allieplask

We had our reception in calabash (in AC) and it was still hot in there! it was much hotter outside and it rained that afternoon. maybe because I was in a wedding dress but I couldn't image dancing at an outside restaurant/location.

I had the same size group and I was told no for the hibachi.. They do not give the suites that many reservations. We had a group of 12 in there and I"m not even sure 70 would fit unless they cooked at all different times? We did our welcome dinner at the Mediterranean and it was great! We also did a group dinner for 35 at the steakhouse

i have our birth certificates and passports all ready to send to the resort for our marriage certificate.. does anyone know the address?? i tried searching the forum but didn't come across anything?

Yeah I am wondering the same thing about hair - using the salon vs. Rashel's girl... I like that Rashel's girl can do it in our room, would we have to go to the spa?

I was told no fee for Rashel at the Suites but if you book her hairstylist you do pay for the stylist.

are you bringing the lanterns in your checked luggage on the plane? the more i read from the airlines, it says no chinese lanterns. i don't want them to get taken....

thanks, those are the numbers i had too... i just saw someone mention 100 and got worried.. we are at 70 guests but i don't think we will hit 100

100 is the new minimum for a private reception? is this true???

Thanks! Do you know if you have to pay a vendor fee for him?

How did you get set-up with Kevan? Did you get that info from Nicole or are you bringing him in separately?

Thank you! I just emailed the hotel about this. Originally we told Nicole we wanted Aunt Ruby's because we thought we'd be over 100 people but now it's looking more like 80?

Noticed someone mention a private dinner for 50 guests.... I'm looking at the paperwork that I have and it says that for a private reception you can use Mare Nostrum for 40-50 people, Calabash for 70-100 people and Aunt Ruby's for 100-200 people. I don't see a problem in us having 70 guests for Calabash (we are at 60 right now) but if you are between 50-70 what do you do? Also, I think I know the answer but I've been a lot of disco talk recently... if you rent the restaurant for your reception you are able to have the DJ and a dance floor in the restaurant, right?

We are doing one through Island Routes - the boat fits 100 and the cost is $2,900 plus transportation costs per person.. I am not sure how it breaks down per person, we have about 60 people booked so far and are expecting under 90? We are treating our guests so it was important to have the entire catamaran to ourselves.

I'm curious about this too. I also remember reading somewhere that someone had tons of beers brought out to their bonfire by the hotel and the beer was kept on ice. Even if we could have that, and if people wanted liquor they could go to a bar to get it......

we sent ours out in early October (I think...). I know it was about 8 months before the wedding? We wanted to make sure we got all the invites out way before Christmas so people could place deposits without having to worry about the holidays/spending money. Quote: Originally Posted by LaurenandChris LOVE your invites! I'm working on mine right now. When are you sending yours out?

Nice! What about the locations... or does everyone know where all the events will be taking place?

Thank god. I don't know if this applied to the Suites as well (and I know that the hotel can do whatever it pleases), but I'd be very upset knowing the main reason I booked my wedding at IRHS was because one the "1-wedding-per-day" and that it's now to late to make any changes as we have 60 people booked to attend.

Not yet, that is our new project! When we have the desig done, I will def post it... Our plan is to have all our guests wear the shirts when we go on our catamaran trip. Hopefully it will make for cute pictures as our photographer will be with us the whole weekend so he will be photographing all of our events.

We have the same table number frames.. Ikea? Where did you get the Raffia fans and pashmina's. I need to order fans for sure. It seems like you brought TONS of stuff down with you. Did you bring extra suitcases or have it shipped? I think bringing tons of stuff down/back is my worry - I don't want to be stuck with all of that and so am just not sure how much I really want...

let me know what you find out about tablecloths that are floor length.... it seems as if the tables do have white floor length tablecloths with a smaller/shorter white tablecloth on top. maybe they can just not put the shorter one on the tables for us?

a tequila tasting? that sounds like so much fun! especially if the wedding is in mexico.. i love it!

I agree with the few others who have responded to this...... for me, things like advil and suntan lotion are not things I would want to get in an OOT bag because I'm a crazy packer and I already have all that stuff with me anyways. More work for us and things that I am not sure would be appreciated. Like Choco, we are doing "pre-travel" packets with packing lists and luggage tags. When guests arrive in Jamaica, they will get a welcome/thank-you-for-coming letter, a list of scheduled events/activities, a resort map and a note explaining that we are treating all of our guests to a private snorkel/catamaran. They will also be getting canvas beach bags (per room) and t-shirts for each guest (my FI and I own a company that specializes in graphic design, printable apparel and promotional products). Although we aren't crazy about lugging everything down there with us, we figured we couldn't not do bags and t-shirts since they are at such a low cost to us.

That's a good idea to rent the tablecloths - I didn't even think of that.... Does FF rent tablecloths??

OMG this bothers the hell out of me! It looks so weird! I plan on bringing my own tablecloths to avoid this and so that they will hit the floor. Someone posted this before about the tables at Aunt Ruby's and I saved it for when I had to order tablecloths.... "The table measurements are as follows; the round Tables are 182CM in Diameter and the Height is 74cm. The rectangular Tables are 243cm in length and 76cm in width and the height is 74cm."

InkLineDesign has really cute straws on Etsy.. We ordered ours from there and plan to use a stamp for the flags to customize. We also ordered custom stamps from RubberStampChamp - they were great and well priced. All the DIY stuff is so cute though! Did you travel with the matches to Mexico? We wanted to do matches too but I didn't think we could bring them on the plane with us?