MJ0404

We are looking at around $15,000 with an estimate of 60 guests. This is our price if we book a rehearsal dinner cruise (estimate of $50/pp), photographer, outside officiant, cocktail hour, private reception fee, DJ, extra music, invitations, welcome bonfire with open bar, etc. This is just an estimate. You can obviously make it a lot less (take away people and extras - rehearsal dinner cruise, outside officiant, welcome bonfire, extra music, etc.). Hope this helps, Court Court, I'm curious about your rehearsal dinner cruise... have you found a company to go through for this yet? We were originally planning on just doing a cocktail party the night before to get everyone together before the wedding, but this sounds like a fantastic idea.

Hi ladies, I've been lurking for awhile and finally joined the forum. My name is Marissa and my fiance Jared and I are officially booked for April 4, 2013 at the IRHS! We're incredibly excited and I wish it was sooner than 399 days away (who's counting? Not me...), but we're both teachers so we're sort of confined to summers and school vacations. We sat down last week and mapped out some of the stuff we definitely want. We're thinking we're either going to get married on the beach or the lazy river island, we're going to do a cocktail party the day before the wedding to get everyone together, and we DEFINITELY want a bonfire on the beach! Looking forward to getting to know you all and planning together!

Hi ladies! After lurking for a few months, I finally bit the bullet and joined the forum! My fiance Jared and I are officially booked for April 4, 2013 at the Rose Hall Suites. Can't wait!

Hi everyone, I just wanted to start a quick thread and introduce myself. My name is Marissa and my fiance, Jared, and I are officially booked for April 4, 2013 at the Iberostar Rose Hall Suites in Jamaica. I went to a destination wedding a few years ago and despite the fact that at the time, I didn't even have a boyfriend, I was completely sold on the idea of going someplace tropical with my best friends and family to get married. Lucky for me, from the moment marriage became a topic of conversation, Jared was sold as well! I've been lurking for a few months now, reading reviews and your posts on the forum to get ideas of where to go, what to do/what not to do, photographers, etc, and decided it was finally time to stop lurking and join in on the conversation. I look forward to participating even more as I prepare for my big day! (Is it next April yet???)