History Of BDW Forum

[Christi]

I'm curious about the history of the forum...how it got started, etc...it's such a great site...anyone?

[Maura]

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the forum (as it is now) has been around since 2006 and was started by Tammy Wright, who is now a travel agent (check her agency out at Wright Travel Agency - she is the TA to many BDW brides and she's totally fantastic!) and was also a destination bride who got married at Dreams in Cabo.

 

here's her wedding review, she's the ORIGINAL BDW bride!

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t7845

 

and here's a link to her beautiful photos:

http://www.juancarlostapia.com/Tammy&Steve/index.html

 

the forum used to be just for Cabo (see here: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t793 and here: Best Destination Wedding), but she expanded it to encompass many other destinations to help other brides.

[Christi]

great...thanks for the info!

[Sarah]

When Tammy originally started this forum, she wasn't actually even a travel agent yet. She started it with a few other girls that she'd met on another forum that wanted a better, more informative place to discuss their destination weddings. There were only a handful of girls in the beginning- like 10 or so, but it quickly outgrew the old forum and branched out to be more than just Cabo. I think when I joined in summer '06 there were still only like 50ish members. It's amazing how much this has grown in 2 years!

[ErinB]

How many official members are there now? I know not everyone is active so it makes it hard to tell. I can probably list 50 names off the top of my head! LOL

[Sarah]

If you go to the front page of the forum, and scroll down almost all the way to the bottom it lists forum statistics. Here's what I just copy/pasted :

 

Best Destination Wedding Forum Statistics

Threads: 21,271, Posts: 406,462, Members: 5,457, Active Members: 1,836

Welcome to our newest member, Danniellou

[Christi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sarah When Tammy originally started this forum, she wasn't actually even a travel agent yet. She started it with a few other girls that she'd met on another forum that wanted a better, more informative place to discuss their destination weddings. There were only a handful of girls in the beginning- like 10 or so, but it quickly outgrew the old forum and branched out to be more than just Cabo. I think when I joined in summer '06 there were still only like 50ish members. It's amazing how much this has grown in 2 years!

Wow, it's hard to believe that it's only been around for two years...it's so well run......thank you for the info...i just love knowing the history of things...

[Sarah]

You're welcome! I think it's a pretty nice place too. That's why us mods are such sticklers for the rules

[TammyWright]

this forum has really grown...i tell this story but i remember when there were about 5 members but everyone was too shy to post so i was the only one posting and responding to myself like a crazy person.

 

the reason this forum is so great is because everyone is so supportive of each other and we have a fantastic team of moderators keeping spammers out.

 

we also have an amazing team travel agents on here that have been so knowledgeable about travel regulations, rates, resort reviews. etc.

[Kelly C]

Tammy I thank you sooooooooo much. With out this i probably would have lost my mind already and killed my FI.

Thank you thank you