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Originally Posted by FireyNurse 

 

I bet people will book, they tend to drag their feet for whatever reason!  If you search around on here you will see other brides have also posted about being in the same situation with worrying about amounts of guests/no guests. The way me and my FI looked at it was WE will be there and WE matter the most! We are also not having an at home reception so this is the only time to celebrate with us, and after lots of thinking about it we were ok with it if not many people showed up. I say keep your chin up and people will eventually book, and in the mean time if you need to vent come on here and do it with us )

Agree w/ FireyNurs! As long as you and your immediate family who will be booking soon will be there, that's all that matters. Celebrate the two of you!

Thanks for the heads up on this one!

Originally Posted by Reese78 

 

One of the inserts of our invitations was accomodations. We just listed a few hotels and let everyone know which one we were staying at. I wasnt sure if we were going to have enough people to do a block and if that would affect the price when the time comes to stay. I also said to check the website for more info and on there I included the same hotels from the invitations with a little more detail including the price. I also said to try your favorite travel site to get the best deal.

 

We chose to use the same hotel that we always use when traveling. We also were against the block for the same reason Cattie stated; we already have enough on our plates.

I like this idea of just giving everyone options as to where to book their rooms. I'm in the process of getting this together now too! Thank you.

Originally Posted by CourtandMatt 

 

I LOVE these!  I wish I had seen these before I ordered mine 'cause I could have saved $500!  I will post a picture of mine once I get them in a couple weeks!  

Oooo these turned out well and affordable!

March 19, 2013 St. Thomas, VI!!

Ooo I'm glad I came across this post. looking for a place to party it up in Miami before boarding the cruiseship

Originally Posted by acireta 

 

We stayed at the LaQuinta Inn Airport East (i think it was east), and they were good - clean and comfortable, with a Benigans right outside within walking distance. They had free parking for the week, a pool, free breakfast and free shuttle to the port.

 

However, if you're having an embarkation day wedding, you might want to set up private transportation to make sure you get to the port on time. Their shuttle was CHAOS and didn't start until late morning. I would have paid for a private one if I could do it over.

 

We didn't have an embarkation day wedding, so I'm not 100% sure about hair & make-up in Miami. I don't know who Carnival uses for their vendor, but I know other girls have spoken highly of Tiffany from Professional Elegance www.professionalelegance.com and Beauty by Noel www.beautybynoel.com.

Thank you for this post! We just booked our flight to Miami a few wks. ago and are now in the process of looking into hotels.  I was informed also that Days Inn, Hampton Innn, Best Western & Hilton hotels provide pick up from airports and shuttle to the ports. We have about 55-60 folks coming with us so a cab may be a better option for everyone to make sure we get there on time as well.

Great job! What was in your fun in the sun kit? I think that's a great idea!

Gorgeous!

WOW!! Beautiful photos that captured great moments and I esp. love the pic of the elephant w/ it's trunk out w/ the ceremony in the background! Amazing!! Thank you for sharing!

Originally Posted by DesiNicole 

 

Hello,

I will be getting married on Lindquist Beach in St Thomas, USVI on April 4, 2012. Soo excited. I am going with Janelle at Island Bliss and Elisha Orin for photography. Both of them are great!! Just wondering if anyone had any photos by Elisha Orin at Lindquist they can share. I would love to see them.

Thanks

How was it working with her? We're getting married next March and had booked her for 3 hours.

Originally Posted by sxcT 

 

 

Thanks!!  I really think you should do these.  My guests still talk about them to this day. 

Definitely! Great job again!

Originally Posted by missde09 

 

Love this whole idea! I have been fiddling around with a DIY boarding pass template that I got from this blog: http://sosnweddingdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/03/diy-freebie-boarding-pass-invitation.html

 

Here is what they look like so far:

We are having an AHR so the wording of the invitations has been the hardest! Let me know what you ladies think and if you have any ideas on how to make it less confusing for people.

Thanks!

OoO

Originally Posted by FutureMrsNamysl 

 

Our choice of a destination wedding is a little different then everyone else's.

We got engaged in July this summer, shortly after the engagement my fiancé had a horrible motorcycle accident which put him into the intensive care unit for a full month where I was just forced to hold my breath and wait. He miraculously overcame six surgeries and was able to walk out of the hospital 3 month after his accident. As of now he has about a year of rehabilitation and therapy to go through and we knew as soon as he is fully recovered we wanted to celebrate in a HUGE way. We decided on a destination wedding for us and our family because it will be a week long celebration of life together. After everything we have gone through it will be an amazing feeling to relax in paradise with family and friends we love.

Our first trip together was to Jamaica and thats also where we fell in love with the destination and each other. We set the date for April 2014 and pray he will be fully recovered by then

This is a picture of us in Jamaica a few years ago, and there other one is of us now.

 

Wow! Amazing story! Best wishes to you both and to great planning and a life long of happiness together!

Originally Posted by Heather Brulez 

 

I guess I'm not allowed to download this doc.  We got married in RM and I'm trying to print a cool map of the area to put up with our wedding pics.  Is there any other way to get this doc??  Thank you so much in advance.

 

Yeah, you need at least 150 posts to d/l attachments. Maybe Googling it will help somehow unless they email you the doc.

That would be great to see!

Originally Posted by sandybeach 

 

Absolutely LOVe vistaprint. I would post photos of all the stuff i've ordered on there but can't seem to post pictures on here yet. So far i have ordered...

