jennjc8

Hi Everyone! I am getting married on June 22, 2013 at the Hard Rock Punta Cana! My finance and I can't wait especially since we are FINALLY having the destination wedding we have always wanted. We have been together for 10 years now and also said we would have a destination wedding when it was our turn to get married. I'm sad to say, once I got the ring the "wedding" took on a life of it's own and before you know it my family had talked us into a 300 person wedding for Sept of 2012! Since our families were helping with costs of the wedding we didn't want to disappoint anyone UNTIL we just couldn't take it anymore. None of that traditional wedding planning was us and the wedding was turning into your "cookie cutter" wedding. We finally told our families and to our surprise they understood and jumped right on board with our destination wedding plans (even those who had previously disagreed with our decision)! I think they could tell I didn't like planning the traditional wedding. A destination wedding is perfect for my Fiance and I...and The Hard Rock Punta Cana was just our style! and I have to say so far the planning process has been great! I have already been poking around the website and found it useful from the first post I read so Thank You!!(and I'm ALREADY obsessed with the smiley faces lol)

Thanks for all the info! Very helpful I noticed you didn't mention anything about drinks (alcohol) at your welcome party and rehearsal dinner. This may sound like a stupid question but since it's an all inclusive resort and the alcohol is normally included how did it work out for your special events? Was there a charge? Do you mind saying what it was? I am thinking of having a welcome party and rehearsal dinner and I am trying to get an idea on additional costs. I did ask my WC but haven't heard back yet.

Does anyone know if you have to purchase one of collection ceremony packages in order to purchase one of the collections reception table setups for $300 each? I was thinking of going with the "EL Sol" collection RECEPTION tables only and I know they are listed as $300.00 each (8 people per table) but I don't know if they will let me purchase the reception decor only since we are planning on going with the complementary wedding ceremony package. I did ask my WC in Miami but maybe someone here knows.