Destination wedding under $7,500?

[krysiafosz]

Do you know how much it costs to have a ceremony at Cannon house if we are not staying at the hotel or doing our reception there?

[Jacilynda]

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Originally Posted by zorlack76 What kind of photography are you all having at your weddings? Is it something that comes in a package or are you hiring an outside vendor and using one of their packages. The only reason I ask is because most photographers cost like $2000 for a mid-range package, and a lot of DJ's cost between 800 and 1000 bucks.

We are using Lidya Solemidt for our photography. I only really need her for our ceremony and all the photos after... and not really for the reception. Our ceremony is going to be so short and quick that I'm only asking for her for 2 hours. We have a couple people in the family who are photographers and are going to be taking pictures through reception as well as we're putting out cameras for people to take pictures. Lidya is also doing a TTD shoot for us the next day. Her total fee is $850. We aren't actually booking a dj. My FBIL knows a little bit about it and our reception site has all the equipment to do it ourselves so we're paying $250 for equipment.

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Originally Posted by krysiafosz Do you know how much it costs to have a ceremony at Cannon house if we are not staying at the hotel or doing our reception there?

I'm emailing Laura, the owner of the hotel, and will let you know asap

[Jacilynda]

Sorry it took so long to get the answer! Laura said that if you do not have your reception w/ the Lol-Ha Restaurant the fee for a ceremony at Cannon House Site is $100

[krysiafosz]

Do you have her contact info so I can email her with more questions? Wow, $100 is nothing!! Thank you for looking into this for me!

[Jacilynda]

ya her name is Laura Bush Wolfe, she's actually from El Paso, I don't have her phone number.... her and I email just about everyday. Her email is [email protected]. If she doesn't get back to you let me know cause she has another email but its supposedly down right now.

[Kathie]

Is this what they call a highjack?

[Kathie]

Thank you but we have decided to have our wedding in Puerto Vallarta instead. We could not get a lot of information on Cayman and got frustrated. Thanks anyway.

[crsperanza]

This is all great information!

[simba1234]

You absolutely can!! I'm having a wedding for 50 ppl and my ceremony/reception budget is about $7000 but that includes a TON of extras like elaborate lighting and decoration (i.e. fabric drapery, specialty chair covers & sashes, high end centerpieces, etc..). If I take out all those extra things that I had them order especially for me, the budget goes down by about a $1000. I was just ultra pickey about certain things. I'm not even staying at an all inclusive, i had everything done a la carte because I don't particularly like pre-packaged weddings...again, I'm just picky. So, I think you just need to do your research and NEGOTIATE (never pay for something without trying to bring the cost down or get extras thrown in).

[aaost5]

I would love to keep my entire budget around 7500 if possible! What are some of the resorts that people have stayed at in this range?