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Sooooo, I have a friend at work who absolutely loves Beaches Negril and has been there several times. She says that its an amazing resort and is basically the one who convinced me that my wedding would be great there. Some of the pros and cons: Pros: GREAT service, lots of restaurants, lots of things to do, great wedding planners at the resort, awesome DJs (she knows them personally). Cons: Lots of people there in general, lots of weddings -up to 4 per day so they kind of do them one after the other. Although i would like to have a more personalized experience, i dont want to take a chance on crappy service, so i'll stick with beaches! She also let me know that it is totally normal to see brides in their dresses at the restaurants with their groups because they didn't do the $50.00 per person private 2 hour reception. This has really put my mind at ease for now. I still have lots of time to get the rest of the stuff going, but it's good to have peace of mind! Good luck to the ladies whose weddings are coming up! This forum is pretty quiet lately.....I wish more ppl would post their recent experiences.

Hi Everyone, my name is Christina and i'm getting married May 2012 at beaches Negril (although we may be staying at Beaches Sandy Bay next door, cuz it's cheaper and we can share facilities with Negril). Jolene, what is your date? Would be cool to see you there! We are planning for May 5 but will be there from the 2nd - 9th. Erica, an OOT bag is an out of town bag. I believe they should be given to everyone, or at least every family attending your wedding. There are lots of websites that give you ideas for what to put inside. I also have a lot of the same questions as Erica, so any past brides, this would be helpful! I am of the same opinion, that we have paid an all inclusive amount and don't want to be shelling out so much more money on a reception which is what i could have done at home! From what i have learned in past posts (and it has taken me about 3 days of non stop reading from page 1!!) that you have to pay $15.00 per person on top of the 2 free people just for the 30 minute "free" reception. It's not such a bad price, but we are probably looking at anywhere from 30 - 100 people! If any past brides have the details to the different price points on adding time for a longer reception, it would be really helpful in budgeting. I have heard that if you get married on one of the days they have the beach party, your wedding party can just join in for free which is totally sweet, but beware of the sand fleas. I'm also thinking about what to do with dress changes, I will be paying enough money for a beautiful dress and want to show it off for as long as possible! Would it look totally weird going to one of the resort restaurants? Also, I'm wondering how it would work to go to one of the restaurants after the wedding. Would they give us a private section? Would it even be possible for a party of 100? Thanks!