Soon2beMrsJ

Hi @@sadiekirby93 congrats! I'll send you a few pics of our ceremony and reception so you can get some ideas. If you have any questions definitely let me know!

You're getting married the day before my birthday 

Hi @@STBMrsPowell, congrats and happy planning!  We were married at the Royalton this past April and it was fantastic. The planning process went pretty smoothly. We live in NJ and worked with Chandlyn (the wedding coordinator at the resort) throughout our planning, most of the finalizing took place about a month and a half before the wedding, but we planned on our own so we were ready for when we could coordinate with her. She was awesome and helped us to make our wedding everything we wanted it to be. We used Wright Travel for our arrangements and our travel agent was great. She secured us a good group rate and most of our guests reserved their travel/rooms through her.

I can email you photos of our ceremony at the beach gazebo and poolside reception if you'd like to see them. We didn't have the fireworks (I don't think they were an option when we signed our contract in early 2014) but they sound incredible!! I would have loved that    The colors worked out really well - my bridesmaids wore navy and had white hydrangea bouquets, my dress was white and I had white calla lilies and deep blue orchids in my bouquet, and then the centerpieces for the reception were yellows, blues and white orchid stems. The people who work at the resort are more than happy to customize to make sure you get the look you want.

Best of luck!!

My husband wore a similar suit (just in gray rather than beige). We got his suit at Men's Warehouse. It's good that you're looking so early, especially since that light color suit may only be available during summer months. Good luck!

Congratulations and happy planning! You're getting married on our 1st anniversary - it was a lucky and perfect day for us and I'm sure it will be for you too!

Hi @@rdavid and @@bkelly8, congratulations on planning  your weddings!! I only have the package information from 2014 so I'm no help there, I'm so sorry!! We were married at the Royalton on April 25, 2015 and it was amazing so I can definitely try to answer any questions you might have about the resort. Not sure about the weather in July, I've only visited Jamaica in October, May and April. This site is extremely helpful, all of the girls (and some grooms!) are so nice and always willing to help each other out. Hope they can give you the info you need to get your planning started!

Best of luck and happy planning to both of you!!   

@@jaspbri0317 Thank you!!!!    I can't wait to finally get to wear it!!

@@pddcmc I'm thinking positive thoughts for you!!!!! I worry about the same thing, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for both of us that we'll have beautiful wedding days!!!!! And even if we all get married in the rain - we're still getting married and it'll all be ok 

Thank you!!! I was so surprised I ended up with a dress so fancy and detailed, but I just fell in love with it 

@@acw271011 I hope you guys get back there someday!! It's such a beautiful place. My fiancé and I went there on our first vacation together and can't wait to get married there!

Mine wasn't too involved for the majority of the planning, but now that's getting super close he's definitely helping more!

@becky98 I'm in the exact same position as you - random little things (like the schedule and thank you note in the welcome bag) he gets very opinionated about and other things he's like whatever you want!  I am never quite sure how he'll react to most planning items, so I always ask his opinion and I'm usually surprised at the answer    But I'm glad he's voicing his opinion and making decisions so it's both of our day and not all my choices!

And I'm loving the term bridezillo 

@@MrandMrsBonitto2016 Here's my dress!!  We're getting married at the Royalton White Sands in Montego Bay, Jamaica in 2 and a half weeks, can't wait!!!! 

@@GingerBride This dress looks amazing on you!!! Definitely love the belt, adds a little sparkle. My dress is totally not beachy either so don't let those thoughts of "I should wear a beachy dress" sway you!! It's your day, wear what makes you feel beautiful!

@@victoriasalv So funny you started this thread, I've been wondering the same thing and drafting an email to everyone. Hopefully that will work out well!

@ Most of our guests will only be at the resort for Friday, Saturday and Sunday for our Saturday wedding, but since some people will be there earlier, I'm going to email everyone about a week before the wedding with info about our welcome party Friday night, and let them know that other wedding info (ceremony & reception location, time, etc.) will be in the welcome bag. Thank you for confirming that email is a possible way to go! 

I'll let you both know if the email worked and everyone comes to the welcome party!    19 more days!!

Thank you for writing the reviews!!! We visited the Royalton for a site visit before booking our wedding but didn't stay there, so it's great to see that you and the other agents loved it!! Looking forward to an amazing wedding and vacation!

I just brought my mom and my maid of honor (best friend), I was worried about too many opinions!  For a recent fitting I brought a friend who won't be able to attend the wedding so she could see the dress in person, it was really nice for both of us.

Have a great time!!! It's so fun to find your perfect dress 

@@FutureMrsGlover I love it!!!! It looks amazing on you   

@@hellosassypants Hope you had a fun day of planning!! We're doing our private reception poolside. I ordered round white paper lanterns for the trees, and little votive candles for the tables to go with the centerpieces. I think my fiancé threw in some tiki torches but for the life of me I can't actually remember if they were on the final paperwork    

Only a few more weeks to go!!!!

@@veryvalentine Oh no!!!!  I hope you heal quickly and feel better soon!! 

@@Soon2bmzbrooks We sent out invitations to everyone who received a Save the Date, just in case!! Any chance to avoid drama, we took it    And we got no's from a few people who had said they were definitely coming, and a few surprise yes's from people who said they were not coming! You never know.

Best of luck with your planning!

I hope so too!!

@@Lisa35 I've heard about the exchange rate really being an issue for the Canadian brides right now, that really sucks!  If you follow Royalton White Sands Brides and Grooms on Facebook, I think some of the outside vendors are offering an exchange rate of $1USD to $1CAD to help out. Best of luck!!

@@Lisa35 I'll send you what I have! They were very nice about honoring the 2014 prices since that's when we signed the contract, so hopefully the same will be for you. My fiancé and I reviewed everything and planned as much as we could on our own so when it was time to work with the coordinators, we had everything ready and it went very smoothly. We had to leave out a few things to stay within our budget, but it'll still be a beautiful wedding!  Can't wait to share pics and let everyone know how it went.

Thank you for the good wishes, I'm so excited for the big day!!! 37 more days 

@IzzyDeee Thank you! I've heard awesome things about Kevan, I bet it was him!!!

@IzzyDeee Can't wait!!!!!    Have a wonderful wedding at the Riu!  We saw a few weddings when we were in Jamaica doing a few site visits and they looked so pretty!! And one couple had their reception at the steakhouse and their DJ was so awesome, we could hear the music on our balcony and were loving it!

@@IzzyDeee We'll both have amazing wedding days!!!  Even if we forget stuff, we'll still both be getting married to our loves!! And that's all that really matters   

@@IzzyDeee I'm anxious too so I hear ya!! 

I have written down what needs to get done, but I swear I'm going to forget something!!  Everyone says to relax in the final weeks so for now I'm finishing up everything and THEN I'll relax.  I hope    Maybe I'll relax when we get to Jamaica instead...