Any Gran Bahia Principe Runaway Bay Brides out there?

[MrsViolo]

I just heard back today that the white covers are included in the price - which was unexpected! So ill just need to pay 2.50 per chair for the sashes. She also mentioned that they do have wooden white chairs but those are an additional cost.

The ugly banquest chairs are the only ones that they have, thus you basically have to use the chair covers. I know that there were some weddings however that did not use the sashes and just had the white chair covers. I would try and negotiate for this if you wanted to use your own decorations at a lower cost although they do a very good job with the what they have. Keep in mind though that if you want any of your decorations back to put someone in charge of collecting them after the ceremony. We were never offered any of our decorations back or were able to use them at the reception. It wasn't a big deal for us but I know for others having an at home reception they were very upset about not being able to reuse them.

[MrsViolo]

I'm not sure if this is the most up to date!

 

 

Groups Menus

Set menu applies for groups more than 12 pax

 

Please choose one option as a startes , one option as a second course, one main dish and one dessert (menu is 3 dishes)

 

 

 

Garden Grill

Soups. Crèmes. Starters

Onion Soup au Gratin with Bread Crouton

Beef and Vegetable Soup

Mexican Tortilla Soup

Second Dish

Coleslaw Salad

Caesar salad with chicken

Blue Cheese Salad

Main Dish

Mix Grill
Snapper with Balsamic Sauce and Tequila Reduction

Grilled Lamb Chops with Baked Potatoes

Dessert

Cheese cake

Lemon pie

Apple crumble

Coffee

Wine

White –Red Wine from the House

Beverage – Sprint Water

 

Dolce Vita - Italian

Soups. Crèmes. Starters

Cream of Tomato and fresh Basil

Minestrone Soup

Caprese Salad

Second Dish

Spinach Ravioli with Sauce "Boscaiola"

Neapolitan Penne Rigatto

Cream of Roasted Squash and Thyme

Main Dish

Beef Scaloppini with Fungi Sauce Porcini

Seafood Chopping
Chicken breast with ricotta, walnuts and bacon - basil - risotto crunch

Dessert

Tiramisu
Panna cotta
Profiteroles with Cream and Chocolate Coulis

Coffee

Wine

White –Red Wine from the House Beverage – Sprint Water

Vegetarian Menu

Main Dish

Fried Spinach Pasta

Vegetable Mousaka

Peppers filled with Risotto

Gratin Zucchini

Crepes filled with Veggies

    

[MrsViolo]

I thought the sound and DJ package was more... see below from the events manual I have. 

 

Sound + DJ Package - Up to 100 pax

 

(2 Speakers, Mixer, Double CD, wireless microphones, DJ for 4 hours)

US$ 550.00

Our technical team will set up all equipment contracted inside the meeting room and will be assinting before the event.

If you need a technical service during the event it will have an extra charge of $ 200.00 (4 hours). If you provide your audiovisual equipment, it will be charged with 20% of our sell prices. You need to specify us of all the audiovisual equipment you will bring. The hotel is not responsible if the audiovisual equipments are not compatibles with the hotel connections, plugs or client laptop.

All the audiovisual system that the hotel needs to contract with external suppliers will have ann extra charge for transportation of US$ 100 

[nknn]

Hi all. I'm new on here. Getting married June 2013 in gran bahia principle resort jamaica. Anyone else having a June wedding there? I was wondering what happens because my ceremony is at 11am, when does the reception takes place and can you hire a reception area out? Any advice or experience you have or know would be really good

[belledame]

Originally Posted by MrsViolo 

 

I thought the sound and DJ package was more... see below from the events manual I have. 

 

Sound + DJ Package - Up to 100 pax

 

(2 Speakers, Mixer, Double CD, wireless microphones, DJ for 4 hours)

US$ 550.00

Our technical team will set up all equipment contracted inside the meeting room and will be assinting before the event.

If you need a technical service during the event it will have an extra charge of $ 200.00 (4 hours). If you provide your audiovisual equipment, it will be charged with 20% of our sell prices. You need to specify us of all the audiovisual equipment you will bring. The hotel is not responsible if the audiovisual equipments are not compatibles with the hotel connections, plugs or client laptop.

All the audiovisual system that the hotel needs to contract with external suppliers will have ann extra charge for transportation of US$ 100 

 

Is the Sound + DJ Package for a private dinner?

[SarahJ]

Hi ladies. 

 

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and is now looking forward to the New Year celebrations.

 

Just a couple of questions.  1) should I be requesting a menu for my reception meal at the Dolce Vita and inform them what meals we want before we arrive ?  I just assumed this was a set menu that we'd choose from on the night of the wedding.  2) Does the minister for the wedding have the standard marriage vows as we are not writing our own, we are happy with just the standard wedding vows but i'm not sure if i'm meant to take them or if they already have them at the hotel? Thanks.

[JayKay]

We chose our menu once we had our meeting with the wedding planners, a few days before our wedding.  We had to pick one option from each category but it could be from either menu. You do not get to choose on the wedding night, and all guests get the same options.  My mom has a severe dairy allergy so they were able to give her a few different meals so she could at least eat something.

 

We wrote our vows as the ones they use are really religious and we arent very religious.  We chose to write our own instead. 

Originally Posted by SarahJ 

Hi ladies. 

 

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and is now looking forward to the New Year celebrations.

 

Just a couple of questions.  1) should I be requesting a menu for my reception meal at the Dolce Vita and inform them what meals we want before we arrive ?  I just assumed this was a set menu that we'd choose from on the night of the wedding.  2) Does the minister for the wedding have the standard marriage vows as we are not writing our own, we are happy with just the standard wedding vows but i'm not sure if i'm meant to take them or if they already have them at the hotel? Thanks.

[MrsViolo]

Is there away to get a hold of the vows they use ahead of time? If its VERY religious we may consider writing our own vows as well. 

[MrsViolo]

Hi Everyone,

 

I'm wondering what your experiences have been with the GBP photographer and videographer?

 

Are they any good? For the people that used them, how did the photos turn out? how much time did they spend with you? and what types of prices did they quote for videos and additional photos that were not included in the package? 

 

I'm getting the impression that those that used them were not really happy?

[sbelland]

I used an outside photographer and would highly recommend doing so. We got 11 free photos from the hotel photographers and were so happy that we decided to get another photographer to be there to capture our special moments. We used Stacey Clarke and would highly recommend her as our pictures were gorgeous!!!! 

 

Stacey and her assistant actually caught the hotel photographer sleeping during the ceremony on the beach instead of taking our pictures and he clearly fancied one of my bridesmaids as most of our wedding pictures were of her and not us. If those were the only pictures we had, I would have been very upset. The funny part is that they take all of the pictures and put them on their computers in their 'studio' and modify them to make it seem like you have many more photos to choose from. We had one picture altered four different ways and they claimed that they were all different pictures. 

 

Unfortunately I know that they had recently made a change to the outside photographer policies and have an $800 charge for them to be there. We avoided this by having Stacey stay the night as she was now a hotel guest we did not have to pay the vendor fee. 

 

Originally Posted by MrsViolo 

Hi Everyone,

 

I'm wondering what your experiences have been with the GBP photographer and videographer?

 

Are they any good? For the people that used them, how did the photos turn out? how much time did they spend with you? and what types of prices did they quote for videos and additional photos that were not included in the package? 

 

I'm getting the impression that those that used them were not really happy?