 

-over 20 guest bags (all with palm tree logo and mexico 2013 on them.....we opted to not put our names on them as we didnt think people would want to walk around with bags that had our names)---->FREE

 

-2 premium bags(much bigger and 2 color/better quality)  for mothers of bride/groom (not free but got one heck of a discount and payed about 5$ each)

 

-25 magnets with a little cartoon character and mexican flag to add into all oot bags.----> FREE

 

- 25 magnets that says i partied with the _____ newlyweds in mexico.----> FREE

 

-Pre travel brochures with tons of travel information. (to be mailed out about a month prior to travel)----> FREE

 

- 30 pens. (all with same palm trees as the tote bags that say mexico 2013 playa del carmen.----> FREE

 

- currently have about 25 mugs (still working on getting more) all with same palm tree logo and these say our names and mexico ---->2013

 

-business cards to use in key card lanyard.---->FREE

 

-Sticky note pads (2 of them) to  put into oot bags for kids joining us.---->FREE

 

- A couple of tshirts for the fathers.---->FREE

 

- A banner for the wedding shower--->FREE

 

-A banner with our names and wedding date that we plan on hanging up in mexico and have all our guests stand under for group photos.---->FREE

 

-Note cards that say hangover kit to use as toppers for our hangover kits.--->FREE

 

 

Sorry for the long list but im pretty proud of all the stuff we have so far now i am in need of a few more pens but cant seem to get the premium pens for free anymore. I can find free ones but they only offer them in a few designs and i would like to find ones that match the others with the palm trees.

How did you get most of these for free? That's pretty awesome.

Ditto w/ bookmarking, thank you!

Originally Posted by merocket59 

 

Maps, I printed out maps of Miami with vistaprint flyers

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notepad

pen

I'm starting to make passport invitations with vistaprint postcards for the cover/1st and last page, and vistaprint flyers for the inner pages, it is a little tricky to make them the right size so I had to reorder my covers and I have another page coming, but this is what I have so far

RSVP postcards

The best "vistaprint advice" is when you can use advanced editing you can replace an image and search the vistaprint image library for whatever image you are looking for.. it beats uploading an image which costs extra... other advice, sign up for the emails or go to vistaprint.com/boxdeals and you get this stuff for free, you just have to pay for shipping, choose the longest shipping time, you will always get it sooner than expected. Feel free to ask my any questions as I have obviously played with the site a lot.

Wow! That's' pretty awesome! Your passport invite looks great too! What does your luggage tag say by the way? I'm thinking about giving luggage tags for our gests as well

Great job! We're just in the process of getting ideas for our invites too!

Originally Posted by Cherina 

 

Good idea... Was sweet my BMs all gifted me one so I have 8 !!!! Whoot whoot

Ooo that's awesome!

We're getting married at St. Thomas and are going on a Carnival Cruise March next year. We are not, however, using their services since it's much much more pricier. When my FI both decided on where we're having it, I was able to browse around the forums here and that's how I found my WC. We're using Island Bliss Wedding and working w/ Janelle. It'll just be a simple ceremony with a casual lunch after since my compromise w/ my mother was having a reception back hom for folks that won't be able to make it out.

My DIY on the trip will be the corsage for the bridesmaids. Majority are for the reception here Best of luck!

Originally Posted by Arch713 

Hi ladies,

 

I am just about to start planning my future cruise wedding and would love to hear where the current cruise brides are in their planning process!

 

Please share how things are going, what isn't going well, DIY, planning, etc.

 

Thanks!

We just used this for our Save the Dates. Be sure to look for extra coupons that you can free shipping too!

Congrats!! I hope you find a destination that you both will love and enjoy. My FI and went to our first cruise trip for a friend's wedding last year and we just got engaged at that time too. From expriencing that, we both decided that it would be really fun to take a vacation w/ our family and friends for our wedding. It's a rarity to have that happen in one's lifetime so we thought, why not. We went to the Western Caribbean so we decided on the Eastern this time around. Once we decided on that, forums in here helped me find a coordinator and that's how my planning start. Best of luck!

Originally Posted by mairelys 

Hello everyone!

We are recently engaged and know that we want to do a destination wedding. The question now is, where?

The only stipulation we have is that we want to have it in a country we have no yet visited, so our choices exclude:
- Mexico
- Turks & Caicos
- Cuba
- Spain (although we're thinking we'll save Europe for the honeymoon anyway)

My question to you lovely ladies is, how did you decide where you wanted to go? Do you have any pointers at how to narrow down the choices?

Thanks for your help! I look forward to sharing ideas and gushing with all of you! 

Here's a visual:

Originally Posted by Carlitarenee 

 

45 of our 50 guests will be meeting us for a Welcome/Rehearsal dinner the night before the cruise so we are handing out our bags then. We just got the plain canvas bags from cheaptotes.com and sewed pockets onto the front with our logo.

 

In the front pocket

- Welcome Brochure (Vista)

- Photoshare card (Vista)

- Addressed and stamped Postcard (Vista)

 

Our OOT bags have:

- First-aid kit

- Duct tape (with story for it)

- Gum

- Mints

- Lifesavers

- sticky pads

- highlighter and pens

- fun, goofy sunglasses

- deck of cards (pirates)

- Anti-bac gel (coconut lime scent)

- Beach theme soap

- Aloe Vera

- Personalized Hot Sauce

- Disposable camera (wedding party bags only)

- Personalized T-shirt (wedding party bags only)

- I think thats all??

 

We are also sliding Thank you notes under their doors the last night of the cruise (again Vista). We will be sending formal thank yous later, as well.

I like the thank you cards at the end as a nice touch!