Jade Bride

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding Mandy! I just recently got married at the NOW Jade on May 25th, 2013. We were unsure of the locations as well since we had not been to the resort prior to the wedding. We had our ceremony at the Pergola and the reception at Castaways Restaurant. The pergola for us was a better choice just because it offered more privacy and you did not have to worry about going barefoot. We opted out of using the DJ at Castaways since my Husband wanted a live band instead. We ended up hiring the Tequilla Band through Pilar, they were amazing! I'm not sure where you heard that you cannot have a DJ at your reception, but you definitely have that option, especially with your wedding reception being at Castaway's. Hop this helps a little in your planning process Best of Luck! Lauren

I have just started planning my wedding for May 25th 2013 at the NOW Jade and have found this forum to be so helpful in my planning process! We are going with the eternity package and are having our ceremony on the Pergola at 6pm, cocktail hour at the Blue Beach Bar at 7pm, and dinner at Castaways restaurant at 8pm. My concerns with the wedding being so late in the evening is whether or not we will have privacy on the Pergola (I have heard some things from other brides about this location on the blog) as well as not having enough time to take pictures on the beach following the ceremony, as I've heard the sun sets around 7:30pm. Does anyone have any information regarding the Pergola at this time? or has anyone else had there wedding at this time as well? My other question was regarding outside vendors. Me and my fiance have already booked an outside photographer and are also looking into getting our flowers from an offsite vendor as well. I am going to ask Pilar if I can get free day passes for the photographer and their assistant since we are not using some of the items from our package. Has anyone had any problems with this? Thanks! Lauren