Julia&Richard

I was wondering about the Riu Ocho Rios resort. I've heard that the locals are pushy and everything you do someone has their hand out. Did anyone find this and/or did you find the "all inclusive" expensive once you got there and found out there is more money to be spent?

Quote: Originally Posted by albianstar so i am back the wedding was awesome! ... everyone who is getting married there will have a great wedding!!! Very nice Pics!! I was wondering about the Riu Ocho Rios resort. I've heard that the locals are pushy and everything you do someone has their hand out. Did you find this and did you find the "all inclusive" expensive once you got there and found out there is more money to be spent?

Quote: Originally Posted by albianstar so i am back the wedding was awesome! ... everyone who is getting married there will have a great wedding!!! Very nice Pics!! I was wondering about the Riu Ocho Rios resort. I've heard that the locals are pushy and everything you do someone has their hand out. Did you find this and did you find the "all inclusive" expensive once you got there and found out there is more money to be spent?

Quote: Originally Posted by albianstar so i am back the wedding was awesome! Chandlyn was very helpful. We met with her a few days before, i showed her oics of the type of cake and flowers i wanted.. she took those and showed them to the florist and the baker(wjich she outsourced for us) We met quickly the day before for a rehearsal. basically it took 5 mins i just wanted everyone to see where they were going and when,she met me in my room adn escorted me to the beach so i knew excatly what to do. The pastor was great, adn you dont meet him before which is kinda strange. we wrote our own vows which he had no issues reading, he just didnt know what some of the words were like ebb,k and pronounced it wrong- no big deal. the weather was on and off clouds which kept it from getting too hot and it was not windy. We had champane served right afterwards on the beach. then off to pictures, micheal was awesome. we finally got a suite the day before the wedding which was awesome for the bridesmaids and ladies meeting in my room beforehand. als great for the wedding night, which however never did get decorated as promised and we didnt get our breakfast in bed as promised. in all it was great. we paid for the upgraded flowers, champane, isle runner chair covers, private reception in plantation resterant, special menu,steel drum band at ceremony, mento band at the reception and an outsorced cake, extra flowers. also paid extra to have a dvd made and have hte photog stay and extra hour at 90 usd , everything including the caprice package was 4500 usd. i will tryed to post some pics but it wants a url and i couldnt figure it out and got fustrated. so tell me how or look on flickr.com my account is colleen.crummy and the facebook group for riu weddings everyone who is getting married there will have a great wedding!!! Very nice Pics!! I was wondering about the Riu Ocho Rios resort. I've heard that the locals are pushy and everything you do someone has their hand out. Did you find this and did you find the "all inclusive" expensive once you got there and found out there is more money to be spent?

Quote: Originally Posted by beachbride08 I just found out my cousin and her fiance decided to have a destination wedding in Jamaica. It looks like I have started a new trend in the family. Since I will be in the wedding I thought I would get some info for her. I haven't done a search yet, but if anyone has any info on Beaches resorts in Jamaica that I can pass along I would appreciate it. They are hoping to start planning the wedding in May 2009, but her FI's dad is overseas right now so it will depend on when he will return. Thanks! We are also getting marrie i ROR in 2009. April 2009 is when we're planing for. We have to wit for April 2008 to start to look at the pricing, but so far this is what we THINK we want . So far it looks like the last week or April and the hunney moon will be the first week of May 2009. so excitting!

Quote: Originally Posted by MoBride Michael the photographer said we were so lucky it was nice for our wedding. he said he would tell people not to get married there in Novemeber if he could but the resort would probably fire him! You might want to take his name out of your post if he doesn't want the resort to know that he feels this way ... just a thought. Apart from that though, excellent write up. It'sso hard to tell what to expect from these destination resorts, but the mre couples that talk about what they experience, the easier it is for the rest of us to choose. thank you

Hello All! I've been enjoying all the reads on this forum. It answered alot of questions we have. I do have one questions of my own.... For those of you who have stayed or going to be staying at Riu Ochos Rios, how much was it to stay for a week...roughly...and which month? We went to the travel agent today and got some prices for April 2008 and they quoted us about $2000 (taxes in). Now this is not considering any group discounts or advance booking. We're planning our wedding in April 2009, and since the prices are not out for 2009 yet...it's been hard for us to get an idea of how much it's going to cost our guests. Thanks!! J&R

Thanks everyone ... this forum is great and your all so welcoming! We look forward to chatting with many of you

1. name 2. wedding date 3. wedding location Hello, we are Julia Chan and Richard Carpentier We are looking to get married in April 2009 We haven't committed yet, but we are very close to choosing RIU Ocho RIOS in Jamaica. We have been dating for 4.5 years and just recently got engaged in New York City at the top of the Rock. We're both excitted to get this started, but picked an 18 month wait to allow for our guests to save and ensure a larg turn out. We have an engagement site located at thecarpentiers.homelinux.com where we send friends who ask about how we met and how we got engaged. Please feel free o have a look We look forward to chatting with other couples that are going through the same thing we are and hope to get a lot of good advice. Thank you, Julia and Richard