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    Beaches ~ Turks & Caicos Roll Call!

    in Sandals, Beaches, and Royal Plantation Resorts Weddings

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    Hi Linzayr -

    The airline was great- as soon as they saw the dress and the tux bags, they were very eager to help us.  They reccomended the first class closet for the tux and the overhead bin for the dress due to the size.  The only other items we carried on were our personal items (my purse and his backpack).  I loved the adult jacuzzi deck for our wedding reception - it was the perfect space, quiet and over looking the ocean.  I had 32 people, so your 24 guests should fit just fine.  Tables have 8 people to each, so you should have plenty of space to dance. All the formalities, cake cutting, first dance, father/mother dance, are all done before dinner is served.  Our MOH/BM gave the speeches during dinner.

     

    As for the reception, I think our guests were seated for about 20 mins before the ceremony started.  They all met at 3:30 and walked over to the ceremony and I was pretty on time, so I estimate I walked down the aisle pretty close to 4 p.m.  I honestly don't remember how long it took to sign the papers, I know the steel drum player was playing a song, but I don't remember what it was.  Basically you and your groom sign 5 of the same document and then the BM and MOH (or your witnesses) also sign.  then the officiant signs and seals and then he announces you as Mr. and Mrs. 

     

    Hope this helps.

    Beaches ~ Turks & Caicos Roll Call!

    in Sandals, Beaches, and Royal Plantation Resorts Weddings

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    I booked my hair/ make up trial and day of hair/make up in advance - like 2 or 3 months when I was doing a planning session with Dexter.  Marilyn did my hair and make up and it was fabulous!  She also did my mom's hair and make up.  I don't think you need to book so far in advance though- I booked my hair and makeup for my session with TI (day after the wedding) right after I finished getting my hair/makeup done for my wedding.

    Beaches ~ Turks & Caicos Roll Call!

    in Sandals, Beaches, and Royal Plantation Resorts Weddings

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    Hi Ladies,

    Just got back on Friday from my 10 days in Paradise!  Will right a full review this weekend, but wanted to share a few pics.  In short, Beaches is breathtaking, service was excellent, food was fantastic.  We are frequent visitors to Sandals, so we knew we made the right choice by choosing Beaches.

     

    We used the Beaches photographers and videographers for the day of the wedding (Jimmie was our photographer and he was great- the photos below were taken by him) and then took photos with David from TI the next day.  David was awesome to work with, I can't wait to see these photos!

     

    I have more photos on facebook and kodak.  Please message me if you'd like the links.

     

    More to come soon!

     

    Best,

    Jill

     

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    Beaches ~ Turks & Caicos Roll Call!

    in Sandals, Beaches, and Royal Plantation Resorts Weddings

    Posted

    Hi Jessimd,

     

    I'm getting married in a few weeks, so have not gone though the whole process, but this is what I know:

     

    You will need to send the office in Miami the following documents:

    Notarized Affidavid of Spinsterhood (your planner can send you the template)

    Notarized Affidavid of Batchelorhood (your planner can send you the template)

    Notarized copy of Passport

    Notarized copy of original birth certificates

    Wedding Worksheet (the planner can send to you - asks for your names, arrival dates, wedding number etc)

     

    We also sent notarized copies of our drivers licences too.

     

    You mail the notarized copies to Miami and carry the originals with you to Turks.

     

    I sent our documents overnight with tracking and the Miami office sent me an e-mail the next day that they had all of the doucuments they needed to start processing.

     

    Good luck,

    Jill

    Beaches ~ Turks & Caicos Roll Call!

    in Sandals, Beaches, and Royal Plantation Resorts Weddings

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    Lizzdee,

    Congratulations!  You looked beautiful!  Thanks for all of the feedback - I'm have the extact same set up as you did - 30 guests, 3 hour reception, 4 p.m. wedding.  Thanks also about mentioning the spa letting you swap the mani/pedi for another service.  I have this service booked - but since I do gel nails, I won't need it.  Can't wait to see your photos on facebook!

    Beaches ~ Turks & Caicos Roll Call!

    in Sandals, Beaches, and Royal Plantation Resorts Weddings

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    Lizzdee,

    Congratulations!  You looked beautiful!  Thanks for all of the feedback - I'm have the extact same set up as you did - 30 guests, 3 hour reception, 4 p.m. wedding.  Thanks also about mentioning the spa letting you swap the mani/pedi for another service.  I have this service booked - but since I do gel nails, I won't need it.  Can't wait to see your photos on facebook!

    Beaches ~ Turks & Caicos Roll Call!

    in Sandals, Beaches, and Royal Plantation Resorts Weddings

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    Lizzdee,

    Congratulations!  You looked beautiful!  Thanks for all of the feedback - I'm have the extact same set up as you did - 30 guests, 3 hour reception, 4 p.m. wedding.  Thanks also about mentioning the spa letting you swap the mani/pedi for another service.  I have this service booked - but since I do gel nails, I won't need it.  Can't wait to see your photos on facebook!

