the bar and she said yes - it would be $250.00. This is what she said - You may bring your own drink and music at the beach gazebo. The location will still attract a cost of US 250. I was simply thinking of bringing my ipod docking station. However, I asked her last week how much the bottles were to purchase and now she says $15.00 a person per hour after she had confirmed we could buy and make our own drinks??? I found this in the forum from another bride - You can rent out the gazebo without the DJ for $250, just have to get the sound system set up seperatly (although I'm not sure what that means..) On another note, I confirmed with Beverly that you are able to purchase bottles of liquor for our reception in the beach gazebo and therefore would not need a bartender. She didnt say how much each bottle cost, but it has to be less then a bartender!!
I would deff say Vodka and Rum and some beer...youll need some mixes too. I might ask if they can set up a table so its a little more forma. I know when I went to cuba we payed the one bartender we got to know and he gave us full bottles and mixes for like $10...looks like we all need to charm some bartenders, lol had been inquiring about the DJ services to determine if we wanted to use the DJ or save the $250 and just do it ourselves...I asked what kind of music the DJ had and such and if we were to provide a song list or whatever. She said that we should bring CDs of all the songs that we want and he would just play them. Well...If we are going to do that...what is the stinking point of paying some guy $250 to push a play button!?!? How does it work for the gazebo reception if we just buy alcohol from the resort instead of paying the $15p/p/hr for a bar to be set up? The alcohol can be purchased from the resort, however the cost of USD15.00 pp per hour, comes with the service of your own bar tender. The cost will then be applied separately so i;m asking Chandlyn to clarify this - I don't fully understand it. She isn't really giving me the cost of the bottles yet but I'm sure it would be a lot cheaper than $30.00 a person.