lebolton

June 17, 2013

Liann03, I'm not sure what you mean by bar packages? The service was great, the workers there are super friendly and make a point to personalize your vacation. They all spoke to us on a first name basis while there!

Redsxgirl, we stayed in the Concierge Level Beachfront Walk-Out Room, it's right in the middle of the resort. We didn't have anyone in our group stay in your level. My fiance didn't like the idea of a butler, so we skipped that luxury. But we did have a couple with us that LOVED their butler in the Lagoon Suites. You get a personal cell phone to call them at anytime.

I am a photographer so I was terrified about the Sandals photography. We booked a very small package with Sandals and I had one of my close friends use my professional camera to double shoot. And thank God we did that, because I was extremely disappointed with our Sandals photographer. They do not digitally retouch the images and more than half of them were out of focus. We ended up buying 20 images (because they were shots that our friend didn't get) but I came straight home and had to fix them myself in Photoshop. Although there's nothing I can do about the out of focus images. You don't HAVE to book their photographers, but we did just in case they were good. But with that said, being a professional I look at photos in detail, whereas some may think the pictures were fine.. but for their prices in my opinion the quality does not match the cost.

Nina was my WC and I begged the group department for a new WC, but I was told she was the Sandals Negril person. I have read alot of girls on here that loved her and had nice things to say, but not my experience. She always took way too long to answer e-mails, was out of office more than she was in, couldn't give me straight answers, and didn't give the onsite wedding group half of my requests. So once we got there I had to re-do alot. And multiple times that I asked questions, she'd merely send me website links instead of just answering. I hope you have a better experience!!

You can write your own vows. You can do whatever script you want. And you aren't supposed to tip anyone else, but I know some people do under the table, But they can get in alot of trouble for accepting tips.Hope this helps!!

June 17, 2013

We just got back from our wedding at Sandals Negril. I'll be posting a review soon, but if y'all have any specific questions let me know!!

June 5, 2013

Thank you!

June 5, 2013

I wanted to share with everyone my bags for Sandals Negril. I leave in 3 days!! Yayyy I'll give descriptions about each item throughout the post..

I found these bags at the Dollar Tree for $1, and made the print out in Publisher

This is the printout from the above picture, also a Thank you!

This is all of the contents, and will have white tissue paper added once in Negril

Here are my Passport Programs and Door Hangars

I ordered these fun glasses off of Amazon to make for some fun group shots. It's a large group of college friends, and this very much suits our personalities.

Gum, Advil, and a miniature sunscreen

These Koozies were ordered from Discountmugs.com

Fans/Ceremony Programs. Made the template in Publishers, and glued to sticks purchased at hobby lobby. These will be placed on the chairs at the ceremony

Front of the programs..

Detailed shot of the door hangar. I downloaded a template from Google and made the rest in Publisher.

My Passport Programs. The sleeve is ribbon from Michael's, the silver glitter part also from Michael's is a craft cardboard scrapbook item with a sticky back (don't know the technical name, but from the scrapbook section) I print all of this at home on my inkjet printer

Without the Sleeve. I designed this in Publisher

The following pictures are the inside of the book..

Hope this helps y'all when getting your bags together!! Feel free to ask questions!

December 17, 2012

I have this same issue, having two extra people. I asked if there was any way possible to get a sweetheart table for us (Bride & Groom) to avoid having 6 empty seats, but my WC said this wasn't an option. I think it's really silly to pay for another table when we're having the cocktail our for our reception and people won't necessarily be sitting the whole time, but then again I don't want to seem like we were to cheap to pay for enough tables..

November 8, 2012

@tulumbride2013 Yes, definitely the next day (which is why there's an extra fee) and if this were the cost of the pictures then that would be a steal! But this is just the charge for taking the photos.. the packages start at $1,200 to actually purchase the pictures.

November 2, 2012

I've been trying to look into other photography options too.. I'm nervous about using a photographer that I've never seen their stuff. Especially at these prices!! But I have read reviews where other Brides have paid for their own photographer to stay and they said the Sandals photographers still take photos and try to take over the personal photographer.. I'm not sure I want to deal with that either. I wish you could just choose whether to use Sandals or a 3rd party vendor.

November 1, 2012

Hi everyone! I am getting married at the Sandals Negril Resort and I really want to do Trash the Dress photos after the wedding, but according to my wedding coordinator this is no longer a package "add-on".. instead it's a $250 charge for 1 hour to do a photo session not on the day of the wedding!! And that's just the fee to take the photos. Has anyone else booked a TTD session away from the resort? Or have any advice of who to use??