    Beaches ~ Turks & Caicos Roll Call!

    in Sandals, Beaches, and Royal Plantation Resorts Weddings

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    Glad to hear you and the Tropical Imaging team are all safe!  Thank you for the update on the island!
     

    Originally Posted by Tropical Imaging View Post

    Hi,

     

    Island is fine, some flooding in low lying areas and tree branches down etc, but no structural damage anywhere etc and more importantly no loss of life.  Airport is open, and flights are coming in and most of the island has power.  The resorts and Grace Bay area had power the whole time in most places.  Resorts and restaurants are open for business, except for Beaches which has closed for a few weeks.  There are no reports of damage there, but as in years past whenever we have any kind of storm in August or September, Beaches will shut for a few weeks after, I would check with them to keep updated if your wedding is in September as we have heard conflicting reports on their reopen date.  

     

    Our office and staff and their homes are all fine...all are feeling a bit soggy but drying out as the sun is shining again.  Everyone was unpacking boxes/computers etc yesterday and pulling down all of the hurricane shutters and starting to sort through the 3-4 days of email that has accumulated.  Andy was on the phone with West Host our server for a while again yesterday as soon as he heard about the virus again.  We had been assured the blog had been secured but we are waiting to find out what happened again.  This is the current update posted on the situation: 

     

    We’ve just had a report of another virus on the blog. If you have uptodate virus software you will be fine, but if you get any messages asking to update your adobe software or such, do not click on them ! For now please be very careful – I have the web team working on this again to remove the malicious code…..thanks for your patience.

     

    We haven't had any problems with it affecting Macs and currently only one report but we are taking it very seriously (Andy is not happy, hurricane and virus not a great combination LOL).  You can check us out on FB in the meantime if you want to see some photos.

     

    Thanks for all of the messages and patience!  But for anyone worrying...island is open for business, water is blue and sun is shining!!!

     

    Krys



     

    Beaches ~ Turks & Caicos Roll Call!

    in Sandals, Beaches, and Royal Plantation Resorts Weddings

    Posted

    First off a big thank you to all of you who post and respond to all of these great questions.  I know I'm not a big contributor to this forum YET, but I do read it every day and have found the information to be most helpful, so THANK YOU!

     

    I do have a few questions for you married Ladies - Did you choose your ceremony and reception location prior to arrival at the resort? If so, any suggestions, I'm having 40 - 60 guests. And for those of you who had the 2 or 3 hour reception, were you able to choose a start time or did it have to be immediately after the ceremony?  Reason I am asking is, I am ordering my invitations and would love to include a reception card, indicating the time and place of the reception. Right now my wedding ceremony is scheduled for 4 p.m. and I'd like to start the reception around 6:30 -7:00 p.m.

     

    Also, I want to use real wax seals on my outer envelopes - has anyone done this?  I keep hearing mixed reports that the U.S. Post Office does not allow it.

     

    Thanks,

    Jill

    Beaches ~ Turks & Caicos Roll Call!

    in Sandals, Beaches, and Royal Plantation Resorts Weddings

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    Lizzdee - thanks for the update about Monica, she is (was) my planner.  Would have been nice for the resort to let us know she is no longer there!  Glad you are taking it easy and not stressing. 
     

    Originally Posted by Lizzdee View Post

    Hey ladies...whats' going on wth everyone!! Seems like summer is a slow time around here....I have still really done nothing, i have picked up a few things for the OTT bags, and i got my MOH a beautiful straw purse yesterday, and thats it :) lol..I just started the shoes hunt since my dress will be in next month, but other than that my days mostly consist of work, beach, garden, pool, and anything else that can be done outside and that is not wedding related :)

     

    On a side note, i did meet with my TA about a month ago and we went over some stuff. We have hit 11 rooms, so we are starting to get some free stuff. We will have a welcome dinner at Marios on Friday night, and we also moved our wedding reception to an area by Schooners that is more roomier than the boardwalk area by the beach.

     

    I am still waiting to hear back from my TA regarding menu options for some of our guest. We are havinf the 3 hour sit down dinner, which once you book 11 rooms goes from $75 to $60. We have people in our group who are vegetarian, kosher, and allergic to fish, so this has been the biggest pain in the but for me, making sure they all get something they can enjoy.

     

    I still have not decided on music. I have to see where we are budget wise, but i would love to have the steel pan player for an hour and the band for 2, but we will see on that.

     

    Also, my TA just emailed me the other day about some pictures she is trying to get for me. She is having a hard time getting them she said because Monica is no longer there, Just an FYI for any of you who have been using her as your contact.



     

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