IronMona

Can I jump on the band wagon and get the outline as well? [email protected]. We are getting married on March 15, 2014. I know it will be here sooner than we think!

I hope someone else can share in my pain! We live in NY. Family lives in MI. 

We are having our wedding in the DR, and only inviting a small number of people - immediate family and close friends. It's already stirring up politics (with mom) that we don't want to invite extended family even though the odds that none would even be able to afford to go are very high.

After the wedding, we are going to have a reception/BBQ in MI, where EVERYONE will be invited. These invitations will go out with a wedding announcement post-wedding. 

So what about a shower? My mom wants to throw a shower in MI. I've read that it is not good practice to invite people to a shower that are not also invited to the wedding. However, they will be invited to the home reception/BBQ. But the proposed timing would be that the shower would happen before the invitation for the BBQ went out. 

Is this kosher? What are you thoughts on showers and a small invite list to a destination wedding?

Help!

Does anyone know if other guests of the resort could visit you in your room in the elegance club, if they aren't also staying in the elegance club? We want to stay in the adults only area, but my sister who will be coming with her 8-month old couldn't stay in the area. But, I hope she would be able to come to my room to help with wedding day preparations! Any ideas?

Originally Posted by cmingalone 

 

 

Anyone else having trouble downloading? cmingalone, any chance you post the review right on the forum rather than as an attachment?

ME Review.docx

Hi everyone! We are booked at the Jellyfish for the ceremony and reception for March 15, and looking to stay at the ME. Does anyone know what the outside vendor fees are to bring your own photographer and hair/makeup person on the resort?

Does anyone know if Phil Steingard and/or Jamie Dimitry need to have transportation provided to get to the DR? Or do they already have dates that they plan to be there? With so many people mentioning they use them, it almost seems as they are there for part of the year. 

So...

Email #1: Mayte responds with the dates that she has available in March 14. We chose 1 of the 2 Saturdays left, and I let her know that we planned for a short trip to the DR to see the place for ourselves. Mayte tells me not to worry about a deposit until we can see that we are happy with the choice and her.

Email #2: Our short trip to the DR has been delayed for a few months, so I let Mayte know and ask her again if she needs a deposit to save our date as we really don't want to lose it! Her response is " If you want to put a deposit, feel free to send whatever you want, because we don´t have any quote yet, but at the beat the requests are coming every day, will be perfect idea, so you have the deposit and the date completly yours."

I've read from the other posts that most people put 10% down, but we don't have an official quote yet. But "send whatever you want?" I've read from other posts that people put anywhere from $300-$500 down. But it also seems that most people don't actually know the real cost until a few days before the event!

So any tips about putting down a deposit, how much you sent, etc. would be really appreciated! It feels so odd just sending money somewhere without anything official.

Originally Posted by Rski 

 

I emailed Mayte asking about prices/menus/services and about availability of two dates in August 2013. This is the first sentence in the reply email.

 

" First, I´m so glad you think in us for this important day, I know how important and perfect has to be a wedding day and for that, the most important is a date, because I´m already full for next year and I would love you have the perfect day for your wedding ."

 

But at the end of the message it says let me know your date.

 

Is this an automatic/ copy-paste message? or are they actually booked every day for 2013 already?

Rski,

I got a very similar email when I inquired about a March 2014 date. Although I was a little more lucky because she responded with the specific dates that were indeed available that I then chose from. (only 2 Saturdays left that month... crazy!) If she didn't specifically say that they were not available, I would assume they are and reply with your preference. I'm sure she will correct the error if you reserve a date she doesn't have.

I "think" I reserved our date at Jellyfish for March 2014!I was surprised that this far out, Mayte only had 2 Saturdays left that month... 14 months out! Reading from the posts, it seems that she is always on top of things but can be a little slow to respond. I emailed her back with our choice, but I haven't heard from her in a week now. What do you think? Do we really have the date? She also didn't respond to my question about needing a deposit. How early did any of you put down your deposit - if at all? 

Ladies! So glad to find this forum and we are very excited about potentially having our ceremony and reception at the Jellyfish. I'm looking for some big picture numbers and I am curious - what was your total tab for how many people? (Am I allowed to ask such a thing?) Just trying to get an idea of the total investment at the end of the day. The various resorts I have reached out to have such a range. Where does JF fit in?